Certain documents, three (3) copies of which are on file in the office of the city clerk, being marked and designated as the 2012 International Fire Code, including appendix chapters A–G, as published by the International Code Council, be and is hereby adopted as the fire code of the city, for regulating and governing the safeguarding of life and property from fire and explosion hazards arising from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, materials and devices and from conditions hazardous to life and property in the occupancy of buildings and premises in the city as herein provided and providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor, and each and all of the regulations, provisions, conditions and terms of said 2012 International Fire Code, published by the International Code Council, on file in the office of the city clerk are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully set out in this division, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in section 5.03.002 of this division.
(Ordinance 1679 adopted 2/21/17)
(Ordinance 1679 adopted 2/21/17)
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Editor’s note—The 2012 International Fire Code amendments are included as an attachment to this chapter.
The limits referred to in certain sections of the most current
International Fire Code are hereby established as follows:
Section 3204.3.1.1. The storage of flammable
cryogenic fluids in stationary containers is limited to 3,000 gallons.
Section 3404.2.9.5.2. The storage of
class I and class II liquids in above-ground tanks outside of buildings
is limited to 640 gallons or a greater amount determined appropriate
and permitted by the fire marshal.
Section 3406.2.4.4. The storage of class
I and class II liquids in above-ground tanks is limited to 640 gallons
or a greater amount determined appropriate and permitted by the fire
marshal.
Section 3804.2. The storage of liquefied
petroleum gas is restricted for the protection of heavily populated
or congested areas to 250 gallons residential.
(Ordinance 1388, sec. 3, adopted 8/12/08; Ordinance 1483 adopted 11/23/10)
The code adopted by the provisions of this article shall be
enforced by the fire marshal.
(1987 Code, sec. 8-23)
Wherever the word “municipality” is used in the
code adopted in this article, it shall be held to mean the city.
(1987 Code, sec. 8-24)
The fire marshal shall have the power to modify any of the provisions
of the code adopted in this article, upon application in writing by
the owner or lessee, or his duly authorized agent, when there are
practical difficulties in the way of carrying out the strict letter
of the code, provided that the spirit of the code shall be observed,
public safety secured and substantial justice done. The particulars
of such modification when granted or allowed, and the decision of
the fire marshal and approval by the fire chief thereon, shall be
entered upon the records of the fire department and a signed copy
shall be furnished to the applicant.
(Ordinance 1533, sec. 1D, adopted 1/10/12)
Whenever the fire marshal shall disapprove an application or
refuse to grant a permit applied for, or when it is claimed that the
provisions of the code adopted in this article do not apply or that
the true intent and meaning of such code has been misconstrued or
wrongly interpreted, the applicant may, within thirty (30) days, appeal
from the decision of the fire marshal to the city council.
(1987 Code, sec. 8-26)
(a)
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the code adopted in this article or fail to comply therewith, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made thereunder, or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder, or any certificate or permit issued thereunder, and from which no appeal has been taken, or who shall fail to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the city council or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the time fixed in this section, shall severally, for each such violation and noncompliance respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable as provided in section 1.01.009 of this code. The imposition of one (1) penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue, and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time. When not otherwise specified, each ten (10) days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.
(b)
The
application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the
enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
(1987 Code, sec. 8-27)
