The following provisions of the city Code of Ordinances will govern over the provisions of the International Fire Code when there is any conflict:
(Ordinance 1487, sec. 7-20(1), adopted 9/13/2021)
The city fire marshal is authorized to delegate his responsibilities to the fire chief in the enforcement of this article.
(Ordinance 1487, sec. 7-20(2); adopted 9/13/2021)
The NFPA 101 Life Safety Code (2021 edition) published by the National Fire Protection Association, along with all revisions and additions thereto, is adopted as the life safety code for the city except for the following:
Deletions: Chapter 24, section 24.3.5.1 only.
(Ordinance 1487, sec. 7-20(3); adopted 9/13/2021)
The International Fire Code (2021 edition) published by the International Code Council, along with all revisions and additions thereto, is adopted as the fire code of the city except for the following:[1]
(Ordinance 1487, sec. 7-20(4), adopted 9/13/2021)
[1]
Editor's note–The 2021 International Fire Code amendments are included as an attachment to this chapter.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this code or the standards hereby adopted or fail to comply herewith, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made hereunder, 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 or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the time fixed herein, shall severally for each and every such violation and noncompliance respectively be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not less than $10.00 nor more than $1,000.00. The imposition of one 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 reasonable time; and when not otherwise specified each day that prohibited conditions exist shall constitute a separate offense. The application of the foregoing penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
(Ordinance 1487, sec. 7-20(5), adopted 9/13/2021)
The city recognizes the following fire lanes as being required by the fire code and enforceable by the penalties established within this article:
(1)
5100 North New Braunfels Avenue: Extending from North New Braunfels Avenue to the area of the fire department connection on the main building. This fire lane includes all of the fire apparatus parking area;
(2)
1300 Wiltshire Avenue: Extending from the parking entrance on Wiltshire Avenue making a horseshoe in front of the education building and extending back onto Wiltshire Avenue; and
(3)
831 Terrell Road: Extending from the entrance to the parking lot from Terrell Road all the way to the dead-end of the fire lane including the maintenance of any and all gates that cover the fire lane.
(Ordinance 1487, sec. 7-20(7), adopted 9/13/2021)