[As amended by Ord. 843, 3/4/2019]
A certain document being marked and designated a "The International Fire Code, 2015 Edition", as published by the International Code Council, Inc., be and hereby is adopted as the Fire Code of the Borough of Nazareth in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; 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 or property in the occupancy of buildings and premises as herein provided; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Fire Code on file in the office of the Borough of Nazareth are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this ordinance, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in §
7-102 of this Ordinance.
[As amended by Ord. 816, 4/4/2016; and by Ord. 843, 3/4/2019]
1. The following
sections of the International Fire Code are revised:
A. § 101.1. Title. These regulations shall be known as the
Fire Code of the Borough of Nazareth, hereinafter referred to as "this
Code".
B. § 108, “Board of Appeals” shall be deleted
in its entirety.
C. § 109.4. Violation penalties. Any person who shall violate
any provision of this Code or shall fail to comply with any of the
requirements thereof or who shall erect, install, alter, repair or
do work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive
of the fire code official, or of a permit or certificate used under
provisions of this Code, shall be guilty of a summary offense punishable
by a fine or not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding
30 days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation
continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate
offense.
D. § 111.4, Failure to comply. Any person who shall continue
any work after having been served with a stop work order, except such
work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or
unsafe condition, shall be liable to a fine of not less than $25 or
more than $1,000.
[As amended by Ord. 761, 4/1/2010; and by Ord. 843, 3/4/2019]
1. The geographic
limits referred to in certain sections of the 2015 International Fire
Code are hereby established as follows:
A. §
5704.2.9.6.1 (geographic limits in which the storage of Class I and
Class II liquids in above-ground tanks outside of buildings is prohibited):
all residential districts, the general commercial district and the
light industrial district.
B. §
5706.2.4.4 (geographic limits in which the storage of Class I and
Class II liquids in above-ground tanks is prohibited): all residential
districts, the general commercial district and the light industrial
district.
C. §
5806.2 (geographic limits in which the storage of flammable cryogenic
fluids in stationary containers is prohibited): all residential districts,
the general commercial district and the light industrial district.
D. §
6104.2 (geographic limits in which the storage of liquefied petroleum
gas is restricted for the protection of heavily populated or congested
areas): all residential districts, the general commercial district
and the light industrial district.