There is hereby adopted by the city, for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire or explosion, the 2021 edition of the International Fire Code, save and except such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified, or amended, with a copy of such code being filed in the office of the city secretary, and with a copy being kept by the city fire marshal .
(Ordinance 2874, ex. A, adopted 10/22/18; Ordinance 3116 adopted 10/23/2023; Ordinance 3123 adopted 2/12/2024)
The International Fire Code, 2021 edition, chapter 3, section 308.3, is amended by adding the following language (with a red-lined version of the changes being attached to Ordinance 3123 as exhibit A):
(1) 
The construction, erection, maintenance or use of a barbecue pit or the burning of any combustible material within 10 feet of any wall of a multifamily residential building, or on or beneath any balcony, porch, roof overhang or a veranda of a multifamily residential building constitutes a fire hazard which endangers life and threatens property.
(A) 
No person shall construct, erect, install, maintain or use any barbecue pit or burn any combustible material within 10 feet of any wall of a multifamily residential building, or on or beneath a balcony, porch, roof overhang or a veranda of a multifamily residential building.
(B) 
It is unlawful for any person to construct, erect, install, maintain or use any barbecue pit or burn any combustible material within 10 feet of any wall of a multifamily residential building, or on or beneath a balcony, porch, roof overhang or a veranda of a multifamily residential building.
(C) 
Electric barbecue pits are exempted from this section provided they have no open flame and are equipped with, and there is present, a noncombustible metal lid, with a handle, fitting over the entire cooking surface.
(D) 
For purposes of this section:
(i) 
Barbecue pit shall mean any kind of device used for cooking food by exposing such food directly to red heat or open flames from heated briquettes, charcoal, natural gas, propane, compressed gas, wood or paper.
(ii) 
Multifamily residential building shall mean a building containing more than one residential unit including apartment complexes, duplexes, fourplexes, condominiums or any other structure where more than one family may reside in a residential unit.
(iii) 
Burn shall mean to light a fire, which produces heat or light, resulting in the combustion of any material including wood, natural gas, liquid petroleum gas, charcoal, briquettes or paper.
(Ordinance 2874, ex. A, adopted 10/22/18; Ordinance 3116 adopted 10/23/2023)
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Editor's note–Former § 5.04.002 pertaining to the NFPA 101 Life Safety Code, 2015 edition and deriving from Ordinance 2874, ex. A, adopted 10/22/18, was repealed and deleted in its entirety by Ordinance 3116 adopted 10/23/2023.
The appendices to the International Fire Code, 2021 edition are hereby adopted with amendments. A copy of such amendments shall be filed in the office of the city secretary and a copy of such amendments shall be kept by the city fire marshal.
(Ordinance 3116 adopted 10/23/2023)
Fire prevention permit fees shall be as provided for in the fee schedule found in appendix A of this code.
(1999 Code, sec. 5.102)