[Adopted 10-15-2007 by Ord. No. 6135]
A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Parsons, being marked and designated as the International Fire Code, 2006 edition, excluding Appendix Chapters A and B, as published by the International Code Council, be and is hereby adopted as the Fire Code of the City of Parsons, in the State of Kansas, 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 and 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 City of Parsons are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof as if fully set out in this article, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 316-6 of this article.
The following sections are hereby revised:
A. 
Section 101.1: City of Parsons.
B. 
Section 109.3: Class B misdemeanor.
C. 
Section 114.4: $50.
The geographic limits referred to in certain sections of the 2006 International Fire Code are hereby established as follows:
A. 
Chapter 32 (geographic limits in which the storage of flammable cryogenic fluids in stationary containers is prohibited): zoning areas R, R-1, R-2, R-3, C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4 and OP-1.
B. 
Chapter 33 (geographic limits in which the storage of explosives is prohibited): the corporate limits of the City of Parsons; exception: consumer and display fireworks as allowed by Chapter 320, Fireworks, Article II, Possession, Sale and Discharge, of the City Code.
C. 
Chapter 34 (geographic limits in which the storage of Class I and Class II liquids in aboveground tanks is prohibited): zoning areas R, R-1, R-2, R-3, C-1, C-2, C-3 and OP-1.
D. 
Chapter 38 (geographic limits in which the storage of liquefied petroleum gas is restricted for the protection of heavily populated or congested areas): prohibited in zoning areas C-1, C-2 and OP-1; residential zoning areas shall abide by Article I, Propane Tanks and Providers, of this chapter.
Ordinance No. 5820 of the City of Parsons is hereby repealed.
Nothing in this article or in the Fire Code hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding impending in any court or any rights acquired, or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing under any act or ordinance hereby repealed as cited in § 316-8 of this article, nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this article.