[Amended 9-9-1996 by Ord.
No. 1033-96; 8-13-2001 by Ord.
No. 1171-2001]
The City of Coatesville hereby adopts, for the purpose of establishing
minimum requirements that will provide a reasonable degree of safety from
fire in buildings and structures, the life safety code known as the "NFPA
Life Safety," current edition, as published by the National Fire Protection
Association, of which three copies have been and now are filed in the office
of the Codes Department and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated as
fully as if set out at length herein.
The Life Safety Code adopted hereby is not intended to replace or repeal Chapter
82, Building Construction, or Chapter
115, Fire Prevention, of the City of Coatesville but is intended to be a supplement thereto in all matters contained in Part 2 thereof.
The administrative enforcement and penalties for violation of the Life Safety Code adopted hereby shall be as provided in Chapter
82, Building Construction, of the Code of the City of Coatesville.
In all matters that are regulated by the law of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania or by regulations of departments or agencies of the commonwealth
promulgated by authority of law, such laws or regulations, or other ordinances
of the City of Coatesville, as the case may be, shall control where the requirements
thereof are the same as or in excess of the provisions of this chapter. The
code shall control in all cases where the state requirements, or the requirements
of other ordinances of this City, are not as strict as those contained in
this chapter.
The provisions of this chapter, so far as they are the same as those
ordinances and/or codes in force immediately prior to the enactment of this
chapter, are intended as a continuation of such ordinances and codes and not
as new enactments. The provisions of this chapter shall not affect any act
done or liability incurred, nor shall they affect any suit or prosecution
pending or to be instituted to enforce any right or penalty or to punish any
offense under the authority of any of the repealed ordinances.