HomeMy WebLinkAbout050 - 04/01/2025 - AMENDING SECTION 9-4 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLARIFYING ENFORCEMEORDINANCE NO.050,2025
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 9-4 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLARIFYING
ENFORCEMENT OF OPEN FIRE AND BURNING
RESTRICTIONS
A.Article II of Chapter 9 of the City Code describes limitations on open fires
and open burning within the City (the tpen Burning Code”).
B.Article I of Chapter 9 of the City Code contains the City’s adopted version
of the International Fire Code,with local amendments.
C.Section 9-4 of the City Code sets forth the penalty applicable to violations
of Article I of Chapter 9 of the City Code.
D.City staff have been asked to clarify that the penalty under Section 9-4 also
applies to violations of the Open Burning Code.
E.Staff from the City Attorney’s Office and Poudre Fire Authority (PFA)have
thoroughly reviewed Chapter 9 of City Code,and recommend the penalty set forth under
Section 9-4 be clarified to apply to all violations under Chapter 9,including violations of
the Open Burning Code.
F.City Council has determined and now finds that the adoption of this
Ordinance is necessary for the health,safety,and welfare of the public.
In light of the foregoing recitals,which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS that Section 9-4 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is amended to
read as follows:
Section 94.—Violations and penalties.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or the International Fire
Code,as amended,or who shall fail to comply with any of the provisions or who shall
violate or fail to comply with any orders made thereunder or who shall act in any way in
violation of any permits issued thereunder shall,severally and for each and every violation
in noncompliance respectively,be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by the penalty set
forth in §1-15 of this Code.The imposition of one (1)penalty for any violation shall not
excuse the violation or permit it to continue,and all persons shall be required to correct
or remedy the violations or defects within a reasonable time,and when not otherwise
specified,each ten (10)days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a
separate offense.The application of any penalty pursuant hereto shall not be held to
prevent the forced removal of prohibited conditions nor the suspension or removal of a
permit or license issued thereunder.
Introduced,considered favorably on first reading on March 18,2025,and approved
on second reading for final passage on April 1,2025.
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Effective Date:April 11,2025
Approving Attorney:Madelene Shehan/Travis Winter
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