HomeMy WebLinkAbout022 - 03/01/1994 - AMENDING CITY CODE ADOPTING THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE, 1991 EDITION ORDINANCE NO. 22, 1994
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING CHAPTER 5 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
RELATING TO THE REGULATION AND CONTROL OF THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION,
INSTALLATION, QUALITY OF MATERIALS, LOCATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
OF HEATING, VENTILATING, COOLING, REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS, INCINERATORS,
AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS HEAT PRODUCING APPLIANCES IN THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE HERETO THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE,
1991 EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PLUMBING AND
MECHANICAL 3FFICTTALS AND THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
OF BUILDING OFFICIALS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that Chapter 5
of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be amended as follows:
Section 1. That Sections 5-106, 5-107 and 5-109 are hereby repealed and
reenacted to read as follows:
Sec. 5-106. Adoption of standards.
Pursuant to the power and authority conferred on the City Council
by Section 31-16-202, C.R.S, and Article II, Section 7, of the
Charter, there is hereby adopted as the mechanical code of the city
the Uniform Mechanical Code, 1991 Edition, including specifically
Appendices A, B, and C as published by the International Conference
of Building Officials, which shall have the same force and effect as
though set forth herein in full . The subject matter of the Uniform
Mechanical Code adopted herein includes comprehensive provisions and
standards regulating and controlling the design, construction,
installation, quality of materials, location, operation, and
maintenance of heating, ventilating, cooling and refrigeration
systems, incinerators, and other miscellaneous heat-producing
appliances for the purposes of protecting public health, safety, and
general welfare.
Sec. 5-107. Amendments and deletions to code.
The Uniform Mechanical Code adopted in Section 5-106 is hereby
amended and changed in the following respects:
(1) Section 203(a) is amended by adding the following
sentence to the end of the paragraph:
. For the purposes of this Code, the Building
Review Board, as created by Section 2-101 of the Code of
the city, is hereby empowered as the Board of Appeals
and shall hear such matters under the procedures set
forth in Section 5-27 of the Code of the city."
(2) Table No. 3-A is hereby amended by adopting the fee
schedule as set forth in "Table 3-A, Building Permit
Fees of the Building Code of the city, except that the
minimum fee for any permit regulated herein shall be
fifteen dollars ($15. ), and the permit fee for
installation of each solid fuel appliance, residential
heating appliance, and residential cooling appliance
shall be fifteen dollars ($15.) .
(3) St.. 803(4) is amended to read as i.,llows:
"Gas logs shall be equipped with a shut off valve and a
listed safety pilot."
(4) Section 914(f) is amended to read as follows:
"(f) Spark arrestors. Chimneys serving solid fuel
burning fireplaces, stoves and appliances shall
terminate in a substantially constructed spark arrestor
having a mesh approved for the use. Spark arrestors
shall be adequately supported and secured."
(5) Appendix B is amended by deleting section 2125 with
existing subsections to be renumbered appropriately.
(6) Appendix B, Section 2206(c)1. is amended by rewording
the first sentence to read as follows:
"This inspection shall be made after gas piping,
fittings, unions, and valves, authorized by the permit
have been installed and before any such piping has been
covered or concealed or any fixture or appliance has
been attached thereto."
(7) Appendix B, Section 2214, exception 1 is amended to read
as follows:
"1. Listed metal appliance connectors shall have an
overall length not to exceed six (6) feet."
(8) Appendix B, Section 2218(a) is amended by deleting
therefrom the first paragraph thereof and substituting
therefor the following:
"(a) General . Gas piping shall comply with the
provisions of this section and section 2212. All
natural gas regulations and tables except Table 22-D are
based on the use of a gas water column pressure at the
outlet of the meter. Table 22-D is based on the use of
natural gas having a specific gravity of 0.68 and six
inch (6") water column with a pressure drop, inches W.C.
0.30 as supplied in the Fort Collins area. For
undiluted liquified petroleum gas, gas piping may be
sized for 2500 BTU/cu. ft. at eleven inches (11") water
column and specific gravity of 1.52."
Sec. 5-109. Violations and penalties.
Section 204 of the Uniform Mechanical Code, 1991 Edition, is
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 204. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move,
improve, remove, convert or demolish, equip use or maintain any
mechanical systems or equipment or cause or permit the same to be
done in violation of this Code. Any person, firm or corporation
violating any of the provisions of this Code shall be deemed guilty
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of a misdemeanor and subject to penalties set forth in Section 1-15
of the Code of the city."
Section 2. That the repeal and reenactment of Sections 5-106, 5-107 and
5-109 shall not make lawful any violation of the ordinances hereby repealed
occurring before the effective date hereof, and provided further that the
construction under any building permit heretofore taken out under the ordinance
herein repealed may be continued in conformance with such repealed ordinance or,
if the owner thereof elects, in conformity with the ordinance herein enacted.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published
in summary form this 15th day of February, A.D. 94, and to be presented for
final passage on the 1st day of March, A.D.
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ATTEST:
C� Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading thi st ay of Mar A. 1994.
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
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