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HomeMy WebLinkAbout012 - 03/08/1973 - ADOPTING A FIRE PREVENTION CODE AND PROVIDING FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY PRE ORDINANCE NO 12 1973 BEING AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A FIRE PREVENTION CODE AND PRO VIDING FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO LIFE SAFETY AND PROPERTY ESTABLISHING A FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU AUTHORIZING THE CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTTENT TO MAKE AND ENFORCE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE PREVENTION AND CON TPOL OF FIRES AND FIRE HAZARDS ESTABLISHING A BOARD OF APPEALS AND REPEALING SECTIONS 50 1 througn 50 13 INCLUSIVE AND SECTIONS 52 1 through 52 7 INCLUSIVE OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS Section 1 Pursuant to the authority conferred by Section 7 Article II of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins and the laws of the State of Colorado there is hereby adopted by the City of Fort Collins for the purpose of providing for the protection of the public health and safety from the hazards of fire and explosion that certain code knowj. as the Uniform Fire Code promulgated by the Western Fire Chiefs Association and the International Conference of Building Officials being particularly the 1971 edition thereof and the whole thereof including articles 1 through 36 inclusive, save and except as any portion of said code is here inafter deleted modified or amended (by Section 2 of this ordinance) of ihich code not less than three copies nave been and now are in file in the office of the Clerk of the City of Fort Collins and may be inspected at regular business hours or purchased at a price not to exceed $ 7 o d per copy and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as i set out at length herein and from the date on which this ordinance shall take effect the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the limits of the City of Fort Collins Section 2 The following ar`icle�, sections divisions subsection, appendices or parts thereof of the Uniform Fire Code are hereby amended to read as follows (The words 'no change' indicate that there has been no change from the wording of the applicable provisions of the Uniform Fire Code the word deleted indicates that the applicable provision of the Uniform Fire Code has been deleted ) Section 1 207 (a) no change (b) All buildings or structures which are structurally unsafe or not provided with adequate egress or wnich consti tute a fire hazard or are otherwise dangerous to human life or w'iich in relation to existing use constitute a hazard to safety or health or public welfare by reason of inadequate maintenance dilapidation obsolescence fire hazard disaster damage or abandonment as specified in this Code or any other effective ordinance are for the purpose 4 B of this Section unsafe buildings All such unsafe buildings are hereby declared to be public nuisances and shall be abated by repair rehabilitation demolition or removal in accordance with the provisions of the laws and ordinance of the City Section 1 216 Whenever this Code is inapplicable for any reason to any situation involving the protection of persons and property from the hazards of fire and explosion the materials methods of construction installations practices or operations necessary to provide such protections shall to a reasonable degree be in accordance with nationally recognized and ac cepted standards principles and tests and generally recog nized and well established methods of fire prevention and control as set forth in the following publications by recognized national authorities and technical or scientific organizations which are adopted by reference as part of t'nis Code as though set forth nerein in full NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION 60 Batterymarch Street Boston, Mass 02110 NFPA STANDARDS 10 Installation Portable Fire Extinguishers 1970 10A Maintenance Use Portable Fire Extinguishers 1970 11 Foam Extinguishing Systems 1970 13 Sprinkler Systems Installation 1969 13A Sprinkler Systems Care Maintenance 1969 14 Standpipe and Hose Systems Installation 1970 15 Water Spray Systems for Fire Protection 1969 20 Centrifugal Fire Pumps Installation 1970 24 Outside Protection (Yard Piping) 1970 30 Flammable and Comoustible Liquids 1969 33 Spray Finishi-ig Using Flammaole and Comoustible Materials 1969 SOA Gaseous Hydrogen Systems 1969 SOB Liquefied Hydrogen System at Consumer Sites 1968 51 Welding and Cutting Oxygen Fuel Gas Systems for 1969 S4 Gas Appliances and Gas Piping in Buildings Installa tion of 1969 56 Flammable Anesthetics Code 1968 58 Liquefied Petroleum Gases Storage and Handling 1969 S9 LP Gases at Utility Gas Plants 19o8 61B Terminal Grain Elevators Prevention of Dust Explo sions 1970 61C Flour and Feed Mills Allied Grain Storage Elevators Prevention of Dust Explosions 1962 63 Industrial Plants, Fundamental Principles for Preven tion of Dust Explosions in 1964 64 Country Grain Elevators Prevention of Dust Ignitions in 1959 2 65 Aluminum Processing and Finishing 1970 66 Pneumatic Conveying Systems for Handling Feed Flour Grain and Other Agricultural Dusts 1970 68 Explosion Venting Guide 1954 77 Static Electricity Recommended Practice on 1966 80 Fire Doors and Windows Installation of 1970 86A Ovens and Furnaces Design Location and Equipment 1969 91 Blower and Exnaust Systems Dust Stock $ Vapor Removal 1961 96 Restaurant hoods and Vents 1971 101 Life Safety Code 1970 - 385 Tank Vehicles for Flammable and Combustible Liquids,1966 490 Ammonium Nitrate Storage of 1970 565 Nonflammable Medical Gas Systems 1970 566 Bulk Oxygen Systems at Consumer Sites 1965 652 Magnesium Powder or Dust Explosion and Fire Protec tion in Plants Handling 1968 654 Plastics Industry Prevention of Dust Explosions in 1970 655 Sulfur Fires and Explosions Prevention of 1968 664 Woodworking and hood Flour Manufacturing Plants Prevention of Dust Explosions in 1962 Section 1 403 ADMINISTRATOR shall mean the City Manager of the City of Fort Collins Section 1 405 CGA shall mean Compressed Gas Association Cargo Tanl shall mean any container having a liquid capacity in excess of 120 gallons used for the carrying of flammable or combustible liquids LP Gas or hazardous chemicals and mounted permanently or otherwise upon a tank vehicle The term cargo tank does not apply to any container used solely for the purpose of supplying fuel for propulsion OIL the vehicle upon wnicn it is mounted Cellulose nitrate Plastics (Pyroxylin) shall mean any plastic substance material or compound or guncotton or other explosive covered by Article 11 having cellulose nitrate as a base or whatever name known when in the form of blocks slabs sheets tubes or fabricated shapes Chief or Chief of the Fire Department shall mean the Chief Officer of the Fire Department serving the jurisdiction or his authorized representative Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall mean the head of the Fire Prevention Bureau Chief Engineer shall mean Chief Chief of Police or Police Department shall mean the chief law enforcement officer of the jurisdiction or nis authorized representative J Closed Container shall mean a container so sealed by means of a lid or other device that neither liquid nor vapor will esca-)e from it at ordinary temperatures Combustible Fibres shall mean and include readily ignitable and free burning fibres such as cotton sisal henequen, ixtle jute hemp tow cocoa fibre, oakum baled waste baled wastepaper kapok hay straw excelsior Spanish moss and other like materials Combustible Liquid shall mean any liquid naving a flash point at or above 1401F and below 200OF and shall be known as Class III liquids Combustible Waste Platter shall mean magazines books trimrungs from lawns trees flower gardens pasteboard boxes rags paper straw sawdust packing material shavings boxes and all rubbisa and refuse tnat will ignite through contact with flames or ordinary temperatures Compressed Gas shall mean and include any mix+ure or material naving in the container either an absolute pressure exceeding 40 pounds per square inch at 70OF or an absolute pressure exceeding 104 pounds per square inch at 130OF or both or any liquid flammable material naving a vapor pressure as defined in Sectio-i 1 424 exceeding 40 pounds -Der square inch at 100OF Container shall mean any can bucket barrel drum or portable tank (except stationary tanks) tank vehicles and tank cars Conversion Oil Burner shall mean a burner for field installation in heating appliances such as boilers and furnaces It must be furnished witn a primary safety control Under special circumstances it may oe installed for firing ovens water heaters ranges special furnaces and the like A burner of this type may be a pressure atonuzing gun type a horizontal or vertical rotar) type or a mechanical or nl+ural diatt liaporizing tvpe Conversion Range Oil Burner shall mean an oil burner designed to burn kerosene range oil or similar fuel 'Mis burner is intended primarily for installation only in a stove or range a portion or all of which originally was designed for the utilization of solid fuel and which is flue connected Corporation Council shall mean the City Attorney of the City of Fort Collins Corrosive Liquids s'iall mean and include those acids alkaline caustic liquids and other corrosive liquids which when in contact with living tissue will cause severe damage of such tissue by chemical action or are liable to cause fire when in contact win oiganic matter or with certain cnemicals 4 Crude Petroleum shall mean hydrocarbon mixtures than have a flash point below 150OF and which have not been processed in a refinery Section 1 407 Electrical Code shall mean the electrical code of the City of Fort Collins Colorado Executive Body shall mean the City Council of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado Exit is a continuous and unobstructed means of egress to a public way and shall include intervening doors doorways corridors exterior exit balconies ramps stairways smoke proof enclosures horizontal exits exit passageways, exit courts and yards Explosive shall mean and include any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that is commonly used or intended for the purpose of producing an explosion that contains any oxidizing and combustible units or other ingredients in such propor tions quantities or packing that an ignition by fire by friction by concussion by percussion or by detonator of any part of the compound or mixture may cause such a sudden generation of highly heated gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable of producing destructive effects on contiguous objects or of destroying life and limb Section 1 412 Jurisdiction as used in this Code shall mean the City of Fort Collins Jurisdictional Area shall mean the territory of the City of Fort Collins Section 1 423 U L Inc shall mean Underwriters' Laboratories Inc U S B M shall mean United States Bureau of Dines Uniform Building Code shall mean The Building Code of the City of Fort Collins Uniform Mechanical Code snall mean the Mechanical Code of the City of Fort Collins Uniform Plumbing Code shall mean the Plumbing Code of the City of Fort Collins Section 2 102 Deleted Section 3 104 Deleted Section 3 107 Access to Area Section 3 107 No motor vehicle or any part thereof junk or other waste material shall be stored displayed or kept in such a manner as to hinder or endanger fire fighting operations Section 4 102 Deleted Article 5 Deleted Section 6 101 Definition Section 6 101 CELLULOSE NITRATE PLASTICS (PYRO MIN) shall mean any plastic substance material or 5 compound or guncotton or other explosives covered by Article II having cellulose nitrate as a base by whatever name know-i when in the form of blocks, slabs, sheets, tubes or fabricated shapes Section 6 102 Prohibited Cellulose nitrate plastics shall not be sold, held for sale stored or used for manufacturing or otherwise in the City of Fort Collins Section 6 103 Deleted Section 6 104 Deleted Section 6 105 Deleted Section 6 106 Deleted Section 7 102 Deleted Section 8 103 Deleted Section 9 102 Deleted Section 13 303 (a) Vaporizing Liquid Extinguishers shall not be installed or used in any location of the City (b) Deleted Section 13 306 Deleted Section 13 307 Deleted Section 13 314 (a) When required Basement pipe outlets shall be installed in the first floor of every store, warehouse or factory having cellars or basements Section 14 102 Deleted Section 1S 103 Permit required and license fee therefor No person shall operate a gasoline service station for the dispensing of Class I flammable liquids unless such person obtains a permit for each pump used in the operation of such gasoline service station Such permit shall be obtained annually on or before the first day of March of each calendar year and the Chief of the Fire Department or his designated representative shall inspect and approve each pump before a permit is issued therefor A fee shall be charged for each permit applied for hereunder in the amount of $10 00 Any person maintaining and operating a gasoline dispensing pump for private purposes (not for sale of gasoline to the public) shall also obtain an annual permit for the same the same as for a public gasoline service station except that the annual fee for such permit shall be the sum of $5 00 In construing this provision, the word pump shall be co-istrued to mean and shall mean dispenser and the fee required herein shall be payable for each dispenser Section 15 205 (a) no change (b) no change (c) deleted (d) deleted (e) no change (f) no change Section 15 208 (a) no change (b) no change (c) Fill openings The fill pipe opening shall be located outside of any building For flammable and conbustible liquid storage the 6 / f fill pipe shall be not less than 5 feet from any door or cellar opening The fill pipe opening shall be closed and liquid tight when not in use Fill pipe for filling by tank car or tank truck shall not be larger than 4 inches nominal inside diameter and stall not be constructed In automobile service stations, all fill pipes shall have a tight connection with the transport or tank truck delivery lines permitting the type delivery required by Section 15 1104(h) Section 15 704 (a) no change (b) Supervision Every service station open to the public shall have an attendant or supervisor on duty whenever the station is open for business 1 If the dispensing of Class I liquids at a service station available and open to the public is to be done by a person other than the service station attendant the nozzle shall be a listed automatic closing type without latch open device (c) Location 1 Dispensing devices at automobile service stations shall be located at least 25 feet from any adjoining street line (measured at the curb) and at least 40 feet from all other property lines 2 Dispensing devices at automobile service stations shall be located no less than 20 feet from any building which is not of fire resistive construction Such dispensing devices shall also be located so that the nozzle when the hose is fully extended, shall not reach within 5 feet of any building opening 3 No change 4 The site of all automobile service stations shall be so graded that all drainage is away from any buildings on the site and any adjoining buildings or in a private storm sewer 5 Except for pump islands which are in direct line with each other there shall be a minimum distance between pump island of 15 feeL (d) no change (e) no change (f) Special Type Dispensers Approved special dispensing systems such as but not limited to coin operated and remote preset types are permitted at service stations provided there is at least one qualified attendant on duty while the station is open to the public The attendant's primary function shall be to supervise observe and control the dispensing of Class I liquids while said liquids are being dispensed It shall be the responsibility of the attendant to prevent the dispensing of Class I liquids into portable containers not in compliance i� th Section 15 703(d) control sources of ignition and to immediately ,candle accidental spills and fire extinguishers if needed 1 The attendant or supervisor on duty shall be capable of performing the functions and assuming the responsibilities covered in Section 15 704(f) and he shall have an unobstructed view of all dispensing equipment at all times so that he can observe all dis pensing of gasoline on the premises 2 Emergency controls shall be installed at a location approved by the Chief, but controls shall be not more than 100 7 n feet fi om dispensers Such controls shall be capable of shutting off any or all pumps at any time 3 no change 4 no change 5 Ready access approved by the Chief, shall be pro vided from the attendant's observation point to the pumps 6 The layout of the site and all equipment thereon must be approved by the Chief, and he may impose such adds tional requirements as he deems necessary for the protection of the public Section 15 1101 Deleted Section 15 1104 (a) no change (b) no change (c) no change (d) no change (e) no change (f) no change (g) no change (h) Delivery to underground tanks of se-vice stations shall be made by means of mechanically tight connection between the hose and the fill pipe Section 15 1105 Smoking by tank vehicle drivers helpers, repairmen or other personnel is prohijited while they are making deliveries, filling or making repairs to tank vehicles Section 15 1302 Deleted Section 16 102 Deleted Section 17 102 Deleted Section 17,104 Notification of Fumigation The Chief shall be notified in writing at least 24 hours before any building or structure or ship is to be closed i-i connection with the use of any toxic or flammable fumigant or before any fumigation or thermal insecticidal fogging is carried on Section 18 102 Deleted Section 19 102 Deleted Section 20 102 Deleted Section 21 101 Deleted Section 21 102 (a) no change (b) no change (c) Permanent lumber storage shall be surrounded with a suitable fence at least 6 feet high unless storage is with in a building Section 21 103 (a) Deleted (b) no change (c) no change (d) no change Section 23 101 Deleted Section 23 104 8 Match Bins Required lliere snipping containers containing matches are opened the contents of such broken containers shall be removed and stored in metal or metal lined bins equipped with self closing metal or metal lined covers Me foregoing shall not apply to safety matches Section 23 105 Storage by Retailers Where matches are sold at retail original sealed packages may oe stored on shelves Men such packages are broken individual boxes shall be stored in metal or metal lined bins as described in Section 23 104 The foregoing shall not apply to safety matches Section 24 106 (a) no change (b) no change (c) no change (d) Unvented neating appliances shall be equipped ivith integral tanks of capacity not more than 2 gallons tin vented heating appliances shall not be permanently installed in any location Section 25 102 Deleted Section 26 101 Deleted Article 27 Division 1 Deleted Section 27 302 (a) no change (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to give signal or transmit or for any person to cause or permit to be given signaled or transmitted in any manner any false alazm knowing the same to oe false Section 28 101 Deleted Section 32 102 Deleted Section 32 105 Deleted Section 33 102 Deleted Secz_o- 33 201 (a) Cons-ruction of A-Lrcralt Refuelers T< nl. vehicles shall be designed and constructed in accordance with NFPA pamphlet Ab 385 Tani. Vehicles for Flamable Liquids " Section 34 103 Deleted Section 36 103 Deleted Appendix A Deleted ApoendiY D no cnange however the inclusion of this Appendix shall not be construed as an adoption of the Standards and Publications therein mentioned Appendix E Deleted Appendix F Deleted Section 3 Am person who shall violate an% of the provisions of this code of ino shall fail to comply uiti any of saia prolision or who shall 9 violate or fail to comply i,uth any orders made hereunder or who shall act in any way in violation of any permit issued hereunder shall severally and for each and every violation and noncompliance respectively be guilty of a m_sdemeanor punisnaole as provided in the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Collins The imposition of one 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 violation or defects within a reasonable time and when not otherwise specified each ten 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 enforced removal of prohibited conditions nor the suspension or removal of a permit or license issued hereunder Section 4 a The limits referred to in Section 15 201 of the Code herein adopted n which storage of flammable or combustable liquids in outside above ground tanks is prohibited are hereby established as follows All areas in the crty zoned in the H B Highway Business District the B G General Business District the B L Limited Business District or the B P Planned Business District under the zoning ordinance of the City of Fort Collins b Vie limits referred to in Section 20 105(a) of the Uniform Fire Code in which bulll storage of liquified petroleum gas is restricted are hereby established as follows All of the City of Fort Collins except areas zoned C Commercial or for industrial use under the City zoning ordinance c The limits referred to in Section 11 106(b) of the Uniform Fire Code in which storage of explosives and blasting agents is prohibited are hereby established as follows All of the City of Fort Collins except any area zoned I G General Industrial under the City zoning ordinance Section 5 Whenever the Chief shall disapprove any application made pursuant to '-his code or refuse to g ant a perm-t aDp_ted for hereunder or when it is clamed that Vie p ovisions of this Code do not appiv or that the true intent and meaning of this Code have been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted or when any person requests a variancefrom the literal terms of this code the applican* or person affected may appeal the decision of the Chief to the Board of Appeals established pursuant to Section 1 215 of this code Sucn Board shall have the power to vary or modify any require rent made by the Chief hereunder provided an appeal to the Board is made within s0 days of the date of the act-Lon complained of Within 15 days after the date of final action of the Board of Appeals either the Chief of the person affected may appeal to the City Council by filing a notice of such 1ppeal a th the City Clerk Section 6 Certain otter standards or codes are adopted by the Uniform Fire Code as follows 10 a National fire Protection Association standards promulgated by National Fire Protection Association 60 Batterymarc'i Street Boston Massa chusettes 02110 as follows Date of Standard No Subject Matter Adoption 10 Installation Portable Fire Extinguishers 1970 10A Maintenance Use portable Fire Extinguishers 1970 11 Foam Extinguisiing Systems 1970 13 Sprin? ler Systems Installation 1969 13A Sprinkler Systems Care Maintenance 1969 14 Standpipe and Hose Systems Installation 1970 15 hater Spray Systems for Fire Protection 1969 20 Centrifugal Fire Pumps Installation 1970 24 Outside Protection (Yard Piping) 1970 ,)0 Flammable and Combustible Liquids 1969 33 Spray Finishing Using Fl-u enable and Combustible INaterials 1969 50A Gaseous Hydrogen Systems 1969 50B Liquefied Hydrogen System at Consumer Sites 1968 51 Welding and Cutting Oxygen Fuel Gas Systems for 1969 5a Gas Appliances and Gas Piping in Buildings Installa tion of 1969 56 Flammable Anesthetics Code 1908 58 Liquefied Petroleum Gases Storage and Handling 1969 59 LP Gases at Utility Gas Plants 1968 61B Terminal Grain Elevators Prevention of Dust Explo sions 1970 61C Flour and Feed Mills Allied Grain Storage Elevators Prevention of Dust Explosions 1962 63 Industrial Plants Fundamental Principles for Preen tio-i of Dust Enulosiors to 1964 b4 CoLn-ry Grain Eleva+ors Prevention of Dust Ignitions in 1959 65 Aluminum Processing and ''inisning 1970 66 Pneumatic Conveying Systems for Handling Feed Flour Grain and Other Agricultural Dusts 1970 68 Explosion Venting Guide 1954 77 Static Electricity Recommended Practice on 1966 80 Fire Doors and Windows Installation of 1970 86A Ovens and Furnaces Design Location and Equipment 1969 91 Blover and Exhaust Systems Dust Stock $ Vapor Removal 1961 96 Restaurant Hoods and Vents 1971 102 Tents a-id Grandstands used for Places of Assembly 1967 38s Tank Vehicles for Flammable and Combustible Liquids 1966 490 Ammonium Nitrate Storage of 1970 505 'nonflammable Medical Gas Systems 1970 566 Bull. Ox%,gen Systems at Cozsuner Sites 1965 652 iagnesium Poidez or Dust Explosion and Fire Piotec tior in Plants Handling 1968 11 Date of Standard No Subject Matter Adoption 654 Plastics Industry Prevention of Dust Explosions in 1970 6.j5 Sulfur Fires and Explosions Prevention of 1968 664 Woodworking and Wood Flour Manufacturing Plants Prevention of Dust Explosions in 1962 At least tzree copies of such standards have been certified as true copies and have been and now are on file in the office of the City Clerk Said standards set forth nationally recognized and accepted standards in connec tion with their subject matter for the preventation of fire explosion and associated perils Section 7 Sections 50 1 through 50 13 inclusive and Sections 52 1 througn 52 7 inclusive of the Code of the City of Fort Collins and any code adopted thereby are hereby repealed Section 8 The City Council hereby declares that should any section para graph sentence word of other portion of this ordinance or the Code hereby adopted be declared invalid for any reason such invalidity shall not affect any other portion of this ordinance or said code and the City Council hereby declares that it would have passed all other portions of this ordinance and adopted all other portions of said code independent of the elimination herefrom of any such portion which may be declared invalid Introduced considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this -15th day of February A D 1973 and to be presented for final nassige o-i the 8th day of March A D 1973 yor ATTEST City C er Passed and adopted on final reading this 8th day of March D 1973 � I yor ATTEST Zit Clerk, 12