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ORDINANCE NO t 1953
BEING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE-AMENDING NO , 924, AS AMENDED, AND ORDINANCE
NO 9, 1937, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE BUILDING CODE FOR THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINb, PROVIDING RULES AND REGUUMONS THEREUNDER, PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION
THEREOF AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCE$ AND FARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICS
HEREWITH
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
Section 1 That Section 180K as added by Ordinance No 6, 1950, to
Ordinance No 30, 1924, as amended by Ordinance No 9, 1937, as amended, be and
the same is hereby amended to read as follows, to-wit
"Secta.on 180K - ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT AND WIRING
All electric wiring for light, heat and power service equipment, for
radio and television receiving systems, and all alterations or extensions to
existing wiring systems in buildings and structures shall comply with the approved
rules and regulations of the National Electric Code as now existing, and in accord
with all future modifications thereof, provided, however, that rigid metal
conduit, or its equivalent, as approved by the electrical inspector, shall be
used within the City fire limits designated as Electrical District E-1 and being
that area comprising blocks 11, 12, 13, 14, 180 19, 21, 22, 23, 31, 32, 33, 1012
102, 111, 1120 113, 121, 122, 123, 131, 132�and 141 for the wiring of the following
buildings in said Electrical District E-1, to-.wit public buildings, hotels,
apartment houses, hospitals, rest homes and gasoline pumps and islands where
imbedded in concrete, and that electric metallic tubing known as thin wall tubing
or its equivalent, as approved by the electrical inspector, shall otherwise be
used within said pity fire limits, provided further, that all classes of wiring
approved in the National Electric Code except open, concealed knob and tube, bare
conductor and non-metallic sheathed cable may be used in Electrical District E-2,
which is all the area within the corporate limits of Fort Coll-ins outside the
city fire limits, and not included in electrical district E-3, and provided further
that all classes of wiring approved in the National Electric Code may be used
in Electrical District E-3, which saia district comprises that area within the
corporate limits of the City of Fort Collins outside the City fire limits and
lying North of Maple Street, North and East of Jefferson Street and Riverside
Avenue, and East of Cowan Street, and provided further that unventilated drum
type electrical fixtures are prohibited within the corporate limits of the City
of Fort Collins 11
Section 2 Repeal of Conflicting Ordinances
All ordinances or parts of ordinances conflicting with the provisions
of this ordinance are hereby repealed
Section 3 Emergency Clause
In the opinion of the City Council an emergency exists for the
preservation of the public health, peace and safety, and this ordinance shall
take effect upon its passage, under and by virtue of the authority contained in
Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter
Introduced, read at length and adopted by the unanimous vote of all
members of the CityCouncil, at a regular meeting held this 6th day of March,
A D 1953
Cori iss oner of a ety�cio Mayor
ATTEST
City Cleric
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STATE OF COLORADO)
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COUNTY OF LARIMIlt)
I, MILES F HOUSE, City Clerk of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby
certify and declare that the aforesaid Ordinance, consisting of three sections,
was duly proposed and read at length at a regular meeting of the City Council,
held on the 6th day of March, A D 1953, and was duly adopted and ordered
published in the Fort Collins, Coloradoan, a daily newspaper and official news..
paper of the City of Fort Collins, by the unanimous vote of all members of the
City Council, as an Emergency Ordinance, in accordance with the provisions of
Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter, and thereafter and on,t0-wit
the lOtf day of March, A D 1953, said Ordinance No __Z ^was duly published
in the Fort Collins, Coloradoan, a daily newspaper published in the City of Fort
Collins, Colorado
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
of said City, this loth day of Marc'i, A D 1953
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