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HomeMy WebLinkAbout107 - 09/15/1981 - AMENDING CHAPTER 47 OF THE CITY CODE BY ADOPTING AN ELECTRICAL CODE AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE NA ORDINANCE NO. 107 1981, BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 47 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS BY ADOPTING AN ELECTRICAL CODE AND PROVIDING FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY IN RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF PERSONS -ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF ELECTRICAL WIRING, PERSONS LABORING AS ELECTRICIANS, THE INSTALLATION, ALTERATION OR REPAIR OF ELECTRICAL WIRING, AND THE INSPECTION THEREOF, IN THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE NATIONAL _ELECTRICAL CODE, 1981 EDITION, PROMULGATED BY THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION, IN PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF . .BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS: Section 1 . That Section 47-1 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be, and the same hereby is, repealed and re-enacted to read as follows: §47-1 . Adoption of National Electrical Code. 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 and for the purpose of regulating persons engaged in the business of electrical wiring, or persons -laboring as electricians, or for the purpose of regulating the installation, alteration or repair of electrical wiring systems in the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, that certain Code known as the National Electrical Code, 1981 Edition, promulgated by the National Fire Protection Association and the whole thereof, including the introduction, tables and examples , index and appendix thereto, of which code not less than .three (3) copies have been and now are filed in the office of the Clerk of the City of Fort Collins and may be inspected at regular business hours or purchased by the public at a price not to exceed the actual cost of the same to the City of Fort Collins, and such code is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set forth 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, Colorado. Section 2. That Section 42-7 of the Code of .the City of Fort Collins be, and the same . hereby is, repealed and re-enacted to read as follows: §47-2. Amendments and Additions to Code. The following articles, sections, divisions, sub-sections, -appendices, or parts thereof of the National Electrial Code are hereby amended, except as noted, to read as follows: Article 100. Definitions. (ADD.ITIONS) (A) . General Garden Level : A floor level below the first story in a 's route Occupancy, as defined in the. Uniform Building Code, where the upper surface of the floor directly above is more than 35 inches above grade for 50% of the total perimeter of the structure. Habitable Space: A .room or space . in .a. structure for wing, seeping, eating or cooking, and shall include kitchen, family room, dining room, and living room. Unfinished garden levels shall be considered habitable space. r Section 210-52 . Dwelling Unit Receptacle Outlets . a. General Provisions. In every habitable space of dwelling units, recep- tacle outlets shall be installed so that no point ` along the floor line in any wall space is more than six . (6) feet, measured horizontally, from an outlet in that space, including any wall space two (2) feet or more in width and the wall space occupied by sliding panels in exterior walls. The wall space afforded by fixed room dividers, such as free standing bar-type counters, shall be included in the six (6) foot measurement. Section 3. That Section 47-3 (Use of Approved Materials; Electrical Signs.) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins, be, and the same herby is, amended by deleting the words and figures "National Electrical Code, 1978," and by inserting the words and figures "National Electrical Code, 1981 Edition". Section 4. Violations and Penalties. The National Electrical Code, 1981 Edition, as adopted by this ordi- nance does not contain a separate penalty provision. Section 1-23 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins provides as follows: Section 1=23. General- Penalty for Violations. . -Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of the Code, or any provision of any code or other regulation adopted by reference by this Code, by doing any act prohibited or declared to be unlawful thereby, or who shall engage in or exercise any busi- ness or occupation or doing anything for which a license or permit is required, without having a valid license or permit therefore as required, or who shall fail to do any act required by any such provision, or who shall fail to do any act when such provisions declare such failure to be unlawful or to be an offense or misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $300 or by imprisonment not to exceed 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in addition to the collection of any costs which may be . .provided for, unless a specific penalty. is provided for a particular misdemeanor. Each day upon which any violation shall continue shall constitute a separate misdemeanor unless some other specific time period is provided for any particular violation. Section 5. Severability. The Council hereby declares that should any section, paragraph, sentence, word or 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 we 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 pub- lised this 1st day of September , 1981, and to be presented for final passage on tT—e 15th day of September_, 1981 . Ma or ATTEST: �l1rl�UL ' City Clerk -Passed .and adopted on 'final reading this 15th day of September A.*D. 1981. Ma r ATTEST: ' City Clerk-