HomeMy WebLinkAbout005 - 10/26/1945 - AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 030, 1924, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE BUILDING CODE, PROVIDING RULES AND REGU ORDINANCE NO 5 1945
BEING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 30, 1924,
AS AN!ENIDED, RELATING TO THE BUILDING CODE FOR TM; CITY OF FORT
COLLINS, PROVIDING RULES AND REGULATIONS THEREUNDER, PENALTIES
FOR VIOLATION THEREOF, AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AMID PARTS
OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH i
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OP THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
Section 1 That Section 2 of Ordinance No 30, 1924,
as amenaed, is hereby amended by adding thereto the following
definition
'Basement Apartment --A basement or cellar affording
shelter or protection and designed for or used as a home or
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Section 2 That Part III of Ordinance No 301 19242
as amended, be ana the same is hereby amenaed by adding thereto
Section 28B, to read as follows, to-wit
"Section 28B No basement apartment shall be con-
structea, erected, enlarged, remodeled, altered, or repaired
unless the same conforms with the following requirements, to-wit
" (a) The maximum allowable depth below finished grade,
or bottom of areaways , of the finished floor shall be not more
than five and one-half feet
" (b ) Areaways shall not be less than two feet in width,
measured perpendicular to face of building wall This width
shall be increased six inches for each six inches or fraction
thereof in depth over two feet In no case shall the finished
grade be above the head of the required windows.
" (c ) The total glass area of requirea winaows in any
habitable room shall not be less than ten per cent of the floor
area of the room.
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" (d) The total area of the ventilating portions of
required windows in any habitable room shall be not less than
four per cent of the floor area of the room
" (e) At least two exits, with stairways remote from
each other, each of not less than 36 inches in width and each
with at least one handrail, shall be provided, and at least one
of said exits shall lead directly to the exterior of the build-
ing in wnich said basement apartment is established
't (f) Plumbing fixtures
1 Each living unit shall be provided with the
following fixtures
a A kitchen sink properly located to facil-
itate food preparation, cooking, and
dishwashing
b A water closet , locatea either in the
bathroom or in a separate toilet com-
partment
c A bathtub or shower, located in a bath-
room or other equivalently ventilated
space
d A lavatory readily accessible to all rooms
2 Each of the plumbing fixtures shall be per-
manently installed and connectea, in accord-
ance with the City and State Plumbing Codes
"(g) All partitions in basement apartments shall be
of standard construction, consisting of 2 inch by 4 inch studding
with a top ana bottom plate on 16 inch centers , with at least
one fire stop between the floor and ceiling line These parti-
tions shall be lathed with either metal, rock, or cellotex lath,
and shall be plastered on both sides "
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" (h) teach apartment in any building shall have a
separate electric light meter and service switch "
Section 3 That Paragraph (a) of Section 18OF of
Ordinance No 9, 1937 , amending Ordinance No 30, 1924, as
amended, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows
" (a) All electric wiring, including additions, exten-
sions or changes in existing wiring, hereafter installed for
transmission of electric current for light, heat or power in or
on all buildings located within the corporate limits of the
City of Fort Collins , shall be approved rigid conduit, electrical
metallic tubing or metal moulding "
Section 4 All ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
Section 5 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 unani-
mous vote of all members of the City Council , at a regular
meeting of the City Council, held this 26th day of October,
A D 1945.
Mayor
Attest
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City Clerk
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STATE OF COLORADO$ )
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County of Larimer )
I , MILES F HOUSE, City Clerk of the City of Fort
Collins , cto hereby certify ana declare that the aforesaid
Ordinance, consisting of five Sections , was duly proposed
and reaa at length at a regular meeting of the City Council,
held on the 26th day of October, A D 1945) and was duly
aaopted and ordered published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan,
a aaily newspaper and official newspaper 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 ana 7 of Article IV of the City Charter,
and thereafter ana on, to-wit the 30th aay of October
A D 1945 , said Ordinance No 5 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 30th day of October
A D 1945
City Clerk