HomeMy WebLinkAbout153 - 10/20/1987 - ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CITY CODE PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED TH ORDINANCE NO. 153, 1987
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE FOR THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS;
PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED
THEREIN; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF;
PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH CODE; AND
PROVIDING WHEN SUCH CODE AND THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS:
Section 1. The Code entitled the "Code of the City of Fort Collins"
published by Municipal Code Corporation consisting of Chapters 1 through
29, each inclusive, is adopted.
Section 2. All ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted
on or before March 17, 1987, and not included in the Code or recognized and
continued in force by reference therein are repealed.
Section 3. The repeal provided for in section 2 hereof shall not be
construed to revive any ordinance or part thereof that had been previously
repealed by any ordinance being repealed by this ordinance.
Section 4. The following codes were adopted by reference and
incorporated in the Code of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado. Three (3)
copies of these codes are on file in the City Clerk's office.
(1) The Uniform Building Code, 1985 Edition as published by the
International Conference of Building Officials, as adopted and
amended in Code section 5-26 et seq. ;
(2) The Uniform Building Code Standards, 1985 Edition as published by
the International Conference of Building Officials, as adopted
and amended in Code section 5-26 et seq. ;
(3) The Uniform Plumbing Code, 1985 Edition including appendices as
published by the International Association of Plumbing and
Mechanical Officials, as adopted and amended in Code section
5-125 et seq. ;
(4) The National Electric Code, 1987 Edition as published by the
National Fire Protection Association and the Uniform
Administrative Code Provisions for the National Electric Code,
1987 Edition, as published by the International Conference of
Building Officials as adopted and amended by Code section 5-80 et
seq. ;
(5) The Uniform Mechanical Code, 1985 Edition including Appendices A,
B, and C as published by the International Conference of Building
Officials as adopted and amended by Code section 5-106 et seq. ;
(6) The Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, 1976
Edition as published by the International Conference of Building
Officials, as adopted in Code section 5-46;
(7) The Uniform Fire Code, 1985 Edition Articles 1 through 87 and
Appendices as published by the Western Fire Chiefs Association
and the International Conference of Building Officials, as
adopted and amended in Code section 9-1 et seq. ;
(8) The "Model Traffic Code for Colorado Municipalities" 1977
Edition, Articles I through XXVI, as published by the state
Department of Highways, as adopted and amended in Code section
28-16 et seq.
Section 5. Unless another penalty is expressly provided, every person
convicted of a violation of any provision of the Code, any code adopted by
reference, or any ordinance adopted or issued in pursuance thereof, shall
be punished by a fine of not more than nine hundred dollars (b900. ) or a
term of imprisonment of not more than one hundred eighty (180) days or both
fine and imprisonment as provided in section 1-15 of the Code. Each act of
violation and each day upon which any such violation shall occur shall
constitute a separate offense. The penalty provided by this section,
unless another penalty is expressly provided, shall apply to the amendment
of any Code section whether or not such penalty is reenacted in the
amendatory ordinance. In addition to the penalty prescribed above, the
city may pursue other remedies such as abatement of nuisances, injunctive
relief and revocation of licenses or permits.
Section 6. Additions or amendments to the Code, when passed in the
form as to indicate the intention of the city to make the same a part of
the Code, shall be deemed to be incorporated in the Code, so that reference
to the Code includes the additions and amendments.
Section 7. The City Clerk shall distribute such sets of the Code and
amendments thereto as may be necessary to the various departments of the
city for official use of city officers, boards and commissions, and for
exchange purposes for similar publications of other cities. All volumes
designated for official use shall remain the property of the city for the
use of such city officials and their successors and shall bear such
designation. The City Clerk shall prepare or cause to be prepared a list
of the city officers, and boards and commissions who shall receive for
official use copies of such code. The City Clerk shall make the Code and
supplements thereto available to the public, and shall charge therefor such
fees as are reasonable.
Section 8. Ordinances adopted after March 17, 1987 that amend or
refer to ordinances that have been codified in the Code, shall be construed
as if they amend or refer to those provisions of the Code.
Section 9. This ordinance shall become effective October 30, 1987.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered
published this 6th day of October, A.D. 1987, and to be presented for final
passage on the 20th day of October, A.D. 1987.
Assistant Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
1987.
Passed and adopted on final reading this 20th dj�5 of October, A.D.
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ATTEST:
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Certificate of Adoption
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the ordinance
passed at the regular meeting o� the City C�ugcil of the City of fort
Collins, Colorado held on the 20t day of Oc o er 1987
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City Clerk