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HomeMy WebLinkAbout029 - 09/25/1958 - ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE (1958 EDITION) A ORDINANCE NO �& _ 1958 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE AS PREPARED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BUILDING OFFICIALS BEING PARTICULARLY THE 1958 EDITION , ...""`YXW U0 BEING AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE ERECTION CONSTRUCTION, ENLARGEMENT ALTERATION REPAIR MOVING, REMOVAL CONVERSION DEMOLITION, OCCUPANCY EQUIPMENT, USE, HEIGHT, AREA, AND MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES IN THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND COLLECTION OF FEES THEREFOR DECLARING AND ESTABLISHING FIRE DISTRICTS PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF, AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS Section IA Adoption of Uniform Building Code There is hereby adopted by the City Council of the City of Fort Collins, for the purpose of regulating the erection, construction, enlargement, alteration repair moving, removal, conversion demolition occupancy equipment use height area, and maintenance of buildings or structures in the city of Fort Collins, that certain code known as the Uniform Building Code as prepared by the International Conference of Building Officials being particularly the 1958 edition thereof and the whole thereof save and except such portions as are hereafter deleted, modified, or amended (by Section 3A of this ordinance), of which code not less than three copies have been and now are filed in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Fort Collins, and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if 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 2A Definitions Wherever the word 'Municipality or 'City is used in the Uniform Building Code, it shall be held to mean the City of Fort Collins Section 3A Amendments Made in the Uniform Building Code The Uniform Building Code is amended and changed in the following respects 1 a The following section of the Uniform Building Code contains a penalty clause which is herewith set forth in full as required by Section 139-34-4 Colorado Revised State 1953 to-wit J Section 205 It shall be unlawful for any person firm, or corporation to erect construct, enlarge, alter repair move, improve, remove, convert or demolish equip, use occupy, or maintain any building or structure in the city, or cause the same to be done, contrary to or in violation of any of the provisions of this Code Any person firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Code shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this Code is committed, continued or permitted and upon conviction of any such violation such person shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $300 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days b Section 6003 and Section 6004 are herewith deleted from said code, and the following sections are substituted therefor 'Section 6003 All former ordinances or parts thereof conflicting or inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance or of the code hereby adopted are hereby repealed ' Section 6004 This ordinance shall take effect and be enforced from and after its approval as required by law Section 4A Validity The Council of the City of Fort Collins hereby declares that should any section paragraph sentence or word of this ordinance or of the code hereby adopted be declared for/any reason to be invalid it is the intent of the City Council that it would have passed all 10 other portions of this ordinance independent04 the elimination herefrom of any such portion as may be declared invalid -2- Section 5A Copies of the Uniform Building Code shall be available in the office of the City Clerk for distribution and sale to the public at a price not to exceed the actual cost thereof to the city except that copies shall be furnished by the City of Fort Collins to contractors at the time they obtain an unlimited or limited contractor's license Introduced considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 28th day of August A D 1958 and to be presented for final passage on the 25th day of September A D 1958 ATTEST Laae-v� 5w� Mayor City Jerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 25th day of September A D 1958 ATTEST Mayor City Clerk -3-