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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1291 - 1982 Uniform Fire Code (Repealed by Ord 1398)1398 VA 1 00 CITY OF T WASHINGTON ORDINANCE NO. 9 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING, BY REFERENCE, THE UNIFORM FIRE CODE, 1932 EDITION, AND APPENDICES I -A, I -B, 11 -A, II -B, II -C, II -D, III -A, III -B, 111 -C, IV -A, V -A, VI -A, VI-C,'& VI -D, AS MAY BE AMENDED, WI TH EXCEPTIONS STATED HEREIN, AS PART OF T HE FIRE PREVENTION CODE OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA (CHAPTER 16.16 OF THE TUKWILA MUNICIPAL CODE), AND REPEALING ORDINANCE #1155. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. ADOPTION OF THE UNIFORM FIRE CODE. The City of Tukwila hereby adopts that certain Code and Standards known as the 1982 Edition of the Uniform Fire Code, and any amendments thereto published by the Western Fire Chief's Association and the International Conference of Building Officials, save and except such portions as are hereafter revised by Section 12 of this Ordinance. Three (3) copies of said Uniform Fire Code shall be filed in the office of Clerk of the City of Tukwila, Washington. SECTION 2. ESTABLISH114G THE DUTIES OF THE BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION. (a) The Uniform Fire Code shall be enforced by the Bureau of Fire Prevention in the Fire Department of the City of Tukwila, Washington, which is operated under the supervision of the Chief of the Fire Department. (b) There shall be a Fire Marshal in charge of the Bureau of Fire Prevention who shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City of Tukwila on the basis of examination to determine his qualifications. SECTION 3. DEFINITIONS. (a) Wherever the word "jurisdiction" is used in the Uniform Fire Code, it shall be held to mean the Corporate Limits of the City of Tukwila, Washington. (b) Wherever the words "Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prev- ention" are used in the Uniform Fire Code, they shall be held to mean the "Fire Marshal SECTION 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF LIMITS OF DISTRICTS IN WHICH STORAGE OF FLAMMABLE OR COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS IN OUTSIDE ABOVEGROUND TANKS IS TO BE PROHIBITED. The storage of flammable or combustible liquids in outside aboveground tanks is prohibited within the following zoning classifications: R -A, R -1 -20.0, R -1 -12.0, R- 1 -9.6, R- 1 -7.2, R -2, R -3, R -4, RMH, P -0, C -1, C -2, C -P C -M. SECTION 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF LIMITS IN WHICH BULK STORAGE OF LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GASES IS TO BE RESTRICTED. The limits referred to in Section 82.105(a) of the Uniform Fire Code, in which storage of liquified petroleum gas is restricted, are established within the following zoning classifications: R -A, R -1 -20.0, R -1 -12.0, R- 1 -9.6, R- 1 -7.2, R -2, R -3, R -4, RMH, P -0, C -1, C -2, C -P, C -M, M -1 M -2. SECTION 6. ESTABLISHMENT OF LIMITS OF DISTRICTS IN WHICH STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES AND BLASTING AGENTS IS TO BE PROHIBITED. The limits referred to in Section 77.106(b) of the Uniform Fire Code, in which storage of explosives and blasting agents is pro- hibited, are hereby established within the following zoning classifications: R -A, R -1 -20.0, R -1 -12.0, R- 1 -9.6, R- 1 -7.2, R -2, R -3, R -4, RMH, P -0, C -1, C -2, C -P, C -M, M -1 M -2. SECTION 7. PERMITS REQUIRED. Permits required by the Uniform Fire Code shall be valid for one (1) year. An annual fee of 10.00 for each permit shall be made payable to the City of Tukwila, Washington. SECTION 8. APPEALS. Whenever the Chief disapproves an application or refuses to grant a permit applied for, or when it is claimed that the true intent and meaning of the Code have been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the applicant may appeal from the decision of the Chief to the Board of Appeals established in Section 2.302 of this Uniform Fire Code within 30 days from the date of the decision(s) appealed. SECTION 9. NEW MATERIALS, PROCESSES OR OCCUPANCIES WHICH MAY REQUIRE PERMITS. 2. The Director of the Building Department, the Chief of the Fire Department and the Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall act as a committee to determine and specify, after giving affected persons an opportunity to be heard, any new materials, processes or occupancies for which permits are required in addition to those now enumerated in said code. The Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prev- ention shall post such list in a conspicuous place in his office, and distribute copies thereof to interested persons. SECTION 10. PENALTIES. (a) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Code or Standards hereby adopted or fail to comply therewith or who shall violate or fail to comply with an order made there- under, or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder, or any certificate or permit issued thereunder, and from which no appeal has been taken, or who shall fail to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the Chief or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the time fixed herein, shall severally for each and every such violation and noncompliance, respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than $20 nor more than $500 or by imprisonment for not less than 1 day nor more than 90 days or by both such fine and imprisonment. The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue; and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time; and when not otherwise specified, each ten days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense. (b) The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions. SECTION 11. CONFLICT WITH EXISTING CODES AND ORDINANCES. Where items in the Uniform Fire Code conflict with like items in other adopted codes or ordinances, the item that provides 3• the greater or most effective protection shall apply. SECTION 12. REPEALER. Ordinance #1155, adopted on April 21, 1980 is hereby repealed in its entirety. SECTION 13. VALIDITY. The City Council of the City of Tukwila, Washington, 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 other portions of this Ordinance independent of the elimination herefrom of any such portion as may be declared invalid. SECTION 14. DATE OF EFFECT. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its approval as required by law. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this day of Lt t 1983 Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attorney ATTEST: f City Clerk PUBLISHED RECORD CHRONICLE Jin e, /a j 19 4.