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Show An Ordinance 4-10 N ORDINANCE 30PTING THE MIFORM FIRE IDE AND UNIFORM RE CODE STAN-iRDS STAN-iRDS PRESCRIBI- REGULATIONS )VERNING CON-TIONS CON-TIONS HAZARDOUS ) LIFE AND tOPERTY FROM RE OR EXPLOSION, tOVIDING FOR THE 5UANCE OF PER-TS PER-TS FOR HAZARDS HAZAR-DS USE OR 'ERATIONS, AND ITABLISHING A FREAU OF FIRE tEVENTION AND IOVIDING OFFERS OF-FERS THEREFOR W DEFINING EIR POWERS AND TIES. 5E IT ORDAINED I THE CITY IUNCIL OF ,EASANT GROVE rY. lec 1. ADOPTION OF JIFORM FIRE DE. ?here is hereby )pted by the City jncil for the purpose prescribing ;ulations governing iditions hazardous to : and property from i or explosion, that rtain Code and ndards known as the iform Fire Code, luding Appendix ipters I-A, I-B, II-A, , II-D, III-A, III-B, A, V-A, VI-A, VI-B, C, VI-D, and the iform Fire Code ndards published by Western Fire Chiefs :ociation and the ernational Con-ence Con-ence of Building icials, being par-llarly par-llarly the 1982 tions thereof of ich Code and ndards not less than ie (3) copies have n and are now filed he office of the clerk he City of Pleasant ve and the same are eby adopted and irporated as fully as set out at length ein, and from the s on which this inance shall take ct, the provision eof shall be con-iling con-iling within the its of . the City of asant Grove, ec. 2. TABLISHMENT D DUTIES OF REAU OF FIRE EVENTION. 0 The Uniform Fire e shall be enforced the bureau of fire rention in the fire artment of the City Pleasant Grove ich is hereby Wished and which J be operated under supervision of the ;f of the fire artment. the chief in ' rge of the bureau of prevention shall be minted by the Fire if. ) The chief of the department may 'il such members of fire departments as ectors as shall from e to time be 'ssary. The chief of fire department ' recommend to the Council the eminent em-inent of technical ectors, who, when 1 authorization is e, shall be selected "gh an examination determine their ss for the position. examination shall Pen to members non-members of the department, and "ntments made ' examination shall fr an indefinite 1 with removal only ause. Sec. 3. DEFINITIONS (a) Wherever the word "jurisdiction" is used, in the Uniform. Fire Code, it is the City of Pleasant Grove. Sec. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF LIMITS OF DISTRICTS IN WHICH STORAGE OF FLAMMABLE OR COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS LIQ-UIDS IN OUTSIDE ABOVEGROUND TANKS TA-NKS IS PROHIBITED. The storage of flammable or combustible com-bustible liquids in outside aboveground tanks is prohibited within the following zones: R-l, R-l-SD, and G-l. Sec. 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF LIMITS IN WHICH STORAGE "OF LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM PETRO-LEUM GASES IS TO BE RESTRICTED. The limits referred to in Section 82.105 (a) of the Uniform Fire Code, in which storage of liquefied petroleum gas is restricted, are hereby established as follows: R-l, R-l-SD, A-l-SD, zones. Sec. 6. ESTABLISHMENTS OF LIMITS OF DISTRICTS IN WHICH STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES EX-PLOSIVES 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 prohibited are hereby established as follows: All areas. Storage of thes items will be allowed only by conditional use as approved by the fire chief. Sec. 7. APPEALS. Whenever the chief disapproves and application ap-plication or refuses to grant a permit applied for, or when it is claimed that the provisions of the code do not apply or 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 within 30 days from the date of the decision APPEALED. Sec. 8. NEW MATERIALS, PROCESSES PROC-ESSES OR OCCUPANCIES OC-CUPANCIES WHICH MAY REQUIRE PERMITS. The chief 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 prevention shall post such list in a conspicuous con-spicuous place in his office, and distribute copies thereof to interested in-terested persons. Sec. 9. 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 any order made thereunder, or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved ap-proved 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 board of appeals or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the time fixed herin, shall severally for each and every such violation and noncompliance, respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than $10.00 nor more than $299.00 or by imprisonment for not less than 1 day nor more than 6 months 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. Sec. 10. REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES. OR-DINANCES. All former ordinances or parts thereof conflicting con-flicting or inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance or of the Code or Standards hereby adopted are hereby repealed. Sec. 11. VALIDITY. The City Council hereby declares that should any section, paragraph, sentence or word of this ordinance or of the Code or Standards hereby adopted be declared for any reason to be invalid, in-valid, 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. Sec. 12. DATE OF EFFECT. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its approval and publication as required by law. David R. Holdaway Mayor ATTEST: Mark H. Johnson City Recorder STATE OF UTAH) COUNTY OFUTAH)SS I, Mark H. Johnson, City Recorder of Pleasant Grove City certify that at a City Council meeting held February 1st, 1983 in the City Hall, Pleasant Grove, Utah that such ordinance was passed on unanimous vote by all members of the Council present and was thereupon signed by Mayor David R. Holdaway and attested by myself as City Recorder, and ordered published as required by law. IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of Pleasant Grove City this 1st day of February 1983. Mark H. Johnson City Recorder Published in the Pleasant Grove Review Feb. 17, 1983. |