HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968 Ordinance No. 009134
Introduced a• a Bill by councilman Dhority
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8~ 1. 112.2 of the Municipal Code of the
City of Bng , i• hereby ... nded to read a• follow•s
•112.2 Dutiea of the Department. It •hall be the
duty of the Pire Department to prevent and extinquiah fires,
to educate the public in all matter• pertainin9 to fire•
md fir• prevention, to make inapection• of property and
condition• within the City Which conatitute fire hazard•
and to a••i•t in the elimination or abat...nt thereof, to
enforce all regulatory proviaiona of thia Chapter, to perform
reacue and allbulance ••rvice• within the City, to operate
and .. intain all fire fighting apparatua and equipaent and
other property and equipment in it• ch9r9•1 and to perform
auch other duti•• aa -y be deaiC)ftated by the Ci~y Manager
or by ordinance.•
S19tion 2. Chapter 12 of the llunicipal Code of
the Ci~ of Bngiewood, i• hereby -•nded by addition thereto
a new aection• 12.12 through and including 12.19, which shall
read a• follow••
•112.12 Adoption of Pire Prevention Co j e. Pursuant
to the proviaion• of Article v, Section 44 of thecharter of
City of Bnglewood, and Chapter 139, Article 34, Colorado
Reviaed Statute•, 1963, there i• hereby adopted a• part of
Chapter 12 of the Municipal COd• of the City of Bnqlewood,
with the •-e force and effect a• thougll th• •-e were set
forth in full herein, that certain fire prevention code
recc ended by the Allerican Inaurance Aaaociation, suc-
ceaaor to the Rational Board of Pir• underwriter•, being
particularly the 1965 Bdition thereof, toqether with the
OCtober 1966 Reviaion thereto, and the whole thereof, save
and except Article 13 thereof, and appendix c and appendix
D thereto, and the proviaion• thereof •hall be applicable and
controlling within the limit• of the City of Bnglewood from
and after the effective date of 112.12.
112.13 ftiforc8Dent of Pire Prevention Code.
!'he proviaiona ofe Plre Prevention COde adOpted by 112.12
•hall be enforced by the Chief of the Bnglewood Pire Department,
or any deaign-thereof, who ahall carry on auch inapections
and inveati9ationa and •hall iaaue auch permit• and orders
a• aay be n'°•••ary to aecure the enforc ... nt of •aid pro-
viaion• and the caapliance therewith by all peraon• within
the m undari.. of th• City of Bnglewood.
812.14 ptfinitiona. Whenever the following
word• or tenaa are uaed ln the Pire Prevention Code adopted
by 812.12, they •hall carry the following aeaning•s
a. •11unicipality• •hall ••an the City of
BncJlewood, COlorado.
b. •corporation counae1• ahall ••an the City
Attorney for the City of Bnglewood, Colorado,
• or any de•iCJD" thereof.
c. Whenever the word• •Chief of the Bureau
of Pire Prevention• or th• word• •aureau t1
Fire Prevention• are u•ed in the Pire Preven-
tion Code, they •hall be held to .. an the
Chief of the Bnglewood Pire Department of
any deaignee thereof.
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~•n•tor .... Qi ~l~a .. ~r ~l b l8 Q•--ite,,.-O~(Wl~d , Ullka n i•2•rGh~J,te«, ·,.,.jaa c llilllll, in which n.w bulk plants
for fl ... able or cambu•tible liquid• are prohibited,and
in 121.6 (a) in which bulk •torage of liquidified petroleum
ga• i• re•tricted, are tho•• limit• of that area known as .
•pir• zone Bo. 2• a• ••t forth in 113.14-1 of the Municipal
COd• of the City of Bnglewood.
112.16 Modification•. The Chief of the Fire
Department, or hi• a •• 1gn-, ihall have power to llOdify
any of th• provi•ion• of the Pire Prevention COd• adopted
by 112.12 in any particul.ar in•tance, upon application in
writing by the owner or l•••••, or any duly authorized agent
thereof, when there are practical difficulti•• in the way
of earring out the •trict letter of the code, provided that
the •pirit of the COd• •hall be ob••rved, public •afety
..cured, and •ub•tantial ju•tic• done. ft• particular• of
8UCh llOdif ication when granted or allowed and the deci•ion
of th• Chief of the Pire Department, or hi• d••ignee, •hall
thereupon be entered upon the record• of the Pire Department
and a •igned copy whall be furni•hed to th• applicant.
112.17 Appeal•. 1ftlenever the Chief of the Fire
Departllellt ahall dl•approve an application or refu•e to grant
a penait applied for, or di•approve• an application for
llOdification, or when it i• claimed that th• provi•ion• of
the Fire Prevention Code do not apply in th• .. nner in which
the Chief of the Pire Department detezminea, or when it .i.a
claiaed t:lla• -.ep6"eato•doll--'n9i ol ...., .. ...., ... edJteeD
-~.. or wrongly interpreted by the Chief of the Fire
Departileftt, andy permon aggrieved thereby .. y appeal fran
the deci•ion of the Chief of the Pire Departaent to the
Bnglewood Board of Adju•taent and Appeal• within 30 days
from the date of the deci•ion appealed, which Board •hall
revi.w th• declaJ.on of the Chief of the Pir• Department and
render a final and binding deci•lon thereupon. In con•iderinq
811Ch appeal•, the Bnglewood Board of Adjuataent and Appeals
8hall have the powere granted to the Chief of the Pire
Department by 112.16 hereof.
112.18 Bew Material•. Pr09ea•e• or pcupancie•
vhiih i!I !f!tr• ;na t•. 'i'he cl ty Lna9er o the cl ty of
Bng MZ ailthelef of the Pire Department of the City of
Bnglewood, or their de•ignee•, •hall act a• a cOlllllittee to
deteraine and •pacify after 9ivin9 all affected per•on an
opportunity to be heard, any new material•, proce••e• or oc-
cupanci••, which •hall require permit•, in addition to those
now enumerated in •aid Code. A li•t •hall be made of any
•uch new material•, proce•••• or occupanci•• which •hall be
poaed in a coupicou• place inthe office of the Chief of the
Pire Department, and copie• of •uch li•t ahall be made avail-
able by hia to all interested per•on• •
• •12.19 Penalties. Any permon who •hall violate
any of the provi•ion• of the Fire Prevention Code adopted by
112.12 or who fail• to caaaply with the provi•ion• of said
Pir• Preventl•·code, or who 8hall violate or who •hall fail
to eo11ply with any order .. de thereunder, or who ahall build
any atructure of any nature in violation of any detailed state-
11ent of •pacification• or plan• •ubmitted and approved thereunder,
or any certificate or permit i••ued thereunder, and fran which
no appeal ha• been taken, or who •hall fail to canply with
mch an order a• affirmed or IDOdif ied by th• Bn9lewood Board
of Adju•tment and Appeals, or by a Court of caapetent juris-
diction, within the time fixed, herein, •hall be considered
to have violated a municipal ordinance and ahall be subject.
to tho•• penaltie• pre•cribed therefore by Chapter 27 of the
Municipal Code of the City of Bn9lewood. 'fh9 iapo•ition
of one penalty for any violation •hall not excu•• the violation
nor perait it to continuer and all •uch peraon• •hall be re-
quired to correct or remedy such violation• or defects within
a rea•onable tiaer and when not otherwi•• •pacified, each day
that prohibited conditioD8 are maintained •hall constitute
a .. perate offen••·
b. Any continuing act which, under 112.19 (a)
hereof, •hall con•titute a violation of the Municipal Code
of the City of Bn9lewood, i• hereby declared to be a public
nui•ance and in addition, to all other penaltie• pre•cribed
herein, the City of Bn9lewood may take such legal action to
abate •uch nui•nace a• shall be appropriate.
Section 3. Section 23.10, Section 23.11, Section
17.7 and Section 17.18 of the Municipal Cod• of the City of
Bnglewood, t09ether with all •ub•ection• thereof, are hereby
repealed and all otherordinance•, or part• tshereof, conflict-
ing with, or incon•i•tent with, the provi•ion• of thi• Ordinance
or of the COde hereby adopted are hereby repealed.
'action 4. City Council of .the City of Bnglewood
hereby decarea that, 8hould any •ection, para9raph, •entence,
or word of thi• ordinance or of the COde hereby adopted be de~
clared for any rea•on to be invalid, it i• the intent of the said
City council that it would have pa••ed all other portions
of thi• ordinance independent of the elillination here from of
any auch portion a• may be declared invalid.
Sectiin 5. 'l'he Director of Finance and Records of
the City of Bn~ewood, •hall at all time• after the introduc-
tion of thi• orainance maintain on file in hi• office not
le•• than thr-(3) copie• of thi• ordinance and (3) a>pies
of the Pir• ~evention Code adoptled by Section 2 of this
Ordinance. At all tilDe• after the effective date of this
Ordinance, the •aid Director of Finance and Record• ahll
llaintain a reaaonable •upply of copi•• of thi• Ordinance
and of the rir• Prevention Code, which copi•• •hall be avail-
able for purcha•• by the public at a price not to exceed
one cent (10) per pa9e of text, plu• a handling charge of
ten cent• (100) per copy.
Introduced and pa••ed on f ir•t reading by the
City council of the City of Bn9lewood, and ordered published
a• a Bill in th• Bn9lewood Herald and Bnterpri•e at its
regular ... ting on the 5th day of February, 1968.
Pa••ed on Pinal Reading by the City Council
of the City of Bn9lewood, COlorado on the 4th day of March,
1968, and ordered publi•hed in full in the Bn9lewood Herald
and Bnterpri••·
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