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TC Ord. No. 1979-14ORDINANCE NO. 79-14 TOWN OF AVON SERIES OF 1979 AN ORDIINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO.2, SERIES OF 1979, ALSO KNOWN AS ORDINANCE 79-2; PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS IN REGARD TO THE FIRE RATING OF PARTY WALLS AND SEPARATION WALLS. WHEREAS, the Town of Avon is presently experiencing increased construction activity; and, WHEREAS, the Town Council is concerned with the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the Town of Avon; and, WHEREAS, the Design Review Board of the Town of Avon has reviewed and recommended the following Amendments; NOW THEREFORE be it ordained by the Town Council of the Town of Avon, Colorado, that: Ordinance number 2 of the Series of 1979 shall be and is hereby amended as follows: Section 1. Intent of this Ordinance. To set minimum requirements for construction and con- struction methods, of walls, partitions, and floor-ceiling assemblies that separate individual dwellings and/or dwelling units, to retard the spread of fire between dwellings and/or dwelling units. Section 2. Scope. The requirements of this Ordinance shall be in addition to those requirements of the Uniform Building Code adopted by the Town of Avon and shall not be construed to reduce, nullify, or otherwise modify and portion thereof except as specifically described herein. In the event that any Code duly adopted by the Town of Avon requires construction assemblies or methods superior to the requirements of this Ordinance, the more stringent requirements shall take precedence. Section 3. Definitions. A. Common Construction Assemblies. Construc on assemblies that are shared by, or that separate, two or more adjacent dwellings and/or dwelling units, or between other types of occupanies, tenant spaces, businesses, offices, or other uses. B. Common Walls or Partitions (Party Walls.) Those walls and or partitions that separate two or more individual adjacent dwellings and/or dwelling units, or between other types of occupanices, tenant spaces, offices, or other uses. C. Common Floor-Ceiling Assemblies. Floor-Ceiling construction systems that separate two or more individual and adjacent dwellings and/or dwelling units, or other types of occupancies, tenant spaces, offices, or other uses. D. Corridors. Corridors shall refer to all entryways, passage- ways, and exits, when two or more dwelling units are served by said "corridors", regardless of size, enclosures, or length. Section 4. Additions b this ordinance. Common walls andr partitions (party walls) shall be of not less than 1-hour fire resistive construction, and shall extend from floor to ceiling and exterior wall to exterior wall or other common wall. Common walls shall be extended up into attic spaces by use of draft stops or may terminate at roof-ceiling construction systems if the ceiling is not less than 1-hour fire resistive construction. Common walls, of not less than 1-hour fire resistive construction shall be extended through decks, balconies, or other projecting elements unless those elements are separated by a distance equal to or greater than the distance of the longest projection but not less than five feet. Common floor-ceiling assemblies shall have ceilings of not less than 1-hour fire resistive construction. All exterior corridors shall have 1-hour fire resistive walls. Openings to such corridors shall have not less than 3/4 hour fire rating with automatic closures, and all walls shall be 1-hour fire resistive to the roof, or ceiling, whichever is applicable. Fire alarm systems shall be provided for every building which contains 15 or more dwelling units, regardless of separation walls which are required, and in any size building which has a common entryway serving three or more dwelling units. Wiring for alarm systems shall be in metal conduits. Section 5. Saving Clause. If any part, sermon, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance or any of the Codes or Standards adopted hereby are for any reason held to be invalid, such decisions shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections of the ordinance or any of the Codes or Standards adopted hereby; the Town Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and adopted the Codes and Standards named in the title hereto in each part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more parts, sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared to be invalid. Section 6. Repeal. Any or all ordinances or parts of ordinances of the Town of Avon, in conflict or inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall not affect any offense committed or act done, any penalty or forfeiture incurred or any contract, right or obligation established prior to the time of such repeal. INTRODUCED, PASSED ON FIRST READING, AP D, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED ONCE IN FULL, this In +A day of , 1979 and a public hearing on this Ordinance shall be d a the regular meetin of the Town Council of the Town of Avon, Colorado, on the day of , 1979, at 7:30 P.M. in the Municipal Offices of the own. yor ATTEST: Town Clerk • 0 INTRODUCED, APPROVED ON SECOND READING, PASSED, ENACTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED THIS DAY OF , 1979. TOWN OF AVON By: Mayor ATTEST: Town Clerk -3- 0 0 STATE OF COLORADO ) SS COUNTY OF EAGLE ) TOWN OF AVON ) NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of a public hearing before the Town Council of the Town of Avon, Colorado,aat 7:30 P.M. on the day of July at the Town Hall for the purpose of considering the adoption and AN ORDINANCE NO. 2, SERIES OF 1979, ALSO KNOWN AS ORDINANCE 79-2; PRO- VIDING FOR CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS IN REGARD TO THE FIRE RATING OF PARTY WALLS AND SEPARATION WALLS. A copy of said Ordinance is attached hereto and is also on file at the office of the Town Clerk and may be inspected during regular business hours. Following this hearing, the Council may consider final passage of this Ordinance. This meeting is open to the general public. This notice given and published by order of the Town Council of the Town of Avon. Dated this 10th day of July, 1979. TOWN OF AVON, COLORADO By order of the Town Council B (g-67~ L TOWN CLERK Posted at the following public palces within the Town of AVon, Colorado on July 11, 1979: The Northeast side of the Benchmark Shopping Center The main entrance - Eagle Valley Bowl The Pester Gas Station, and The Town Office, second floor, Benchmark Shopping Center.