TC Ord. No. 1979-15ORDINANCE NO. 79-15
TONN OF AVON
SERIES OF 1979
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING FIRE SAFETY; PROVIDING FOR FIRE SAFETY
INSPECTIONS BY FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL; PROVIDING PENALTIES
FOR CERTAIN ACTS AND OMISSIONS WHICH CONSTITUTE FIRE HAZARDS;
CONTAINING PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY UNDER WHICH THE
ORDINANCE IS ENACTED AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER DETAILS IN RELA-
TION THERETO.
Section 1. Inspections - Fire Hazards - Order to Remove
or Correct - Appeal as Provided by Statute.
Whenever the Fire Chief of any Fire Protection =
District serving the Town of Avon or any por-
tion of the Town of Avon, or any member of
any such Fire Department who has been desig-
nated by the Chief of any such Department or
District, finds, through inspection ~procedures,
any building or other structure which, for
want of repair, lack of or insufficient fire
escapes, automatic or other fire alarm appara-
tus, or fire extinguishing equipment as may be
required by law or for reasons of age or di-
lapidated condition, or from any other cause,
is especially liable to fire or hazardous to
the safety of the occupants thereof, and which
is so situated as to endanger
and whenever such officer fin
ing combustible or explosive
flammable conditions, dangero
of such building or its occup
order the same to be removed
and such order shall forthwit
by the owner, lessee, agent o
premises or buildings. In ca
lessee, agent or occupant may
aggrieved by such order, such
agent or occupant may follow
procedures outline in C.R.S.
other property,
is in any build-
natter or in-
ns to the safety
ants, he shall
)r remodeled,
i be complied with
occupant of such
;e such owner,
feel himself
owner, lessee,
:he statutory
.973, 32-5-342.
Section 2. Violations - Penalties.
Any owner, lessee, agent or occupant of any
building or premises'-.maintaining any condi-
tion likely to cause fire or to constitute
an additional fire hazard or any condition
which impedes or prevents the egress of persons
from such building or premises in violation
of the provisions of this ordinance shall be
deemed to be maintaining a fire hazard and
shall be guilty of a misdemeansor. Any
person, firm or corporation violating any of
the provisions of this Ordinance shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, any any such person,
firm or corporation shall be deemed guilty
of a separate offense for each and every
day or portion thereof during which any viola-
tion of the provisions of this ordinance is
committed, continued, or permitted, and upon
conviction of any such violation, such person,
firm or corporation shall be punished by a
fine of not more than three hundred dollars
($300.00) or by imprisonment for not more than
90 days, or by both such fine and imprison-
ment.
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Section 3. Authority - Conflict with State Statutory
Provisions.
This Ordinance is enacted pursuant to the autho-'
rity granted by the Town Charter for the Town of
Avon, Colorado, and pursuant to Article XX, Sec-
tion 6 of the Constitution of the State of Colorado.
In enacting this Ordinance the Town Council
acknowledges existence of similar provisions
contained in C.R.S. 1973, 32-5-34 et seq. The
Council specifically hereby reaffirms the con-
cept that fire safety is a matter of local as
well as statewide concern and further states
that it is in the public welfare that the pro-
visions of this Ordinance be enacted.
Section 4. Saving Clause.
If any part, section, 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 this 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, irrespec-
tive of the fact that any one or more parts,
sections, subsection, sentences, clauses or
phases be declared to be invalid.
INTRODUCED, PASSED ON FIRST READING, APPROVED, AND ORDERED
PUBLISHED ONCE IN FULL, this A day o4L, 1979 and a
public hearing on this Ordinance shall be eld at a meeting
of the Town Council of the Town of Avon, Colorado, on the
day of1979, at 7:30 P.M., in the Municipal
Offices of the o
oLr
4ATTEST:
Town Clerk'
INTRODUCED, APPROVED ON SECOND READING, PASSED, ENACTED
AND ORDERED PUBLISHED THIS DAY OF ru L , 1979.
ATTEST:
BY
TOWN CLE
TOWN OF AVON
BY : i/-
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STATE OF COLORADO )
COUNTY OF EAGLE ) SS
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, at 7:30 P.M. on the 10th day,of July,
1979 at the Town Hall for the purpose of considering the adoption
of ORDINANCE NO. 79-15:
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING FIRE SAFETY, PRO-
VIDING FOR FIRE SAFETY INSPECTIONS BY FIRE
DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL; PROVIDING PENALTIES
FOR CERTAIN ACTS AND OMISSIONS WHICH CON-
STITUTE FIRE HAZARDS; CONTAINING PROVISIONS
RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY UNDER WHICH THE
ORDINANCE IS ENACTED AND PROVIDING FOR
OTHER DETAILS IN RELATION THERETO.
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, Colorado.
Dated this 26th day of June, 1979.
TOWN OF AVON, COLORADO
By order of the Town Council
By
TOWN CLERIK
POSTED AT THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THE TOWN OF AVON ON
JUNE 27, 1979:
THE NORTHEAST SIDE THE BENCHMARK SHOPPING CENTER, (AVON POST OFFICE)
THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF EAGLE VALLEY BOWL
THE PESTER GAS STATION; AND
THE TOWN OFFICE, SECOND FLOOR, BENCHMARK SHOPPING CENTER