TC Ord. No. 1986-05•
TOWN OF AVON
ORDINANCE NO. 86-5
SERIES OF 1986
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 15.04.800 AND CHAPTER 15.08 OF
THE AVON MUNICIPAL CODE AND PROVIDING FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY; REGULATING FEES AND THE ERECTION,
CONSTRUCTION, ENLFRGEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, MOVING, REMOVAL,
CONVERSION, DEMOLITION, OCCUPANCY, USE, HEIGHT, AREA AND
MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES IN THE TO1•7N OF AVON,
COLORADO; ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 1985 EDITION OF THE "UNIFORM
BUILDING CODE" AND THE 1985 EDITION OF THE "UNIFORM BUILDING CODE
STANDARDS"; AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF AVON,
as follows:
Section 1. Amendment. Section 15.04.800 of Chapter
15.04, Title 15 of the Avon Municipal Code is amended to read as
follows:
15.04.800 Table No. 3-A - Building Permit Fees
TABLE NO. 3-A - BUILDING PERMIT FEES
Total Valuation
$1.00 to $500.00
$15.00
Fee
$501.00 to $2,000.00............
$2,001.00 to $25,000.00.........
$25,001.00 to $50,000.00........
$50,001.00 to $100,000.00.......
$100,001.00 to $500,000.00......
$500,001.00 to $1,000,000.00....
$1,000,001.00 and up............
Demolition
Tents, Temporary Buildings,
Mobile Units
$15.00 for the first $500.00 plus
$2.00 for each additional $100.00
or fraction thereof, to and includ-
ing $2,000.00
$45.00 for the first $2,000.00 plus
$9.00 for each additional $1,000.00
or fraction thereof, to and including
$25,000.00
$252.00 for the first $25,000.00
plus $6.50 for each additional
$1,000.00 or fraction thereof, to
and including $50,000.00.
$414.50 for the first $50,000.00
plus $4.50 for each additional
$1,000.00 or fraction thereof, to
and including $100,000.00.
$639.50 for the first $100,000.00
plus $3.50 for each additional
$1,000.00 or fraction thereof.
$2039.50 for the first $500,000.00
plus $3.00 for each additional
$1,000.00 or fraction thereof, to
and including $1,000,000.00.
$3539.50 for the first $1,000,000.00
plus $2.00 for each additional
$1,000.00 or fraction thereof.
$10.00
$10.00 per 1000 square feet or
fraction thereof per month.
Other Inspections and Fees
1. Inspection outside of normal business hours
(minimum charge - two hours) $30.00 per hour
2. Reinspection fees assessed under provision of
Section 15.04.570 $30.00 per hour
3. Inspection for which no fee is specifically
indicated (minimum charge - one half hour).... $30.00 per hour
4. Additional plan review required by changes,
additions or revisions to approved plans
(minimum charge - one half hour) $30.00 per hour
Section 2. Amendment. Section 15.08.010 of Chapter
15.08, Title 15 of the Avon Municipal Code is amended to read as
follows:
15.08.010 Adoption. Pursuant to Section 6.9 of the
Charter of the Town of Avon, there is hereby adopted by reference
the Uniform Building Code of the International Conference of
Building Officials, 5360 South Workman Mill Road, Whittier,
California, 90601, 1985 Edition, and the Uniform Building Code
Standards of the International Conference of Euildinq Officials,
1985 Edition, a secondary code incorporated by reference in the
Uniform Building Code. Three (3) copies of each Code are now
filed in the office of the clerk of the Town, and may be inspected
during regular business hours. The above codes are being adopted
as if set out at length, save and except the following sections
which are declared to be inapplicable to the Town and are there-
fore expressly deleted:
A. Sections 101 through 307 inclusive.
B. Section 6001.
C. Chapter 53, Appendix, Energy Conservation.
Section 3. Repeal. Section 15.08.030 of Chapter 15.08,
Title 15 of the Avon Municipal Code is repealed in its entirety.
Section 4. Amendment. Section 15.08.040 of Chapter
15.08, Title 15 of the Avon Municipal Code is amended to read
as follows:
15.08.040 Section 1204 Amended - Basement Exits.
The second paragraph of Section 1204 is amended to read as follows:
Basements in dwelling units and every sleeping room
below the fourth story shall have at least one operable window or
exterior door approved for emergency escape or rescue. The units
shall be operable from the inside to provide a full clear opening
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without the use of separate tools.
Section 5. Repeal. Section 15.08.050 of Chapter 15.08,
Title 15 of the Avon Municipal Code is repealed in its entirety.
Section 6. Amendment. Section 15.08.080 of Chapter
15.08, Title 15 of the Avon Municipal Code is amended to read as
follows:
15.08.080 Section 3803 - Sprinkler System Alarms.
Section 3803 is amended by adding as second, third and fourth
paragraphs:
(2) Any building required to be equipped with a fire
alarm and/or sprinkler system will have a visual/audible device
installed on the exterior of the building. Such device will be
visible from the street, or other common way, will consist of a
flashing light and horn, and will have wording on its face or on
an adjacent sign stating "FIRE - CALL FIRE DEPARTMENT". Such
wording will be in white letters on a red background, and of a
size large enough to be easily read from the common way.
(3) An inside audible alarm is to be installed
wherever an alarm and/or automatic fire extinguishing system is
required by Section 3802 of the Uniform Building Code, except in
single family, duplex, triplex and fourplex residential dwellings.
In the case of public assembly areas with an occupant load of one
hundred (100) or more persons or where in the opinion of the
Building Official or the Fire Chief, the installation of an inside
alarm may result in creating panic, the alarm signal shall be
installed in an attended area. (e.g. projection booth, manager's
office) from where there can be effectuated an orderly evacuation
of the assembly area pursuant to a system approved by the Building
Official or Fire Chief.
(4) All fire alarm systems within the Town in operation
on the effective date of this ordinance shall, within one year of
said effective date, be brought into conformance with the above
requirements. The signal from the fire alarm system shall be
transmitted to a station designated by the fire department.
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Section 7. Amendment. Section 15.08.090 of Chapter
15.08, Title 15 of the Avon Municipal Code is amended to read as
follows:
15.08.090 Section 1210(a) Fire-warning systems is
amended by adding as fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth paragraphs:
(5) Every dwelling unit is to be equipped with a
single station smoke detector. Where more than a single detector
is required, due to the configuration of a particular unit, all
detectors within that unit are to be wired for simultaneous
operation, regardless of the fact that only one detector may
actually be operating.
(6) In all dwelling occupancies, where the total
number of dwelling units exceeds four (4), the smoke detectors
installed in the uni-'Ls are to power an indicator light over the
main entry door of that unit. The indicator light (or lamp) is
to be red in color, and is to be visible from an angle as great
as 90 degrees from the plane of the entry door. The indicator
lamp function is provided by a single station smoke detector
equipped with a set of N/O dry contacts.
(7) In dwelling occupancies where the total number of
units exceeds fifteen (15), or the building is more than three (3)
floors in height, or both, a manual fire alarm system is to be
installed, per nationally recognized standards. Pull stations
installed by this requirement are to be of the double acting type
(8) In dwelling occupancies where a manual fire alarm
system is required, smoke detectors are to remain single station
powering an indicator lamp; however, power for the detector and
lamp is to come from the emergency power panel for the building.
In addition, each dwelling unit is to be equipped with at least
one (1) heat sensor (or multiple units if configuration warrants)
which is to be connected to the main building fire alarm system.
Operation of a heat sensing device will alarm the entire building
and annunciate the floor area alarm zone. Heat sensing devices
are to be powered from the building fire alarm control panel.
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Section 8. Violations and Penalties.
a. Violations. The following clause concerning
violations is hereby set forth in full and adopted with reference
to all of the Codes and Standards named in the title of this
Ordinance:
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove,
convert or demolish, equip, use, occupy or maintain any building
or structure in the Town of Avon or cause or permit the same to
be done, contrary to or in violation of any of the provisions of
any of the Codes or Standards named in the title of this Ordinance.
b. Penalties. Any person, firm or corporation violating
any of the provisions of any of the Codes or Standards named in
the title of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and 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 violation of any of the provisions of any of the
Codes or Standards named in the title 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 $500.00 or by imprisonment for not
more than 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 9. 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 of 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.
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INTRODUCED, PASSED ON FIRST READING, APPROVED AND
ORDERED POSTED, this llth day of February , 1986 and
a public hearing on this Ordinance shall be held at the regular
meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Avon, Colorado, on the
25th
day of February , 1986 at 7:30 p.m. in the
Municipal Building of the Town of Avon, Colorado.
Al an R. Nottingham, Dayor
ATTEST:
INTRODUCED, PASSED ON SECOND READING, APPROVED AND
POSTED, this 25th day of February , 1986.
41~lan R. Nottingham, Mayor
ATTEST:
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STATE OF COLORADO )
COUNTY OF EAGLE ) SS
TOWN OF AVON )
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 25TH DAY OF
FEBRUARY , 1986 AT THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, 400 BENCHMARK ROAD,
AVON, COLORADO FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING THE ADOPTION OF
ORDINANCE NO. 86-5 , SERIES OF 1986:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 15.04.800 AND SECTION 15.08.010
OF THE AVON MUNICIPAL CODE AND PROVIDING FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY; REGULATING FEES AND THE ERECTION, CONSTRUCTION,
ENLARGEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, MOVING, REMOVAL, CONVERSION,
DEMOLITION, OCCUPANCY, USE, HEIGHT, AREA AND MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS
OR STRUCTURES IN THE TOWN OF AVON, COLORADO; ADOPTING BY REFERENCE
THE 1985 EDITION OF THE "UNIFORM BUILDING CODE" AND THE 1985 EDITION
OF THE "UNIFORM BUILDING CODE STANDARDS"; AND PROVIDING PENALTIES
FOR VIOLATION THEREOF.
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 notice given and passed by order of the Town Council of the
Town of Avon, Colorado.
Dated this 11th
TOWN OF AVON, COLORADO
BY:
POSTED AT THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THE TOWN OF AVON
ON February 12 , 1986:
THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE POST OFFICE,
THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO CITY MARKET,
THE PESTER GAS STATION; AND
THE MAIN LOBBY IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING
day, February 1986.