TC Ord. No. 1999-15 Repealing and reenacting Chapter 15.32 of the Avon Muni CodeTOWN OF AVON
ORDINANCE NO. 99 -15
SERIES OF 1999,
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING CHAPTER 15.32
OF THE AVON MUNICIPAL CODE: ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 1997 EDITION
OF THE UNIFORM FIRE CODE, VOLUMES 1 AND 2 AND SETTING FORTH
IN REGARD THERETO
WHEREAS, the 1997 Edition of the Uniform Fire Code, Volumes 1 and 2 have been published;
and
WHEREAS, the Town of Avon wishes to adopt the 1997 Edition of the Uniform Fire Code,
Volumes 1 and 2:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF AVON, COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO, THAT:
Chapter 15.32 of the Avon Municipal Code is hereby repealed and reenacted to read as
follows:
SECTION:
15.32.010 . Adoption
15.32.020 - Additions of Modifications
15.32.030 Section 104.1.2 - Authority at Fires and Other Emergencies, Interference
15.32.040 Section 105.8 — Permits, Permits required
15.32.050 Section 207 — Definitions and Abbreviation, F
15.32.060 Section 1001.5.2 — Fire Protection Systems and Equipment, Inspection and Testing
15.32.070 Section 1003.1 — Sprinkler System Monitoring and Alarms, Where Required
15.32.080 Section 1003.2 — Fire Extinguishing Systems, Required Installations
15.32.090 Section 1003.2.4 — Group E Occupancies, General Requirements
15.32.100 Section 1003.2.8 — Fire Extinguishing Systems, Group M Occupancies
15.32.110 Section 1003.2.9 — Fire Extinguishing Systems, Group R, Division 1 Occupancies
15.32.120 Section 1004.1.1— Standpipes, General Requirements
15.32.130. Table 1004 -A Standpipe, Required Systems
1532.140 Section 1006.1.— Protection of Commercial Cooking Operations
15.32.150 Section 1007.2.1.2 — Fire Alarm Systems, Use of Area Separation Walls to Define
Separate Buildings
15.32.160 Section 1007.2.2.1 — Fire Alarm Systems, Group A Occupancies
15.32.170. Section 1007.2.3 — Fire Alarm Systems, Group B Occupancies
15.32.180 Section 1007.2.8 — Fire Alarm Systems, Group M Occupancies
15.32.190 Section 1007.2.9.1.1 — Fire Alarm Systems, New Group R Occupancies, General
15.32.200 Section 1007.3.1 — General System Design and Installation Requirements, Design
Standards
15.32.210 Section 1007.3.3.6.1 — General System Design and Installation Requirements,
Monitoring
15.32.220 Section 1102.1 - Incinerators, Open Burning and Commercial Barbecue Pits, General
15.32.230 Section 1106 - Gas Meters and Piping
15.32.240 Section 1109.7 — Control "of Sources of Ignition, Sparks from Chimneys
15:32.250 Violation
15.32.260 Penalty
15.32:270 Validity
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CHAPTER 15.32
15.32:010 Adoption
Pursuant to Section 6.9 of the Charter of the Town, there is hereby adopted, for the purpose
of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire, hazardous
materials or explosion, that certain standards known as the Uniform Fire Code, including appendix
chapters: I -C Stairway Identification, II -E Hazardous Materials Management Plans and Hazardous
Materials Inventory Statements, II -F Protected Aboveground Tanks for Motor Vehicle Fuel-
,
Dispensing Stations Outside Buildings, II -I Ozone Gas - generating Equipment, III -A Fire -flow
Requirements for Buildings, III -B Fire Hydrant Locations and Distribution, III -C Inspection,
Testing and Maintenance of Water -based Fire- protection- Systems, V -A Hazardous Materials
Classifications, VI -E Reference Table from the Uniform Building Code, VI -I Unit conversion
Tables, and the Uniform Fire Code Standards published by the International -Fire Code Institute,
5360 Workman Mill Road; Whittier, California, 90601 -2298, being particularly the 1997 Editions
thereof, save and except such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended by this
ordinance, of which three copies have been and are now filed in the office of the Avon Town Clerk
and are available for inspection during normal business hours, and the same are hereby adopted and
incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and from the date of which the ordinance codified
in this chapter shall take effect.
'The repeal or the repeal and re- enactment of any portion of the code of the Town of Avon,
Colorado as provided in this ordinance shall not affect any right which has accrued, any duty
imposed, any violation that occurred prior to the effective date hereof, any prosecution commenced,
nor any action or proceeding as commenced under or by virtue of the provision repealed or repealed .
and re- enacted. The repeal of any provision here shall not revive any provision or any ordinance
previously repealed or superseded unless expressly stated herein.
15.32:020 Additions or Modifications.
The Uniform Fire Code is amended and changed in Sections 15.32.010 through 15.32.270.
15.32.030 Section 104.1.2 - Authority- at Fires and Other Emergencies, Interference
Section 104.1.2 is amended to include the following: It shall be unlawful for any person to
interrupt, silence, or disconnect any signal or fire alarm system signal which indicates the presence
of an emergency fire condition. Fire alarm panel troubles signals, maintenance signals, testing
signals or as approved in writing 'by the Chief shall not be construed as an emergency fire condition."
15.32.040_ Section 105.8 —Permits, Permits Required
All permits required under this subsection are expressly deleted, save and except the
following sections in their entirety.
c. 11. Candles and open flame in assembly areas.
c.2. Carnivals and fairs
c.7. Compressed gases
c.9. Cryogens
e.I. Explosives or blasting agents
f.2. Fireworks
f.3. Flammable or combustible liquids
h:l . Hazardous Materials
I.1. Liquefied petroleum gases
o. 1. Open burning
p.3. Pyrotechnical special effects material
15.32.050 Section 207 - Definitions and Abbreviation, F
False Alarm.is amended to read: False alarm is the reporting of an alarm for which no such
fire or emergency exists.
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15.32.060 Section 1001.5.2 — Fire Ptotection Systems and Equipment, Inspection and
Testing
Section 1001.5.2 is amended to read beginning at paragraph 2: Automatic fire - extinguishing
systems shall be inspected and tested at least annually. See Appendix III -C for recommended
guidelines. Fire alarm systems shall be inspected and tested at least annually. See UFC Standard
10 -2 for recommended guidelines. Standpipes shall be inspected and tested. at least every five
years. See NFPA 14 for recommended guidelines.
Exceptions: 1) Automatic fire- extinguishing equipment associated with commercial
cooking operations when in compliance with Section 1006. 2) Systems in high -rise buildings when
in compliance with Section 1001.5.4.
Reports of inspections and tests shall be maintained with the building owner or
representative and forwarded to the Chief.
15.32.070 Section 1003.1- Sprinkler System Monitoring and Alarms, Where Required
Section 1003:1 is amended to read: All valves controlling the water supply for automatic
sprinkler systems shall be electrically monitored. Monitored signals shall be transmitted to the fire
department by an approved method.
15.32.080 Section 1003.2 — Fire Extinguishing Systems, Required Installations
Section 1003.2 is amended to add Section 1003.2. 10 Group S, Division 1 and 2
Occupancies. An automatic sprinkler system shall be installed in all Group S, Division 1 and 2
Occupancies where the floor area exceeds 6,000 square feet on any one floor or 12,000 square feet
on all floors.
1532.090 Section 1003.2.4 = Group E Occupancies, General Requirements
Section 1003.2.4 is amended to delete exception 2.
15.32.100 Section 1003.2.8 —Fire. Extinguishing Systems, Group M Occupancies
Section 1003.2.8 is amended to read: An automatic sprinkler system shall be installed in
rooms classed as Group M Occupancies where the floor area exceeds 6,000 square feet on any floor
or 12,000 square feet on all floors or in Group M Occupancies more than three stories in height.
The areas of mezzanines shall be included in determining the areas where sprinklers are required.
15.32:110 Section 1003.2.9 — Fire Extinguishing Systems, Group R, Division 1
Occupancies
Section 1003.2.9 is amended to read: An automatic sprinkler system shall be installed
throughout every apartment or condominium three or more stories in height or containing 12 or
more dwelling units, every congregate residence three or more stories-'in height or having an
occupant load of 20 or more, and every hotel three or more stories in height or containing 20 or
more guest rooms. Residential or quick - response standard sprinklers shall be used in dwelling units
and guestroom portions of the building.
15.32.120 Section 1004.1.1= Standpipes, General Requirements
Section 1004. 1.1 is amended to read beginning the third paragraph: The location of fire
department hose connections shall be approved by the Chief.
In buildings used for high -piles combustible storage, fire protection shall be in accordance
with Article 81.
In any occupancy other than R3, where fire department vehicular access to within 20' of
50% of the exterior perimeter, including access to at least one side of the highest portion of the
building is not provided, the Chief may require Class 1 standpipes.
Standpipes are recommended to be dry to minimize failure of systems due to freeze.
Hose requirements may be deleted or replaced with fire extinguishers as required by the
Chief.
15.32.130 Table 1004 -A Standpipe, Required Systems
Table 1004 -A footnotes are amended to read, beginning with footnote 4:
4. In open structures where Class II standpipes may de damaged by freezing, the Fire
Chief may:authorized the use of Class I standpipes which are located as required for
Class II standpipes
5. For the purposes of this table, occupied roofs of parking structures shall be
considered an additional story. In parking structures, a tier is a story.
6. Class II standpipes need not be provided in assembly areas solely for worship.
15.32.140 Section 1006.1— Protection of Commercial Cookine Operations
Section 1006.1 is amended to include: Activation of the fire extinguishing equipment shall
send a monitored signal notifying the fire department in an approved method.
15.32.150 Section 1007.2.1.2 — Fire Alarni Systems, Use of Area Separation Walls to
Define Separate Buildings
Section 1007.2.1..2 is amended to include: For the purposes of Section 1007, area separation
walls shall not define separate buildings and shall include all habitable levels.
15.32.160 _ Section 1007.2.2.1— Fire Alarm Systems, Group A Occupancies
Section 1007.2.2.1 is amended to read: Group A, Divisions 1,2,2.1 and 3 Occupancy shall
be provided with manual and automatic fire alarm systems in accordance with Section 1007.2.2.
Exceptions: 1) Group A Occupancy portions of Group E Occupancies are allowed to have
alarms as required for the Group.E Occupancy. See also section 1007.2.12.
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1532.170 ' Section 1007.2.3 = Fire Alarm Systems, Group .B Occupancies
Section 1007.2.3 is amended to include: Group B Occupancies exceeding 6,000 square feet
per floor or 12,000 square feet total shall be provided with manual and automatic fire alarm
systems. - Mezzanines shall be included in the square footage.
15.32.180 Section 1007.2.8 - Fire Alarm Systems, Group M Occupancies
Section 1007.2.8 is amended to include: Group M Occupancies exceeding 6,000 square feet
per floor or 12,000 square feet total shall be provided with a manual alarm system.
15.32.190 Section 1007.2.9.1.1— Fire Alarm Systems, New Group R Occupancies, General
Section 1007.2.9.1.1 is amended to include: Any mixed use of occupancy which includes
R -1 shall be provided with a manual and automatic fire alarm system in accordance with Section
1007.2.9.
15.32.200 Section 1007.3.1 = General System Design and Installation Requirements,
Design Standards
Section 1007.3.1 is amended to include: Voice alarms and pre- recorded messages shall be
approved by the Chief.
15.32.210 Section 1007.3.3.6.1— General System Design and Installation Requirements,
Monitoring
Section 1007.3.3.6.1 is amended to include: All signals indicating an emergency fire
condition shall be transmitted to the fire department in an approved method.
15.32.220. Section 1102.1— Incinerators, Open Burning and Commercial Barbecue Pits,
General
Section 1102.1 is amended to include: In other than single Family or Duplex Dwellings, the
use of solid fuel barbecues is prohibited.
15.32.230 -- Section 1106 = Gas Meters and Piping
Section 1106 is amended to include: Where gas meters and piping are subject to damage
from snow shedding or ice buildup from a roof area they shall be protected in an approved manner.
15.32.240 Section 1109.7 — Control of Sources of Ignition, Sparks from Chimneys
Section 1109.7 is amended to read: Chimneys used with fireplaces or heating appliances in
which solid or liquid fuel is used shall be maintained with a spark arrester as required for
incinerators'by the Mechanical Code.
15.32.250 Violation
The following clause concerning violations is set forth in full and adopted with reference to
the Uniform Fire Code and Uniform Fire Codes Standards named in the title of this chapter:
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to erect, construct, alter, move,
demolish, repair, use and occupy,any building or structure and building service equipment, 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.
15.32.260 Penalty
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of the Uniform Fire Code or
Uniform Fire Code Standards named in the title of this chapter 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 and standards -named in such title of this chapter 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 five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or by
both such fine and imprisonment.
15.32.270 Validity
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of the Uniform Fire Code of Uniform
Fire Code Standards named in the title of this chapter, is for any reason held to be invalid or
unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining
provisions of this ordinance. The Town hereby declares that it would have passed these ordinances,
each section, subsection, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more
sections,' subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared unconstitutional.
INTRODUCED, PASSED ON FIRST READING, APPROVED AND ORDERED POSTED,
this day of , 1999, and'a public hearing on the Ordinance shall be held at the
regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Avon, Colorado on the4 ^ay of
14 /,*t 1999, at 5:3 Municipal Building of the Town of Avon, .Colorado.
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INTRODUCED, PASSED ON SECOND READING, APPROVED AND ORDERED
POSTED,'this 27 day of July , 1999.
AT EST:
Kn\11ash,_ Town Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Burt tevin, Town Attorney
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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 5:30 P.M. ON THE 27th DAY OF JULY 1999,
AT THE TOWN MUNICIPAL' BUILDING FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING THE
ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE ° NO. 99-15, SERIES OF 1999:
An Ordinance Repealing and Reenacting Chapter 15.32 of the Avon Municipal Code: Adopting
by Reference the 1997 Edition of the Uniform Fire Code Volumes 1 and 2 and Setting Forth
Details in Regard 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 notice is given and posted by order of the Town Council of the Town of Avon, Colorado
Dated this 19th day of July, 1999.
POSTED AT THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THE TOWN OF AVON ON
JULY 19,1999:
AVON MUNICIPAL BUILDING IN THE MAIN LOBBY
AVON BEAVER CREEK TRANSIT BUS STOP AT AVON CENTER
AVON RECREATION CENTER
CITY MARKET IN THE MAIN LOBBY