TC Ord. No. 1986-22TOWN OF AVON
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ORDINANCE NO. 86-22
SERIES OF 1986
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 15.32 OF THE AVON MUNICIPAL CODE
AND REENACTING CHAPTER 15.32 OF THE AVON MUNICIPAL CODE ADOPTING
BY REFERENCE THE "UNIFORM FIRE CODE", 1985 EDITION, AND PROVIDING
A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF AVON, STATE OF COLORADO, that:
Section 1. Chapter 15.32 of the Municipal Code of the
Town of Avon is hereby repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
Chapter 15.32
UNIFORM FIRE CODE
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15.32.010 Adoption.
15.32.020 Additions and modifications.
15.32.030 Section 11.201(d) amended--Accumulation
of Waste Material.
15.32.040 Section 11.207 amended--Combustible
Storage in Attic Spaces.
15.32.050 Section 32.101 amended--Permits.
15.32.060 Section 10.306(f-1) added--Fire Alarm
System.
15.32.070 Section 10.312 amended--Building Under
Construction
15.32.080 Section 10.301(d) amended--Timing of
Installation
15.32.090 Violation.
15.32.100 Penalty.
15.32.010 Adoption. A. Pursuant to Section 6.9 of the
Charter of the Town, there is adopted, for the purpose of
providing minimum standards to safeguard life or limb, health,
property and public welfare by regulating and controlling the
design, construction, quality of materials, use and occupancy,
location and maintenance of all buildings, structures and
utilities within the Town, the following code:
1. The Uniform Fire Code, 1985 Edition, published by the
International Conference of Building Officials, 5360 South Workman
Mill Road, Whittier, California 90601, and the Western Fire Chiefs
Association, 5360 South Workman Mill Road, Whittier, California
90601.
B. Three copies of said Code are filed in the office of
the Town Clerk and may be inspected during regular business hours.
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The same are adopted as if set out at length save and except the
following sections which are declared to be inapplicable to the
Town and are therefore expressly deleted from the Uniform Fire
Code, 1985 Edition:
1. Part I Administrative.
All of Article 1 - Title, Intent and Scope.
2. Part I Administrative.
All of Article 2 - Organization,
Authority, Duties and Procedures.
3. Part I - Administrative.
All of Article 4. - Permits.
4. Part III - General Provisions for Fire Safety.
Article 10. Fire Protection
Sections 10.207, 10.301(c) - paragraphs 1 and 3
(only), 11.208, 11.209 and 13.102.
5. Part IV - Special Occupancy Uses
Article 25. Places of Assembly
Sections 25.101, 25.102(a), 25.104, 25.108(c),
25.115, 25.116 and 25.401.
All of Article 27. Cellulose Nitrate, Plastics,
Storage and Handling.
Article 28. Storage and Handling of combustible
Fibers.
Section 28.105.
All of Article 35. Covered Mall Buildings.
6. Part VII - Special Subjects.
All of Article 87 - Fire Safety during Construction,
Alterations or Demolition of a Building.
7. Part VIII - Appendices.
All except I-C, III-A, III-C, VI-C and VI -D.
15.32.020 Additions and Modifications. The adoption of
the Uniform Fire Code, 1985 Edition (UFC) is subject to the
additions and modifications in Sections 15.32.030 through
15.32.080.
15.32.030 Section 11.201(d) Amended - Accumulation of
Waste Material. Section 11.201(d) is amended to read as follows:
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Commercial dumpsters and containers with an individual
capacity of 1.5 cubic yards or greater shall not be stored or
placed within 20 feet of any habitable building hereafter
constructed.
Exception: Areas containing dumpsters or containers
protected by an approved automatic sprinkler system.
15.32.040 Section 11.207 Amended - Combustible Storage
in Attic Spaces. Section 11.207 is amended to read as follows:
Combustible material shall not be stored in attic areas
or similar spaces of business, commercial, industrial or
institutional occupancies.
Exceptions:
1. when walls, floors and ceiling forming the storage
area are protected on the attic room side as required for one-hour
fire-resistive construction.
2. In single family duplex, triplex and four-plex
residential dwellings.
15.32.050 Section 32.101 Amended - Permits. The title
of Section 32.101 is amended to read as "Scope" and further said
section is amended to read as follows:
This article applies to the erecting or operating of a
tent or tents, an air-supported structure or structures that cover
a total area in excess of 3,000 square feet.
15.32.060 Section 10.306(f) through (1) Added - Fire
Alarm System. Section 10.306(f) through (1) is hereby added to
read as follows:
(f) Fire Alarm Systems: All fire alarm systems and
automatic building-wide fire extinguishing systems are to be
supervised (monitored). This must be accomplished through private
alarm monitoring companies selected by the building owner or
developer. The name of the monitoring company to be used must be
submitted to the Fire Department for approval.
(g) Central Building Fire Alarm Systems: The
central building fire alarm system type shall be non-coded
continuous ring, locking zone annunciated. zoning shall be per
floor, per stair access, and/or per use area on the floor; i.e.,
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(kitchen, cafe/banquet, retail, trash collection point, etc.) or
for Fire Department approved alternatives and for precise Fire
Department response as approved by the Fire Chief. Separate
annunciation shall be required for each sprinkler flow and each
supply and return duct system of air handling units over 2,000 cfm
or recognized alternative. The control panel, annunciation panel
and remote annunciation shall be located as directed by the Fire
Department.
All access to the fire alarm panel shall be
controlled by the Fire Department. The fire alarm panel shall be
capable of individual zone disconnection, except for water flow
devices where disconnection will not be allowed.
(h) Manual Fire Alarms: Manual fire alarm stations
shall be of the double acting type approved by the Fire
Department.
(i) Thermal Detector Application: Thermal
detectors shall be located in mechanical rooms, commercial
kitchens, locker areas, trash chutes, and public restrooms.
(j) Common Area Alarms: System area smoke
detectors shall be located in all common areas, at top of stairs,
hallways, and shafts (elevator and dumb waiter).
(k) Elevator Alarms: Smoke/thermal detectors shall
be located in elevator equipment rooms, electric equipment rooms,
elevator lobbies, and storage areas opening into corridors.
Elevator lobby detectors shall be located per U.B.C., powered from
the fire alarm control panel, and contain an electrical contact
(Form C) for elevator recall.
(1) Commercial Kitchen Extinguishing System Alarm:
Activation of a range hood extinguishing system will activate the
central building alarm system; if an alarm system is installed.
15.32.070 Section 10.312 Amended - Building Under
Construction.
follows:
Section 10.312 is hereby amended to read as
The Chief may designate the number and type of fire
extinguishers to be provided for all buildings under construction.
The travel distance to any fire extinguisher on any floor shall be
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a maximum of 75 feet. The type of fire extinguisher shall be
suitable for fire associated with the hazard present.
15.32.080 Section 10.301(d) Amended - Timing of
Installation. Section 10.301(d) is hereby amended to read as
follows:
(d) Timing of Installation. When fire protection
facilities are installed by the developer, such facilities
including all surface access roads shall be installed and made
serviceable during the time of construction. When alternate
methods of protection, as approved by the chief, are provided, the
above may be modified or waived.
15.32.090 Violation. 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
Chapter:
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 Codes
or Standards named in the title of this Ordinance.
15.32.100 Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation
violating any of the provisions of any of the Codes or 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 or Standards named in the 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.
Section 2. 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
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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, irrespective of
the fact that any one or more parts, sections, subsections,
sentences, clauses or phrases be declared to be invalid.
INTRODUCED, PASSED ON FIRST READING, APPROVED AND ORDERED
POSTED, this 25th day of November , 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 9th day of
December__, 1986 at 7:30 p.m. in the Municipal Building of the
Town of Avon, Colorado.
Allan R. ottingha , Mayor
ATTEST:-,,
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Patricia J.
e; Town Cler
INTRODUCED, PASSED ON SECOND READING, APPROVED AND ORDERED
POSTED this 9th day of December, 1986.
Allan R. ottingham, or
ATTEST:
Baroa.ra R. Joseph
Deputy Town Clerk
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STATE OF COLORADO )
COUNTY OF EAGLE ) SS
TOWN OF AVON )
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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 9TH DAY OF
DECEMBER, 1986 AT THE TOWN HALL FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING THE
ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 86-22, SERIES OF 1986:
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 15.32 OF THE AVON MUNICIPAL CODE
AND REENACTING CHAPTER 15.32 OF THE AVON MUNICIPAL CODE ADOPTING
BY REFERENCE THE "UNIFORM FIRE CODE", 1985 EDITION, AND PROVIDING
A PENALTY 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
the Ordinance.
This notice given and published by order of the Town Council of
the Town of Avon.
Dated this 26th day of November, 1986.
TOW
BY:
POSTED AT THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC PLACES WIT
ON NOVEMBER 26 , 1986:
THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE POST OFFICE
THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO CITY MARKET
THE PESTER GAS STATION; AND
THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE MUNICIPAL BUILDI