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TC Ord. No. 1992-09 Repealing Chapter 15.32 of the Avon Muni CodeTown of Avon Ordinance No. 92-9 Series of 1992 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", 1991 EDITION. 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 Chapter 15.32 of the Municipal Code of the Town of Avon is hereby repealed and reenacted to read as follows: Chapter 15.32 Uniform Fire Code Sections: 15.32.010 ADOPTION 15.32.020 ADDITIONS OR MODIFICATIONS 15.32.030 APPLICABILITY 15.32.040 Section 2.108 AUTHORITY AT FIRES AND OTHER EMERGENCIES 15.32.050 Section 2.303 LIABILITY OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS 15.32.060 Section 4.107 PERMIT REQUIRED 15.32.070 Section 9.115 & 9.120 DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS 15.32.080 Section 10.301 PREMISE IDENTIFICATION 15.32.090 Section 10.503 APPROVAL AND TESTING 15.32.100 Section 10.507 REQUIRED INSTALLATIONS OF AUTOMATIC FIRE-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS 15.32.110 Section 10.508 FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM SUPERVISION ALARMS 15.32.120 Section 10.510 STANDPIPES 15.32.130 Section 10.513 FIRE EXTINGUISHING EQUIPMENT FOR PROTECTION OF KITCHEN GREASE AND DUCTS 15.32.140 Section 10.602 FIRE ASSEMBLIES FOR PROTECTION OF OPENINGS 15.32.150 Section 11.204 RECREATIONAL FIRES - RESTRICTIONS ON SOLID FUEL BARBEQUES - WHERE PROHIBITED 15.32.160 Section 11.504 HOT ASHES AND SPONTANEOUS IGNITION SOURCES 15.32.170 Section 11.505 SPARK ARRESTORS FOR CHIMNEYS 15.32.180 Section 13.301 FIRE DRILLS IN EDUCATIONAL OCCUPANCIES 15.32.190 Section 14.101 FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS / SCOPE 15.32.200 Section 14.104 REQUIRED INSTALLATIONS OF FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS 15.32.210 Section 14.105 MONITORING 15.32.220 Section 14.105 MAINTENANCE and TESTING 15.32.230 FIREWORKS 15.32.240 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS - DESIGNATED EMERGENCY RESPONSE AUTHORITY -2- 15.32.250 VIOLATION 15.32.260 PENALTY 15.32.270 VALIDITY 15.32.010 ADOPTION. Part I - 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: IC Stairway Identification, II-B Protection of Flammable and Combustible Liquids in Tanks in Locations Subject To Flooding. II-E Hazardous Materials Management Plans and Hazardous Materials Inventory Statements. Figure No. A-11-E-1 Hazardous Materials Management Plan Instructions. II-F Aboveground STORAGE Tanks for Motor Vehicle Fuel Dispensing Stations. V-A Nationally Recognized Standards of Good Practice. VI-A Hazardous Materials Classifications. VI-B Emergency Relief Venting for Fire Exposure for Aboveground Tanks. VI-D Reference Tables From The Uniform Building Code. VI-E Recommended Separation Distances for Explosive Materials. VI-F Unit Conversion Tables, and the Uniform Fire Code Standards published by the Western Fire Chiefs Association, Palm Brook Corporate Center, 3602 Inland Empire Boulevard, Suite B-205, Ontario, California, 91764 and the International Conference of Building Officials, 5360 Workman Mill Road, Whittier, California, 90601, being particularly the 1991 editions thereof and the whole 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 hour, and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and from the date on which this ordinance shall take effect. Part II Repeal - The repeal or the repeal and re-enactment of any provision of the Code of the Town of Avon, Colorado as provided in this Ordinance shall not effect any right which has accrued, any duty imposed, any violation that occured prior to the effective date hereof, any prosecution commenced, nor any other action or proceeding as commenced under or by virtue of the provision repealed or repealed and re-enacted. The repeal of any provision hereby shall not revive any provision or any ordinance previously repealed or superseded unless expressly stated herein. Part III Health, Safety and Welfare - The Town Council hereby finds, determines and declares that this Ordinance is necessary and proper for the health, safety, and welfare of the Town of Avon and the inhabitants thereof. -3- 15.32.020 ADDITIONS OR MODIFICATIONS. The Uniform Fire Code is amended and changed in Section 15.32.030 through 15.32.240. 15.32.030 Section 1.103 APPLICABILITY (c) Conflicting provisions is amended to read as follows: 1. Wherever conflicting provisions or requirements occur between this code, the Building Code, or other codes or ordinances, the most restrictive shall govern. 2. Where in any specific case different sections within any of the technical codes specify different materials, methods of construction or other requirements, the most restrictive shall govern. 3. Where conflicts occur between any specific provisions of this code and any administrative provisions in any technical code which is then appilcable within the Town, those provisions becoming law last in time shall prevail. 15.32.040 Section 2.108 AUTHORITY AT FIRES AND OTHER EMERGENCIES is amended to include the following: (d) It shall be unlawful for any person to interupt, silence, or disconnect any signal, or fire alarm system signal which indicates the presence of an emergency fire condition, unless such signal is a signal from maintenance or testing or as approved in writing by the Fire Chief. Fire alarm control panel trouble signals shall not be construed as an emergency fire condition. 15.32.050 Section 2.109 LIABILITY is amended by adding the following: Any member of the Board of Appeals provided for herein, acting in good faith and without malice for the Town of Avon in the discharge of their duties, shall not thereby render themselves personally liable. The members are hereby relieved from all personal liability for any damage that may accrue to persons or property as a result of any act or omission related to the discharge of their duties. Any suit brought against a member or members of the board as provided herein, because of such act or omission performed by them in the discharge of their duties, shall be defended by the Town of Avon until final termination of the proceedings. 15.32.060 Section 4.108 PERMIT REQUIRED. All permits required under this subsection are expressely deleted, save and except the following sections in their entirety. Section 4.108 c.2. Carnivals and fairs. Section 4.108 c.7. Compressed gases. Section 4.108 c.8. Cryogens. Section 4.108 e. 1. Explosives or blasting agents. Section 4.108 0. Flammable or combustible liquids. Section 4.108 h.1. Hazardous materials. Section 4.108 1.1. Liquefied petroleum gases. Section 4.108 0.1. Occupant load increase. -4- 15.32.070 DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS is amended in the following sections with the following additions: Section 9.115 Monitored is the sending of fire alarm signals using circuits installed in accordance with the 1987 edition of National Fire Protection Association Standard 71 to transmit alarm, supervisory and trouble signals from one or more protected premises to an approved remote station monitoring center at which appropriate action is taken. Section 9.120 is amended with the following additions: Remote Station Monitoring Center is a place to which remote alarm and supervisory signaling devices are connected, and where personnel are in attendance at all times to supervise the circuits, investigate signals and transmit emergency signals to the fire department. A remote station monitoring center shall include central station service. Remote Station Monitoring Center - Dealer is any individual, partnership, corporation or other entity engaged in the selling of central station services for a remote station monitoring center. A dealer may investigate signals for a remote station monitoring center. 15.32.080 Section 10.301 PREMISE IDENTIFICATION is amended with the following addition: (c) Whenever approved numbers or addresses are not plainly visible and legible from the street or road fronting the property due to distance, topography or vegetation, an approved sign or post with such numbers or address shall also be installed at the street or road at the point giving access to the structure or building. (d) In R1 Occupancies, each separate and distinct unit or separate buildings shall have a number, address or other approved unit or building identification. 15.32.090 Section 10.503 APPROVAL AND TESTING is amended to include the following: Automatic sprinkler systems shall be maintained and tested at least every 12 months, by approved persons in accordance with this article and nationally recognized standards. 15.32. 100 Section 10.507 REQUIRED INSTALLATIONS OF AUTOMATIC FIRE-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS is amended to add the following: (a) Adequate protection of automatic sprinkler systems from freeze must be provided and maintained. National Fire Protection Association Standard 13 shall be used as a guide to minimize failures of automatic fire-extinquishing systems due to freeze. Owners, contractors and installers of automatic fire-extinguishing systems shall note the following areas as susceptible to freeze: 1. In the vicinity of the northern and northerly exterior walls of a building. -S- 2. Near any exterior wall in the vicinity of a glass window. 3. In soffits adjacent to an exterior wall. 4. In multiple unit dwellings where temperature regulation may be controlled within individual units. 5. In roof rafter spaces where ceilings are attached directly to structural members, regardless of the amount of insulation. 6. In unheated areas such as attics and garages. 7. In concealed spaces or other areas subject to cold air infiltration All fire-extinguishing system drawings submitted for approval shall describe the methods used to achieve protection from freeze. Section 10.507 (d) is amended to read: An automatic sprinkler system shall be installed in all Group B, Division 1 and Division 2 Occupancies where the floor area exceeds 12,000 square feet on any floor or 24,000 square feet on all floors. The area of mezzanines shall be included in determining the areas where sprinklers are required. 15.32.110 Section 10.508 SPRINKLER SYSTEM SUPERVISION ALARMS is amended to read: All valves controlling the water supply for automatic sprinkler systems and water-flow switches on all systems shall be electrically supervised. Valve supervision and water-flow alarm and trouble signals shall be distinctly different and shall be automatically transmitted to an approved remote station monitor. Exception: Underground key or hub valves in roadway boxes provided by the town, district, or public utility need not be supervised. 15.32.120 Section 10.510 STANDPIPES is amended to include the following: (c) In any occupancy other than R3, where fire department vehicular access to within 20 feet of 50% of the exterior perimeter, including access to at least one side of the highest portion of the building is not provided, the Fire Chief may require Class I standpipes in locations as the Chief may deem necessary. Section 10.510 (g) is amended to include the following: Whenever hose is required in table 10.510-A of this code or when required in the building code, the Fire Chief may require in lieu of hose requirements, an approved 2A10BC dry chemical fire extinguisher. The fire extinguisher shall be mounted in approved cabinets and locations in close proximity to the standpipe valve. Whenever a Class I standpipe is required by this code, an easily removable 2-1/2" to 1-1 /2" reducer and cap shall be required at every standpipe discharge valve. -6- Section 10.510 Table No. 10.510 A - Standpipe Requirements is amended to read as follows: TABLE 10.510A - STANDPIPE REQUIREMENTS NON ~RED BUILDINGS BUILDINGS OCCUPANCY Standpipe )lose Starrjripe Ilose _ Class Requirement Class Requiremnt 1. Ocevpaarits exeeedlsg 1501t. to heigkt mad more ties one Ili 111 I IO story I. Oecspioeles more them I i s stories bit less lion Isoft. 1 i Il I IO Ion is igbt empt Creep 1, Div. 1 1. Creep A Occopaider vith A occupant load exceeding IOOO 11 111 I 10 1. Creep A, Div. 2.1 oreipancies over 5000 square feet In arms II IR I 117 aced for etbibitlom 5. Groups Div. i, l or 1 Oceuponeies less We 4 10 IU 1 10 stories Is height bit greater 20,000 sgsare feet per r f1':r IFSccept as otherwise specified in Ites 4 of this table, Class II standpipes seed not be provided in basenents having an autamtic fire-extinguis;hIng system tlttougfiout. I1le standpipe system may be carbined with the autamatic sprinkler systers. 3Portions of otherwise rprfnkiered buildings which are not protected by autmetic sprinklers shall have Class I standpipes installed as required for the mhsprinklered portions. fin any stnuctum where Class II standpipes are required, Ue building official or fire duet my auUtorize the use of Class I standpipes located as required for Class II standpipes. slbse is required for Class II standpipes only. rClass 11 standpipes reed not be provided in assesbly areas used soley for worship. 15.32.130 Section 10.513 (a) FIRE-EXTINGUISHING EQUIPMENT FOR PROTECTION OF KITCHEN GREASE HOODS AND DUCTS is amended to include the following: Activation of the fire extinguishing equipment shall sound an alarm and shall send a monitored signal to a remote station monitor. The remote station monitor shall notify the fire department in an approved method. 15.32.140 Section 10.602 (c) FIRE ASSEMBLIES FOR PROTECTION OF OPENINGS is amended to read as follows: (c) Identification. When required by the chief, a sign shall be displayed permanently near or on each required fire door in letters not less than 1 inch high to read as follows: FIRE DOOR KEEP CLOSED -7- 15.32.150 Section 11.204 RECREATIONAL FIRES is amended to add the following: (fl In other than Single Family or Duplex Dwellings, solid fuel barbeques are prohibited, except for the following: 1. Solid fuel barbeques shall be a minimum of 20 feet from any structure, deck, overhangs, or combustible surface. 2. Solid fuel barbeques shall have a minimum 10 foot clear area from any vegetation or debris. 15.32.160 Section 11.504 HOT ASHES AND SPONTANEOUS IGNITION SOURCES is amended to read as follows: Metal or non-combustible containers are required to be used in conjunction with commercial dumpsters for the purpose of separating hot ashes, cinders, and smoldering coals from other refuse. Hot ashes, cinders, smoldering coals or greasy or oily materials subject to spontaneous ignition shall not be deposited in a containers except as described herein. 15.32.170 Section 11.505 SPARKS FROM CHIMNEYS is amended to delete the exception and read as follows: 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. 15.32.180 Section 13.301 (b) FIRE DRILLS IN EDUCATIONAL OCCUPANCIES is amended to read as follows: A record of all required fire drills shall be kept by the person in charge of the occupancy and forwarded to the Fire Chief on a monthly basis. Records of fire drills shall include the time and date of each drill held, the name of the person conducting such drill and the time required to vacate the building. 15.32.190 ARTICLE 14. FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS Section 14.101 Scope is amended to read as follows: (a) Installation and maintenance of fire alarm systems shall be in accordance with this article. The regulations contained in this article require the installation of electrically supervised fire alarm systems. All fire alarm systems required by the Fire Code or the Building Code shall be monitored. (b) For the purposes of this article, area separation walls shall not define separate buildings, and the number of stories in occupancies other than R3 shall mean all habitable levels of a structure including but not limited to basements, garden levels, mezzanines, lofts and floors. (c) Alarm Signals shall be an audible or visual signal, or both audible and visual signals indicating the existence of an emergency fire condition. Alarm signals shall be as required by the Americans With Disabilities Act. Audible devices may be horns, chimes, speakers or similar devices. Voice alarms and pre-recorded messages shall be approved by the Fire Chief. Sound pressure -8- level of fire alarm signals shall be no less than 15dbA above ambient noise levels or 5dbA above the maximum noise level lasting 60 seconds or more. (d) Occupancies not classified as Group R may be equipped with heat detectors, manual fire alarm pull stations and fire alarm signal devices. (e) Audible alarm signals shall be annunciated to all portions of the building upon activation of any manual or automatic fire detector. With written approval by the Fire Chief, audible alarm signals actuated by heat or smoke sensing fire detectors may be initially annunciated to a constantly attended location provided that the fire alarm control panel is equipped with an approved manual overide which signals the entire building upon activation. (fl When automatic fire-extinquishing systems are required under this code, or the building code, such systems shall be connected to the building fire alarm system, and shall annunciate upon activation of the system. (g) When manual pull stations are part of any fire alarm system required in this code, or the building code, all manual pull stations shall be of the double acting type. (h) In buildings containing an atrium, all doors opening into the atrium from any A, B, E, or M Occupancy shall be equipped with an electrically operated "closer" or "hold open" so that actuation of automatic fire detectors within the occupancy shall cause such doors opening into the atrium to close. 15.32.200 Section 14.104 REQUIRED INSTALLATIONS only the following subsections of Section 14.104 are amended, and shall read as follows: (b) Group A, Divisions 1, 2, 2.1 and 3 occupancies. 1. General. Group A Divisions 1, 2 and 2.1 occupancies shall be provided with a manual and automatic fire alarm system. (c) Group B Division 1 and Division 2 occupancies. 1. General. Group B Division 1 and 2 Occupancies where the floor areas exceed 5,000 square feet on any floor or 10,000 square feet on all floors shall be equipped with an approved manual and automatic fire alarm system. The area of mezzanines shall be included in determining the areas where fire alarm systems are required. (d) Group E, Division 1 and Division 3 occupancies. 1. General. Group E division 1 and 3 Occupancies having an occupant load of 50 or more shall be provided with an approved manual and automatic fire alarm system. (e) Group H Occupancies. 1. General. Group H Occupancies shall be provided with a fire alarm system where the floor area exceeds 5,000 square on any floor or all floors, and in accordance with this subsection. The fire alarm system shall be both manual and automatic. (g) Group R, Division 1 Occupancies. 1. General. Group R, Division 1 Occupancies shall be provided with a manual and automatic fire alarm system in apartment houses three or more stories in eight or containing 12 or more dwelling units, in hotels three or more stories in height or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and in congregate residences three or more stories in height or having an occupant load of 20 or more. A fire alarm and communciation -9- system shall be provided in Group R, Division 1 Occupancies located in a high-rise building as set forth in the Building Code. (fl In any mixed occupancy containing any Group R Division 1 or Group R Division 3 Occupancies, an automatic and manual fire alarm system shall be provided throughout. 15.32.2 10 Section 14.105 MONITORING is amended to read as follows: All fire alarm systems required by this code or the building code shall be supervised by an approved remote station service and all signals indicating an emergency fire condition shall be transmitted to the fire department in an approved method. 15.32.220 Section 14.108 MAINTENANCE AND TESTING is amended to read: (a) Fire alarm systems shall be maintained and tested at least every 12 months, by approved persons in accordance with this article and nationally recognized standards. Fire alarm and detection systems shall be tested in accordance with U.F.C. Standard No. 14-3 and nationally recognized standards. (b) Fire Department Notification. Prior to any maintenance or test of a fire alarm system which causes a signal to be transmitted to the fire department indicating an emergency fire condition, such transmission of an emergency fire condition signal shall first be discontinued for the duration of the maintenance or test. The emergency fire condition signal shall not be discontinued for more than eight (8) hours in any one day and shall not be discontinued beyond 6:00 pm unless otherwise approved by the Fire Chief. All persons performing maintenance or tests shall also notify the fire department of the maintenance or test prior to and at the conclusion of the maintenance or test. (c) Maintenance of Photoelectric Smoke Sensing Devices. Monitored Fire alarm systems having one or more photoelectric smoke sensing devices shall perform maintenance to limit sensitivity caused by atmospheric dust and other contaminants in all smoke sensing devices in an approved method and according to the manufacturer's recommendations for frequency of cleaning. 15.32.230 ARTICLE 78 FIREWORKS, Section 78.102 DEFINITIONS, Section 78.103 PERMITS and Section 78.203 DISPLAYS subsection (a) General. are amended to read as follows: DEFINITIONS. Section 78.102 (a) General. For the definitions of fireworks, see Article 9 of this code and Title 8 Chapter 8.08 of the Avon Municipal Code. PERMITS. Section 78.103. (a) Fireworks. 2. Displays. A permit shall be required to conduct a fireworks display as required under Title 8 Chapter 8.08 of the Avon Municipal Code. DISPLAYS. Section 78.203 (a) General. Fireworks displays shall be in accordance with this subsection. Where Class B Explosives and other special fireworks are intended for display, Article 77 EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS shall also apply. 15.32.240 Section 80.101 SCOPE is amended to include the following: (fl Emergency Response Authority Designated. Pursuant to Section 29-22-102 (3), CRS 1973, as amended, the Avon Fire Department is designated as the Emergency Response Authority for hazardous materials incidents occurring within the corporate limits of the town. 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 Code 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 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 or not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. -11- 15.32.270 VALIDITY. That is any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of the Uniform Fire Code or 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 of Avon hereby declares that it would have passed these ordinances, and 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. -12- INTRODUCED, PASSED ON FIRST READING, APPROVED AND ORDERED POSTED, this 14 th day of Apri 1 , 1992 and a public hearing on this Ordinace shall be held at the refular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Avon, Colorado on the 12th day of May , 1992 at 7:30 P.M. in the Municipal Building of the Town of Avon, Colorado. Jeri Davis, Mayor , ATTEST: J Patty Neyh , T wn Clerk INTRODUCED, PASSED ON SECOND READING, APPROVED AND ORDERED POSTED, this 12th day of May 1992. ST: , Patty Neyh , To Clerk 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 12TH DAY OF MAY, 1992, AT THE TOWN HALL FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 92-9, SERIES OF 1992: 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", 1991 EDITION 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 16th day of April, 1992. TOWN OF AVON, COLORADO BY: I -/V Y Patty Neyh rt Town Clerk POSTED AT THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THE TOWN OF AVON ON APRIL 16, 1992: AVON POST OFFICE IN THE MAIN LOBBY CITY MARKET IN THE MAIN LOBBY COASTAL MART, INC.; AND AVON MUNICIPAL BUILDING IN THE MAIN LOBBY