HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 750 CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 7 ~
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY BY
AMENDING CHAPTER 9, BY DELETING DIVISION V OF THE 1991
UNIFORM FIRE CODE, AS ADOPTED; BY ADOPTING APPENDICES
TO THE 1991 UNIFORM FIRE CODE; PROVIDING A PENALTY;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Chapter 9, Section 2 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of The
Colony shall be amended by adding the following:
Sec. 9-2(c)
"The Uniform Fire Code heretofore adopted, is hereby amended as follows:
Division V of the 1991 Uniform Fire Code relating to STATIONARY TANK
STORAGE, ABOVEGROUND, OUTSIDE OF BUILDINGS is hereby deleted in its
entirety.
Sec. 9-2(d)
Part VIII - Appendices of the 1991 Uniform Fire Code shall be adopted by reference
as follows:
A. Division I - EXISTING BUILDINGS - shall be adopted in its entirety.
Appendix I-A - LIFE-SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTING
BUILDINGS OTHER THAN HIGH RISE.
Appendix I-B - LIFE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTING
HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS.
· Appendix I-C - STAIRWAY IDENTIFICATION.
B. Division II - SPECIAL HAZARDS - Shall be adopted as follows:
Appendix II-A - SUPPRESSION AND CONTROL OF HAZARDOUS
FIRE AREAS, shall be adopted in its entirety.
· Appendix II-B PROTECTION OF FLAMMABLE AND
COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS IN TANKS IN LOCATIONS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING.
1. Section 2 relating to ABOVEGROUND TANKS shall not be
adopted and is hereby deleted in its entirety.
Appendix II-C - MARINAS, shall be adopted in its entirety.
Appendix II-D - RIFLE RANGES, shall be adopted in its entirety.
Appendix II-E - HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
PLANS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INVENTORY
STATEMENTS, shall be adopted in its entirety.
C. Division III - FIRE PROTECTION - shall be adopted in its entirety.
· Appendix III-A - FIRE FLOW REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDINGS.
· Appendix III-B FIRE HYDRANT LOCATIONS AND
DISTRIBUTION.
· Appendix III-C - TESTING AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER AND
STANDPIPE SYSTEMS.
· Appendix III-D - BASEMENT PIPE INLETS.
D. Division IV - SPECIAL COMBUSTION HAZARDS shall be adopted in its
entirety.
· Appendix IV-A - INTERIOR FLOOR FINISH.
· Appendix IV-B - CHRISTMAS TREES.
E. Division V - STANDARDS - shall be adopted in its entirety.
· Appendix V-A - NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STANDARDS OF
GOOD PRACTICE.
F. Division VI - INFORMATIONAL - Shall be adopted as follows:
· Appendix VI-A - HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CLASSIFICATIONS,
shall be adopted in its entirety.
· Appendix VI-B - EMERGENCY RELIEF VENTING FOR FIRE
EXPOSURE FOR ABOVEGROUND TANKS, shall not be adopted and is
hereby deleted in its emirety.
· Appendix VI-C - MODEL CITATION PROGRAM, shall be adopted
in its entirety.
· Appendix VI-D - REFERENCE TABLES FROM THE UNIFORM
BUILDING CODE, shall be adopted in its entirety.
· Appendix VI-E - RECOMMENDED SEPARATION DISTANCES
FOR EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS, shall be adopted in its emirety.
· Appendix VI-F - UNIT CONVERSION TABLES, shall be adopted in
its entirety."
Section 2. If any section, article paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in this
ordinance, or application thereto any persons or circumstances is held invalid or
unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the
validity of the emmnmg portions of this ordinance; and the City Council hereby declares
it would have passed such remaining portions of this Ordinance despite such invalidity,
which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 3. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine in
a sum not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2000.00) for each offense and a separate
offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during or on which a violation occurs or
continues.
Section 4. The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the City of the
Colony, Texas, are inadequate to properly safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace, and
general welfare of the inhabitants of the City of The Colony, Texas, creates an emergency
for the immediate preservation of the public business, property, health, safety, and general
welfare of the public which requires that this ordinance become effective from and after the
date of its passage and it is accordingly so ordained.
PASScE.~) AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of The Colony,
Texas on this the ta'~day of ~P//z_, 1992.
ATTEST:
Patti A. Hicks, CMC
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney