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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 90- 1305, Amends § 15.36.010, fire code .. ORDINANCE NO. 1305 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE UNIFORM FIRE CODE AND UNIFORM FIRE CODE STANDARDS, 198H EDITION, AND ARTICLE 80 OF THE 1989 SUPPLEMENT THEREOF; AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 120Hi AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF. Preamble The purpose of thlS code is to protect public health, safety, and welfare by prescribing regulations consistent with nationally recognized gOOd practices for the reasonable safeguarding of life and property from the hazards Of tlre and explosions and from condltions hazardous to life or property in the use or occupancy of buildings or premises In Bozeman's jurlsdlctional area and providing criminal penalties for violations thereof. BE IT ORDAINED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana: Section 1 - That Sectlon 1 of Ordinance 1208 as codified by Chapter 15.36.010 of the Bozeman Municipal Code be and the same is hereby amended to read as fOllows, indicatlng deletions by strlkeout and additions by being underscored: 15.36.010. gee~meAE aee~eee ey Fe~e~eRee Adoptlon ~ reference of the 1988 Edition of the Unlform Fire Code and Article H0 of the -- --- - - 19H9 Supplement thereof. There is hereby adopted by The City Commission of the City of Bozeman for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to Ilfe and property from fire and explosion and conditions hazardous to life ~ property in the use or - - occupancy of buildings or premises, that certain code and - standards known as the Uniform Fire Code, including all Appendices except 9~Y~a~eft V Appendix lIE and VI-C and tables therein, and ---- the Uniform Flre Code Standards, publlshed by the Western Fire Chiefs Association and the International Conference of Building OffICials, belng particularly the ~98~ 1988 editions and Article - - 1:10 of the 1989 Supplement thereof, one J...!.l ~ of which is on file and open for publiC inspection in office of the City Clerk - of the City of Bozeman located in the Municipal Building, 411 East -- Main Street, Bozeman, Montana, and the same are hereby adopted and 1 .. ~ .:>~ . " incorporated aa fully ~ this reference as if set out at length hereIn, and the provisIons thereof shall be controllIng wIthin the limits of the City of Bozeman, Montana. Section 2 That a new section be enacted into law providIng for a criminal offense and penalty for a violation hereof as follows: Violations. Any .person, firm, business or corporation, who erects, constructs, reconstructs, enlarges, alters, repairs, moves, Improves, removes, converts, equips, uses, changes the use of, occupies or maIntains any building or structure in violation of any provision of this code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor criminal offense and punishable by fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars (~50rL00) . Each day such violation is allowed to continue shall be deemed a separate chargeable criminal offense. Section 3 Savings Provision. This OrdInance does not affect the rIghts and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred or proceedings that were began before the effective date of this OrdInance. Section 4 - Severability. If any portion of this Ordinance is declared unconstitutional or the applicability thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalId, the constitutionality of the remainder of the ordinance and applicability thereof to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby. PROVISIONALLY PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the City Commission of the CIty of Bozeman, Montana, thIS 20th day of February, 1990, and the Clerk of the City Commission is hereby directed to PUblISh after the first reading, but prior to the final adoption, notice of the City's intent to adopt the Uniform Fire Code, includIng all Appendices except Appendix lIE and VI-C 2 ."'~ .. . and tables therein, and the Unitorm Fire Code Standards, published by the Western Fire Chiets Association and the International Conference ot Buildlng Officials, belng particularly the 1988 editions and Article 80 of the 1989 Interim Edition at its meeting to be held on the 5th day of March, 1990, to be held in the City Commission Chambers ot the Municipal Building, 411 East Main Street, Bozeman, Montana. /(diJ MAYOR ATTEST: ~~'~ION FINALLY PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the City Commission of the City ot Bozeman, Montana, this 5th day of March, 199~, and eftectlve thirty (3~) days thereatter. MAYORI14iJ ATTEST: ~F~~SION I' I 4 I 3 -- ~~_:":~ ~