HomeMy WebLinkAbout0532 Ord (Adopt Fire Code by Reference)•
42:
ORDINANCE NO. 532
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE MINNESOTA UNIFORM FERE CODE BY REFERENCE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STILLWATER DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. UNIFORM FIRE rODE. The Finnesote Uniform Fire Code, one copy of
which has been marked as the official copy and which is on file in the office
of the City Clerk, is hereby adopted as the fire code for the City of Stillwater
for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life
and property from fire or explosion, except such portions as are modified or
amended by Section 6 of this ordinance. Every provision contained in this code,
except as modified or amended by this ordinance, is hereby adopted and made a
part of this ordinance as if fully set herein.
SECTION 2. ENFORCEMENT.
2.01 The Fire Chief or his representative authorized by him, shall enforce
the provisions of this ordinance.
2.02 The Fire Chief may detail such members of his department as inspectors
as shall from time to time be necessary. The Fire Chief may recommend
the employment of technical inspectors, who, when such authorization
is made, shall be selected through an examination to determine their
fitness for the position. The examination shall be open to members and
non-members of the Fire Department, and appointments made after examina-
tion shall be for an indefinite term with removal only for cause.
SECTION 3. DEFINITIONS
3.01 Wherever the work "jurisdiction" is used in the Minnesota Uniform Fire
Code, it shall be held to mean the City of Stillwater.
3.02 Wherever the term "Corporation Counsel" is used in the Minnesota Uniform
Fire Code, it shall be held to mean the Attorney for the City of
Stillwater.
SECTION 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF LIMITS OF DISTRICTS IN WHICH STORAGE OF FLAMMABLE
OR COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS IN OUTSIDE ABOVEGROUND TANKS IS TO BE PROHIBITED.
4.01 The limits referred to in Section 15.201 of the Minnesota Uniform Fire
Code in which storage of flamable or combustible liquids in outside above-
ground tanks is prohibited, are hereby established as follows:
Commencing at a point on the North City Limits line at the intersection
with the Easterly right-of-way of State T. H. No. 95. Thence South-
westerly, Southerly and Westerly along the Easterly right-of-way line of
State T. H. No. 95 to a point on the centerline of East Alder Street with
the Southerly extension of said line; Thence Easterly along the center-
line of East Alder Street to the intersection with the centerline of
North Lake Street extended; Thence Southerly along the centerline of
East Hazel Street; Thence Easterly along the centerline of East Hazel
Street to the Westerly shore of Lake Saint Croix; Thence Northerly along
the shore of Lake Saint Croix to a point where the North City Limits line
intersects the shoreline; Thence Westerly along the North City Limits
line to the point of beginning.
All land within the following described area, to -wit: From the North
line of East ropier Street, if extended to Lake St. Croix; Thence West
to the center of North Main Street; Thence Southerly to the North line
of East Elm Street; Thence westerly on East Elm Street to the East line
of North Second Street; Thence Southerly to the North line of Mulberry
Street; Thence Westerly on North line of Mulberry Street to the East
line of North Fifth Street; thence Southerly on the East line of North
Fifth Street to the North line of West Willard Street; Thence Easterly
on the North line of West Willard Street to its junction with Brewery
Lot, thence Southerly along West line of Brewery Lot a distance of
290.33 feet; Thence Northeasterly on the South line of the Brewery Lct
to the center line to South Main Street and Highway #212, thence Southerly
to the Southerly line of the City Limits, thence Easterly to Lake St.
Croix, thence Northerly following the Lake Shore to the North line of
East Poplar Street.
4.02 The limits referred to in Section 15.601 of the Minnesota Uniform
Fire Code, in which new bulk plants for flammable or combustible liquids
are prohibited, are the same as those described in 4.01, above, and such
plants are restricted in all other districts.
(continued next page)
•
e
•
ORDINANCE NO. 532 - continued
SECTION 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF LIMITS IN WHICH BULK STORAGE OF LIQUEFIED
PETROLraranrirMITCTED.
The limits referred to in Section 20.105 (a) of the Minnesota Uniform Fire
Code, in which bulk storage of liquefied petroleum gas is restricted, are
hereby established as follows: Fire Zones No. 1 and No. 3 as defined in
Ordinance No. 502 of the City of Stillwater.
SECTION 6. AMENDMENTS MADE IN THE MINNESOTA UNIFORM FIRE CODE.
The Minnesota Uniform Fire Code is hereby amended and changed in the follow-
ing respects:
6.0i Section 1.216, paragraph 1 is amended as follows: Line 8 - delete
the word (ten) from the sentence.
6.02 Section 20.105 is stricken and a new paragraph is inserted to read
as follows: Article 20 - Liquefied Petroleum Gases is hereby adopted
in full.
SECTION 7. APPEALS. Whenever the Fire Chief shall disapprove an application
or refuse to grant a permit applied, for, or when it is claimed that the pro-
visions of the Code do not apply or that the true intent and meaning of the Code
have been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the applicant may appeal from the
decision of the Chief to the City Council within 30 days from the date of the
decision appealed.
SECTION 8. NEW MATERIALS, PROCESSES OR OCCUPANIES WHICH MAY REQUIRE PERMITS.
The Building Inspector, the City Coordinator and the Fire Chief shall act as a
committee to determine and specify after giving affected persons an opportunity to be
heard, any new materials, processes or occupancies, which shall require permits,
in addition to those now enumerated in said Code. The Chief shall post such list
in a conspicuous place in his office, and distribute copies thereof to interested
persons.
SECTION 9. PENALTIES.
9.01 Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Code hereby
adopted or fail to comply therewith, or who shall violate or fail to
comply with any order may thereunder, or who shall build in violation
of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and
approved thereunder, or any certificate or permit issued thereunder,
and from which no appeal has been taken, or who shall fail to comply
with such an order as affirmed or modified by the City Council or by
a court of competent jurisdiction within the time fixed herein, shall
severally for each and every such violation and non-compliance res-
pectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine or not
exceeding $300 and by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 90 days.
The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the
violation or permit it to continue; and all such persons shall be re-
quired to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reason-
able time; and when not otherwise specified, each day that prohibited
conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.
9.02 The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the
enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
SECTION 10. REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES. Ordinance No. 467 and all former
ordinances or parts thereof contlicting or inconsistent with the provisions of this
ordinance or of the Code hereby adopted are hereby repealed.
SECTION 11. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance becomes effective from and after its
passage and publication according to law.
Passed by the City Council this 25th day of November, 1975.
Published: December 2, 1975
et ct—c
Mayor
Atte
•