CHAPTER 95: FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
Section
Uniform Fire Code
95.01 Adoption of Uniform Fire Code
95.02 Bureau of fire prevention
UNIFORM FIRE CODE
95.01 ADOPTION OF UNIFORM FIRE CODE.
There is hereby adopted by the city for the purposes of providing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire, hazardous materials or explosion, that certain code known as the Uniform Fire Code published by the International Fire Code Institute, being in particular the 1994 edition with the 1996 amendments published by the Oregon State Fire Marshal; its appendix chapters in their entirety thereof; and the appendix standards chapters in their entirety thereof of which not less than three copies have been and are now filed in the office of the Recorder of the city; and same are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein and from the date on which this subchapter shall take effect.
(’91 Code, § 7-4.1) (Ord. 946, passed 9-11-90; Am. Ord. 1047, passed 9-9-97)
95.02 BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION.
The Uniform Fire Code as adopted and amended herein shall be enforced by the Fire Department of the city which is hereby established and which shall be operated under the supervision of the Chief of the Fire Department.
(Ord. 1047, passed 9-9-97)
95.03 JURISDICTION.
Wherever the word "jurisdiction" is used in the Uniform Fire Code it shall mean the City of Prineville.
(Ord. 1047, passed 9-9-97)
95.04 DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED.
(A) Establishment of limits of district in which storage of flammable or combustible liquids in outside above ground tanks is prohibited. The limits referred to in Section 7902.2.2.1 and 7904.2.5.4.2 of the Uniform Fire Code in which the storage of flammable and combustible liquids is restricted are hereby established as follows: all areas of the city except those specifically zoned for industrial use.
(B) Establishment of limits in which the bulk storage of liquefied petroleum gases is prohibited. The limits referred to in Section 8204.2 of the Uniform Fire Code, in which storage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is restricted, are hereby established as follows: all areas of the city except those specifically zoned for industrial use.
(C) Establishment of limits of district in which storage of explosives and blasting agents is to be prohibited. The limits referred to in Section 7701.7.2 of the Uniform Fire Code, in which storage of explosives and blasting agents is prohibited, are hereby established as follows: all areas of the city except those specifically zoned for industrial use, as outlined on the city zoning map.
(D) Establishment of limits of district in which the bulk storage of compressed natural gas is to be prohibited. The limits referred to in Section 5204.5.2 of the Uniform Fire Code in which the storage of compressed natural gas is prohibited, are hereby established as follows: all areas of the city except those specifically zoned for industrial use.
(Ord. 1047, passed 9-9-97) Penalty, see § 95.99
95.05 APPEALS.
Whenever the Chief disapproves an application or refuses to grant a permit applied for, or when it is claimed that the provisions of the code do not apply or that the true intent and meaning of the code has been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the applicant may appeal from the decision of the Chief to the Oregon State Fire Marshal Regional Appeals Board.
(Ord. 1047, passed 9-9-97) Penalty, see § 95.99
95.99 PENALTY.
(A) Any person who violates any of the provisions of the Uniform Fire Code as adopted and amended herein or fails to comply therewith, or who violates or fails to comply with any order made thereunder, or who builds 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 fails to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the Oregon State Fire Marshal Regional Appeals Board or by a court of competent jurisdiction within the required time shall, severally for each and every violation and noncompliance, respectively, be fined not less than $25, nor more than $100 for the first offense, and for the second and all subsequent offenses, not less than $50, nor more than $500. The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue; and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy the violations or defects within a reasonable time; and when not otherwise specified, each ten days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.
(B) Any applications of the penalty in division (A) of this section shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
(Ord. 1047, passed 9-9-97)