My WebLink
|
Help
|
About
|
Sign Out
Home
Browse
Search
13-Deliberate and possibly act on an Ordinance of the City Council amending Chapter 12 of the Code of Ordinances
City-of-Paris
>
City Council
>
Agenda Packets
>
2001-2010
>
2010
>
08 August
>
2010-08-23
>
13-Deliberate and possibly act on an Ordinance of the City Council amending Chapter 12 of the Code of Ordinances
Metadata
Thumbnails
Annotations
Entry Properties
Last modified
8/22/2012 2:52:11 PM
Creation date
8/20/2010 5:11:01 PM
Metadata
Fields
Template:
CITY CLERK
Doc Name
13
Doc Type
Agenda
CITY CLERK - Date
8/23/2010
There are no annotations on this page.
Document management portal powered by Laserfiche WebLink 9 © 1998-2015
Laserfiche.
All rights reserved.
/
18
PDF
Print
Pages to print
Enter page numbers and/or page ranges separated by commas. For example, 1,3,5-12.
After downloading, print the document using a PDF reader (e.g. Adobe Reader).
View images
View plain text
DRAFT <br />attorney\ordwork\current\Amend Chpt 12 Fire Prevenrion & Protection FINAL <br />ORDINANCE N0. <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; <br />AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF <br />PARIS, AMENDING ARTICLE I, IN GENERAL A1VD ARTICLE II, LIQUIFIED <br />PETROLEUM GAS; REPEALING ARTICLE III, FIRE RESERVE UNIT, SECTIONS <br />12-51 THROUGH 12-66 A1VD REPEALING ARTICLE IV, FIRE PREVENTION <br />CODE, SECTIONS 12-86 THROUGH 12-89; ESTABLISHING A NEW ARTICLE <br />III, ENTITLED FIRE CODE; ADOPTING THE 2006 INTERNATIONAL FIRE <br />CODE, 3rd PRINTING, APRIL 2007; ADOPTING LOCAL AMENDMENTS TO <br />THE 2006 EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE; PROVIDING <br />FOR ENFORCEMENT; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS <br />RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A <br />SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND <br />PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, for the last 25 years, the City of Paris has followed and enforced the <br />Standard Fire Code developed by the Southern Building Code Congress (SBCC) as it has <br />been amended from time to time; and, <br />WHEREAS, the SBCC Standard Fire Code has become outdated and difficult to <br />administer, and the Fire Chief and the Fire Marshal of the Paris Fire Department have <br />reviewed other fire codes available and have determined that the International Fire Code, <br />2006 Edition, provides the best uniform fire code and regulations for the City of Paris, <br />Texas; and, <br />WHEREAS, the Fire Chief and Fire Marshal of the Paris Fire Department hereby <br />recommend the 2006 International Fire Code as the best uniform fire code to provide <br />uniform guidelines and regulations for the safeguarding of life and properry from fire and <br />explosion hazards arising from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, <br />materials and devices, and from conditions hazardous to life or property in the occupancy <br />of buildings and premises in the City of Paris, Texas; and, <br />WHEREAS, on August 24, 2009 the City Council of the City of Paris formed a <br />Building and Fire Code Review Committee made up of local builders, electrical contractors, <br />Ciry Council members and City Staff to review new building and fire codes proposed by the <br />City Engineer, City Fire Chief and Fire Marshall; and, <br />WHEREAS, the Building and Fire Code Review Committee has reviewed and <br />considered the new fire code and amendments as set out herein and recommends that they <br />be approved by the City Council; and, <br />WHEREAS, the City Council deems it to be in the best interest of the City of Paris <br />and its citizens to repeal the existing Fire Prevention Code and to adopt the 2006 <br />1 <br />- ~ - 78 <br />
The URL can be used to link to this page
Your browser does not support the video tag.