1984-112NO AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ARTICLE I OF CHAPTER 10 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, ENACTING A NEW ARTICLE
I OF CHAPTER 10 TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE UNIFORM FIRE
CODE, 1982 EDITION AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, TO PROVIDE FOR FIRE
SAFETY INSPECTIONS OF BUILDINGS, FIRE EXTINGUISHING, SPRINKLER
AND STANDPIPE SYSTEMS, AND FLAMMABLE STORAGE FACILITIES,
PROVIDING FOR INSPECTION AND PERMIT FEES, PROVIDING FOR A
MAXIMUM PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF,
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH, AND PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
That Sections 10-1 through 10-9 of Article I of Chapter 10
of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton are hereby
repealed
SECTION II
That a new Article I of Chapter 10 of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Denton is hereby enacted to read as follows
ARTICLE I IN GENERAL
Section 10-1 Uniform Fire Code Adopted
There is hereby adopted by the City of Denton, Texas for the
purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous
to life and property from fire and explosion, that certain Code
and standards known as the Uniform Fire Code, including all
appendicies thereof, and the Uniform Fire Code Standards
published by the Western Fire Chiefs Association and the
International Conference of Building Officials, being
particularly the 1982 editions thereof and the whole thereof,
save and except such portions as are hereinafter deleted,
modified or amended by Section 10-2, of which Code and standards
are on file with the City Secretary and the same are hereby
adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein
Section 10-2 Same-Amendments
The Uniform Fire Code, 1982 edition, is hereby amended as
follows
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(1) That Section 78-102(a) is hereby amended to read as follows
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess,
store, to offer for sale, expose for sale, sell
at retail, use or explode, or manufacture any
fireworks within the city limits or within 5,000
feet thereof, except in cases where a permit for
a supervised public display of fireworks is
hereafter permitted
Section 10-3 Arson Reward
The City will pay a reward of two hundred and fifty dollars
($250 00) cash to any person furnishing and providing the City
with information leading to the arrest and conviction of any
person for the offense of arson within the corporate limits of the
City
Section 10-4 Fire Safety Inspections, Permits and Fees
(a) Fire Safety Inspection Fees The lessee, occupant or user
of a building or portion thereof, which is not a one-family
dwelling, two-family dwelling or an individual living unit of a
multi-family dwelling, shall upon inspection of such building or
portion thereof by authorized employees of the Fire Department be
charged and pay, within thirty days of such inspection, a fire
safety inspection fee based upon the amount of interior square
footage of the building leased, occupied or used by such person
The fee shall be charged no more than once per year for each
building inspected, regardless of the number of inspections or
reinspections, and shall be in an amount determined and set, and
as from time to time amended, by ordinance of the City Council, a
copy of which shall be on file with the City Secretary Inspection
fees for common areas of such buildings shall be charged to and
paid by the owner in accordance with the square footage inspected
as provided for herein
(b) Permits for Fire Safety Systems, Storage Tanks Required,
Fees Imposed It shall be unlawful for any person to install,
construct or reconstruct any automatic fire extinguishing system,
fire protection sprinkler system, fire detection or alarm system,
gasoline or LPG tank or storage facility, or standpipe system
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without first obtaining a permit from the fire department Upon
application for the permit the person bo applying shall pay a
permit fee in an amount determined, and as from time to time
amended, by ordinance of the City Council, a copy of which shall
be kept on file with the City Secretary
The foregoing permit requirements shall not apply to the
installation of smoke detectors in dwelling units which are
governed by the provisions of Subchapter F of Chapter 92 of the
Texas Property Code (Vernon 1984), or any amendment thereof
hereafter made
(c) Permits Required by the UFC, Fees Imposed Any permit
required by Article 4 of the Uniform Fire Code, 1982 edition,
shall be issued only upon payment of a permit fee to the fire
department in an amount determined, and as from time to time
amended, by ordinance of the City Council, a copy of which shall
be kept on file with the City Secretary
Section 10-5 - 10-17 Reserved
SECTION III
That any person violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall, upon conviction, be fined a sum not exceeding
Two Hundred Dollars ($200 00), and each day and every day that
the provisions of this ordinance are violated shall constitute a
separate and distinct offense This penalty is in addition to
and cumulative of, any other remedies as may be available at law
and equity
SECTION IV
That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause,
phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereof to any
person or circumstance is held invalid by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this ordinance, and the City Council of
the City of Denton, Texas, hereby declares it would have enacted
such remaining portions despite any such invalidity
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SECTION V
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in force when the pro-
visions of this ordinance become effective which are inconsistent
or in conflict with the terms or provisions contained in this
ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of any such conflict
SECTION VI
That this ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14)
days from the date of its passage, and the City Secretary is
hereby directed to cause the caption of this ordinance to be
published twice in the Denton Record-Chronicle, the official
newspaper of the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of
the date of its passage f/71L
PASSED AND APPROVED this the ~y day of 984
RI HARD 0 STEW T, MAYOR
CI Y OF NTON, TEXAS
ATTEST
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CH-A'R
LO TE ALLEN, CITY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
JOE D MORRIS, ACTING CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
BY T J V
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