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Sec. 12-105. - Definitions.#
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in the Uniform Fire Code, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Corporation counsel means the attorney for the town.
Jurisdiction means the boundaries of the town.
(Code 1981, § 10-153)
Sec. 12-106. - State fire code adopted.#
The state fire code is hereby adopted the by the town, for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and protecting property from fire or explosion, that certain code, known as the 1979 edition of the Uniform Fire Code as recommended by the Western Fire Chiefs Association and the International Conference of Building Officials, except to the extent it is hereinafter modified or amended by section 12-110. One copy of the fire code has been and is now filed in the office of the clerk/recorder for use and inspection by the public.
(Code 1981, § 10-151)
State Law reference— State Fire Code, U.C.A. 1953, § 15A-1-403.
Sec. 12-107. - Establishment of limits of districts in which bulk plants or storage of flammable or combustible liquids in outside above-ground tanks is to be prohibited.#
(a)
The limits referred to in section 15.201 of the Uniform Fire Code, in which storage of flammable or combustible liquids in outside above-ground tanks is prohibited, are hereby established and are on file in the clerk/recorder's office.
(b)
The limits referred to in section 15.601 of the Uniform Fire Code, in which new bulk plants for flammable or combustible liquids are prohibited, are hereby established and are on file in the clerk/recorder's office.
(Code 1981, § 10-154)
Sec. 12-108. - Establishment of limits in which bulk storage of liquefied petroleum gases is to be restricted.#
The limits referred to in section 20.105(a) of the Uniform Fire Code, in which the bulk storage of liquefied petroleum gas is restricted, are hereby established and are on file in the clerk/recorder's office.
(Code 1981, § 10-155)
Sec. 12-109. - Establishment of limits of districts in which storage of explosives and blasting agents is prohibited.#
The limits referred to in section 11.106(b) of the Uniform Fire Code, in which the storage of explosives and blasting agents is prohibited, are hereby established and are on file in the clerk/recorder's office.
(Code 1981, § 10-156)
Sec. 12-110. - Amendments made in the Uniform Fire Code.#
Any amendments to the Uniform Fire Code shall be on file in the clerk/recorder's office.
(Code 1981, § 10-157)
Sec. 12-111. - Appeals.#
Whenever the chief shall disapprove an application, refuse to grant a permit for which an application has been received, or when it is claimed that the provisions of the fire code do not apply or that the true intent and meaning of the fire code has been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the applicant may appeal the decision of the chief to the town council within 30 days from the date of such decision.
(Code 1981, § 10-158)
Sec. 12-112. - New materials, processes or occupancies which may require permits.#
The building inspector and the chief of the bureau of fire prevention 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 the fire code. The chief of the bureau of fire prevention shall post such list in a conspicuous place in his office and distribute copies thereof to interested persons.
(Code 1981, § 10-159)
Sec. 12-113. - Penalties.#
(a)
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the Uniform Fire Code or fail to comply therewith, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made 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 town council or by a court of competent jurisdiction within the time fixed herein shall, severally for each and every such violation and noncompliance respectively, be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $5.00 nor more than $99.00 or by imprisonment of not less than two days nor more than 99 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue. All persons shall be required to correct or remedy such 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)
The application of the penalty in subsection (a) of this section shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of the prohibited condition.
(Code 1981, § 10-160)