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Home My WebLink About1975-0967 - Ordinance - 06/12/1975ORDINANCE NO, 967 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 1974 SOUTHERN STANDARD FIRE PREVENTION CODE SETTING FORTH RULES AND REGULATIONS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY BY PROMOTING THE CONTROL OF FIRE HAZARDS, REGULATING THE INSTALLATION, USE AND MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT,REGULATING THE USE OF STRUCTURES, PREMISES AND OPEN AREAS IN THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION; PROVIDING FOR THE ABATEMENT OF FIRE HAZARDS; ESTABLISHING THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROCEDURES FOR ENFORCE- MENT, SETTING FORTH STANDARDS FOR COMPLIANCE, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: Section 1. Ordinance Nos. 646 and 650 are hereby repealed. Section 11. Adoption of the 1974 Southern Standard Fire Prevention Code with the following amendments and additions A. Article 20, Division X, Section 20.1013 Parking and Garaging, Paragraph D Relating to Flammable Liquid Trucks. At no time while discharging liquid shall the driver or operator be out of sight and reach of the discharge valves. If at any time while discharging the operator must leave the truck, for any reason, he shall shut down all valves until his return. B. Fire Lanes: Shall be Article 41, Division I. When required: No building of any type construction for occupancy shall be constructed in such a manner that any part of the structure is more than one hundred fifty (150) feet from a public street or highway; provided, however, that such structure may be erected at a greater distance if the owner-designatea,constructs and maintains a fire lane or access easement having a minimum clear width of twenty feet and a minimum height clearance of fourteen feet terminating within one hundred fifty feet of the furtherest point of such structure; providing further, however, that no fire lane shall be required for: 1. Any single family or duplex dwellings. The City Council, upon the recommendation of the Fire Chief or his authorized representative, may designate adequate fire lanes and/or turnarounds to any existing building, buildings, or development when deemed necessary for Fire Department access to such buildings. Specifications: Any fire lane more than one hundred feet in length shall either connect at each end to a dedicated street or be provided with a turnaround having a minimum radius of fifty feet when measured from curb to curb. All fire lanes shall be maintained and kept in a state of good repair at all times by the owner, manager or person in charge of the premises, and the City of College Station shall never be responsible for the maintenance thereof. 0"5171 ORDINANCE NO. 967 PAGE 2 Fire Lane Signs; tow -away zone signs: The owner, manager or person in charge of any building to which fire lanes have been approved by the Fire Chief or his authorized repre- sentative shall post and maintain appropriate signs in conspicuous places along such fire lanes stating: NO PARKING - FIRE LANE. Such signs shall be twelve (12) inches wide and eighteen (18) inches high, with a companion sign twelve (12) inches wide and six (6) inches high stating: TOW -AWAY ZONE. Any NO PARKING - FIRE - TOW -AWAY sign shall be painted on a white background with symbols, letters and border in red. Drawing and samples of such sign may be obtained from the Fire Department of the City of College Station. Standards for mounting, including but not limited to the height above the grade at which such signs are to be mounted, shall be as adopted by the Fire Chief of College Station. Destruction of Fire Lane or Tow -Away Signs. It is hereby unlawful for any person, without lawful authority, to attempt or in fact alter, destroy, deface, injure, knock down or remove any sign designating a fire lane or tow -away zone erected under the terms of this ordinance. Abandonment or Closing. No owner, manager or person in charge of any premises served by a required fire lane shall abandon or close such fire lane without written permission of the Fire Chief of the City of College Station. Parking in Fire Lanes Prohibited. No person shall park, place, allow, permit or cause to be parked, placed or remain unattended any motor vehicle, trailer, boat or similar obstruction with or upon an area designated as a fire lane and marked by an appropriate sign. Any motor vehicle, trailer, boat or similar obstruction found parked or unoccupied within an area designated as a fire lane as required by this section is hereby declared a nuisance per se and any such motor vehicle, trailer, boat or similar obstruction parked or unoccupied in such a manner as to obstruct in whole or in part any such fire lane shall be prima facie evidence that the registered owner unlawfully parked, placed or permitted to be parked or placed such obstruction within a fire lane. The records of the State Highway Department of the County Highway License Department showing the name of the person to whom the Texas Highway License or boat or trailer license is issued shall constitute prima facie evidence or ownership by the named person. Enforcement; Issuance or Citations: Impoundment of Obstructions. The Fire Chief, any member of the Fire Department designated by the Fire Chief, the Chief of Police or any member of the Police Department designated by the Chief of Police are hereby authorized to issue parking citations for any motor vehicle, trailer, boat or similar obstruction found parked or unattended in or upon a designed fire 72 ORDINANCE NO, 967 PAGE 3 lane and may have such obstruction removed by towing it away. Such vehicle or obstruction may be redeemed by payment of the towage and storage charges. No parking citations shall be voided nor shall the violator be relieved of any penalty assessed by a Judge of the Municipal Court for any provision by the redemption of the obstruction from the storage facility. Submission of Plot Plans; Duties of Contractors. Prior to the issuance of a building permit, two (2) plot plans with designated fire lanes shall be submitted to the Building Inspection Department for review by the Fire Chief of the City of College Station. The Fire Chief then will approve or disapprove the designated fire lanes and the needed signs and pavement markings. One of these plans shall be retained by the City of College Station and the other returned to the owner for his use. The contractor or person in charge of any construction site for commercial, industrial, merchantile, educational, institutional, assembly, hotel, motel, multi -family dwelling, or mobile home park occupancies shall provide and maintain during construction an approved all-weather fire lane, not less than twenty (20) feet in width, as shown on approved plot plans. Final paving of such fire lane shall be completed prior to issuance of any certificate of occupancy. C. Penalties: Shall be Article 42 Division I Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the code hereby adopted or fail to comply therewith, or who shall violate or fail t*o 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 City of College Station, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, with the time fixed herein, shall severally for each and every violation and noncompliance respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than $5.00 nor more than $200.00. 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 such violations or defects within a reasonable time; and when not otherwise specified, each ten (10) days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense. The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions. PASSED AND APPROVED this 12th day of June, 1975. *Woo ATTEST City Secretary APPROVED Caor 025'73