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Home My WebLink Aboutordinance.council.022-69RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS ]00 LEAVES ORDINANCE NO. (Series of 1969) AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, 1967 EDITION, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BUILDING OFFICIALS, 50 South Los Robles, Pasadena, California, REGULATING THE ERECTION, CONSTRUCTION, ENLARGEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, MOVING, REMOVAL, CONVERSION, DEMOLITION, OCCUPANCY, EQUIPMENT, USE, HEIGHT, AREA, AND MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES IN THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND COLLECTION OF FEES THEREFOR; DECLARING AND ESTABLISHING FIRE DISTRICT; PRO- VIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF, AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO: Section 1: Chapter I of Title IV of the Official Code of the City of Aspen is hereby repealed and amended to read as follows: "BUILDING CODE (Adoption of the Uniform Building Code, 1967 Edition, International Conference of Building Officials) SECTION SUBJECT 4-1-1: 4-1-2: 4-1-3: 4-1-4: Adoption of Code Exceptions Amendments Violations and Penalties" Section 2: "4-1-1: of the Robles, ADOPTION OF CODE: The Uniform Building Code, 1967 Edition International Conference of Building Officials, 50 South Los Pasadena, California, 91101, including all appendices except as hereinafter stated, is hereby adopted as the Building Code of and for the City of Aspen, Colorado, for regulating the erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair moving removal, demolition, conversion, occupancy, equipment, use, heights area and maintenance of all buildings or structures in the City of Aspen, Colorado, providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees thereof, and the fixing of penalties for vio- lations thereof. Three certified copies of said Code are on file in the Office of the City Clerk and may be inspected during regular business hours." -1- RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS I00 LEAVES Section 3: "4-1-2: EXCEPTIONS: Whenever the provisions of the Uniform Building Code shall conflict with the provisions of the National Electric Code, the Warm Air Heating, Ventilating and Air Con- ditioning Code, the Gas Fitting Code, the Chimney, Vents, Fire- places and Incinerator Code, and the Boiler and Pressure Vessels Code, adopted by this Code, the provisions of the Uniform Building Code shall supersede the provisions of such other adopted Codes, Chapters 13, 23, and 48 of the Section referred to as an appendix of the Uniform Building Code are hereby expressly excepted from adoption and deleted from said Code." Section 4: "4-1-3: Uniform Building Code, as follows: (1) Sections 1602(a) and (b) of the 1967 Edition, are hereby amended to read Sec. 1602 (a) General. Buildings or structures here- after erected, constructed, moved within or into Fire Zone No. 1 shall be only of Type I, II, III- H.T., or III-one-hour construction, and shall meet the requirements of this Section. Except fences less than six feet (6') in height may be of Type V construction. (For exceptions covering Type IV-N construction, see Section 1109 and Section 2103 (a).) (b) Alterations. No building of Type IV construction nor any building of Type V construction already erected in Fire Zone No. 1 shall hereafter be altered, raised, enlarged, added to, or moved, except as follows: 1o Changes, alterations, and repairs to the interior of such building or to the front thereof facing a public street may be made, provided such changes do not, in the opinion of the Building Official, in- crease the fire hazard of such building. 2. Roofs of such buildings may be covered only with a fire-retardant roofing as specified in Section 3203. See Section 104 (f) for repairs. 3. Such building may be moved entire- ly outside the limits of Fire Zone No. 1. 4. Such building may be demolished." -2- RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 LEAVES Section 5: "(2) Section 1603 (b) of the Uniform Building Code, 1967 Edition, is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 1603 (b) Alterations. No building of Type IV construction nor any building of Type V construction already erected in Fire Zone No. 2, shall hereafter be altered, raised, enlarged, added to or moved ex- cept as follows: 1. Such building may be made to con- form to the provisions of Section 2203 for Type V construction. 2. Changes, alterations, and repairs to the interior of such building or to the front thereof facing a public street may be made provided such changes do not, in the opinion of the Building Official, in- crease the fire hazard of such building. 3. Roofs of such buildings may be covered only with a fire-retardant roofing as specified in Section 3203. See Section 104 (f) for repairs. 4. Such building may be moved en- tirely outside the limits of Fire Zone No. 2. 5. Such building may be demolished. 6. Combustible finish on the outside of walls may be replaced by or covered with exterior plaster as specified in Chapter 47." Section 6: "(3) Section 1604 of the Uniform Building Code, 1967 Edition, is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 1604: Any building or structure complying with the requirements of this Code may be erected, constructed, moved within or into Fire Zone No. 3, except that any Type IV building shall only be permitted for Section 1501, Group J, Division 1 occupancies." Section 7: "(4) Chapter 15 of the Uniform Building Code, 1967 Edition, adopted by reference by Section 4-1-1 of this Chapter, be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto the following as Section 1506: -3- RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 LEAVES Sec. 1506. Fences and Retaining Walls: 1. No barbed wire or other sharp fence, and no electrically charged fence, shall be erected or maintained. 2. ~corner lots, no fence, retaining wall, shrub, tree or similar obstruction shall be erected or maintained which obstructs the traffic vision, nor on corner lots shall any fence, retaining wall, shrub, tree or similar obstruction be erected or maintained which exceeds a height of 42 inches, measured from street grade within 30 feet from the lot corner. 3. Any dilapidated, unsightly, or dangerous fence, or obstruction in violation of Subsection 2 above, shall be removed when so ordered by the Building In- spector.'' Section 8: "(5) Section 1705 (b) 2 of the Uniform Building Code, 1967 Edition, is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 1705 (b) 2. Wood veneer of not less than one (1) inch nominal thickness,or exterior type plywood not less than three eighths (3/8th) inch nominal thickness may be applied to one hundred (100) percent of the wall area of the first floor and thirty three and one- third (33-1/3) percent of the wall area for each story above the first floor, provided such wood shall be placed either directly against fire re- sistive incombustible surfaces or furred out from such surfaces not to exceed one and three-fourths (1-3/4) inches with all concealed spaces fire stopped as provided in Section 2508." Section 9: '[6) Section 2003 (a) Building Code, 1967 Edition, is hereby amended Section 2003 (a) 5 of the Uniform to read as follows: 5. Wood columns, beams and arches con- forming to heavy timber sizes may be used externally where exterior walls are permitted to be of un- protected incombustible construc~io~ or one-hour fire-resistive incumbustible construction." -4- RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS lO0 LEAVES Section 10: Building Code, lows: "(7) Section 3305(n) of the Uniform 1967 Edition, is hereby amended to read as fol- Section 3305 (n~ Stairway to Roof. In every building more than two stories in height, one stairway shall extend to the roof surface, unless the roof has a slope greater than four in 12. EXCEPTION: Where a roof is used for no other purpose than weather protection, a permanently attached ladder may be used and constructed." Section 11: Building lows: Code, "(8) Section 3805 of the Uniform 1967 Edition, is hereby amended to read as fol- Section 3805 is repealed and re-enacted to read: Wet standpipes extending from the cellar or base- ment into the top most story shall be provided in Group A and Group B, Division 1 and 2, occupancy with an occupancy exceeding 1,000 and in Group C, D, E, F, G and H Occupancies, four or more stories in height, and in Group E and F Occupancies having a floor area exceeding twenty thousand square feet (20,000 square ft.) per floor. EXCEPTIONS: (1). Wet standpipes are not required in buildings equipped throughout with an automatic fire-extinguishing system. (2). Wet standpipes are not required in basements or cellars equipped with a complete automatic fire-extinguishing system. (3). Wet standpipes shall not be re- quired in assembly areas used solely for worship." Section 12: The Official Code of the City of Aspen is hereby amended by adding a section to be numbered 4-1-4, which section reads as follows: -5- RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 LEAVES "4-1-4: VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove, convert or demolish, equip, use, occupy, or maintain any building or structure in the City, or cause the same to be done, contrary to or in violation of any of the pro- visions of this Chapter. Any person, firm, or corporation vio- lating any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this Chapter is committed, continued, or permitted, and upon conviction of any such violation such person shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $300.00, or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment." INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED published as provided by law by the City Council of Aspen, Colorado, at its regular meeting held at the City of Aspen on the ~-~day of ~'l~.~ .~- , 1969. ATTEST: t---~C~TY CLERK of Finally passed, adopted and approved on the , 1969. c~v,~ ~day P~- Y UI~ ATTEST: CItY CLERK -6- STATE OF COLORADO ) ) ss COUNTY OF PITKIN ) CERTIFICATE I, Lorraine Graves, City Clerk of Aspen, Colorado, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing ordinance was tntroducted, read in full, and passed on first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Aspen on July 28 ,1969__, and publish- ed in the f spen Times a weekly newspaper of general circul- ation, published in the City of Aspen~ Colorado, in its issue of Suly 31 ,1969__, and was finally adopted and approved at a regular meeting of the City Council on August 25 Ordinance No. provided by law. 22 ,196 9 , and ordered published as , Series 196__9, of said City, as IN WITNESS WflEREOF, the seal of said City of Aspen, Colorado, day of August ...... , 1969 . I have hereunto set my hand and 26th SEAL Lorraine Graves, City Clerk