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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 11, Page 55, No Ordinance NumberAN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE BUILDING CODE RECOMMENDED BY THE NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS, EXCEPT CERTAIN CLAUSES AND SECTIONS THEREOF WHICH ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY ELIMINATED, AND ALS ADOPTING THE STANDARDS OF SAFETY APPROVED BY THE DIVISION OF INSURA Ci FIRE PREVENTION AND RATES SECTION OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY; PROVIDI G FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A BUILDING INSPECTOR TO ADMINISTER AND ENFOR E THE PROVISIONS OF THE BUILDING CODE AND THE STANDARDS OF SAFETY; FIXING THE FEES TO BE CHARGED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH FOR BUILDING AND WRECKING PERMITS; FIXING AND PRESCRIBING THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR, HIS COMPENSATION, POWERS AND DUTIES; .PROVID A SEPARABILITY CLAUSE AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THERE17ITH; AND FIXING THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF", WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF C01.1MISSIONERS ON SEPTEMBER 24, 1946 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY: SECTION 1. That Section 1 of an ordinance entitled: "AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE BUILDING CODE RECOMMENDED BY THE NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS, EXCEPT CERTAIN CLAUSES AND SECTIONS THEREOF WHICH ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY ELIMINATED, AND ALSO ADOPTING THE STANDARDS OF SAFETY APPROVED BY THE DIVISION OF INSURANCE FIRE PREVENTION AND RATES SECTION OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY; PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A BUILDING INSPECTOR TO ADMINISTER AND ENF THE PROVISIONS OF THE BUILDING CODE AND THE STANDARDS OF SAFETY; FIXING THE FEES TO BE CHARGED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH FOR BUILDING AND WRECKING PERMITS; FIXING AND PRESCRIBING THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR, HIS COMPENSATION, POWERS AMID DUTIES; PROVID A SEPARABILITY CLAUSE AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; AND FIXING THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF", which was adopted by the Board of Commissioners on September 24th. 1946, be and the same is hereby amended so that said section as amended (shall read as follows: "Section 1. That the Building Code recommended by the ,National Board of Fire Underwriters, the 1943 Edition thereof, or las said Building Code may be hereafter amended or revised, adopted and published, subject to the exceptions hereinafter noted, is herel adopted, and the provisions thereof are hereby carried into force and effect as fully and to the same extent as if cited and copied din detail in this ordinance, and a copy of said Building Code is ;hereby filed with and as a part hereof, and is to be treated as a part of this ordinance to the same extent as if fully copied herein 56 Provided, however, that Section 101 of said Building Code shall be void except as to sub -sections 6,.8 and 9 thereof, and provided further that the bond required in sub -section 3 of section 103 shall be filed with the City Clerk. Provided further that sub- section 4 of section 404 of said Building Code shall be amended to read as follows; 114 Area m1dification. (a) Except as otherwise provided the limiting areas fixed in this section may be increased by one hundred per cent whet the building is sprinklered, and by two hundred per cent when the building is sprinklered and does not exceed one story nor an avers; of twenty-five feet in height to the roof, or to a fire retardant ceiling through which there shall be no openings unless they open into shafts or ducts to the roof, the enclosing walls of which have the same construction as the ceiling. Note -See #1008 re fire retardant ceilings; see #1702 re sprinkler equipment. (b) The areas specified in this section will be changed by section 1792 for certain occupancies. (c) Outside the congested areas of the city, when a hazardous condition is not created thereby, the area of a public building, a business building or a storage building, not over two stories high, may be increased in excess of the areas fixed by thi: section, in the discretion of the Mayor and the Board of Commiss ioners. SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption. Passed by the Board of Commissioners, April 10, 1947 Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, April 10, 1947.