HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance Book 18, Page 286, Ordinance Number 73-7-861ORDINANCE NO. 73-7- 861
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED
"AN ORDINANCE CREATING A NEW SECTION 7-18 'FIRE AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY' OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
PADUCAH, WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ON JULY 11,
1972
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COAMISSIONERS OF THE CITY
OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That Section 1 of an ordinance containing the title quoted
above, which was adopted on July 11, 1972, be, and the same is hereby, amended
and reordained so that said section as amended and reordained shall read as follows:
"Sec. 7-18 Fire and safety requirements for commercial property.
Notwithstanding and in addition to any other requirements as may
be specified in Standards of Safety and Construction Codes as adopted
by the City of Paducah, Kentucky, the following requirements shall be
imposed upon all commercial property in the City of Paducah, Kentucky.
All commercial property within the fire zone or any commercial
property which is over one story in height shall provide a means in
which firefighters may enter each floor by either providing windows
of glass or other breakable material or knock -out panels of a minimum
dimension of three feet by six feet, or by such other means as may be
approved prior to construction or modification of any building by the
Building Inspector and the Fire Marshall. All commercial buildings
shall be equipped with sprinkler systems (dry type or wet type) and
with hose connection devices from the front of the building, as per
National Fire Protection Association Standards. All commercial property
capable of accommodating fifty persons or more and all commercial property
within the inner fire zone or outer fire zone which is not equipped with
sprinklers, and all property either commercial or residential, which in the
judgment of the Building Inspector and/or Fire Marshall should be protected
by fire detection, shall be equipped with fire detectors or alarm systems
as may be approved by the Fire Marshall and Building Inspector or
Underwriters' Laboratories. All commercial buildings which in the
determination of the Building Inspector do not afford adequate natural
lighting in the event of a power failure shall be equipped with sufficient
auxiliary lighting to enable occupants of the building to make a safe exit."
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SECTION 2. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its adoption.
Mayor
Passed by the Board of Commissioners July 31, 1973
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, July 31, 1973.