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ORDINANCE NO. 92-1-4709
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 12.0 OF CHAPTER 12,
FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY
WHEREAS, the City of Paducah adopted the Kentucky
Standards of Safety (Fire Prevention Code 1990); and J
WHEREAS, KRS 227.320 requires each local government
unit to adopt and enforce the Kentucky Standards of Safety by
ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Commissioner of the Department of
Housing, Building & Construction has promulgated reasonable
regulations setting minimum fire safety standards for Kentucky
J in 815 Kentucky Administrative Regulation 10:040, which are
known as the Kentucky Standards of Safety (Fire Prevention Code
1990).
follows:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. Section 12-0 is hereby amended to read as
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"Sec. 12-0. Adoption of the Kentucky Standards of
Safety (Fire Prevention Code)
"The Kentucky Standards of Safety (Fire Prevention
Code) as promulgated in 815 KAR 10:040 by Commissioner of the
Department of Housing, Building.& Construction on the advice
and recommendation of the State Fire Marshal, is hereby adopted
in full as an ordinance of the City of Paducah of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky, and a certain document, one copy
which is on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of
Paducah being marked and designated as 'The Kentucky Standards
of Safety (Fire Prevention Code), First Edition 1990, as
published by the Kentucky Department of Housing, Building &
Construction"'
SECTION 2. Sec. 12-0.1, Designated Enforcement
Officer, is hereby created to read as follows:
"The City Fire Marshal's Office shall be designated
as the local enforcement agency for said standards of safety as
appointed by the City."
SECTION 3. Sec. 12-0.2, Stricter Provisions, is
hereby created to read as follows:
"Where stricter provisions provided for in current
National Fire Prevention Codes are in conflict with this code,
conflicts shall be resolved in favor of the stricter provi-
sions, and where more liberal requirements are set forth
throughout this code than are provided for in current National
Fire Prevention Code Standards, the conflict shall be resolved
in favor of the current National Fire Prevention Codes."
SECTION 4. Sec. 12-0.3, Appeals Process, is hereby
created to read as follows:
"All final decisions of the Fire Code Official of the
City of Paducah shall be appealable to a local appeals board
pursuant to the procedures adopted by the City of Paducah."
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be read on two
separate days and will become effective upon summary
publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424.
4GERRB. MONTGOME Y
Mayor
Introduced by the Board of Commissioners December 17, 1991
Adopted by the Board of Commissioners January 14, 1992
Recorded by Lenita Smith, City Clerk, January 14, 1992
Published by The Paducah Sun January 18, 1992.
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