HomeMy WebLinkAbout3054Ordinance No. 3054
["Beginning July 1, 1998"]
(Amending or Repealing Ordinances)
Amended by Ord. 3410
Repeal Ch. 13.02 by Ord. 3691
ORDINANCE NO. 3 0.5-4
)1 AN ORDINANCE of the City of Kent,
Washington relating to fire prevention; amend -
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ing Chapter 13.02 Kent City Code (KCC) to adopt
the Uniform Fire Code, 1991 edition, with
certain amendments thereto.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kent has
determined that the enactment of comprehensive, uniform building
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regulations will promote the health, safety and welfare of the
citizens of Kent; and
WHEREAS, such regulations include fire regulations
4which define minimum performance standards and requirements for
construction and construction materials, consistent with accepted
hstandards of engineering, fire and life safety; and
WHEREAS, the enactment of such fire regulations is
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'consistent with the mandate of RCW 19.27.020; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON DOES
,HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 13.02.010 of the Kent City Code
(Ordinances 2663 and 2920 as last amended by Ordinance 3020) is
amended as follows:
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13.02.010 UNIFORM FIRE CODE --ADOPTED. There is
(adopted by reference upon the effective date of this ordinance
!and upon the filing with the City Clerk of one copy thereof', the
Uniform Fire Code, ((3988)) 1991 Edition, promulgated by the
'International Conference of Building Officials and the Western
Fire Chiefs Association, as amended by Chapter 51-24 of the
Washington Administrative Code, as currently enacted and as
amended from time to time, also hereby adopted by reference,
together with ((Append;.. !!!-T therete, a ) deletions,
amendments and additions thereto as set forth in this Chapter.
Section 2. Chapter 13.02.020 of the Kent City Code
(Ordinances 2663 and 2920 as last amended by Ordinance 3020) is
amended as follows:
13.02.020. UNIFORM FIRE CODE--ADDITION--SECTION
((A8)) 4.109.
Article 4 of the Uniform Fire Code, ((1988)) 1991 Edition, is
amended by adding a new section thereto, which shall be
designated as Section 4.109 and which shall read as follows:
PERMIT FEES. The Fire Chief is authorized to
prepare a schedule of fees applicable to fire permits and
certificates hereafter issued, commensurate with the cost of
administration and inspection involved in the processing,
issuance and renewal of such permits and certificates. Any such
schedule, when adopted by the City Council by resolution, shall
govern the amount of the fee for any permit or certificate, which
shall be collected by the Fire Department as a condition to
issuance or renewal.
a) Permits shall be valid for a 12 month
period and are renewable at the end of that
time.
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b) All schools and churches shall be exempt
from the fee requirements of this ordinance,
however, required permits shall be issued
only after inspections are performed and
compliance is obtained.
c) Failure to pay for either an original
permit or the required renewal within 30 days
of the notice date shall constitute a
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violation of this code ( (,.,..dinane ) ) . ( (Any
pens en who shy -fail: -t a eempl vI ; wt b; - the
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time fixed herein, shall fer eaeh and every
vielatien be -guilty -em misdemeaner,
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punishable b a fineaf net mere than $509.00
er by ip se ek€er net -me e--thaw9
days.))
Section 3. Chapter 13.02.030 of the Kent City Code
(Ordinances 2663 and 2920 as last amended by Ordinance 3020) is
amended as follows:
13.02.030. UNIFORM FIRE CODE--ADDITION--SECTION
10.210.
There is hereby added to the Uniform Fire Code,
((1988)) 1991 Edition, a new section to be designated as Section
10.210 Fire Lanes, to read as follows:
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Section 10.210. Fire Lanes.
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a) Definitions. The following definitions shall apply
in the interpretation and enforcement of this Section:
1. Fire Lane: That area within any public right of
way, easement, or private property designated
provided, and maintained in accordance with this
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section for the purpose of permitting fire
apparatus and other fire fighting or emergency
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equipment to use, travel upon or park.
2. Park Parking Stogy Stand or Standing: Means the
halting of any vehicle, other than an emergency
vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when !
necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or
in compliance with the directions of a police
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officer or fire official, traffic control sign or
signal.
3. Vehicle: A machine propelled by power other than {I
human power designed to travel along the ground or
rail by use of wheels, treads, runners or slides
and transport persons or property, or pull
machinery, and shall include, but not be limited
to, automobile, truck, trailer, motorcycle,
tractor, buggy, wagon and locomotive.
(b) Requirements/Standards. When required by the fire
department, fire lanes shall be provided and maintained
around facilities which by their size, location, design, or
contents warrant access which exceed that normally provided
by the proximity of city streets. Such fire lanes shall
conform to the following:
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1. Lanes shall conform to requirements in Section
10.207.
2. Vertical curbs shall be identified by a bright
yellow 6 -inch wide stripe on the top and side
extending the length of the designated fire lane.
minimum 4 -inch red lettering, which shall read "No
Parking - Fire Lane", shall be placed every 30
feet or portion thereof on the top and sides of
the curb.
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3. Rolled curbs or lanes without curbs shall be
identified by a bright yellow 6 -inch wide stripe
on the curb or pavement extending the length of
the designated fire lane. Minimum 3 -inch red
lettering, which shall read "No Parking - Fire
Lane", shall be placed every 30 feet or portion
thereof on the top of the rolled curb or pavement.
4. Fire lane signs shall be installed per the
following information: signs shall be metal,
reflective in nature with red letters on a white
background. Signs shall state "No Parking - Fire
Lane". Signs shall be posted on or immediately
next to the curb line or on the building. When
posts are required, they shall be a minimum of 2 -
inch galvanized steel or 4" x 4" pressure treated
wood. Signs shall be readily readable from at
least a 50 -foot distance. Signs shall be posted
no further than 50 feet apart, nor shall they be
more than 9 feet or less than 7 feet from the
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ground. Signs shall be placed so that they face
the direction of vehicular travel.
5. Where fire lanes connect to city streets or
parking lots, adequate clearances and turning
radii shall be provided. All proposed plans shall
have fire department approval.
(c) Parking Prohibited. Except when necessary to +
temporarily avoid conflict with other moving traffic or
in compliance with the direction of a police officer,
fire official, traffic control sign, signal, or device,
no person shall: !
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1. Stop, stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or '
not within any fire lane except:
A) Momentarily to pick up or discharge a
passenger or passengers; or
B) Temporarily for the purposes of and while
actually engaged in loading or unloading
property.
2. Allow continued violations of this section on
j% private property which they own or manage.
(d) Fire Lane as Part of Driveways and/or Parking Areas.
The fire department may require that areas specified for use
as driveways or private thoroughfares shall not be used for
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parking. These areas when specified, shall be marked or
identified by the two means detailed in Section (b) 2.
(e) Existing Buildings. When the fire department
determines that a hazard due to inaccessibility of fire
apparatus exists around existing building, they may require
fire lanes to be constructed and maintained as detailed in
(b) and (d) .
(f) Penalties. Any violation of the provisions of
Subsection (c) above shall be a traffic infraction
punishable by a monetary penalty of not more than two
hundred ($200) dollars. The recommended bail for such a
violation shall be fifty (50) dollars plus state assessments
and costs, when applicable.
(g) Impound of Illegally Parked Vehicles. In addition to
the penalties provided for in Subsection (f), any vehicle
improperly parked in violation of any of the provisions of
this Section shall be subject to impound; provided, however,
that other than in the event of an emergency, no such
vehicle shall be impounded unless the area where the
improper parking occurs shall be adequately and suitably
posted with signs advising that improperly parked vehicles
are subject to impound.
(h) Property Owner Responsibility. Fire lane markings
shall be maintained at the expense of the property owner(s)
as often as needed to clearly identify the designated area
as being a fire lane. The owner, manager, or person in
charge of any property upon which designated fire lanes have
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been established, shall prevent the parking of vehicles or
placement of other obstructions in such fire lanes.
Section 4. Chapter 13.02.040 of the Kent City Code
(Ordinances 2663 and 2920 as last amended by Ordinance 3020) is
amended as follows:
13.02.040 UNIFORM FIRE CODE -AMENDMENT -SECTION ((10.396))
10.507. ((Geetien ' 3 . Gvim . 940 e f the v � n� � . Ged ism hereby
am nded as fe ,ews Section ((10.396)) 10.507 of Article 10 of
the Uniform Fire Code is adopted by reference with the following
amendments thereto:
Section ((44-.346)) 10.507
(a) ((Where Required.)) General. An automatic fire -
extinguishing
extinguishing system shall be installed in the occupancies and
locations as set forth in this section.
1. "When additions, alterations or repairs cause a
building to come within the requirements of this Article, the
building shall comply with those Sections; PROVIDED, however,
that when a church building is increased in size, the sanctuary,
land only the sanctuary, may be exempt from the provisions of this
Section if:
A. A heat and smoke detector system is installed with
la 24 hour supervised central, proprietary or remote station. The
system and supervising station agency shall be approved by the
1chief, and
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B. The sanctuary for purposes of this section shall
mean only that portion of the church used for worship services,
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and shall not include multipurpose rooms or facilities, or rooms
or facilities accessory to the sanctuary.
Prior to approval by the fire department all automatic
sprinkler systems designed with 50 or more heads, excluding those
designed for single and multifamily dwellings, shall be submitted
to and reviewed by an approved agency for compliance with the
current adopted fire codes. Approved agencies include, but are
not limited to, Washington Survey and Rating Bureau, Factory
Mutual, Industrial Risk Insurers, or other such agencies as
approved by the chief."
For ((sp==_a_)) provisions on special hazards and
hazardous ((^h^ifiieal )) materials ((
amide n �n� nc nnn �a
��)) see Section ((1�=)) 10.501 and ((
Articles 45, 48, 49 and 80.
2. "Notwithstanding any other requirements of this
section, this code, or any other code or ordinance to the
contrary, any building containing more that 12,000 square feet of
floor area shall be equipped with an approved automatic sprinkler
system. Area separation walls, as noted in Section 505(e) of the
Uniform Building Code, shall not be considered to separate a
building to enable deletion of the required sprinkler system."
(b) All Occupancies Except Group R, Division 3 and
Group M. Except for Group R, Division 3 and Group M Occupancies,
an automatic sprinkler system shall be installed:
1. In every story or basement of all buildings
when the floor area exceeds 1500 square feet and there is not
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provided at least 20 square feet of opening entirely above the
adjoining ground level in each 50 lineal feet or fraction thereof
of exterior wall in the story or basement on at least one side of
the building. Openings shall have a minimum dimension of not
less than 30 inches. Such openings shall be accessible to the
fire department from the exterior and shall not be obstructed in
Ia manner that firefighting or rescue cannot be accomplished from
{the exterior.
When Openings in a story are provided on only
one side and the opposite wall of such story is more than 75 feet
from such openings, the story shall be provided with an approved
automatic sprinkler system, or openings as specified above shall
be provided on at least two sides of an exterior wall of the
story.
If any portion of a basement is located more
than 75 feet from openings required in this section, the basement
shall be provided with an approved automatic sprinkler system.
2. At the top of rubbish and linen chutes and in
their terminal rooms. Chutes extending through three or more
floors shall have additional sprinkler heads installed within
such chutes at alternate floors. Sprinkler heads shall be
accessible for servicing.
3. In rooms where nitrate film is stored or
handled.
4. In protected combustible fiber storage vaults
as defined in this code.
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C. Group A. Occupancies.
1. Drinking Establishments. An automatic
sprinkler system shall be installed in rooms used by the
occupants for the consumption of alcoholic beverages and
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unseparated accessory uses where the total area of such
unseparated rooms and assembly uses exceeds 5,000 square feet.
,For uses to be considered as separated, the separation shall not
be less than as required for a one-hour occupancy separation.
The area of other uses shall be included unless separated by at
least a one-hour occupancy separation.
2. Basements. An automatic sprinkler system
shall be installed in basements classified as a Group A Occupancy
when the basement is larger than 1,500 square feet in floor area.
3. Exhibition and display rooms. An automatic
sprinkler system shall be installed in Group A Occupancies which
have more than 12,000 square feet of floor area which can be used
for exhibition or display purposes.
4. Stairs. An automatic sprinkler system shall
be installed in enclosed usable space below or over a stairway in
Group A, Divisions 2, 2.1, 3 and 4 Occupancies.
5. Multitheater Complexes Every building
containing a multitheater complex.
6. Amusement buildings An automatic sprinkler
system shall be installed in all amusement buildings. The main
water flow switch shall be electrically supervised. The
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s rinkler main cutoff valve shall be supervised. When the
amusement building is temporary, the sprinkler water -supply
system may be of an approved temporary type.
EXCEPTION An automatic sprinkler system
need not be provided when the floor area of a temporary
amusement building is less than 1 000 square feet and the
exit travel distance from any point is less than 50 feet.
((.5.)) 7. Other areas. An automatic sprinkler system
,shall be installed under the roof and gridiron, in the tie and
fly galleries and in all places behind the proscenium wall of
stages; over and within permanent platforms in excess of 500
square feet in area; and in dressing rooms, workshops and
storerooms accessory to such stages or permanent platforms.
EXCEPTIONS•
1. Stages or platforms open to the
auditorium room on three or more sides.
2. Altars, pulpits or similar platforms and
their accessory rooms.
3. Stage gridirons when side-wall
sprinklers with 135°F. rated head with
heat -baffle plates are installed around
the entire perimeter of the stage except
for the proscenium openings at points
not more than 30 inches below the
gridiron or more than 6 inches below the
baffle plate.
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4. Under stage or under platform areas less
than 4 feet in clear height used
exclusively for chair or table storage
and lined on the inside with materials
approved for one-hour fire -resistive
construction.
(d) Group B, Division 2 Occupancies. An automatic
sprinkler system shall be installed in retail sales rooms classed
as Group B, Division 2 Occupancies where the floor area exceeds
12,000 square feet or any floor or 24,000 square feet on all
floors or in Group B, Division 2 retail sales occupancies more
than three stories in height. The area of mezzanines shall be
included in determining the areas where sprinklers are required.
(e) Group E. Occupancies.
1. Basements. An automatic sprinkler system
shall be installed in basements classified as a Group E Occupancy
when the basement is large than 1500 square feet in floor area.
2. Stairs. An automatic sprinkler system shall
be installed in enclosed usable space below or over a stairway in
Group E Occupancies.
3. Division 1. An approved automatic fire -
extinguishing system shall be installed in all newly constructed
buildings classifed as E-1 Occupancies constructed after July 1,
1992.
NOTE: For the purpose of this section, structural
additions exceeding 60% of the appraised value of
such building or structure, or alterations and
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repairs to any portion of a building or structure
within a twelve month period that exceeds 100% of
the appraised value of such building or structure
shall be considered new construction. In the case
of structural additions, separation walls shall
define separate buildings.
EXCEPTION: Portable school classrooms, provided:
A. Aggregate area of clusters of portable
school classrooms does not exceed 5,000
square feet; and
B. Clusters of portable school classrooms
separated as required in Chapter 5 of the
Building Code.
When not required by other provisions of this chapter, a fire -
extinguishing system installed in accordance with UBC Standard
No. 38-1 may be used for area and height increases and
substitution for one-hour construction as allowed by the Building
Code.
(f) Group H. Occupancies.
1. Division 1. An automatic fire -extinguishing
system shall be installed in Group H, Divisions 1, 2, 3, and 7
Occupancies.
2. Division 4. An automatic fire -extinguishing
system shall be installed in Group H, Division 4 Occupancies
having a floor area of more than 3000 square feet.
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3. Division 6. An automatic fire -extinguishing
system shall be installed throughout buildings containing Group
H, Division 6 Occupancies. The design of the sprinkler system
shall be not less than that required by the Building Code ((fir
ta�)) for the occupancy hazard
classification as follows:
LOCATION
Fabrication areas
Service corridors
Storage rooms without dispensing
Storage rooms with dispensing
Exit corridors
OCCUPANCY HAZARD
CLASSIFICATION
Ordinary Hazard Group 3
Ordinary Hazard Group 3
Ordinary Hazard Group 3
Extra Hazard Group 2
Ordinary Hazard Group 31
When the design area of the sprinkler system consists
of a corridor protected by one row of sprinklers, the maximum
number of sprinklers that need be calculated is 13.
(g) Group I Occupancies. An automatic sprinkler
system shall be installed in Group I Occupancies.
EXCEPTIONS•
In jails, prisons and reformatories, the piping
system may be dry, provided a manually operated
valve is installed at a continuously monitored
location. Opening of valve will cause the piping
system to be charged. Sprinkler heads in such
system shall be equipped with fusible elements or
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the system shall be designed as required for l
deluge systems ((4-n)) by the Building Code. See
U.B.C. Standard No. 38-1.
h Group R, Division 1 Occupancies. An automatic
sprinkler system shall be installed throughout every apartment
house three or more stories in height or containing 16 or more
(()) dwelling units, in congrectate residences three or
more stories in hei ht and havin an occu ant load of 50 or more
and ((every)) in hotels three or more stories in height or
containing 20 or more guest rooms. Residential or quick -response
standard sprinkler heads shall be used in the dwelling unit and
guest room portions of the building.
Section 5. Chapter 13.02 of the Kent City Code
(Ordinances 2663 and 2920 as last amended by Ordinance 3020) is
amended by the addition of Section 13.02.050 to read as follows:
13.02.050. UNIFORM FIRE CODE APPENDICES ADOPTED-
Appendices
DOPTED.A endices II -F and III -A of the Uniform Fire Code 1991 Edition
are hereby adopted.
Section 6. Section 13.02.060 of the Kent City Code
(Ordinances 2663 and 2920 as last amended by Ordinance 3020) is
hereby amended as follows:
((13.02.060. UNIFORM FIRE CODE--ADDITION--SECTION 10.207
There is hereby included in the Uniform Fire Code,
((1986)) 1991 edition, a new section to be designated Section
10.207, as follows:
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A. General. Fire apparatus access roads shall be
provided and maintained in accordance with the provisions of this
section.
B. Where Required. Fire apparatus access roads shall
be required for every building hereafter constructed when any
portion of an exterior wall of the first story is located more
than 150 feet from fire department vehicle access.
EXCEPTIONS: 1. When conditions prevent the
installation of an approved fire apparatus access road,
the chief may permit the installation of a fire -
protection system or systems in lieu of a road,
provided the system or systems are not otherwise
required by this or any other code.
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I' 2. When there are not more than two Group R, Division
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3 or Group M occupancies, the requirements of this
section may be modified, provided, in the opinion of
the chief, fire -fighting or rescue operations would not
be impaired.
C. Permissible Modifications. Clearances or widths
required by this section may be increased when, in the opinion of
,the chief, minimum clearances or widths are not adequate to
,;provide fire apparatus access. For high -piled combustible
storage, see Section 81.109.
D. Surface. Fire apparatus access roads shall be
designed and maintained to support the imposed loads of fire
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apparatus and shall be provided with a surface so as to provide
all-weather driving capabilities.
E. Width. The minimum unobstructed width of a fire
apparatus access road shall be not less than 20 feet.
F. Vertical Clearance. All fire apparatus access
roads shall have an unobstructed vertical clearance of not less
than 13 feet 6 inches.
EXCEPTION: Upon approval, vertical clearance may be
reduced, provided such reduction does not impair access
by fire apparatus and approved signs are installed and
maintained indicating the established vertical
clearance.
G. Turning Radius. The turning radius of a fire
apparatus access road shall be as approved by the chief.
H. Turnarounds. All dead-end fire apparatus access
roads in excess of 150 feet in length shall be provided with
approved provisions for the turning around of fire apparatus.
I. Bridges. When a bridge is required to be used as
access under this section, it shall be constructed and maintained
din accordance with the applicable sections of the Building Code
land using designed live loading sufficient to carry the imposed
.loads of fire apparatus.
J. Grade. The gradient for a fire apparatus access
road shall not exceed 12% unless otherwise approved by the Chief.
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I. Obstruction. The required width of any fire
apparatus access road shall not be obstructed in any manner,
including parking of vehicles. Minimum required widths and
clearances established under this section shall be maintained at
call times. (0.2663)))
Section 7. Chapter 13.02 of the Kent City Code
(Ordinances 2663 and 2920 as last amended by Ordinance 3020) is
hereby amended by the addition thereto of Section 13.02.080, to
!read as follows:
13.02.080 UNIFORM FIRE CODE STANDARDS ADOPTED.
There is adopted by reference upon the filing of one copy thereof
with the Kent City Clerk a certain document known as the Uniform
Fire Code Standards 1991 Edition as amended by Chapter 51-25 of
the Washington Administrative Code as currently enacted and as
amended from time to time also hereby adopted by reference.
Section 8. Chapter 13.02 of the Kent City Code
(Ordinances 2663 and 2920 as last amended by Ordinance 3020) is
hereby amended by the addition of Section 13.02.100. to read as
follows:
13.02.100. SECTIONS DELETED. Sections 2.207, 3.101,
3.102, 3.103 and 3.104 of the Uniform Fire Code 1991 Edition,
are hereby repealed.
Section 9. Effective
ic:ffect and be in force thirty (3
dpassage as provided by law.
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'I ATTEST:
BRENDA JACOBER, gITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
A. �,JMOVICH, CITY ATTORNEY
e. This ordinance shall take
day from the date of its final
KELLEHER, MAYOR
PASSED the
day of
, 1992•
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APPROVED the
day of
1992.
PUBLISHED the
day of
1992.
I hereby
certify
that this is a true
copy of Ordinance No. _
C `t passed
by
the City Council of
City of Kent, Washington,
,
and approved
by the
Mayor of the City
of Kent as hereon
indicated.
ufc.ord
BRENDA JACO$ER CITY CLERK
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