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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Kent, Wash-
ington, adopting the Uniform Fire Code, 1971,
with specified deletions, additions, and
amendments thereto, deleting prior preven-
tion codes and bulletins, and repealing
sections of prior ordinances of the City of
Kent.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. There is hereby adopted by reference upon
the effective date of this Ordinance and upon the filing with the
City Clerk of three (3) copies thereof, the Uniform Fire Code,
1971 Edition, promulgated by the International Conference of
Building Officials and the Western Fire Chief's Association, to-
gether with the appendices thereto, and deletions, amendments and
additions thereto as set forth hereafter.
Section 2. There is hereby deleted from the Uniform
Fire Code, Section 1.205, "Authority of fire personnel to exer-
cise powers of police officers", found on page 15 of said Code.
Section 3. Section 13.208, page 75 "Required vertical
driveway clearance" which reads as follows:
"Access driveways serving buildings or
property located more than 150 feet from
a street shall have a vertical clearance
of not less than 12 feet above the finished
driveway surface.
EXCEPTION: Groups I and J Occupancies as
specified in the Building Code.
Where auxiliary means of access or fire
protective measures, approved by the Chief,
are provided, the above required clearance
may be modified or waived."
is hereby amended to read as follows:
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"Access Ways for Fire Apparatus: All
premises where buildings or portions
of buildings, other than dwellings are
hereafter constructed, located and/or
occupied, shall be provided as may be
required by the Chief with fire ap-
paratus access. Such access way shall
have horizontal and vertical clearance
as required by the Chief and shall be
constructed and located to accommodate
fire apparatus. Where auxilary means
of access or fire protection facilities
approved by the Chief are provided, the
above requirements may be modified."
Section 4. There is hereby added to Article 31, a new
section to be known as Section 31.114, "Welding or Cutting Opera-
tions - Permits" which shall read as follows:
A. A permit shall be required of each company,
corporation, co -partnership or owner -operator
performing welding or cutting operations ex-
cept as provided in Section 31.114B. This
permit shall not be required for each weld-
ing or cutting job location. The company,
corporation, co -partnership or owner -operator
shall notify the Bureau of Fire Prevention
in advance where such work is taking place,
except where such work is done in response
to an emergency call that does not allow
time for the Bureau of Fire Prevention to
be notified in advance of the work.
B. A permit shall not be required of any
company, corporation, co -partnership or
owner -operator:
(1) Where the welding or cutting is per-
formed in areas approved for the pur-
pose, or
(2) Having an approved permit system es-
tablished for control of the fire
hazards involved.
C. Application for a permit required by this
Article shall be made by the Company, corp-
oration, co -partnership or owner -operator
performing the welding or cutting operation
or by his duly authorized agent.
D. A permit for welding or cutting operations
shall not be issued unless the individuals
in charge of performing such operations are
capable of doing such work in a safe manner.
Demonstration of a working knowledge of the
provisions of the adopted codes and standards
governing cutting and welding operations
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shall constitute acceptable evidence
of compliance with this requirement.
E. Companies, corporations, co -partner-
ships and. owner -operators required to
have a permit shall maintain a record
of all locations where welding or cutting
operations are performed and have it
available for inspection by the Bureau
of Fire Prevention.
Section 5. The Uniform Fire Code, 1970 Edition by the
American Insurance Association and NFPA No. 101, 1967 Edition,
contained in Volume 4 of 1970-71 National Fire Code by NFPA be and
,the same hereby are deleted.
Section 6. Section 1 of Ordinance 1706, and Sections
4, 5 and 6 of Ordinance 1470, previously enacted by the Kent City
Council be and the same hereby are repealed.
Section 7. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in
force five (5) days from and after its passage, approval and pub-
lication as provided by law.
ISABEL HOGAN, MAYOR -
ATTEST:
MARIE JENNY E , City Clerk
PROVED AS TO FORM:
I
s DONALD E. MIRK, City Attorney
PASSED the day of October, 1972.
APPROVED the day of October, 1972.
PUBLISHED the day of October, 1972.
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance
No. passed by the City Council of the City of Kent,
Washington, and approved by the Mayor of the City of Kent as here-
on indicated.
(SEAL)
MARIE JEN , `City C1e7rk
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