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Home My WebLink About1969-1109 a rY ORDINANCE NO. 807 AN ORDINANCE relating to fire prevention; amending Section 10.05.010 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code, adopting by reference the Fire Prevention Code, 1965 Edition, and the "October, 1966, Revision of the Fire Prevention Code, 1965 Edition," both of the American Insurance Association; adopting by reference the National Fire Codes, 1968 -1969 Edition, of the National Fire Protec- tion Association; amending Sections 10.054020, .050, .070, .080, .090, .120, .140 and adding net Section 10.05.145,'A11 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code. WHEREAS, R.C.W. 35.21.180 authorizes cities and towns within the State of Washington to pass ordinances adopting by reference, compilations and codes, and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Yakima has heretofore examined and understands the scope and purpose of the regulations of the Fire Prevention Code, 1965 Edition, of the American Insurance Association, together with the October, 1966, Revision thereof, and Volumes 1 through 10 of the National Fire Codes, 1968 -1969 Edition of the National Fire Protection Association, and deems it in the best interests of the City of Yakima that such codes be adopted as the law of the City of Yakima, and WHEREAS, three copies of all such codes have heretofore been filed in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Yakima for use and examination by the public, as required by law, now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA: Section 1. Section 10.05.010 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "10.05.010 Adoption of Codes. The Fire Prevention Code, 1965 Edition, of the American Insurance Association, including Appendix A, 'Protection of Tanks .Corttitning Flammable or Com- bustible Liquid in Locations That May Be Flooded' and Appendix B, 'Abandonment or Removal of Underground Tanks,' and the • ' October, 1966, Revision of the Fire Prevention Code, 1965 Edition' of the American Insurance Association, together with the following numbered and'entitled volumes of the National Fire Codes, 1968 -69 Edition, of the National Fire Protection Association, to -wit: Volume 1, 'Flammable Liquids'; Volume 2, 'Gases'; Volume 3, 'Combustible Solids, Dusts and Explosives' (except NFPA 4940; Volume 4, 'Building Construction & Facilities,' (includ- ing Standards 78, 82 ((Part 1 -- Section 1.12 only)), 82A, 102, 204 and 213 only); Volume 5, 'Electrical,' (including Standards 75, 76, 79 and 496-only); Volume 6, 'Sprinklers, Fire Pumps and Water Tanks'; Volume 7, 'Alarm and Special. Extinguishing Systems'; Volume 8, 'Portable, Manual Fire Control Equipment'; Volume 9, 'Occupancy Standards and Process Hazards'; • Volume 10, 'Transportation'; of which not less than three copies each have been and now are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Yakima, are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out in full herein, as the Fire Prevention Code of the City of Yakima, except as hereinafter amended, and the provisions and regula- tions thereof are hereby adopted as the provisions, and regula- tions of the City of Yakima; and the several sections or numbers therein shall constitute, and may be referred to as, the numbers of this Chapter." Section 2. Section 10.05.020 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "10.05.020 Deletions from Fire Prevention Code. Article 13, 'Fireworks,' Article 24, 'Oil Burning Equipment,' and Article 26, 'Ovens and Furnaces' are hereby deleted in their entirety from the Fire Prevention Code of the American Insurance Association adopted by this Chapter." • Section 3. Section 10.05.050 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "10.05.050 Regulation of Alarm Gongs and Chimes. Every building in the City of Yakima used as a school, church school, hospital, nursing home, rest home, nursery, sanitarium, orphan- age, old people's home, children's home, hotel, apartment house of more than one story with four or more families doing their own cooking and living independently of each other in said build - ing, shall have a manually operated fire alarm system capable of being heard distinctly throughout the building. Such alarm system shall be operated from alternating current, electrically, and shall be provided with a manually operated switch and gong so that they are accessible within 100 feet of any given point on any floor level. Every alarm system shall be installed in compliance with the Electrical Code of the City of Yakima, Washington, and the State of Washington. An automatic alarm system meeting NFPA Standard -72A requirements shall be accepted in lieu of a minimum manually - operated fire alarm system. The person in charge of any building where a fire alarm system is required shall test the system at least once every two weeks to ascertain whether or not the system is in working order, and shall immediately correct any defect that might be found. It shall be the duty of any employee in a building to see that the fire alarm system is operated immediately after the discovery of fire in the building. - 2 - In all buildings where a continuously ringing fire alarm system is required, an electrically operated chime system may be substituted if such chime system is approved for the purpose by the Fire Marshal." Section 4. Section 10.05.070 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "10.05.070 Establishment of Limits in Which Storage of Explosives and Blasting Agents is to be Prohibited: The limits referred to in Section 12.5b of the Fire Pre- vention Code in which storage of explosives and blasting agents is prohibited, are hereby established as follows: Within the City Limits of Yakima, Washington." Section 5. Section 10.05.080 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "10.05.080 Establishment of Limits in Which Storage of Flammable Liquids in Outside Above Ground Tanks is to be Prohibited: The limits referred to in Section 16.22a of the Fire Prevention Code in which bulk plant storage of flammable liquids in outside above ground tanks is prohibited, are hereby established as follows: First fire zone and third fire zone. The limits referred to in Section 16.51 of the Fire Preven- tion Code in which new bulk plants for flammable or combustible liquids are prohibited, are hereby established as follows: First fire zone and third fire zone." Section 6. Section 10.05.090 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "10.05.090 Establishment of Limits in which Bulk Plant Storage of Liquefied Petroleum Gases is to be Restricted: The limits referred to in Section 21.6 of the Fire Prevention Code, in which bulk storage of liquefied petroleum gas is res- tricted, are hereby established as follows: First fire zone and third fire zone." Section 7. Section 10.05.120 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "10.05.120 Wooden Box, Tote Bin and Pallet Storage: 1. All empty wood boxes, tote bins and pallets, when • piled north, northwest or northeast or west of a frame building or frame platform, shall be not less than fifty feet therefrom and such piles shall not exceed twenty feet in width, fifty feet in length, twelve feet to the eaves, and eighteen feet to the gable thereof. 2. All empty wood boxes, tote bins and pallets when piled to the south, southwest, southeast or east of a frame building, or frame platform, shall be not less than thirty feet therefrom and such piles shall not exceed twenty -five feet in width, fifty feet in length, fourteen feet to the eaves, and twenty feet to the gable thereof. - 3 - v 3. All empty wood boxes, tote bins and pallets, when piled to the north, northwest or northeast or west of a brick, tile, stone or concrete building, shall be not less than thirty feet therefrom and such piles shall not exceed twenty -five feet in width, sixty feet in length, sixteen feet to the eaves, and twenty feet to the gable thereof. 4. All empty wood boxes, tote bins and pallets, when • piled to the south, southwest, southeast or east of a brick, tile, stone or concrete building, shall be not less than twenty feet therefrom and such piles shall not exceed thirty feet in width, sixty feet in length, sixteen feet to the eaves and twenty -four feet to the gable thereof,. 5. All empty tote bins or pallets may be piled flat on the top of the pile without a gable. The pile shall not exceed thirty -five feet in width, sixty feet in . length, and twenty -five feet in height. 6. The length, height and width of any specific box, tote bin or pallet pile may be increased upon written approval of the Fire Marshal. 7. All piles of empty wood boxes, tote bins, and pallets shall be so arranged that alleys of not less than twelve feet shall surround each pile and the ground around said piles shall be kept free of weeds to a distance of at least six feet from said piles." • Section 8. Section 10.05.140 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "10.05.140 Injuring or tampering with fire alarm apparatus or equipment -- Sounding false alarm of fire. Any person who willfully and without cause tampers with, molests, injures or breaks any public or private fire alarm apparatus, emergency phone, radio, or other wire or signal, or any fire fighting equipment, or who willfully and without having reasonable grounds for believing a fire exists, sends, gives, transmits, or sounds any false alarm of fire, by shouting in a public place or by means of any public or private fire alarm system or signal, or by telephone, is guilty of a misdemeanor. This provision shall not prohibit the testing of fire alarm systems by persons authoriized to do so, by a fire department or state fire marshal official." - 4- Section 9. There is hereby added a new section numbered 10.05.145 to the City of Yakima Municipal Code, which new section shall read as follows: "10.05.145 Removal of Debris After Fire. (a) Any person having under his control or in his possession upon any premises in the City of Yakima any substances or debris which have been rendered useless or unmerchantable by reason of any fire on such premises must remove the same within forty-eight hours after notice to do so has been given by the Fire Marshal to such person. (b) Whenever any building or other structure in the City of Yakima is partially burned, the owner thereof, or the person in charge or control thereof, shall within ten days after notice from the Fire Marshal or Building Inspec- tor of the City of Yakima, remove all refuse, debris, and partially burned lumber from the premises; and if said building or structure shall be burned to such an extent that it cannot be repaired, as provided by this code or the Building Code, the owner of the property upon which it is located, or the occupant thereof, shall within ten days after notice from the Fire Marshal or Building Inspec- tor, remove all the remaining portion of the building or structure from the premises." Section 10. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect III thirty days after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter. PASSED THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 3rd day of March, 1969. ■/ ""(40,/ GO-Z■2-~ Mayor ATTEST: 21 City Clerk -5-