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AN ORDINANCE amending No. B -808, commonly known as the "Fire Prevention Code'"
entitled, "'AN ORDINANCE prescribing regulations for prevention of and pro-
tection from fire; regulating the use, storage, keeping, manufacture and
transportation of combustiable substances, flammable oils and hazardous
materials and processes in the City of Yakima, providing penalties for the
violation thereof, and repealing ordinances numbered, A -746, B -19, A -769,
A -761,, A -98, A -762, and all amendments thereto and all ordinances or parts
of ordinances in conflict therewith."
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE :CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Sub- division (c) of Section 5 of Ordinance No. B -808; commonly known as
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the "Fire Prevention Code ", passed and approved by the .City Commission on September 15, •
1947, and entitled as set "forth in the caption hereof,lishereby amended to read as
follows:
• "(c) Fees for permits to cover costs of inspection unless otherwise
• provided herein shall be:
• - Bulk Storage Plants $10.00 annually
• All other permits 2.00 '
All applications for permits herein :,. required •shall be made within 60 days,
of the effective date of this Code."
Section 2. Section 5 of said Ordinance No B -808 is hereby amended by adding two
additional paragraphs at the.end thereof= reading as follows:
"(d) Whenever a business establishment encompasses activities calling
for more than one permit, a permit shall be issued covering all items,
and the permit fee shall be the same as for one permit.
"(e) No permit fee shall be charged for any heating device installed
prior to the effective date of this code, namely, October 15, 1947."
Section 3. Sub- division (i) of Section 6 of said Ordinance No. B -808 is hereby.
'amended to read as follows:
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n (i). 'BULK STORAGE PLANT' (or Bulk Oil Plant) shall mean any place used
for the storage, blending.or sale of flammable liquids other than an
automobile service station or garage."
Section 4. Sub - division (p) of Section 6 of said Ordinance No. B -808 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"(p) tEXTINGUISHER? means a portable fire extinguishing device or devices
having a combined capacity equivalent to a 22 gallon pump tank or 22 gallons
. of foam producing solution or 10 pounds of CO gas.
Section 5. Section 20 of said Ordinance No. B -808 is hereby amended to read as
follows.:
' "S ection 20. The storage, handling, or use of flammable liquids are herein
defined in excess of the quantities listed herein, shall be unlawful unless
a permit therefor issued by the Fire. Marshal shall be. in effect:
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-• • "(a,) • One gallon of Class One Flammable liquids in an approved container,
in any dwelling, tenement or apartment house or hotel.
"(b) Six gallons of Class One Flammable liquid in an approved .container,
• in any other building.
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t ° (c) Teri gallons of Class One Flammable liquid outside of any building.
"'(d): Twenty -five gallons of Class Two Flammable liquid inside or outside
of any building. •
"(e) All persons, firms, or corporations handling, storing or using
flammable liquids shall be governed by the terms of this code whether
specifically named herein or not, including all new plants, stores, equipm-
ent, buildings, structures, and installations and, except as otherwise
• specified, all existing plants, stores, equipment, buildings, structures
and installations that may constitute or present a fire hazard to life 'or
adjacent property."
Section 6. Section 21 of said Ordinance No. B -808 is hereby amended by adding
• thereto the following paragraph:
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"(b) A permit as required by this section shall be obtained before comm-
encement of such construction, installation, operation, or maintenance."
Section 7. Section 23 of said Ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 23. Tank Trucks. (a) No tank truck used for delivery to other
than bulk storage plants shall be operated in the City of Yakima unless a
permit for the operation thereof shall have been issued by the Fire Marshal.
"(b) No permit for the•operati.on of a tank truck shall be issued by the
Fire Marshal unless such tank truck is constructed to conform to recognized
standards.
"(c) Tank trucks used for the delivery of both Class One and Class Two
flammable liquids shall be so equipped that the delivery of Class One and
Class Two flammable liquids cannot be discharged through the same pump and
hose.
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ORDINANCE N0. . - 1479
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Section 8. Paragraph (c) of Section 25 of said ordinance is hereby amended to read
as follows: .
* No person shall weld or cut or permit another to weld or cut by means of an
electric arc or oxygen - acetylene flame or similar welding or cutting flame, or
by °ariyThot work, any tank or container that has contained gas or flammable
liquid, unless such tank or container has been made gas -free and vapor -free by
adding an inert gas to the extent of 50% of volume.'"
Section 9. Said Ordinance No. B -808 is hereby amended by adding thereto an additional
section following section 26 at the end of chapter 2 thereof, reading as follows:
"Section 27. Steam Cleaning Plants.
"(a.) It shall be unlawful for any person hereafter to construct, install,
operate, or maintain a steam cleaning plant for the purpose of cleaning any
flammable liquid tank or container without first obtaining a permit therefor
from the Fire Marshal.
"(b) No permit shall be issued for the construction, installation, operation,
or maintenance of such steam cleaning plant unless such constructio, install-
ation, operation, or maintenance shall conform ro recognized standards as
defined herein. "'
Section 10. Section 84 of said Ordinance No. B-o808 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"Section 84. Flammable Vegetation.
"( :) All persons owning or occupying property within the City of Yakima, are
prohibited from permitting weeds or grass growing thereon or upon the parkings
,adjacent thereto to become dry and flammable.
"(b)J It shall be the duty of the Fire Marshal to notify all persons or their
agents who violate this section, to remove such weeds or grass within five days.;
"(c) If any such person refuses or neglects to comply with such notice within
five days from the date of its service, the Fire Marshal is hereby authorized
andempowered to' =cause such weeds,' grass or flammable material to be removed
from said premises and the expense of such removal, not exceedint the sum of
T en Dollars for an average sized city lot, shall be a charge against the owner
and occupant or either thereof, and payment of such amount may be enforced by
a civil action against said owner and occupant or either thereof. Such charge::
shall be increased proportionately on property greater in area than an average
city lot. The cost of said removal may be made a lien on said property by
filing a notice thereof, in the office of the Auditor of Yakima County. "
Section 11. Section 171 of said Ordinance No. B -808 is hereby amended_to read as
follows:
"Section 171. Hotels and Similar Structures.
"Every hotel, apartment house, tenement house, lodging house and similar
sturctures, accommodating 10 or more persons, more than two stories high, shall .
have a hall on each floor, extending from one outside wall in such manner that
every room upon such floor shall, open upon such hall or a cross hall connected
therewith. Such halls shall be adequately lighted from darkness to daylight.
At the end of each hall, an adequate iron fire escape shall be maintained on
the outside of the building. . If one fire escape is not sufficient under terms
of the building code, to protect and care for the maximum number of guests to
be accommodated on each floor, additional fire escapes shall be added; such
fire escapes shall be connected on each floor above the first, with at least
one opening, at least six square feet in area with a minimum width of 24 inches
and a well- fastened and secured landing not less than six feet long with three
feet wide, guarded by an iron railing not less than three feet high. Such
landings shall be connected by iron stairs not less than two feew wide, with
steps of not less than six inches tread placed at an angle or not more than
forty -five degrees, and protected by a wellsecured handrail on both sides and
reaching to within eight feet of the g ound. A perpendicular iron ladder may be
substituted for the stairs above mentioned. Provided such iron ladder is placed
at the extreme outside edge of the landing and at least three feet away from
the wall of the building, and constructed with rungs not more than fifteen
inches apart. Provided further, that when any fire excape projects into an
alley, any part thereof within, twelve feet of the ground may not project more
than twelve inches over the property line. Access to fire escapes shall at all
times be kept free and clear of obstructions of any kind and nature. Ordinary
doors, storm doors and windows shall be considered an obsturction for the
purpose of this section unless there . shall be a glass therein at least twenty -
four by thirty -six inches in size, on which there shall be printed in letters
at least two inches high, the words 'fire escape through this door, and such
way of egress shall at all times be kept unlocked from the inside and no bars
shall be placed across any of the openings filled by such glass. There shall
be posted and maintained in a conspicuous place in each hall and in each guest
room, except the halls and rooms on the ground floor of such sturctures, a
printed notice in characters not less than two inches high calling attention to
and directing the way of such fire escape. The Fire Marshal shall prescribe
the form of such notice and the manner in which it shall be posted. Subject
to the approval of the Fire Marshal, there shall be installed and maintained in
a conspicuous place near the fire escape of every such guilding an approved
exit light."
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ORDINANCE NO., B-1479
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Section 12. Section 175 of said Ordinance No. B -808 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"Section 175. Occupa Per mits.
"(a) After the enactment of this Code, no person shall establish or cause to
be established, any place of public assembly without obtaining a written permit
from the Fire Marshal. No charge shall be made for such permit.
"(b) A placard indicating the capacity of any room in number of occupants,
other than employees, shall be displayed in a prominent place in the room;
such, placard shall be properly attested by the Fire Marshal. In "no event shall
the number of persons admitted to said room exceed the number indicated on
said placard." ' .
Section 13. Said Ordinance is amended by adding thereto an additional section follow-
ins section 175 at the end of chapter 10 thereof as follows:
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* Section 176. Tents.
"`(a). It shall be unlawful for any person hereafter to erect, maintain, operate,
or use any tent exceeding 120 square feet in area without first obtaining a
permit therefor from the Fire Marshal.
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"(b) No permit shall be issued for the erection, maintenance, operation, or
use of such a tent unless such erection, maintenance, operation, or use thereof
shall conform to recognized standards as defined herein.
"`(c) No permit therefor shall be issued for a period exceeding thirty (30)
days, and the same may be revocable for cause. ° ".
Section 14. That paragraph a.of section 180 of said ordinances is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"1 a. No person shall actively engage in the trade, work or occupation' of
• fumigator, employing the use of above mentioned dangerous gases or fumes in
the City of Yakima, without first having secured from the Fire Marshall a
'CERTIFICATE OF FITNESS' as to his qualifications to use such dangerous gases
or fumes.. The Fire Marshal shall conduct an examination of each applicant for
a Certificate of Fitness to satisfy him of the applicant's 'knowledge of the
use and dangers of such gases and of the provisions of this Code governing the
same. The fee for such Certificate shall be $10.00, payable at the time the
initial application is filed.`"
Section 15. The first paragraph of section 190 of said Ordinance is hereby amended
to read as follows$
- "Section 190, Garages Repairing Tank Trucks and Tank trailers. It shall be
unlawful for any person to hereafter operate or mainta n a garage for the
repair or service of tank trucks and tank trailers used for carrying flammable
liquids, without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Fire Marshal."
Section 16. ' Section 221 thereof is hereby amended to read as follows:,
. "Section 221, Pyrotechnics. - Pyrotechnics whenever used in this Code shall
mean any aparkler, rocket, firecracker, roman candle,; signal'lights, railroad
track torpedo, flashlight composition, fireworks or other devices or composit-
ion used to obtain visible or audible pyrotechnic display, and shall include
fire balloons, or balloons which have burning material of any kind attached
thereto.
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"a. No person shall have, keep, store, use, manufacture, sell, handle or
transport any pyrotechnics; Provided, however,
"(11 That nothing in this Code shall be held to apply to the possession •
or use of signalling devices for current daily consumption by rail-
roads, vessels and others requiring them.
"(2)1 That the Fire Marshal may, upon due application, issue a permit to a
properly qualified person for giving a pyrotechnic - display of fire-
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works in the public parks or other open places. Suari permits shall
impose such restrictions as in the opinion of the Chief of the Bureau
of Fire Prevention may be necessary to properly safeguard life and
property in each case,
The fee for such permit shall be $25.00; provided however, that
when in the opinion of the City Commission; .the pub'lic interest is''"'a
• involved; the .and : the :.public weIfar.e"• :will..be:advanced `'by such pyrotechnic
display, charge for such permit may be waived.
`.(3) That nothing In this Code shall be held to apply to the possession
sale or use of normal stocks, as determined by the Chief of the Bureau
of Fire Prevention, of flashlight compositions by photographers or
dealers in photographic supplies.
"(41 That nothing in ,this Code shall be held to apply to toy pistols when
the caps used therein do not contain more than twenty -five hundredths
(.25) of a grain of explosive mixture in each cap, or sparklers of
water proof soda straw type, or sparklers made by dipping wire into
wet sparkler composition."
(Continued on.page 506)
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OE T AlY t NO. 8-14.79
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Section 17. Paragraph e of Section 262 of said Ordinance is hereby amended to read
as follows:
* e. Only coke, charcoal or oil shall be used for fuel.'
Section 18. Paragraph i of Section 262 of said Ordinance is hereby amended to read
as follows:
* i.' A salamander shall be used only under a permit issued by the Fire
Marshal. No charge shall be made for such permit."
Section 19. Section 263 thereof is hereby amended to read as follows
* Section 263. Regulation of Portable Incinerators. No portable incinerators
or other portable device or appliance for burning garbage, rubbish, or other
material shall be erected or used, set or maintained outside the walls of a
building without a permit from the Fire Marshal. All such appliances and
devices shall be ewuipped with proper spark arresting attachments and such
other safeguards as shall be prescribed by the Fire Marshal. No charge shall
be made for such permit.'
Section 20. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30): days after
its passage, approval and publication as provided by Law and the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, signed and approved this 27th day of July, 1953.
ATTEST: PEARL BENJAMIN ( S E A L ) STEPHEN H. HUZA
City Clerk Mayor. ProTem
I hereby certify that the .foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Ordinance
No. B -1479 entitled * AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. B -808, commonly known as the
"Fire Prevention Code" entitled, "AN ORDINANCE prescribing regulations for prevention of
and protection from fire; regulating the use, storage, keeping, manufacture and trans-
portation of conbustiable substances, flammable oils and hazardous materials and
prodesses in the City of Yakima, providing penalties for the violation thereof, and re-
pealing ordinances numbered, 1 N -19- A4 -769, A -761, A -98, A -762, and all amendments
thereto and all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict therewith. ", as passed
this 27th day of July, 1953, and that same has been published as required by law.
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