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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3639 No. 342~-Rnd Ordinance No. 20~8-and repealing sections of Ordinance No. 2068 and adopting the 1979 Uniform Fire Code and establishing fees for fire permits. THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. Ordinance No. 3428, Section 1 is hereby amended to read as follows: That document, three copies which are on file in the office of the City Clerk, marked and designated as the Uniform Fire Code, Edition of 1979, including all appendices and supplements thereto, of the International Conference of Building Officials and Western Fire Chiefs Association is adopted as a fire prevention ordinance of the City, and pro- viding for the establishment of a bureau of fire prevention, providing regulations for fire prevention and protection in connection with hazardous materials and processes; providing officers therefore and defining their powers and duties, and providing penalties for the violation thereof and each and all of the regulations, provisions, conditions, terms and penalties aontained therein are hereby referred to and by reference adopted and made a part hereof as though fully set out in this chapter. Such adoption by reference, however, is subject to the amendments and additions as set forth in this chapter. Section 2. Ordinance No. 3428, Section 2 is amended to read as follows: Any person convicted of a violation of or failure to comply with any of the provisions of Sections 18.04.010 through 18.04.025 is guilty of a misdemeanor as set forth in Sec. 1.212 of the Uniform Fire Code, Edition of 1979, and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the city jail not exceeding ninety days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Section 3. Ordinance No. 3428, Section 3 is amended to read as follows: The City Clerk shall keep on file in his office at least three copies of such Uniform -1- Fire Code, Edition of 1979, including all appendices and supplements thereto for the use of the public and as reference, and shall provide for such additional copies for sale or distribution to sUch persons interested as shall be determined by the City Council. Section 4. Ordinance No. 2068, Section 1 is amended to read as follows: It is unlawful for any person to start or kindle any out door fire for any purpose at any time whether the same be open, in an incinerator, or any other similar device or receptacle or to start or kindle any fire in an incinerator located within a building, without having first procured a permit so to do from the fire chief. Section 5. Ordinance No. 2068, Section 4 is hereby amended to read as follows: OrdinarY or special fire permits will be issued for the purpose of clearing property' when an area is approved by the fire chief or his assistants. Section 6. Section 3, Section 7, Section 8, and Section 9, of Ordinance No. 2068 and Section 1 of Ordinance No. 2823 are hereby repealed. Section 7. Permits for open burning, incinerator burning and land clearing shall be obtained from the office of the City Clerk. Applications for such permits shall be approved by the fire chief prior to issuance of the permit. Section 8. The fee for permits for open burning, incinerator burning and land clearing shall be payable in advance and shall bean annual fee as follows: Residential incinerator or open burning $10.00 Commercial incinerator or open burning 45.00 Land Clearing 45.00 Permits shall be valid from the 1st day of each calendar year to the last day of each calendar year. Each application for a permit shall be accompanied with not less than one year's permit fee in advance. APPROVED by the City Council on the first reading this /~ day of ~ , 1981. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authenti- cation of such passage this ~ day of ~ , 1981. GLENN K. JARSTAD, ~or Attest: KATHLEEN L. MANDIO, City Clerk -3-