ORDINANCE NO. 1475

AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF ERECTION,

CONSTRUCTION, ENLARGEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, MOVING,

REMOVAL, CONVERSION, DEMOLITION, OCCUPANCY, EQUIPMENT,

USE, HEIGHT, AREA, AND MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS, OR

STRUCTURES IN THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO;

ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THERETO THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE

OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BUILDING OFFICIALS,

1973 EDITION, TOGETHER WITH THE APPENDIX THERETO;

PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND COLLECTION

OF FEES THEREFOR; DECLARING AND ESTABLISHING FIRE

DISTRICTS; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION

THEREOF; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF

ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH.

 RE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION,

COLORADO:

 1. Pursuant to the authority conferred by the laws of the State of

Colorado and the Charter of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, there is

hereby adopted as the building code of the City of Grand Junction, by reference thereto, the Uniform Building Code, 1973 Edition, including the Appendix thereto, published by the International Conference of Building Officials, 5360 South Workman Mill Road, Whittier, California, 90601, all to have the same force and effect as though set forth herein in every particular; except that Section 303(a) thereof entitled "BUILDING PERMIT FEES" is amended to provide that the fee to be charged for work the total valuation of which is from $1.00 to $500.00 shall be at the rate of $1.00 per $100.00 or fraction thereof.

 2. Any and all sections or parts of sections of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, as amended, in conflict or inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

 3. A public hearing on the adoption by reference thereto of the Uniform Building Code, 1973 Edition, together with the Appendix thereto, be, and the same hereby is scheduled in the City Auditorium in the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, at 7:30 o'clock P.M. on the 21st day of November, 1973, and the City Clerk is hereby directed to publish Notice of said public hearing in the manner and style and pursuant to the schedule of such publication prescribed in Colorado Revised Statutes 139-34-3 (1963).

 4. At least three copies of the Uniform Building Code, 1973 Edition all certified to be true copies, shall be on file in the office of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, at least fifteen days preceding said hearing and may be inspected by any interested person between the hours of 8 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Monday through Friday.

 5. Any violation of the building code of the City of Grand Junction,

Colorado, from and after the effective date thereof shall be punishable by a

fine not exceeding Three Hundred Dollars ($300) or imprisonment for a term not exceeding ninety (90) days, or by both such fine or imprisonment.

 PASSED and ADOPTED this 21st day of November, 1973.

                 /s/Stanley R. Anderson

President of the Council

ATTEST:

/s/Neva B. Lockhart

City Clerk

 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 1475, was introduced, read, and ordered published by the City Council of the City

of Grand Junction, Colorado, at a regular meeting of said body held on the 3rd day of October, 1973, and that the same was published in The Daily Sentinel, a newspaper published and in general circulation in said City, at least ten days before its final passage.

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said CitY this 21st day of November, 1973.

/s/Neva B. Lockhart

City Clerk

Published:

Final Publication: November 25, 1973