ORDINANCE NO. 1983

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE UNIFORM FIRE CODE AS TO SAFETY DEVICES.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION.

That the following sections of the Uniform Fire Code, 1979 Edition, the Fire Code for the City of Grand Junction, be amended in the following particulars:

1. Section 10.307. (a) be amended to read:

Section 10.307. (a) Every apartment house three FLOORS or more in height, INCLUDING GARDEN LEVELS, and containing more than 15 apartments and every hotel three FLOORS or more in height containing 20 or more guest rooms shall have installed therein an approved automatic or manually operated fire alarm system designed to warn the occupants of the building in the event of fire. Such fire alarm system shall be so designed that all occupants of the building may be warned simultaneously.

2. Section 10.309 (b)1 be amended by the addition of a subsection E, reading as follows:

E. ANY BUILDING FOUR STORIES OR MORE IN HEIGHT OR HAVING FOUR LEVELS ABOVE THE LOWEST FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCESS.

3. Section 10.309 (b)2 be amended by the addition of a subsection E, reading as follows:

E. A-1; A-2; AND A-2.1 WITH OCCUPANT LOAD OF 300 OR MORE (EXCEPT CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS). EXIT PASSAGEWAYS SERVING ABOVE OCCUPANCIES THROUGH ANOTHER OCCUPANCY SHALL BE SPRINKLED.

PASSED and ADOPTED this 15th day of July, 1981.

Louis R. Brach

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President of the Council

Attest:

Neva B. Lockhart, CMC

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City Clerk

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 1983, 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 1st day of July, 1981, 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 16th day of July, 1981.

Neva B. Lockhart, CMC

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Neva B. Lockhart

City Clerk

Published: July 3, 1981

Final Publication: July 17, 1981

Effective: August 16, 1981