98-9856 1994 UFCC...WebC&Ine
(Published in the Salina Journal February 1 , 1998)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 98-9856
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT OF ARTICLE III OF
CHAPTER 14 PERTAINING TO FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION BY ADOPTING
THE 1994 UNIFORM FIRE CODE.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. That Sections 14-41 and 14-48 of Chapter 14 of the Salina Code are hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 14-41. Uniform Fire Code adopted.
There is hereby adopted, by reference, by the city for the purpose of providing
regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire or explosion,
that certain code and standards known as the Uniform Fire Code ("UFC"), including
its several appendices, and the Uniform Fire Code Standards published by the Western
Fire Chiefs Association and the International Conference of Building Officials, being
particularly the 1994 edition, except as amended in this article of the Salina Code, of
which not fewer than three (3) copies have been, and are now filed in the office of the
City Clerk and the same are hereby incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein
and the provisions thereof shall be controlling in the construction of all buildings and
structures therein contained within the corporate limits of the city.
Sec. 14-48. Amendment of Appendix III -A, Section 5, of the Uniform Fire Code.
[Appendix III -A, Section 5, of the Uniform Fire Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:]
5.1 One and Two Family Dwellings. The minimum fire flow and flow duration
requirements for one and two family dwellings having a fire area which does not
exceed 3,600 square feet (344.5 m2) shall be 1,000 gallons per minute (3785.4
L/min.). Fire flow and flow duration for dwellings having a fire area in excess of
3,600 square feet (344.5 m2) shall not be less than that specified in Table A -III -a -I.
EXCEPTION: A reduction in required fire flow of 50 percent as
approved by the chief, is allowed when the building meets any of the
following criteria:
a. An approved automatic sprinkler system is provided.
b. Construction type is type V-1 hr.
c. An approved alternate water supply is provided.
d. Exposure distance from adjacent buildings meets the requirements of the
161 edition National Fire Protection Association Table 17-3b (Handbook).
e. Construction is on a tract of land for which final platting and zoning was
in effect as of August 1, 1989. (Approval of required platting and zoning shall
not include approval of a final development plan in a planned development
district.)
5.2 Buildings other than One- and Two- Family Dwellings. The minimum fire flow
and flow duration for buildings other than one- and two-family dwellings shall be as
specified in Table -A -111-A- 1.
EXCEPTION: A reduction in required fire flow of 75 percent (but not less
than 1,000 gallons per minute) as approved by the chief, is allowed when the
building meets any of the following criteria:
a. An approved automatic sprinkler system is provided.
b. An approved alternate water supply is provided.
c. Exposure distance from adjacent buildings meets the
requirements of the 16' edition National Fire Protection
Association Table 17-3b (Handbook).
d. Construction is on a tract of land for which final platting and
zoning was in effect as of August 1, 1989. (Approval of required
platting and zoning shall not include approval of a final
development plan in a planned development district.)"
Section 3. That the existing Sections 14-41 and 14-48 are hereby repealed.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its adoption and publication once in the official city newspaper.
Introduced: January 26, 1998
Passed: February 2, 1998
listin M. Seaton, Mayor
(SEAL)
ATTEST:
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