HomeMy WebLinkAboutAmending Chapter 9 Fire Prevention OrdinanceORDINANCE No- 6349 -78
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
Attest:
May 8 _1g78
`Ir
IRENE K. GAMMON
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Ind'atut
May 9 Ig 78
City Clerk
of Common Council
IRENE K. GAMMON
Approved and signed by me 01.4 Ig��
Clerk
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ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 92 GENERALLY
KNOWN AS THE FIRE PREVENTION ORDINANCE, BY
DELETING CERTAIN PROVISIONS.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND TNTFNT
The purpose and intent of this Ordinance is to delete certain
provisions from Chapter 9 of the Municipal Code of the City of South
Bend, the Fire Prevention Ordinance, so as to bring; it into confor-
mity with State law as provided under I.C. 22- 11 -5 -1 et seq. The
provisions which are to be deleted include the thickness and location
Of carpeting in commercial businesses and fire extinguishing systems
in certain types of buildings. These provisions have not been certi-
fied and approved by the Administrative Building Council, and there-
fore, may not be made part of the Municipal Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the
City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows:
SECTION I. Chapter 9, Article I, Section 9- 3(a)(3)(vi) of the
Municipal Code of South Bend is deleted in its entirety as follows:
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SECTION II. Chapter 9, Article I, Section 9- 4(c)(12) of the
municipal Code of South Bend is deleted in its entirety as follows:
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SECTION III. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage by the Common Council and approval by the
Mayor.
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Irene Gammon
CITY CUK SOUK! @END, M
Thomas J. Brunner, Jr.
City Attorney
Robert M. Parker
Chief Deputy
CITY of SOUTH BEND
PETER J. NEMETH, Mayor
COUNTY -CITY BUILDING
South Bend Common Council
County -City Building
227 W. Jefferson Blvd.
South Bend, Indiana 46601
Dear Council Members:
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601
May 5, 1978
219/284 -9241
The attached Ordinance is submitted for your favorable action.
On December 7, 1977, this Council passed three (3) ordinances
which had the combined effect of amending the South Bend "Municipal
Electric Code, Building Ordinance and Fire Code. These ordinances
were quite lengthly and involved exhaustive revisions of these
sections.
In accordance with Section 32 of the Indiana Code, Title 22,
Article 11, Chapter 1, these ordinances were submitted to the Indiana
Administrative Building Council for approval. This approval, to-
gether. with your action in passing these ordinances, is needed before
enforcement can begin.
The Administrative Building Council has approved all of the pro-
visions of two of these ordinances in their entirety. The Administra-
tive Building Council approved all of the sections in the new Fire
Code except two. The ordinances passed by the Council contained a
requirement that all buildings exceeding 1500 square feet and open to
the public be equipped with automatic sprinkling devices. The Fire
Code also contained a ban on the use of carpeting on the ceilings or
at a height of more than four inches from the floor in any commercial
business. The Administrative Building Council failed to approve these
two provisions.
Since these two provisions cannot be enforced without approval of
the Administrative Building Council they should not be printed in the
South Bend municipal Code. The attached ordinance, if passed, will
eliminate these unenforceable provisions.
Your favorable reaction on this will facilitate the publishing of
the affected portions of the South Bend Municipal Code sections and
will at the same time maintain its integrity.
Respectfully submitted,
Steven L. Artusi 0_416
S LA: vl Deputy City Attorney
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Your Committee OF THE WHOLE
to whom was referred
A BILL AMENDING CHAPTER 9, GENERALLY KNOWN AS THE
FIRE PREVENTION ORDINANCE, BY DELETING CERTAIN
PROVISIONS.
Respectfully - report that they have examined the matter and that in their opinion THIS BILL SHOULD BE RECOMMENDED
TO THE COUNCIL FAVORABLE.
FRANK HORVATH
Chairman
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