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CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. 4547
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AMENDING
CHAPTER 1, UNIFORM FIRE CODE, OF TITLE VII (FIRE
REGULATIONS) OF ORDINANCE NO. 4260 ENTITLED "CODE OF
GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RENTON" RELATING TO
ADOPTION OF THE 1994 UNIFORM FIRE . CODE BY REFERENCE AND
AMENDMENTS THERETO.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. Chapter 1, Uniform Fire Code, of Title VII
(Fire Regulations) , of Ordinance No. 4260 entitled "Code of General
Ordinances of the City of Renton" is hereby amended to read as
follows :
7-1-1: ADOPTION OF UNIFORM FIRE CODE:
The City of Renton does hereby adopt the 1994 Uniform Fire
Code and Appendix Chapters I-A, I-B, I-C, II-A, II-B, II-C, II-D,
II-E, II-F, III-A, III-C, III-D, IV-A, V-A, VI-A, VI-B, VI-D, and
the Uniform Fire Code Standards published by International Fire
Code Institute and the International Conference of Building
Officials, by reference as provided by State law, with the
amendments, deletions or exceptions as noted herein. At least one
copy of the Uniform Fire Code is on file with the City Clerk as
required by State law.
7-1-2 : ESTABLISHMENT AND DUTIES OF BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION:
A: The Uniform Fire Code shall be enforced by the Bureau of
Fire Prevention in the Fire Department of the City of Renton which
shall be operated under the supervision of the Chief of the Fire
Department .
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B: The Fire Marshal in charge of the Bureau of Fire
Prevention shall be appointed by the Fire Chief of the City of
Renton. His appointment shall continue during good behavior and
satisfactory service. The report of the Bureau of Fire Prevention
shall be made at least annually and transmitted to the Mayor and
City Council of the City of Renton. This report shall contain
among others, all proceedings under this Code, with such statistics
as the Chief of the Fire Department may wish to include therein.
The Chief of the Fire Department shall also recommend any
amendments to the Code, which in his judgment shall be necessary.
C: The Chief of the Fire Department may appoint such members
of the Fire Department as inspectors as shall from time to time be
necessary in order to carry out and enforce the terms and
conditions of the Fire Code.
7-1-3 : APPLICATION; APPEAL:
Whenever the Chief of the Department shall disapprove an
application or refuse to grant the permit applied for, or when it
is claimed that the provisions of the Code do not apply or that the
true intent and meaning of the Code have been misconstrued or
wrongly interpreted, such applicant may appeal from such decision
to the Hearing Examiner of the City of Renton within fourteen (14)
days from the date of such decision and as provided by the
ordinances of the City of Renton. Any such appeal shall be in
writing, specifying the grounds upon which appeal is taken, and
shall be considered by the Hearing Examiner as an appeal from an
administrative decision of the City' s land use regulations codes
under Section 4-8-10 .A.8 of the City Code.
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7-1-4: ADDITIONS; AMENDMENTS:
A: 103 .2 .1.1 of the Uniform Fire Code, 1994 Edition, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 103 .2 .1 .1. The Chief is authorized to administer and
enforce this Code. Under the Chief' s direction the Fire Department
is authorized to enforce all ordinances of this jurisdiction
pertaining to:
1. Prevention of fires.
2 . Suppression or extinguishing of dangerous or
hazardous fires .
3 . Storage, use and handling of hazardous materials.
4 . Installation and maintenance of automatic, manual
and other private fire alarm systems and fire extinguishing
equipment .
S . Maintenance and regulations of fire escapes.
6 . Maintenance of fire protection and elimination of
fire hazards on land and in buildings, structures and other
property including those under construction.
7 . The maintenance of exits.
8 . Investigation of cause, origin, and circumstances of
fire and unauthorized releases of hazardous materials.
9 . Enforcement of this Code shall not be construed for
the particular benefit of any individual person or group of person,
other than the general public. In the event of a conflict between
the intent of this section any other subsection herein, this
subsection shall govern insofar as applicable.
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B: Article 1, section 101.5 of the Uniform Fire Code, 1994
Edition, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Article 1, section 101.5 : Liability Claims: The
administrative authority or any employee performing duties in
connection with the enforcement of this Code and acting in good
faith and without malice in the performance of such duties shall be
relieved from any personal liability for any damage to persons or
property as a result of any act or omission in the discharge of
such duties, and in the event of claims and/or litigation arising
from such act or omission, the City Attorney shall, at the request
of and on behalf of said administrative authority or employee,
investigate and defend such claims and/or litigation and if the
claim be deemed by the City Attorney a proper one or if judgment be
rendered against such administrative authority or employee, said
claim or judgment shall be paid by the City.
C: Article 1, section 103 .3, entitled "Inspection" is hereby
amended by adding the following which reads as follows:
1. Article 1, section 103 .3, subsection 103 .3 .1 .3 :
a. Reinspection; Fees: Whenever the Fire
Department has given proper notification of an infraction which
required reinspection and thirty (30) days have expired with such
condition or violation allowed to exist without both eliminating or
remedying the condition or violation and having a reinspection by
the Fire Department, then any such reinspection after such thirty
(30) day period of time shall be done only upon the payment of a
reinspection fee of fifty dollars ($50 .00) to be assessed against
the person owning, operating or occupying the building or premises
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wherein the violation exists. However, any building owner,
operator or occupant, upon a reasonable request to the Fire Chief
may obtain an extension of said thirty (30) day period for a
reasonable period to be established by the Fire Chief to allow such
time for compliance.
b. Whenever the infraction, condition or violation
involves the structural integrity of the building, then the notice
of the infraction, condition or violation shall be sent to both the
building owner and its occupant or occupants. Should compliance
with the Uniform Fire Code so as to remedy the infraction,
condition or violation require additions or changes to the building
or premises, which would be part of the structure or the fixtures
to the realty, then the responsibility to remedy the infraction,
condition, or violation shall be upon the owner of the building
unless the owner and occupant shall otherwise agree between
themselves and so notify the City. Should the occupant not remedy
the infraction, condition, or violation, then the City shall have
the right to demand such remedy from the owner of the premises.
2 . Section 103 .3 .2 .3 : Construction/Installation Plan
Review and Permits:
Plans shall be submitted for review and approval prior to
issuing a permit for the following:
-- - a. Installation and/or modification of fire
protection and suppression systems to include fire alarms,
electronic monitoring alarms, fire extinguishing systems,
standpipes, kitchen hood systems, halon and other special automatic
fire extinguishing systems .
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b. Installation of all new tanks, above or below
ground containing flammable/combustible liquids, hazardous
chemicals, compressed gases, cryogenic fluids, and liquid petroleum
gas.
C. Piping related to any of the above listed
systems except for Natural Gas and liquid petroleum gas piping
covered by the Mechanical Code.
d. Removal, relocation, modification and/or
additions to any existing systems listed above.
3 . 103 .3 .2 .4 Plan Review Fees : Construction plans
required to be reviewed by this ordinance and Uniform Fire Code
shall be charged in accordance with the following schedule.
Fee schedule for plan review and permits are as
described in items a through g of this section.
a. The minimum fee shall be ten dollars ($10 .00)
when the cost of work to be done is fifty dollars ($50.00) or less.
b. Where the cost of work is over fifty dollars
($50 . 00) but less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250 .00) , the fee
shall be fifteen dollars ($15 .00) .
C. Where the cost of work is two hundred fifty
dollars ($250 . 00) , but less than one thousand dollars ($1, 000 .00) 1
the fee shall be ten dollars ($10.00) plus two percent (21s) of the
cost..
d. Where the cost of work is one thousand dollars
($1, 000.00) but not over five thousand dollars ($5, 000 .00) , the fee
shall be twenty five dollars ($25 .00) , plus one percent (is) of the
cost .
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e. Where the cost of work is five thousand dollars
($5, 000 . 00) or more, the fee shall be sixty dollars ($60 .00) plus
one-half of one percent ( . 50) of the cost.
f. Construction Permit Fee: Permit fee shall be
based and charged on ten percent (100) of plans review/inspection
fee listed in this Section, or a minimum of fifty dollars ($50 . 00) ,
whichever is greater.
g. Construction Reinspection Fee: In the event
that a sprinkler or fire suppression system inspection requires a
reinspection, a fee of thirty dollars ($30 .00) per hour may be
assessed if the requested inspection does not meet the approval of
the inspector.
h. Expiration and Extensions of Permit: Every
construction permit issued by the Fire Department under this Code
shall expire if the work authorized by the permit has not commenced
within 180 days of the permit issue date. A new permit may be
required at one-half of the original permit fee, if an extension
has not been requested prior to the expiration of the permit .
Extensions may be granted when work was not able to be started
within the 180 day time period due to satisfactory reasons .
Extensions are limited to an additional 180 days.
D: Article 1, section 105 of the Uniform Fire Code, 1994
Edition, is hereby amended to read as follows :
Article 1, subsection 105 .2 Conditions of Permits, is amended
by adding the following subsections:
1 . 105 .2 .4 Permits . Except for permits for
construction or installation and section 25 of the Uniform Fire
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Code, the fee for permits issued in accordance with section 105 . 8
of the Uniform Fire Code shall be thirty dollars ($30 .00) per year,
and permits issued for underground tank removal shall be sixty
dollars ($60.00) per tank removal . The permits shall expire one
year after date of issuance. The permit fee shall be payable at or
before the time of issuance or renewal of the permit. In the event
of failure to renew a permit within thirty (30) days after its
renewal date, the fee for renewal of the permit shall double the
amount of the above-stated fee.
2 . 105 .2 .5 Hazardous Production Materials Permits: A
fee of one hundred dollars ($100 .00) shall be imposed upon any
business storing, handling, or using hazardous production materials
as regulated in the Uniform Fire Code.
E: Article 2, section 220 of the Uniform Fire Code, 1994,
Edition is hereby amended by adding the following subsections:
Section 2205. The word "shall" is defined to have the
following meaning:
1. With respect to the functions and powers of the
Director of Community Development, Chief Fire Official, any agents
and employees of the City of Renton, and any Board authorized
thereunder, a direction and authorization to act in the exercise of
sound discretion and in good faith; and
2 . With respect to the obligations upon owners,
occupants of the premises and their agents, there is a mandatory
requirement to act in compliance with this Code at the risk of
civil and criminal liability upon failure to so act.
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F: Article 9, section 902 of the ;Uniform Fire Code, 1994
Edition, is hereby amended to add the following:
Article 9, section 902 .2 .1: Two means of approved access
shall be required when a complex of three or more buildings is
located more than 200 ' from a public road.
G: Article 10, section 1001.5 of the 1994 Uniform Fire Code
entitled "Maintenance" shall be amended by adding subsections to
read as follows :
1 . Article 10 - section 1001.5 .1 .1 Annual
Certification Required.
All sprinkler systems, fire alarm systems, portable
fire extinguishers, smoke removal systems and other fire protective
or extinguishing systems shall be certified annual by a qualified
agency. (Exception) Hood fire extinguishing required 6-month
service. Documentation shall be provided as indicated in Section
1001 .5 .1.2 .
2 . Section 1001.5 .1.2 All electronic monitoring
systems used in connection with flammable, combustible liquids
and/or hazardous materials shall be certified annually by a
qualified agency. Documentation of the system certification shall
be forwarded to the Fire Prevention Bureau indicating the system
has been tested and functions as required.
_.. _ H: Article 10, section 1003 of the Uniform Fire Code, 1994
Edition, entitled "Required Installation of Automatic Fire-
Extinguishing System" , is hereby amended by adding the following
subsections :
1. 1003 .2 .3 Group A Occupancies :
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1003 .2 .3 .8 All Group A Occupancies. An automatic
sprinkler system shall be installed in Group A occupancies which
have more than twelve thousand (12, 000) square feet of floor area
or more than forty feet (401 ) in height.
2 . 1003 .2 . 7 Group B, F, M, & S Occupancies.
a. 1003 .2 .7 .1 When the occupancy has over twelve
thousand (12, 000) square feet of floor area or more than forty feet
(401 ) in height.
b. 1003 .2 .7 .2 In buildings used for high-piled
combustible storage, fire protection shall be in accordance with
article 81 of the Fire Code.
3 . 1003 .2 .4 Group E Occupancies :
a. Section 1003 .2 .4 . 1 is hereby amended to read as
follows :
b. 1003 .2 .4 .1.1 When the occupancy has over twelve
thousand (12, 000) square feet of floor area or more than forty feet
(401 ) in height.
C. 1003 .2 .4 .2 Basements: An automatic sprinkler
system shall be installed in basements classified as a Group E
occupancy when the basement is larger than fifteen hundred (1, 500)
square feet in floor area.
d. 1003 .2 .4 .3 Stairs: An automatic sprinkler
system shall be installed in enclosed usable space below or over a
stairway in Group E occupancies.
4 . 1003 .2 .4 .4 Group E, Division 1: An approved
automatic fire extinguishing system shall be installed in all newly
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constructed buildings classified as E-1 occupancies . EXCEPTION:
Portable school classrooms provided:
a. Aggregated area of clusters of portable school
classrooms does not exceed 5, 000 square feet; and
b. Clusters of portable school classrooms
separated as required in chapter 5 of the Uniform Building Code.
5 . 1003 .2 .8 . Group R Occupancies :
a. 1003 .2 . 8 .1 Division 1:
When the occupancy has over twelve thousand
(12, 000) square feet of floor area or more than forty feet (401 ) in
height, or;
b. 1003 .2 .8 .2 An automatic sprinkler system shall
be installed throughout buildings containing Group R, Division 1
Occupancies that are two stories in height and contain five (5) or
more dwelling units or guest rooms.
C. 1003 .2 . 8 .3 Buildings of three (3) or more
stories in height containing guest rooms or dwelling units.
d. 1003 .2 .8 .4 For the purposes of this subsection,
portions of buildings separated by one or more area separation
walls will not be considered a separate building.
e. 1003 .2 . 8 .5 Division 3 : Dwellings, when
proposed within an R-1-5 Zone, clustered or constructed so that
when attached, the total square foot floor area of all dwelling
units exceeds twelve thousand (12, 000) square feet.
6 . 1003 .5 Automatic Sprinkler Systems :
a. 1003 .5 . 1 A fully automatic fire protection
sprinkler system is to be installed in all new buildings in excess
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of twelve thousand (12 , 000) square feet total floor area,
regardless of vertical or horizontal occupancy separations, such
sprinkler system shall be designed, installed and tested as per
Uniform Building Code Standard 9-1, which is hereby incorporated by
reference as if fully set forth, one copy being on file with the
City Clerk for public inspection.
b. 1003 .5 .2 A fully automatic fire protection
sprinkler system may be required by the Chief of the Fire
Department or the Fire Marshal for buildings less than twelve
thousand (12, 000) square feet total floor area when in their
judgment, supported by written documentation from a professional
organization (such as NFPA, ICBO, U.L. ,' ISO etc. ) verifies that
hazardous operations, hazardous contents, critical exposure
problems, limited accessibility to the building or other items may
contribute to a definite hazard.
7 . 1003 .6 Sprinkler Systems in Remodeled Buildings:
a. 1003 .6 .1 When existing buildings with full
sprinkler systems are remodeled or added onto, the remodeled or
added on portion shall be fully sprinklered.
b. 1003 .6 .2 When an existing building is added
onto or remodeled and the resulting total square foot floor area
exceeds twelve thousand (12, 000) square feet, then the entire
structure shall be fully sprinklered.
I: Article 10, section 1007 of the Uniform Fire Code, 1994
Edition, entitled "Fire Alarm Systems, " is hereby amended by adding
the following subsection:
Article 10 Section : 1007 .3 .3 .3 Audibility
1. Section 1007 .3 .3 .3 .1
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All occupied areas shall have a minimum audible
sound level of 60 db or 15 db above ambient with exception of
sleeping areas . Sound level in sleeping areas shall be 70 db
minimum with 15 db above ambient as maximum (NFC 72) .
2 . 1007 .3 .3 .3 .2 Inspection testing is required to be
witnessed by the Fire Department, Fire Prevention Bureau prior to
occupancy being granted.
3 . 1007 .3 .3 .3 . 3 In the event that an alarm system may
not meet these requirements, it shall be a further requirement of
this Ordinance that modifications necessary to meet these minimum
levels be made to the alarm system and subsequent testing be
conducted prior to any occupancy being granted.
4 . 1007 .2 .3 .1 Group B occupancies of two (2) or more
stories in height and 10, 000 square feet or more in area.
5 . 1007 .2 .9 .1. 1 General : Delete Exception 1 & 2 .
6 . 1007 .2 .9 .1.2 Apartment complexes with three or more
separate buildings within the complex, including recreation and/or
day-care buildings shall be provided with approved fire alarm
systems regardless of size. The buildings within the complex shall
have each building monitored by an approved central station.
J: Article 10, section 1004 of the Uniform Fire Code, 1994
Edition, "Standpipes, " standpipe requirements, is hereby amended to
read as follows :
Section 1004 .2 .1 "Occupancies three stories or more, but less
than 150 ' in height, except Group R, Division 3 . "
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K: Article 11, section 1102 .3 of the Uniform Fire Code, 1994
Edition, entitled "Open Burning" is hereby amended to read as
follows:
1 . 1102 .3 .1 General open burning is hereby prohibited
in conformance with the Puget Sound Air Pollution Agency and the
Department of Ecology regulations .
2 . 1102 .3 .2 Permits are required for the following:
for recreational, religious or other fires as outlined in state
regulations .
Such permits shall be obtained through Puget Sound
Air Pollution Agency.
L: Article 25 of the Uniform Fire Code, 1994 Edition,
entitled "Place of Assembly" , is hereby amended to add subsection
2501 .3 .1 which reads as follows :
Section 2501.3 .1 "Inspection Permit" . An inspection permit
shall be required to operate a place of assembly as defined in
Article 9 of the Uniform Fire Code. A fee of $30 .00 shall be paid
upon application of an inspection permit. EXCEPTION: Permit fee
for non-profit occupancies will be $10 .00 .
M. Article 52 Section 5201. 6 .3 Supervision: Delete
unsupervised dispensing.
N: Article 78, Section 7802 of the Uniform Fire Code, 1994
Edition, entitled "Fireworks" is hereby amended to read as follows:
1. Section 7802 . 1 Purpose; Compliance with State
Regulations : It is the intent of this chapter to provide a
procedure for the granting of licenses and the possession, sale,
and discharge of fireworks as classified by the State Fire Marshal
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as safe for possessing, sale and discharge, and not to permit the
possession, sale or use of any other fireworks, classified as
dangerous fireworks by the State Fireworks Law, all as provided for
and defined in RCW. Each licensee shall further comply with and .
adhere to the rules and regulations relating to fireworks as issued
by the State Fire Marshal.
2 . 7802 .2 Retail Sale of Fireworks; City and State
Prerequisite:
a. 7802 .2 .1 No permit shall be issued by the City
unless the person applying for same has first obtained a license
from the State Fire Marshal as provided in RCW.
b. 7802 .2 .2 .2 It shall be unlawful for any person
to engage in the retail sale of or to sell any fireworks within the
City without first having obtained a permit as hereinafter set
forth.
3 . 7802 .3 Permit Restrictions : A permit granted
pursuant to this Chapter shall entitle the permittee to maintain
only one retail outlet . All permits issued pursuant hereto shall
be used only for the specified permittee and shall be
nontransferable. Any .transfer or purported transfer of a permit
shall be deemed a violation of this Chapter.
a. 7802 .3 .1 Permit Fee: The annual permit fee
forthesale of such fireworks as may be authorized hereunder or
may be authorized by the provisions of the laws of the state shall
be one hundred dollars ($100 .00) per annum, payable in advance.
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b. 7802 .3 .2 Permit Limitations: No person shall
receive more than one license for the sale of fireworks during any
one calendar year.
C. 7802 .3 .3 Permit Application; Investigation:
All applications for a permit shall be made in writing addressed to
the Chief of the Fire Department or such other person as may be
appointed by the Chief. It shall be the duty of the Fire Chief or
his designee to make a complete inspection of the stand site prior
to the issuance of a permit. The Chief shall have power in his
discretion to grant or deny the application, subject to such
reasonable conditions, if any, as he shall prescribe.
d. 7802 .3 .4 Time for Application: All
applications for licenses as required under the terms of this
Chapter shall be made between the first day of January and five
o' clock (5 :00) p.m. May 28 of the year for which such license is
sought .
e. 7802 .3 .4 .1 Performance Bond or Cash Deposit
Required: Any applicant shall post with the City a performance
bond or cash deposit in an amount of not less than seventy five
dollars ($75 .00) conditioned upon the prompt removal of the
temporary stand and the cleaning up of all debris from the site of
the temporary stand which deposit shall be returned to the
applicant only in the event that he removes said stand and cleans
up all debris to the satisfaction of the Fire Chief or any other so
designated official of the City. In the event of the applicant' s
failure to do so, the performance bond or cash deposit shall be
forfeited unto the City. In no event shall the applicant be
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entitled to the return of the performance bond or cash deposit if
he has failed to remove the temporary stand and failed to clean up
all the debris by July 10th of each year.
f . 7802 .3 .5 Fireworks Sales: Permits for the
retail sale of fireworks shall restrict any authorized retail sale
to persons sixteen (16) or more years of age. Sellers shall
require proof of age by means of display of a valid Washington
State driver' s license or photo identification card issued by the
Washington State Department of Licensing. No other forms of
identification shall be accepted.
It shall be unlawful for any person to offer
for retail sale, or expose for retail sale, or sell at retail
within the City except from twelve o' clock (12 :00) noon on June 28
to eleven o' clock (11 :00) p.m. of July 4 of each year.
g. 7802 .3 . 6 Fireworks Discharge: No person shall
ignite or discharge any fireworks except between the hours of nine
o' clock (9 : 00) A.M. and twelve o' clock (12 :00) midnight p.m. on
July 4 of any calendar year.
4 . Exceptions:
a. 7802 .3 . 6 .1 Public displays authorized by permit
issued pursuant to WAC.
b. 7802 .3 .6.2 Use by a group or individual for
religious or other specific purpose on an approved date, at an
approved location pursuant to a permit issued pursuant to WAC.
C. 7802 .3 . 6 .3 Use of trick and novelty devices as
defined in WAC 212-17-030, as amended, and use of agricultural and
wildlife fireworks as defined in RCW.
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d. 7802 .3 .7 Public Display; Insurance Required:
Any applicant shall, at the time of issuance of such license,
submit to the City proper evidence of public liability and property
damage insurance and such applicant shall maintain the insurance .in
a company or companies approved by the City Attorney with amounts
as follows: One hundred thousand dollars ($100, 000.00) or more for
injuries to any one (1) person in one (1) accident or occurrence;
three hundred thousand dollars ($300, 000 .00) or more for injuries
to two (2) or more persons in any one (1) accident or occurrence;
fifty thousand dollars ($50, 000 . 00) for damage to property in any
one (1) accident or occurrence.
e. 7802 .3 .7 .1 Pyrotechnic Operator Required:
Every public display of fireworks shall be handled or supervised by
a State licensed pyrotechnic operator.
f . 7802 .3 .8 Temporary Stands; Required Standards:
The temporary stands of all licensees shall conform to the
following minimum standards and conditions :
g. 7802 .3 .8 .1 Temporary fireworks stands need not
comply with all the provisions of the Building Code; provided
however, that all such stands shall be erected under the
supervision of the Fire Chief or his duly authorized representative
who shall require that all such stands be constructed in a safe
manner..ensuring the safety of attendants and patrons . In the event
any such temporary stand is wired for electricity, then the wiring
shall conform to the Electrical Code of the City.
h. 7802 .3 .8 .2 No temporary fireworks stand shall
be located within fifty (50) feet of any other building or
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structure or within one hundred (100) feet of any gasoline station,
oil storage tank or premises where flammable liquids are kept or
stored.
i . 7802 .3 . 8 .3 Each temporary fireworks stand must
have at least two (2) exits which shall be unobstructed at all
times; and each stand have a readily accessible fire extinguisher
duly approved in advance by the Fire Chief.
j . 7802 .3 . 8 .4 All weeds, grass and combustible
material shall be cleaned from the location of the temporary
fireworks stand and surrounding area a distance of not less than
twenty five (25) feet (251 ) , measured from the exterior walls of
each side of the temporary fireworks stand.
k. 7802 .3 .8 .5 No smoking shall -be permitted in or
near a temporary fireworks stand, and the same shall be posted with
proper "No Smoking" signs, which rules are to be strictly enforced.
No fireworks shall be discharged within one hundred feet (1001 ) of
any retail fireworks sale location.
1 . 7802 .3 .8 .6 Each temporary fireworks stand shall
have an adult in attendance at all times. No child or children
under the age of sixteen (16) years shall be allowed inside any
temporary fireworks stand.
M. 7802 .3 .8 .7 All unsold stock and accompanying
litter . shall be removed from the temporary fireworks stand by
twelve o' clock (12 :00) Noon on July 6 of each year.
n. 7802 .3 .8 Dangerous Fireworks Prohibited: It
shall be unlawful for any person to sell, possess, use or explode
any dangerous or illegal fireworks within the City. Dangerous or
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illegal fireworks shall be those fireworks so defined by RCW and
any subsequent amendments thereto which said Code section is hereby
adopted by reference as part of this Code, one copy having been
filed with the City Clerk for public inspection.
o. 7802 .3 .9 Enforcement Officer: The Fire Chief
or his duly authorized representative is hereby designated as
enforcing officer of this Chapter. In addition to all other grounds
for revocation or termination of a permit as set forth in the
general provisions hereof, any failure or refusal on the part of a
permittee to obey any rule, regulation or request of the Fire Chief
concerning the sale of fireworks shall be grounds for the
revocation of a fireworks permit.
p. 7802 .3 .10 Fireworks; Zoning Compliance: The
location of the proposed place of business shall be only in those
areas or zones within the City wherein business, or industrial
activities are authorized under the applicable zoning law of the
City; provided, that the sale of "common" fireworks shall not be
deemed an enlargement of existing nonconforming use; and provided
further, that no fireworks shall be sold in any residential area
where a business enterprise does not exist.
0: Article 79 of the Uniform Fire Code, 1994 Edition,
entitled "Flammable and Combustible Liquids, " is hereby amended to
read-as follows:
1. Section 7902 .6 .1.1 All new underground storage
tanks shall conform to the standards as defined in the "Underground
Storage Tank Secondary Containment Ordinance" .
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2 . Section 7902 .6 .1.2 - Scope; All provisions of the
"Underground Storage Tank Secondary Containment Ordinance, " shall
apply to the installation, use, maintenance and abandonment of
underground storage tanks.
3 . Section 7902 .6 .1 .3 Leaking Tanks. All unauthorized
releases from underground storage tanks shall be reported in
conformance with section 7-1210, City Ordinance No. 4147 . Leaking
tanks shall be promptly emptied and removed from the ground and
abandoned in accordance with section 79 .116 .
4 . 7902 .6 .1.4 All new above ground and underground tank
installations and modifications or additions to existing systems
shall be subject to plan review and installation fees as described
in Section 103 .3 .2 .
P: Article 80 of the Uniform Fire Code, 1994 Edition,
entitled "Hazardous Materials" , is hereby amended to read as
follows :
Section 8001 .3 .1.1 Plan Review and Permit Fees: All new
installations and/or modifications or additions to existing systems
shall require plan review and permit fees subject to the fee
schedule established by. the Renton Fire Department.
7-1-5 : PENALTIES:
A: Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of
this Code or Standards hereby adopted or fail to comply therewith,
or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made
thereunder, or who shall build in violation of any detailed
statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved
thereunder, or any certificate or permit issued thereunder, and
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from which no appeal has been taken, or who shall fail to comply
with such an order as affirmed or modified by such proper authority
or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the time fixed
herein, shall severally, for each and every such violation and
noncompliance, respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable
by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500 .00) or by
imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days or by both such
fine and imprisonment. The imposition of one penalty for any
violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue;
and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such
violations or defects within a reasonable time; and when not
otherwise specified, each ten (10) days that prohibited conditions
are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.
B: The application of the above penalty shall not be held to
prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions .
7-1-6: REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES:
All former ordinances or parts thereof conflicting or
inconsistent with the provisions of this Chapter or of the Code of
Standards hereby adopted are hereby repealed.
7-1-7 : VALIDITY:
The City of Renton hereby declares that should any section,
paragraph, sentence or word of this Chapter or of the Code of
Standards hereby adopted be declared for any reason to be invalid,
it is the intent of the City of Renton that it would have passed
all other portions of this Chapter independent of the elimination
herefrom of any such portion as may be declared invalid.
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SECTION II. This Ordinance shall be effective upon its
passage, approval, and five days after its publication.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 24th day of July ,
1995 .
Marilyn J. Petersen, City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 24th day of _auly ,
1995 .
LSEarl Clymer , Mayor
Approve as to frm:
Lawrence J. Warren, City Attorney
Date of Publication: July 28, 1995
ORD.489 :6/22/95 :as.
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