HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 20-740
ORDINANCE NO.20-74
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING PLUP’IBING AND
THE INSTALLATION THEREOF;ADOPTING BY
REFERENCE THE TECHNICAL PLUIV]EING CODE
OF THE STATE OF COLORADO,1972 EDITION;
ANDING CHAPTER 14.24 OF THE MUNICIPAL
CODE OF THE TOWN OF ESTES PARK,COLORADO;
AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION
THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN
OF ESTES PARK,COLORADO:
Section 1.Adoption.—-—The Technical Plumbing Code
of the State of Colorado,1972 Edition,issued by the Colorado
Department of Health,4210 East 11th Avenue,Denver,CO 80220,
at least three copies of which have been certified as true
copies by the mayor and town clerk,Estes Park,Colorado,and
which are now on file in the office of the town clerk,is
hereby enacted,adopted by reference,incorporated herein and
made a part of the Municipal Code of the town of Estes Park,
Colorado,as hereinafter provided.The said Technical Plumbing
Code is a code which regulates plumbing,including repairs and
and additions thereto,and the installation thereof within the
town of Estes Park,Colorado.Its purpose is to provide mini
mum standards and procedures to safeguard life or limb,health,
property and public welfare by regulating and controlling
plumbing,including repairs and additions thereto,and the
installation thereof within the town.
Section 2.That Section 14.24.010 of the Municipal
Code of the Town of Estes Park,C0lorado,is hreby amended
to read as follows:
14.24.010 State Plumbing Code——Adopted.The “Technical
Plumbing Code of the State of Colorado,t’1972 Edition,issued
by the Colorado Department of Health,4210 East 11th Avenue,
Denver,CO 80220,of which three copies are now filed in the
office of the town clerk,and may be inspected during regular
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business hours,is enacted,adopted by reference as a
secondary code and incorporated herein as if set out in
length.The subject matter of the Technical Plumbing Code
relates to plumbing,including repairs and additions thereto,
and the installation thereof in buildings within the town of
Estes Park,Colorado.The purpose of the Code is to provide
a uniform system for the installation of plumbing,including
repairs and additions thereto,for buildings within the town.
Section 5.Penalties.———The following penalties,
herewith set forth in full,shall apply to this ordinance:
(a)It is unlawful for any person to violate
any of the provisions stated or adopted in this ordinance.
(b)Every person convicted of a violation of
any provision stated or adopted in this ordinance shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding Three Hundred Dollars
($soo.oo),or by imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90)days
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(c)There any violation is a continuing offense,
each day that the violation continues shall be considered
and held to be a separate and distinct offense.
Section 4.Validity.--—If any part or parts of this
ordinance are for any reason held to be invalid,such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
this ordinance.The board of trustees hereby declares that
it would have passed this ordinance and each part or parts
thereof,irrespective of the fact that any one part or parts
be declared invalid.
Section 5.Repeal.———Existing ordinances or parts of
ordinances covering the same matters as embraced in this ordi
nance are hereby repealed and all ordinances or parts of ordi
nances inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance are
hereby repealed,except that this repeal shall not affect or
prevent the prosecution or punishment of any person for any act
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done or committed in violation of any ordinance hereby re
pealed prior to the taking effect of this ordinance.
Section 6.Interpretation.—----This ordinance shall
be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general
purpose to provide minimum standards and procedures to safe—
quard life or limb,health,property and public welfare by
regulating and controlling plumbing,including repairs and
additions thereto,and the installation thereof.Article and
section headings of the Ordinance and adopted Uniform Plumb
ing Code shall not be deemed to govern,limit,modify or in
any manner affect the scope,meaning or extent of the pro
visions of any article or section thereof.
Section 7.Publication.-——The town clerk shall cer
tify to the passage of this ordinance,cause notice of its
contents and passage to be published,and make not less than
three copies of the adopted Code available for inspection by
the public during regular business hours.
Section 8.Effective Date.—-—The board of trustees
of the town of Estes Park,Colorado,herewith finds,determines
and designates that this ordinance is necessary for the im
mediate preservation of the public peace,health and safety,
for the regulation of plumbing,including repairs and ad
ditions thereto,affects the public peace,health and safety,
and whereas in the opinion of the board of trustees an
emergency exists,this ordinance shall take effect and be in
force five (5)days after its final passage,adoption and
publication.
PASSED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AFTER PUBLIC HEARING
ANID SIGNED THIS 22ND DAY OF JULY,1974.
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TOWN OF ESTE PARK,COLORADO
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Town Clerk
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