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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 214.L ORDINANCE NO.21L. AN ORDINANCE ENACTING AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE A PRIMARY CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE TOWN OF ESTES PARK,COLORADO, IN PUBLISHED FORM,TO BE KNOWN AS THE “MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE TOWN OF ESTES PARK”WHICH SAID PRIMARY CODE IN TURN ADOPTS BY REFERENCE AS SECONDARY CODES THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE,VOL.1,1958 EDITION,ISSUED AND PUBLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BUILDING OFFICIALS,THE BUILDING EXITS CODE,SIXTEENTH EDITION,1959,ISSUED AND PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION,THE WARM AIR HEATING,VENTILATING AND AIR CONDITIONING CODE OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER,BEING CHAPTER 52 OF ITS BUILDING CODE,ISSUED AND PUBLISHED IN 1958 BY THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER,COLORADO,THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, NOVEIVIBER 1959 EDITION,ISSUED AND PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS,THE TECHNICAL PLUMBING CODE ISSUED AND PUBLISHED IN 1956 BY THE COLORADO STATE DEPART MENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH,AND THE MODEL TRAFFIC ORDINANCE FOR COLORADO MUNICIPALITIES,ISSUED AND PUBLISHED IN 1952 BY THE COLORADO HIGHWAY SAFETY COUNCIL,A DIVISION OF THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT;AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF ESTES PARK,COLORADO: Section 1.Municipal Code of the Town of Estes Park.The published code known as the “Municipal Code of the Town of Estes Park”at least three copies of which have been properly certified as true copies by the Mayor and Clerk of the Town of Estes park and are now on file in the office of the Town Clerk,is hereby enacted and adopted by reference as a primary code and incorporated herein.The said primary code has been promulgated by the Town of Estes Park as a codification and revision of all the ordinances of the Town of Estes Park which are of a general and permanent nature for the purpose of providing an up-to-date code of ordinances,properly organized and indexed,in published form for the use of the citizens and officers of the said Town. Section 2.Uniform Building Code.The Uniform Building Code,vol.1,1958 edition,issued and published by the International Conference of Building Officials, 610 South Broadway,Los Angeles iL’.,California,except for those parts relating to building exits and heating, ventilating and air conditioning,at least three copies of which have been certified as true copies by the Mayor and Clerk of the Town of Estes Park and are now on file in the office of the Town Clerk,is hereby enacted and adopted by reference as a secondary code and incorporated herein.The said secondary code is a complete code covering all buildings hereafter constructed,erected,enlarged,altered or moved into the Town of Estes Park,and its purpose is to provide minimum standards to safeguard life or limb,health, property,and public welfare by regulating and controlling the design,construction,quality of materials,use and occupancy,location,and maintenance of all buildings and structures within the Town of Estes Park and certain equipment specifically regulated therein. i A Section 3.Building Exits Code.The Building Exits Code,Sixteenth Edition,1959,issued and published by the National Fire Protection Association,60 Battery March Street,Boston 10,Massachusetts,at least three copies of which have been certified as true copies by the Mayor and Clerk of the Town of Estes Park and are now on file in the office of the Town Clerk,is hereby enacted and adopted by reference as a secondary code and incorporated herein.The said code regulates and controls the design, construction and location of building exits and its purpose is to protect the lives,safety and welfare of the citizens of the Town of Estes Park. Section 14.Warm Air Heating,Ventilating,and Air Conditioning Code.The Warm Air Heating,Ventilating, and Air Conditioning Code of the City and County of Denver, Colorado,being chapter 52 of its building code,issued and published by the City and County of Denver in 1958,and as the same existed and was effective on August 1,1960,at least three copies of which have been certified as true copies by the Mayor and Clerk of the Town of Estes Park and are now on file in the office of the Town Clerk,is hereby enacted and adopted by reference as a secondary code and incorporated herein.The said secondary code regulates the construction, installation,alteration,maintenance and repair of all warm air furnaces,stokers,oil burning,solid fuel burning,gas burning and liquefied petroleum gas burning equipment for use in residential,commercial or industrial warm air heating,ventilating,air conditioning,blower and exhaust appliances and systems,domestic and connnercial cooking ranges,plates and hoods.The purpose of this secondary code is to protect the life,property,health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of the Town of Estes Park. Section 5.National Electrical Code.The National Electrical Code,November 1959 edition,issued and published by the National Board of Fire Underwriters,1465 California Street,San Francisco Li.,California,at least three copies of which have been certified as true copies by the Mayor and Clerk of the Town of Estes Park and are now on file in the office of the Town Clark,is hereby enacted and adopted by reference as a secondary code and incorporated herein.The said code regulates and controls all electrical wiring,fixtures and appliances,installed,altered or repaired in any building in the Town of Estes Park as to design,construction,quality of materials,workmanship and location.The purpose of this secondary code is to protect the life,property,health,and safety of the citizens of the Town of Estes Park. Section 6.Technical Plumbing Code.The Technical Plumbing Code issued and published by the Colorado State Department of Public Health,14111.State Office Building,Denver 2,Colorado,as adopted on October 28,1953 and amended on June 114,19514 and April 9,1956,at least three copies of which have been certified as true copies by the Mayor and Clerk of the Town of Estes Park and are now on file in the office of the Town Clerk,is hereby enacted and adopted by reference as a secondary coda and incorporated herein.The said code regulates and controls the design,construction,quality of materials,workmanship and location of all water,sewer and drainage pipes and all plumbing fixtures which are installed,altered,or repaired f or use in connection with any building in the Town of Estes Park,and the purpose of the said code is to protect the health,safety,property,and public welfare of the citizens of the Town of Estes Park. S Section 7.Model Traffic Ordinance.The Model Traffic Ordinance For Colorado Municipalities issued and published by the Colorado Highway Safety Council,a division of the Executive Department of the State Govern- merit,under date of January 15,l92,at least three copies of which have been certified as true copies by the Mayor and Clerk of the Town of Estes Park and are now on file in the office of the Town Clerk,is hereby enacted and adopted by reference as a secondary code and incorporated herein; save and except such portions thereof as are deleted, modified or amended by specific provision of the primary code.The said Model Traffic Ordinance is a complete traffic code which governs the method of operation and equipment of all motor vehicles and regulates all traffic conditions within the Town of Fates Park.Its purpose is to provide rules and regulations which are necessary for the public health and safety and which shall at the same time provide uniformity of application and interpretation with the traffic regulations in other parts of the state. Section 8.Penalty Provisions.The penalty provisions contained in the “Municipal Code of the Town of Fates Park”are hereinafter set forth in full: “2O.l Required Obedience to Code.It shall be a violation of this Code for anyerson to do any act which is forbidden or declared to be unlawful,or to fail to do or perform any act required,in this Code. 920.2 Fines and Penalties.Any person who shall be convicted of a violation of this Code shall be fined in a sum of not less than 4l.00 nor more than 43O0.O0,or imprisoned for a term not exceeding 90 days,for each offense.Where any violation is a continuing offense,each day that the violation continues shall be considered and held to be a separate and distinct offense. 920.3 Failure to Fine -Imprisonment. If any defendant shall neglect or refuse to satisfy any fine imposed f or a violation of this Code,he shall upon order of the police magistrate,be committed to the town jail or other place of confine ment provided for that purpose until such judgment and costs are fully satisfied;provided that no such imprisonment shall exceed 90 days for any one offense.?t Passed on first reading this 27th day of March,1 1. - Mayor Passed on second and final reading tbis2t-day,ARi?Jt.., 1961.7 Attest:->‘Mayor Attest: rk.