OR 63-A-1 Fire Code for apartments & apartment complexes AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 63A1
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING THE FIRE
CODE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL REQUIRING ALL APARTMENTS AND APARTMENT
COMPLEXES CONSTRUCTED WITHIN THE CITY TO MEET THE FOLLOWING
STANDARDS: PROVIDE ALL WEATHER STREETS TO GIVE FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCESS
TO ALL PARTS OF THE COMPLEX; PROVIDE ALL UNITS WITH A FRONT AND BACK
ENTRANCE; PROVIDE ALL WALKWAYS, HANDRAILS, AND STAIRS TO BE
CONSTRUCTED OF NON-COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS; PROVIDE FIRE WALLS FROM
THE FOUNDATION TO TWO (2) FEET ABOVE THE ROOF LINE FOR EACH EIGHT
UNITS (FOUR ON TOP AND FOUR ON BOTTOM); PROVIDE THAT ALL ALL
APARTMENTS OVER TWO STORIES MUST BE COMPLETELY SPRINKLED; PROVIDE
SMOKE AND HEAT DETECTORS BE PLACED IN EACH UNIT; PROVIDE THAT NO
WINDOW SHALL BE LESS THAN 24 INCHES BY 24 INCHES ON THE INSIDE; PROVIDE
THAT FIRE HYDRANTS BE PLACED WITHIN THE COMPLEX NO MORE THAN 600 FEET
APART; PROVIDE FIRE LANES WHICH SHALL BE MAINTAINED AND KEPT CLEAR
AT ALL TIMES; REQUIRING ALL EXIT WALLS TO BE 100% MASONRY AND ALL
OTHER WALLS TO BE AT LEAST 75% MASONRY, EXCEPTING ROOF OVERHANG AND
GABLE ENDS; PROVIDING THAT NO APARTMENT BUILDING SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED
WITH WOOD SHINGLES; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABLIITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED
THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE AND DECLARING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO FIRE CODE, APARTMENT REGULATIONS
THE FIRE CODE of the City of Coppell is hereby amended by adding thereto
the following regulations and requirments which shall apply to aH apartment construction
and apartment complexes hereafter built within the City:
A. All weather streets shall be provided within any complex to give
the fire department proper access.
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Each apartment unit must have both a front and back entrance.
A1} walkways, handrails and stairs must be constructed of non-
combustible materials.
Fire walls shall be provided from the foundation to two (2) feet
above the roof line for each eight (8) units (four on top and four
on bottom).
All apartments over two (2) stories must be completely sprinkled.
Each apartment must be provided with smoke and heat detectors.
No window shall be less than 24 inches by 24 inches on the inside.
Fire hydrants must be provided within the complex and placed no
more than 600 feet apart.
Proper fire lanes must be provided, maintained and kept clear at
all times.
All exit walls shall be 100% masonry construction and all other
walls shall be at least 75% masonry construction, excepting the roof
overhang and gable ends.
No apartment within the city shall be constructed with a wood
shingle roof.
SECTION 2. REPEALING CLAUSE
All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, inconsistent or in
provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
confHct with the
SECTION 3. SBVER~IBILITY CLAUSE
If any article, paragraph or subdivision, clause or porvision of this ordinance
shall be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity
of. this ordinance as a whole or any part or provision thereof, other than the part so
decided to be invalid or unconstitutional
SECTION 4. PENALTY CLAUSE
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
sshall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished be a
penalty of fine not to exceed the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each offense,
and each and every day such offense is continued shall constitute a new and separate
offense.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after the publication of
its caption, as the law in such cases provides.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the
day of ~ C_J_~-~_~ , 1982
APPR VED AS TO FORM:
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
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