OR 96-779 Exception to fire extinguishing systems AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 96779
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER15,
ARTICLE 15-1, SECTION 15-1-2(10)(1) BY AMENDING SECTION 904.2.1,
OF THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, 1994 EDITION RELATING TO
AUTOMATIC FIRE EXTINGUSHING SYSTEMS TO PROVIDE AN
EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN ADDITIONS TO EXISTING BUILDINGS; BY
AMENDING SECTION 15-1-2(23) APPENDIX CHAPTER 4, DIVISION 1
RELATING TO THE LOCATION OF LATCHING DEVICES FOR DOORS
AND GATES FOR SWIMMING POOLS, SPAS AND HOT TUBS;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A REPEALING
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY
FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR EACH OFFENCE; EXCEPT
HOWEVER, WHERE A DIFFERENT PENALTY HAS BEEN
ESTABLISHED BY STATE LAW FOR SUCH OFFENSE THE PENALTY
SHALL BE THAT FIXED BY STATE LAW, AND FOR ANY OFFENSE
WHICH IS A VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION OF LAW THAT
GOVERNS FIRE SAFETY, ZONING, OR PUBLIC HEALTH AND
SANITATION, INCLUDING DUMPING OF REFUSE, THE PENALTY
SHALL BE A FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($2,000.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE ~ O~~D BY ~ ~ CO~ OF ~ ~ OF COPPE~
~S:
SE~ON 1. ~at ~e Code of Ord~s of ~e Ci~ of Coppe~ Te~ be ~d the ~e
h~eby ~end~ by ~end~g Chapt~ 15, ~cle 15-1, S~on 15-1-2(10)(1) ~d S~on 15-1-2(23),
to r~ ~ follows:
"S~. 1~1-2 ~~~S
~e foHo~g ~iom of ~e U~o~ BuH&g Code, 1994 ~o~ togeth~ ~th
~pen& C~pters 4A DMsion ~ ~9 ~d ~3, ~d the U~o~ B~d~g Code
Smd~ds, 1994 ~i~o~ ~e her~y ~end~ to r~ ~ follows:
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10. Sec. 904.2.1 shall be amended to read as follows:
"See. 904.2.1 Where required. An automatic fire extinguishing system shall be
installed in the occupancies and locations as set forth in this section.
1. All buildings, 3 or more stories or, 35 feet in height, or greater than 5,000
square feet, excluding Group R, Division 3. Except for Group R, Division 3,
any building or structure three or more stories or greater than thirty-five (35)
feet in height; or any structure with a gross square footage greater than five
thousand (5,000) square feet shall be equipped with an automatic fire sprinkler
system. Any Group R, Division 3 buildings with a gross square footage greater
than ten thousand (10,000) square feet shall be equipped with an automatic fire
sprinkler system.
EXCEPTION?
For all existing buildings regulated bF this code. an automatic/ire
extinguishing system shall not be required re~,ardless o[ the buila~ngs size,
until the area o[anv new building addition exceeds 5. 000 square feet. At such
time when this ad~tional area has been reached the entire building shall be
equipped with an automatic l~re extinguishing system.
23. Appendix Chapter 4, Division 1(1994 Uniform Build'rag Code) is hereby amended to
read as follows:
DOORS AND GATES
Sec. 421.2 Access gates shall comply with the requirements of Items 1 through 6
above and shall be equipped with one or more of the following types of doors or gates
and none other:
1. A gate or door used for general ingress or egress to and liom the enclosed
area which is not a door of an occupied dwelling, when dwelling structure
forms a part of the enclosure required by this Article. Such gate or door shall
be equipped with and shall be maintained with self-dos'rag and self-latching
devices designed to keep and capable of keep'rag such door or gate securely
closed and latched at all times when not in actual use, and such latching device
~ Material added to the text appears in italic underlined print and material deleted from the text
appears in at~Jcccut print
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to be attached no lower than forty-twos~ inches (4_26") ~-om the grade level
measured at the outside of the gate or door."
SECTION 2. That should any word, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or
section of this ord'mance, or of the Code of Ord'mances, as mended hereby, be adjudged or held to be
void or unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said
ordinance or the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, which shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. That all provisions of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas, in
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other
provisions not in conflict with the provisions of this ord'mance shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 4. An offense committed before the effective date of this ordinance is governed by
the prior law and the provisions of the Code of Ordinances, as amended, in effect when the offense was
committed and the former law is continued in effect for this purpose.
SECTION 5. That any person, finn or corporation violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and, upon conviction in the municipal court of the City of Coppelt, Texas, shall be subject to a fine not
to exceed the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense, except however, where a
different penalty has been established by state law for such offense the penalty shall be that fixed by
state law, and for any offense which is a violation of any provision of law that governs fire safety,
zoning, or public health and sanitation, including dumping of refuse, the penalty shall be a fine not to
exceed the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense; and each and every day said
violation is continued shall constitute a separate offense.
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SECTION 6. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately ~'om and after its passage and
the publication of the caption as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, the/~;?tILday of
APPROVED:
TOM MORTON, MAYOR
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN ROACH, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORIVI:
PETER G. SIVIITI~ CITY ATTORNEY
(Pos/td 0/29/96)
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