0539 Fire Prevention CodeORDINANCE NO. 539
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 7, ARTICLE II, SECTION 7-
11 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE,
FLORIDA, CONCERNING FIRE PREVENTION; PROVIDING FOR
ADOPTION OF THE 101 LIFE SAFETY CODE, 1985 EDITION,
AS PROMULGATED BY THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION
ASSOCIATION; PROVIDING THAT THE 101 LIFE SAFETY CODE
SHALL TAKE PRECEDENT OVER THE STANDARD FIRE PREVENTION
CODE OF THE SOUTHERN BUILDING CODE CONGRESS
INTERNATIONAL, INC. IN THE EVENT OF INCONSISTENCIES
BETWEEN THE CODES; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I: Chapter 7, Article II, Section 7-11 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Okeechobee is hereby amended
as follows:
Section 7-11.Codes adopted.
There is hereby adopted by the city, for the purpose
of prescribing regulations to improve public safety by
promoting the control of fire hazards regulating the
installation, use and maintenance of equipment,
regulating the use of structures, premises and open
areas in the city, in the interest of the public
health, safety, convenience and welfare, that certain
code known as the Standard Fire Prevention Code, 1979
Edition, promulgated by the Southern Building Code
Congress International, Inc., save and except such
portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified or
amended, and the same is hereby adopted and
incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein,
and, except as provided herein, the provisions thereof
shall be controlling within the municipal limits of
the city.
There is further adopted 12y the City, for the purposes
stated in the preceding paragraph, that certain code
known as the 101 LIFE SAFETY CODE, 1985 Edition, and
subsequent editions, as promulgated j~y the National
Fire Protection Association. In the event of an
inconsistency between the 101 LIFE SAFETY CODE and the
STANDARD FIRE PREVENTION CODE, the 101 LIFE SAFETY
CODE shall take precedent and shall be followed.
The STANDARD FIRE PREVENTION CODE and the 101 LIFE
SAFETY CODE are hereby incorporated 12y reference and
made a part of this chapter.
SECTION II: This Ordinance shall take effect upon its adoption .
Introduced on first reading and set for public hearing on
this 4th day of June, 1985.
OR OAKLAND R. CHAP
Attest:
54r
. BON
NIE S.THOMAS, CITY CLERK
• Passed on second reading and public hearing this 18th day
of June 1985.
Mayor
ATTEST :
City Clerk
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