There is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference, for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire, hazardous materials or explosion that the certain fire code known as the International Fire Code, 2009 edition, as published by the International Code Council. No fewer than three (3) copies of the 2009 Edition of the International Fire Code, shall be marked or stamped “Official Copy as Incorporated by the Code of the City of Hoisington” and shall be filed with the City Clerk and open to inspection and available to the public at all reasonable hours of business.
(Ord. 1291, Sec. 1; Code 2006; Code 2012)
The code hereby adopted shall be enforced by the chief of the fire department.
(Ord. 838, Sec. 2; Code 1985)
(a) Wherever the word municipality is used in the code hereby adopted, it shall be held to mean the City of Hoisington.
(b) Article 13, Fireworks, of the Fire Prevention Code is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(Ord. 838, Sec. 3; Code 1985)
The chief of the fire department shall have power to modify any of the provisions of the code hereby adopted upon application in writing by the owner or lessee, or his or her duty authorized agent, when there are practical difficulties in the way of carrying out the strict letter of the code, provided that the spirit of the code shall be observed, public safety secured, and substantial justice done. The particulars of such modification when granted or allowed and the decision of the chief of the fire department thereon shall be entered upon the records of the department and a signed copy shall be furnished the applicant.
(Ord. 838, Sec. 6)
Any permit required by the code hereby adopted shall be obtained from the office of the city clerk prior to doing the thing for which the permit is required, and the applicant shall pay a permit fee of $10.00 for each permit applied for and obtained.
(Ord. 838, Sec. 8)
Whenever the chief of the fire department shall disapprove an application or refuse to grant a permit applied for, or when it is claimed that the provisions of the code do not apply, or that the true intent and meaning of the code have been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the applicant may appeal from the decision of the chief to the governing body within 30 days from the date of the decision appealed.
(Ord. 838, Sec. 7)
It shall be unlawful to store, keep, or have within the city limits, the product known as anhydrous ammonia.
(Ord. 918, Sec. 1)
(a) In non-residential zoned districts only and when approved by the Fire Chief, storage and dispensing of liquefied petroleum gas from a single tank per site having a capacity of not more than one thousand gallons may be permitted outside and aboveground when installed pursuant to this section.
(b) Such tanks, installation and all equipment related thereto shall be in compliance with Uniform Fire Code Standard 82-1.
(c) Such tanks shall be safeguarded from public access or unauthorized use by the construction of an approved safety fence.
(Ord. 1378)