There is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference for the purpose an ordinance establishing the minimum regulation and governing the safeguarding of life and property from fire and explosion hazards arising from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, materials and devices, and from conditions hazardous to life or property in occupancy of buildings and premises in the City of Bonner Springs and unincorporated Wyandotte County; providing for the issuance of permits for hazardous uses or operations.
That a certain document, one (1) copy of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Bonner Springs, being marked and designated as the International Fire Code, 2015 Edition, including Appendix Chapters B, C, D, E, F and G, as published by the International Code Council, be and is hereby adopted as code of the City of Bonner Springs, Kansas, and each and all of the regulations, provisions, conditions and terms of such International Fire Code, 2015 Edition, published by the International Code Council, on file in the City of Bonner Springs are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully set out in this code.
(Code 2014; Ord. 2412)
Certain Sections of the International Fire Code, 2015 Edition are amended as follows:
Section 101.1 Title.
These regulations shall be known as the Fire Code of the City of Bonner Springs, hereinafter referred to as “this code.”
Section 108 APPEALS.
The suitability of alternate materials, methods of construction and reasonable interpretation of this code shall be determined by the Board of Zoning Appeals created pursuant to K.S.A. 12‑714 and as amended. The Board shall have no authority to modify administrative provisions of this code nor shall the Board be empowered to waive requirements of this code. The Board shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations and shall render all decisions and findings in writing to the building official with a duplicated copy to the appellant. Wherever in this international code reference is made to the Board of Appeals, such reference shall mean the Board of Zoning Appeals referred to above.
Section 109.3 Violation Penalties. Shall be amended to read: “Persons who shall violate a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements therefore or who shall erect, install, alter, repair or do work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the code official, or of a permit or certificate used under provisions of this code, shall be guilty of a Class B violation as prescribed by the public offense code of this City. Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense.”
Section 111.4 Failure to Comply shall be amended to read as follows: “Any person who shall continue any work after having been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be liable to a fine of not less than $500 or more than $1,000.”
(Code 2014; Ord. 2412)
That the limits referred to in certain Sections of the International Fire Code, 2015 Edition, are hereby established as follows:
Section 3204.3.1.1 Storage is allowed only on property with Industrial zoning in accordance with the zoning ordinance.
Section 3304.1 Insert: Section 3304.1.1 Storage of explosives and blasting agents is prohibited in the City except in I‑2 Industrial zoning districts with a special use permit for quarry operations or active construction project with a blasting permit.
(Code 2014; Ord. 2412)
(a) Except as otherwise provided, at least one (1) smoke detector shall be installed in every existing dwelling unit built before January 1, 1983.
(b) The smoke detector shall be a single station smoke detector of a type listed by the Underwriters Laboratory.
(c) Smoke detector shall be installed in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions and in such a manner that when activated the smoke detector shall initiate an alarm which is audible in the sleeping room(s) of the dwelling unit.
(d) It shall be the responsibility of the owner of any such dwelling unit to provide, install and maintain such smoke detector unit.
(e) The owner of any occupied dwelling unit without such an operable smoke detector shall be in violation of the smoke detector code.
(Ord. 2277; Ord. 2412)
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove any smoke detector or any part thereof or do any act which would render the smoke detector inoperable except temporarily for repairs or replacement. In no case shall such a period of inoperability exceed 24 hours.
(Code 2014; Ord. 2412)
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional; such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this ordinance. The Governing Body hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance, and each section, subsection clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared unconstitutional.
(Ord. 2051 Sept 2004, Ord. 2267; Ord. 2412)
Pursuant to the authority of Charter Ordinance No. 29, the Fire Chief and Assistant Fire Chief or other City Employee as designated in writing by the City Manager shall have the authority to issue notices to appear for violations of this code.
(Ord. 2353; Ord. 2412)