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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 8764 ORDINANCE NO. ~~~ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE N0. 8219, THE FORT WORTH BUILDING CODE, ALLOWING CERTAIN MODIFICATIONS TO PRIVATE CORRIDORS WITH SPRINKLER SYSTEMS; DEFINING PUBLIC AND PRI- VATE CORRIDORS; EXCEPTING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CORRIDORS WITH AUTOMATIC EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS FROM CERTAIN FIRE RESISTIVE CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICA- TION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 8219, the Building Code of the City of Fort Worth, is hereby amended by revising Section 1807, Subsection (m), Paragraph 2, thereof to read as follows: "2. Except for public corridors in Group B, Divi- sion 2 and Group R, Division 1 Occupancies and partitions separating dwelling units or guest rooms, all interior nonbearing partitions required to be one-hour fire- resistive construction by Table No. 17-A may be of noncom- bustible construction without a fire-resistive time period." SECTION 2, Ordinance No. 8219 is hereby amended by adding the following definitions to the definitions contained in Section 3301, Subsec- tion (c) thereof: "CORRIDOR, PUBLIC is an enclosed exit way protected as required by Section 3304 (g) and (h). A public corridor shall be required for any exit used by two or more ten- ants on a floor of a building. "CORRIDOR, PRIVATE is a corridor within a tenant space which has exits leading to a public corridor or exit. Private corridors shall meet the requirements of Section 3304 (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f )." SECTION 3. Ordinance No. 8219 is hereby amended by adding the following exceptions to the exceptions contained in Section 3304, Subsec- tion (g) thereof: "4. Except for Groups H, I and R-1 Occupancies, pub- lic corridors shall not be required to be protected when serving only one tenant and the entire floor is equipped with an automatic extinguishing system. The sprinkler sys- tem, when in operation, must sound local alarm systems and place into operation the equipment necessary to prevent the recycling of smoke. ~;~ 1 9. s~-~ "5. Except for Groups H, I and R-1 occupancies, corridors shall not be required to be protected when the building is of non-combustible construction and is entirely protected by an automatic extinguishing system." SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be cumulative of all ordinances of the City of Fort Worth except where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances, in which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances are hereby repealed. SECTION 5. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitu- tional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such un- constitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. SECTION 6. All rights or remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are expressly saved as to any and all violations of Ordinance No. 8219 of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and as to any other ordinance affecting building standards, which have occurred at the time of the effective date of this ordinance; and, as to such accrued violations and all pending litigation, both civil and criminal, whether pending in court or not, under such ordinances, same shall not be affected by this ordinance but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts. -2- a - ,.~. SECTION 7. The violation of any provision of this ordinance or of the Fort Worth City Code shall be deemed an offense and shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200), and each viola- tion hereof, and each day on which there is a failure to comply with the terms of this ordinance, shall be and is hereby declared to be a separate and distinct offense and punishable as such. SECTION 8. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby autho- rized to publish the text of the "Fort Worth Building Code," as hereby amended, in pamphlet form for general distribution among the interested public, and such provisions of this ordinance as so pub- lished shall be admissible in evidence in all courts without further proof than the production of said pamphlet, as provided in Chapter XXV, Section 3 of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas. SECTION 9. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby directed to publish the caption, penalty clause and effective date of this ordinance for five (5) days in the official newspaper of the City of Fort Worth, as authorized by TEX. REV. CIV. STATS.,. Art. 1176b-1. SECTION 10. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and publication as above specified. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: IJ~- it~y Attorney r ~s~ Date: ~ ~~ ~ _ ~3 Adopted: _.3 -~~ -~~ Effective Date: -3- MASt'ER FILE I•. CITY MANAGER•1: ~ /~IU1/ (VJ/ ®~ 'l.~L (/ (L "// ~®(l/lV U IL~L~~ ~®~D~ lVll/~~tLIULIL~~® I/ lV ACCOUNTING-2 J `yam e,f~ ~u]nlly ~l./ TRANSPORTATO PUBLIC WORKS•8 Amendment t0 Ordinance 8219 PAGE ATE REFERENCE SUBJECT NUMBER 3/22/83 G- 5571 (City of Fort Worth Building Code) >ot._1. DEVEI.OPM 'NT 3 The Buildi~r~g Code Board of Appeals, on February 10, 1983, approved proposed amendments on Section 1807, Section 3301(c), 3304 (a) and 3304 (g) of the City of -.-- .Font Worth Building Code These amendments will permit the installation of ».--•-- -~-unprotec-tend corridors when certain requirements are met in all occupancies, ""'"-"- except hazardous occupancies (petroleum storage) and institutional occupancies ~~___ ~ (i e hospitals) and R-1 occupancies (i e hotels and apartments) ---- In summary, the proposals are as follows 1 When a sprinkler system is installed, sprinkling the entire building, regardless of the number of occupants, corridor protection will not be required 2 When a single floor is sprinkled and that floor contains only one tenant, corridor protection will not be required Items 1 and 2 above have been reviewed by the Building Code Board of Appeals, '~ the Building Code Sub-Committee of the North Central Texas Council of Governments and by the Building Officials in the International Council of Building Officials r ~ in the metroplex area The above proposal is in line with both organizations' "~ recommendations The original Code Coordination Committee of the Council of ~ ~ Governments will be hearing the Code Sub-Committee recommendations and it is ~` anticipated that the regular Code Coordination Committee will approve the ~~ recommendations 7 ~' ~ The current Code adopted in 1981 deleted a local amendment that permitted non- a combustible walls in corridors of office buildings and schools Since that time, ~' there have been a great number of Board cases appealing the corridor protection ~ requirement The number of cases has caused the Board, in its review of the 1982 ~~ Uniform Building Code, to reconsider its previous actions Corridor protection has also been a problem for other cities within the North Central Texas region As a result of these problems, the Building Code Board of Appeals is recommending these proposed amendments at this time, prior to adoption of the 1982 Code Recommendation y It is recommended, by the Building Code Board of Appeals, that~c~~ ordinance be adopted CITY COUNCIL. DAI kc MAR 2~ 1983 Attachment ~~ ~~`~~~~'~. J° Cato Searetaxy of the SUBMITTED FOR THE DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL ~ PROCESSED BY CITY MANAGER'S '1 OFFICE BY ~.Z, LPL ~ ~_,~,~--~ _ APPROVED ORIGINATING ~` OTHER (DESCRIBE DEPARTMENT HEAD Lester E Paige, Jr CITY SECRE?A R1 CONTACT fIONAL INFORLeSter E Paige EXt 78~D0 TED ORDiNA~VCE N~,.a ~/ / LATE