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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 7692 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 7434 OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS (1977) BY AMENDING CHAPTER 7, HEATING SYSTEMS SECTION 706(b) BY ADDING EXCEPTION NUMBER 3; PROVIDING EXISTING BUILDINGS OF ENUMERATED CATEGORIES FREE FROM HOURLY RATED CONSTRUCTION MAY HAVE THE USE OF THE CORRIDOR AS PART OF A DUCT SYSTEM; PROVIDING FOR PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION DETECTORS INSTALLATION; PROVIDING CIRCULATING AIR SYSTEMS; PROVIDING APPROVED AIR RELIEF SYSTEMS TO ROOMS; BY AMENDING CHAPTER 12, COOLING, SECTION 204(b) BY ADDING EXCEPTION NUMBER 3; PROVIDING EXISTING BUILDINGS OF ENUMERATED CATEGORIES FREE FROM HOURLY RATED CONSTRUCTION MAY HAVE THE USE OF THE CORRIDOR AS PART OF A DUCT SYSTEM; PROVIDING FOR PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION DETECTORS INSTALLATION; PROVIDING CIRCULATING AIR SYSTEMS; PROVIDING APPROVED AIR RELIEF SYSTEMS TO ROOMS; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; PROVIDING SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND CODE PROVISIONS; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PRO- VIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN PAMPHLET FORM; PRO- VIDING FOR PUBLICATION; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT, ENROLLING AND FILING; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Section 706(b) , Chapter 7 to Ordinance 7434 of the City of Fort Worth (1977) , be and the same is hereby added to read as follows: "Exception No. 3 "Existing buildings of A-3, E, H-4 (office area) , B-2 and B-4 (office area) occupancy where hourly rated construction does not exist may have the use of the corridor as an integral part of a duct system when: "a. Products of combustion detectors are installed in an approved location so as to provide detection for each inhabited room or exit way. The detector shall be connected to the circulating air system controls. "b. The circulating air system shall be designed and controlled so as to reverse the air flow from the corridor into the inhabited room using all outside air, when activated by the products of combustion detectors. "c. An approved air relief shall exist so as to assure a constant flow from the corridor into the inhabited room. "d. Any other approved system that will accom- plish the intent of the above sub-section (a) (b) and (c) ." SECTION 2. That Section 1204(b) , Chapter 12 to Ordinance 7434 of the City of Fort worth (1977) , be and the same is hereby added to read as follows: "Exception No. 3. "Existing buildings of A-3, E, H-4 (office area) occupancy where hourly rated construction does not exist may have the use of the corridor as an integral part of a duct system when: "a. Products of combustion detectors are installed in an approved location so as to provide detection for each inhabited room or exit way. The detector shall be connected to the circulating air system controls. "b. The circulating air system shall be designed and controlled so as to reverse the air flow from the corridor into the inhabited room using all out- side air, vlien activated by the products of combustion detectors. "c. An approved air relief shall exist so as to assure a constant flow from the corridor into the inhabited room. "d. Any other approved system that will accomplish the intent of the above sub-section (a) (b) and (c) ." SECTION 3. That it shall be unlawful for any person to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, convert, equip, use or maintain any heating, comfort cooling, refrigeration, -2- ventilating or exhaust systems or other miscellaneous Heat Producing appliances in said city or cause the same to be done, contrary to or in violation of any of the provisions of this code. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Code shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this code is committed, continued or permitted, and each violation shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $200.00. SECTION 4. That 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 void, ineffective or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or final decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such voidness, ineffectiveness or 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 incor- poration herein of any such void, ineffective or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. SECTION 5. All other prior ordinances and City Code sections of the City of Fort Worth in conflict herewith are hereby repealed but only insofar as such ordinances and code sections are in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance. -3- SECTION 6. That all rights and remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are expressly saved as to any and all violations of the provisions of Ordinance 6408 or Ordinance 7083 or any other ordinance affecting heating, comfort cooling or ventilation systems which have accrued 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. SECTION 7. That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby authorized to publish this ordinance in pamphlet form for general distribution among the public, and this ordinance as so published shall be admissible in evidence in all courts without further proof than the production of said pamphlet, as provided in Section 3, Chapter XXVI of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas. SECTION 8. That 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, Texas. SECTION 9. That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption and penalty clause of same in the minutes of the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and by -4- filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of said city. SECTION 10. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and publication as required by law and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: City Attorney -5- btATSON City of Fort Worth, Texas BAILIFF, - y Ma or and Council Communication _ SMITH Pmcs� DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Amendment to Mechanical Code - PAGE NUMBER 1131/78 G-3707 Use of Corridors in Duct System f or _1._ On September 27, 1977 fM&C G-3583) , the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 7634 specifying the 1976 Uniform Mechanical Code and local amendments thereto as the Mechanical Code of the City of Fort Worth. The Mechanical Code prohibits the use of a corridor as an integral part of a duct system in any building having 30 or more occupants. This requirement is too restrictive for system modifications in existing buildings where the corridor construction does not have an hourly rating. Buildings in this category include many of the schools being air conditioned under the Fort Worth School Bond Program and many office buildings and small assembly buildings. To make these buildings conform to the new code would place undue expense on the owners. The Mechanical Board of Appeals and the Building Inspection staff recommend an amendment to Ordinance No. 7634, adding an exception to Chapter 7, Heating Systems, Section 706(b) and to Chapter 12, Cooling, Section 1204(b) , to read as follows: "Exception #3 Existing buildings of A-3, E, H-4 (office area) , B-2 and B-4 (office area) occupancy where hourly rated construction does not exist may have the use of the corridor as an integral part of a duct system when: a. Combustion detectors are installed in an approved location so as to provide detection for each inhabited room or exit way. The detector shall be connected to the circulating air system controls. b. The circulating air system shall be designed and controlled so as to reverse the air flow from the corridor into the in- habited room using all outside air, when activated by combustion detectors. c. An approved air relief shall exist so as to assure a constant flow from the corridor into the inhabited room. d. Any other approved system that will accomplish the intent of the above sub-sections (a) (b) and (c) ." Recommepdation It is recommended that an ordinance be adopted amending the Mechanical Code of the City of Fort Worth as described above. GG:gd SUBMITTED BY: DISPOSITION OUNCIL: PROCE�D BY ADOPTED ORDINAC �d�NEADOPTED�� I>rTY SECRETARY 100 DATE CITY MANAGER //0//99