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ORDINANCE NO. 36-95
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE IV OF CHAPTER 10 OF THE BROOKINGS
MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADOPTING TI� 1994 UNIFORM FIRE CODE, VOLUlV�I AND
II.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City of Brookings that Article IV of Chapter 10 of the
Brookings Municipal Code be amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE IV. UNIFORM FIRE CODE
Sec. 10-61. Adoption of Uniform Fire Code.
There is hereby adopted by the City of Brookings, for the purpose of prescribing regulations
governing the construction, protection and occupancy features of buildings necessary to r�inimi�e
danger to life from fire, smoke, fumes, or panic, that certain code known as the Uniform Fire
Code Vol. I and II recommended by the International Fire Code Institute, 1994 Edition. The
provisions of the Uniform Fire Code shall be controlling within the limits of the City of Brookings
and the surrounding three-mile jurisdiction.
Sec. 10-62. Conflicts.
In the event of any conflict between the provisions of the Uniform Fire Code adopted by this
article and applicable provisions of city ordinance state laws-or of any rules or regulations of the
city, the provisions of city ordinance, state law or any rules or regulations of the city shall prevail
and be controlling.
Sec. 10-63. Modifications.
The chief of the fire department shall have the power to modify any of the provisions of the
Uniform Fire Code upon application in writing by the owner or lessee of property, or their duly
authorized agent, when there are practical difficulties in compliance with 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.
Sec. 10-64. Appeals.
Whenever the chief of the fire department sha11 disapprove an application or refuse to grant
a license or permit or when it is claimed that the provisions of the Uniform Fire Code do not apply
or that the true intent and meaning of the code has been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the
applicant may appeal from the decision of the chief of the fire department to the board of appeals
of the city within thirty (30) days from the date of the decision appealed.
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Secs. 10-65--10-70. Reserved.
All sections and ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
FIRST READING: December 5, 1995
SECOND READING: December 12, 1995
PUBLISHED: December 18, 1995
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