HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 19583ORDINANCE N0. 19583
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE FIRE CODE; AMENDING SECTION
8.200 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subsection ~14~ of Section 5.200 of the Eugene Code, 1911,
is amended to provide:
8.200 Uniform Fire Cade - Additions, Deletions, and Amendments.
~14~ Section 10.301 of the Uniform Fire Code is amended to add:
~f} Water Su 1 Re aired for Certain Public Buildin s. An
ublic buildin s ~ y
p g, a defined ~n ORS 419.010~1~{~}, erected after
July 1, 1967, that exceeds 5,000 square feet in usable or occu ied
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floor area or is more than two stories in height and exceeds
2,000 square feet in usable or occupied ground floor area shall
have a readily available water supply within 500 feet of such
building of sufficient capacity to allow fire~fightin a aratus
to um 500 allo ~ 'g pp
p p g ns per minute for a period of ten minutes for
each 5,000 square feet of occupied or usable floor area or fraction
thereof, up to 500 gallons per minute for 30 minutes.
Required water supplies may be provided by underground cis-
terns or surface ponds, lakes or streams when approved and readil
accessible stand ~ es of y
p p not less than four inches inside diameter
with not less than two two-and-one-half inch outlets ore uivalent
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are provided.
Section 2. That the matters contained herein concern the ublic health
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safety and welfare and therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist
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and this Ordinance shall become effective immediately u on its assa e b
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the City Council and approval by the Mayor.
Passed b ,the City Council this
7th d yr~of vember, 1 8 ~.~~
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Approved by the Mayor this