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CITY OF MARYSVILLE
Marysville.Washington
ORDINANCE No.d53)"
AN ORDINANCE OFTHE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AMENDING OR
REPEALING SECTIONS OF ORDINANCE 2378 CODIFIED AS MARYSVILLE
MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 9:04 AND ADDING NEW SECTIONS TO MMC
CHAPTER 9.04 AND ADOPTING THE 2003 EDITION OFTHE
INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE,REGULATING AND GOVERNING THE
SAFEGUARDING OF LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM FIREAND EXPLOSION
HAZARDS ARISING FROM THE STORAGE,HANDLING AND USEOF
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES,MATERlALS AND DEVICES,AND FROM
CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO LIFE OR PROPERTY INTHE OCCUPANCY
OF BUILDINGS AND PREMISE AND PROVIDING FORTHE ISSUANCE OF
PERMITS AND COLLECTION OF FEES AND PENALTIES FOR FALSE
ALARMS;
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE,WASHINGTON
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1.Section 9.04.010 of the Marysville Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
9.04.010 Adoption by reference.
Certain documents,copies of which are on file in the
office of the clerk of the city of Marysville,entitled
"International Fire Code,2003 Edition,"published by the
International Code Council,with amendments as adopted by the
Washington State Building Code Council are adopted as the
fire code of the city of Marysville (hereinafter sometimes
referred to as the "fire code")for the purpose of
prescribing regulations for the safeguarding of life and
property from the hazards of fire and explosion.Except as
otherwise specifically amended herein,or by later ordinance,
each and all of the regulations,provisions,penalties,
conditions and terms of said code and standards are
incorporated and made part of this chapter as if fully set
forth herein.
Section 2.Section 9.04.020 of the Marysville Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
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9.04.020 Establishment and duties of bureau of fire
prevention.
(1)The International Fire Code shall be enforced by
the bureau of fire prevention in the fire department of
Marysville which is established and which shall be operated
under the supervision of the chief of the fire department.
(2)The fire marshal in charge of the bureau of fire
prevention shall be the chief of the fire department of
Marysville,or any qualified person designated by the chief.
(3)The chief of the fire department may detail such
members of the fire department as inspectors as shall from
time to time be necessary.
Section 3.Section 9.04.030 of the Marysville Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
9.04.030 Definitions.
(1)Wherever the word "jurisdiction"is used in the
International Fire Code,it means the city of Marysville.
(2)"Commercial occupancy"means groups A, B,I,E, H,
F,LC (except adult family homes as defined in Chapter 70.128
RCW),M,R-1,R-2,R-4 and S occupancies as defined in
Section 202 -Occupancy Classifications of the International
Fire Code,2003 Edition.
Section 4.Section 9.04.040 of the Marysville Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
9.04.040 Flammable or combustible liquid storage limits.
The storage of Class I,II and III-A liquids in aboveground
tanks exceeding 26,000 gallons individual or 78,000 gallons
aggregate capacity is prohibited within the corporate limits
of the city of Marysville.Storage shall be limited to
horizontal·tanks only.This language shall replace the
language of International Fire Code Sections 3404.2.9.5.1 and
3406.2.4.4.
Section 5.Section 9.04.050 of the Marysville Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
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9.04.050 Liquefied petroleum gas storage limits.
Repealed by Ord.2378.(Ord.1947 §2,1993;
Ord.1082 s 3,1979;Ord.850 s 5,1975).
Section 6.Section 9.04.060 of the Marysville Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
9.04.060 Explosives and blasting agent storage limits.
Is hereby repealed.(Ord.2378 §5,2001;Ord.1947
s 3,1993;Ord.1082 s 4,1979;Ord.850 s 6,1975).
Section 7.
Marysville
follows:
Sections 9.04.070 through 9.04.087 of the
Municipal Code are hereby amended to read as
written,sections 503.1.1,
503.4,being sections of
Edition)not adopted by
Council,are hereby
Marysville.(Ord.2378 §
9.04.070 Additional amendments to International Fire
Code.
The additional amendments to the fire code in MMC 9.04.071
through 9.04.087 are enacted.
(Ord.2378 s 6,2001).
9.04.071 Additional sections of International Fire
Code adopted.
Sections 503.1 shall be adopted as
503.1.2,503.1.3,503.2,503.3,and
the International Fire Code (2003
the Washington State Building Code
adopted and enacted in the city of
6,2001.Formerly 9.04.070(1».
9.04.072 International Fire Code prov1s1on not adopted.
Section 508.5.1 is not adopted.Fire hydrant locations to be
installed per Marysville Municipal Code 14.03.050
(Ord.2378 §6,2001.Formerly 9.04.070 (2».
9.04.073 International Fire Code Section 503.2.3 amended
Access -Surfacing.
Section 503.2.3 adopted by MMC 9.04.071 is further
amended to add an additional sentence reading as follows:
"The surface shall be entirely composed of gravel,crushed
rock,asphalt or concrete."
(Ord.2378 §6,2001.Formerly 9.04.070(3»).
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9.04.074 International Fire Code Section 503.2.4 amended
Access -Turning radius.
Section 503.2.4 adopted by MMC 9.04.071 is further amended
to add an additional sentence reading as follows:"A turning
radius will be approved only if it is in accordance with the
Engineering Design and Development Standards for the City of
Marysville."(Ord.2378 §6,2001.Formerly 9.04.070(4)).
9.04.075 International Fire Code Section 503.2.5
amended Access -Turn arounds.
Section 503.2.5 adopted by MMC 9.04.071 is further amended
to add an additional two sentences reading as follows:"Turn
arounds shall be a minimum eighty (80)foot diameter cul-de-
sac with no obstructions within the cul-de-sac.An approved
hammerhead turn around may be used if there are no
alternatives,and it is approved by the Fire Chief."(Ord.
2378 s 6,2001.Formerly 9.04.070 (5)).
9.04.076 International Fire Code Section 503.2.7
amended Access -Gradients.
Section 503.2.7 adopted by MMC 9.04.071 is further amended
to add an additional sentence reading as follows:"A gradient
will be approved only if it is in accordance with the
Engineering Design and Development Standards for the City of
Marysville."(Ord.2378 §6,2001.Formerly 9.04.070(6)).
9.04.077 International Fire Code Section 508.3 amended
Replace "by an approved method"with "per Appendix B of the
International Fire Code."
Exceptions.
Section 508.3 is amended to add two exceptions reading as
follows:
EXCEPTIONS:
(1)Subdivisions and short subdivisions in which
all lots have a lot area of 43,560 square feet (one
acre)or more in size;
(2)Structures where under the International
Building Code the occupancy is classified as group U
occupancies (agricultural buildings,private garages,
carports and sheds)that are restricted to private
residential use only.Riding arenas or other
agricultural structures used or accessed by the general
public shall not fall within this exception.
(Ord.2378 §6,2001.Formerly 9.04.070(7)).
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9.04.078 International Fire Code Section 903.4.1 amended
Central stations.
Section 903.4.1 is amended to delete the language reading
"an approved central station,remote supervising station or
proprietary supervising stations as defined in NFPA 72 or,
when approved by the fire code official,shall sound an
audible signal at a constantly attended location."and to
substitute and enact language reading "a U.L.Listed Central
Station."
(Ord.2378 §6,2001.Formerly 9.04.070(8)).
9.04.079 International Fire Code Section 903.2.1
amended -Sprinkler systems -Group A Occupancies.
Section 903.2.1.1 item 1.Replace 12,000 with 10,000
Section 903.2.1.3 item 1.Replace 12,000 with 10,000.
Section 903.2.1.4 item 1.Replace 12,000 with 10,000.
(Ord.2377 §2,2001).
9.04.080 International Fire Code Section 903.2.2 amended
Sprinkler systems-Group E
Section 903.2.2 item 1.Replace 20,000 with 10,000
(Or'd.2377 §3,2001).
9.04.081 International Fire Code Section 903.2.3
amended Sprinkler systems -Group F Occupancies.
Section 903.2.3 item 1.Replace 12,000 with 10,000.Item 3,
replace 24,000 with 10,000.
(Ord.2377 §5,2001).
9.04.082 UFC Section 100.3.2.6.1.amended -Fire
extinguishing systems -Group H occupancies.
Is hereby repealed.
9.04.083 International Fire Code Section 903.2.6
amended -Sprinkler systems -Group M and B Occupancies.
Section 903.2.6 item 1.add B after M and change 12,000
to 10,000
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Section 903.2.6 item 2.add.B after M.
Section 903.2.6 item 3.add B after M and change 12,000 to
10,000.
lOrd.2377 §6,2001).
9.04.084 International Fire Code Section 903.2.7
amended -Sprinkler systems -Group R,Occupancies.
Amend Section 903.2.7 to add:Townhouses constructed in a
group of five or more attached units shall be protected with
an automatic sprinkler system per 903.3.1.3.
(ord ,2377 §7,2001).
9.04.085 International Fire Code Section 903.2.8 added -
Sprinkler systems -Group S Occupancies.
Amend Section 903.2.8 by deleting S-l and replacing it with
"S".
Section 903.2.8 item 1.Replace 12,000 with 10,000.
Section 903.2.8 item 3.Replace 24,000 with 10,000.
Section 903.2.8.1 item 2.Replace 12,000 with 10,000
Section 903.2.8.1 add item 4:Repair garages where the
use of open flame or welding is conducted with a fire area
exceeding 3,000 square feet.
(Ord.2377 §8,2001).
9.04.086 International Fire Code Section 902 amended.
The Definition of FIRE AREA is amended by adding:For section
903,the definition of FIRE AREA shall be as follows The
aggregate floor area enclosed and bounded by exterior walls
of a building.
9.04.087 International Fire Code appendices adopted.
If not elsewhere enacted the following appendices of the
International Fire Code are hereby adopted and enacted by
this subsection and reference:B
(Ord.2378 §6,2001.Formerly 9.04.070(9)).
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Section 8.A new Section is added to MMC 9.04.regarding
automati~sprinkler systems to read as follows:
International Fire Code Section 903.2 -Where required,
amend by adding items:
Existing buildings altered such that the total fire area
exceeds io,oOO square feet shall be provided with an
automatic sprinkler system.
An automatic sprinkler system shall be provided throughout
buildings where the combined area of all fire areas on all
floors,including any mezzanines,exceeds 10,000 square feet.
Section 9.A new section is added to MMC 9.04 regarding
false alarms and penalties and is to read as follows
Additional sections of International Fire Code adopted.
New section 401.3.4 -Excessive false alarms-penalty imposed.
No more than three false alarms from any location shall be
permitted within any calendar year.The owner or operator on
any location from which more than three false alarms are sent
within any calendar year shall be subject to the imposition
of a criminal penalty pursuant to 9.04.100.
Section 10.Section 9.04.100 of the Marysville Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
9.04.100 Penalties.
(I)Any person who violates any of the provisions of
this code as adopted or fails to comply therewith,or who
violates or fails to .comply with any order made under this
code,or who builds in violation of any detailed statement of
specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder,or
any certificate or permit issued thereunder,and from which
no appeal has been taken,or who fails to comply with such an
order as affirmed or modified by the chief or by a court of
competent jurisdiction within the time fixed in this chapter
is severally,for each and every such violation and
noncompliance respectively,guilty of a misdemeanor,
punishable by a fine of not more than $300.00 or by
imprisonment for not more than 90 days,or by both such fine
and imprisonment.The imposition of one penalty for any
violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to
continue;and all such persons shall be required to correct
or remedy such violations or defects within a reason-able
time;and when not otherwise specified,each 10 days that
prohibited conditions are maintained constitutes a separate
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offense.
(2) The application of the above penalty shall not be
held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited
condi tions.(Ord.850 §10,1975).
Section 11.Each section of this ordinance and of the Fire
Code enacted by this ordinance is hereby declared severable
and if any section is declared unlawful it shall have no
effect on the remaining provisions of this ordinance or on
the Fire Code.
PASSEP by the City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor
this /1.A:?A.day of July,2004.
CITY OF MARYSVILLE
ByD~zA!~
DENNIS KENDALL,MAYOR
ATTEST:
Approved as to form:
BY~ICLJvd
GRANT WEED,CITY ATTORNEY
Date of Publication:
Effective Date (5 days after publication):
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