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ORDINANCE NO. 6204
(General)
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A FIRE CODE FOR THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD BY
ADOPTING, AMENDING, AND ADDING ARTICLES TO THE STATE OF OREGON
2007 FIRE CODE AMENDMENTS REGULATING AND GOVERNING THE
SAFEGUARDING OF LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARDS
ARISING FROM THE STORAGE, HANDLING AND USE OF HAZARDOUS
SUBSTANCES, MATERIAL AND DEVICES, AND FROM CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS
TO LIFE OR PROPERTY IN THE OCCUPANCY OF BUILDINGS AND PREMISES AS
HEREIN PROVIDED; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND
COLLECTION OF FEES THEREFORE; AND, EACH AND ALL OF THE
REGULATIONS, PROVISIONS, PENALTIES, CONDITIONS IN THE CITY OF
SPRINGFIELD, REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 6098 ADOPTED OCTOBER 18,
2004 OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Common Council of the City of Springfield does ordain as
follows:
WHEREAS, the State of Oregon 2007 Fire Code Amendments, based on
the International Fire Code 2006 Edition, copies of which are
kept on file in the office of the City of Springfield Department
of Fire and Life Safety, the City Recorder's office of the City
of Springfield, and the City of Springfield Public Library be and
is hereby adopted as the Fire Code of the City of Springfield in
the State of Oregon, regulating and governing the safeguarding of
life and property from fire and explosion hazards arising from
the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, material
and devices, and from conditions hazardous to life or property in
the occupancy of buildings and premises as herein provided;
providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees
therefore; and, each and all of the regulations, provisions,
penalties, conditions and terms of said Fire Code are hereby
referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof as if fully set out
in this Ordinance with the additions, insertions, deletions and
changes, if any, prescribed in Section 2 of this Ordinance.
Section 2. The following sections are hereby added, amended, and
deleted as follows: See Exhibit A, attached hereto and
incorporated herein by reference.
Section 3. Ordinance No. 6098 adopted October 18, 2004 of the
City of Springfield is hereby repealed.
Section 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase
or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or
unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent
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provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions thereof.
Section 5. Matters affecting Fire and Life Safety are matters
affecting the public health, safety and welfare, and it is the
intent of Council that this Ordinance shall take effect
immediately upon its adoption and approval by the Mayor so that
the City of Springfield Fire Code is compliant with State of
Oregon 2007 Fire Code Amendments which became effective April 1,
2007, and therefore this Ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon its adoption by the Council and approval by the mayor.
Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Springfield this
16th day of July , 2007 by a vote of 6 in
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Approved by the Mayor of the
July , 2007.
16th day of
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