26-76 ORDINANCE NO. 26-76
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 14-1 OF
THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES, "ADOPTION OF THE
FIRE PREVENTION CODE" BY ADOPTING TI~ 1976
EDITION OF THE FIRE PREVENTION CODE AND THE 1976
REVISION OF THE FIRE PREVENTION CODE, ARTICLE 31,
PRESCRIBED BY THE AMERICAN INSURANCE ASSOCIATION.
WHEREAS, the City Administration has recommended the correcting
and updating of the Fire Prevention Code for the City; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Delray Beach, Florida
concurs in said recon~endation,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DERLAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the Code of the City of Delray Beach, Florida
as amended, be further ~amended by amending the following section of Chapter
14, "Fire Department, Fire Prevention and Fire Regulations," to read as
follows:
Section 14-1, Adoption of Fire Prevention Code.
There is hereby adopted by the City for the pur-
pose of prescribing regulations governing conditions
hazardous to life and property from fire or explosion,
those certain codes known as the 1976 Edition of the
Fire Prevention. Code and the 1976 Revision oS the
Fire Prevention Code, Article 31, prescribed by the
American Insurance Association and the ten (10)
volume set of the 1973-1974 Editions of the National
Fire Codes, prescribed bY the National Fire Pro-
tection Association, including all revisions, save
and except such portions as are hereinafter deleted,
modified or amended, of which code not less than
three (3) copies have been and are now filed in
the office of the clerk of the city and the same
are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if
set out at length herein, and from the date on
which this article shall take effect, the provisions
thereof shall be controlling within the limits of
the city.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final read-
ing on this the 13th day of S~ptember , 1976.
V I 'C%E~ M A Y O R
ATTEST:
' ~ City Clerk "
First Reading August 9, 1976 ,
Second Reading September 13. 1976_