42-73 ORDINANCE NO. 42-73.
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 THE 1970 EDITION
OF THE FIRE PREVENTION CODE AND THE 1972 REVISION
OF THE FIRE PREVENTION CODE, ARTICLE 31, RECOMMENDED
BY THE AMERICAN INSURANCE ASSOCIATION AND THE TEN
(10) VOLUME SET OF THE 1973 - 1974 EDITIONS OF THE
NATIONAL FIRE CODES, RECOMMENDED BY THE NATIONAL
FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION; REPEALING ALL ORDI-
NANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH;
PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY
CLAUSE.
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 recommendation,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DELRAY 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:
Sec. 14-1. Adoption of Fire Prevention Code.
There is hereby adopted by the city for the purpose of
prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life
and property from fire or explosion, ~hs~ those certain e~e
codes known as the ~9~ 1970 Edition of the Fire Prevention Code
and the 1972 Revision of the Fire Prevention Code, Article 31,
recommended by the American Insurance Association and the Te.n (10)
Volume Set of the 1973 - 1974 Editions of the National Fire Codes,
recommended by the National Fire Protec.tion Association, including
all revisions, save and except such portions as are hereinafter
deleted, modified or amended, of which codes 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.
Section 2. That the Code of the City of Delray Beach, Florida,
as amended, be further amended by deleting the following section of
Chapter 14 "Fire Department, Fire Prevention and Fire Regulations":
Sec. 14-4. ~s~a~l~s~men~ ~f-l~m~ts ef-d~s~r~c~s-i~ wh~c~ st~r~ge
ef-f~ammab~e-l~q~i~s-i~ eu~s~de ~beveg~o~n~ ~a~s-ie preh~b~ted~
Delete.
Section 3. 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:
Sec. 14-5. Establishment of limits in which bulk storage of
liquefied petroleum gases is to be restricted.
The limits referred to in Section ~8~86~ 21.6 of the Fire
Prevention Code, in which bulk storage of liquefied petroleum
gas is restricted, shall be in accordance with the zoning ordi-
nance s o
Section 4. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith be and the same are hereby repealed except when in conflict
with the Southern Standard Building Code and the Southern Standard
Housing Code as adopted, in which event the Southern Standard Building
Code and the Southern Standard Housing Code shall prevail.
Section 5. That should any section or provision of this ordi-
nance or any portion thereof, any paragraph, sentence or word be
declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such de-
cision shall not affect the validity of the remainder hereof as a whole
or part thereof other than the part declared to be invalid.
Section 6. That any person who violates the provisions of Sec-
tions 1 or 3 above shall upon conviction be punished as provided in
Section 1-6 of the Code of Ordinances of Delray Beach.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final reading
on this the 14th day of January · 1974.
ATTEST
City
First Reading: December 10, 1973.
Second Reading: January 14, 1974.
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Ord. No. 42-73.
DELRAY BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL
Published Weekly
Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida
PROOF OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF PALM BEACH
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Affiant further says that the said Delray Beach Hews-Journal is a newspaper published
at Delray Beach, in said Palm Beach County, Florida, and that the said newspaper has
heretofore been continuously published in said Palm Beach County, Florida, each week and
has been entered as second class mail matter at the post office in Delray Beach, in said
Palm Beach County, Florida, for a period of one year next preceding the first publication
of the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that he has neither paid
nor promised any person, firm or corporation any discount, rebate, commission or refund
for the purpose of securing this advertisement for publi~tion in the said. newspaper..
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES MAR. 19, 1976
BONDED THRU GENERAL INSURANCE