[Adopted 11-14-2023 by Ord. No. 9337[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Art. VIII, Moving of Buildings, adopted 9-1-1972 as Ch. 7, Secs. 7-3 and 7-6, of the 1972 Code, as amended.
That certain document, one copy of which is on file with the Community Development Department, being marked and designated as the International Fuel Gas Code, 2018 Edition and subsequent versions thereof, as published by the International Code Council, Inc., and as currently and subsequently modified by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission, is hereby adopted as governing law for regulating and governing fuel gas systems and gas-fired appliances 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 Fuel Gas Code are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this chapter, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in this chapter, and except as to such matters as may be provided for in other ordinances or in the rules and regulations authorized under provision of this code.
The International Fuel Gas Code adopted in § 142-801 is hereby amended as set forth in the following paragraphs:
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Subsection 101.1 is amended by inserting the phrase, "The City of El Reno, Oklahoma" in lieu of the phrase, "[name of jurisdiction]."
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Section 103 is amended by inserting the phrase, "Community Development Department" in lieu of the phrase, "Department of Inspection."
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Subsection 103.1 shall be deleted.
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Subsection 103.2 is amended to read as follows: 103.2 Appointment. The City Manager or his designee(s) and the Community Development Director shall be responsible for the enforcement of this Code. To assist in the performance of the responsibilities and duties placed upon the City, a building official may be designated by the City Manager and/or Community Development Director.
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Subsection 103.3 is amended to read as follows: 103.3 Deputies. The City Manager shall have the authority to appoint deputy building officials, the related technical officers, inspectors, plan examiners and other employees. Such employees shall have powers as delegated by the City Manager or Community Development Director.
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Subsection 106.1 is amended by adding the following language at the end of the subsection: "No new permits shall be issued to a permit holder who has unpaid fees on any current permit."
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Subsections 106.1.1 and 106.1.2 shall be deleted.
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Section 109.1.1 is amended to read as follows: 109.1 General. Appeals of orders, decisions or determinations made by the building official relative to the application and interpretation of this code shall be heard by the El Reno Board of Adjustment, as established and as prescribed in Article XVIII of Chapter 361 of this Code. The building official and a representative from the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission shall be an ex officio member of said board but shall have no vote on any matter before the board.
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Sections 109.2 through 109.7 shall be deleted.
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Subsection 108.4 is amended to read as follows: 108.4 Violation penalties. Any person who shall violate any provisions of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, install, alter, repair or do work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the building official, or of a permit or certificate used under provisions of this code shall be guilty of an offense and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided for by resolution. Each and every day such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
All installations hereafter installed within the corporate limits of the City of El Reno shall be done in a neat, workmanlike manner in accordance with the codes and ordinances of the City of El Reno. All materials shall be approved for the purpose. The Building Official shall have the right to request data and tests on any and all material and the installation thereof at any time.