[Ord. No. 4052 §1, 7-25-2012]
A. It
is hereby found and determined that adoption of nationally recognized
standard codes is necessary for the promotion of the public health,
safety and welfare of Festus, Missouri. Accordingly, the following
technical codes, one (1) copy of which is on file in the office of
the City Clerk, are adopted and incorporated in this Article by reference
as if fully set forth, except as they may be amended by other provisions
of this Chapter:
1. International Building Code 2009.
2. Residential Building Code 2009.
3. International Fire Code 2009.
4. International Fuel Gas Code 2009.
5. International Mechanical Code 2009.
6. International Plumbing Code 2009.
7. National Electric Code 2008.
8. International Property Maintenance Code 2009.
[Ord. No. 4052 §1, 7-25-2012]
These regulations shall be known as the City of Festus codes
and will be referred to herein as the "Building Code".
[Ord. No. 4052 §1, 7-25-2012]
The purpose of this Article is to provide for the administration and enforcement of the technical codes adopted in Section
500.010.
[Ord. No. 4052 §1, 7-25-2012]
This Chapter shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage by the City Council and approval by the Mayor. All ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Appendix A is attached hereto and made a part hereof.
[Ord. No. 4052 §1, 7-25-2012]
Any person who shall violate any provision of the codes adopted
in this Article or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements
thereof or who shall erect, construct, alter or repair a building
or structure in violation of an approved plan of or directive of the
Code Official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provision
of any code adopted in this Article, shall be guilty of an ordinance
violation punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars
($500.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90) days, or both
such fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation continues after
due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense.
[R.O. 2009 7-23; Ord. No. 2187 §1, 6-12-1991]
To change the section of the current ICC Building Code, Plumbing
Code, Mechanical Code, Fire Code and Property Maintenance Code on
the qualifications of the board of appeals to read as follows:
ES-111.2.1 Membership: One member shall be
a licensed professional engineer or architect, or a builder or a superintendent
of building construction, with at least ten (10) years' experience,
for five (5) years of which that board member shall have been in responsible
charge of work; the remaining four (4) members shall be citizens of
the City of Festus, Missouri.
Each member shall have been a resident of the jurisdiction for
at least one year prior to appointment. The Mayor may appoint for
a term of one (1) year an alternate member of such board in addition
to the five members above provided for, who shall act with full power
only when a member of the board refuses to vote because of interest
or when a member is absent. The Mayor shall appoint one member of
the department who shall act as secretary to the board.
[R.O. 2009 §7-24; Code 1975
§230.070; Ord. No. 4173 §I, 7-9-2014]
A. Masonry Walls Required Within Fire Limits.
1.
Every building hereafter erected or enlarged within the fire limits as set out in Article
I, Section
500.090, shall, except as provided for in the following Section, be enclosed on all sides with walls constructed wholly of brick, stone, hollow tile, hollow or solid concrete block, concrete, or other equivalent incombustible materials; and shall meet current adopted ICC Building Code requirements.
2.
Buildings with wooden framework clad with sheet metal or stucco
or veneered with brick or its equivalent shall be classed as frame.
B. Permissible Wooden And Metal Structures Within Fire Limits. No frame, wooden or metal structure shall hereafter be built within
the fire limits as given herein, or as they may be hereafter established,
except the following:
1.
Temporary one-story building for use of builders.
2.
Wooden fences not over seven (7) feet high.
3.
Porches, balconies and canopies not constructed of non-combustible
materials shall not exceed ten (10) feet in width or length, nor extend
more than three (3) feet above the second-story floor beams. No such
structure shall be joined to any similar structure of another building,
or be placed closer than six (6) feet to the primary structure.
4.
Bay windows when covered with incombustible or fire-retardant
materials.
5.
Small detached frame outbuildings not exceeding one hundred
fifty (150) square feet in area and eight (8) feet in height and not
within five (5) feet of any lot line.
6.
One-story, all-metal buildings with no wood in wall or roof
structure, with an area not exceeding one thousand (1,000) square
feet and not within ten (10) feet of any lot line.
C. Repairing Frame Buildings Within Fire Limits. Any
existing frame building within the fire limits not in conformity with
this Article, which may hereafter be damaged by fire, decay or otherwise
to an amount greater than one-half (1/2) of its value, exclusive of
foundation, shall not be repaired or rebuilt, but shall be removed.
D. Fire Limits Defined. The following shall be and
are hereby declared to be the fire limits of the City:
Beginning at the intersection of Brierton Lane (formerly known
as Glass Street) and Main Street; thence north along the centerline
of Brierton Lane to an alley between Main Street and North Second
Street; thence westerly along the center of such alley between Main
Street and North Second Street to Church Street; thence northwardly
along the centerline of Church Street approximately sixty feet; thence
in a westerly direction along the north end of parking lot approximately
one hundred and seventy feet to centerline of North Adams Street;
thence in a northerly direction to the intersection of North Adams
Street and North Second Street; thence in a westerly direction along
North Second Street to intersection of North Second Street and Hauge
Street; thence in a southerly direction along the centerline of Hauge
Street to alley between Main Street and North Second Street; thence
in a westerly direction along the centerline of alley to the intersection
of alley and Palliet Street; thence in a northerly direction along
the centerline of Palliet Street to the intersection of Palliet Street
and North Second Street; thence in a westerly direction along the
centerline of North Second Street; to the intersection of North Mill
Street and North Second Street; thence in a southerly direction along
the centerline of Mill Street to the intersection of South Mill Street
and South Second Street; thence easterly along the centerline of South
Second Street to the intersection of South Second Street and Brierton
Lane; thence northerly along the centerline of Brierton Lane ending
at the intersection of Main Street and Brierton Lane.
