[Ord. No. 17-061 § 11, 7-5-2017; Ord.
No. 23-102, 11-13-2023]
St. Charles County hereby adopts the 2021 St. Charles County
Fire Code, including Appendices B and F, a copy of which shall be
deposited in the Office of the County Registrar with this ordinance,
with the following amendments by additions, insertions, deletions
and changes so that such Section and Subsections read as follows:
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(CHAPTER 1 SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION)
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(SECTION 101 SCOPE AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS)
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101.1 Title. These regulations shall be known as
the Fire Code of St. Charles County, Missouri, hereinafter referred
to as "this code."
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(SECTION 103 CODE COMPLIANCE AGENCY)
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103.1 Creation of enforcement agency. The Division
of Building and Code Enforcement within the Department of Community
Development is hereby created and the official in charge thereof shall
be known as the Fire Code Official. The function of the agency shall
be the implementation, administration and enforcement of the provisions
of this code.
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103.2 Appointment. The Fire Code Official shall
be appointed as provided by ordinance.
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(SECTION 105 PERMITS)
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105.6 Required construction permits. The Fire Code
Official is authorized to issue construction permits for work as set
forth in Sections 105.6.1 through 105.6.24. The term "construction
permit" shall mean building permit and shall follow the requirements
of Section 105 of the International Building Code in addition to the
requirements of this code.
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(SECTION 106 CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS)
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106.1 Submittals. Construction documents and supporting
data shall be submitted in such form and detail as required by the
Fire Code Official. The construction documents shall be prepared by
a registered design professional where required by the statutes of
the jurisdiction in which the project is to be constructed.
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Exception: The Fire Code Official is
authorized to waive the submission of construction documents and supporting
data not required to be prepared by a registered design professional
if it is found that the nature of the work applied for is such that
review of construction documents is not necessary to obtain compliance
with this code.
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106.1.2 Electronic submission. Where
design documents, including, but not limited to, plot plans, site
plans, design drawings, specifications, etc. are originally created
electronically, the Fire Code Official is authorized to require electronic
submittal of documents in a portable document format (PDF) or similar
format for review. Where design documents were originally prepared
on paper and are submitted in a paper form, the Code Official is authorized
to charge a fee for converting those drawings to PDF equal to the
cost incurred by County staff recreating the document and not to exceed
more than one dollar ($1.00) per page.
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Exception: Where submittal documents
were originally prepared by hand and are eleven (11) inches by seventeen
(17) inches or less, the fee for document conversion shall not be
charged.
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(SECTION 111 MEANS OF APPEALS)
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111.1 General. For the purposes of this code, all appeals shall be in accordance with the procedure established for the Building Code of St. Charles County, Missouri, in Section 113 of Section 500.100.
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111.2 Limitations on authority. Delete in its entirety.
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111.3 Qualifications. Delete in its entirety.
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111.4 Administration. Delete in its entirety.
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(SECTION 112 VIOLATIONS)
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112.4 Violation penalties. Persons who shall violate
a provision 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 Fire Code
Official, or of a permit or certificate used under the provisions
of this code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred
dollars ($500.00). Each day that a violation continues after due notice
has been served shall be deemed a separate offense.
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(SECTION 113 STOP WORK ORDER)
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113.2 Issuance. The stop work order shall be in
writing and shall be given to the owner of the property involved,
the owner's authorized agent or the person performing the work.
Upon issuance of a stop work order, the cited work shall immediately
cease. The stop work order shall state the reason for the order and
the conditions under which the cited work will be permitted to resume.
Any person served with a stop work order shall pay an administrative
penalty of up to two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
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(CHAPTER 11 CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS)
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(SECTION 1103 FIRE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS)
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1103.5.3 Group I-2, Condition 2. In addition to
the requirements of Section 1103.5.2, existing buildings of Group
I-2, Condition 2 occupancy shall be equipped throughout with an approved
automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Section 903.3.1.1. The
automatic sprinkler system shall be installed as established by the
local fire district and the State of Missouri.
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(CHAPTER 57 FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS)
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(SECTION 5704 STORAGE)
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5704.2.9.6.1 Locations where above-ground tanks are prohibited. Storage of Class I and II liquids in above-ground tanks outside
of buildings is prohibited as defined by the applicable ordinance
of the fire district having competent jurisdiction.
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(SECTION 5706 SPECIAL OPERATIONS)
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5706.2.4.4 Locations where above-ground tanks are prohibited. The storage of Class I and II liquids in above-ground tanks is prohibited
as defined by the applicable ordinance of the fire district having
competent jurisdiction.
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(CHAPTER 58 FLAMMABLE GASES AND FLAMMABLE CRYOGENIC FLUIDS)
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(SECTION 5806 FLAMMABLE CRYOGENIC FLUIDS)
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5806.2 Limitations. Storage of flammable cryogenic
fluids in stationary containers outside of buildings is prohibited
as defined by the applicable ordinance of the fire district having
competent jurisdiction.
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(CHAPTER 61 LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GASES)
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(SECTION 6104 LOCATION OF LP-GAS CONTAINERS)
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6104.2 Maximum capacity within established limits. As defined by the applicable ordinance of the fire district having
competent jurisdiction restricting the storage of liquefied petroleum
gas for the protection of heavily populated or congested areas, the
aggregate capacity of any one (1) installation shall not exceed a
water capacity of two thousand (2,000) gallons (7,570 L).
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