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AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE UNIFORM FIRE CODE AND UNIFORM FIRE
STANDARDS PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO
LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM FIRE OR EXPLOSION, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUE OF
PERMITS FOR HAZARDOUS USES AND OPERATIONS AND FURTHER AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 1115 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF OAK PARK
HEIGHTS AND ALSO AMENDING CHAPTER 301.01 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS TO PROVIDE FOR AUTOMATIC FIRE SUPPRESSION
SYSTEMS IN THE CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS, WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS, WASHINGTON COUNTY,
MINNESOTA DOES ORDAIN:
1115.01 Adoption of Uniform Fire Code.
There is hereby adopted by the City of Oak Park Heights for the purpose of
prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire
or explosion, that certain code and standards known as the Uniform Fire Code,
including Appendix Chapters 1 -A, 1 -B, 11 C, 1 V -A, V -A, V 1 -D and the Uniform
Fire Code Standards as published by the International Fire Code Institute, being
particularly the 1991 Edition thereof and the whole thereof, save and except such
portions as are hereafter deleted, modified, or amended by this Ordinance. One copy
of this code and the standards prescribed pursuant thereto must be and are now filed
in the Office of the City Clerk in and for the City of Oak Park Heights, and the same
are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set forth at length herein, and from
the date on which this Ordinance shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be
controlling within the limits of the City of Oak Park Heights.
1115.02 Definitions.
"Jurisdiction" means the City of Oak Park Heights.
1115.03 Establishment and Duties of a Bureau of Fire Prevention.
A. The Uniform Fire Code shall be enforced by the Bureau of Fire Prevention in
the Fire Department of the Bayport Volunteer Fire Department which is
hereby established and which shall be operated under the supervision of the
Chief of that fire department.
B. The Chief (or Marshal) in charge of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall be
appointed by the Bayport Volunteer Fire Department on the basis of
established procedures.
C. The Chief of the Fire Department may detail such members of the Fire
Department as inspectors as shall from time to time be required or necessary.
The Chief of the Fire Department shall recommend to the Bayport Volunteer
Fire Department the employment of technical inspectors who, when
authorization is made, shall be selected through an examination to determine
their fitness for the position. The examination shall be open to members and
non - members of the Fire Department and appointments made after
examination shall be for an indefinite term with removal only for cause.
1115.04 Anneals.
Whenever the Chief disapproves an application or refuses to grant a permit applied
for, or when it is claimed that the provisions of the Code do not apply or that the true
intent of the Code does not apply or has been misconstrued or has been wrongly
interpreted, the applicant may appeal from the decision of the Chief of the fire
department to the City of Oak Park Heights within thirty (30) days of the date of the
decision appealed.
1115.05 New Construction and Renovation.
All plans and specifications for new commercial construction and renovation of
commercial or public buildings shall be submitted to and reviewed by the Fire
Department and the fire prevention officer prior to the issuance of the building
permit.
1115.050 Indoor and outdoor storage of fireworks and related products.
There shall be regulated within the City of Oak Park Heights the storage for sale or other
purposes, of fireworks, and toy pistols, toy guns in which paper caps containing 25/100
grains or less of explosive material are used and toy caps which contain less than 20/100
grains of explosive mixture, wire or wood sparklers of not more than 100 grams of
mixture per item, other sparkling items which are non - explosive and non -aerial and
containing 75 grams or less of chemical mixture per tube, or a total of 200 grams or less
from multiple tubes, snakes, glowworms, smoke devices or trick noisemakers which
include paper streamers, party poppers, string poppers, snappers, and drop pops, each
containing not more than 25/100 grains of explosive mixture.
The storage of each or any of these materials outside of the principal structure located
upon the lot upon which the storage is occurring, shall be permitted subject to the
following regulations:
1. All such materials must be located at least 100 feet from the principal
structure on the lot.
2. The area in which the storage of these items occur shall be prominently
posted "No Smoking."
3. There shall be no parking of motor vehicles within 25 feet of the
structure containing these items.
4. There shall be a minimum of two fire extinguishers present within the
storage area in which these items are kept.
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5. The storage area shall adhere to applicable Minnesota Fire Codes and
NFPA Codes.
6. The property owner shall provide a listing of the items to be stored
within the area, together with a site plan, to the Fire Code Official with
the City of Oak Park Heights prior to implementing the storage on the
site and shall obtain a permit for the storage of these items for which
there shall be no charge.
The above - referenced items may be stored within the principal structure located upon
the lot provided that the principal structure is fully sprinkled pursuant to the city
ordinances for Fire Suppression Systems, and:
1. The material shall not be located in the building within one hundred
(100) feet of any combustible liquid fuel dispensing or storage facility.
2. The principal structure and the storage of the items within same shall
adhere fully to the Minnesota Uniform Fire Codes and the NFPA Codes.
3. The property owner shall file a site plan with Building and Fire Code
Officials for the City of Oak Park Heights identifying the place of
storage of such materials and shall receive a permit therefor, for which
there shall be no charge.
1115.06 Penaltv.
Any person violating the provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed
Seven Hundred Dollars ($700.00) or imprisonment for a period not to exceed ninety
(90) days, or both.
Amended: Section 1115.050 passed June 25, 2002
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