§ 9-10. Adoption of the 2012 International Fire Code.

(a)

A certain document, three (3) copies of which are on file in the office of the city clerk for the City of Eaton Rapids, being marked and designated as the International Fire Code, 2012 edition, including Appendix Chapters A—J (see International Fire Code Section 101.2.1, 2012 edition), as published by the International Code Council, be and is hereby adopted as the fire code of the City of Eaton Rapids, in the State of Michigan regulating and governing the safeguarding of life and property from fire and explosion hazards arising from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, materials and devices, and from conditions hazardous to life or property in the occupancy of buildings and premises as herein provided; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said fire code on file in the office of the city clerk are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this legislation, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in subsection (b) of this section.

(b)

The following sections are hereby revised:

Section 101.1. Insert: City of Eaton Rapids.

Section 109.4. Insert: Follow the Guidelines of the Municipal Civil Infraction Fees and Penalties.

Section 111.4. Insert Follow the Guidelines of the Municipal Civil Infraction Fees and Penalties.

(c)

The geographic limits referred to in certain sections of the 2012 International Fire Code are hereby established as follows:

Section 5704.2.9.6.1 (geographic limits in which the storage of Class I and Class II liquids in above-ground tanks outside of buildings is prohibited): City of Eaton Rapids allows this type of storage only in property zoned as General Industrial District.

Section 5706.2.4.4 (geographic limits in which the storage of Class I and Class II liquids in above-ground tanks is prohibited): City of Eaton Rapids allows this type of storage only in property zoned as General Industrial District.

Section 5806.2 (geographic limits in which the storage of flammable cryogenic fluids in stationary containers is prohibited): City of Eaton Rapids allows this type of storage only in property zoned as General Industrial District.

Section 6104.2 (geographic limits in which the storage of liquefied petroleum gas is restricted for the protection of heavily populated or congested areas): City of Eaton Rapids allows this type of storage only in property zoned as General Industrial District.

(d)

Any and all previously adopted ordinances of the City of Eaton Rapids or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

(e)

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this legislation is, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this section. The City of Eaton Rapids Council hereby declares that it would have passed this law, and each section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared unconstitutional.

(f)

Nothing in this legislation or in the fire code hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding impending in any court, or any rights acquired, or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing, under any act or ordinance hereby repealed as cited in subsection (d) of this law; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this legislation.

(Ord. No. 2013-4, 5-13-13)