Building Code Board of Appeals Agenda and Packet 2009 10 15

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of the code or standards adopted and incorporated in this chapter shall be subject to the penalty provided in section 1.28.010. Sec. 15.12.050. Section 111.4 Failure to comply-amended. Section 111.4 of the 2009 International Fire Code is amended to read as follows: 111.4 Failure to comply. Any person who shall continue any work after having been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be in violation of this code. Sec. 15.12.060. Section 104.1 General- amended. Section 104.1 of the 2009 International Fire Code is amended to read as follows: 104.1 General. The Code Official, Fire Marshall or Chief Building Official is hereby authorized to enforce the provisions of this code and shall have the authority to render interpretations of this code, and to adopt policies, procedures, rules and regulations in order to clarify the application of its provisions. Sec. 15.12.070. Section 503.2.3 Surface-amended. Section 503.2.3 of the 2009 International Fire Code is amended to read as follows: Section 503.2.3. Surface. Fire apparatus access roads shall be designed and constructed of hard surface, i.e. asphalt or concrete, to withstand the weight of fire apparatus and such surfaces must be able to support the weight of the heaviest fire apparatus of the fire district serving the property. The grade of a fire apparatus access road shall not exceed seven percent. During the construction of a land use development project, the property owner or contractor may apply for a waiver of the requirement to construct a hard surface fire apparatus access road. The waiver request shall include an engineered plan for the alternative construction of the access road and a plan for the continued maintenance of the access road during the period of project construction. Upon completion of the project and prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy, any fire apparatus access road shall be constructed of permanent hard surface. Sec. 15.12.080. Section 503.2.4 Turning Radius-amended. Section 503.2.4 of the 2009 International Fire Code is amended to read as follows: Section 503.2.4 Turning Radius. The minimum allowable turning radius shall be: a.No less than 45 feet of unobstructed outside turning radius in a cul-de-sac or dead end street over 150 feet in length; 11