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Ordinance 31410006.90000 WSS /rin/gjz 03/31/97 ORDINANCE NO. 3141 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 19.75 OF THE EDMONDS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE TO ADD A NEW SECTION 19.75.090 TANKS ABANDONED IN PLACE THEREBY AMENDING AND REPLACING SUBSECTION 7902.1.7.2.4 OF THE 1994 UNIFORM FIRE CODE AND STATE BUILDING CODE, AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE. WHEREAS, the Uniform Fire Code (UFC) has been incorporated into the State Building Code by Chapter 51.35 WAC adopting the 1994 addition of the UFC standards; and WHEREAS, the City wishes to amend the UFC's provisions in order to provide a cost - effective but safe option to the removal or filling of former underground storage tanks; and WHEREAS, such amendments prior to their effective date must be submitted to and approved by the State Building Code Council, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Chapter 19.75 Fire Code of the Edmonds Community Development Code is hereby amended by the addition of a new section 19.75.090 Tanks Abandoned in Place to read as follows: wssissass.io -1- 19.75.090 Tanks Abandoned in Place. Tanks abandoned in place shall be abandoned as follows: 1. Flammable and combustible liquid shall be removed from the tank and connected piping; 2. The suction, inlet, gauge, vapor return and vapor line shall be disconnected; 3. The tank shall be filled completely with an inert solid material approved by the fire chief. EXCEPTION: Residential heating oil tanks of 1,100 gallons (4,164 liters) or less, provided, however, that the fill line is permanently capped or plugged, below grade, in such a manner as to prevent refilling of the tank; 4. Remaining underground piping shall be capped or plugged; and 5. A record of the tank size, location, and date of abandonment shall be retained by the property owner and by the City. Section 2. The City Clerk is hereby authorized to certify and the City Attorney to submit a copy of this Ordinance to the State Building Code Council for its review and approval. The City Attorney is also authorized to take whatever steps are necessary to provide such information as the State Building Code Council shall deem necessary regarding this amendment in order to receive its approval for incorporation into the City's fire code. Section 3. Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance. WSS158285.10 -2- Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifi- cally delegated to the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum, and shall take effect five (5) days after passage and publication of an approved summary thereof consisting of the title, provided, however, that this Ordinance shall not be effective until and unless approved by a vote of the Washington State Building Code Council. At the date of such approval, the City Clerk is authorized to file it with approved codifier for inclusion in the City Code. APPROVED: air �.- MAYOR, BARBARA S. FAHEY ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED : Zo CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE APPROVED AS TO FORM: OFFICE OF—THE CITY ATTORNEY: I: 1 FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 4/11/97 PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 4/15/97 PUBLISHED: 4/20/97 EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/13/97 ** Effective date is subject to approval ORDINANCE NO. 3141 • of the Washington State Building Code Council. Approved 6/13/97. WSS158285.10 -3- SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3141 of the City of Edmonds, Washington On the 15th day of Apri 1 , 1997 , the City Council of the City of Edmonds, passed Ordinance No. 3141 A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting of the title, provides as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 19.75 OF THE EDMONDS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE TO ADD A NEW SECTION 19.75.090 TANKS ABANDONED IN PLACE THEREBY AMENDING AND REPLACING SUBSECTION 7902.1.7.2.4 OF THE 1994 UNIFORM FIRE CODE AND STATE BUILDING CODE, AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE. The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request. DATED this 17th day of Apri 1 , 1997 ' CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE / 08/24/87 TUE 10;28 FAX 208 447 0.015 4MW SEATTLE la on 2 RECEIVED 1;� or, I 4 JUL - 3 1997 i, `� ' � s A� EDMONDS CITY CLERK S ?ATE OF WASHINGTON STATE BUILDING CURE COUNCIL 906 Columbia Street $W • p p. Box 48300 j Olympia, Washington 98504.8300 (360) 586.0486 June 17, 1997 Mr. Phil A 01brechts Asst. qi!V Attorney, pity of Fdmonds Ogden Murphy Wallace, p.L.L.C. 1601 Fdlh Avenue, Suite 2100 Seattle, Washington 98101 -1636 RECEIVED JUN 2 n 1'997 O�i3£�$ �IUR�HY 1FIALtA�E "' S1-TB-TF-CT- State wilding Code Council Action or Code Amendment Subtritted Dear I-&. tllbrechts: Thank you for your request that the State Building Code Council review the City of Rdmonds Amended Ordinance No. 3141, which amends Uniform Fire Code Section 7902.1.7.2.4. The Council reviewed your request at their June 13, 1997, meeting and approved the amendment as it applies to one -try -four unit residential buildings, in accordance rdth ILCW 19.27 and Chapter 51 -04 of the Washington Administrative Code. If you have any questions regarding the Council's notion, please do not hesitate to contact .A1 Rhoades, Uniform Codes: Staff, at (360) 586 -8999. AR:pt Sincerely, -;kn;;L R. , �� �'O'e Mike R. McRnaney Chair Administered by the IDepar9ment of Community, Trade and i 4:*nomic Development DECEIVED APR 2 5 1997 Affidavit of Publication EDMONDS CITY CLERK STATE OF WASHINGTON, ] COUNTY OF SNOHONiISH, ss )r SUMMAYOFORDINANCE NO. 3141 OF THE OF EDMONDS, ASH GTON On the 15th day of April, 1997, the City ouncil of the The undersigned, being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says City of Edmonds. passed Ordinance No. 3141. A sum- , 'mary of the content of said that she is Principal Clerk of THE HERALD, a daily newspaper Iordinance, consisting of the titANprovides ORDINANCEoOF THE printed and published in the City of-Everett, County of Snohomish, CITY OF EDMONDS. WASH- INGTON, AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER and State of Washington; that said newspaper is a newspaper of 19.75 OF THE EDMONDS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT general circulation in said County and State; that said newspaper CODE TO ADD A NEW SEC- TION 19.75.090 TANKS ABANDONED IN PLACE has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior AMENDING AND .THEREBY -REPLACING SUBSECTION Court of Snohomish Count and that the notice ......... ............................... y 7902.1.7.2.4 OF THE 1994 UNIFORM FIRE CODE AND STATE BUILDING CODE, AND FIXING. A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME Summary Of Ordinance NO. 3141 EFFECTIVE........................................ The full text of this ... .............. .................................................... . .................... Ordinance will be mailed upon request. DATED this 17th day of °-......... April, 1997. ................•.•---.......................................---....:................................. ......----------•--- SANDRA S. CHASE City Clerk, Published: April 20, 1997. a printed copy of which is hereunto attached, was published in said newspaper proper and not in supplement form, in the regular and entire edition of said paper on the following days and times, namely: April 20, 1997 .................................................... :................................................................................ ....................................................................................................... ............................... and that said newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of said period. !_ /% , i� .............. ................................. ........... ............. t Principal Clerk Subscribed and sworn to before me this .......... lst da ..........• - - .. 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