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ROLL CALL NY Salt Lake City,Utah,[1:,.i...G , 195
VOTING Aye Nay
I move that the Ordinance be passed.
Burbidge . . . ,
Christensen +r
Geurts . . '
Romney . . . ✓,
Mr.Chairman AN ORDINANCE
Result .
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 5, of the Revised Ordinances of
Salt Lake City, Utah, 1955, relating to the Uniform Building Code.
Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake
City, Utah:
SECTION 1. That title 5, of the Revised Ordinances of Salt
Lake City, Utah, 1955, relating to the Uniform Building Code, be
and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 5-1-1. The Uniform Building Code, adopted, approved
and issued by the Pacific Coast Building Officials Conference
at the Sixth Annual Meeting on October 18-21, 1927, with re-
visions and editions approved in 1930, 1933, 1937, 1940, 1943,
1946, 1949, 1952 and 1955, together with the revisions, additions
and amendments made thereto and approved by the Active Members
at the Thirty Fifth Annual Business Meetings of the Pacific
Coast Building Officials Conference and published and known as
Uniform Building Code, 1958 Edition, as a code in book form,
three copies of which code have been filed for use and examination
by the public in the office of the Recorder of Salt Lake City,
and which code establishes rules and regulations for the erection,
construction, enlargement, alteration, equipment, use, heights,
area and maintenancemf buildings, and/or structures in the City
cf Salt Lake City providing for the issuance of permits and col-
lections of fees therefor declaring and establishing fire districts,
providing penalties for the violation thereof, and repealing ail
ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict thereto, is hereby
adopted by Salt Lake City as the ordinances, rules and regulations
of said City, together with and subject to the amendments to said
code hereinafter set out; provided, however, that the appendix
C1 to said Uniform Building Code is not adopted; and provided further,
that the fees referred to in Table No. 3A of Section 303 of said
1958 Uniform Building Code, relating to "Building Permit Fees,"
are not adopted, but such fees shall remain as contained in the
1955 Edition of the Uniform Building Code, heretofore adopted by
Title 5 of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1955.
"Sec. 5-1-2. Section 205 of the Uniform Building Code, 1958
Edition, adopted by Section 5-1-1 of these ordinances is hereby
amended to read as follows, to-wit:
"It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, ormorporation to
erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove,
convert or demolish, equip, use, occupy or maintain any building
or structure in the city, or cause the same to be done, contrary
to or in violation of any of the provisions of this code.
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"Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this Code shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such
person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and
every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of
the provisions of this Code is committed, continued or permitted,
and upon conviction of any such violation such persons shall be
punishable by a fine of not more than $299, or by imprisonment
for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
"Sec. 5-1-3. The first and second paragraphs of EXCEPTION
contained in Sec. 1008 of the Uniform Building Code, 1958 Edition,
adopted by Sec. 5-1-1, as amended, be and the same hereby are,
amended to read as follows:
"In Divisions 4 and 5 unit heaters may be installed provided
they are at least eight feet (8') above the floor."
"In any room in which volatile flammable liquids are used or
stored no device generating a glow or flame capable of igniting
gasoline vapor shall be installed or used within eight feet (8')
of the floor."
"Sec. 5-1-4. The third paragraph of Section 1108 of the Uniform
Building Code, 1958 Edition, adopted by Section 5-1-1, as amended,
be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows:
"Devices generating a glow or flame capable of igniting gasoline
vapor shall not be installed or used within eight feet (8') of the
floor in any room in which volatile flammable liquids are used or
stored."
"Sec. 5-1-5. The second paragraph of Section 1208 of the Uniform
Building Code, 1958 Edition, adopted by Section 5-1-1, as amended,
be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows:
"In any room in which volatile flammable liquids are used or
stored, no device generating a glow or flame capable of igniitin
gasoline vapor shall be installed or used within eight feet (8')
of the floor."
'Section 5-1-6. Subparagraph (e) of Section 3702 of the Uniform
Building Code, 1958 Edition, adopted by Section 5-1-1, as amended, be,
and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows:
"(e) HEIGHT. Evdry chimney shall extend at least two feet (2')
above the part of the roof through which it passes and at least two
feet (2') above the highest elevation of any part of the building
within fifteen feet (15') of the chimney. The Building Official may
approve a chimney of lesser height installed with an approved vent
cowl having a spark arrester whose opening shall not be less than six
feet (6') from any part of the building measured horizontally. For
altitudes over two thousand feet (2000') the Building Official shall
be consulted in determining the height of the chimney."
'Sec. 5-1-7. Table No. 37-A, referred to in subparagraph (d) of
Section 3702, of the Uniform Building Code, 1958 Edition, adopted
by Section 5-1-1, as amended, with respect to minimum area of flue
for warm air furnaces or boilers, be, and the same hereby is, amended
to read "90 sq. inches" instead of 70 sq. inches under the heading
"Round," aad to read "i21 sq. inches" instead of 90 sq. inches under
the heading "Rectangle."
"Sec. 5-1-8. Subparagraph (c) 5 of Section 3706 of the Uniform
Building Code, 1958 Edition, adopted by Section 5-1-1 ,as amended,
be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows:
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"5. SIZE. The gravity flue or vent to which the flue or vent
connector is connected shall be of a size not less than the flue
collar on the appliance attached thereto. In no case shall the
area be less than the area of four inch (4") diameter pipe. When
more than one appliance vents into a flue or vent, the flue or
vent area shall be not less than the area of the largest flue
or ventrrconnector plus 75 per cent of the areas of the additional
flue or vent connectors. An oval flue or vent may be used pro-
vided its area is not less than the area of the round pipe for
which it issubstituted. The minimum interior dimension shall be
not less than two inches (2"). Unless specified by the manufacturer
and approved by the Building Official, no damper shall be installed
in any gas vent or flue."
"Sec. 5-1-9. Subparagraph (c) 6 of Section 3706, of the Uniform
Building Code, 1958 Edition, adopted by Section 5-1-1, be, and the
same hereby is repealed.
"Sec. 5-1-10. Subparagraph (c) of Section 3710, of the Uniform
Building Code, 1958 Edition, adopted by Section 5-1-1, as amended,
be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows:
"(c) PITCH. Flue or vent connectors serving appliances other
than water heaters shall have a rise of not less than one inch
(1") to the foot."
"Sec. 5-1-11. Section 3711 of the Uniform Building Code, 1958
Edition, adopted by Section 5-1-1 of these ordinances, is hereby
repealed.
"Sec. 5-1-12. Table 37-B, referred to in Subparagraph 6 of
Section 3712, of the Uniform Bulilding Code, 1958 Edition, adopted
by Section 5-1-1, as amended, be, and the same hereby is, amended
so that the number of gas water heaters referred to in the first
column of said table shall read "3" in each instance instead of
"4."
"Sec. 5-1-13. Section 3806 of the Uniform Building Code, 1958
Edition, adopted by Section 5-1-1, as amended, be, and the same is
hereby amended by adding thereto a new paragraph designated as
Subsection "k" which shall read as follows:
"(k) When building or structures which would otherwise be
required to have wet standpipes are unheated and exposed to freezing
temperatures, gas or powder type extinguishers may be used in lieu
of wet standpipes when approved by the Chief of the Fire Department
as set forth in Section 3808.
"Sec. 5-1-14. That Chapter 51, pertaining to heat producing
appliances, which includes Sections 5101- to 5113, inclusive, of the
Uniform Building Code, 1958 Edition, adopted by Section 5-1-1, of
these ordinances, is hereby repealed and the whole thereof, except
as said sections in said Chapter 51 are referred to by other sections
of said Code as a guide for methods and standards of construction.
"Sec. 5-1-15. Subparagraph M of Section 1109 of the Uniform
B41i1ding Code, 1958 Edition, adopted by Section 5-1-1, as amended,
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(m) Prohibition. The following uses and alterations are not
permitted:
1. Automobile repair work.
2. parking of buses, trucks and similar vehicles.
3. Partial or complete closing of required openings in exterior
walls by tarpaulins or any other means.
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"Sec. 5-1-16. That the Uniform Building Code referred to in
Section 5-1-1 of these ordinances, as amended, by Sections 5-1-2
to 5-1-15, inclusive, together with the several standard codes set
out in said Building Code, three copies of each of said codes being
on file for use and examination by the public in the office of
the Recorder of Salt Lake City, be, and they are hereby adopted
and published by authority of the Board of Commissioners of Salt
Lake City, Utah, and may be cited and designated as the Uniform
Building Code, 1958 Edition."
SECTION 2. In the opinion of the Board of Commissioners of
Salt Lake City it is necessary to the peace, health and safety of the
inhabitants of Salt Lake City that this ordinance become effective
immediately.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its first
publication.
Passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah,
this §th day of May, , 1958.
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BILL NO. of 1958
Published May 9th, 1958
ADM38A
Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF UTAH,
County of Salt Lake ss.
D M Ockey
Being first duly sworn, deposes and says that he is legal advertising
clerk of the DESERET NEWS AND SALT LAKE TELE-
GRAM, a daily (except Sunday) newspaper printed in the Eng-
lish language with general circulation in Utah, and published in
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, in the State of Utah.
That the legal notice of which a copy is attached hereto
Salt Lake City Bill No. 27 of 1958
An Ordinance amending Title 5, relating to the
Uniform Building Code,
was published in said newspaper on" May 9, 1958.
Legal Advertising Clerk —
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th day of
May A.D. 19 58
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Notary Public
My Commission Expires
x1961.
Nov, 27 1
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' AN ORDINANCC''An'[ oilt }, t tl t than d ect
TITLE 5 t the Beak,I n , f2000)th.B ildl Ofi' hha
-of Salt L,ko City. kkih, b no It i - determining g Ine
height of the Tablchimney.
N•'
ilt-li relating to the=ff11t1'ol'lll •Sec.5-1-9. Table No,3'!-A r
6u ie t Codc, Seamed t0 In s bps if,',g Id1 re-
Milt-line
Be t ordained by the Noted $o de 1 5 the Uniform opted
(£ Commissioners f Salt Jake g Code, 1856 Edition. adopted
:ilr,Utah- b s Section t minima amended.d,with
Sue
Si C'd,OIJ I.That tort f the to - r f e
Revised.,Ud f 5It es s
•C t UL t 1955 of g. [hrt. £ t b 1 -
t f 'm B s.ire Cb be i nded t7I cad ch h _b the
the .saran s hereby nmcrtded�oti heading of'10 aq inches tinder the
read a.follows: "121isp. "Round," end o cad
"sCa.5-1-1. The,a ifmint'Bt111'd= 121 sq.inches'instead of 90 s
1 Cad, a nt.d a rj sr!h until th had "Re"'
-' Al f y t P f' C t',A,v I- '
S'-et A I M t' let b r�5-1 9, S l h 1,6
18-2I,t92V h 1 d ea1. f Building
de,1 E 11 U 'f
Simms Ii v d 1 1930 I9 19.9'l, c y Code,19 8,as -d t-
IDYD, 1P,3.l9ah, 1949.11152 and d by 3ectl0n 11, s amended.
1955,together y:ith the Tevislons, be,and the same hereby is,omond-
dditions and amendments made d d followa�
thereto and approved by he Am "t' who sthe re or
flue or
Live Menthol's utm lie Thirty Fifth vent to which the flue or vent con-
five llusi'teals the
Ps E the »ecmr sent tied 'hall be of a
Pacific Coast Building Officials size dot less than the flue eihto,
Confm"edce tl bushed d n the appliance tt;,,ri thereto.
known Vntform 13u11ding COrl e, fn no ca shall t'n a a be -s
for Etli[e a a Ae ni book than mesa of b1„ nth (4")
'foam.three i let of which cod0' diameter pine, ldn i n -than
Save been filed r s and c one appliance vents into rea s
fination by the publicein the f. eat,The One or vent area shall
ve 0P the Recorder of Salt Lake be not less then Ilia area of the
City.an 1 which ode estabit beg largest flue or vent connector phis
Lmiles and regulations for the mice- a per cent of the arras of the
ion,construction.enlargement.al- additional eo Or v connectors,
eusd
terotion.equipment.us,heights, Ao i al eve or vcisno r used
a nA etaintenance f bid ldhrxs aided Its area is not may
flan
nd/or trmielpr7i hi the City Oe the e of ache round pine or
Salt I.aAe Citr nr vl eng for die itch tilt sr dimension
The mini.
issuance of pea Itsdo mil collet. mum Cltier diwonsinc wail he
Lions f fees therefor dec!arhng of les than two rheas ufam
and esMblistlnx ire districts,pr- not
specified ei the a r .
ding penalties for the violation ing is., no
11 the all im
-theretI d r ordi- a. Official, o as vent shall by
and parts o oordinances in Ins See in any gas vent ei Elet
My
mare,Is hereby adopted •'See 5-1-9.n uhuar_serauh(c)6
bye cSalt Lake City as tar midi- f tether 37O6, f the Uniform
and with
wns f Building Code,19,8 Edition,adopt-
mid Ctiv,u togeher nv t and sub- ed by Section 5- I.be,and the
feet m l-e men amnia m Redd oai hereby a 1 aSea.
an nereinati the appe de to said et'Section C ,',1 f the 'Uniform
IUdol rm Bann'Meg Code further,of Su'i 100 S ctlon 5.1 ,vn n,adon,
ao0teal:'and s'rodrd ttite 55e by Section a le a amended.
tint the teat referred to nt Table be. Rd he sin as
no
No.e of oantlon Cod of s rd 19 to era e a to .ail l sfollows: -
Unlform Bu erirS Code,relare of •'tear PIervin Flue is vent c
adopted, a 'sit Feels" r of ii 0 serving appliances Molt have
other
adopted, but such fees are
rion water teatern shell have
sin n contained in the toe o�dde. rise (not less than one inch fi"j
heretofore
to the iinonte I building Code. rite
the Snot.l
heretofore ad mimed by Title f E Sec..5S Il See Lion:.to f the
the Kite.0 Ordinances f Salt Uniform oriented
bg Cade.19v6 Cdi-
Lake City.Uta,11155. • lion,adonted by Section 5-1-1 of
c_5-1-2 Section 205 f the these ordin 1e
ances, is hereby -
Uniform niltlinr,Code.1956 lido- „„l B
these•odinances if h by ereby aimend- f rrSelcI to inl2Subnmag aeh Table 25 rof
ed cad as fo:lO.vs.i Section 3'l12,of the Oinked,Build-
It ah 11 1 f 1 St sg Code ion 1 1amended.8 Edi deoted by
t [m.re- the tsame bhereby - d
COI t wale,'
lumn
copy
a in ot:dn, v ibuilding o •or n said tall chill orthanf 1 each
,1 city, to V Lni(ocinSBu ide arlCodu3Bn956f die-
ofrthis cede.f w ry of the pr reel l.'
( lienadopted.5b I 1
"Any 1 r t' nded b d to ie lacy
-ill n.n an f the'tips ip f b-v oa enti r Si addliig'her'eto a
this Codc shall lie edeemed guilty nes na eraph designated as Sub-
f a misdemeanor,and each.such section rek• which shall read as
Person shall be leaned guilty of follows:
rate Offense for each and res When building orstrut.
evs separate
o tioi thereof dui- turea hick would otherwise be
te'which i'nv uliC f any of eta moaned to have wetstandpipes
ie nrovlsimrs--this cone fan c , re tniheated and e:nose o r
milted. ontinued o mfnuch log tomperatnres, as o powder
and noon conviction nofpo such type extinguishers ohers may be used in
violation s Ir persons .shells be lieu of t tanrtnines s hen ile
'tast bLe ii a ine of not more t by(he Chief of the Fire
itan 4299,m'br fmpriconmen:for �cira anent as set Earth In Sec-
ot m than six n'si ors.or by tivn 980ft.
froth such fine d i first
nri eat S. a�1-14. That Chapter doe
"Sc'.5-R. The flf'st l tl Pertaining to heat r'od4 Sine a
d pa:tg-oohs r ;XCIIP'ITON pposh eel, .hieh tin lodes chaos
lonfamca ht Se..1000 e'the Unl. 5I01 to Sls 3.iu lrisivc,of the i,1ni-
edne a lid hag Cnde. 958 0cc led. farm e0 tiding Code,1938 Editiose
tlon d b'the
5^_c.5.1-1, n,ended, adopted by Section 51-1. f these
as and thread Ria follows: the
are, the-wholee thmenc oe repealed etsacid
'In Dlvlticrz A and 5 :heal- sections in said Chanter 51 are
cis rn'i be installed c -led they
screed to b d :e f sand
fyl eight feet Ili dove st a-a a guide f ic.h d and
tl c tlap standards t to.
Ina in which volatile S a l 1 Subparagraph lhf
e
flammable device
.led orof idine C le,1109In f die Uniform
reel n device arm o a cl lie S t 1_53. oon.adapt,Lenora rind
Pie me home capable'h f i on. Ii by Section d5-1 el ast
f gasoline .n ei let• to hereby amended to read asoFol-
i' 1uteri anenln elgni feet for
(B" c.th'kt, f vial Prohibition.The following001per-
mitted:
'[he third Da r_s- s ird alterations are not per-
anh of Section_7Oft ' the Uni- uses
tom Duli byq Code,:d5n iroitfoas 1. Automobile isen, wo lc.
coin minded,
be 5 the 5 i 1, fl. L.ary hoc of buss.trucks and
brr de(I,be.to the same hwsi molar vehicles.
amended to greadenerating
mellowo: i Partial openings
etc
"Devicese, hl rgiint n slow ore of wale e d m era closing
flame s. �nle io sN1ne walls obi etareafntnsc of an exterior
amer
vapor tt all r i tees ncrtallnd not r
sad wlt�r in ceo feel(wh rf II-'(; n5•91L. 5C de That the UuilSrm
tgtili i which mi bon Buildone Code these
to hr ,as
lati is in
any
liquids air used oito-died.id vtnesetiionanu5r-1-2 to kw slimed';
a�hn_ 5-c_5. The not Para- i'00 in,ado c.together with the
af t n'l.to r the Ihei. several standard Odes se out,in
ire s Rulli'Cng O'- 195g r•;di¢Imn. aid But.dinrt Code.three mini,
'mooted by Satt'o 5-1.1. as a( each of sold codes beingr
nded he,and thesisa hereby file for n d am n by
lt.an mooted to read es fellows. the siublicsen the officelof 1 he Re.
"In v nmin which v iatile corder of Salt Lake City,be,and
tic,rt'.anye
rltnui s red s c herby adopted and pub-
stored, aeyice iotineO tithed are
s0lnoeoty te.Board
glow r flame r sable of i of Commissioners of Salt Lake
co miiea v shall feet instilled City.Utah, and in,be cited and
thscd within eight feet(8')of dmilenated-s the Uniform Build-
etflaar" Inc Cnde. 1958 Edition"
canna 5't-5. Subnarng tomb(el SECTION 2. in the o onion of
"S b
P rlicn ale. c; -Uniil1re, the DO:ued of Commissl onnrs f
adopted Seneti,dr 51JI,a rni il. Sal[Lake City it i i o Y to
ed.lie,ape the e r15y is, inhabitants of health
altnLake Citvf[hat
^-I as fnitoo s_ this mdinunce become effective
mrn�,e}1 F[f:RT_ ve�.v rnim her n dintely.
Jl shall stead at t'' feet irri'ctl ON:{.This ordinance hall
(2, the of oaf take effect 1111011 Ili Rest pubRea-
tipiou.tr oich f 12'ti b mcs and
rthe. t l riled bythe Board hf Comm s-
tf rh M1tiliiln•liyuhof 'loftier e'en£ 'a Of S- eke C'ii Utah,
t this n005 dam May.1958.
ere,5'i of lh=rnlmne.v.The cal ocnne illF.r.F.STEWART.
d n o rmv cµ imnaan Nf
of leis, cell les'nitcd ilia a Hera s g( Hot'enacn
a � dhvent m.It heaths l Lit,Recorder
shark n[stir whose one nn shall 'SEAL)
lot bear Icsa firm sin feet C'1 BILL NO 2'1 0£lIce
from any earl of Ile building _Published May 015,1958 LB 121
a