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A RESOLUTION ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE,
1964 EDITION, THE TECHNICAL PLUMBING CODE OF THE COLORADO STATE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, AND THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE,
1965 EDITION; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF;
DECLARING AND ESTABLISHING FIRE ZONES; RE-ESTABLISHING THE
BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT OF AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WELD;
REGULATING THE ERECTION, CONSTRUCTION, ENLARGEMENT, ALTERATION,
REPAIR, MOVING, REMOVAL, CONVERSION, DEMOLITION, OCCUPANCY,
EQUIPMENT, USE, HEIGHT, AREA, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL WIRING AND
MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES WITHIN A DESIGNATED PART OF
THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF WELD COUNTY, COLORADO; AND REPEALING
ALL RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT THEREWITH.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF WELD COUNTY,
COLORADO, pursuant to the powers given it by 36 - 15 - 1 to 36 - 15
9, inclusive, of the 1963 Colorado Revised Statutes:
SECTION I. SHORT TITLE. This resolution shall be known and
may be designated as "The Building Code Resolution of Weld County,
Colorado".
SECTION II. BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT.
(A) There is hereby established, re-established and
continued in full force and effect in and for the County of Weld,
the Building Inspection Department. The Board of County Commissioners
shall budget and appropriate such County funds to the Building
Inspection Department as it may deem necessary for the operation of
the department.
(B) The head of the Building Inspection Department shall
be designated the Chief Building Inspector. He shall supervise and
be responsible for all inspection work, including building, plumbing
and electrical.
(C) The Chief Building Inspector is hereby authorized and
directed to enforce and administer all of the provisions of this
resolution, all of the provisions of the Codes adopted hereunder,
the provisions of the County Zoning Resolution, and any other
regulations he is directed to enforce by The Board of County
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Commissioners and the law. For such purposes he shall have the
power of a police officer.
(D) It shall be the duty of the Chief Building Inspector
to have a permanent record kept of all the pertinent transactions
of his office and render a monthly report to the Board of County
Commissioners of all permits issued and fees collected. All fees
collected shall be turned over to the County Treasurer for deposit
in the General Fund of the County of Weld.
SECTION III. SCOPE OF RESOLUTION.
(A) The provisions of this Resolution shall apply to
all the area in the County of Boulder now covered by the Weld County
Zoning Resolution and not embraced within the limits of any
incorporated city or town, except that it shall not apply to any
area not subdivided for building purposes by a plat duly recorded
in the office of the County Clerk and Recorder of the County of
Weld without a petition to the County Commissioners requesting a
Code signed and duly acknowledged by the owner or owners of any
such unsubdivided area.
(B) Owners of land in the area not covered by this
resolution where construction is contemplated may obtain the
inspection services of the Building Inspection Department provided
that they apply for permits and pay the fees prescribed therefor.
(C) Buildings or structures used for the sole purpose
of providing shelter for agricultural implements, farm products,
livestock or poultry where permitted under the existing zoning
regulations shall be exempt from the provisions of this resolution.
(D) No structure, dwelling or building in said designated
area shall be erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered or
remodeled except in compliance with the provisions of this resolution.
Where compliance with the building code is required by this resolution
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the total fee for such building permit shall be as prescribed herein.
(E) Drainage structures. Suitable drainage structures
such as paved gutters, drain inlets and subsurface drain lines
shall be installed where determined necessary by the Chief Build-
ing Inspector to protect against dampness, flooding, erosion, or
other damage by surface water or ground water. Drainage structures
shall be properly connected to adequate outlets which are protected
where necessary by recorded easements.
SECTION IV. CODES ADOPTED BY REFERENCE. For the purpose of
establishing proper regulations for building construction and
for the installation of plumbing and electrical systems, the Codes,
or portions thereof, hereinafter set forth, are hereby adopted and
made a part of this resolution by this reference. Certified copies
of each of the Codes listed herein shall be and are now on file
for use and examination by the public in the Office of the Board
of County Commissioners and of the Chief Building Inspector of the
County of Weld. Copies of said Codes shall be available for sale
to the public through said offices at a price not to exceed the cost
thereof to the County.
(A) BUILDING CODE. The Building Code fait he County of
Weld shall be the 1964 Edition of the Uniform Building Code, as
published by the International Conference of Building Officials,
with the following exceptions:
(1) Delete Sections 201, 202(a), and 204.
(2) Delete all chapters, except Chapter 51, Heat
Producing Appliances, from the Appendix.
(3) Delete Section 1601(a) and substitute therefor
as follows:
FIRE ZONES DEFINED. For the purpose of this Code
there shall be established, within said unincorpor-
ated areas of the County, fire zones in those
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land use districts as heretofore established
under the Weld County Zoning Resolution, in
accordance with the following table:
Fire Zone District
2 Transitional (T); Economic
Development (ED); Business (B);
Commercial (C); Light Industrial
(LI); and General Industrial (GI).
3 Estate Residential (ER); Suburban
Residential (SR); Rural Residen-
tial (RR); Forestry (F);
Agricultural (A); and Multiple -
Family (MF).
(B) PLUMBING CODE. The plumbing Code of Weld County
shall be the Technical Plumbing Code of the Colorado State Depart-
ment of Public Health.
(1) No plumbing system installed in a building or
structure shall be used for the purpose intended
until the required certificate of inspection and
approval has been issued by the Building Inspection
Department. No work shall be concealed until said
work shall have been inspected and written approval
to proceed shall have been given.
(2) Sanitary inspections of septic tanks, leaching
fields, well, etc., shall be made by the Greeley
City - County Health Department.
(C) ELECTRICAL CODE. The Electrical Code of Weld County
shall be the National Electrical Code of the National Fire Protective
Association International, 1965 Edition.
(1) No electrical wiring system shall be used or current
supplied for light, heat or power in a building or
structure until the required certificate of
inspection and approval has been issued by the
Building Inspection Department, except for temporary
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current for a partial installation or for testing
purposes. No work shall be concealed until said
work shall have been inspected and written approval
to proceed shall have been given.
SECTION V. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES.
(A) All references in the aforesaid Codes to "city"
shall mean the County of Weld; to "city council,
mayor, or appointing authority" shall mean the Board
of County Commissioners of the County of Weld; to
"building official, administrative authority or fire
chief" shall mean the Chief Building Inspector of
the County of Weld.
(B) Plumbing and electrical inspections shall be as pre-
scribed by the Chief Building Inspector and shall, in
general, follow the procedures outlined in Section 304
of the Uniform Building Code, 1964 Edition.
(C) Building permit fees and plan -checking fees for
building, plumbing and electrical inspections shall be
as prescribed in Section 303 of the Uniform Building
Code, 1964 Edition, except that the permit fee for non-
residential farm and garden buildings shall be one-
fourth (1) the amount as prescribed by said Uniform
Building Code.
SECTION VI. PENALTY AND ENFORCEMENT. Any person, firm
or corporation, whether as principal, agent, employee or otherwise,
violating any of the provisions of this resolution, or of the Codes
adopted herein, shall be fined any amount not to exceed One Hundred
Dollars ($100.00) for each such violation, such fine to inure to
the County of Weld
shall be deemed a
shall be erected,
used in violation
. Each day during which such violation continues
separate offense. If any building or structure
constructed, reconstructed, altered, maintained or
of any of the provisions of this resolution, or of
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the Codes adopted herein, or amendments thereto, the Board of County
Commissioners by the County Attorney or Assistant County Attorney, or
the District Attorney of Weld County, in addition to other remedies
provided by law, may institute injunction, mandamus, abatement or
other appropriate action or proceeding to prevent, enjoin, abate or
remove such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration,
maintenance or use; and the fine hereinabove provided for may be
recovered in that same civil action wherein such injunction, mandamus
and/or abatement is sought, or separate and distinct proceedings may
be instituted seeking varying forms of relief, as the law may allow.
SECTION VII. LIABILITY. This resolution shall not be
construed as imposing upon the County of Weld any liability or
responsibility for damage resulting from defective building, plumb-
ing or electric work; nor shall the County of Weld, or any official
or employee thereof, be held as assuming any such liability or
responsibility by reason of the inspection
SECTION VIII. CONFLICT. Should
provision of this resolution be in direct,
ciliable conflict with any section, clause
Codes adopted hereunder, the provisions of
prevail.
provision
declared
decision
SECTION IX. VALIDITY.
of this resolution, or
by a Court of competent
shall not affect the validity of this resolution, or of
authorized hereunder.
any section, clause or
immediate and irrecon-
or provision of those
this resolution shall
Should any section, clause or
the Codes adopted thereby, be
jurisdiction to be invalid, such
the Codes adopted thereby,
as a whole, or any part thereof, other
than the part so declared to be invalid.
SECTION X. REPEAL. All resolutions in cliflict herewith
are repealed only insofar as they are inconsistent herewith.
SECTION XI. This resolution shall take effect and be in
force from and after the /4L
day of j -e,44. , 1966.
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Approved and adopted this j7 day of a
Attest:
14.44,11
Deputy C<< ri'y Ck k
, 1966.
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF THE COUNTY OF WELD
Filed for record in the office of the Weld County Clerk and Recorder
this
day of , 1966 at o'clock M.
County Clerk
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