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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR82-007 Beaver Creek Metro Uniform Fire Code 19795.R s i �a PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF EAGLE AND STATE OF COLORADO s RESOLUTION j, #A WHEREAS, Beaver Creek Metropolitan District (herein "the District ") is a special district duly organized pursuant to Article I, Title 32, Colorado Revised Statutes, {' as amended, and located within Eagle County, Colorado; and a WHEREAS, by resolution adopted November 18, 1980, the Board of Directors of the District adopted Part I of the District's Fire Safety Rules and Regulations, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A "; and WHEREAS, by resolution adopted April 14, 1981, the Board of Directors of the District adopted Part II of the District's Fire Safety Rules and Regulations; and WHEREAS, by motion adopted April 14, 1981, the following resolution was adopted: i; "RESOLVED that there is hereby adopted for the purpose of providing minimum standards to if safeguard life or limb, health, property, and s public welfare by regulating and controlling j; the design, construction, quality of materials, use and occupancy, location, and maintenance ! of all buildings, structures and utilities within the Beaver Creek Metropolitan District, the Uniform Fire Code, 1979 Edition, published I° by the International Conference of Building Officials, 5360 South Workman Mill Road, Whittier, California 90601 including the National Fire Code, and the Life Safety Code, published by the National Fire Protection Association, 470 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massa- F ; chusetts 02210. "; �a ° and WHEREAS, by motion adopted August 6, 1981, Parts I ii and II of the District's Fire Safety Rules and Regulations „t were readopted as Appendices K and L to the Uniform Fire Code, 1979 Edition, published by the International I Conference of Building Officials; and WHEREAS, by motions adopted October 20, 1981 and February 5, 1982, certain amendments to Part II of the FIRE SAFETY RULES AND REGULATIONS OF BEAVER CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT EAGLE COUNTY, COLORADO EXHIBIT "A" 1. GENERAL - EXPLANATORY MATERIAL 1.1 Scope. These regulations shall be treated and considered as new and comprehensive regulations governing the fire and safety operations and functions of the Beaver Creek Metropolitan District. 1.2 Policy and Purpose. It is hereby declared that the Rules and Regulations hereinafter set forth will serve a public use and are necessary to insure and protect the health, safety, prosperity, security and general welfare of the inhabitants of the Beaver Creek Metropolitan District. 1.3 Definitions. Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used herein shall be as follows: 1.3.1 "Board" and "Board of Directors" means the governing body of the Beaver Creek Metropolitan District. 1.3.2 "Communications System" means the entire communi- cations system provided to each living or commercial unit including the mandatory monitor system and optional cable T.V. and information services and voice communications system. 1.3.3 "Customer" means any person, company, corporation, or public entity, authority or agency compelled to use or connect to District's fire safety system. 1.3.4 "District" means the Beaver Creek Metropolitan District. 1.3.5 "Fire Zone" means a portion of any building or structure for fire monitoring. 1.3.6 "Monitor System" means the minimum system provided to each structural unit within the District, the purpose of which system shall be to detect fires within that unit. 1.3:7 "Structural Unit" means each structure or fire zone within a structure within the District, including but not limited to a condominium unit, hotel room, apartment, residence, public building, municipal building, commercial building, commer- cial space, or commercial unit. 2. OWNERSHIP AND OPERATION OF FACILITIES 2.1 Policy. The District is responsible for the maintenance, repair and replacement of all aspects of the monitor system serving each structural unit. 3. USE OF MONITOR SYSTEM 3.1 Permit. Ne unauthorized person shall make any connection with the monitor system without first obtaining a written permit from the District. 3.2 Protection from Damage. No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenances or equipment which is part of the monitor system. 3.3 Violations of Rules and Regulations. 3.3.1 Any person found to be violating any of the provisions of this Resolution shall be served with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for satisfactory correction thereof. 3.3.2 In the event any person continues any violation beyond the time limit provided above, the District may discontinue the communications system, except the monitor system,upon written notice of at least five (5) days. 3.3.3 Any person violating any of the provisions of this Resolution shall become liable to the District for any expense, loss or damage occasioned by reason of such violation, including any attorney's fees incurred by the District. 4. CONNECTIONS AND SERVICE 4.1 Mandatory System. Eac District shall connect and no structural unit - -- in any way-unless said 4.2 Optional System. Each be required to connect system. h structural unit within the to the District's monitor system, shall be occupied or utilized in unit is connected to such a system. structural unit may, but shall not to the District's communication 4.3 Connections. 4.3.1 owners shall make application therefor in writing to the Secretary of the District setting forth the name and post office address of the owner, the legal description of the owner's structural unit and the services desired by the applicant, whether monitor system only or the entire communications system. 4.3.2 Applications shall be made only in the name of the owner of the structural unit. 4.3.3 A fee as itemized in Appendix A shall accompany each application for connection to the system. These payments shall be made to the Secretary of the District to cover the cost of connection as well as to compensate the District for its previous investment in the system. 4.3.4 upon receipt of said application, together with the required accompanying data, material and fees, the Secretary shall, upon finding the same in order and in accord with this Resolution, grant the application for connection to the system and cause the tap and service connection to be made with the system. 4.3.5 Change in Customer's Equipment or Service. No change in the customer's equipment or service shall be made without the prior approval of the District being first obtained in writing. 4.3.6 Rates and Charges. See Appendix B. The fee schedule may be changed by the Board at any time following notice and hearing. 4.3.7 Billing. Statements shall be rendered to the owner on a monthly basis in advance and may be billed along with charges for use of the system. Regular service charges shall begin when the building is partially ready for occupancy as evidenced by a certificate of occupancy issued by Eagle County. In the event that a building is partially ready for occupancy, only the completed portion shall be assessed the regular service charge. a) Bills will be mailed the same day of each monthly period and shall be pyayble within twenty -five (25) days from the date appearing on the statement. All bills which are not paid within twenty -five (25) days from the date appearing on the statement are delin- quent, and the District shall have the right to assess an interest charge of 2 percent per month on the unpaid balance. b) Communications service including the monitor system may be discontinued by the District, in the event of any delinquency, following hearing and notice. Such hearing shall be held by the District at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors, at which time the customer shall have the opportunity to present evidence of payment to the Board. 4.3.8 Liability for Payment. The structural unit, the property owner and the occupant are deemed equally liable for charges of the District. The District is not bound by any agreements made between landlords and tenants. The District shall bill on a per building basis excepting structural units which are residential multiple living units, and such bill shall be sent to the address of the owner of the building according to the records of the Eagle County Assessor. 4.3.9 Payment of Tap Fees. The District is not bound by agreements between vendors and vendees of structural or commercial units with respect to payment of tap fees. It shall be the responsibility of the vendee to ascertain whether tap fees have been paid by the vendor. Regardless of ownership or of failure of the District to collect tap fees at the time of the issuance of permits or any other act or omission of the District, unpaid tap fees shall constitute a first and perpetual lien which may be foreclosed as provided by the act under which the District was organized. 4.3.10 Property temporarily unoccupied must pay for the monitor system continuously. 5. SERVICE OUTSIDE TIIE DISTRICT. 5.1 The Board may, if it seems advantageous to the District, furnish service to properties located outside the boun- daries of the District, but under no circumstances shall the District construct any facilities at its own expense to serve such properties. 5.2 Charges for service outside the District shall be at the discretion of the Board of Directors, but no service shall be furnished to properties outside the District unless the charge therefor together with charges paid for other out -of- district services, at least equals the cost of service plus the estimated mill levy for which such property would be responsible if it were a part of the District, unless otherwise adjusted by the Board of Directors. 5.3 These Rules and Regulations shall be applicable to all property owners outside the District who are furnished service by the District, and no connection to the District's system shall be permitted until the property owner shall have agreed in writing to abide by the Rules and Regulations; provided, however, that the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may charge a higher connection fee and inspection fee for properties not located within the District. 5.4 In every case where the District furnishes service to properties outside the District, the District reserves the right to discontinue the service when, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, it is for the best interest of the District to do so, and such service shall be considered a revocable license. 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 6.1 Deposit. The District may require at any time from any person using or intending to use the system a cash deposit intended to guarantee payment of said party's charges to the District. 6.2 Other Systems. No person shall connect to any monitor system other than that maintained by the District. 6.3 Other Taxes. The payment of the fees and charges imposed by this Resolution shall not relieve the person paying the same from payment of any other fees, charges or taxes imposed by this Resolution, it being the intent of the Board that said fees and charges prescribed by the various sections or subsections of this Resolution shall be w cumulative except where otherwise specifically provided. 6.4 Civil Actions. The District may recover all sums due by the terms of this Resolution by judgment and execution thereon in a civi.1 action in any court of competent jurisdiction. Such remedy shall be cumulative with all other remedies provided herein for the enforcement of this Resolution. 6.5' Severability. If any section . provision or part of this Resolution shall be held unconstitutional or invalid, the remainder of this Resolution shall continue in full force and effect, it being the legislative intent that this Resolution would have been adopted even if such unconstitutional or invalid matter had not been included herein. 7. RIGHT OF ENTRY. 7.1 Inspections. Whenever necessary to make an inspection E o enforce any resolution, to do any measurement, testing or sampling, or whenever there is reasonable cause to believe there exists in any building or upon any premises within the jurisdiction of the District, a violation of any resolution, any authorized official of the District may, upon presentation of proper credentials, enter such building or premises at any and all reasonable times to inspect the same or perform any duty imposed upon him by resolution; provided that, except in emergency situations, he shall give the occupant, or the owner if there be no occupant, if such owner or occupant can be located after reasonable effort, twenty -four hours written notice of the authorized official's intention to inspect. In the event the occupant, or the owner if there be no occupant, refuses entry, said official is hereby empowered to seek assistance from any court of competent jurisdiction in obtaining such entry. ADOPTED the 161-_ day of Uovernlar��r- 1980. BEAVER CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT BY Chairman ATTEST: Secretary APPENDIX A BEAVER CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT FIRE /SAFETY SYSTEM TAP FEE CALCULATION SIIEET Owner Street Address Lot Block Filing Billing Address Tap Fees (1980, 10% eacalation /year thereafter) Use Lodge Room T.V. Condo Residence T.V. Fire /Zone Security /Zone Energy /Other /Zone No. Fee $100 225 350 250 300 Total 4 _ APPENDIX B BEAVER CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT FIRE /SAFETY SYSTEM SCHEDULE OF RATES AND CHARGES Television Service First T.V. Each Additional T.V. Pay T.V. (minimum service) Pay T.V. (maximum service) Fire Security Energy $11.00 /month 2.75 /month 5.00 /month 9.00 /month 4.50 /zone /month 15.00 /zone /month 4.50 /zone /month FIRE SAFETY REGULATIONS BEAVER CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT PART II Revised 2/5/82 Prepared by: Beaver Creek Fire Board Jay Hosburg, District Fire Protection Tom Hickey, Vail Associates, Inc. David Mott, Beaver Creek Metropolitan District prWv d _ eaver Creek Metropolitan District Eagle County EXHIBIT "B" Introduction The Beaver Creek Metropolitan District is responsible to provide for fire protection in the Beaver Creek Subdivision. As such, it is seeking to fulfill criteria to obtain the maximum fire protection rating for the project. This would not only provide exceptional fire/ life safety protection for the community, but it would also minimize insurance rates. In order to achieve a maximum fire protection rating, the project must demonstrate compliance in four areas: 1. Reliable water system. 2. Adequate fire fighting equipment and manpower. 3. Compliance with building construction codes and inclusion of specific fire /smoke alarms and fire suppression systems. 4. Communications System linking fire /smoke alarms to a central fire fighting dispatch facility. The Beaver Creek Metropolitan District is committed to Items 1, 2 and 4 above. The following regulations and guidelines center around Item 3, plus provisions for connecting to a central communications system. The District hereby establishes the Beaver Creek Fire Board,(here- inafter the Fire Board). The board members shall include District's Fire Chief, and representatives from the Beaver Creek Metropolitan District, and Vail Associates /Risk Management. The Fire Board will -1- meet monthly to review fire protection matters. Any variances from the regulations set forth will require written approval of the Fire Board. Variances shall be allowed only when it is demonstrated that granting of the variance will cause no risk to the public safety and that undue hardship or practical difficulty would otherwise result. Fire Protection /Life Safetv Standards Different criteria may apply to Beaver Creek Fire Protection/ Life Safety on project location. The Village Core (Tract A) is very dense commercial area which must be fully sprinkled, alarmed and monitored. Other locations as a minimum need only comply with building codes, be monitored by the central dispatch facility, and have emergency access' provisions (see paragraph 5), providing they have no commercial function. Buildings within Tract A, and Buildings outside Tract A with commercial functions shall comply with the following criteria. 1. Fire Supression: All portions of all buildings shall be fully sprinklered in accordance with Ordinary Hazard Group 2 of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Pamphlet #13 entitled "Sprinkler ". Electrical control rooms shall conform with at least one of the following standards; a) electrical rooms shall be fully sprinklered with raintight rated electrical equip- ment specified. b) electrical rooms shall have a minimum of -2- 3 hour fire rating. In both applications the following speci- fications shall be included: a. A main disconnect switch (raintight rated) be installed either outside the electrical equipment room, or outside the building. b. A low voltage remote switch installed inside the electrical equipment room near the door, and locally connected to a fixed rate heat detector centrally mounted inside the room. C. All electrical service in excess of 1000 amps. shall provide single phase and ground fault protection. d. A 17 lb. Halon 1211 extinguisher be installed just outside of the door to the electrical equipment room. Protection of areas inappropriate for sprinklering shall be determined by the Fire Board. 2. Fire Fighting System: a. Standpipes: Standpipe systems with hose cabinets shall be installed in compliance with NFPA Pamphlet #14. The standpipes shall be wet or dry depending upon their susceptibility to freezing. b. Portable Fire Extinguishers: Appropriate fire extinguishers shall be installed at locations consistent with NFPA Pamphlet #10. A "break glass" cabinet is required where locations are accessible to the public. C. Commercial Range Hoods: Fixed extinguisher systems shall be installed in all commercial range hoods per NFPA Pamphlet #96. -3- 3. Building Design Codes: All buildings shall comply with the following codes in their most current edition and any other regulations as may be imposed by the local building department and fire marshall. a. Uniform Building Code. b. Uniform Fire Code. C. Uniform Mechanical Code, and more specifically, NFPA Pamphlet #211 in the area of kitchen and head exchanger ducts. d. National Electric Code, NFPA Pamphlet #70. e. Life Safety Code, NFPA Pamphlet #101. f. Air Conditioning and Ventilation Systems, NFPA Pamphlet #90A. 4. Fire Alarm System: a. Central Building Alarm System: All buildings shall include a fully monitored fire detection and annunciation system. Manual, automatic, extinguishing, waterflow alarm and supervisory signaling service shall meet with the NFPA standard 72A, 72C for retrans- mission. An exception to NFPA 72C shall be that standby power will be sized for 24 hour capacity rather than 60. A battery status meter shall be included on the alarm panel. The fire alarm panel shall be capable of individual zone disconnection. Addition- ally, the panel shall be provided with auxilliary dry contacts N/0 to operate in the event of "alarm" and /or "trouble" to notify the central communication system of all conditions monitored by the building alarm system. System type shall be noncoded, continuous ring, zone annunciated. Zoning shall be per floor, per stair access and /or per use area on floor (i.e., kitchen, cafe/ banquet, retail, trash collection points, etc.) for precise Fire Department response as approved by the fire chief. Separate annunciation shall be required for main sprinkler flow, and each supply and return duct system of air handling units over 2000 CFM. The control panel and annunciation panel shall be located as directed by the Fire Department. Central building signaling devices shall be located to be heard at a minimum sound level of 80 db throughout all common areas (including restaurants, clubs and areas of assembly) and in each living unit (including lock -off rooms and hotel rooms). b. Manual Fire Alarms: Manual stations shall be of the double acting type and shall be located per NFPA 101 and installed per NFPA 72A. C. Thermal Detector Applications: Thermal Detectors shall be located in mechanical rooms, commercial kitchens, locker areas, trash chutes and public restrooms. d. Common Area Alarms: System area smoke detectors shall be located in all common areas top of stairs, halls, and shafts (elevator and dumbwaiter). e. Elevator Alarms: Smoke /thermal detectors shall be located in elevator equipment rooms, electric equipment rooms, elevator lobbies, and storage areas opening onto corridors. Elevator lobby detectors shall be located per UBC, powered from the fire alarm control panel and contain an electrical contact (Form C) for elevator return. All thermal detectors and smoke detectors shall be spaced and located per NFPA 72E. f. Dwelling Unit Alarm: Single station smoke detectors having -5-