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BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
A Resolution Approving the Deschutes
County Rural Fire Protection District #2's
Adoption of Ordinance No. 07-1.
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* RESOLUTION NO. 2007-115
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WHEREAS, the Deschutes County Rural Fire Protection District #2 (the "District") has
adopted pursuant to ORS 478.910, a fire protection code based on the 2004 Oregon Fire Code, as
Ordinance No. 2007-01; and
WHEREAS, the District has, pursuant to ORS 478.910, adopted the new Oregon Fire Code
prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire, hazardous
materials or explosion; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with ORS 478.924, the District has submitted Ordinance No. 2007-
01 to the Board of County Commissioners of Deschutes County for approval; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES
COUNTY, OREGON, as follows:
Section 1. That Deschutes County Rural Fire Protection District #2 Ordinance No. 2007-01,
attached hereto as Exhibit A is hereby approved.
DATED this of 007.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF DESCHUTES COJVNTY, OREGON
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ATTEST: D
Recording Secretary T
PAGE 1 OF 1— RESOLUTION NO. 2007-115 (08/01/07)
, Chair
LUKE, Vice Chair
ORDINANCE NO. 07-1
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE NEW 2007 OREGON FIRE CODE
PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO
LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM FIRE, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OR EXPLOSION.
THE DESCHUTES COUNTY RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT #2 DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. ADOPTION OF 2007 OREGON FIRE CODE.
There is hereby adopted by the Deschutes County Rural Fire Protection District 92 for the
purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property
from fire, hazardous materials or explosion, that certain Code known as the 2007 Oregon
Fire Code, including Appendices B, C, D, H, I and L.
Section 2. DEFINITIONS
2.1 Wherever the word "jurisdiction" is used in the 2007 Oregon Fire Code, it is
Deschutes County Rural Fire Protection District 42, Oregon.
2.2 The title "Fire Code Official," when used to designate the person responsible for
enforcement of the 2007 Oregon Fire Code, shall mean the Fire Chief or other designated
authority or duly authorized representative charged with administration and enforcement
of the code.
Section 3. DIVISION OF FIRE PREVENTION
3.1 GENERAL. The division of fire prevention is established within the jurisdiction
under the direction of the fire code official. The function of the division shall be the
implementation, administration and enforcement of the provisions of this ordinance.
3.2 DEPUTIES. In accordance with prescribed procedures of this jurisdiction and with
the concurrence of the appointing authority, the fire code official shall have the
authority to appoint a deputy fire code official, other related technical officers,
inspectors and other employees.
3.3 LIABILITY. The Fire Code Official, officer, employee or other person shall not be
rendered liable personally, shall be immune from all personal liability, and shall be
defended and indemnified by the jurisdiction, from and against all personal liability
for any damages or claim for damages to persons or property resulting from any act
or omission required or permitted in the discharge of the jurisdiction's official duties
or performed within the scope of the jurisdiction's official duties.
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Section 4. ESTABLISHMENTS OF LIMITS OF DISTRICTS WHICH STORAGE OF
FLAMMABLE OR COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS IN OUTSIDE ABOVEGROUND
TANKS IS PROHIBITED.
The limits referred to in Tables 2703.1.1 (1-4) of the 2007 Oregon Fire Code in which
the storage of flammable or combustible liquids is restricted are hereby established as
follows: Within the boundaries of Deschutes County Rural Fire Protection District #2.
Exception #1 — General Industrial Zones in approved tanks that are not in heavily
populated or congested areas. Exception #2 — Light Industrial Zones in an approved tank
with an individual capacity of 3,000 gallons and an aggregate capacity of 6,000 gallons
on each property. Exception #3 — Combustible liquids in approved tanks not greater than
550 gallons solely used for heating. Exception #4 — Flammable and Combustible liquids
in approved tanks solely used for emergency equipment not exceeding the amounts
prescribed in Chapter 6 of the 2007 Oregon Fire Code. Exception #5 — Flammable and
Combustible liquids in approved tanks not exceeding 1,000 gallons in business areas not
heavily populated or congested.
Section 5. ESTABLISHMENTS OF LIMITS IN WHICH STORAGE OF LIQUEFIED
PETROLEUM GASES IS PROHIBITED.
The limits referred to in Section 3801.3 of the 2007 Oregon Fire Code, in which storage
of liquefied petroleum gas is restricted, are hereby established as follows: Within the
boundaries of Deschutes County Rural Fire Protection District #2. Exception #1 -
General Industrial Zones not heavily populated or congested.
Section 6. ESTABLISHMENTS OF LIMITS OF DISTRICTS IN WHICH STORAGE
OF EXPLOSIVES IS TO BE PROHIBITED.
Storage of Mass -detonating explosives as defined in Section 3301.8.1.1 of the 2007
Oregon Fire Code is prohibited within the boundaries of Deschutes County Rural Fire
Protection District #2. Exception #1 - Limited amounts of Mass -detonating and
Nonmass-detonating explosives as defined in Section 3301.8.1 through Section 3301.8.3
of the 2007 Oregon Fire Code may be allowed in areas that are not heavily populated or
congested with approval of the Fire Code Official when stored and used within the scope
of nationally recognized standards.
Section 7. ESTABLISHMENTS OF LIMITS OF DISTRICTS IN WHICH THE
STORAGE OF COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS IS TO PROHIBITED.
The limits referred to in Section 3004 of the 2007 Oregon Fire Code, in which the
storage of compressed natural gas storage is prohibited, are hereby established as follows:
Within the boundaries of Deschutes County Rural Fire Protection District #2. Exce tp ion
#1 - General Industrial Zones not heavily populated or congested.
Section 8. ESTABLISHMENTS OF LIMITS OF DISTRICTS IN WHICH THE
STORAGE OF STATIONARY TANKS OF FLAMMABLE CRYOGEN FLUIDS ARE
TO BE PROHIBITED.
The limits referred to in Section 3204 of the 2007 Oregon Fire Code in which the storage
of flammable cryogen fluids in stationary containers is prohibited are hereby established
as follows: Within the boundaries of Deschutes County Rural Fire Protection District #2.
Exception #1 - General Industrial Zones not heavily populated or congested.
Section 9. ESTABLISHMENTS OF LIMITS OF DISTRICTS IN WHICH THE
STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IS TO BE PROHIBITED OR LIMITED.
The limits referred to in Section 2703 of the 2007 Oregon Fire Code, in which the
storage of hazardous materials is prohibited or limited is hereby established as follows:
Within the boundaries of Deschutes County Rural Fire Protection District #2. Exception
#1 - Light Industrial and General Industrial Zones not heavily populated or congested.
Exception #2 - Limited amounts of hazardous materials may be approved by the Fire
Code Official within Commercial areas not heavily populated or congested when stored
and used within the scope of nationally recognized standards.
Section 10. AMENDMENTS TO THE 2007 OREGON FIRE CODE.
The 2007 Oregon Fire Code is amended and changed in the following respects:
(1) Appendix B Section B 104.2 Area Separation. Portions of buildings which are
separated by one or more four-hour area separation walls constructed in accordance
with the Oregon Structural Specialty Code, without openings and provided with a 30 -
inch parapet, are allowed to be considered as separate fire flow calculation areas.
Section 11. APPEALS.
Whenever the Fire Code Official disapproves an application or refuses to grant a permit
applied for, or when it is claimed that the provisions of the code do not apply or that the
true intent and meaning of the code have been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the
applicant may appeal from the decision of the Fire Code Official to the regional appeal
advisory board established under ORS 476.113 to 476.115 in addition to following the
procedures as described in ORS 479.180 within ten (10) days from the date of the
decision appealed.
Section 12. PENALTIES.
12.1 Any person who violates any of the provisions of the 2007 Oregon Fire Code as
adopted and amended herein or fails to comply therewith, or who violates or fails to
comply with any order made thereunder, or who builds in violation of any detailed
statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder, or any
certificate or permit issued thereunder, and from which no appeal has been taken, or
who fails to comply with such order as affirmed and modified by the regional
appeals advisory board or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the required
time, shall severally for each and every violation and noncompliance, respectively,
be guilty of a Class "A" infraction, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.
The imposition of a penalty for any violation shall not excuse prior or subsequent
violations or defects, and DCRFPD#2 shall not thereby waive the right to impose
penalties for prior or subsequent penalties. Unless otherwise specified, each day that
prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.
12.2 The application of the above penalty is in addition to other remedies available to the
Deschutes County Rural Fire Protection District #2 including but not limited to the
enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
Section 13. REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES.
All former ordinances of parts thereof conflicting or inconsistent with the provisions of
this ordinance or of the 2007 Oregon Fire Code as adopted and amended herein are
hereby repealed.
Section 14. VALIDITY.
The City of Bend hereby declares that should any section, paragraph, sentence or word of
this ordinance or of the 2007 Oregon Fire Code as adopted and amended herein be
declared for any reason to be invalid, it is the intent of the Deschutes County Rural Fire
Protection District #2 Board of Directors that it would have passed all other portions of
this ordinance independent of the elimination herefrom of any such portion as may be
declared invalid.