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Home My WebLink About06-17-1982 Regular Meeting• I4INUTES - REGULAR MEETING OF THE LA PORTE FIRE CODE REVIETV COP~IMITTEE JUNE 17, 1982 ME:IBERS OF THE COM1~'IITTEE PRESENT Jack Owen, Jerry Hodge, Paul Hickenbottom, Delbert i~~alker, Robert Byars, Joe Sease, Al Fields, Mark Williams, James Sitton MEMHERS OF THE COMMITTEE ABSENT: David Paulissen, Ellis Ebarb, Morris Rose, Tom handy 1. The meeting was called to order 2. The minutes of the June 10 meeting were read. P4otion was made by Jerry Hodge, seconded by Robert Byars, to approve the minutes as read. The motion carried. Ayes: All Nays: .None 3. REVIEti9 FIRE. CODE ARTICLE 36 FIRE CODE REVIE'~ CONiIUIITTEE DIVISION 1 GENERAL SEC. 36.1 Fire Code review board established; composition; appointment; term; meetings; duties of board; quorum consti- tuted; filling vacancies. There is hereby established a Fire Code Review Board which shall consist of 9 voting members and 3 ex-officio members. The voting members of the Fire Code Review Board shall be appointed as follows: (1) The councilpersons representing the following districts, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, shall each appoint one (1) member. Said members shall reside in that respective council- person's district. (2) The councilpersons representing the following districts, At Large - Position A and At Large - Position B, shall each appoint one (1) member. Said members shall reside in La Porte. (3) The Mayor shall appoint one (1) member. Said member shall reside in La Porte. The three (3) ex-officio non-voting members shall be: (1) The Fire Chief, or his duly authorized Fire Depart- ..~ent representative. (2) Tire Fire Harshal, or his duly authorized Fire Pre- ven;.~c- ~::rea-~ representative. (3) The Chief Building Official, or his duly authorized • Code Enforcement representative. • Page 2 The chairman and vice-chairman of this board shall be elected by the voting members of the board and shall be voting. members only. The Fire Marshal shall be the Secretary to the Fire Code Review Board. It shall be his duty to post notices of meetings, kee1~ minutes and all correspondence of the Board, or any other duties as may be assigned by the Board. The term of office for the Fire Code Review Board shall be two (2) years in length or until a successor is appointed and qualified. A quorum of the Fire Code Review Board shall be required to hold any meetings. A quorum shall be five (5) voting mem- bers present. The Chairman shall request replacement for any member who has missed three (3) consecutive posted meetings without being excused. Whenever any position on the Board shall become vacant by reason of deatiz, resignation or removal, the Chairman will notify the Mayor of the City of La Porte and appointments shall be made from the proper district for the unexpired term of the member being replaced. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held on the second Thursday of each month to consider variances as required. All other meetings shall be called by the Chairman as deemed neces- sary. The duties of the Fire Code Review Board shall be to consider variances, to interpret the provisions of the fire code, to recommend changes in the fire code, to hear appeals from decisions of the Fire Chief or Fire Marshal. The Fire Code Review Board shall submit an annual report to City Council of actions taken by the Board during the preceding year, together with any recommendations to amend the City of La Porte Fire Code. Niotion was made by Jerry Hodge to accept. Seconded by Al Fields. The motion carried. Ayes: All Nays: None ARTICLE 35 REFERENCE PUBLICATIONS AND DEFINITIONS DIVISION 1 REFERENCE PUBLICATIONS SEC. 35.1 Adoption by reference of certain publications Whenever this code is inapplicab e or any reason to any situation involving the protection of persons and property from the hazards of fire and explosion, the materials, methods of construction, installation, practices, or operations necessary to provide such protection s~iall, to a reasonable degree, be in accordance with nationally recognized and accepted standards, • Page 3 principles and tests and generally recognized and well. established methods of fire prevention and control, as set forth in the following publications by recognized national authorities and technical or scientific organizations, which are adopted by references as part of this code as though set forth therein in full: Association of American Railroads Bureau of Explosives 30 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10007 AAR Circulars 17-D Tank Car Loading Racks, March 30, 1967 17-E Tank Car Loading Racks, March 30, 1967 American Insurance Association 85 John Street, New York, NY 10038 222 W. Adams Street, Chicago, I11. 60606 465 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94104 American National Standards Institute, Inc. 1430 Broadway, New York, NY 10018 15.64 ASA B9.a-1964 Safety Code for Mechanical Refrigeration American Petroleum Institute 1801 K. Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006 API Standards 12-A Specifications for Oil Storage Tanks with Rivited Shells, 1951 12-B Specifications for Bolted Production Tanks, 1958, Supplement 1, 1962 650 Welded Steel Tanks for Oil Storage, 1966, Supple- ment, December, 1973 12-D Specifications for Large Welded Protection Tanks, 1957, Supplement, March, 1965 12-F Specifications for Small Welded Production Tanks, 1968 RP-2000 Venting Atmospheric and Low Pressure Storage Tanks, May 1968 2510 Design and Construction of Liquified Petroleum Gas Installations at Marine and Pipeline Terminals, Natural Gas Processing Plants, Refineries and Tank Farms, 3rd Edition 1970 (ANSI B-138.1, 1972) • • Page 4 American Society of Mechanical Engineers 345 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017 ASME Codes Code for Power Boilers, 1971 Edition Code for Unfired Pressure Vessels, 1971 Edition Americal Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers 345 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017 1967 ASH RAE Handbook of Fundamentals ASHRAE, Guide and Data Books (1) Application, 1971 (2) Equipment, 1972 (3) Systems, 1973 Americal Society for Testing and Materials 1916 Race Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103 ASTM Standards D93-61 Standard Method of Test for Flash Point by Means of the Pensky-Martens Closed Tester (for Flash Point of 175 degrees F. or higher), 1966 D323-68 Standard Method of Test for Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products (Reid Method), 1968 D56-68 Standard Method of Test for Flash Point by Means of the Tag Closed Tester (for Flash Point below 175 degrees F.), 1968 National Fire Protection Association 470 Atlantic Avenue Boston, MA 02110 ANSI A17.1 - 1981 American National Standard Safety Code for elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, and moving walks. The complete 16 volume set of the 1981 N.F.P.A. Fire Codes (National Fire Codes). Motion was made by Delbert Walker to accept. Seconded by Paul Hickenbottom. The motion carried. Ayes: All Nays: None Page 5 ARTICLE 37, DIVISION 1, SECTION 37.1 was discussed. Motion was made by Jerry Hodge, seconded by Joe Sease, to table this Article for further study. The motion carried, 7 ayes and 2 nays. 4. ADJOURNMENT Motion was made by Delbert Tr~alker, seconded by Al Fields, to adjourn. The motion carried and the meeting was duly adjourned at 9:00 P.M. Ayes: All Nays: None The next meeting will be held July 8, 1982. Respectfully submitted: ~~ ~• Paul Hickenbottom Secretary Passed & Approved this the 7th day of P2arch, 1983 Jack Owen, Chairman