Ordinance #12,043

 

ORDINANCE

 

 

STATE OF LOUISIANA                                                                                                   

 

CITY OF MONROE                                                                                                                     NO.  12,043   

 

           

            The following Ordinance was introduced by  Dawson          who moved for its adoption and was seconded by  Ezernack                       :

 

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 15-16 SECTION (A) AND DELETING SUB SECTIONS (1) AND (2), OF CHAPTER 15 ENTITLED “FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION”, OF THE CITY OF MONROE CODE AND FURTHER PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.   

 

            NOW, THEREFORE BE  IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Monroe, LA, in legal and regular session convened, that section 15-16 (A) of Chapter 15, entitled “Fire Prevention and Protection”, of the City of Monroe Code, be and is hereby amended to read the following and delete subsections (1) and (2):

            “Sec, 15-16 Adopted.

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(a) There is hereby adopted for the purposes of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire or explosion, the most current edition of that certain code known as the National Fire Protection Association's Fire Prevention Code and all referenced codes, except such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended by this chapter, and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and from the date on which this section takes effect the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the limits of the city.

(1) The NFPA 1---Fire Prevention Code, 2018 Edition

(2) The NFPA 101---Life Safety Code, 2018 Edition

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             be it further ordained, that this amendment shall become effective immediately upon adoption.

            ordinance introduced on the  9th ___ day of  February _______ 2021.

            notice published on the  12th ___ day of  February _______ 2021.

 

            This Ordinance, having been submitted in writing, introduced, and published, was then submitted to a vote as a whole, the vote thereon being as follows:

 

AYES:           Harvey, Ezernack, Woods, Marshall & Dawson

 

NAYS:          None.

 

ABSENT:     None.

 

And the Ordinance was declared adopted on the  9th       day of  March                    , 2021.

 

                                                                                                           

Douglas Harvey__________________           

CHAIRMAN

 

Carolus S. Riley                     

CITY CLERK

 

Oliver Friday Ellis                 

MAYOR’S APPROVAL

 

                                               

MAYOR’S VETO