AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO CLARIFY THE FIRE LIMIT MATERIAL DEFINITION (2008-02-25/O-2)
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill as follows:
Section 1. Article I, Chapter 5 of the Town Code is hereby
amended by replacing the word fireproof with fire-resistant of the existing
language of Section 5-2 to read as follows:
Sec. 5-2. Construction within fire limits.
The area lying within the fire limits of the town shall be
subject to all of the provisions of Chapter 160A Article nineteen, Part 5,
General Statutes of North Carolina, including specifically, but not limited to,
Sections 160A-435 and 160A-436 of said General Statutes, which are incorporated
herein by reference and made a part hereof, and subject to the further
provision that within the fire limits of the town all buildings hereafter
erected shall be of fireproof fire-resistant material,
electrical raceways shall be of noncombustible metallic material or equivalent.
All existing combustible wood shall receive a thorough coating of
fire-resistant paint and no frame or wooden building or wooden shingle roof
shall hereafter be erected, altered, repaired or moved except upon a permit
issued by the town inspections department and approved by the commissioner of
insurance, as provided by state law.
Section 2. This ordinance shall become effective upon adoption.
This the 25th day of February, 2008.