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Ordinance No. 81-50 CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON 1 ORDINANCE No. 81- f6 F AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A FIRE PREVENTION CODE FOR THOSE AREAS OF TIGARD NOT WITHIN WASHINGTON COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT NO. 1 i` The City of Tigard has been approached by the Tualatin Rural Fire Protection District to adopt its Fire Protection Code, the ordinance attached hereto, marked Exhibit "A" and by this reference made a part hereof, as if fully set forth. The City Council has determined that the adoption of such an ordinance is appropriate for the protection of the public health, safety and General welfare of the Citizens of Tigard. ORS 197.003 to 197.030 and State-wide Planning Goals 2 and 11 authorize and provide for agreements to enforce fire protection codes. Most of Tigard is also within the Tualatin Rural Fire Protec- tion District; however, a portion of Tigard is within the boundaries of Washington County Fire District No. 1, which has an ordinance similar to that presented to the Council by the Tualatin Rural Fire Protection District, attached as Exhibit "A". The City of Tigard is concerned with the appeals process in ' the proposed ordinance and desires to work with the Tualatin Rural Fire Protection District to come up with a process more like that of Washington Fire District No. 1 over the next year. The City does not wish, however, to prevent the Tualatin Rural Fire Protec- tion District from receiving an exemption from the State Fire Marshal under ORS 476.030(4) . NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Tigard ordains as follows: Section 1: The Tualati:: Rural Fire Protection District ordinance entitled as follows: "An ordinance adopting a fire prevention code for Tualatin Rural Fire Protection District, prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire or explosion and providing for administration and enforcement thereof, establishing a Bureau of Fire Preven- tion, providing officers therefor and defining their duties and powers and rather pertinent provisions." , attached hereto as Exhibit "A", is hereby adopted as an ordinance for the City of Tigard. Section 2: Section 1 shall apply only to those areas of Tigard wh_ic_i are not within -the boundaries of Washington County Fire District No. 1. In those areas of Tigard within the boundaries k ORDINANCE No. J''0 Page 1 of 2 i f; of Washington County Fire District No. 1, Tigard Ordinance 81-01 shall continue to apply. Section 3: The provisions of this ordinance shall expire 12 :01 a.m. on July 1, 1982, unless the Tigard City Council, by ordinance, declares otherwise. Section 4: The City Administrator is authorized and directed to Feet wi h representatives of the Tualatin Rural Fire Protection District and other appropriate public and private persons to recom- mend to this Council and to the District' s Board of Directors, an appeals process in lieu of that provided in Section XI of the District ordinance, adopted by the City of Tigard through this ordinance. Section 5: The Board of Directors of the Tualatin Rural Fire Pro- tection n District is hereby delegated the authority to adopt rules and regulations pursuant to ORS 198.510 to 198.600 and ORS 478.910 to 478.940 to carry out the provisions of this ordinance. Section 6: Inasmuch as it is necessary for the peace, health and safety of the people of the City of Tigard that this ordinance become effective immediately, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this ordinance shall be effective upon its passage by the Council, and approval by the Mayor. PASSED: By vote of the City Council this- .12 day of June,,, Retarder City of gard APPROVED: This g_�day of June, 1981. -- City of-Tigard Cocen C t : k ORDINANCE NO. 81 .� Page 2 of 2 a EXHIBIT "A" TUA.LAT iN RURAL FIRE PROTECTION_DISTRICT ,q;`ICE ";DCPTING A FIRE PREVc!lTiON CODS r 1R T��ALATIi: PROTECTION DISTRICT PRESCRIBING RLGULATIONS G: ; '' E;( t-''G CONDITIONS HAZARDGUS TO LIFE AND FRuPERTY FROM ; E,KOSION AND PROVIDING FOR ADI'lINiSTRr7ATION AND hl '•EI.!T TgrREOF, ESTABLISHING A 51JREAU OF FIRE PREVEiv- "7,OVTDiPIG f ,CI r i T�ii REFOR A^;D Ci I- I i[';a THEIR DUI Ai;!) 001.1ERS AND OTHER PERTINENT PROVISIONS. due investigation and consideration, the Board of Directors of it 'll� , :1::'a1 Fire Protection District is of die opinion and belief that a re„ E� Pra_;ention Code is necessary to meet the need> of the .ire district to fire prevention and protectio r services; alld l.�l � ,- .S �i;e Board of Directors desires and intends to develop, adopt, and ake of rules and regulations which provida the most effective and efficient fire m N,^o, i;,;, _Iai prevention services for the residents and the pr'oper^ty within the ireL a,id ern:-nc rt,� a and of Directors, niirczijanr �n ORS 198.510 M Oi:S 190,600 and ower and authority to adopt a Fire Prevention ORS 478,910 to ORS 478.940, has the p Code . TNEn;_FORE, the Board of Directors of Tualatin Rural Fire P,^atection ;,i in both Washington and Clackaiia.s Counties, Oregon, in order to adopt : Fire P, a:ren.ticn Cede , does HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: ADOPTION OF UNiFORM CODES ' '97i r The ;_ J edition of the Uniform Fire Code, together with the 197 Uni- form Fir , ^•^�!;_ Standards, as developed by the International Conference of 8uiiding Ofri isi ;ai the Western Fire Chiefs Association, and as amended and adopted by the Oreg S•- r,� Fire Marshal , and the whole they^eof. save and exsect for portions .t5 arr deleted, methfied or amended by this Fire Prevention Code, is (b; The i?79 edition of the Uniform P�1ilding Code, as developed by the I;;t 1? Conference of Building Officials, and as amended and adopted by UP- 0 <7:,n State Fire Marshal and the Oregon State Department of Ccs�vrce as the Stara w J,r a-,qc,i Structural Specialty Code and Fire and'Li fe Safety C,-d. and the wL?e th�;w;�f, savr-_ and except for portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified ov, �i � ;d� , b,, -:his- Fire Prevention Code, is hereby adopted. } T1a 1979 edition of the Unifcrrn Mechanical Code, as dAveloped by the n-tr r ` cal Conference of Building Officials, and as amended and adopted by the Ore,^_i St.ate Finn Marshal and the Oregon State Deoart.iient of Commerce as the State of 0 on 11?chanical Specialty Code and Mechanical Fire and Life Safety Code, and tn'2 r;s0R to " 'c`, save and except for portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified 4r w'. .�,.(l 1 J % s i Fire P;'EVP.nil Orl Codes, is ham:^F'r'y dd0 ,ipd. + !•r t(':iAI T i J.�+.1 L'J :... ' 11a.{t llliJ „TAri✓Al,li..i Tt,a l0;>c11 F1 r �fP'V�t}t1 On Assocl atl on Na�1 Qnal Fire Co4e, 1920 ed I tio;l, 11;1 t1 _a i;l lu rh sixteen, and the ',;sole thereof, save and except for portions .f as a re ;i' Eio.i?i r deleted, modified, or, airrarjded by this Fire Pr evar"lt)n Cede, TS herein c.)-s dui^_d `o be, and shall be used as, the gerefai iy dccep ,t�d minimum 5td,iC?',^d f). she protection of li;�' and pru ert}� agdinst f??'C', as p,;: ORS 470.12�1, { 1 . The National Fire Code shall be applicable only in the following situations E or under the following circumstances: t l a. Wherein the circumstance or situation in question is not defined, specified, or found by or in the Uniform Fire Code, Uniform Building Code or Uniform Mechanical Code. G b. Wherein this Fire Prevention Code specifically states that the National Fire Code is applicable, to the exclusion of contradic- tory provisions of the Uniform Fire Code, Uniform Building Coda } or Uniform Mechanical Code. f 2. Wlherein a conflict or contradiction may exist between the National Fire Code, and the Uniform Fire Code, the Uniform Building Code or the Uniform Mechanical Code, and wherein this Fire Prevention Code does not 4 specifically state otherwise, the Uniform Fire Code, the Uniform Building i Code or the Uniform Mechanical Code, shall be applied to the exclusion of the contradictory or conflicting portion of the National Fire Code. SECTION III - DEFINITIONS Definitions set forth in the State of Oregon Structural Specialty Code and Fire and Life Safety Code, the State of Oregon Mechanical Specialty Code and Mechanical Fire and Life Safety Code, the Uniform Fire Code, and the National Fire Code, are hereby adopted save and except for the folloWing: (a) Whenever "jurisdiction" or any other term indicating a specific govern- mental body is used in the Codes adopted herein, it shall be held to mean the Tuala- tin Rural Fire Protection District; r (b) Wherever the term "corporation counsel" or "city attorney" is used in the Codes adopted herein, it shall be held to mean the attorney for Tualatin Rural Fire Protection District, the appropriate City Attorney, or the appropriate County District Attorney, whichever is deemed to be suitable by the Fire Chief; (c) Wherever the terms "Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention", "Fire Marshal ", "Fire Prevention Engineer", or "State Fir Marshal", are used in the Codes adopted herein, they shall be held to mean the Fire Marshal of Tualatin Rural Fire Protection District or his authorized representative ; (d) Wherever the term "Board of County Commissioners" is used in the Codes adopted herein, it shall be held to mean the Board of Directors of Tualatin Rural Fire Protection District; (e) Wherever the term "Administrator" or "Director" is used in the Uniform Fire Code adopted herein, it shall be held to mean the Fire Chief of Tualatin Rural Fire Protection District or his authorized representative. SECTION IV - ESTABLISHMENT AND DUTIES OF BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTIrN (a) The Fire Prevention Code shall be enforced by the Bureau of Fire Prevention of the Tualatin Rural Fire Protection District v;hich is hl-reby estab- lished and which shall be operated under the supervision of the Chief of the fire department, (b) The Fire Marshal in charge of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall be appointed by the Chief of Tualatin Rural Fire Protection District on the basis of examination to determine his qualifications. (c) The Chief of the fire department may detail such me ,bars or the fire department as Inspectors as shall from time to time be necessary. ,...�„"-„tea,.._..._._. ..._.....-.�_..,._...__..._...- ._.._......_...-.__.._...�.......--.._.......... _._ ._..._._.... - ........... F.�.�._...�...........»..........+•-.ww.....a�._w,-.,.m...�.,..�•s.., (d) The Chief of the fire department shall recommend to the Board of { Directors of Tualatin Rural Fire Protection District the employment of Technical Inspectors, who, when such authorization is made, shall be selected through an examination to determine their fitness for, the position. SECTION V - ESTABLISHMENT OF LIMITS OF DISTRICTS IN WHICH STORAGE OF I FLAMMABLE OR COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS IN OUTSIDE ABOVEGROUND TANKS IS TO BE PROHIBITED The limits referred to in the Codes adopted herein in which storage of (a) r flammable or combustible liquids in outside aboveground tanks is prohibited are hereby established as all areas except those zoned agricultural . f (b) The limits referred to in the Codes adopted herein in which new bulk d plants for flammable or combustible liquids are prohibited, are hereby established as all areas except those zoned agricultural and industrial . SECTION VI - ESTABLISHMENT OF LIMITS IN WHICH BULK STORAGE OF LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GASES IS TO BE RESTRICTED The limits referred to in the Codes adopted herein in which bulk storage of liquified petroleum gas is restricted, are hereby established as all areas except those zoned agricultural and industrial . r SECTION VII - ESTABLISHMENT OF LIMITS OF DISTRICT IN WHICH STORAGE OF EXPLO- SIVES AND BLASTING AGENTS ARE TO BE PROHIBITED The limits referred to in the Codes adopted herein in which storage of explosives , and blasting agents is prohibited are hereby established as all areas excep-t'; those zoned agricultural and industrial . ; r: SECTION VIII - FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY PLAN REVIEW i. (a) The City or County Building Department, of a city or county located within Tualatin Rural Fire District, upon receipt of a building permit applica- tion for building, structure, or facility located within said fire district, a, including but not limited to those buildings, structures, or facilities as set forth by ORS 476.030 (b) and (c), shall advise the applicant that said fire district requires and will make a Fire and Life Safety Pian Review prior to the issuance r of the building permit. (b) The applicant must provide to the fire district two (2) complete sets of building plans. ` (c) The fire district will provide a written copy of the completed Fire ; and Life Safety Plan Review to the applicant, the City or County, and any ¢ other interested parties. (d) The fire district will cooperate with the City or County Building , Department in making special, cover, final , and any other necessary inspections insofar as determining and insuring compliance with this Fire Prevention Code. (e) The fire district will provide to the City or County Building Department M1copies of all relevant written communications made between the fire district and third parties insofar as compliance, or lack thereof, with this Fire Prevention Code. } SECTION IV - INSPECTIONS REQUIRED 1 The Fire Marshal shall inspect, Of cause to be inspected, all premises, including but not limited to those as set forth by ORS 476.030 (b) and (c), on a periodic basis and shall make such orders as may be necessary for enforce- ment of Tualatin Rural Fire Protection District's Fire Prevention Code as t adopted herein. SECTION X - ENFORCC.MENT Certain designated members of pile Fire Prevention Division shall act, as enforce- men'_ officers; authority to issue citations in lieu of arrest for violations of this Fire Prevention Code shall be obtained from the appropriate City or County authori ties and such citations issued shall follow such procedures as set forth by the appropriate Courts, City and Countl officials. SECTION XI - APPEALS (a) ESTABLISHiENT OF BOARD. A Fire Code Advisory and Appeals Board is hereby established. (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF BOARD CONDITIONED UPON "EXEMIPTION". Should TRFPD become exempt from fire laves of the State Fire Marshal as per ORS 476.030(4), the Fire Code Advisory and Appeals Board will generally conform to the require- ments of ORS 476.113(2) and (QRS 475.115 as modified and set forth herein (to include Sections 16.30 to 16.60). (c) BOARD MEMBER QUALIFICATIONS. The Fire Code Advisory and Appeals Board (hereinafter called the "Board") shall consist of three regular members and three or more alternate members appointed by the Chief of TRFPD. A member or alternate member of the Board shall i,eceive no compensation for his services as a member; but he shall receive his actual and necessary travel and other expenses incurred in the performance of his duties as a Board member. All such appointed members shall be persons qualified by experience and training. At least one member of the Board shall be a qualified architect who has practiced his profession for at least tufo years. Appointments shall be .rade for three-year terms. Any member may be removed by the Chief of TR!=Fi.- for causc. upon the death, resignation or removal of any member, a successor shall be appointed by the Chief of TRFPD to serve the balance of the unexpired term. Nlo member of the Board shall sit in a case in which he is interested and if any such case comes before the Board, an alternate shall act in his place. (d) DUTIES OF BOARD. The Fire Cole Advisory and Appeals Board shall : 1 . Elect a Chairman to whom referral of any matter by the Chief of TRFPD shall be effective as to,all Board members, and who shall call and preside over meeting. 2. Conside— and make rero ,len- dations to the Chief of TRFPD concerning any application for adjustment or variance referred to the Beard by the Chief within 15 days after such referral . With relation to the referred matter the Board may hold a hearing and receive testimony. ' -5- k 3. Hear and consider, and make recommendations to the Chief con- cerning any appeal from an order, within 15 days after referral of such ' appeal to the Board by the Chief. Such recommendations shall be accom- panied by the same summaries and evidentiary matter as in the case of an application for adjustment of variance referred to the Board. 4. Make recommendations to the Chief concerning any matter referred to the Board by the Chief or considered by the Board on its own motion, relating to fire prevention, protection from fire or other safety measures. (e) DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL TO ASSIST BOARD. At the time of each Appeals ' Board meeting a TRFPD Deputy Fire Marshal shall submit, to the Board a report containing the pertinent facts and the manner in which the statutes, ordinances, and regulations apply to the case in point. 3 (f) APPEAL FROM ORDER TO COMPLY WITH FIRE PREVENTION STATUTES, PROCEDURES. The 1979 edition, State of Oregon Structural Specialty Code and Fire and Life Safety Code of the Uniform Building Code, Section 204 (f) --• "Appeal from order to comply with fire prevention statutes", shall be applicable as modified and set forth herein. 1. If the owner, lessee, agent or occupant deems himself aggrieved by the order of an officer under the provision of ORS 476.030, 479.020 to 479.130, 479.170, 479.210 to 479.220,480.122 to 480.170, 480.330, 480.340, 480.420 to 480.434 or 430.450 and desires a hearing, he may complain or appeal in writing to the Chief of TRFPD -within 10 days from the service of the order. The complaint or appeal shall set forth the' specific ground of the complaint and no other ground shall be considered thereafter. The Chief may refer the complaint or appeal to the board by notifying the Chairman of that Board and sending a copy of i the notice to the complainant or appellant. The Board shall fix a time for hearing and notify the complainant or appellant of the time and place thereof which shall be within 15 days after such referral by the Chief. If he does not refer the matter to the Board, the Chief shall fix a time and place, not less than 5 and not more than 10 days thereafter, when and where the complaint or appeal will be heard by him. Within 10 days after receiving a recommendation from the Board, or if no referral , was made to the Board, within 10 days afterthe hearing before him, he may affirm, modify, revoke or vacate the order complained of or appealed from. Unless the order is modified, revoked, or vacated by the Chief of TRFPD, it shall remain in force and be complied with by the owner, lessee, agent or occupant, within the time- fixed in 1.hc order or 4 fixed by the Chief. If the Chief vacates or revokes the order com- plained of or appealed from, or modifies it in any particular other than extending time for compliance, the fee paid with the complaint or appeal shall be refunded. Otherwise, it shall be kept by TRFPD. 2. If the complainant or appellant under subsection one of this section is aggrieved by the final order of the Chief, and if such order necessi- tates the expenditure of money or involves statutory interpretation, he may, within 10 days thereafter, appeal to the circuit court of the county in which the property is situated, notifying the Chief of the appeal within 10 days thereafter . The notice shall be in writing and delivered per- -6- sonally or by registered letter. • In the case of an appeal involvina an ori+-r under ORS 47Q.170. the circuit court shall hear ana determine the appeal within 10 days after the date' of filing the same. 3. The Chief of TRFPb shall make or have made, a certified summary of the proceedings at the hearing before the Board, or before him, and together with all the evidentiary matter filed in his office or pre- sented to the Board, transmit them to the circuit court at least 3 days prior to the date fixed by the court for hearing when it shall be tried de novo. (ORS 447.230 (g) APPEALS SHOULD TRFPD NOT BECOME EXEMPT AS PER ORS 476..030(4). Should Tualatin Rural Fire Protection District not become exempt from fire laws of the State Fire Marshal as per ORS 476.030(4), Section XI shall not apply. SECTION XII - NEW MATERIALS, PROCESSES OR OCCUPANCIES WHICH MAY REQUIRE PERMITS The Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief, and the Fire Marshal shall act as a committee to determine and specify, after giving affected persons an oppor- tunity to be heard, any new materials, processes, or occupancies which shall require permits in addition to those now enumerated in said Code. The Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall post such list in a conspicuous place in his office and distribute copies to interested persons. SECTION XIII - AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFORM FIRE CODE The Uniform Fire Code is herein deleted, modified, or amended as follows: A. Amend Section 10.301 (c) to read: An approved water supply capable of supplying required fire flow for x fire protection shall be provided to all premises upon which build- ings or portions of buildings are hereafter constructed. and to all mobile s home parks. When any portion of the building protected is in excess of 250 feet from a water supply on a public street, there shall be pro- vided, when required by the Chief, on-site fire hydrants and mains capable of supplying the required fire flow. Water_supply may consist of reservoirs, pressure tanks, dlevated tanks, water mains or other fixed system capable of supplying their required fire flow. In setting the requirements for fire flow, the Chief may be guided by 1975 NFPA 20, 22, 24, 1231 , and their appendices. The location, number and type of fire hydrants connected to a water supply capable of delivering the required fire flow shall be provided ::` ,.,' ,. ,.: - ,..,w..:w...... .......a.—.._._�..,.:...�+u.......,.:....u.....:w_..:.:.>..<.».s........c�.:...:,.�+r.ia..�:.�:re,..:...,.....�..,,.....-a-...._...:,»:,..,.:+.:c_.,-.-' -- �- -«esnw..-....... ., _ - -7- on the public street or on the site of the premises to be protected as required and approved by the Chief, All hydrants shall be accessible to the fire department apparatus by roadways meeting the requirements of Section 10.207. B. Amend Section 10.302(b) to read: (b) Testing and maintenance of automatic sprinkler equipment. 1 . The building owner and building occupant(s) shall be responsible to assure that automatic sprinklers are being tested and maintained in accordance with NFPA Standard 13-1978 edition and NFPA Standard 13-A-1978 edition. C. Amend Section 10.308 (d) to read: Standards. Fire-extinguishing systems shall comply with Uniform ouilding Code Standards Nos. 38-1 , 38-2, and 38-3 or the Fire Marshal may require National Fire Protection Association Standard No. 13- 1978 edition, Chapters 1 through 8 and Appendices A,B,C,D, and E. D. The following amendments, additions, and deletions to the Uniform Fire Code, Section 10.309, are adopted and included within this Fire Prevention Code, and such changes, together with the remaining unchanged portions of said Uniform Fire Code, Section 10.309, shall be adopted, known, and enforced as the: "ordinance for Built- in Fire Protection". E. Amend Section 49.109 (b) to read: - (b) Calcium carbide in excess of 600 pounds shall not be stored in a building containing other occupancy unless in an acetylene generator room or separate room in a one-story building without cellar or basement underneath the carbide storage section. Such rooms shall be separated from the rest of the building by a two-hour occupancy separation constructed as specified in the Building Code. Adequate ventilation shall be provided. F. Add to Section 61.108: (m) Where oil is supplied to a burner by gravity flow, or where the possibility exists that oil may at any time under any foreseeable circumstance flow by siphon-effect to the burner, both a manual shut-off valve and an approved automatic thermal valve, or a combination thereof, shall be Installed at the burner, k f F. G. Amend Section 12.104 (b) EXCEPTIONS to read: 2. Exit doors from buildings or rooms having an occupant load of 10 or less may be provided with a night latch, dead bolt or security chains provided such devices are openable from the inside without the use of a key, special know- ledge or effort and mounted at a height not to exceed 48 inches above the finished door. This exception is applicable within private dwelling units only (R-1 and R-3). H. Add Sections 2.204(d) and 2.204(e) to read: (d) Whenever the Chief or his duly authorized representative deems any building, thnrn7r Unsafe SO a= tO r.1"' `:' 't. , a1 ate life safety hazard, he thereupon may post orders or notices so stating. Such orders or notices may be either advisory or prohibitive. When affixed, removal only shall be at the order of the Chief or his duly authorized representative. No building or- premise shall be occupied orused when an order or notice prohibiting such use or occupancy has been posted. (e) The unauthorized removal of orders, notices, or tags, posted by the Chief or his duly authorized representative under the provisions .of Division II, is a violation of this Uniform Fire Code and subject to such penalties as are prescribed by law. Section XIV - AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL FIRE CODE. The National Fire Protection Association National Fire Code, 1980 edition, is herein deleted, modified or amended as follows: deleted with the exception of pamphlet 1231 (a) Volume 17 isr{ (b) Volume 12 is deleted with the exception of pamphlets IOL, 13A, 26, 325M, 46. s (c) Volume 14 is deleted with the exception of pamphlet 492, 494L, 80A, 77, 53M, 706, 68, 497. (d) Volume 15 is deleted with the exception of pamphlet 203M, 204, 231A, 9711, .419, 402, 403. (e) Volume 16 is deleted with the exception of pamphlet 801 , 802, 901, 90211, .903M, 910, 911 . SECTION XV - ADOPTION OF OREGON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES, FIRE MARSHAL, CHAPTER 837. 20,21 , 30, 39, 40, 41 , 43, 44, 45, 61 , 70, 80 o.f Oregon Divisions 1 , 11 , 12, Administrative Rules--Oregon State Fire Marshal are adopted herein by TRFPD and as such become a part of this Fire Code. SECTION XVI PENALTIES Penalties shall be as so provided by Oregon Revised Statutes, County Ordinance, or ,-ity Ordinance. SECTION XVII - REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES. All 'former ordinances or parts thereof conflicting or inconsistent with the pro- visions of this ordinance or of the Codes herein adopted are hereby repealed. ` -9- SECTION XVIII - SAVINGS CLAUSE Should any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, article or any other portion of these adopted Codes or regulations, be for any reason held unconstitutional, invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion. SECTION XIX - CONFOR1-iITY WITH LAW. This ordinance and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto shall not eliminate the necessity for conformity „"" ," a;,u dll laws, statutes, alio ordinances of the State of Oregon, County of Washington, County of Clac'<amas, City of Tigard, City of Tualatin, City of Wilsonville, City of Sherwood, City of King City, City of Rivergrove, or City of Durham. SECTION XX - DATE OF EFFECT This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force in each City or County, upon each individual City or County's approval by resolution. The present Fire Code shall remain in effect in each City or County until such approval . ENACTED thisnth day of 1981., before and by the .Board of Directors of Tualatin ural Fire Protect'ion istric�t. - x Chairman Secretary r Ci a r; a r,