C150122 Feasibility Study

• Contract/PO #: C150122
• Contractor Name: Central Weld County Water District
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 4
• County: Larimer
• Bill Number: SB 03-110
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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and that no rubbish or combustible material is
allowed to accumulate;
(C) An inspection of fire escapes and
stairways to cause the removal of all obstructions
therefrom and of all places where explosives or
inflammable compounds are sold or stored;.
(D) An inspection of the construction,
placing, repair, and control of all fIre escapes,
standpipes, pressure tanks, fire doors, fIre shutters,
fire lines, fire hose, sprinkling systems, exit lights,
and exit signs and a review of the installation and
testing of fire equipment in all buildings and places
requiring such equipment and of the provisions for
means of escape or protection against loss of life and
property from fIre in such buildings and places;
(IV) Enforce, within his respective
jurisdiction, all laws of this state and ordinances and
resolutions of any appropriate political subdivision
pertaining to the keeping, storage, use, manufacture,
sale, handling, transportation, or other disposition of
highly inflammable materials and rubbim,
gunpowder, dynamite, crude petroleum or any of its
products, explosive or inflammable liquids or
compounds, tablets, torpedoes, or any explosives of a
like nature, or any other explosive, induding
fireworks and fIrecrackers, and such chief may
prescribe the materials and construction of
receptacles to be used for the storage of any of said
items; but authorization for enforcement of the
provisions of this subsection (3) does not extend to
the production, transportation; or storage of
inflammable liquids as regulated by articles 20 and
20.5 oftitle 8 and title 34,:C.R.S.;
(V) Investigate or. cause to be investigated
the cause, origin, and circumstance of every fire
occurring within his juris<;liction by which property is
destroyed or damaged and, so far as is possible,
determine whether the fire was the result of
carelessness or design. Such investigation shall begin
immediately upon the oc~urrence of the fire, and if,
after such investigation, the chief is of the opinion
that the facts in relation to such fire indicate that a
crime has been committed, he shall present the facts
of such investigation and the testimony taken from
any person involved, together with any other data in
his possession, to the district attorney of the proper
county, with his requeS: that the district attorney
institute such criminal proceedings as the
investigation, testimony, or data may warrant. It is
the duty of the district attorney upon such request to
assist in such further' investigation as may be
required. '
( c) Whenever any chief, or any designated
member of a fire department, finds, through
inspection procedures as outlined in subparagraph
(II) or (III) of paragraph (b) of this subsection (3),

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any building or other structure which, for want of
repair of or lack of or insufficient fire escapes,
automatic or other fire alarm apparatus, or fire
extinguishing equipment as may be required by law
or for reasons of age, dilapidated condition, or any
other cause, is especially liable to flIe or is hazardous
to the safety of the occupants thereof and which is so
situated as to endanger other property, and whenever
such officer finds in any building combustIble or
explosive matter or inflammable conditions,
dangerous to the safety of such building or its
occupants, the chief shall order the same to be
removed or remedied, and such order shall forthwith
be complied with by the owner, lessee, agent., or
occupant of such premises or buildings. Any such
owner, lessee, agent., or occupant who feels himself
aggrieved by any such order may fIle, v.ithin five
days after the making of any such order, a petition
with the district court of the county in which such
premises or building is located, requesting a review
of such order, and it is the duty of such court to hear
the same at the first convenient day and to make such
order in the premises as justice may require, and such
decision shall be final.
(d) Any owner, lessee, agent, or occupant of
any building or premises maintaining any condition
likely to cause flIe or to constitute an additional fire
hazard or any condition which impedes or prevents
the egress of persons from such building or premises
in violation of the provisions of this subsectioD (3)
shall be deemed to be maintaining a fire hazard. Any
person who violates any provision of this sub~tion
(3) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than
fifty dollars nor more than two hundred fifty dollan.
Each day in which such a violation occurs shall
constitute a separate violation of this subsection (3).
(4) (a) Within any [lIe protection district organized
under the provisions of this article, it is unlawful for
any person:
(1) To willfully or maliciously give, make,
or cause to be given or made a false alarm of fire,
whether by the use of a flIe alarm box, telephone call,
or otherwise;
(II) To willfully or maliciously discormect,
cut, or sever any wire of the [lIe alarm telegraph or in
any manner tamper with any part of such
communication apparatus;
(III) To aid, abet, knov.-ingly permit, or
participate in the commission of any act prohibited
by this paragraph (a).
(b) Any person who violates any pro\isirn
of this subsection (4) is guilty of a misdemeanor and.,
upon conviction thereof, shall be punished for each
offense by a fine of not IIDre than three hundred
dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for nN

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