Ordinance #12,043

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.

(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

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.