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Home My WebLink About188672 ®B3 ®51222 ® • 861WJ2883 08:29:23 A4 Filed 8 Recorded in Official Records of CtYN SIRLEY PLUM CO1nITY 1 ORDINANCE NO. 18,867 CIRCUII/CMWY CLERK Fees $28.N 2 3 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 8 OF CITY OF LITTLE 4 ROCK, ARKANSAS REVISED CODE (1988) CONCERNING HOURS OF 5 CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; 6 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 WHEREAS, the Building Codes staff has met to review the current provisions of construction working hours as they relate to new and existing conditions in structures, m WHEREAS, the Building Codes staff has developed the following set of amendments to the revised code which are recommended for adoption by the Little Rock Board of Directors, in order to strengthen and clarify standards of allowable construction hours in the City, and WHEREAS, such amendments are appropriate and necessary for the health, safety and welfare of citizens. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. Section 1. This section of Little Rock, Arkansas Revised Code (1 hereby added: Sec. 8 -4 Hours of Construction 1. Commercial and residential exterior and interior construction CIR� ° °.. 8--4 '- C VOik °° •Y e °eLF ^- Shit9�• including erection, excavation, demolition, or repair of any building and its components shall be allowed between the hours of 6:00 a.m. — 6:00 p.m., Monday — Friday, 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. on Saturdays, and 1:00 p.m. — 6:00 p.m. on Sundays. Additional interior construction work shall be allowed to be performed between the hours of 6:00 p.m. — 10 p.m., [ PAGE 1 OF 51 Ordinance To Amend Chapter 8 of CLR Rev. Code (1988) Concerning Hours of Construction Requirements ® • 1 Monday — Saturday provided that all exterior openings are completely 2 covered. These construction hours shall be adhered to except in the case 3 of urgent emergency in the interest of public health and safety and then 4 only with written permission from the Building Codes Division, which 5 permission may be granted for a period not to exceed (30) thirty days 6 while the emergency continues. If an emergency arises when permission 7 is not obtainable, the necessary work may be done and reported to the 8 Building Codes Division at the earliest date that the office is open after the 9 emergency arises and may grant permission retroactively to the beginning 10 of the emergency. If the Building Codes Division should determine that 11 the public health and safety will not be impaired by the erection, 12 demolition, excavation, alteration or repair of any building within the 13 designated hours and if they shall further determine that loss of 14 inconvenience would result to any party in interest, they may grant 15 permission for such work to be done within such hours upon application 16 being made at the time permit for the work is obtained. The Building 17 Codes Division may stop construction work at anytime when the work 18 disrupts or causes excessive disruptions of adjoining businesses or 19 residential occupancies or is found to be detrimental to the health, safety 20 and welfare of citizens. 21 2. Working Hours Permit: In cases where construction related work can 22 only be performed other than the hours listed in 8 -4 -(1) and 18 -52- 23 (13)(12)(1), a temporary work permit may be issued by the Building Codes 24 Division. Applicant must obtain permit prior to commencement of work 25 and all referenced job construction permits must be obtained. If approved 26 the permit may be issued from one to seven days. Applicant must take all [ PAGE 2 OF 51 Ordinance To Amend Otapter 8 of CUR Rev. Code (1988) Conceming Hours of Construttion Re,tu ements 0 • 1 precautions to avoid disturbing other adjacent occupancies. The Building 2 Codes Division reserves the right to revoke any temporary work permit if 3 work disrupts or causes excessive disruptions of adjoining businesses or 4 residential occupancies or is found to be detrimental to the health, safety 5 and welfare of citizens. 6 Section 2. This section of Little Rock, Arkansas Revised Code (1988) Sec. 18- 7 52(B)(12) is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following language shall be 8 substituted therefore: 9 Sec 18- 52(B)(12) 10 1. Commercial and residential exterior and interior construction work 11 including erection, excavation, demolition, or repair of any building and 12 its components shall be allowed between the hours of 6:00 a.m. — 6:00 13 p.m., Monday — Saturday and 1:00 p.m. — 6:00 p.m. on Sundays. 14 Additional interior construction work shall be allowed to be performed 15 between the hours of 6:00 p.m. — 10 p.m., Monday — Saturday provided 16 that all exterior openings are completely covered. These construction 17 hours shall be adhered to except in the case of urgent emergency in the 18 interest of public health and safety and then only with written permission 19 from the Building Codes Division, which permission may be granted for a 20 period not to exceed (30) thirty days while the emergency continues. If an 21 emergency arises when permission is not obtainable, the necessary work 22 may be done and reported to the Building Codes Division at the earliest 23 date that the office is open after the emergency arises and may grant 24 permission retroactively to the beginning of the emergency. If the 25 Building Codes Division should determine that the public health and 26 safety will not be impaired by the erection, demolition, excavation, [ PACE 3 OF 51 Ordinance To Amend Chapter 8 of CLR Rev. Code (1988) Conce,r g Hours of Conshoction Requirements e • 1 alteration or repair of any building within the designated hours and if 2 they shall further determine that loss of inconvenience would result to any 3 party in interest, they may grant permission for such work to be done 4 within such hours upon application being made at the time permit for the 5 work is obtained. The Building Codes Division may stop construction 6 work at anytime when the work disrupts or causes excessive disruptions 7 of adjoining businesses or residential occupancies or is found to be 8 detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of citizens. 9 2. Working Hours Permit: In cases where construction related work can 10 only be performed other than the hours listed in 8 -4 -(1) and 18 -52- 11 (B)(12)(1), a temporary work permit may be issued by the Building Codes 12 Division. Applicant must obtain permit prior to commencement of work 13 and all referenced job construction permits must be obtained. If approved 14 the permit may be issued from one to seven days. Applicant must take all 15 precautions to avoid disturbing other adjacent occupancies. The Building 16 Codes Division reserves the right to revoke any temporary work permit if 17 work disrupts or causes excessive disruptions of adjoining businesses or 18 residential occupancies or is found to be detrimental to the health, safety 19 and welfare of citizens. 20 Section 2. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, 21 sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid 22 or unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining 23 portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so 24 declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the 25 ordinance. [ PAGE 4 OF 51 Ordinance To Amend Chapter 8 of CLR Rev. Code (1988) Concerning Hours of Comeroctim Requiremrnts • • 1 Section 3. Repealer. All ordinances, resolutions, bylaws, and other matters 2 inconsistent with this ordinances are hereby repealed to the extent of such 3 inconsistency. 4 PASSED: May 20, 2003 5 ATTEST: APPROVED: 6 7 at A asst c,fy ckrk 8 Na icy Woo , City C rk r Jim iley, Mayor 9 APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: 10 -C 12 Thomas M. Carpenter, City Attorney 13 // 14 // 15 // 16 // 17 // 18 19 // 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 26 // 27 // [ PAGE 5 OF 51 Ordinance To Amend Chapter 8 of UR Rev. Code (1989) Concerning Hours of Construction Requirements