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CR 88-07 BBQ Balcony Ordinance --.-..- , .! . - I ~ I I I ::" 0 " P to: i December 30. 1987 Council Rpt; 88-7 BARBECUING ON BPLCONY ORDINANCE CHANGE prol:os~d Action Fire Prevention Bureau recommends the adoption of the following motion: The first re?ding of Ordinance #88- is approved as presented. Adoption of this motion will prohibit storage of barbecues on balconies and prohibit use within 10' at an apartment building. . Overview prohibiting barbecuing on balconies has been part of our city's ordina.nces for at least 10 y~ars. It was changed about 5 years ago include balconies of non-combustible construction. This proposed change will alleviate a problem which the Fire Prevention Bureau currently encounters. e It. is difficult to catch people in the act of barbecuing. Barbecu- ing on ground level can be a hazard to neighbors. # Primari': Issues to Consider o Does the city have the right to prohibit storage of a barbecue on a balcony? o Is there any reason to have a bar.becue on a balcony if you are not going to use it there? o Is balcony on ground level a problem? Supporting Information o Analysi~ o Ordinance 188- ~~L~d l/l,a/%LfJ~1 George J. M~gdal, Fire Marshal - . '..'" ... Rpt. 88- Page 2 Analysis Both these changes are enforced as if they were law by most of our apartment complex resident managers. It is difficult to catch someone actually barbecuing on their balcony. By the time a resident notifies the police department and an offic~r responds to the area, the barbecuing may be complete. I can think of no other reason a person would want to keep their barbecue on their balcony unless it was to us~ it in that area. . Barbecuing close to a building or ..i.l.'ierneath your neighbors I s bal- cony is a fire hazard and public nusi~nce. Heat, smoke, and sparks should not be drifting into other peopl~'s living spaces. Also, as we learn from the Eagan apartment fire this $~~er, fire can travel ver- tically up the outside of an apartment build:n'J and do major damage. e . I " .' 0 " . -""'. " .. . '. . . .J ORDINANCE NO. 88-8 An Ordinance relating to Fire prevention Code amending section 905.15 of the Hopkins City Code: THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOPK INS nOES OR.)A.IN: Section 1. Hopkins City code, Subsection 905.15, is amended to read: 905.15. Fires or barbecues on balcon~es Erohibited. NO person shall kindle or permit a fire or open flame on a balcony cf any apartment, condominium or other 'similar structure or within 10 feet thereof in a device used for . heating, lighting or food preparation ~r sha~l any person leave or otherwise store such a device on or in a balcony o~ any fOI'f:mentioned structure. Adopted this day of , 19S8 It Approved this day of , 1988 -------- Donald Milbert, ~ Mayor Attest: city Clerk. -- Gi20987D e