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Home My WebLink About1129 2010 edition of ca fire codeORDINANCE NO. 1129 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UKIAH AMENDING DIVISION 6, CHAPTER 3, ARTICLES 1, 2 AND 3 OF THE UKIAH CITY CODE, ENTITLED: FIRE PREVENTION CODE, TO ADOPT THE 2010 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE, INCLUDING ADDITIONS OR AMENDMENTS THERETO TO ADDRESS LOCAL CONDITIONS The City Council of the City of Ukiah does ordain as follows: SECTION ONE Ukiah City Code Section 5200 is hereby amended to read as follows: SECTION 5200: ADOPTION OF CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE: A certain document, three (3) copies of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Ukiah, being marked and designated as the California Fire Code, 2010 edition, including Appendix Chapter 4 and Appendices A, B, BB, C, CC, D, F and I, as published by the International Code Council, be and is hereby adopted as the Fire Code of the City of Ukiah, in the State of California regulating and governing the safeguarding of life and property from fire and explosion hazards arising from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, materials and devices, and from conditions hazardous to life or property in the occupancy of buildings and premises as herein provided; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Fire Code on file in the office of the City Clerk are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this ordinance, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in Division 6, Chapter 3, Articles 2 and 3 of this Code. SECTION TWO A new Section 5200.5 is hereby added to the Ukiah City Code to read as follows: SECTION 5200.5: INSERTIONS INTO CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE, 2010 EDITION: The following sections of the California Fire Code, 2010 edition, are hereby revised by inserting information specific to the City of Ukiah so that these sections read as follows: 101.1 Title. These regulations shall be known as the Fire Code of the City of Ukiah, hereinafter referred to as "this code." 109.3 Violation penalties. Persons who shall violate a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, install, alter, repair or do work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the fire code official, or of a permit or certificate used under provisions of this code, shall be guilty of an infraction for a continuing violation exceeding three (3) days or three (3) violations in any twenty-four (24) months or a misdemeanor, for a continuing violation of four (4) days or more or for a fourth or subsequent violation within any twenty-four (24) months punishable, if an infraction, by a fine of not more than $100 for a first offense, $500 for a second offense and $1,000 for a third or subsequent offense, and if a misdemeanor, by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense. 111.4 Failure to comply. Any person who shall continue any work after having been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be liable to a fine of not less than $100 dollars or more than $1,000 dollars. SECTION THREE The following sections of the Ukiah City Code are hereby amended or repealed as follows: 1. Section 5202 is hereby amended to delete "Appendix 1," from subsection B and to delete subsection C, so that the amended section reads as follows: SECTION 5202: ENFORCEMENT A. The California fire code (CFC) herein adopted shall be enforced by the chief of the fire department of the city who is hereby appointed to supervise the bureau of fire prevention and such regularly employed members of said department in accordance with the applicable provisions of the California fire code. B. Section 104.3 of the California Fire Code is amended by adding subsection 104.3.2 thereto as follows: For the purpose of providing and maintaining functions necessary for the prevention of fire and for the protection of life and property from fire and panic, there is hereby established a "self-inspection program" assuring that certain California building code (CBC) group B, F, H, L, M, and S occupancies within the city are inspected on an annual basis for fire safety. The Ukiah fire department shall deliver, by hand or by mail, "self-inspection worksheet" and "business and emergency record" forms as established from time to time by said department to certain CBC group B, F, H, L, M, & S occupancies within the city on an annual basis, or as may be initiated through the business license application process. 2 The owner or manager of said occupancy or person in highest authority in said occupancy shall be allowed thirty (30) days from issue date, as noted on the self-inspection worksheet, in which to conduct an inspection for fire safety, correct any deficiencies, complete said forms, and return completed forms to the Ukiah fire department as directed by the fire chief or his designee. Any person who fails to comply with the requirements to return said forms duly completed and to correct the deficiencies noted in said occupancies within thirty (30) days of the issuance of said forms shall be guilty of an infraction, punishable by a fine of $100 for a first offense, $500 for a second offense and $1,000 for a third or subsequent offense. 2. Section 5213 is hereby amended to read as follows: SECTION 5213: ADDITIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO SECTIONS 505 AND 605 OF THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE, 2010 EDITION: Section 505.4 is hereby added to read as follows: Section 505.4 Map Directories. A lighted directory map, meeting current fire department standards, shall be installed at each driveway entrance to multiple unit residential projects and mobile home parks constructed after January 1, 2011, where the numbers of units in such projects exceed 15. Section 605.3.1.1 is hereby added to read as follows: Section 605.3.1.1 Alternate power sources. All permanent installations of electrical generators, wind generators, solar cell, or other power sources shall be approved by the building code official. All applicable provisions of the National Electrical Code, the Uniform Fuel Gas Code, the California Building Code, and the Code shall be followed for any such installation. Permanent engraved and affixed signage, red in color, reading "WARNING - This premise is provided with an Alternative Power Source. Disconnection of commercial power may not disable the electrical power source". Lettering shall be a minimum of %2" tall and shall be permanently affixed on each electrical panel subject to back-feed from alternate power sources. Any and all power disabling switches shall be clearly labeled. 3 Section 5214 is REPEALED in its entirety. 4 Section 5216 is amended to read as follows: SECTION 5216: AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 903.2 OF THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE, 2010 EDITION: Section 903.2 (not including sections 903.2.1 and all subsections thereof) of the California Fire Code, 2010 Edition, is amended to read as follows: 3 Section 903.2 Where required. Approved automatic sprinkler systems in new, additions to existing, remodeled, added to or altered buildings and structures shall be provided in the locations described in this section. A. Approved automatic sprinkler systems shall be provided in new buildings and structures requiring a fire flow of 2,000 gallons per minute (GPM) or greater as determined by Appendix B of this code. B. Approved automatic sprinkler systems shall be provided in additions to existing structures where the new total building area would require a fire flow of 2,000 gallons per minute (GPM) or greater as determined by Appendix B of this code. C. Approved automatic sprinkler systems shall be provided in existing structures which are remodeled, added to or altered, except for ordinary maintenance and repair not involving structural alterations, requiring a fire flow of 2,000 gallons per minute (GPM) or greater as determined by Appendix B of this code, and when the cost of such remodels, additions, or alterations within any 36 month period exceeds $60,000. Exception: Projects which are solely complying with statutory regulations (examples may be Health and Safety Codes, earthquake/seismic, American Disabilities Act (ADS), or fagade improvements) will not trigger this requirement. D. Approved automatic sprinkler systems shall be provided in new structures exceeding 30 feet in height above the lowest grade level. E. Approved automatic sprinkler systems shall be provided in those new, additions to existing, remodeled, added to or altered buildings and structures which require a fire flow, as determined by Appendix B of this code, in excess of the capability of the available water supply. 5 Section 5218 is amended to read as follows: SECTION 5218: AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 506.3 OF THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE, AS ADOPTED IN UKIAH: Section 506.3 of the California Fire Code, 2010 Edition, is added as follows: Section 506.3 - Emergency electrical disconnects. Where access to main electrical control panels requires entry to, and passage through, portions of a structure which may be involved with fire, smoke, gasses, hazardous materials, or which otherwise present unsafe conditions to emergency personnel, the Chief may require that a means of remotely disconnecting electrical service to the structure be provided. This means of remotely disconnecting electrical service shall be by a secured key switch mechanism approved by the Fire Department. 6. Section 5223 is REPEALED in its entirety. 4 SECTION FOUR The geographic limits referred to in certain sections of the 2010 California Fire Code are hereby established as follows: Section 3404.2.9.6.1 The geographic limits referred to in Section 3404.2.9.6.1 of the 2010 edition of the California Fire Code in which storage of Class I, Class II and liquids in outside aboveground tanks is prohibited are amended as follows: In all residential areas and in all heavily populated or congested commercial areas as established by the City of Ukiah. Section 3406.2.4.4 The geographic limits referred to in Section 3406.2.4.4. of the 2010 edition of the California Fire Code in which storage of Class I, Class II and liquids in aboveground tanks is prohibited are amended as follows: In all residential areas and in all heavily populated or congested commercial areas as established by the City of Ukiah. Section 3804.2 The geographic limits referred to in Section 3804.2 of the 2010 edition of the California Fire Code in which storage of liquefied petroleum gas, the aggregate capacity of any one installation shall not exceed a water capacity of 2,000 gallons (7,570 liters), is restricted, are amended as follows: In all residential areas and in all heavily populated or congested commercial areas as established by the City of Ukiah. SECTION FIVE 1. COMPLIANCE WITH CEQA. The City Council finds that this ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment), 15061(b)(3) (there is no possibility the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment.) 2. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be published as required by law in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Ukiah, and shall become effective thirty (30) days after its adoption. 5 Introduced by title only on November 3, 2010, by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmembers Landis, Rodin, Baldwin, and Mayor Thomas NOES: None ABSENT: Councilmember Crane ABSTAIN: None Adopted on November 17, 2010, by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmembers Landis, Crane, Rodin, Baldwin, and Mayor Thomas NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None Benj Thomas, Mayor ATTEST: ~2" L J nne Currie, City Clerk 6