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Home My WebLink About1172 - 2016 Fire Code AmendmentORDINANCE NO. 1172 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 2016 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, 2016 edition, including Appendix Chapter 4 and Appendices A, B, BB, C, CC, D, F, G, H, I, J, and K 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 part hereof, as if fully set out in the 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 Additions to existing Section 5200.5 SECTION 5200.5: INSERTIONS INTO CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE 2013 EDITION: The following sections of the California Fire Code, 2016 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". Section 109.4 Violation Penalties of Chapter 1 is amended to read as follows: Section 109.4 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, provided however the first citation within a 12 -month period, for violations of the Fire Code and any amendments adopted herein, shall be treated as a Civil Penalty payable directly to the City of Ukiah and is set at $250.00 plus the actual costs of all inspections required to gain Page 1 of 4 compliance at the current rate set by the City of Ukiah, $50.00 per hour, or fraction thereof with a 1 hour minimum. Said civil penalties shall be a debt owed to the City of Ukiah by the person responsible for the violation within thirty (30) days after the date of mailing the citation. Each day that the violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense. Section 111.4 Failure to Comply of Chapter 1 is amended to read as follows: Section 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 conditions, shall be subject to a fine payable directly to the City of Ukiah in the amount of not less than $250.00 or more than $1000.00 plus actual cost of all inspections required to gain compliance at the rate set by the City of Ukiah, $50.00 per hour / 1 hour minimum. Said civil penalties shall be a debt owed to the City of Ukiah by the person responsible for the violation within thirty (30) days after the date of mailing citation based on the violation. Section 503.3.1 Fire Lane Designation of Chapter 5 is hereby added to read as follows. Section 503.3.1 Fire Lane Designation. Where the fire code official determines that it is necessary to ensure adequate fire access, the fire code official may designate existing roadways as fire access roadways as provided by Vehicle Code section 22500.1 (public) or 22658(a) (private). Section 505.1 Address Identification of Chapter 5 is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 505.1 Address Identification. Approved numbers and / or addresses shall be placed and maintained on all new and existing buildings and at appropriate additional locations as to be plainly visible and legible from the street or roadway fronting the property from either direction of approach. Said number, or address shall contrast with its background and shall meet the minimum standards as to size: 4" high with a 0.5" stroke for residential buildings, 6' high and a 0.5" stroke for commercial and multi -residential buildings, 12" high with a 1" stroke for industrial buildings. Additional numbers shall be required where deemed necessary by the fire code official, such as rear access doors, building corners, and entrances to commercial centers. The fire code official may establish different minimum sizes for numbers for various categories of projects. Section 505.5 Response Map Updates of Chapter 5 is hereby added to read as follows: Section 505.5 Response Map Updates. Any new development, which necessitates updating of emergency response maps by virtue of new structures, hydrants, roadways or similar features, shall be required to provide map updates in a format (PDF and / or CAD format as approved by the fire code official) or compatible with current department mapping services, and shall be charged a reasonable fee for updating all response maps associated with this development. Section 605.3.1.1 Alternate Power Sources of Chapter 6 is hereby added to read as follows: Section 605.3.1.1 Alternate Power Sources. All permanent installations of electrical generators, wind generators, 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 Page 2 of 4 California Building Code, and this Code shall be followed for any such installation. Permanent engraved and affixed signage, red in color, reading "WARNING — This premise is provided with an Alternate Power source, Disconnection of commercial power may not disable the electric power source". Lettering shall be a minimum of 0.5" 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. Section B105.2 Buildings other than one and two family dwellings of Appendix B is hereby amended as follows: Exceptions: 1. A reduction in required fire -flow of up to 50 percent, as approved, is allowed when the building is provided with an approved automatic sprinkler system installed in accordance with Section 903.3.1.1 or 903.3.1.2. The resulting fire -flow shall not be less than 1,500 gallons per minute (5678 Umin) for the prescribed duration as specified in Table B105.1 Section BB105.1 Fire -Flow requirements for buildings of Appendix BB is hereby amended as follows: Section BB105.1 The minimum fire flow and flow duration for school buildings shall be specified in Table BB105.1 Exception: A reduction in required fire flow of up to 50 percent is allowed when the building is provided with an approved sprinkler system. SECTION THREE That geographic limits referred to in certain sections of the 2016 edition of the California Fire Code are hereby established as follows: Section 5704.2.9.6.1 The geographic limits referred to in Section 5704.2.9.6.1 of the 2016 edition of the California Fire Code in which storage of Class I, Class II, and liquids in outside above ground tanks is prohibited are amended as follows: In all residential areas and in all commercial areas as established by the City of Ukiah, and agricultural land of less than two (2) acres. Section 5706.2.4.4 The geographic limits referred to in Section 5706.2.4.4 of the 2016 edition of the California Fire Code in which storage of Class I, Class Il, 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, and agricultural land of less than two (2) acres. Section 5806.2 The geographic limits referred to in the 2016 edition of the California Fire Code in which the storage of flammable cryogenic fluids in stationary containers are prohibited, are hereby established as follows: In all residential areas and heavily populate or congested commercial areas, as established by the City of Ukiah. Section 6104.2 The geographic limits referred to in Section 3804.2 of the 2016 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 Page 3 of 4 amended as follows: In all residential areas and in all heavily populated or congested commercial areas as established by the City of Ukiah. SECTION FOUR 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 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 or other person or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and any section, subsection, sentence, 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. Introduced by title only on November 2, 2016, by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmembers Crane, Mulheren, Doble, Brown, and Mayor Scalmanini NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None Adopted on November 16, 2016, by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmembers Crane, Mulheren, Doble, Brown, and Mayor Scalmanini NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None hwn:'LL& I m�� Steph n G. Scalmanini, Mayor ATT ST: (�' Kristine Lawler, City Clerk Page 4 of 4