HomeMy WebLinkAbout1198 - Amending Fire Prevention Code ORDINANCE NO. 1198
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 2019 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE,
INCLUDING ADDITIONS OR AMENDEMENTS, AS WELL AS NFPA 1 CHAPTER 38
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 CALIFONIA 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, 2019 edition, including
Appendix Chapter 4 and Appendices B, BB, C, CC, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, N and O 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. Further, the
regulations known as the "SRA Fire Safe Regulations" as set forth within Title 14, Division 1.5,
Chapter 7, Subchapter 2 of the California Board of Forestry applicable to the State Responsibility
Area ("SRA") are hereby incorporated, adopted verbatim and made part hereof, and such SRA
Fire Safe Regulations shall be enforced and implemented within all applicable High Fire Severity
Zones within the City of Ukiah.
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, 2013 edition, are hereby revised by inserting
information specific to the City of Ukiah so that these sections read as follows:
Section 101.1 Title of Chapter 1 is amended to 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 105.1 General of Chapter 1 is amended to read as follows:
105.1 General. Permits shall be in accordance with Sections 105.1.1 through 105.7.25 or other
provisions of this code as required by the City of Ukiah.
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Section 110.4 Violation Penalties of Chapter 1 is amended to read as follows: '
Section 110.4 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 a misdemeanor /
infraction. 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 compliance at
the current rate set by the City of Ukiah, per hour 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. Upon failure to pay the Civil penalty when due, the
responsible person shall be liable for civil action brought forth by the City of Ukiah for such penalty
and costs of the litigation, including reasonable attorney's fees.
Any subsequent citations within a twenty-four(24)month period for any violations of the Fire Code
and any amendments adopted herein shall be misdemeanors/infractions, and shall be subject to
the penalties set forth herein, or a civil penalty shall be assessed in the sum of$500.00 plus the
actual costs of all inspections required to gain compliance at the current rate set by the City of
Ukiah. The imposition of a penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to
continue and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects
within a reasonable time. When not otherwise specified, each day that a violation occurs or
continues, after a final notice has been delivered shall constitute a separate offense. The
application of both penalties shall be held to prevent the enforced correction of prohibited
condition. Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed or interpreted to prevent the City '
of Ukiah from recovering all costs associated with a Fire Department response as described in
the City of Ukiah cost recovery ordinance.
Section 112.4 Failure to Comply of Chapter 1 is amended to read as follows:
Section 112.4 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 liable 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, per hour with a 1 hour minimum.
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 503.4.2 Roadway Design Features of Chapter 5 is hereby added to read as follows:
Section 503.4.2 Roadway Design Features. Roadway design features (speed bumps, speed
humps, speed control dips, etc.) which may interfere with emergency apparatus responses shall
not be installed on fire access roadways, unless they meet design criteria approved by the fire
code official.
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 form either direction of
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approach. Said number shall contrast with their 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 505.3 Easement Address Signs of Chapter 5 is hereby added to read as follows:
Section 505.3 Easement Address Signs. All easements, which are not named differently from
the roadway from which they originate, shall have an address sign installed and maintained, listing
all street numbers occurring on that easement, located where the easement intersects the named
roadway. Minimum size of numbers on that sign shall be 4" in height with a minimum stroke of
0.5" and shall contrast with the background.
Section 505.4 Map Directories of Chapter 5 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, where the numbers of units in such projects exceed 15.
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
L charged a reasonable fee for updating all response maps associated with this development.
Section 506.3 Emergency Electrical Disconnects of Chapter 5 is hereby 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 fire code official 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 code official.
Section 604.3.1.1 Alternate Power Sources of Chapter 6 is hereby added to read as follows:
Section 604.3.1.1 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 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 form alternate power sources. Any and all power disabling switches shall be
clearly labeled.
' Section 903.2 Where required of Chapter 9 is hereby amended to read as herein provided. This
Section shall not amend the portion commencing and following Section 903.2.1
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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 the new buildings and
structures requiring afire 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 2000 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 $60,000.00.
Exception: Projects which are solely complying with statutory regulations
(examples may be Health and Safety Codes, earthquake/seismic, American
Disabilities Act (ADA), 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 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.
Section 3313.1 Where required of Chapter 33 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 3313.1 Where required. In buildings required to have standpipes by Section 905.3.1,
not less than one standpipe shall be provided for use during construction. Such standpipes shall
be installed during construction for each story above or below the first floor grade. Such
standpipes shall be provided with fire department hose connections at locations adjacent to
stairways complying with Section 3311.1. Such standpipes shall be extended to the floor of the
highest point of construction having secured decking or flooring.
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 613105.1 Fire-Flow requirements for buildings of Appendix BB is hereby amended as
follows:
Section B13105.1 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. '
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SECTION THREE
That geographic limits referred to in certain section of the 2019 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 2019 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 heavily
populated or congested 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 2019 edition of
the California Fire Code in which storage of Class I, Class ll, 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 2019 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 2019 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 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.
t Introduced by title only on January 15, 2020, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Mulheren, Brown, Scalmanini, Orozco, and Mayor Crane
NOES: None
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ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None ,
Adopted on February 5, 2020 by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Mulheren, Brown, Scalmanini, Orozco, and Mayor Crane
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Douglas F Cran , Mayor
ATTEST:
stine Lawler
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