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ORDINANCE 668ORDINANCE NO. 668 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING WITH CERTAIN AMEND- MENTS AND DELETIONS THAT CERTAIN, CODE, ENTITLED "UNIFORM FIRE CODE, MAY -, 1966 EDITION. " THE CITYCOUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALI- FORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. FIRE CODE ESTABLISHED. The "Uniform Fire Code, May - 1966 Edition, " including Appendices A, B, C, D and E therein contained, promulgated and published by the California Fire Chiefs' Associa- tion; three (3) copies of which have been filed and are on file in the office of the City Clerk, for public inspection, hereby are adopted with the same force and effect as though set out herein in full. SECTION 2. CHANGES AND ADDITIONS TO THE UNIFORM FIRE CODE. Said Uniform Fire Code is amended by changing, adding and deleting the following designated Articles, sections and portions of sections. (A) Section 1. 21 is amended by adding "e" to read as follows: "e. In case the !owner shall fail, neglect, or refuse to com- ply with the order to remove or remedy such hazards as men- tioned in Section 27. 05 of this Code, the City Council may order the owner of the premises prosecuted as a violator of the provi- sions of this Code and may order the Fire Chief to proceed with the work specified in such order. A statement of the cost of such work shall be transmitted to the City Council, who shall cause the same to be paid and levied as a special. assessment against the property. Costs incurred shall be paid out of the City Treasury and such costs shall. be charged to the owner of the premises involved as a special assessment on the land on which the hazard is located, and shall. be collected in the manner provided for special assessments." (B) Section 1. 25 is amended by changing the ASTM Standards designations of D93 -61 to D93 -62, and .D56 -61 to D56 -64; and by changing the NFPA Standards d oLte designations of 10, 1.0 -A, 13, 20 and 24 to the year 1966. (C) Section 14. 22 "e" is amended to read as follows: "e. Each spray boa.. *_.h having a frontal area larger than nine square feet shall have a metal deflector or curtain not less than 2-1/ 2 inches deep installed at the upper outer edge of the booth, over the opening and shall. also be provided with an approved auto- matic fire extinguishing sprinkler head for each fifty (50) square feet of booth roof area. Interior ducts shall be protected with sprinklers. Such sprinklers shall be installed not more than twelve (12) feet apart: in hor.zontal. ducts and shall be accessible through duct access doors. " (D) Section 15. 503 is amended by adding "e" to read as follows: "e. No self service of any Class I flammable liquid or sub- stance, as hereinafter defined, shall be allowed or permitted in or at any place of business in the city where the sale of such liquids or substances is made to the public. "Delivery of such liquids or substances shall be made only by the owners, lessees or regular employees of such places of business. "When unattended by an owner, lessee or regular employee of such place of business, all pumps and other facilities of such place of business for the delivery of such liquids or substances shall be locked, or other effective means provided to prevent access to such supplies of such flammable liquids or substances. " (E) Delete Section 15. 607. (F) Amend said Code by adding two new Articles to be known as "Article 36" and "Article 37, " to read as follows: "ARTICLE 36 EXCLUSIONS "Section 36. 01. Fire Zone No. 4 Excepted. The provisions of this Uniform Fire Cod—e–sEall not apply within Fire District No, 4 of this city. " "ARTICLE 37 "ESTABLISHMENT AND DUTIES OF BUREAU OF FIRE PRE VEN- TION; DEFINITIONS OF CERTAIN WORDS; AND ESTABLISH- MENT OF DISTRICTS REGULATING STORAGE OF FLAMMABLE OR COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS, LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASES, AND EXPLOSIVES AND BLASTING AGENTS. . "Section 37. 01. Establishment and Duties of Bureau of Fire Prevention. a. A Bureau of Fire Prevention in the Fire Department of the City of El Segundo is hereby established which shall be oper- ated under the over -all supervision of the Chief of the Fire Depart- ment. b. The Fire Marshal of the City of E1 Segundo shall be Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention. c. The Chief of the Fire Department may detail such other members of the fire department as inspectors as in his opinion may from time to time be necessary. d. It shall be the duty of the officers and members of the Bureau of Fire Prevention to enforce all laws and Code provi- sions governing or relating to the following: (1) The prevention of fires. -2- i) (2) The storage and use of explosive flammables. (3) The installation and maintenance of automatic and other private fire alarm systems and fire extinguishing equip- ment. (4) The maintenance and regulation of fire escapes. (5) The maintenance of protection and the elimination of hazards in buildings and structures including those under construction. (6) The means and adequacy of exits in case of fire from factories, schools, hotels, lodging houses, asylums, hospitals, halls, churches, theatres, amphitheatres, and all other places in which numbers of persons work, live or congregate from time to time for any purpose. (7) The investigation of the cause, origin and circumstances of fire. (8) They shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as are set forth in other sections of this Code and others that may be conferred and imposed from time to time by law. "Section 37. 02. Definitions. a. Wherever the word "Municipality" is used in the Uniform Fire Code, it shall be held to mean the City of E1 Segundo. b. Wherever the term "Corporation Counsel" is used in the Uniform Fire Code, it shall be held to mean the City Attorney of the City of E1 Segundo, California. c. Wherever the words "Chief of the Bureau of Fire Pre- vention" are used in the Uniform Fire Code they shall be held to mean the Fire Marshal. "Section 37. 03. Establishment of Limits of Districts in Which Stor e of Flammable or Combustible Liquids in Outside Move- ground Tanks is to be Pro i ite . a. The limits referred to in Section 15. 201 of the Uniform Fire Code in which storage of flammable or combustible liquids in outside aboveground tanks is prohibited, are hereby established as follows: NORTH: City Boundary; WEST: City Boundary; SOUTH: El Segundo Boulevard; EAST: Sepulveda Boulevard, b. The limits referred to in Section 15. 401 of the Uniform Fire Code, in which new bulk plants for flammable or combustible liquids are prohibited, are hereby established as follows: All of the city except the area lying between E1 Segundo Boulevard and the southerly city limits of the city and between Sepulveda Boulevard and the westerly boundary of said city. "Section 37. 04. Establishment of Limits of Districts in Which Bulk Stor e of Li5uefied Petroleum Gases is to be Restricted. The emits referred to in Section 20. 05a of the Uniform ire o e, in which bulk storage of liquefied petroleum gas is restricted, are here- by established as follows: NORTH: City Boundary; WEST, bound- ary; SOUTH: El Segundo Boulevard; EAST: A line drawn parallel to and East 500 feet from the easterly boundary of Sepulveda Boulevard between Imperial Highway and El Segundo Boulevard. -3- :,G�8,) "Section 37. 05. Establishment of Limits of Districts in Which Storage of Explosives and Blasting Agents is to be ro i i e e limits referred to in SectioiTi 1. 06a of't the Uniform rm Fire CW, in which storage of explosives and blasting agents is prohibited, are hereby established as follows: NORTH: City Boundary; WEST: City Boundary; SOUTH: El Segundo Boulevard; EAST: A line drawn parallel to and East 500 feet from the easterly boundary of Sepulveda Boulevard between Imperial Highway and E1 Segundo Boulevard. "Section 37. 06, Appeals . Whenever the Chief of the Fire Depart- ment shall disapprove an application or refuse to grant a permit applied for, or when it is claimed that the provisions of the Code do not apply or that the true intent and meaning of the Code have been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the applicant may appeal from the decision of the Chief of the Fire Department to the City Council within thirty (30) days from the date of the decision appealed. "Section 37. 07. New Materials, Processes or Occupancies Which May Re uire Permits, The City Manager, the Chief of the ire apart- ment an the C ie o the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall act as a com- mittee to determine and specify, after giving affected persons an oppor- tunity to be heard, any new materials, processes or occupancies, which shall require permits, in addition to those now enumerated in said Code. The Chief of the Bureauaf.'Fire Prevention shall post such list in a con- spicuous place in his office, and distribute copies thereof to interested persons." SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance is, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordi- nance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordi- nance, and each section, subsection, clause, or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, and phrases be declared unconstitutional. SECTION 4. PENALTIES. a. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Code hereby adopted or fail to comply therewith, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made thereunder, or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder, or any certificate or permit issued thereunder, and from which no appeal has been taken, or who shall fail to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the City Council or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the time fixed herein, shall severally for each and every such violation and noncompliance respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. -4- The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the viola- tion or permit it to continue; and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time; and when not otherwise specified, each ten days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense. b. The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions. SECTION 5. REPEALS. Article I of Chapter 11 of "The Code of the City of E1 Segundo, California, 1958," and Ordinances Nos. 475, 538 and 575, and all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordi- nance, are hereby repealed. SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE: That this ordinance shall be- come effective at midnight on the thirtieth day from and after the final passage and adoption thereof. SECTION 7. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance; shall cause the same to be entered in the book of original ordinances of said city, shall make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted; and shall, within fifteen days after the passage and adoption thereof, cause the same to be published once in the El Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated within said City of El Segundo, and which is hereby designated for that purpose. PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 28th day of August, 1967. t Ma or of the City of egun o, California. ATTEST: (SEAL) -5- 4v 3 -A STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. ) EUNICE. U.o CREASON . o .. o o a o City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the said City is five; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No .... UP—. , is a full, true and correct original of Ordinance No. 6680 , o 0 0 0 . of the said City of El Segundo, California, entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING WITH CERTAIN AMEND- MENTS AND DELETIONS THAT CERTAIN CODE, ENTITLED "UNIFORM FIRE CODE, MAY - 1966 EDITION. "; which was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of the said Council held on the. , .28th... day of ..... AURIIst,..... 19A7 ... , and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen. Carrj. Frederickdo McElhzpney, ,Naagel and <oo o .o....e. oo. ao .. mayor. W WA ;... o ......... o ....................... NOES: Councilmen. NPPe; ............... ............................... ABSENT: QQuaP_4meia.NonP.......... o ................ o a I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the provisions of Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of California, that the foregoing Ordinance Noss$ .... was duly and regularly published according to law and the order of the City Council of said City in the El Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated within the said City and that the same was so pub - I ished therein on the following date, to wit:. �a ,o . ��4 7 ................ . Joe, o City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California. (SEAL) By......... .............0................. Deputy Affidavit of Publication STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) as CITY OF EL SEGUNDO ) .............� -. - j _ — • T ^ . ................ being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is, and at all of the times hereinafter mentioned was, a citizen of the United States of America, over the age of eighteen years, and a resident of the County of Los Angeles, State of California; that he was, at, and during all of the time of the publication of the instrument hereunto attached the ............ 1 Editor of EL SEGUNDO HERALD, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated weekly in the City of El Segundo, in said County and State; that said newspaper has been so published and circulated at regular intervals of one week for more than one year immediately preceding the publication of the instrument hereunto annexed; that said newspaper is, and was, at all of the times herein mentioned, a newspaper of general circulation within the meaning of Section 4460 of the Political Code of the State of California; that as provided by said section, said newspaper is published for the dissemination of local or telegraphic news and intelligence of a general character, having a bona fide subscription list of payir_g subscribers; that said newspaper is not and was not at any of the times herein referred to, devoted to the interests, or published for the entertainment or instruction of a particular class, profession, trade, calling, race or denomination, or for any number of such classes, pr ofessions, trades, callings, race; or denominations, and that said newspaper is not devoted to or published for, nor was it at any of the times herein mentioned devoted to or published for the purpose, whether avowed or otherwise, of entertaining or instructing such classes, professions, trades, eallings, races or denomin- ations, or any of such elr.sses, professions, trades, callings, races or denominations. That the notice, order, ordinance, resolution or instrument hereunto attached on page ............ numbered _ .......... ............................... ............. .... .. ............I............ -................------......................---•-............••.................... ............................... hereof in all respects, including subject matter, and size and arrangement of type, is a full true and correct copy of the said notice, ordinance, resolution or instrument, in words and figures exactly as published; that the same was set and printed in type not smaller than nonpareil and that the body of the same was preceded with words printed in black -face type not smaller than nonpareil, describing and expressing in general terms the purpose and character of the notice, order, ordinance, resolution or instrument intended to be published, as will appear from an inspection of the said annexed instru- ----- -..... :.n.........:: ;� meat; that the , n C - 1. .,e.....q » .........................._... of which the annexed is a printed copy as hereinabove stated, was published and printed in said news- paper}} at least .......� 1 C.:... week l r�., by _ - - - - -- - �� 2 ..... ......... consecutive publication ......... commencing on the day of :......:.: .................. A. D..� :K.L7., and ending on the ...............IQ- n.......... day of ......... 1w.... and as often A. D. li 7......., -during said time as said newspaper was regu- larly issued, to -wit: ..._ ................ ' ` _ = ! r ... 1 ::_ 9 S7 _ ... .... ..... .......... - ........... Ol._....Cl.�.+0 ' -----------------......_......--•--- -.............................. ....._ ............._........................... ..............- -............... .............. --- - ...................................................... ........... ......................... Subscribed dsworn to before me this ...1..u.... day of ... / ............................... A. D. 19 --- �/.. % �..�.,.. ......... - -- City clerk of the City of El Segundo, County of Los Angeles, State of California. By P..... .. ................ ............... ...................... Deputy City Cler of said City.