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ORDINANCE 1092ORDINANCE NO. 1092 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE "UNIFORM FIRE CODE, 1985 EDITION ", INCLUDING APPENDICES , I -C, II -B, III -A, III -B, III -C, IV -A, and V -A; REPEALING IN ITS ENTIRETY CHAPTER 17.04 OF, AND ADDING CHAPTER 17.04 TO, THE "EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE ", WHICH CHAPTER RELATES TO THE FIRE CODE. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Chapter 17.04 of the "E1 Segundo Municipal Code" is repealed. SECTION 2. Chapter 17.04 is added to the "E1 Segundo Municipal Code" to read as follows: "CHAPTER 17.04 "FIRE CODE 17.04.010 ESTABLISHED. The "Uniform Fire Code, 1985 Edition" including Appendices I -C, II -B, III -A, III -B, III -C, IV -A, and V -A, promulgated and published by the Western Fire Chiefs Association and the International Conference of Building Officials of which Code not less than three copies have been and are now filed in the office of the City Clerk, are hereby adopted with the same force and effect as though set out herein in full. 17.04.020 CHANGES AND ADDITIONS TO THE CODE. The Uniform Fire Code is amended by changing, adding and deleting the articles, sections and portions of sections designated in sections 17.04.030 through 17.04.230. 17.04.030 SECTION 2.301. AMENDED. Section 2.301. is amended by adding subsection (e) to read as follows: "(e) When meetings and conferences with Fire Department staff are requested by architects, contractors, developers or other members of the public regarding modifications or interpretations of the code, preliminary review of proposed projects or other matters not initiated by the Fire Department, the Chief may charge a fee not to exceed actual costs for such meetings or conferences that are over and above those reasonably included in a plan check for which fees have been paid. "If technical expertise is unavailable within the department, the Chief may designate an outside person or persons to represent the department's concerns and require that all costs for such outside representative be paid by the requestor. "All requests shall be in writing and include full particulars to the requested action." 17.04.040 SECTION 2.302. AMENDED. Section 2.302 is amended to read as follows: "Board of Appeals "Sec. 2.302. Whenever the Chief of the Fire Department 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 Board of Appeals within thirty days from the date of the decision appealed. "There shall be and hereby is created a Board of Appeals which shall consist of the City Council. The Fire Chief shall be an ex officio member of the Board; the City Clerk shall act as Secretary of the Board. The Board shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations for conducting hearings and shall render all decisions and findings in writing to the Appellant with a duplicate copy to the Fire Chief." 17.04.050 SECTION 2.303. AMENDED. Section 2.303. is amended by revising subsection (b) to read as follows: "Standards "(b) Recognized Standards. Whenever this Code is inapplicable for any reason to any situation involving the protection of persons and property from the hazards of fire and explosion, the materials, methods of construction, installations, practices, or operations necessary to provide such protection shall, to a reasonable degree, be in accordance with nationally recognized and accepted standards, principles and tests and generally recognized and well established methods of fire prevention and control, as set forth in the National Fire Codes and the following standards. "The National Fire Codes, Volumes 1 through 8, 1985 Edition, published by the National Fire Protection Association, a national authority and technical and scientific organization, which Volumes, with the exception of Standard Number 70, are adopted by reference as part of this code and may be applied with the same force and effect as though set out herein in full. "The following standards are intended for use as a guide in the design, fabrication, testing and use of equipment regulated by this code." (The remainder of Section 2.303. is adopted as written.) 17.04.060 ARTICLE 3 AMENDED. Article 3 is amended by adding Section 3.105. to read as follows: "Penalties "Sec.3.105. (a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this code hereby adopted or fails to comply therewith, or who violates or fails to comply with any order made thereunder, or who builds 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 fails 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 violation and noncompliance respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. nk= The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue; and all the persons shall be required to correct or remedy the violation 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." 17.04.070 SECTION 4.101. AMENDED. Subsections 10, 27 and 29 of Section 4.101 are amended to read as follows: 1110. Compressed gases. To store, handle, transport on site, or use at normal temperatures and pressures compressed gases in excess of the following amounts: TYPE OF GAS AMOUNT Flammable (also see No. 27 - Liquified petroleum gases) 200 cubic feet Oxidizing (including oxygen) 200 cubic feet Corrosive, Highy toxic or poisonous any amount Radioactive any amount Reactive or unstable any amount Inert or chemically unreactive 6000 cubic feet See Article 74, Article 80 and Article 82. "27. Liquified petroleum gases. To store, handle, transport on site, or use liquified petroleum gases in containers or tanks which exceed 7 1/2 gallons water capacity, except that a permit is required for the storage or use of more than 12 tanks or containers of any size. A permit is required to dispense or to fill portable containers wih liquified petroleum gases. Plans shall be submitted for permits for all stationary tank installations. No permit shall be required for any tank which is an integral part of a motor home or other vehicle and has been installed in accordance with national standards. 1129. Magnesium. To melt, cast, heat treat, or grind more than 10 pounds per working day, or to store in excess of 100 pounds of chips, turnings or other fines, or more than 100 cubic feet of larger pieces or scraps." "48. Self -serve Service Stations. To operate a self -serve fuel dispensing operation and service station. 17.04.080 SECTION 4.104. AMENDED. Section 4.104. is amended to read as follows: "Inspection Required "Section 4.104. Before a permit is issued, the Chief may require an inspection to be made in order to approve the receptacles, vehicles, buildings, devices, premises, storage spaces or areas to be used. Where laws or regulations are also enforceable by departments within the city other than the Fire Department, joint approval shall be obtained." 17.04.090 SECTION 4.108 ADDED. Section 4.108 is added to read as follows: "New Permits Required Sec. 4.108. The City Manager, the Chief of the Fire Department and the Fire Marshal shall act as a committee to determine and specify, after giving affected persons an opportunity to be heard, any materials, processes or occupancies, which shall require fire permits, in addition to those now enumerated in the code. The chief of the bureau of fire prevention shall post the list in a conspicuous place in his office, and distribute copies thereof to interested persons." -3- 17.040.100 SECTION 10.207. AMENDED. Section 10.207 is amended by adding subsection (m) to read as follows: "(m) It shall be unlawful for any person to park, stand or stop any vehicle or to permit any obstruction of any kind or nature in r- the required width of fire access roadways and the property owner or lessee of said property shall paint the curbs red and post 'FIRE LANE - NO STOPPING AT ANY TIME - ESMC SEC. 17.04.120' signs indicating that stopping of vehicles is prohibited and that at the direction of the Police Chief they will be towed away at the owner's expense." 17.040.110 SECTION 10.301. AMENDED. Section 10.301 is amended by revising subsection (d) to read as follows: "(d) Timing of Installation. When fire protection facilities are to be installed by the developer, such facilities including all surface access roads shall be installed and made serviceable prior to and during the time of construction. When alternate methods of protection, as approved by the Chief, are provided, the above may be modified or waived. "Fire extinguishing systems and fire detection or alarm systems, when required throughout a building, shall be completed in all areas and approved by the Chief or his representative prior to any occupancy of the building." 17.040.120 SECTION 10.306. AMENDED. Section 10.306 is amended by adding a new last paragraph to subsection (a) to read as follows: "Smoke detectors installed in accordance with Uniform Building Code Standard No. 43 -6, shall be provided in every guest room used for sleeping purposes and in commercial tenant spaces in hotels or motels. The detectors shall be hard wired and annunciated at the main control panel. This requirement is applicable to new buildings and existing buildings. In new buildings, all detectors except those in guest rooms, shall be interconnected with other required alarm systems. When an automatic fire - extinguishing system is installed throughout the building or occupancy, smoke detectors may be eliminated in areas other than guest rooms. In existing hotels and motels these requirements shall be complied with within 12 months of the date this ordinance is adopted." 17.040.130 SECTION 10.309. AMENDED. Section 10.309 is amended to read as follows: "Sprinkler System Alarms "Sec. 10.309.(a) When serving more than 100 sprinklers, automatic sprinkler systems shall be supervised by an approved central, proprietary or remote station service. "(b) Where buildings are required to be equipped throughout with a sprinkler system and an alarm system, they shall be inter- connected so that a waterflow signal will activate the alarm system." 17.040.140 SECTION 10.310. AMENDED. Section 10.310 is amended by revising subsections 2. and 5. to read as follows: "2. Sprinklers shall not be installed when the application of water or flame and water to the contents may constitute a serious life or fire hazard, as in the manufacture or storage of quantities of aluminum powder, calcium carbide, calcium phosphide, metallic sodium and potassium, quicklime, magnesium powder and sodium peroxide. "Sprinklers may be omitted from high - voltage rooms and in other electrical equipment at the direction of the Chief or when required by the Electrical Code. -4- "5. The Chief may approve the installation of other approved automatic fire - extinguishing systems to protect special hazards or occupancies in lieu of automatic sprinklers. "Whenever sprinklers are omitted in a room or area of a building required to be equipped throughout with such system, other approved automatic fire - extinguishing systems shall be installed in that room or area." 17.040.150 SECTION 10.311. AMENDED. Section 10.311 is amended by revising subsection (c) to read as follows: "(c) Location of Class I Standpipes. There shall be a Class I standpipe outlet connection at every floor level of every required stairway and on each side of the wall adjacent to the exit opening of a horizontal exit. Outlets at stairways shall be located within the exit enclosure or in the case of smokeproof enclosures, within the vestibule or exterior balcony, giving access to the stairway. EXCEPTION: 1. In buildings equipped with an approved automatic sprinkler system, risers and laterals which are not located within enclosed stairway or smokeproof enclosure need not be enclosed within fire - resistive construction. There shall be a three -way outlet above the roof line when the roof has a slope of less than 4 inches in 12 inches. In buildings where more than one standpipe is provided, the standpipes shall be interconnected at the bottom. Where Class I standpipes are installed in sprinklered buildings, the standpipe shall be wetted and supplied from the same water supply. 17.040.160 ARTICLE 47. AMENDED. Article 47 is amended by adding Section 47.113 to read as follows: "Storage Sec. 47.113. Storage of fumigants and insecticides shall be in accordance with Article 79 if applicable and Article 80. 17.040.170 SECTION 48.102. AMENDED. Section 48.102 is amended to read as follows: "Permits Sec. 48.102. For a permit for the storage, melting, casting, heat treating, machining or grinding of magnesium, see Section 4.101 17.040.180. ARTICLE 52 ADDED. Article 52 is added to read as follows: "ARTICLE 52 - ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS REGULATING STORAGE OF FLAMMABLE OR COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS, LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GASES, AND EXPLOSIVES AND BLASTING AGENTS. "Sec. 52.101. ESTABLISHMENT OF LIMITS OF DISTRICTS IN WHICH STORAGE OF FLAMMABLE OR COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS IN OUTSIDE ABOVE- GROUND TANKS IS TO BE PROHIBITED. (a) The limits referred to in Section 79.501 of the Uniform Fire Code in which storage of flammable or combustible liquids in outside aboveground tanks is prohibited, are hereby established as follows: In all land use zones as described in Title 20 (The Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance) of the 'E1 Segundo Municipal Code' except M -2 zoned areas. EXCEPTION: The Fire Chief may approve storage in C -M or M -1 zoned areas. "(b) The limits referred to in Section 79.501 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. -5- "Sec. 52.102. ESTABLISHMENT OF LIMITS OF DISTRICTS IN WHICH STORAGE OF LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GASES IS TO BE RESTRICTED. The limits referred to in Section 82.105(a) of the Uniform Fire Code, in which bulk storage of liquified petroleum gas is restricted, are hereby established as follows: In all land use zones within the City as described in Title 20 (The Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance) of the 'E1 Segundo Municipal Code' except M -2 zoned areas. "Sec. 52.103. ESTABLISHMENT OF LIMITS OF DISTRICTS IN WHICH STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES AND BLASTING AGENTS IS TO BE PROHIBITED. The limits referred to in Section 77.106(b) of the Uniform Fire Code, in which storage of explosives and blasting agents is prohibited, are hereby established as follows: In all land use zones within the City as described in Title 20 (The comprehen- sive Zoning Ordinance) of the 'E1 Segundo Municipal Code' except by special permit granted by the Fire Chief. 17.04.190 SECTION 79.114. AMENDED. Section 79.114 is amended by revising subsection (f) to read as follows: "(f) Reinstallation of tanks. Tanks which are to be reinstalled for flammable or combustible liquid service shall be recertified and relabeled by the original listing agency and shall comply with all of the provisions of this article. See Division VI of this article." 17.04.200 SECTION 79.601. AMENDED. Section 79.601 is amended by revising subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: "(d) Leaking Tanks. Leaking tanks shall be promptly emptied and removed from the ground or abandoned in accordance with Section 79.114. The Chief may permit repair and reinstallation in accordance with Section 79.114. "(e) Used tanks may be reinstalled if they comply with the requirements of Sec. 79.105, Sec. 79.114(f) and Section 79.603. See Section 2.303(b)." 17.04.210 SECTION 79.903. AMENDED. Section 79.903 is amended by deleting the exception to subsection (b) and adding subsections (g) and (h) to read as follows: "(g) Containers. Signs shall be prominently posted, stating: PORTABLE CONTAINERS. No delivery of any flammable or combustible liquids shall be made into portable containers, unless such container is of material and construction as approved by the Chief, having a tight closure with screwed or spring cover, so designed that the contents can be dispensed without spilling. Delivery of any flammable or combustible liquid into any glass container is prohibited. 17.04.220 SECTION 82.108. AMENDED. Section 82.108 is amended by deleting the exception to subsection (a), and deleting sub- section (b), and retitling subsection (c) as subsection (b). 17.04.230 APPENDIX III -A. AMENDED. Appendix III -A is amended by revising items 1.(a) and 1.(b) and adding item 1.(g) to read as follows: "(a) Intervals. Tests of systems or devices herein regulated shall be conducted at least every 5 years, and when required by Title 19, Subchapter 5 of the California Administrative Code, and when an inspection by the Chief indicates that there is reason to believe that the system or device would fail to operate properly in an emergency. -6- "(b) Testing Personnel. The tests established by this regulation shall be conducted by a qualified person who has been licensed by the State Fire Marshal. "(g) The Chief may waive or modify test procedures described herein when there are conflicts with the requirements of Title 19, Subchapter 5 of the California Administrative Code, or when size, age or condition of the particular system or other on -site condition warrants such waiver or modification." SECTION 3. VIOLATION - PENALTIES. (a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this code hereby adopted or fails to comply with any order made therewith, or who violates or fails to comply with any order made thereunder, or who builds 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 fails 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 violation and noncompliance respectfully, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue; and all the persons shall be required to correct or remedy the violation 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 4. All changes and modifications in the Uniform Fire Code, 1985 Edition, as amended by this Ordinance, are reasonably necessary because of local conditions. This finding is made pursuant to Section 17958.5 of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California. SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall become effective at midnight on the thirtieth day from and after the date of the final passage and adoption thereof. -7- SECTION 6. 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 E1 Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated within said city of E1 Segundo and which is hereby designated for that purpose. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 20th January , 1987 t E WU�A—t ty Clerk (SEAL) W19 day of yor of the City of E1 Se STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) CITY OF EL SEGUNDO ) SS I, Ronald L. Hart, City Clerk of the City of E1 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. 1092 is a full, true and correct original of Ordinance No. 1092 of the said City of E1 Segundo, California, entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE "UNIFORM FIRE CODE, 1985 EDITION ", INCLUDING APPENDICES, I -C, II -B, III -A, III -B, III -C, IV -A, and V -A; REPEALING IN ITS ENTIRETY CHAPTER 17.04 OF, AND ADDING CHAPTER 17.04 TO, "EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE ", WHICH CHAPTER RELATES TO THE FIRE CODE. 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 20th day of January, 1987, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Anderson, Jacobson, Schuldt, West, and Mayor Siadek NOES: None ABSENT: None 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 No. 1092 was dully 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 said City and that the same was so published therein on the following date, to wit: January 22, 1987. RONALD L. HART, City Clerk of the City of E1 Segundo, California (SEAL)