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HomeMy WebLinkAbout38.104 ORDINANCE NO. 38. 104 AN ORDINANCE OF ~I'HM CITY OF SARATOGA AMMaNDING CM~PTER 6, ARTICLE I, ENTITLED "FIRE PREVENTION CODE", OF THE SARATOGA CITY CODE The City Council of the City of Saratoga does hereby ordain as follows: SECTION 1: Article I of Chapter 6 of the Saratoga City Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Article I.' Fire Prevention Code. Sec. 6-1. Uniform Fire Code--Adopted. The 1979 Edition of the Uniform Fire Code, including Appendices A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I only, as compiled and published by the International Conference of Building Officials and the Western Fire Chiefs Association, Inc., three copies of which Fire Code have been filed for use and examination by the public in the office of the City Clerk of this City, is hereby referred to and, except as to additions, deletions or amendments hereinafter noted, the same is hereby adopted and made a part hereof, the same as if fully set forth in this article, and shall be the Fire Prevention Code for this City. Sec. 6-2. Uniform Fire Code--additions~ deletions and amendments. The following additions, deletions and amendments are hereby made tO the 1979 Uniform Fire Code hereinafter adopted by reference: 6-2.1. New Section 3.105 added. New Section 3.105 is hereby,added to read as follows: Sec. 3.105. Abatement of hazards. (a) If any person fails to comply with an order of the fire district, or in the event the fire district is unable to locate the responsible person within a reason- able time, the fire district may take such steps as are necessary to abate a fire hazard or health hazard for the protection of the public health and safety. In no event is notice necessary before abatement when the fire hazard constitutes a clear and present danger to the public welfare. (b) All costs and expenses incurred by the City in taking steps to remove or abate such a hazard shall be a lien against the property on which such hazard is maintained, and on all property in the City of,the person or persons creating, causing, committing or maintaining such hazard, and shall be a personal obliga- tion of the person or persons creating, causing, committing or maintaining such hazard, and such costs and expenses shall include reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the City. The above-referred to liens shall attach immediately on the commencement of the work of removal or abatement, without notice; the City may, however, give notice of any such lien by the recordation with the County Recorder of a notice of lien.containing a Statement of the general nature of the work done or to be done,.the estimated Or actual cost thereof, a~d the name or names of the persons against whose property the lien lies. Such liens and the personal obligation of the person or persons creating, causing, committing or maintaining any such hazard, may be enforced by a civil action brought in the name of City in any court of competent jurisdiction. 6-2.2. New Section 4.104.1 added. New Section 4.104.1 is hereby added to read as follows: Sec. 4.104.1. Authority to require exposure Or to stop work. Whenever any installation is covered or concealed without first having been inspected, the fire marshal may require, by written notice, that such work shall be exposed for inspection. The work of exposing and recovering shall not entail any expense to the public entity, Whenever any construction or installation work is being performed in violation of the plans and specifi- cations as approved by the fire marshal, a written notice shall be issued to the responsible party to stop work on that portion of the work which is in violation. The notice shall state the nature of the violation, and no work shall be done on that portion until the violation has been corrected. 6-2.3. New Section 4.108 added. New Section 4.108 is hereby added to read as follows: Sec. 4.108. Permit fees. The City Council may, by resolution, establish a schedule of fees to be charged and collected by the City for the issuance of any such permits required under the provisions of this Code and for the checking and inspecting services relative to these provisions. A copy of such fee schedul. es shall be maintained in the office of the City Clerk and such other locations as may be deemed necessary for public inspection. 6-2.4. New Section 10.207(f) added. New Section 10.207(f) is hereby added to read as follows: Sec. 10.207(f). Turnarounds. Dead-end access roadways shall be provided with turnarounds as required by the Fire Chief. 6-2.5. New Section 10.207(g) added. New Section 10.207(g) is hereby added to read as follows: Sec. 10.207(g). Roadway and driveway gates. Gates or other obstructions shall not be placed across access roadways and driveways unless of a design approved by the Fire Chief. Application for the instal- lation of gates or obstructions shall be made in writing and accompanied by plans and specifications detailing the proposed installation. Existing gates may be ordered to conform to the-above as required by the Fire Chief. 6-2.6. New Section 10.301(f) added. New Section !0.301(f) is hereby added to read as follows: Sec. 10.301(f). Adequate water supply. Compliance with the publication 'Guide for Deter- mination of Required Fire Flow,' as published by the Insurance Services Office, shall be deemed adequate water supply, except for the following: (1) Where water supplies available for fire protection do not meet the above requirements, buildings equipped throughout with an approved automatic sprinkler system need not mandatorily comply with the provisions of this section. (2) Buildings in excess of two (2) stories in height or that require a fire flow in excess of two thousand gallons per minute (2,000 gpm) shall be equipped throughout with an approved automatic sprinkler system. For the purpose of this subsection, dwellings with exterior walls protected in accordance with the provi- sions of the Building Code need not comply. 6-2.7. New Section 10.301(g) added. New Section 10.301(g) is hereby added to read as follows: Sec. 10.301(g). Lock boxes. Every high-rise building, every building containing one or more elevators, or every building presenting difficult fire-fighting ingress as determined by the Fire Chief shall have installed an approved lock box to be located as directed by the Fire Chief. Lock box shallcontain: (1)Keys to locked points of ingress, whether on the interior or exterior of such building. (2) -Keys to locked mechanical equipment rooms. (3) Keys to locked electrical panel rooms. (4) Keys to elevator controls. (5) Keys to other areas as directed by the Fire Chief. (6) Written instructions on equipment shutdown as directed by the Fire Chief. 6-2.8. Section 10.307(a) amended. Section 10.307(a) is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 10.307(a). Fire alarm systems. Any building or structure three or more stories in ~height shall have installed therein an approved automatic or manually operated fire alarm system, designed to warn the occupants of the building in the event of fire. The fire alarm system shall be so designed that all occupants of the building may be warned simultaneously, and alarm annunciator panels shall be provided in such locations as required by the fire marshal. Installation, inspection and maintenance of the system shall be in accor~ with the standards of the National Fire Protection Association. Each owner shall be required to institute a training program in the use of first-aid fire equipment and methods of evacuation, and a procedure to be followed in the event of fire shall be established and shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (i) Posting the telephone number of the fire department in a conspicuous and plainly visible location near each telephone, and (ii) Assignment of a responsible person to call the fire department upon notification of any fire or the activation of any alarm or sprinkler system 'for any reason, and (iii) Designation of areas where Occupants are to be located after evacuation of the building. 6-2.9. New Section 10.307(e) added. New Section 10.307(e) is hereby added to read as follows: Sec. 10.307(e). Detailed requirements. When an approved automatic sprinkler system is installed in conjunction with a fire alarm system, the automatic sprinkler shall be provided with a water flow device which shall cause activation of the fire alarm signaling device. 6-2.10. New Section 10.310(f) added. New Section 10.310(f) is hereby added to read as follows: Sec. 10.3i0(f). Standpipe hose connections. When, in the opinion of the Fire Chief, an unusual condition or hazard exists, hose connection may be required and may be provided as outlined in Sections 3-8.6 and 3-8.7 of National Fire Protection Association (N.F.P.A.) Standard #13, 1976 Edition. 6-2.11. New Section 10.403 added. New Section 10.403 is hereby added to read as follows: Sec. 10.403. Fire protection for combustible waste material storage. Standard automatic sprinkler protection shall be provided in all rooms containing combustible waste storage and above all combustible waste storage areas within ten (10) feet of a building or roof overhang in all Uniform Building Code group occupancies, except R-3 Uniform Building Code group occupancies. Such sprinklers may be connected to the domestic water supply, provided the piping for the domestic water supply and the sprinkler system is sufficient to supply the area, such water supply is provided to the sprinkler system, and an approved and accessible O.S. and Y type shutoff valve is 'provided for each such room or area. If there is no ceiling, a heatbaffle plate shall be provided not more than six inches (6") above the sprinkler head. 6-2.12. New Section 11.207 added. New Section 11.207 is hereby added to read as follows: Sec. 11.207. Earthquake barriers for certain shelves. Shelves used for the storage of containers of flammable or combustible liquids, corrosive or reactive materials shall be provided with appr0ved'earthquake barriers. -- ~' 6-2.13. 'New Section 11.208 added. New Section 11.208 is hereby added to read as-follows: Sec. 11.208. Illeqal dumping--combustible material. No person shall dump, deposit or place, or cause to be dumped, deposited or placed, any coals, ashes, or debris, paper, rubbish, trash, waste products Or petroleum or other combustible waste material in or upon any lands or premises not owned by or under the legal custody and control of the person so dumping, depositing or placing the same, without prior written permission so to do from the owner or other person in legal custody or control of such premises, nor in any event upon any lands or premises, whether owned by or under the control of the person or not, wherein such dumping, depositing or placing is otherwise prohibited by law. 6-2.14. Section 12.113(c) amended. Section 12.113(c) is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 12.113(c). Illumination of siqns. Exit signs serving an occupany load of one hundred or more persons shall be lighted with two electric lamps of not less than fifteen watts each supplied by two separate sources. 6-2.15. New Section 74.116 added. New Section 74.116 is hereby added to read as follows: Sec.' 74.116. Compressed Gasses--Storage and/or Use Prohibited Without Permit. With the exception of those gasses covered by Articles 49, 63, 80, and 82 of this Code, compressed chlorine gas used to purify water, compressed oxygen gas prescribed and used for medical purposes, and those commercial products packaged in their original aerosol Containers as are commonly available in retail outlets, 'the.storage'ind/or'use of~cmbustible, flammabl~.orh~zardous~ccfnpressed gasses in dwellings and apartment houses and accompanying attached or detached garages is prohibited unless a valid permit has first been obtained from the Fire Marshal. 6-2.16. Section 79.201(a) amended.' Section 79.201(a) is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 79.201(a). Restricted locations. The storage of Class 1 flammable and combustible liquids in above ground tanks outside of buildings is prohibited within any residential, Commercial,'~i~dustr_ial =or'~rofession~l.~dministrati~e~6ni~district. 6-2.17. New Section 80.103(f) added. New Section 80.103(f) is hereby added to read as follows: Sec. 80.103(f). Anhydrous ammonia. Anhydrous ammonia shall be stored and handled so as to be reasonably safe to persons and property. Evidence that anhydrous ammonia has been stored and handled in accordance with ANSI-K61.1, Safety Requirements for the Storage and Handling of Anhydrous Ammonia, 1966 Edition, is evidence that such anhydrous ammonia is {~asonably safe to persons and property. 6-2.18. New Section 16(c) of Appendix E'added] New Section 16(c) of Appendix E is hereby added to read!as follows: Section 16(c). Firebreak vegetation. When brush or vegetation growth is removed and cleared away to provide a firebreak as required by this section, suitable growth which will not form ameans of rapidly transmitting fire shall be planted in such a manner so as to reduce the possibility of erosion. 6-2.19. New Section 24 of Appendix E added. New Section 24 of Appendix E is hereby added to read as follows: Section 24. Roof coverings. Roof coverings on all buildings shall be fire- retardant, or shall comply with the standards established for Uniform Building Code Class A or B prepared or built-up roofing. Re-roofing of existing buildings shall comply with the above, except that any re-roofing of less than ten percent (10%) of the total roof area of any building shall be exempt from this requirement. 6-2.20. New Section 25 of Appendix E added. New Section 25 of Appendix E is hereby added to read as follows: Section 25. Hazardous fire area designations. All hazardous fire areas shall be designated by the City Council, with the advice of the fire marshal and chief of the applicable fire protection district, and shall be established by either ordinance or resolution specifically referring to and adopting a map or maps so delineating the same. Reference is hereby made to Sheets 96, 111, 125 and 126 of the Santa Clara County Cadastral Planimetrics Maps, showing and delineating thereon areas of the City · which are designated hazardous fire areas, three copies of which maps have been filed with the Clerk of this City for use and examination by the public, and which maps are hereby specifically referred to and incorporated herein by reference. The City Council of this City hereby finds and determines that the areas designated as hazardous fire areas on each of the foregoing sheets of such maps do constitute hazardous fire areas within the terms and meaning of the definition thereofhereinbefore set forth in this Code. The hereinab0ve referred to maps, and the hazardous fire areas shown thereon, may from time to time be modified or changed by subsequent ordinance or resolution of the City Council. Sec. 6-3. Findings and determinations by Council for interpreting ar.ticle. Insofar as any of the provisions of this article or of the Uniform Fire Code herein adopted by reference constitute a modification or change from or in the regulations otherwise contained in the Uniform COdes referred to in Health and Safety Code Section 17922 and heretofore adopted, as modified, by this City, and contained in chapter 3'6f the Saratoga City Code (Building Regulations), in relation to any single or -multiple dwelling,'apartment house, motel or hotel, or any building or 'structure accessory thereto, it is hereby found and determined, and this Council has heretofore found and determined, that such modiflications and changes are needed by this City, and are reasonably necessary because of local conditions, and in relation to dwellings, are particularly necessary by reason of the hazardous fire areas in this City. Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 17958.7, such finding shall be made available as a public record, and the City Clerk is directed to file a copy of such finding together with a,copy of this article with the Department of Housing and Community Development of the State of California. SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Saratoga hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be held invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 3: This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect thirty (30) days from and after the date of its passage and adoption. The above and foregoing ordinance was regularly introduced and after the waiting time required by law, was thereafter passed and adopted this 6th day of January , 1982, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Clevenger, Jensen, Mallory, Watson, Mayor Callon NOES: None ABSENT: None MAYOR ATTEST: ~ ~ (~,/ The ab,':,ve and foregoing is CITY C~RK Deputy City CI rk 'Date'