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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1512 ORDINANCE NO. 1512 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA ADOPTING THE UNIFORM FIRE CODE AND AMENDING CHAPTER 1 OF ARTICLE III OF THE ARCADIA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO FIRE PREVENTION. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That Chapter 1 of Article III of the Arcadia Municipal Code is hereby repealed. SECTION 2. That Article III of the Arcadia Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding thereto a new Chapter 1 containing Parts 1 through 4, the same to read as follows: "ARTICLE III. CHAPTER 1. PART 1. DIVISION 1. PUBLIC SAFETY FIRE PREVENTION UNIFORM FIRE CODE ADOPTION 3111. UNIFORM FIRE CODE. ADOPTION. With the exception of the deletions or additions hereinafter set forth, and subject to the amendments hereinafter specified, there is hereby adopted by reference for the City of Arcadia the 1973 Edition of the Uniform Fire Code, including Appendix E, thereto, recommended by the Western Fire Chiefs Association, 5360 South Workman Mill Road, Whittier, California 90601, and the International Conference of Building Officials, also of 5360 South Workman Mill Road, Whittier, California 90601. 3111.1. SAME. REFERENCE. It shall be sufficient in any prosecution for the violation of any provisions of said Uniform Fire Code to refer thereto as the Uniform Fire Code, or to refer -1- 1512 to any Article, Division or Section thereof. The term "Code" whenever used in this Part shall refer to the Uniform Fire Code as adopted and amended by this Part. ARTICLE III. CHAPTER 1. PART l. DIVISION 2. PUBLIC SAFETY FIRE PREVENTION UNIFORM FIRE CODE PURPOSE 3112. PURPOSE. It is the intent and purpose of the Code to prescribe regulations consistent with nationally recognized standard practice for the safeguarding of life and property to a reasonable degree from the hazards of fire and explosion arising from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, materials and devices, and from conditions hazardous to life or property in the use or occupancy of buildings or premises. ARTIC.LE III. CHAPTER 1. PART 1. DIVISION 3. PUBLIC SAFETY FIRE PREVENTION UNIFORM FIRE CODE DEFINITIONS 3113. DEFINITIONS. The words used in the Code shall have the meaning ascribed to them by the Code, and in addition thereto the following words shall be understood and defined to have the meanings set forth in the following subsections. 3113.1. ADMINISTRATOR. Shall mean the City Manager of the City of Arcadia. 3113.2. CHIEF ENFORCING OFFICER OR ENFORCING OFFICER. Whenever the term "Chief" is used, the said term shall refer to the Chief of the City of Arcadia Fire Department. 3113.3. CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION. Whenever -2- 1512 the term "Chief of the Bureau of Fire prevention" is used, it shall mean Chief of the City of Arcadia Fire Department, unless the City Council shall designate some other officer in place thereof. 3113.4. EXECUTIVE BODY. Shall mean the City Council of Arcadia. 3113.5. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Shall mean the regularly organized fire department of the City of Arcadia. 3113.6. JURISDICTION. Shall mean the City of Arcadia, and persons duly aut.horized for the enforcement of this Code. 3113.7. JURISDICTIONAL AREA. Shall mean that area within the boundaries of the City of Arcadia. 3113.8. LEGISLATIVE BODY. Whenever the term "Legislative Body" is used, it shall mean the City Council of the City of Arcadia. 3113.9. MUNICIPALITY OR CITY. Whenever the term "Municipality or City" is used, it shall refer to the City of Arcadia. 3113.10. OTHER OFFICERS. If any term used in the Code shall refer to an officer, agency, board or body not set up by or within the City of Arcadia, the term shall be deemed to refer to such officer, body or agency as shall in fact be charged with the responsibility of performing the duty intended to be performed by said officer, agency, board or body. -3- 1512 ARTICLE III. CHAPTER 1. PART 1. DIVISION 4. PUBLIC SAFETY FI RE PREVENTION UNIFORM FIRE CODE DELETIONS, AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONS 3114. DELETIONS, AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONS. The follow- ing Sections and provisions of the Code are hereby deleted, amended or added as set forth in the following subsections. 3114.1. DELETIONS: The following portions of the said Code are hereby deleted and repealed, to wit: Section 27.101 and Section 27.113 3114.2. AJffiNDMENT: Paragraph (bl of Section 12.102 of Article 12 of the said Code is hereby amended to read as follows: (b) The Chief shall have power to adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the granting of permits for supervised public displays of fireworks by a jurisdiction, fair associations, amuse- ment parks, other organizations, or for the use of fireworks by artisans in pursuit of their trade. Every such use or display shall be handled by a competent operator approved by the Chief, and shall be of such character and so located, discharged or fired as, in the opinion of the Chief after proper investigation, not to.be hazardous to property or endanger any person. 3114.3. ADDITION: Section 12.102 (dl is hereby added to Article 12 of the said Code, to read as follows: (d) The sale or use of fireworks shall be limited to those fireworks defined as "Safe and Sane Fireworks" by the State Fire Marshal. 3114.3.1. ADDITION: Section 13.103 is hereby added to Article 13 of the said Code, to read as follows: -4- 1512 Section 13.103. Notice of Blocking Streets. Any person who causes any street, alley or public thoroughfare to be blocked or made impassible by reason of excavation, working thereon, or for any other reason, shall notify the Fire Department not less than 24 hours prior to the time such street, alley or public thorough- fare is blocked or made impassible, and immediately upon removal of such blocking or impediment. 3114.3.2. ADDITION: Section 13.206 (b) and (c) are hereby added to Article 13 of the said Code, to read as follows: (b) Whenever the Chief determines that the visibility of any fire hydrant is wholly or partially obscured to the view of members of the Fire Department answering emergency fire calls, by light or sign standards, utility poles or similar installations on or in the sidewalk, street or parkway, he may cause to be painted on each such obstruction a stripe, the top of which shall not be more than six feet above the surface of the sidewalk, street or parkway in which such obstruction is located. The stripe shall not be over twelve inches in width, and shall be the same color as that of the fire hydrant so obstructed. (c) Whenever the Chief determines that it is advisable to provide hydrant location indicators, he may cause to be painted or have installed hydrant location stripes or markers in the street. 3114.3.3. ADDITION: Section 15.703 (f) is hereby added to Article 15 of the said Code, to read as follows: (fl A service station shall not be installed or maintained -5- 1512 on any dwelling property, apartment house, lodging house or hotel property. No person shall dispense any flammable liquid or liquified petroleum gas directly from an underground tank, above- ground tank or drum, or liquified petroleum gas container directly into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle or any container while on any premises which has a dwelling unit or units, apartment house, lodging house or hotel. 3114.3.4. ADDITION: Section 27.117 is hereby added to Article 27 of the said Code, to read as follows: Section 27.117. Restrictions on Burning and Open Fires; Public Property. (a) All burning of combustible waste material permitted under Article 27 is subject to the restrictions of the Air Pollution District, County of Los Angeles. (b) I.t shall be unlawful for any person except an officer or employee of the City within the scope of his duties, to set fire to, ignite, or burn any combustible material or substance upon any street, alley, sidewalk, park, parkway or other public property within the City. Exception: This provision shall not prohibit a person from utilizing cooking and campfire facilities provided in the City parks, if required permits are first obtained. (c) No person shall dispose of any combustible waste material by burning, or kindle or maintain any bonfire or rubbish fire, or authorize any such fire to be kindled or maintained on any lot or parcel of land within the City without a written permit from the Chief. 3114.3.5. ADDITION: Section 27.201 (d) is hereby added -6- 1512 to Article 27 of the said Code, to read as follows: (d) Storage Containers. All combustible rubbish, oily rags or waste material, when kept outside a building, shall be securely stored in a metal or metal lined receptacle equipped with tight fitting covers, incorporating features which provide a complete confinement of the contents. 3114.3.6. ADDITION: Section 27.301 (c) is hereby added to Article 27 of the said Code, to read as follows: (c) Any person, upon discovering or being notified of an uncontrolled or dangerous gas leak, spill of flammable or combustible liquids, or any other material or condition that is dangerous to life or property on the premises which he owns, rents, operates, manages, controls or occupies, shall immediately notify the Fire Department. ARTICLE III. CHAPTER 1. PART 1. DIVISION 5. PUBLIC SAFETY FIRE PREVENTION UNIFORM FIRE CODE MODIFICATIONS AND APPEALS 3115.1. MODIFICATIONS. The Chief shall have power to modify any provisions of the Uniform Fire Code upon application in writing by the owner or lessee, or his duly authorized agent, where there are practical difficulties in carrying out the strict letter of the Code, provided that the spirit of the Code shall be observed, public safety secured and substantial justice done. The particulars of such modifications when granted or allowed and the decision of the Chief thereon shall be entered upon the records of the Fire Department and a signed copy shall be furnished the applicant. -7- 1512 3115.2. APPEALS. Whenever the Chief shall disapprove an application or refuse to grant a license or 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 mis- contrued or wrongly interpreted, the applicant may appeal from the decision of the Chief to the Executive Body within thirty (30) days from the date of the decision. ARTICLE III. CHAPTER 1. PART 2. PUBLIC SAFETY FIRE PREVENTION FIRE ZONES 3120. CREATION. There is hereby created in the City a Fire District consisting of all real property located in the City as the same is presently or hereafter may be constituted. 3121. BOUNDARIES. Said Fire District shall comprise and be divided into four zones designated as Fire Zone No.1, Fire Zone No.2, Fire Zone! No.3 and Fire Zone No.4. 3121.1. FIRE ZONE NO.1. Fire Zone No. 1 shall include all real property in the City which has been or may hereafter be classified, reclassified as, changed to or placed in Zones C-l, C-2, C-3, C-M or C-C under, pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 2 of Article IX. 3121.2. FIRE ZONE NO.2. Fire Zone No.2 shall include all real property in the City which has been or may hereafter be classified, reclassified as, changed to or placed in Zones C-O, M-l or M-2 under, pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 2 of Article IX. 3121.3. FIRE ZONE NO.3. Fire Zone No.3 shall include -8- 1512 all real property in the City not otherwise included in either Fire Zone No.1, Fire Zone No.2 or Fire Zone No.4. 3121.4. FIRE ZONE NO.4. Fire Zone No.4 shall include all real property in the City which the Council by resolution determines, upon the report and recommendation of the Chief, to be a hazardous fire area. ARTICLE III. CHAPTER 1. PART 3. DIVISION 1. PUBLIC SAFETY FIRE PREVENTION SPECIAL REGULATIONS FIREWORKS 3131. FIREWORKS. REGULATIONS. Except as hereinafter specified, no person shall light, fire, discharge, explode or set off any fireworks or blank cartridges or small firearms or any- thing containing any proportion of any substance of an explosive nature. 3131.1. SAME. PERMITTED AREAS. With the exception of property located in a hazardous fire area, the public may, with the consent of the owner or occupant thereof, on private property improved with a dwelling and inhabited by human beings, use and discharge such fireworks as are permitted by the laws of the State on the fourth of July of each year, and upon the fifth of July of each year in which the fourth day of July falls on Sunday. 3131.2. SAME. USE BY MINORS. No parent, guardian or other person having the legal care and custody of any child under the age of fourteen (14) years, shall allow such child to light, fire, discharge, explode or set off any fireworks or blank cart- ridges or small arms or anything contrary to the provisions of this Part. -9- 1512 ARTICLE III. CHAPTER 1. PART 3. DIVISION 2. PUBLIC SAFETY FIRE PREVENTION SPECIAL REGULATIONS FLAMMABLE AND EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS 3132. STORAGE OF FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS IN OUTSIDE ABOVEGROUND TANKS PROHIBITED. The limits in which storage of flammable liquids in outside aboveground tanks is prohibited are hereby established as the boundaries of the City of Arcadia as the same now exist or as the same may at any time hereafter exist. 3132.1. NEW BULK PLANTS PROHIBITED. The limits in which new bulk plants for flammable liquids are prohibited are hereby established as the boundaries of the City of Arcadia as the same now. exist or as the same may at any time hereafter exist. 3132.2. BULK STORAGE OF LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS RESTRICTED. The limits in which bulk storage of liquified petroleum gas is restricted are hereby established as the boundaries of the City of Arcadia as the same now exist or as the same may at any time hereafter exist. 3132.3. STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES AND AMMUNITION PROHIBITED. The limits in which the storage of explosives and ammunition are prohibited are hereby established as the boundaries of the City of Arcadia as the same now exist or as the same may at any time hereafter exist. 3132.4.. SAME. EXCEPTION. The City Council may, upon written applicati.on, and after receipt of the report and recommen- dation of the Chief, after finding upon the evidence received that the public health, safety and welfare will not be jeopardized, alter the limits fixed by any of the preceding four Secti.ons. -10- 1512 Such alteration of limits shall require the affirmative vote of at least three of the members of the Council entered upon the Council minutes. 3132.5. SALE OF FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS RESTRICTED. No person shall sell or offer for sale any Class 1 flammable liquid as defined in the Uniform Fire Code adopted by this Chapter for the express purpose of domestic cleaning. No person shall sell, offer for sale, or dispense any flammable liquid for the express purpose of producing a fire bomb as defined by Section 653(l) of the California Penal Code. ARTICLE III. CHAPTER 1. PART 3. DIVISION 3. PUBLIC SAFETY FIRE PREVENTION SPECIAL REGULATIONS REFUSE AND WASTE MATERIALS 3133. STORAGE AREAS. Every Group H occupancy shall be provided with an area reserved for storage of the accumulation of combustible refuse and waste materials pending removal of such materials from the premises. For the purposes of this Section, "Refuse and Waste Accumulation Area" shall mean that area where such materials are stored while awaiting removal or disposal, and shall not mean any receptacle or containers which may be distributed throughout the premises for the purpose of collecting refuse and waste from particular operations or locations. Such storage area shall be located more than ten feet from nonfire resistive portions of any structure and more than ten feet, measured horizontally, from any opening into a structure which is not pro- tected with an approved fire assembly of not less than 3/4 hour fire resistive rating. -11- 1512 3133.1. STORAGE. Every property owner, occupant or tenant of a Group H occupancy shall cause combustible refuse and waste materials to be stored within an approved refuse and waste accumulation area by placing such materials in approved non- conbustible containers in such area. A sufficient number of such containers shall be provided to store all of the refuse and waste accumulated at the premises between times of removal. Waste accumulation areas, and all refuse and waste containers, shall be of a type approved by the Chief, and shall incorporate features which provide a complete confinement of refuse and waste. 3133.2. DUMPING ON VACANT LOTS. No person shall deposit any grass, weeds, brush, debris, trash or other waste material upon any vacant lot or parcel of ground within the City, except with the written consent of the owner thereof. ARTICLE III. CHAPTER 1. PART 3. DIVISION 4. PUBLIC SAFETY FIRE PREVENTION SPECIAL REGULATIONS HAZARDOUS FIRE AREAS 3134. SPARK ARRESTERS. EQUIPMENT. No person shall use or operate in, upon, or within two hundred (200) feet of any hazardous fire area, any tractor, construction equipment, engine, machinery, or any steam, oil or gasoline operated stationary or mobile equipment from which a spark or fire may originate, unless such equipment is provided with a qualified device or spark arrester installed in or attached to the exhaust pipe, which will prevent the escape of fire or sparks. Said qualified device or spark arrester shall meet the United States Forest Service Interim -12- 1512 Standards for spark arresters for Internal Combustion Engines Number 5100-1A, dated April, 1970. For the purpose of this Section, any registered motor vehicle operated on a road or highway, and which is equipped with a muffler in good condition as required by the Vehicle Code, shall be deemed to be in compliance with this Section. 3134.1. ENFORCEMENT. The Chief and his deputies hereby are authorized to enforce the provisions of this Division, in addition to all portions of Appendix E of the Uniform Fire Code. Said deputies shall consist of the following persons: 1. Officers and members of the Fire Department. 2. Officers and members of the Police Department. 3. United States Forest Service Officers. 4. Such other officers or employees of the City Council as may be recommended by the Chief and approved by the City Council. ARTICLE III. CHAPTER 1. PART 4. PUBLIC SAFETY FIRE PREVENTION MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 3140. FIRE DEPARTMENT BADGE. No person shall wear, display or have in his possession any badge or shield of the same design as adopted as the official badge or shield of the City of Arcadia Fire Department, unless such person shall be a duly appointed member of said Fire Department, and such badge has been issued or authorized in writing by the Chief. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any member of said Fire Department who has been honorably retired, and who may have in his possession a facsimile of the official badge or shield presented to him by -13- 1512 the City, provided that the same shall plainly indica.te the fact that such former member is no longer in the active service of , the Fire Department. 3140.1. TAMPERING WITH FIRE PROTECTION. EQUIPMENT PROHIBIT~D. No person except a person authorized by the Chief, or any employee of the City acting within the scope of his public duties, shall in any manner tamper with any lock, gate, door, barrier, enclosure, fire hydrant, fire alarm circuit, fire alarm box or auxiliary fire fighting apparatus or other equipment. which is installed by, under the control of, or for. the use of the Fire-Department of the City. This Section shall not prohibit necessary repairs to, or maintenance of, privately owned fire protection equipment by individuals, firms or corporations owning such systems, or their agents. 3140,2. HELIPORTS, HELISTOPS AND HELICOPTER CRANE OPERATIONS. No person shall establish or maintain any heliport or helistop, nor make any helicopter landings or takeoffs on an occasional basis, nor engage in any helicopter crane operation without first complying with the provisions of Article III, Chapter 6, Parts 1 and 2, of this Code. In considering the issuance of a permit or authorization pursuant to Sections 3626 or 3626.1. of this Code, the City Councilor City Manager shall obtain a written recommendation from the Chief who may, in preparing such report, require the applicant to provide information in such. detail as he may specify. The Chief ~s hereby empowered to adopt and enforce reasonable rules and regulations to provide safety to persons and -14- 1512 property during the performance of any'operation described in this Section; such regulations shall be deemed to be included within those falling under the provision of Section 3627 of this Code. 3140.3. HEATING DEVICES. No person shall maintain any heating device in any occupancy the combustion chamber of which is not adequately quarded to prevent ignition of any adjacent material. Flame in any such heating device shall be so permanently regulated, or guards shall be so maintained, as to prevent injury to persons or ignition of adjacent materials. SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia held on the lst day of October , 1974, by the affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit: AYES: Councilmen Gilb, Helms, Lauber, Saelid and Scott NOES: None ABSENT: None ~~~/~ City Clerk of the City of Arcadia SIGNED J\ND APPROVED this '"(;;E;~ Mayor of the C1ty of Arcad1a ~: ~~~ C1ty Clerk (SEALl -15- 1512 1\