Ordinance Number 690ORDINANCE NO. 690
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 "FIRE PREVENTION" OF
TITLE 4 "PUBLIC SAFETY' RELATING TO ADOPTION BY
REFERENCE OF THE UNIFORM FIRE CODE, 1988 EDITION, WITH
APPENDICES AND AMENDMENTS THERETO; AND ADOPTING THE
1988 UNIFORM FIRE CODE STANDARDS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Amendments - Chapter 2 "Fire Prevention" of Title 4,
"Public Safety", of the Municipal Code is amended in
its entirety.
Chapter 2, Fire Prevention, of Title 4, Public Safety, of the Municipal Code is
amended in its entirety to read as follows:
"CHAPTER 2, FIRE PREVENTION
Sec. 4-2.01. Adoption of the Uniform Fire Code.
There is hereby adopted by the San Juan Capistrano City Council for the
purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and
property from fire or explosion, that certain code and standards known as the
Uniform Fire Code, 1988 Edition, as published by he International Conference
of Building Officials and Western Fire Chiefs' Association, and the whole
thereof, including Appendices I -A through V-A thereof, excluding appendix II -
E, the 1988 Uniform Fire Code Standards and the current accumulative
supplement to said code and standards, save and except such portion as are
hereinafter added, deleted, modified, or amended, of which Code and
Standards, one copy is now on file in the office of the City Clerk, and the same
are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set forth at length herein;
and the provisions thereby shall be controlling within the limits of the
incorporated area of the City of San Juan Capistrano.
Sec. 4-2.02. Amendment: Section 4.110(a) added.
DECLARATION OF INTENDED USE OF OCCUPANCY
As required by the Chief, any or all owners of any occupancy may be required
to record with the County Recorder of the County of Orange a legal
instrument of intended use. This legal instrument shall be called a Declaration
of Intended Use, which shall specifically state by occupancy classification
designations all intended uses of all portions of the occupancy and may not be
modified or withdrawn with the approval of the Chief. Unapproved changes of
occupancy or use can be cause for for an immediate hearing before the
Building Official and the Fire Chief or their designees. Such hearing shall be
conducted to rule on the revocation of the Certificate of Occupancy and the
revocation of all permits issued to all owners, tenants, operators, and
occupants of all portions of the occupancy. The Declaration of Intended Use
shall be binding on all present and future owners, tenants, operators and
occupants.
(b) Any existing occupancy that is modified in any manner where the
modifications exceed 1% of the total floor area of the smallest aggregate
individual floor area or tier are in any twelve month period, shall require the
filing of a Declaration of Intended use.
(c) A certified copy of the recorded Declaration of Intended Use shall be
filed with the Building Official and the Fire Chief before any Certificate of
Occupancy and/or any permits are issued to any or all owners, tenants,
operators or occupants of the occupancy.
Sec. 4-2.03. Section 10.21.16(a) amended.
Section 10.626(a) of ;.iid Fire Code is hereby amended to rad as follows:
OBSTRUCTION OF.='IRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
Section 10.206(a). No person shall place or keep any post, fence, vehicle,
growth, trash, storage or other material or thing near any fire hydrant, fire
department connection or fire protection system control valve that would
prevent such equipment or hydrant from being immediately discernible or in
any other manner deter or hinder the fire department from gaining immediate
access to said equipment or hydrant. A minimum 3 foot clear space shall be
maintained around the circumference of the fire hydrant except as otherwise
required or approved by the Chief. A violation of this section constitutes an
infraction.
Sec. 4-2.04. Section 10.207(k) amended.
Section 10.207(k) of said Fire Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 10.207(k) Obstruction. The required dth of anv re apparatus
access road or fire lane shall not be obstruct-:; in any ma-ier, including
parking of vehicles. Minimum required widths and clearances established
under this section shall be maintained at all times.
A violation of this section constitutes an infraction and any vehicle parked or
any object placed in violation of this section shall be subject to immediate
removal and storage pursuant to law.
Sec. 4-2.05. Section 10.208(a) amended.
Section 10.208(a) of said Fire Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 10.208(a). Approved numbers or addresses shall be placed on all new
and existing buildings in s, -ch a position as to be plainly visible and legible from
the street or road fronting the property. Said numbers shall contras' with
their background. Any commercial building occupied by more than one
business shall have numbers or addresses placed on or immediately adjacent to
all doors that would allow fire department access in an emergency situation.
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In no case shall the numbers be less than 4" for residential and 6" for
commercial with a 1" stroke.
Multiple dwelling units (i.e., apartments, condominiums, townhouses, etc.)
having entrance doors not visible from the street or road shall have approved
numbers grouped for all dwellings within each structure and positioned so as to
be plainly visible from the street or road. Said numbers may be grouped on the
wall of the structure or on a substantial mounting post independent of the
structure.
Sec. 4-2.06. Section 10.305(b) amended.
Section 10.305(b) is amended to read as follows:
Section 10.305(b) Approvals. All fire -extinguishing systems, including
automatic sprinkler systems, Classes I, II and III combined standpipes, Halon
systems and other special automatic extinguishing systems, and basement pipe
inlets shall be approved and shall be subject to periodic tests as they may be
required. A condition of approval of all Halon systems shall be satisfactory
passage of a full discharge test utilizing an approved test gas, or other test
procedure as approved by the chief, prior to final acceptance of the system.
The location of all fire department hose connections shall be approved by he
chief.
Sec. 4-2.07. Section 10.306(b) amended.
Section 10.306(b) of said Fire Code is hereby amended by adding subsection 5
as follows:
(5) In all new buildings or structures when the gross square footage thereof
exceeds 6,000 square feet or more than two (2) stories in height.
EXCEPTION: Open parking structures, B-3 occupancy.
For the purposes of this section, area separation walls shall not define separate
buildings.
Sec. 4-2.08. Section 10.306(h) amended.
Section 10.306(h) of said Fire Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
(h) Group R Occupancies.
1. All new Group R, Division 1 occupancies shall be equipped with an
automatic sprinkler system. Residential or quick -response standard
sprinkler heads shall be used in the dwelling unit and guest room
portions of the building.
2. All new Group R, Division 3 dwellings over 6,000 square feet in
floor area shall be equipped with an approved automatic residential
sprinkler system.
For the purposes of this section, area or occupancy separation walls shall not
define separate buildings.
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;ec. 4-2.9. Section 10.308, subsectit., , amended.
Section 10.308 2. of said Fire Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 10.308 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. Other fire extinguishing systems compatible with the hazardous
materials being stored or used, and approved by the chief shall be provided.
Sec. 4-2.10. Section 10.309(b) amended.
Section 10.309(b) of said Fire Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 10.309(b) Where Required. Standpipe systems shall be provided as set
forth in Table No. 10.309.
Every new buila:ng with any horizontal dimensio .;neater than 300 feet, shall
be provided with either access doors or hose outlet :orated so that all portions
of the building can be reached with 150 feet of hose from an access door or
hose outlet.
Access doors: Required access doors shall be in the exterior wall of the
building accessible without the use of a ladder, and not less than 3 feet in
width nor less than 6 feet 8 inches in height.
Hose outlets: The hose outlets shall be 2 l/2" in size with an approved valve.
The water supply for the house outlets shall be supplied as follows:
1. By a separate main from the system side of the check valve at the
fire department connection, or
2. From an adjacent section of the sprinkler system arranged to allow
the house outlets to deliver water when the sprinkler system or portion
of the system that protects the area served by the hose outlet, is shut
off.
The water supply shall be sized to deliver a minimum of 250 gpm. at 65 psi.
from the hydraulically most remote hose outlet and 250 gpm. (flowing) from
each additional outlet up to a maximum of 500 gpm. (flowing) when the fire
department connection is pumped at a pressure not to exceed 150 psi.
Sec. 4-2.11. Section 10.314 amended.
Section 10.314 of said Fire Code is hereby added to read as follows:
Section 10.314. When breathing apparatus is required by this code, the type of
apparatus, the maintenance of said apparatus, and the training in the use of
said apparatus shall be as required in California Code of Regulations, Title 8,
Section 5144.
Sec. 4-2.12. Section 10.315 amended.
Section 10.315 of said Fire Code is hereby added to read as follows:
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Section 10.315(a). Scope. In addition to other applicable requirements of
these regulations, and Section 2-1807 of C.C.R., Title 24, the provisions of this
section shall apply to every new building of any type of construction or
occupancy having floors used for human occupancy located more than fifty-
five (55) feet above the lowest floor level having building access. Such
buildings shall be provided with an approved automatic sprinkler system in
accordance with Section 1807 (c) of the Uniform Building Code, 1988 Edition.
EXCEPTION: The following structures, while classified as high rise
buildings, shall not be subject to the provisions of this section but shall
conform to all other applicable provisions of these regulations.
A. Buildings used exclusively as open parking garages.
B. Buildings where all floors above the 55 -foot level are used exclusively
as open parking garages.
C. Floors of buildings used exclusively as open parking garages and
located above all other floors used for human occupancy.
D. Buildings such as power plants, lookout towers, steeples, grain houses
and similar structures with non -continuous human occupancy, when so
determined by the enforcing agency.
(b) The provisions of the Uniform Building Code Section 1807(b) through
1807(k) shall apply to buildings described in Section 10.315(a).
(c) In addition to the requirements of the Uniform Building Code Section
1807(f), the Central Control Station shall include the following:
1. Fire pump status panel and controls.
2. Cabinet containing labeled emergency access and elevator control
keys. (Type of cabinet and number of keys to be approved by the chief).
3. Cabinet containing 8 portable firefighter phones and one headset
with sufficient cord to reach all portions of the room.
4. One 3' by 4' table and one chair.
5. Plans of the building showing all fire and life safety systems, fire
resistive separations, on site water system.
6. The Central Control Station shall be separated from the remainder
of the building by not less than 1 hour fire resistive construction with all
openings protected by assemblies having a fire resistive rating of not less
than 45 minutes. A minimum of one door shall be accessible directly
from the exterior portion of the building and shall be openable with a
Fire Department master key.
7. A wall mounted telephone for fire department use only shall be
installed in the Fire Control Room and shall have an outside dedicated
private line.
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(d) Fire Alarm System.
1. The fire alarm system shall include visual indicators for the hearing
impaired, in all public areas of the building, including but not limited to,
elevators, elevator lobbies, rest rooms, corridors, exit stairways, rooms
and tenant spaces exceeding 1000 square feet in area.
2. All smoke detectors connected to the alarm system shall have a
light that indicates the status of the detector. When a detector is
located in a space above a drop ceiling, the indicating light shall be
located on or below the ceiling grid.
3. The activation of any detection device connected to the alarm
system shall cause the alarm to be sounded on the floor that the
activating device is on as well as the floor above and the floor below the
activating device where these floors exisi. and shall be annunciated on
the status board in the Fire Control Room.
(e) Enclosed Stairways. All required enclosed stairways shall be equipped
with a barometric dampered relief opening at the top and the stairway supplied
mechanically with sufficient air to discharge a minimum of 2500 cubic feet per
minute through the relief opening while maintaining a minimum positive
pressure of 0.15 -inch water column in the stairway relative to atmospheric
pressure with all doors closed. Activation of the mechanical equipment shall
be in accordance with Uniform Building Code Section 3310(g) 6.
(f) Emergency Access and Evacuation Facility. This section (f) shall apply
to any Group B, Division 2 and Group R, Division 1 occupancies which qualifies
as a high-rise structure under the State Fire Marshal regulations, CCR -Title 19
and 24. Such structures shall be equipped with a Fire Department approved
emergency helicopter landing pad for use by Police, Fire and Emergency
Medical helicopters only.
1. The roof area shall include an emer;ency access and evacuation
facility for helicopters of not less than 15,1:00 pounds gross weight. This
facility shall have a touchdown pad of at least fifty -feet by fifty -feet
and a clear un -obstructed landing and takeoff area with a minimum
dimension of one hundred feet by one hundred feet.
2. The landing pad shall be designed per Uniform Building Code
Section 2308(c). Helicopter landing areas and supports therefor on the
roof of a building shall be of noncombustible construction.
3. The emergency evacuation facility shall have two approach -
departure paths at a slope of no greater than 8 to 1.
4. Any helicopter use of this helistop other than as an emergency
evacuation facility shall require prior FAA, Building, and Fire
Department approval.
5. A wind indicating device shall be provided.
6. The roof top shall be marked by an emergency marker as required
by the chief of the Fire Department.
7. An extension of the buildings emergency communication system
shall extend to the roof.
Sec. 4-2.13. Section 11.201(d) amended.
Section 11.201(d) of said Fire Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 11.201(d). Dumpster and Container Location. Dumpsters and
containers with an individual capacity of 1.5 cubic yards (40.5 cubic feet) or
greater shall not be stored in buildings or placed within 5 feet of combustible
walls, openings or combustible roof eave lines.
EXCEPTION: Areas containing dumpsters or containers protected by an
approved automatic sprinkler system. The fire sprinkler head(s) installed to
protect the dumpsters or containers, shall be of the automatic flow control
type when no Central Station monitoring is provided.
Sec. 4-2.14. Section 14.104(f) amended.
Section 14.104 of the Fire Code is hereby amended by adding subsection (f) to
read as follows:
(f) Existing Group R Occupancies.
(1) Every existing dwelling unit used for sleeping purposes shall be
provided with smoke detectors installed in accordance with U.B.C.
Section 1210(a).
(2) Smoke detectors may be battery operated when installed in existing
buildings, or in buildings without commercial power. It shall be the
responsibility of the owner to supply, install and maintain all required
smoke detectors. The owner shall be responsible for annually testing all
required smoke detectors.
Sec. 4-2.15. Section 25.114 amended.
MAXIMUM OCCUPANT LOAD
Section 25.114 of Article 25 of the Uniform Fire Code is amended by the
addition of subsection 25.114(d) to read:
(d) Occupant Count. The supervisor of each place of assembly shall have an
effective system to keep count of the number of occupants present in the
assembly area. If, at any time, the Chief determines that an accurate count of
occupants is not being maintained, the occupancy shall be cleared until an
accurate count can be made.
Sec. 4-2.16. Section 79.1206(d) amended.
Section 79.1206 of said Fire Code is amended by adding Section 79.1206(d) to
read as follows:
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Section 79.12C i. Any vehicle parked in violation of Sections 79A206(a), (b),
or (c), shall be subject to an infraction citation.
Sec. 4-2.17. Section 2.2(a) of Appendix 1-B amended.
Section 2.2(a) of Appendix I -B of said Uniform Fire Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
2.2(a). Automatic Sprinklers. Every high-rise building shall have an approved
automatic fire -extinguishing system installed throughout the building in
accordance with the requirements of NFPA 13 (Standard for the installation of
Sprinkler Systems) 1985 edition. In addition to the main water supply, a
secondary on-site supply of water equal to the hydraulically calculated
sprinkler design demand plus 100 gallons per minute additional for the total
standpipe system shall be provided. This supply shall be automatically
available if the principal supply fails tu?d shall have a duration of 30 minutes.
Sprinkler control v& - s and waterflov, detecting devices shall be provided at
the lateral connect o the riser on e ., - floor.
Sec. 4-2.18. Section a) of Appendix 11-A amended.
Section 17(a) of Appendix II -A of said Fire Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
17. CLEARANCE OF BRUSH OR VEGETATIVE GROWTH FROM ROADWAYS
(a) The Chief may require the removal and clearance within 10 feet on each
side of every roadway, any dead or dying flammable vegetation or other
combustible growth, and may not enter upon private to do so. This section
shall not apply to single specimens of trees, ornamental shrubbery or
cultivated ground cover such as green grass, ivy, succulents or similar plans
used as ground covers, provided that they do not form a means of readily
transmitting fire. As used in this section, "roadway" means that portion of a
highway or private street improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular
travel.
(b) The Fire Chief may suspend enforcement
alternative measures designed to advance the
determines in any specific case that any of the
Difficult terrain.
2. Danger of erosion.
thereof and require reasonable
purposes of this article, if he
following conditions exist:
3. Presence of plants included in any State and Federal Resources
agencies, California Native Plant Society and County approved list
of wildlife, plants, rare, endangered and/or threatened species.
4. Stands or groves of trees or heritage trees.
5. Other unusual circumstances that make strict compliance with the
clearance of vegetation provisions of Sections 0, 16 or 17 of this
appendix undesirable or impractical.
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He may suspend enforcement thereof and require reasonable alternative
measures designed to advance the purposes of this article.
Sec. 4-2.19. Section 24 of Appendix II -A added.
Section 24 of Appendix 11-A of said Uniform Fire Code is hereby added to read
as follows:
24. USE OF EQUIPMENT
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall
use, operate, or cause to be operated, in, upon or adjoining any hazardous
fire area any internal combustion engine which uses hydrocarbon fuels,
unless the engine is equipped with a spark arrester as defined in
subsection (c), maintained in effective working order, or the engine is
constructed, equipped, and maintained for the prevention of fire pursuant
to Section 24(c).
(b) Spark arresters affixed to the exhaust system of engines or
vehicles subject to this section shall not be placed or mounted in such a
manner as to allow flames or heat from the exhaust system to ignite any
flammable material.
(c) A spark arrester is a device constructed of non-flammable
material specifically for the purpose of removing and retaining carbon
and other flammable particles over 0.0232 of an inch in size from the
exhaust flow of an internal combustion engine that uses hydrocarbon
fuels or which is qualified and rated by the Untied States Forest Service.
(d) Engines used to provide motive power for trucks, truck
tractors, buses, and passenger vehicles, except motorcycles, are not
subject to this section if the exhaust system is equipped with a muffler
as defined in the Vehicle Code of the State of California.
(e) Turbocharged engines are not subject to this section if all
exhausted gases pass through the rotating turbine wheel, there is not
exhaust bypass to the atmosphere, and the turbocharger is in effective
mechanical condition.
Sec. 4-2.20. Section 25 of Appendix 11-A added.
Section 25 of Appendix II -A of said Fire Code is hereby added to read as
follows:
No person shall sell, offer for sale, lease, or rent to any person any internal
combustion engine subject to the provisions of Section 24 and not subject to
the provisions of Section 13005 of the Health and Safety Code, unless he
provides a written notice to the purchaser or bailee, at the time of sale or at
the time of entering into the lease or rental contract, stating that it is a
violation of the Uniform Fire code to use or operate the engine in, upon, or
adjoining any hazardous fire area, unless the engine is equipped with a spark
arrester, as defined in Section 24, maintained in effective working order, or
the engine is constructed, equipped, and maintained for the prevention of fire
pursuant to Section 26.
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''EEJJ Sec. 4-2.21. Section 27 of Appendix fI-A added.
Section 27 of Appendix 11-A of said Fire Code is hereby added to read as
follows:
FUEL MODIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION
This section shall apply to any new building to be built or installed in a
hazardous fire area.
(1) A Fuel Modification Plan shall be approved by the Chief prior
to the issuance of a grading permit.
(2) The Fuel Modification shall be approved by the Chief prior to
the issuance of a building perm;(.
(3) The Fuel Modific may be modified if _. ;editions affecting
the requirements for the pl._. nange. Any modifica. -n of the plan shall
be approved by the Chief.
(4) All elements of the Fuel Modification shall be maintained in
accordance with the approved plan.
Sec. 4-2.22. Violations and penalties.
passage.
(a) Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this
Uniform Fire Code as adopted and modified herein or the provisions of this
article, except as noted, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and each
person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or
portion thereof during which any violation of any such violation, such person
shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or
;•- imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both such fine and
prisonment.
(b) The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the
enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
SECTION 2. Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days after its
SECTION 3. Citv Clerk's Certification.
The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause the
same to be posted at the duly designated posting places within the City and published
once within fifteen (15) days after passage and adoption is required by law; or, in the
alternative, the City Clerk may cause to be published a summary of this Ordinance and a
certified copy of the text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the Office of :he City
Clerk five (5) days prior to the date of adoption of this Ordinance; and, within fifteen
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(15) days after adoption, the City Clerk shall cause to be published, the aforementioned
summary and shall post a certified copy of this Ordinance, together with the vote for and
against the same, in the Office of the City Clerk.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of July 1
1991.
NNETH E. FRIESS, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
I, CHERYL JOHNSON, City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano,
California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of
Ordinance No. 690 which was introduced at a meeting of the City Council of the City
of San Juan Capistrano, California, held on June 18 , 1991, and adopted at
a meeting held on July 2 , 1991, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Buchheim, Vasquez and Mayor Friess
NOES: Councilman Jones
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: Councilman Hausodrfer
(SEAL)
CHERYL JOHNSON, OTY CLERK
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