HomeMy WebLinkAbout0469ORDINANCE NO. 469 (1969 Series)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PORTIONS OF ARTICLE
III, CHAPTER 1, PART 2, OF THE SAN LUIS OBISPO
MUNICIPAL CODE, TO ADOPT THE 1967 EDITION OF
THE UNIFORM FIRE CODE.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo as follows:
SECTION 1. That Section 3120.1 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code shall be and
is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION 3120.1. Adoption of Uniform Fire Code.
There is hereby adopted by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo, for
the purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to
life and property from fire and explosion, that certain fire prevention code
known as the "UNIFORM FIRE CODE, " published by the California Fire
Chief's Association, being particularly the inlay, 1967 Edition, and the
whole thereof including appendices save and except such portions as are
hereinafter modified by Section 3120.4 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal
Code, of which code not less than three (3) copies have been and now are filed
in the office of the City Clerk of the City of San Luis Obispo, and the same
are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein,
and from the date on which this ordinance shall take effect the provisions
thereof shall supersede the Fire Prevention Code heretofore adopted by
the City of San Luis Obispo and shall be controlling within the limits of
the City of San Luis Obispo.
SECTION 2. That Section 3120.4 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code shall be and
is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION 3120.4. Amendments made in the Uniform Fire Code.
The Uniform Fire Code is amended and changed in the following respects:
(a) Section 13.30, paragraph d, is hereby added to Article 13 of said Uniform
Fire Code to read as follows:
d. Approved automatic sprinkler systems shall be installed in all cellars
or basements having an area exceeding 1, 500 square feet, except
that in public buildings, institutional buildings, and residential
buildings, the automatic sprinkder equipment will be required only
in such portions as are used for storage purposes or as workshops.
(b) Section 15.201, RESTRICTED LOCATIONS, is amended to read as follows:
The storage of Class I flammable .liquids in above - ground tanks is
prohibited within the limits of Fire Zone I as established by the
City Council, and is limited in Fire Zones II and III except by special
permit issued by the Chief of the Fire Prevention Bureau.
(c) Section 15.402, paragraphs b and c, are amended to read as follows:
b. Storage - Class I. Class I flammable liquids shall be stored outside
of buildings in closed containers having a capacity of 55 gallons
maximum, or underground as approved by the Chief of the Fire
Prevention Bureau.
c. Storage - Class II and III. Class II and III flammable liquids shall
be stored in closed containers having a maximum capacity of 55
gallons, or underground as approved by the Chief of the Fire Prevention
Bureau.
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(d) Section 27.01 b 5 and 6 are amended to read as follows:
5. Such burning is done not less than ten (10) feet from any buildings,
structures, or other combustible materials and adequate provision
is made to prevent fire from spreading to within ten (10) feet of
any buildings, structures, or other combustible materials.
6. Such burning is done only between the hours of 7 :00 a.m. and 11 :00
a.m. of the same day, except that no burning is to be permitted on
Monday of any week.
(e) Section 27.05, paragraph a, is amended to read as follows:
a. Accumulations of waste paper, hay, straw, weeds, litter, combustible
building materials including scrap lumber, roofing materials, etc..,
which constitute a fire hazard, shall not be permitted to remain
within fifteen (15) feet of any building, fence, or valuable material.
All dry grass, weeds, vines or other growth which is within fifteen
(15) feet of any building, fence or valuable combustible material,
or which is liable to be fired, shall be turned under or cut down and
removed by the owner or occupant of the property.
(f) Section 27.05, paragraph d, is added to read as follows:
d. The owner, occupant or other person having under his control any
property damaged by fire shall within thirty (30) days after written
notice to do so has been served by the Chief of the Fire Prevention
Bureau, have all debris and /or damaged equipment, furnishings and
building contents either removed from the premises or repaired,
and furnish proof that contractual arrangements have been made for
demolition, replacement, or repair of fire damaged structures
remaining on the property involved in the fire.
(g) Section 1.46. E is amended to read as follows:
Electrical Code shall mean the current edition of the electrical code
of the municipality.
Executive Body shall mean the governing body of the municipality adopting
this code.
Exit shall mean a continuous and unobstructed means of egress to a public
way and shall include intervening doorways, corridors, ramps, stair-
ways, smokeproof enclusures, horizontal exits, courts and yards.
Explosive shall mean and include any chemical compound or mechanical
mixture, that is commonly used or intended for the purpose of pro-
ducing an explosion, that contains any oxidizing and combustible units,
or other ingredients, in such proportions, quantities, or packing, that
an ignition by fire, by friction, by concussion, by percussion, or by
detonator of any part of the compound or mixture may cause such a
sudden generation of highly heated gases that the resultant gaseous
pressures are capable of producing destructive effects on contiguous
objects or of destroying life and limb.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance, together with the ayes and noes, shall be published once
in full, at least three days before its final passage, in the Telegram- Tribune, a
newspaper published and circulated in said City, and the same shall go into effect at
the expiration of thirty days after its said final passage.
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INTRODUCED AND PASSED TO PRINT by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo
at a Regular Meeting of said City Council held on the Ist day of December, 1969,
on motion of Councilman Miller, seconded by Councilman Graham, and on the following
roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmen Blake, Graham, Miller, Spring and Mayor Schwartz
NOES: None
ABSE NT: None
ATTEST:
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FINALLY PASSED this 15th day of December , 19 69 ,
by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmen Blake, Graham, Spring, Miller and
Mayor Schwartz
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
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