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Home My WebLink About82-27 - Amending Title 9 Chapter 9.04 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code by Adopting the 1979 Uniform Fire Code thereto and Deleting Chapters 9.08, 9.16, 9.28 and 9.40 from the Municipal CodeORDINANCE NO. 82 -27 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH • AMENDING TITLE 9 CHAPTER 9.04 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADOPTING THE 1979 UNIFORM FIRE CODE THERETO AND DELETING CHAPTERS 9.08, 9.16, 9.28 AND 9.40 FROM THE MUNICIPAL CODE The City Council of the City of Newport Beach DOES ORDAIN as follows: SECTION 1. Title 9, Chapter 9.04 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: CHAPTER 9.04 FIRE CODE Sections: 9.04.010 Adoption of Uniform Fire Code (1979) 9.04.020 Amendment to Section 2.303(b) of the Fire Code 9.04.030 Amendment to Section 9.103 of the Fire Code • 9.04.040 Amendment to Section 9.105 of the Fire Code 9.04.050 Amendment to Section 10.203 of the Fire Code 9.04.060 Amendment to Section 10.209 of the Fire Code 9.04.070 Amendment to Section 10.309(a)(1) of the Fire Code 9.04.080 Amendment to Section 11.10(d) of the Fire Code 9.04.090 Amendment to Add Section 11.101(e) of the Fire Code 9.04.100 Amendment to Section 77.106(b) of the Fire Code 9.04.110 Amendment to Section 79.201 of the Fire Code 9.04.120 Amendment to Add Section 79.211(a)(1) of the Fire Code • 9.04.130 Amendment to Section 79.601 of the Fire Code 9.04.140 Amendment to Section 82.102 of the Fire Code 9.04.150 Amendment to Section Appendix F of the Fire Code 9.04.010 Adoption of Uniform Fire Code. Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 50022.1 through 50022.5, Title 5, Division 1, Chapter 1, Article 2 of the Government Code of the • State of California, there is hereby adopted by reference, that certain Code entitled "Uniform Fire Code," recommended by the California Fire Chiefs' Association, being particularly the 1979 Edition thereof, published by the International Conference of Building Officials and the Western Fire Chiefs' Association, specifically including Appendices A through I, save and except such portions as are hereafter deleted, added or amended, three (3) certified copies of which printed as a Code in book form are ordered filed in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach to be open for public inspection and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and known and referred to as the "Fire Code" of and for the City of Newport Beach. 9.04.020 Amendment of Section 2.303(b) of the Fire • Code. Section 2.303(b) of the Fire Code, hereinbefore adopted in Section 9.04.010 is amended by deleting the references therein to the "National Fire Protection Association" and "NFPA Standards" Nos. 10 -704M, inclusive, in inserting therein the following to read: NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION 470 Atlantic Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02110 All of the National Fire Protection Association Stan- dards contained in the National Fire Codes, published and promul- gated by the National Fire Protection Association, Volumes 1 -16, a copy of which is on file with the Newport Beach Fire Department, 1982 Edition." 9.04.030 Amendment to Section 9.103 of the Fire Code. Section 9.103 of the Fire Code, hereinbefore adopted in • Section 9.04.010, is amended by adding the definition of "Authorized Representative" as follows: N "AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE shall mean those persons described in Sections 2.104, 2.105 and 2.106 of this Code." 9.04.040 Amendment to Section 9.105 of the Fire • Code. Section 9.105 of the Fire Code, hereinbefore adopted in Section 9.04.010, is amended by adding the definition of "Corporation Counsel" as follows: "CORPORATION COUNSEL as used herein shall mean the City Attorney of the City of Newport Beach." 9.04.050 Amendment to Section 10.203 of the Fire Code. Section 10.203 of the Fire Code, hereinbefore adopted in Section 9.04.010 is amended to read as follows: "No person shall use or operate any hydrant or other valves installed on any water system intended for use by the chief for fire suppression purposes and which is accessible to any public highway, alley or private way open to or generally used by the public, unless such person first secures a permit from the Utilities Depart- ment, Water Division. This section does not apply to • the use of a hydrant or other valves by a person employ- ed by and authorized to make such use by the water com- pany which supplies water to such hydrants or other valves." 9.04.060 Amendment to Add Section 10.209 to the Fire Code. Section 10.209 is added to the Fire Code, hereinbefore adopted in Section 9.04.010 to read as follows: Section 10.209 (a) Rey Box System: "When access to or within a structure or any area is unduly difficult because of secured openings or where immediate access is necessary for life- saving or fire - fighting purposes, the chief may require a key box to be installed in an accessible location. The key box shall be a type approved by the chief and • shall contain keys to gain necessary access as required by the chief. 3 Section 10.209 (b) Key Box System: Key box shall contain two sets of the following: 1. Keys to locked points of ingress whether on the interior or exterior of the building. 2. Keys to locked mechanical equipment rooms. • 3. Keys to locked electrical rooms. 4. Keys to elevator controls. 5. Keys to other areas as directed by the chief." 9.04.070 Amendment to Add Section 10.309(a) 1 to the Fire Code. Section 10.309(a)(1) is added to the Fire Code, here - inbefore adopted in Section 9.04.010 to read as follows: 0 "Section 10.309(a) 1 Automatic Sprinkler Systems shall be installed when: 1. In all occupancies when the floor area, regardless of area separation walls, exceeds the basic allowable floor area of Table No. 5 -C of the Uniform Building Code, 1979 Edition. The respective increases for area and height specified in Sections 506 and 507 shall be permitted, thereafter. 2. In all occupancies when the building has usable • floor area that is more than 55 feet above grade, the respective increase for area and height specified in Section 506 and 507 of the Uniform Building Code 1979 Edition, shall be permitted. 3. Hydraulically calculated systems shall be calculat- ed ten percent (10 %) under the available pressure at the point of connection to an acceptable public water supply, and that volume and pressure shall be determined by actual water flow test data." 9.04..080 Amendment to Section 11.101(d) of the Fire Code. Section 11.101(d) of the Fire Code, hereinbefore adopted in Section 9.04.010, is amended to read as follows: "Section 11.101(d). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Chapter, or the said Uniform Fire Code, as made a part of this Chapter, no person shall do or allow • 4 any such burning without a permit issued in compliance with Rules • 57 and 58 of the Rules and Regulations of the County of Orange Air Pollution Control District, which provides as follows: RULE 57 - OPEN FIRES. A person shall not, after January 1, 1968, burn any combustible refuse in any open outdoor fire within Orange County, except: (a) When such fire is set or permission for such fire is given in the performance of the official duty of any public officer and such fire in the opinion of such officers is neces- sary. (1) For the purpose of the prevention of a fire hazard which cannot be abated by any other means, or (2) The instruction of public employees in the methods of fighting fire. (b) When such fire is set pursuant to permit on pro- perty used for industrial purposes for the purpose of instruction of employees in the methods of fighting fire. (c) When such fire is set in the course of any agricul- tural operation in the growing of crops, or raising of fowls, animals or bees. These exceptions shall not be effective on any calendar day on which the Air Pollution Control Officer determines that: (1) The inversion base at 4:00 a.m., Pacific Standard Time, will be lower than one thousand five hundred feet (1,500') above mean sea level, and (2) The maximum mixing height will not be above three thousand five hundred feet (3,500'), and (3) The average surface wind speed between 6:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon, Pacific Standard Time, will not exceed five miles • per hour. RULE 58 - INCINERATOR BURNING: A person shall not, after January 1, 1968, burn any combustible refuse in any incinerator within the District except in a multiple- chamber 5 incinerator as described in Rule 2(r), or in equipment found by the Air Pollution Control Officer in advance of such use to be equally effective for the purpose of air pollution control as an approved multiple- chamber incinerator." 9.04.090 Amendment to Section 11.101 to Add New • Section (e) to the Fire Code. Section 11.101 of the Fire Code, hereinbefore adopted in Section 9.04.010, is amended by adding sub - section (e) to read as follows: "11.101(e). CAMP FIRES. No person shall make, set or maintain any beach or camp fire at any place within the City except in areas where proper containers are provided for such fires by the City and where City signs are plainly posted indicating such fires are permissible. Beach or camp fires shall be kept within the confines of the fire areas shall be designated by the City Manager, subject to the recommendation of the Parks, Beach and Recreation Commission." 9.04.100 Amendment to Section 77.106(b) of the Fire Code. Section 77.106(b) of the Fire Code, hereinbefore adopted in Section 9.04.010, is amended by adding to subsection (b) to read as follows: • "The limits of the District referred to in Section 77.106(b) of this Code in which storage of explosives and blast- ing agents is prohibited are hereby established as the boundaries of the City of Newport Beach." 9.04.110 Amendment to Section 79.201(a). Section 79.201(a) (1) is added to Section 79.201(a) of the Fire Code, hereinbefore adopted in Section 9.04.010, to read as follows: "Section 79.201(a)(1). The limits referred to in Sec- tion 79.201(a) of the Fire Code in which the storage of Class I and II flammable liquids in above ground tanks is prohibited are hereby established as the boundaries of the City of Newport Beach." C 9.04.120 Amendment to Section 79.211(a). Section • 79.211(a)(1) is added to Section 79.211(a) of the Fire Code, hereinbefore adopted in Section 9.04.010 to read as follows: "Section 79.211(a)(1). The underground storage of flammable liquids shall be prohibited in any residential district or any residential area of a P -C district in the city." 9.04.130 Amendment to Section 79.601 of the Fire Code. Section 79.601 of the Fire Code, hereinbefore adopted in Section 9.04.010, is amended by adding sub - section (a) to read as follows: "Section 79.601(a). The limits referred to in Section 79.601 of the Fire Code in which new bulk plants for flammable liquids are prohibited, are hereby established as the boundaries of the City of Newport Beach." 9.04.140 Amendment to Section 82.102 of the Fire • Code. Section 82.102(a) of the Fire Code, hereinbefore adopted in Section 9.04. -010 is amended to read as follows: "Section 82.102(a). No person shall install or main- tain a liquified petroleum gas container, except portable con- tainers of less than twenty (20) gallons water capacity, unless natural gas is unavailable in the area or unless such installa- tion is needed for special industrial process or use, in which event he shall first submit plans to the Fire Chief and make application for a permit for such installation. The Fire Chief may, at his discretion, grant or deny such permit and in granting such permit may attach such conditions thereto as he deems neces- sary for the protection of life and property." 9.04.150 Amendment to Appendix F. Amendment to Appen- dix F, Section 4(a), line 1, change the "250 feet" to "150 feet." • SECTION 2. Chapters 9.08, 9.16, 9.28 and 9.40 of Title 9 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code are hereby deleted. 7 SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall be published once in the official newspaper of the City, and the same shall be effec- tive 30 days after the date of its adoption. This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held on the 27th day of September , • 1982, and was adopted on the 12th day of October 1982, by the following vote, to wit: • =-S : ity Clerk ORP -Fire is AYES, COUNCILMEMBERS Heather, Hart, Hummel, Cox, Maurer, Plummer Strauss NOES, COUNCILMEMBERS None ABSENT COUNCILMEMBERS None WNW 3