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I AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ORANGE AMENDING TITLE 15 OF
THE ORANGE MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT THE
2001 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE AND OTHER
AMEND-
MENTS.NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Orange does ordain as
follows:SECTION
I:That portion of Chapter 15.32 entitled, Table of Contents, is hereby repealed in
its entirety and replaced with the
following:Chapter 15.
32 CALIFORNIA FIRE
CODE
Sections:
I15.32.010
Adoption15.32.020 Bureau of Fire Prevention; Establishment;
Duties 15.32.030
Definitions 15.32.040 Section103.4.4 n
Citations 15.32.050 Section 105.8 n Activities and/or Occupancies Requiring
Permits.15.32.060 Section901.4.4 n Premises
Identification.15.32.070 Section 1001.10 -- Installation of Fire Protection Appliances,
Type Required.
15.32.080 Section 1003.2.1 n Automatic Fire Extinguishing Systems.
15.32.081 Section 1003.2.9 Group R, Division 1 Occupancies.
15.32.082 Section 1003.2.2 - Specific Requirements for Automatic Fire Extinguishing Systems
in Occupancies Other Than Group R, Division 3 Group U Occupancies
15,
32.090 Section 1003.4n Permissible Sprinkler Omissions.15.
32.100 Section 1006.2.12.2 n Requirements for Certain High-Rise Buildings.
15.32.110 Section 1006.2.9.2 n Existing Group R Occupancies-
Section 1006.2.9.3.2 Installation.
15.32.120 Section 7701.7 -- Prohibited and Limited Acts for Explosive Materials 15.
32.130 Section 7902.2 n Stationary Aboveground Tanks and Protected Aboveground
Tanks Located Outside of Buildings.7904
Bulk Plants or Terminals 15.
32.140 Section 8001.4.5.1 n Underground Tanks, Storage of Hazardous Materials 15.
32.150 Section 8204 -- Location of Containers Liquefied Petroleum Gases.15.32.
160 Appendix II-A n Subsection 25, Fuel Modification.15.
32.170 Section 5202 - Flammable and Combustible Liquid Motor Vehicle
Fuel-Dispensing Stations.15.
32.180 Appendix IIIDnFire Department Access Guidelines Section 5.1 Dead Ends
SECTION II:
Section 15.32.010 is hereby repealed in its entirety and replaced with the following:
15.32.010 Adoption
There is hereby adopted by the City of Orange, for the purpose of prescribing
regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire or explosion, that
certain code known as the California Fire Code, 2001 edition, as published by the
International Fire Code Institute and Western Fire Chiefs Association, including
Appendices I-A, I-B, I-C, II-A, II-B, II-C, II-
D, II-I, III-A, III-B, III-C, III-D with amendments,
II-F with amendments, IV-A, IV-B, V-A, VI-A, VI-B, VI-
C, VI-D,VI-E, VI-F, VI-G and VI-H of
the 1998 California Fire Code Standards, save and except such portions as are hereinafter added, deleted, modified, or amended of
such Code and Standards, one copy of which is now on file in the office of the Clerk
of the City of Orange,and the same are adopted and incorporated as
full as
if setforth at length herein, and the provisions thereby shall be controlling within
the limits of the
City of Orange.SECTION III:Section 15.32.030 is repealed in its entirety and
replaced with the following:15.32.
030 Definitions.
Whenever the word, jurisdiction, is used in the California Fire Code, it shall be
held to mean the City of Orange.SECTION IV:
Section 15.32.040 is repealed in its entiretyand replaced with the following:15.32.040
Section 103.4.
4 -- Citations.Subsections (a) and (b) areadded to Section 103.4.4 of the California
Fire Code to read as follows:a) Except as provided in Section 103.4.4(
b), any person operating or maintaining any occupancy, premises or vehicle subject to this
Code
who shall permit any fire or life safety hazard to exist on
premises under their control shall be guilty of an infraction.PENALTY: The maximum
punishment for an infraction is a fine; $50.00 maximum for
the first conviction; $100.00 maximum for a second conviction; and 250.00 maximum for a third
conviction within anyone year period.b) Any person who shall fail to take immediate action to
abate a fire or life safety hazard when ordered or notified to do so
by the
Fire
104.1 Authority at Fires and Other
Emergencies
1103.4.4 Citation - Unlawful Continuance of a
Hazard I
r-~--~-
1103.
4.3.
1Failure to Comply with an Order or I Notice iI03.
4.3.
2 ~--~~-~-----_._--~---Non-Compliance with
I Condemnation Tag I1103.
4.3.
3 .Removal andDestruction
ofSigns I or Tags r Tampering with Fire
Protection i1OO1.6
Equipment,
Barriers, Security r Devices, Signs and
Signals i 11109.
5 IBurning Objects I 12501.16
IMaximum Occupant Load I 1302.
3 IFalse Alanns 17704 Manufacture ofExplosives,I Assembling and
Testing 17703 Use and
Handling Transportation of r
r I Explosives ...J PENALTY: A
misdemeanor
is
punishable by a
fine not to exceed $1,000; imprisonment of not more than one (1) year; probation;
or both. Each such violation will be deemed a separate offense for each and every day
or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions this Chapter or
of the Code adopted hereby is committed, continued or permitted by such person firm, partnership
or corporation, and shall be deemed punishable therefore as provided in this Chapter.
SECTION V:Section 15.32.080 is
hereby repealed
in its entirety and replaced with the following:15.32.080 Section 1003.2.1 -
General Requirements for Automatic Fire Extinguishing I Systems.Section 1003.2.1 of
the
California
Fire Code is amended to read as follows:An automatic fire~extinguishing system shall be
installed:l. In occupancies and locations as set
forth in Section 1003.2 2. As required by Table 1003.2.
1-A.3
3. When the area of a building is increased by 25% or more, and the resulting square
footage exceeds the limits of Table 1003.2.I-
A 4. In any building whose area exceeds the limits in table I 003.2.I-
A and:a. A change is made to the use or occupancy of the building that
changes the level of hazard or increases the
occupant load.b. A major modification is made to the building, or a modification
impacts the structural system of the building and, in the opinion of the Fire Marshal and
the Building Official, the installation of a sprinkler system
is justified.TABLE l003.2.1-A - Required Installation of
Automatic Fire-Extinguishing Systems Minimum
Areas (Square Feet)I
TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION I I II II III II
IV II V Occupancy I
II II II A-I I 50001.4 II 5 0001.
4,5 Not Permitted A-2 I 5 0001-4 II 50001-4,6 5 0001-
4,6 50001-4 II 3 0001~4, 6 A-2.1 I 5 0001-4 II 5 0001.4,
5 5 0001-4,6 50001~4 II 3 0001.4,6
A-3 I 5 0001-4 II 5000].4
50001-4 50001-4 II 3 0001-4 A-4
I 50001-4 II 50001-4 50001-4 50001-4
II 30001-4 B I 5
0001-4 II 50001-4 50001-4 50001-4 II 30001-
4 E-I I 50001-3,8 II 50001.3,8 50001-3,8 5
0001-3,8 II 30001-3,8 E-2 I 5,0001-
4 II 50001-4 50001-4 50001-4 II 3 0001-
4 E-3 I 5 0001~
4 II 50001.4 5 0001~
4 50001-4 II 3000]-4 F-
I I 5 0001-4 II 50001-4 50001-4 5
0001-4 II 3 0001-4 F-2 I 50001.4 I 50001-
4 50001-4 50001-4 II 3
0001-4 H-I I ALLI-3,8
NotPermitted H-2 I ALL1.3,8 II H-3 I ALL1.3,S I
II H-4 I 30001-4
3 0001~4 II 30001-4 II 30001-4
30001-4 H-5 I 5 0001-
4 50001.4 II 50001-4 II 5000]-4 30001.4 H-
6 I ALL1.3,
8 II II H-7
I ALL1.3,8 II II
II 1-1.1 I ALLI,
3,8 ALL 1,
3,5,8 II
Not
II
M 50001.4 II 50001.4 II 50001.4 II 50001.4 30001.4
R_17 50001-4 II 5 0001.4 II 5 0001.4 50001.4 50001.
4 R-2 50001-4 I 500014 II 5 0001.
4
50001-4 50001-4 I R-3 50001.4 50001.4 II 50001.
4 50001.4 5 0001.4 S-I 50001-4
5 0001.4 50001.4 5 0001-4 30001-4
S-2 50001.4 50001.4 50001.4
I 50001-4 30001-4 S-3 50001-4 50001-
4
50001-4 II 50001-4 30001.4 D-
l 500014 II 500014 50001-4 II 50001-4 3,0001.4 FOOTNOTES:
I. See Section 1003.2 for additional requirements 2. Area Separation Walls. Area separation
walls used to reduce floor areas to less than
that requiring
automatic fire sprinklers, shall be of four (4) hour fire resistive construction
as set forth in C.B.C.Chapter 7.3. Group S, Division 4
Occupancies (Open parking garages), Group D, Division 2 Occupancies (Tanks
and towers over 6 feet high), and
covered open air car washes separated from other portions of the
building by one-hour construction are not regulated
by this table.4. All basements exceeding 1,500 square feet shall
be sprinklered.5. Occupancy not permitted in Type ll-N construction.6. Occupancy
not permitted in Type II-N, III-N,
or IV -
N construction.7. See Section 1003.2.9 (amended by OMC Section 15.32.081)
8.
Basements of any size shall be sprinklered.SECTION VI:Section 15.
32.081 IS hereby added to the Orange Municipal Code
to
read as follows:15.32.081 Section 1003.2.9-Group R,
Division 1 Occupancies.Section 1003.2.9 is amended to read as follows:
I Group R, Division I Occupancies. An automatic sprinkler system shall be installed throughout every apartment
house when the building exceeds three or more stories in height, or
contains more than 15 dwelling units, and every hotel three or more stories in height or
containing 20 or more guest rooms. Residential or quick-response standard
sprinklers shall be used in the dwelling units and guest room
portions
SECTION VII:
Section 15.32.082 IS hereby added to the Orange Municipal Code to read as
follows:
15.32.082 Section 1003.2.2--Specific Requirements for Automatic Fire
Extinguishing Systems in Occupancies Other Than Group R, Division 3 and Group U
Occupancies.Section 1003.2.2 is adopted except for subparagraph
5.SECTION
VIII:Section15.32.100 is hereby repealed in its entirety and replaced with the
following:15.32.100 Section 1006.2.12.2-- Requirements for Certain High-
Rise Buildings.Section 1006.2.12.2.1 amends the California Fire Code to read
as follows:These requirements apply to Buildings approved for construction
subsequent to January I, 1983, and having floors used for human occupancy located 55 feet
or more above the level of Fire Department vehicle access. Said buildings shall
conform to requirements of the Building Code, High-Rise Buildings, in its entirety and/
or as amended by the State and other applicable requirements of the Orange
Municipal Code, Building Code and
applicable State
Codes.SECTION IX:Section 15.32.110 is hereby repealed in its entirety and replaced
with the following:15.32.110 Section 1006.2.9.2 -- Existing Group R Occupancies Section 1006.2.9.
3.
2 Installation.Section 1006.2.9.3.4 of the California Fire Code is added to read
as follows:I. Installation
and Maintenance:a. Hotels - It shall be the responsibility of the owner to supply, install
and maintain all required smoke detectors. The owner shall be responsible
for annual testing of all required smoke detectors no later than March 10 of
each year and maintaining a written record of such
tests.b. Apartments - The owner and tenant shall be responsible as follows:
1. It shall be the responsibility of the owner to supply, install, and maintain all
required smoke detectors and to test them whenever a unit becomes vacant;
11. The tenant shall be responsible for annual testing of all required smoke
detectors installed in living units. Within 60 days of the first day of each
year, the owner shall notify each tenant of the annual smoke detector testing
requirements;
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iii. Within 10 days of such testing, and in no event later than March 10 of each
year, each tenant shall notify the owner, in writing, on a form provided by
the owner of such tenant, of the condition of each required smoke detector
installed in the living unit;
iv. Upon receipt of a written notice from a tenant that a smoke detector is in
need of maintenance, the owner shall perform such maintenance as is
necessary within 10 days of receipt of such notification.
c. The hotel or apartment owner shall maintain records of compliance for a
period of three (3) years from March 10 of each year.
2. Inspections: An inspection for compliance may be done concurrently with other
fire prevention inspections at apartment houses, efficiency units, and hotels.
Inspection for compliance may be done in accordance with a procedure
approved by the Fire Chief.
3. When there is a change in ownership in eXlstmg Group R, Division 3
occupancies, the entire building shall be provided with smoke detectors located
as required for new Group R, Division 3 occupancies as required in the Uniform
Building Code, under current City adoption.
4. In all existing Group R, Division I occupancies, the entire building shall be
provided with smoke detectors located as required for new Group R, Division 1
occupancies.
EXCEPTIONS: Structures used exclusively for the parking or storage of passenger
motor vehicles having a capacity of not more than nine persons per vehicle and M-
occupancies and similar structures with non-continuous human occupancy, when
so determined by the enforcing agency, need not comply with this
Section.Applicable sections ofNFPA Standards will be used for approval of said
systems.SECTION
X:
I Section 15.32.120 is hereby repealed in its entirety and replaced with the
following:15.32.120 Section 7701.7 -- Prohibited and Limited Acts for Explosive Materials
Section 7701.7.4 is added to the California Fire Code to read as follows:
1. The manufacture of explosives or blasting agents shall be prohibited within the
City of Orange except in the M-2 zone when said manufacture is approved in said zone
by Conditional Use
Permit.2. This prohibition shall not apply to hand-loading of small arms
ammunition for personal use only, not
for
SECTION XI:
Section 15.32.130 is hereby repealed in its entirety and replaced with the following:
15.32.130 Section 7902.2 -- Stationary Aboveground Tanks and Protected Aboveground
Tanks Located Outside of Buildings. 7904.4Bulk Plants or Terminals A.
Sections 7902.2.2.1 of the California Fire Code is amended to read as follows: the storage
of flammable or combustible liquids in outside above ground tanks is permitted
in M-I or M-2 zones or as approved by the Fire
Chief.B. With regard to Section7904.4.1 of the California Fire Code, new bulk plants
for flammable or combustible liquids shall be located at least one hundred (100)
feet from any property used for residential or commercial
purposes.SECTION
XII:Section 15.32.140 is hereby repealed in its entirety and replaced with the
following:15.32.140 Section 8001.4.5.1 -- Underground Tanks, Storage of Hazardous Materials
Section 8001.4.5.1 of the California Fire Code is amended to read as follows:
Underground tanks used in the storage of hazardous materials shall be located and
protected in accordance with Section 7902.6 of this Code. Secondary containment shall be
provided for all new installations of underground tanks. In addition, the requirements of
California Health and Safety Code, Chapter 6.7 (Underground Storage of Hazardous
Substances), Title 23, California Code of Regulations, Division 3, Chapter 16,
Underground Tank Regulations) and California Health and Safety Code, Chapter 6.75,
Title 23, California Code of Regulations, Chapter 16, Article II and Chapter 18
Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund Law) and any changes made thereto by the
State of California during the course of this adopted ordinance are hereby adopted by
reference as the standards of the City of Orange for underground storage of hazardous
materials.
SECTION XIII:
Section 15.32.150 is hereby repealed in its entirety and replaced with the following:
15.32.150 Section 8204 Location of Containers Liquefied Petroleum Gases.
Section 8204.2 of the California Fire Code is amended to read as follows:
Establishment of Limits where Restricted: The limits referred to in Section 8204.2
of the California Fire Code, in which bulk storage of liquefied petroleum is restricted, are
established as follows: In all zones, except in the M-I, M-2, C-I, C-
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SECTION XIV:
Section 15,32.160 of the Orange Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding
Subsection 25 to Appendix II of the California Fire Code to read as follows:
I 15.32.160 Appendix II-A -- Subsection 25, Fuel Modification.
Subsection 25 is added to Appendix II-A of the California Fire Code to read
as
follows:25. FUEL
MODIFICATION a) Development occurring within or adjacent to any climate or topographic
High Hazard Fire Zone in the City of Orange shall require modification of vegetation
at the urban interface. Prior to the issuance of any building permits a
Fuel Modification Plan and Program shall be approved by the Fire Chief. The
Fuel Modification Plan shall show special treatment of the vegetation required to
achieve an acceptable level of risk in regard to the exposures of structures to
flammable vegetation and shall delineate areas selected for specific treatment and
establish provisions for its continued maintenance. The approved fuel modification plan
shall be installed prior to the issuance of building permits, under the supervision of
the Fire Department, and pass a final inspection prior to the issuance of applicable
use and occupancy
permits.1. PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF GRADING PERMITS. A conceptual
fuel modification plan shall be approved by the Fire Chief. This plan
shall
include:a. A 20-foot setback zone from the edge of the
graded pad;b. An irrigated zone to begin at the edge of the graded pad
with a minimum width to be determined by the
Fire Chief;c. A zone to receive brush thinning continuing from the edge
of the irrigated zone as approved by the
Fire
Chief;I d. Minimum l2-foot passageway from a public street
to the fuel modification zone to provide access for
emergency personnel and maintenance workers. The passageway shall
be established and identified as a non-construction (lettered) lot.
Access ways are to be no more than 500 feet apart with locations
approved
by the Fire Department;e. A letter of permission for
any necessary off-site requirements;f. Methods
used for removal of vegetation;g.
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h. A copy of deed restriction for each lot prohibiting combustible
construction in the fuel modification area.
2. PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS. A precise
fuel modification plan shall be approved by the Fire Chief. This plan shall
include the following information:
a. A list of fire resistant, (drought tolerant suggested) plants to be
selected from the Fire Department Plant List or as approved by the
Fire Chief;
b. Irrigation plans;
c. Precise delineation of each fuel modification zone. Brush shall be
cleared as specified on precise fuel modification plans.
3. PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF USE AND OCCUPANCY PERMITS.
The completed fuel modification installation shall be approved by the Fire
Department.
4. MAINTENANCE. The installed fuel modification shall be maintained in
accordance with the approved plan. A letter certifying all fuel modification
maintenance has been performed according to the approved fuel
modification plan shall be submitted by the responsible party to the fire
prevention bureau in March and September of each year."
SECTION XV:
Section 15.32.170 is hereby repealed in its entirety and replaced with the following:
15.32.170 - Section 5202 -- Flammable and Combustible Liquid Motor Vehicle Fuel-Dispensing Stations
Appendix II-
F of the California Fire Code amended to read as follows:1.
SCOPE: The storage and dispensing of motor fuels (does not pertain to LPG) into tanks
of motor vehicles from an aboveground tank(s), specifically for industrial use applications
outside of buildings and not intended for sale.2.
RESTRICTED LOCATIONS (C.F.C. Section 7902.2.2.1):a.
Sections 7902.2.2.1 of the California Fire Code is amended to read as follows:
the storage of flammable or combustible liquids in outside above ground tanks is permitted
in M-l or M-2 zones or as approved by the Fire
Chief.b. With regard to Section 7904.4.1 of the California Fire Code, new bulk
plants for flammable or combustible liquids shall be located at least one hundred (100) feet
from any property used for residential or commercial
purposes.
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3. PLANS: Plans shall be submitted and approved prior to installation for each
application. The plans shall indicate the method of storage and dispensing quantities to be
stored, distances from buildings and property lines, access ways, fire-protection
facilities,barrier protection, diking (secondary containment), design and construction of
tanks,supports, seismic design, tank venting and vapor recovery, wiring and equipment,
electrical controls, safety rules, signage and any additional information and requirements required
by the Fire
Chief.4. PERMITS: Section 105.1 Permits shall be required in accordance with
Section 105.1 of the California Fire Code. In addition, the storage and dispensing of each
operation shall be reviewed and permitted annually to assure compliance with approved plans.
Prior to the issuance of the Fire Department's permit to install, all other applicable permits
shall be obtained, i.e., Building, Planning, Environmental Health, Air
Quality.SECTION
XVI:Section 15.32.180 IS hereby added to the Orange Municipal Code to read
as
follows:15.32.180 Appendix IIID - Fire Department Access Guidelines Section 5.1 - Dead Ends
Appendix
IIID, Section 5.1 of the California Fire Code amended to read as follows:5.
1 Dead ends. Dead end fire department access roads shall be in accordance with UFC
Section 902.2.2.4. For the purpose of fire apparatus maneuvering, the use of bulb or cul-
de-sacs, hammerheads, "Y"-heads, or other methods shall be subject to the
capabilities of the fire apparatus, as approved by the
chief.On all dead end streets that are longer than 600 feet, all buildings constructed at
600 feet and beyond shall be protected by an approved automatic fire sprinkler
system.SECTION
XVII:
I Should any section, subsection, clause, or provlSlon of this Ordinance for
any reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality
shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this Ordinance;
it being hereby expressly declared that this Ordinance, and each section, subsection,
sentence,clause and phrase hereof would have been prepared, proposed, approved and
ratified irrespective of the fact that anyone or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses
or phrases be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
SECTION XVIII:
A summary of this Ordinance shall be published and a certified copy of the full text
of this Ordinance shall be posted in the Office of the City Clerk at least five (5) days prior
to the City Council meeting at which this Ordinance is to be adopted. A summary of this
Ordinance shall also be published once within fifteen (\5) days after this Ordinance's
passage in a newspaper of general circulation, published, and circulated in the City of
Orange. The City Clerk shall post in the Office of the City Clerk a certified copy of the full
text of such adopted Ordinance along with the names of those City Council members
voting for and against the Ordinance in accordance with Government Code Section 36933.
This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days from and after the date of its final passage.
ADOPTED this 28th day of January, 2003
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF ORANGE )
I, CASSANDRA J. CATHCART, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at the regular meeting of the
City Council held on the lO'h
day of December, 2002, and thereafter at the regular meeting
of said City Council duly held on the 14th day of January, 2003, second reading was
continued and duly passed and adopted at the January 28,2003 regular meeting of said City
Council by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Ambriz, Alvarez, Murphy, Coontz, Cavecche
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
LA~(!~A.uAT_
Cassandra J. Ca art, City Ckrk, CIty of Orange
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