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ORDINANCE NO. 3093
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING
CHAPTER 15.36 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE
ADOPTING THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE, 2007 EDITION
The City Council of the City ofChula Vista does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 15.36 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Sections:
15.36.010
15.36.025
15.36.030
15.36.035
15.36.040
15.36.045
15.36.050
15.36.055
Chapter 15.36
FIRE CODE
California Fire Code, 2007 Edition, adopted by reference.
Operational permit for Christmas tree lots.
Operational permit for waste handling.
Violation penalties.
Failure to comply provisions.
Definitions for Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention, Fire Department, Fire
Authority Having Jurisdiction, Fire Hazard and Fire Service Features.
Fire service features -- Where required.
Fire hydrant spacing.
15.36.010 California Fire Code, 2007 Edition, adopted by reference.
There is hereby adopted by reference the California Fire Code, 2007 Edition, known as the
California Code of Regulations, Title 24 part 9, including Appendix Chapter I, and Appendix B
tltrough H is as copyrighted by the International Code Council, and the California Building
Standards Commission. Said document is hereby adopted as the Fire Code of the City of Chula
Vista, prescribing the regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire or
explosion, and each and all such regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said
California Fire Code are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as though fully set
forth herein, excepting such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended as set forth in
this chapter.
15.36.025 Operational permit for Christmas tree lots.
Appendix Chapter I - Subsection 105.6.5.1 Christmas tree lots is hereby added to the Fire
Code portion of the California Building Standards Code to read as follows:
Subsection 105.6.5.1 Christmas tree lots. To operate a Christmas tree lot with or without flame
proofing services.
15.36.030 Operational permit for waste handling.
Appendix Chapter I - Subsection 105.6.45 Waste handling of the Fire Code portion of the
California Building Standards Code is hereby revised to read as follows:
Subsection 105.6.45 Waste handling. An operational permit is required for the operation of wrecking
yards, junk yards and waste material-handling facilities (green waste recycling, mulching, composting
operations and storage).
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15.36.035 Violation penalties.
Appendix Chapter I - Subsection 109.3 Violation penalties of the Fire Code portion of the
California Building Standards Code is hereby revised to read as follows:
Subsection 109.3 Violation penalties. Persons who shall violate a provision of this code or shall fail
to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, install, alter, repair or do work in
violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the fire code official, or ofa permit
or certificate used under provisions of this code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a
fine of not more than the greater of$I,OOO dollars or as established by the City ofChula Vista Policy
and Procedures Manual for Civil Penalties or by imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months, or both
such fme and imprisonment. Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served
shall be deemed a separate offense.
15.36.040 Failure to comply provisions.
Appendix Chapter I - Subsection IliA Failure to comply of the Fire Code portion of the
California Building Standards Code is hereby revised to read as follows:
111.4 Failure to comply. Any person who shall continue any work after having been served with a
stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or
unsafe condition, shall be subject to a fine of not less than $250.00 dollars or more than $1,000
dollars.
15.36.045 Definitions for Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention, Fire Department, Fire
Authority Having Jurisdiction, Fire Hazard and Fire Service Features.
Chapter 2 Definitions - Section 202 is hereby added to the Fire Code portion of the
California Building Standards Code to read as follows:
"Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention" means Fire Marshal.
"Fire Department" means any regularly organized fire department, fire protection district, a legally
formed volunteer fire department recorded with the County of San Diego, or Fire Company
regularly charged with the responsibility of providing fire protection to the jurisdiction.
"Fire Authority Having Jurisdiction (F AHJ)" means the designated entity providing enforcement
of fire regulations as they relate to planning, construction and development. This entity may also
provide fire suppression and other emergency services.
"Fire Hazard" means anything that increases or could cause an increase of the hazard or menace of
fire to a greater degree than customarily recognized as normal by persons in the public service
regularly engaged in preventing, suppressing or extinguishing fire or any thing or act which could
obstruct, delay, hinder or interfere with the operations of the fire department or egress of
occupants in the event of fire.
"Fire Service Features" is a general term inclusive of all other terms such as driveway, fire lane,
public street, private street, parking lot, lane and access roadway.
15.36.050 Fire service features -- Where required.
Chapter 5 Fire Service Features - Subsection 508.5.1 of the Fire Code portion of the
California Building Standards Code is hereby revised to read as follows:
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Subsection 508.5.1 Where required. Where a portion of a facility or building hereafter constructed
or moved into or within the jurisdiction is more than 150 feet from a hydrant on a fire apparatus
access road, as measured by an approved route around the exterior of the facility or building, on-
site fire hydrants and mains shall be provided where required by the fire code official.
Exceptions: I. For Group R-3 and Group U occupancies, the distance requirement shall be 250 feet.
15.36.055 Fire hydrant spacing.
Chapter 5 Fire Service Features - Subsection 508.5.1.1 is hereby added to the Fire Code
portion of the California Building Standards Code to read as follows:
Subsection 508.5.1.1 Water supplies and fire hydrants. In multi-family zones and in commercial
and industrial zones, fire hydrants shall be installed at intersections, at the beginning radius of cul-
de-sacs, and every 300 feet (on-center) of frre access roadways, regardless of parcel size. In single-
family zones, fire hydrants shall be installed every 500 feet (on-center).
SECTION II. FINDINGS AND DECLARATION
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista specifically and expressly finds and declares that each
of the additions and amendments noted above to the 2007 Edition of the California Fire Code is
necessary due to local climatic, geological and topographical conditions.
SECTION III. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This ordinance will take effect and be in force thirty days after final passage.
Submitted by
Approved as to form by
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. . uglas A. Perry
Fire Chief
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City ofChula Vista,
California, this 4th day of December 2007, by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers:
Castaneda, McCann, Ramirez, Rindone, and Cox
NAYS:
Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT:
Councilmembers:
None
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ATTEST:
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Susan Bigelow, MMC, City lerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certifY that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 3093 had its first reading at a regular meeting held on the 13th day of November,
2007 and its second reading and adoption at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the
4th day of December 2007; and was duly published in summary form in accordance with the
requirements of state law and the City Charter.
Executed this 4th day of December 2007.
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Susan Bigelow, MMC, City lerk
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