HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-09 - SB1205RESOLUTION N0. 2025-09
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA,
CALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING A REPORT ON THE STATUS OF 2024 STATE
MANDATED ANNUAL FIRE INSPECTIONS IN THE CITY OF COSTA MESA
PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 13146.4
THE CITY' COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA HEREBY FINDS AND
DECLARES AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, California Health & Safety Code Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3
require all fire departments, including the Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue Department, that
provide fire protection services to perform annual inspections in every building used as a
public or private school, hotel, motel, lodging house, apartment house, and certain
residential care facilities for compliance with building standards, as provided; and
WHEREAS, these annual inspections are required of specified Educational Group
E occupancies and Residential Group R occupancies as classified in the California
Building Code; and
WHEREAS, Educational Group E occupancies are generally those public and
private schools, used by more than six persons at any one time for educational purposes
through the 12th grade. Within the City of Costa Mesa, there lie 56 Group E occupancy
campuses; and
WHEREAS, Residential Group R occupancies are generally those occupancies
containing sleeping units, and include hotels, motels, apartments (three units or more),
etcetera, as well as other residential occupancies (including a number of residential care
facilities). These residential care facilities have a number of different sub-classifications,
and they may contain residents or clients that have a range of needs, including those
related to custodial care, mobility impairments, cognitive disabilities, etcetera. The
residents may also be non-ambulatory or bedridden. Within the City of Costa Mesa, there
lie 1433 Group R (and their associated sub-categories) occupancies of this nature; and
WHEREAS, Section 13146.4 was added to the California Health & Safety Code by
Senate Bill 1205 (Hill, 2018), and became effective on January 1, 2019; and
WHEREAS, California Health & Safety Code Section 13146.4 requires all fire
departments, including the Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue Department, that provide fire
protection services to report annually to its administering authority on its compliance with
Sections 13146.2 and 13'l46.3; and
WHEREAS, the Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue Department has presented its report
to the City Council on the status of all 2024 state-mandated annual fire inspections in the
City as required by SB 1205 and California Health and Safety Code Section 13146.4; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa intends this Resolution to
fulfill the requirements of the California Health & Safety Code Section 13146.4 regarding
compliance with California Health & Safety Code Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 and
desires to accept the Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue Department's report thereon as its
Report on the status of all 2024 state-mandated annual fire inspections in the City; and
WHEREAS, all other legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Resolution have
occurred.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Costa
Mesa that said City Council expressly acknowledges the measure of compliance of the
Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue Department with California Health & Safety Code Sections
13146.2 and 13146.3 in the area encompassed by the City of Costa Mesa, as follows:
1.Educational Group E Occupancies:
During 2024, the Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue Department completed the annual
inspection of 56 Group E occupancies. This is a compliance rate of I 00% for this reporting
period.
2.Residential Group R Occupancies:
During 2024, the Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue Department completed the annual
inspection of 1433 Group R locations, occupancies, buildings, structures and/or facilities.
This is a compliance rate of 100 % for this reporting period.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That this Resolution, and all actions taken subsequent hereto in connection
herewith, are taken pursuant to the provisions of California Health & Safety Code Section
13146 et seq.
4. The City of Costa Mesa is in compliance with 100% of the state-mandated fire
inspection requirements contained within California Health & Safety Code Sections
13146.2 and 13146.3.
5. The City Council accepts the Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue Department's Report
on the status of all2024 state-mandated annual fire inspections in the City and determines
that the Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue Department has met its mandatory reporting
requirements to the City Council as the administering agency, pursuant to California
Health and Safety Code Section 13146.4.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any section, division, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this Resolution, or the documents in the record in support of this
Resolution, are for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any
court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remarnrng
prOVISIOnS.
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and shall
enter it into the book of original resolutions.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3'd day of June 2025.
ATTEST:APPROVED AS TO FORM:
berly Hgll Barlow, City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
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1, BRENDA GREEN, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the above and foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 2025-09 and was duly
passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting
held on the 3rd day of June, 2025, by the following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES:COUNCIL MEMBERS: BULEY, GAMEROS, MARR, PETTIS, REYNOLDS,
CHAVEZ, AND STEPHENS.
NOES:COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE.
ABSENT:COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed the seal of the
City of Costa Mesa this 4'h day of June, 2025.
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Brenda Green, Ci0 Clerk
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