HomeMy WebLinkAbout86-25 Adopting Uniform Fire Code for 1985, Repealing Chapt II Fire PreventionORDINANCE' NO. $6 -16'
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA ADOPTING THE UNIFORM FIRE CODE FOR
1985, MAKING CERTAIN AMENDMENTS THERETO, AND
REPEALING CHAPTER II, FIRE PREVENTION.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby finds
and declares that recent revisions of the Uniform Fire Code are -in keeping
with modern fire department practices. The City Council further finds and
declares that certain modifications thereto are desirable to conform with the
needs of the City of Costa Mesa. The City Council further finds and declares
that the public health, safety and welfare require the adoption of the 1985
Uniform Fire Code, including Appendices I -C, III -A, and III -C.
ACCORDINGLY, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa herewith
amends Chapter II, Title 7, as hereinafter set,forth:
SECTION 2:
1. Chapter II of Title 7 of the Municipal Code of the City of Costa
Mesa entitled Fire'Prevention is hereby repealed.
2. Section 7-14. Adoption of Uniform Fire Code
There is hereby adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa -
Mesa, California, for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing
conditions hazardous to life and property from fire or explosion, that cer-
tain code known as the Uniform Fire Code, being particularly the 1985 edition
and Appendices I -C, III -A, and III -C thereof and the whole thereof, of which
code not less than three (3) copies have been and are now filed in the Office
of the Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa 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 be con -
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trolling within the limits of the City of Costa Mesa.
3. Section 7-15. Amendment to Article 2 of Code, "Organization,
Authority, Duties and Procedures"
Section 2.302 is amended to read as follows:
"Section 2.302. Appeals
Whenever the Chief of the Fire, Department shall disapprove an applica-
tion or refuse to grant a permit applied for, or when it is claimed that the
provisions of the -Code do not apply or that the true intent and meaning of
the Code have been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the applicant may
appeal from the decision of the Chief of the Fire Department to the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa within thirty (30) days from the decision
appealed."
Section 2.303(a) is amended to read as follows:
"Section 2.303(a). Uniform Fire Code Standards
Whenever the Uniform Fire Code Standards are referenced in this code,
the most current edition of the corresponding National Fire Protection
Association Standards shall be used instead. The Uniform Building Code
Standards published by the International Conference of Building Officials and
referenced by this Code are hereby declared to be part of this Code as if set
forth in full herein."
4. Section 7-16 - 7-19. Reserved
5. Section 7-20. Amendments to Article 4 of the Code, "Permits and
Certificates"
Section 4.101 is amended by deleting the requirement for permits for
the following:
38. Parade floats
47. Welding and cutting operations
6. Section 7-21 - 7-24. Reserved
7. Section 7-25. Amendments to Article 10 of Code, "Fire Protection"
Section 10.205(a) is amended to read as follows:
"The Chief may require installation of one or more gates, cables or
barricades and the secure locking of same to prevent the use by unauthorized
persons of any road that is not a public highway and over which the fire
department has the right to pass, whether by easement, license, municipal
ownership or otherwise, for purposes relating to fire prevention or control,
provided such action does not preclude the authorized users of such road or
trail from using the same.
Section 10.208 is amended by adding the following:
"(b) Street or Road Signs. When required by the Chief, a street or
road shall be identified with approved signs."
Section 10.301(c) is amended by adding the following:
"All required fire hydrants shall be capable of discharging a flow of
1,000 gallons per minute. Mains supplying hydrants shall not be less than
six -inch --size and shall be capable, at a residual pressure of at least 20 psi,
of simultaneously supplying 1,000 gallons per minute per hydrant to the number
of hydrants corresponding to the required fire flow divided by 1,000."
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section 10.301 is amended by adding the following:
"(f) No person shall erect or modify any building in such a manner
so as to create a fire flow requirement in excess of 5,500 gallons per minute.
Limitations in the fire areas are established in Tables 10.301A through D.
1. Definitions and application for Tables 10.301A through D.
(i) Construction types and occupancy groups shall be defined
in the Uniform Building Code except as modified herein.
(ii) Fire areas shall be the total floor area within
exterior walls of a building.
Exceptions:
1. Ebur -hour fire resistant area separations shall be
considered as dividing floor area. Tao -hour separa-
tions shall not be considered.
2. In tall, one-story structures (higher than 18 feet),
the floor area shall be multiplied by the equivalent
height, in stories, of combustible contents. An
equivalent story shall be applied for each 12 feet
or major fraction thereof.
3. In Type I and II structures, only the largest three
(3) successive floor areas will be used for calcula-
tion of fire areas.
Exception: Were in the opinion of the Fire Chief,
the building is susceptible to (interior or
exterior) vertical fire spread, the floor areas of
the largest six (6) successive floors will be used.
4. Buildings separated by less than ten.(10) feet with
openings in both adjacent walls shall be considered
as a single fire area.
5. Buildings of Type V construction with wood frame
exterior walls separated by ten feet, six inches
!- (10' 60) or less shall be considered as a single
-fire area.
6. Where in the opinion of the Fire Chief, buildings
connected by canopies, conveyors, or enclosures
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are unusually susceptible to fire spread, the
buildings shall be considered as a single fire area.
(iii) Exposure factor shall be the sum of the factors below
for the separation distance on each side of a building
between another building or buildable property line,
whichever is closer.
0 - 10
feet
25
11 - 30
feet
20
31 - 60
feet
15
61 - 100
feet
10
101 - 150
feet
5
greater than 150
feet
0
Exceptions:
1. Exposure factor for a building shall be 0 for a
four-hour exterior fire wall without openings or
with protected openings on either the exposing or
exposed building.
2. Four-hour fire walls that are conwn (party) walls
to two buildings shall have an exposure factor of
10."
Section 10.306 of the Uniform Fire Code is hereby amended by adding
subsections (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k) and (1) to read as follows:
"Section 10.306
(f) Fire Warning Systems
(1) Every existing dwelling unit within an apartment house and
every existing guest room in a hotel used for sleeping purposes shall be
provided with California State Fire Marshal approved smoke detectors. In
dwelling units, detectors shall be mounted on the ceiling or wall at a point
centrally located in the corridor or area giving access to roans used for
sleeping purposes. In efficiency dwelling units, hotel sleeping roans and
in hotel suites, the detector.shall be centrally located on the ceiling of
the main room or hotel sleeping room.
Where sleeping roams are on an upper level, the detector
shall be placed at the center of the ceiling directly above the interior
stairway. All detectors shall be located in accordance with approved manu-
facturer's instructions. When actuated, the detector shall provide an alarm
in the dwelling unit or guest roan.
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(2) When alterations, repairs or additions requiring a permit
and having a valuation in excess of $1,000 occur, or when one or more sleeping
rooms are added or created in existing single-family occupancies, the entire
building shall be provided with smoke detectors located as required for new
Group R, Division 3, occupancies.
(3) Smoke detectors may be battery operated when installed in
existing buildings, or in buildings without commercial power, or in buildings
which undergo alterations, repairs or additions regulated by paragraph (e)(2)
of this section.
(g) Installation and Maintenance
It shall be the responsibility of the owner to supply and install
all required detectors. The owner shall be responsible for testing and main-
taining detectors in ccmmn stairways and hallways. It shall be the respon-
sibility of the tenant, whose tenancy will be longer than two weeks, to test
detectors within dwelling units or rooming units weekly and to notify the
owner or authorized agent, in writing, of any deficiencies. The owner shall
be responsible for providing each tenant with written information regarding
detector testing and maintenance, or such information may be posted in ccmmn
areas frequently visited by tenants such as the laundry roan area.
The owner or authorized agent shall not be in violation of this
act for a deficient detector -unless he or she has failed to correct the
deficiency within a reasonable time after he or she has received written
notice of the deficiency.
(h) When there is a change in ownership in existing 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 Qode, 1979 Edition. Seller shall provide a certificate of
compliance prior to close of escrow.
(i) In all existing Group R, Division 1 Occupancies arra existing
Group R, Division3 Occupancies not owner -occupied, the entire building shall
be provided with smoke detectors located as required for new Group R,
Division 1 and new Group Ri-Division 3 occupancies within six months of the
effective date of this Ordinance. Smoke detectors may be battery operated
when installed in existing buildings.
(j) In'no case shall code enforcement inspections be conducted in
family dwellings to ascertain compliance with this section. However, should
a fire occur in any dwelling or hotel roan required to be equipped with a
smoke detector and that dwelling or hotel room is not equipped with at least
one approved smoke detector, the owner of said property shall be in violation
of this section and may be cited.
(k)' Where battery -powered smoke detectors are currently installed
and maintained in operable condition in any building, they shall be deemed
to be in compliance with this section."
Section 10.306(1) is added to read as follows:
"Section 10.306(1). Fire Detection Systems
(1) All fire detection devices and system components shall be approved
by Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., and shall be installed in accordance with
appropriate standards of the National Fire Protection Association.
(2) Detectors shall be located in all areas throughout the protected
building, including protection for closets and attics.
Exception: Household fire warning protection described in
NFPA Standard No. 74 shall be permitted."
Section 10.308(c) is amended to read as follows:
"Section 10.308(c). Group A Occupancies
1. Restaurants, Nightclubs, Discos. An automatic sprinkler system
shall be installed throughout restaurants, nightclubs and discos in roans
primarily used for entertaining occupants who are drinking or dining where
the total area of such unseparated rooms and assembly areas exceeds 4,000
square feet. The calculation of total area shall include accessory roans
which are unseparated from the entertainment areas. For areas to be considered -
as separated, the separation shall be not less than as required for an area
separation wall. The area of other such uses shall be included unless
separated-=by--an--area -separation wall.
2. Basements. An automatic sprinkler system shall be installed
throughout basements classified as Group A Occupancies when the basement is
larger than 1,500 square feet in floor area.
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3. Exhibition arra Display Roans. An automatic sprinkler system shall
be installed throughout exhibition and display roans classified as Group A
Occupancies which have more than 12,000 square feet of floor area which can
be used for exhibition or display.purposes.
4. Stairs. An automatic sprinkler system shall be installed in
enclosed usable space below or over a stairway in Group A, Divisions 2, 2.1,
3 and 4 Occupancies.
5. Bowling Alleys. An automatic sprinkler system shall be installed
throughout bowling alleys over 6,000 square feet in area. -
6. Stages. An automatic sprinkler system shall be installed through-
out all buildings used as places of assembly having a stage.
7. Above the First Floor. An automatic sprinkler system shall be
installed throughout all buildings having a place of assembly above the
first floor with an occupant load of more than fifty (50)."
Section 10.308(d) is amended to read as follows:
"Section 10.308(d). Group B, Division 2 Occupancies
An automatic fire extinguishing system shall be installed throughout
Group B, Division 2 Occupancies when the occupancy is over 12,000 square feet
in a single floor area or the structure is more than two (2) stories in height."
Section 10.308(f)4 is amended to read as follows:
"Section -10.308(f)4. Division 4
An automatic fire extinguishing system shall be installed throughout
Group H, Division 4 Occupancies exceeding 12,000 square feet on any floor
or more than one story in height."
Section 10.308(h) is added to read as follows:
"Section 10.308(h). An automatic fire extinguishing system shall be
installed in the following occupancies:
1. Throughout parking garages over 6,000 square feet in area, except
`—_------openparking garages as defined in Section 709(b) of the Uniform Building Code.
2. Throughout all buildings with a usable floor area that is more
than fifty-five (55) feet above grade."
8. Sect -ion 7-26 - 7-29. Reserved
9. Section 7-30. Amendments to Article 11 of Ocde, "General Precautions
Against Fire"
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Section 11.210 is added to read as follows:.
"Section 11.210. Temporary Stands for the Sale.of Christmas Trees
All temporary stands for the display and sale of Christmas trees are
required to have a permit and shall be located, maintained and operated subject
to the following provisions:
(a) All applications for permits shall be made in writing, filed with the
City Council, and shall state the name.of the applicant, his residence address
and -the location of the proposed Christmas tree stand. The application shall be
accompanied by a clearance from the Fire Chief as to fire regulations and by
a clearance from the Department of Building Safety as to the proposed elec-
trical installation, if any, and additionally by clearance from the Traffic
Engineering Department for review of stand location in relation to possible
interruption of traffic.
(b) All permits must be posted in a conspicuous place.
(c) -There shall be maintained in each premises or display area within
which Christmas trees are sold or offered for sale at least two fire
extinguishers with a minimum rating of 2A, 1OBC. No tree on display or in
storage shall be more than 75 feet travel distance from a fire extinguisher.
(d) All such Christmas tree display lots and areas shall be constructed
in accordance with existing City requirements and specifications.
(e) All temporary Christmas tree lots for the display and sale of
Christmas trees shall obtain electrical permits from the City of Costa Mesa
prior to any electrical work.
(f) No arc or klieg lights shall be located within seventy-five (75)
feet of any temporary Christmas display area selling Christmas trees.
(g) It shall be unlawful to store any Christmas trees for sale in any
buildings, residences, garages, homes, or vehicles within the City of Costa
Mesa.
(h) There shall be at least one adult in attendance during the open
or sale hours of the Christmas tree stand.
(i) The pennittee shall provide an adult night watchman to act and
serve during the hours of storage.
(j) No alcoholic beverages shall be allowed on the premises.
MY-� Christmas tree shall be represented as being flame-retardant
unless made so by a flame-retardant solution and process approved by the
State.Fire Marshal.
(1) All Christmas trees and tree trimmings shall be removed from the
premises by January 2.
Section 11.211 is added to read as follows:
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"Section 11.211. Refuse
(a) Commercially serviced refuse containers of capacities larger than
one (1) cubic yard and smaller than eight (8) cubic yards shall be constructed
of metal and provided with metal lids. Containers shall be delivered and
restored after servicing with lids in a closed position. Lids shall be
maintained in the closed position except during the process of introducing
or removing refuse.
(b) Commercially serviced refuse containers shall be serviced as
~often as necessary to prevent overfilling. Placement of refuse which raises
the lid of the container by more than one-half inch (1/2") from the closed
position is prohibited. No refuse shall be allowed to accumulate outside
of refuse containers.
(c) Commercially serviced refuse containers shall be labeled 'KEEP
LID CLOSED' with letters at least three inches (3") high on a contrasting
background.
(d) Trash enclosures and refuse storage areas hereafter located
beneath combustible construction shall be protected by automatic sprinklers.
Trash chutes and trash rooms hereafter constructed shall be protected by
automatic sprinklers approved by the Chief."'
10. Section 7-31 - 7-34. Reserved
11. Section 7-35. Amendments to Article 13 of Code, "smoking"
Section 13.103 is amended to add the following:
"No Smoking signs in foreign language shall be required where, in the
judgment of the Chief, non-English speaking persons are regularly employed.
The international 'No Smoking' symbol may be used instead."
12. Section 7-36 - 7-39. Reserved
13. Section 7-40. Amendments to Article 77 of Code, "Explosives and
Blasting Agents"
Section 77.106(b) is amended by adding the following:
"The limits referred to in Section 77.106(b) shall include all zones
in the City -of -Costa Mesa other than MG, MPF -MH or Al zones."
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15. Section 7=45 -.--Amendments to Article 78 of Code, "Fireworks"
Section 78.102(b) is amended to read as follows:
"Except as provided for safe and sane fireworks, it shall be unlawful
for any person to possess, store, to offer for sale, expose for sale, sell
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at retail or use or explode any fireworks; provided that the Chief shall have
the power to adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the granting of
permits for supervised public display of fireworks by the municipality, fair
associations, amusement parks, other organizations or for the use of fire-
works by artisans in pursuit of their trade. Every such use or display shall
be handled by a competent operator duly licensed by the State of California,
and shall be of such character and so located, discharged or fired as not to
be hazardous to property nor to endanger any persons. The Chief may deny a
permit if, in his opinion, the competency of the operator or the character
or location of the display creates a hazard to persons or property."
Section 78.107 is added to read as follows:
"Section 78.107. Permits for Safe and Sane Fireworks
No person shall offer for sale any safe and sane fireworks as labeled
by the State Fire Marshal without a valid permit from the Costa Mesa Fire
Department. Such permits shall be issued only to local eleemosynary groups
or, organizations that have been in existence for at least one year prior to
application for said permit."
Section 78.108 is added to read as follows:
"Section 78.108. Requirements for Fireworks Stands
All temporary stands for the display and sale of fireworks shall be
located, maintained and operated subject to the following provisions:
(a) No fireworks display or stand shall be erected within one
hundred (100) feet of any gasoline dispensing device or room in which vehicles
containing gasoline are repaired or within thirty-five (35) feet of any other
structure. Minimum setback from a public sidewalk.shall be five (5) feet;
setback from street curbing shall be not less than ten (10) feet where no
sidewalk exists.
(b) There shall be maintained in each premises or stand within which
fireworks are sold or offered for sale, a fire extinguisher with a minimum
rating of 2AlOBC located adjacent to each exit.
(c) No person shall light or cause or permit to be lighted any fire-
works, match, lighter, or any other article or material within any such
stand or within fifty (56) feet thereof.
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(d) No smoking shall be allowed in any structure used for the sale
and display of fireworks or within fifty (50) feet of said structure. 'No
Smoking' signs shall be displayed prominently and in a number prescribed by
the Fire Chief.
(e) All such temporary stands shall be constructed in accordance with
existing City requirements and specifications.
(f) All temporary stands for the display and sale of fireworks shall
obtain an Electrical Permit from the City of Costa Mesa prior to performance
of any electrical work.
(g) No arc or klieg light shall be located within seventy-five (75)
feet of any temporary stand selling fireworks.
(h) Fireworks shall be sold only between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and
midnight during the days authorized.
( i ) No safe and sane fireworks shall be sold or offered for sale at
retail within the City of Costa Mesa except frau 12:00 noon on the 28th day
~ of June to 12:00 noon on the 6th day of July each year.
(j) The permittee shall strictly comply with all of the provisions
of the State Fireworks Law,.Sections 12500 et seq. of the Health and Safety
Code of the State of California.
(k) Fireworks shall be stored arra kept only in the permittee's sale
booth. It shall be unlawful to store any fireworks intended for sale in any
building, residence, garage, home or automobile within the City of Costa Mesa.
(1) There shall be at least one adult in attendance during any open
or sale hours of the fireworks stand. No person under the age of sixteen
(16) years, unless accompanied by parent or, legal guardian, and no person
who is physically or mentally unable to remove himself shall be permitted
within a fireworks stand.
` (m) Fireworks of any kind shall not be sold to persons under the age
of sixteen (16) years.
_(n) The permittee shall provide an adult night watchman to act and
serve during the hours of storage. Under no circumstances shall any night
watchman sleep within any fireworks stand.
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(o) No alcoholic beverages shall be allowed on the premises.
(p) All fireworks fuses shall be taped.
(q) All permits mast be posted in a conspicuous place."
Section 78-109 is added to read as follows:
"Section 78-109.. Permit Application
All applications for permits shall be made in writing, filed with the
City Council, and shall state the name of the applicant, his address and the
location of the proposed stand. The application shall be accompanied by a
clearance from the Fire Chief as to fire regulations, by a clearance from the
Department of Building Safety as to the proposed electrical installations, and
additionally by clearance from the Traffic Engineering Department for review
of stand location in relation to possible interruption of traffic."
16. Section 7-46 - 7-49. Reserved
17. Section 7-50. Amendments to Article 79 of Code, "Flammable and
Combustible Liquids"
Section 79.501 is amended to read as follows:
"The storage of flammable and/or combustible liquids in above -ground
tanks is prohibited within the City of Costa Mesa except in locations zoned
Al, MH, MG or MP."
Section 79.1411 is added to read as follows:
"Section 79.1411. No new bulk plant shall be constructed within the
City of Costa Mesa except in locations zoned MH, MG or MP."
18. Section 7-51 - 7-54. Reserved
19. Section 7-55. Amendments to Article 82 of Code
Section 82.105(a) is amended by adding the following:
"Storage of liquified petroleum gases in containers of 100 gallons water
capacity or more is limited to areas of the City zoned Al, MH, MG, MP and C2."
Section 82.105(8) is added to read as follows:
NO This section shall not apply to any emergency standby fuel
`required_by-any public utility when the container thereof is installed in
compliance with all other -laws applicable thereto."
20. Section 7-56 - 7-59. Reserved
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21. Section 7-60. Modification in Code
The Chief of the Fire Department shall have power to modify application
of any of the provisions of the Uniform Fire Code ,upon application in writing
by the owner or lessee, or his duly authorized agent, when there are practical
difficulties iii the way of carrying out the strict letter of the Code, provided
that the intent and spirit of -the Code shall be observed, public safety
secured, and substantial justice done. The particulars of such modification
when granted or allowed and the decision of the Chief of the Fire Department
thereon shall be entered upon the records of the Department, and a signed
copy shall be furnished to the applicant.
22. Section 7-61 - 7-64. Reserved
23. Section 7-65. New Materials, Processes or Occupancies Which May
Require Permits
The City Manager, the Chief of the Fire Department and the Fire Marshal,
or their designated representatives, shall act as a committee to determine
and specify, after giving affected persons an opportunity to be heard, any
new materials, processes or occupancies which shall require permits, in
addition to those now enumerated in this Code. The Fire Marshal shall post
such list in a conspicuous place in his office and distribute copies thereof
to interested parties.
24. Section 7-66 - 7-69. Reserved
25. Section 7-70. Penalties
(a) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Code
hereby adopted or fail to comply therewith, or who shall construct or modify
any building in violation of any detailed statement of specification or plans
submitted and approved thereunder, or any certificate or permit issued there-
under, and from which no appeal has been taken and granted, or who shall fail
to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the Chief of the Fire
Department or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the time fixed
herein, shall severally for each and every such violation and non-compliance
respectively, be guilty of _a misdemeanor. The imposition of one penalty for
any violation shall not excuse the violation nor permit it to continue; and
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all such violators shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or
defects within a reasonable time; and when not otherwise specified, each ten
days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate
offense.
(b) The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent
the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
26. Section 7-71 - 7-74. Reserved
27. Section 7-75. Severability
The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby declares that should
any section, paragraph, sentence or word of this Ordinance or the Code hereby
adopted be declared for any reason to be invalid, it is the intent of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa that it would have passed all other
portions of this Ordinance, independent of the elimination herefrom of any
such portion as may be declared invalid.
SECTION 3:
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect
thirty (30) days from and after its passage and, before the expiration of
fifteen (15) days after its passage, shall be published once in the ORANGE
COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation printed and published
in the City of Costa -Mesa or, in the alternative, the City Clerk may cause
to be published a summary of this Ordinance and a certified copy of the text
of this Ordinance shall be posted in the office of the City Clerk five (5)
days prior to the date of adoption of this Ordinance, and within fifteen (15)
days after adoption, the City Clerk shall cause to be published the afore-
mentioned summary and shall post in the office of the City Clerk a certified
copy of this Ordinance together with the names.of the members of the City
Council voting for and against the same.
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ty of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM
CITY ATTORNEY
y Clerk of the City of Costylesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio clerk of the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing
Ordinance No. - _ .'^5 was introduced and considered ction by ction ay a
regular meeting of said City Council held on the day of
1986, and thereafter passed a adopted a a who1 at a regular meeting of said
City Council held on the day of , 1986, by the following
roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: XS�
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
` IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set hand a ffixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this day -%..i 1986,.
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C ty Clerk and ex -officio Clerk f the
City Council of the City of Mesa
TABLE 10.301A r
r
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE AREAS*
TYPES I & II CONSTRUCTION
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Occupancy
Group
Spkr
**',
IExposure
0 5. 10 15
20
25
30
35
Factor
40
45
50
Al=3
B2(a)
NS
AS
271,200 247,700 225,200 203,700
203,700
183,400
164,200
164,200
145,900
128,700
128,700
55
112,700
.60
112,700
65
97,700
70
97,700
75
97,70
SAS
271,200
247,700
225,200
203,700
203,700
183,400
A4, B2(b)
NS
:AS
295,900 271,200
247,700
225,200
203,700
183,400
183,400
164,200
164,200
145,900
128,700
128,700
128,700
271 200
112,700
SAS
295,900
271,200
247,700
225,200
E1 & 2
NS
; 295,900
271,200
247,700
225,200
225,200
203,700
183,400
183,400
164,200
145,900
145,900
128,700
128,700
SAS
295,900
272,200
247,700
E3
NS
295,900
271,200
271,200
247,700
225,200
203,700
203,700
183,400
164,200
164,200
145,900
145,900
SAS
`
295,900
271,200
I 1-3, B4
R1
NS
AS
295,900
271,200
247,700
247,700
225,200
203,700
203,700
183,400
183,400
164,200
SAS
B1, B2(c)
NS
AS
225,200 203,700 203,700 183,400
164,200
145,900
145,900
128,700
112,700
112,700
97,700
97,700
97,700
83,700
83,700
70900
,
SAS
295,900
271,200
225,200
203,700
203,700
183,400
164,200
145,900
H4, B3
NS
203,700 203,700 183,400 164,200
145,900
128,700
128,700
112,700
112,700
97,700
97,700
83,700
83,700
295.900
83,700
271,200
70,900
225,200
70,900
AS
SAS
295,900
271,200
247,700
203,700
203,700
183,400
164,200
145,900
128,700
H3
NS
203,700 183,400 164,200 145,900
128,100
128,700
112,700
112,700
97,700
97,700
83,700
83,700
295 900
70,900
271,200
70,900
247 700
70,900
203,70-0
59,000
SAS
295,900
271,200
247,700
225,200
203,700
183,400
164,200
145,900
128,700
128,700
H1-2, H5
NS
183,400 164,200 145,900 128,700
128,700
112,700
112,700
97,700
.97,700
83,700
83,700
295 900
70,900
271,200
70,900
247,700
70,900
225,200
59,000
203,700
59,000
AS
SAS
271,200
247,700
225,200
203,700
183,400
164,200
145,900
128,700
128,700
112,700
247,700
225,200
203,700
183,400
164y200
B2 Occupancy Notes: (a) Excludes offices and high piled stock; (b) offices; (c) high piled stock.
* Size is unrestricted where no entries. Building Code may be more restrictive.
** Automatic Fire Sprinkler Notes:
NS - Non-sprinklered
AS - Sprinklered throughout
SAS - Sprinklered throughout with flow and valve supervision transmitted to central station or fire department.
TABLE 10 .301B?
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE AREAS*
CONSTRUCTION TYPE III AND TYPE V WITH MASONRY OR CONCRETE EXTERIOR WALLS
Page 17
Occupancy
Spkr1
Exposure
Factor
Group**
0 (
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
Al 3,
NS
97,700
89,200
81,100
73,300
73,300
66,000
59,100
59,100
25,500
46,400
46,400
40,600
40,600
35,200
35,200
35,200
B2(a)
AS
179,400
156,700
145,800
125 500
115 800
97 700
89 200
81,100
73,300
73,300
66,000
A4, B2(b)
NS
125,500
115,800
106,500
97,700
89,200
81,100
73,300
66,000
66,000
599100
59,100
52,500
46,400
469400
469400
402600
AS
191,400
179,400
156,700
135,500
125,500
115 800
106,500
97,700
89,200
81,100
E1 & 2
NS(
1459890
125,500
115,800
106,500
97,700
89,200
81,100
81,100
73,300
66,000
66,000
59,100
52,500
5,2,500
46,400
46,400
E3
AS1
�i,'156,700
145,800
135,500
115,800
106,500
97,700
97,700
191,400
89,200
179,400
81,100
156,700
73,300
145 300
73,300
125,500
66,000
115,800
59,100
106.500
59;100
97,700
52,500
89,200
52,500
111-3, B4,
NNSS'lT7-914-0-0167,900
145,800
135,500
125,500
115,800
106,500
97,700
191,400
89,200
179,400
89,200
156,700
81,100
145,800
73,300
135 500
73,300
115,800
669000
106,500
66,000
97,700
59,100
B1, B2(c)
NS
81,100
73,300
73,300
66,000
59,100
52,500
52,500
46,400
40,600
40,600
179,400
35,200
167,900
35,200
145,800.,,135,500,
35,200
30,100
125.500
30,100
115 800
25,500
AS
167,900
145,800
135,500
115,800
106,500
97,700
81,100
73,300
73,300
66,000
59,100
52,500
H4 B3
NS
73 300
}
73,300
66,000
59,100
52500
46400
46400
40600
40600
35200
35300
30100
30,100
30100
25500
25500
AS
179,400
156,700
135500
115,800
106500
97700
89,200
73300
73300
66,000
59.100
52500
46400
H3
NS
73,300
-66,000
59,100
52,500
46,400
46,400
40,600
40,600
35,200
35,200
30,100
30,100
25,500
25,500
25,500
21,300
AS
191,400
167,900
145,800
125,500
106 500.
89,200
81,100
73,300
66,000
59,100
52,500
46,400
46,400
H1-2, H5
NS
66,000
59,100
52,500
46,400
46,400
40,600
40,600
-97,700
35,200
35,200
30,100
30,100
25,500
25,500
25,500
21,300
21,300
AS
179.400
156,700
135,500
115,800
971,700
89,200
81,100
73 300
66,000
59,100
52,500
46,400
46,400
40 600
B2 Occupancy Notes: (a) Excludes offices and high'piled stock; (b) offices; (c) high piled stock.
* Size is unrestricted where no entries. Building Code may be more restrictive.
** Automatic Fire Sprinkler Notes: -
NS - Non-sprinklered
AS - Sprinklered throughout
TABLE 10.301C+
IMAXIMUM ALLOWABLE AREAS*
_ CONSTRUCTION TYPE IV
Occupancy Spkr Exposure Factor.
Group ** 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Al 3, NS 1521,600 139,400 126,700 114,600 114,600 103,100 92,400 92,400 82,10(
B2(a) ks
SAS 1
45 50 55 60 65
72,400 72,400 63,400 .63,460-54,-9-
152,600
63,40054,9152,600 139,400 126,700 114,600
114,600
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75
54,900
103,100
152 600
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IJ!f 4UU
1Z6,/UU
-114,600
103,100
103,100
92, 00
92, 00
82,100
72,400
72,400
72,400
63,400
Sm
166,500
152,600
139,400
126,700
E 1 & 2
AS
��
166,500
152,600
139,400
126,700
126,700
114,600
103,100
103,100
92,400
82,100
82,100
72,400
72,400
SAS
166,500
152,600
139,400
E3
NS
AS
166,500
152,600
152,600
139,400
126,700
114,600
114,600
103,100
92,400.
929400
82,100
82,100
_
SAS
'
166,500
152,600
I 1-3, B4
R1
NS
AS
166,500
152,600
139,400
139,400
126,700
114,600
114,600
103,100
103,100
92,400
SAS
B1, B2(c)
NS
AS
126,700 114,600 114,600 103,100
92,400
82,100
82,100
72,400
63,400
63,400
54,900
54,900
54,900
47,100
47,100
39,700
SAS
166,500
152,600
126,700
114,600
114,600
103,100
92,400
82,100
H4, B3
NS
AS
114,600 114,600 103,100 92,400
82,100
72,400
72,400
63,400
63,400
54,900
54,900
47,100
47,100
166,500
47,100
152 600
39,700
126 700
39,700
SAS
166,500
152,600
139,400
114,600
114,600
103,100
92,400
82,100
72,400
H3
NS
AS
114,600 103,100 92,400 82,100
72,400
72,400
63,400
63,400
54,900
54,900
47,100
47,100
166,500
39,700
152,600
39,700
139,400
39,700
114,600
33,200
SAS
166,500
152,600
139,400
126,700
114,600
103,100
92,400
82,100
72,400
72,400
H1-2, H5
NS
AS
103,100 92,400 82,100 72,400
72,400
63,400
63,400
54,900
54,900
47,100
47,100
166,500
39,700
152,600
39,700
139,400
39,700
126,700
33,200
114 600
33,200
SASS
152,600
139,400.
126,700
114,600
103,100,
92,400
82,100
72,400
72,400
63,400
152,600
139,400
126,700
114,600
103,100
B2 Occupancy Notes: (a) Excludes offices and high piled stock; (b) offices; (c) high piled stock.
* Size is unrestricted where no entries. Building Code may be more restrictive.
** Automatic Fire Sprinkler Notes:
NS - Non-Sprinklered
AS - Sprinklered throughout
SAS - Sprinklered throughout with flow and valve supervision transmitted to central station or fire department.
i TABLE 10.301Dr
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE AREAS*
r
!CONSTRUCTION TYPE V EXCEPT WITH MASONRY OR CONCRETE EXTERIOR WALLS
Page 19 "
Occupancy
Spkr
Ex
Exposure Factor
Group **
Al -3, B2(a) NS
0 �'
43,400 J
5
39,600
10
36,000
15
32,600
20
32,600
25
29,300
30
26,300
26,300
23,300
45,
20,600
50
209600
55
18,000
60
18,000
65
15,600
70
15,
75
A4, B2(b)
AS
NS
55,700
51,500
47,400
43,400----39,600.
79,800
36,000
69 600
32,600
64 800
29,300
55 700
29,300
51 500
26,300
43 400
26,300
36 000
23,300.
36 000
.32 600
0
32 600
15,600
29 300
E 1 & 2
`°'S
NS
I
64,800'I
55,700
51,500
47,400
43,400
39,600
85 100
36,000
79,800
69,600
60,200
55,700
51,500
20,600
47,400
20,600
43.400
20,600
39,600
18,000
36,000
"4`'
36,000
36,000
29,300
29,300
26,300
23,300
23,300
20,600
20,600
E3
tNS
AS
69, 600
64,800
60,200
51,500
47,400
43,400
43,400
85,100
39,600
79.800
36,000
69,600
32,600
64,800
32,600
55 700
29,300
51 500
26,300
47 400.
26,300
43400
23,300
39 600
23,300
I85plOO
RI B4
AS
79,800
74,600
64,800
60,200
.55,700
51,500
47,400
43,400
39,600
79,800
36,000
69,600
36,000
64,800
32,600
60,200
32, 600
51.500
29,300
47,400
29,300
43,400
26,300
B1, B2(c)
NS
36 ,000
32,600
32,600
29,300
26,300
23,300
23,300
20,600
18,000
18,000
79,800
15,600
74,600
15,600
64800
15,600
0
6200
13,400
5
5700
13,400
5500
1
11,300
H4, B3
NS 32,600
32,600
29,300
26,300
74 600
23,300
64 800
20,600
_60,200
20,600
51,500
18,000
47,400
18,000
43,400
15,600
36,000
15,600
32,600
13,400
32L600
139400
29,300
13,400
26.300
11,300
23.300
H3
AS
NS
32,600
29,300
26,300
79,800
23,300
691,600
20,600
60,200
20,600
519,500
18,000
47 400
43,400
39,600
32,600
32 600
29,300
26,300
23,300
11,300
20,600
AS
85.100
74,600
64,800
55,700
47,400
18,000
43,400
15,600
39P600
15,600
36j,000
13,400
32 600
13,400
11,300
11,300
11,300
9,400
H1-2, H5
NS
29,300
26,300
23,300
20,600
20,600
18,000
18,000
15,600
15,600
13,400
13,400
29,300
11,300
26,300
11,300
239,300
11,300
20,600
9,400
20,600
9,400
79,800
69,600
60P200
51,500
43 400
39 600
36,000
32 600
29,300
26y300
23,300
20 600
20,600
18 000
B2 Occupancy
Notes:
(a) Excludes offices and
high piled
stock;
(b) offices; (c)
high piled
stock.
* Size
is unrestricted where
no entries. Building Code
may be
more restrictive.
** Automatic
Fire Sprinkler
Notes:
NS -
Non-sprinklered
AS -
Sprinklered
throughout
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