HomeMy WebLinkAbout99-07 Adopting 1997 Uniform Fire CodeORDINANCE NO. 99-7
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING CHAPTER II
OF TITLE 7 OF THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE
ADOPTING THE 1997 UNIFORM FIRE CODE
PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING CONDITIONS
HAZARDOUS TO LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM FIRE,
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OR EXPLOSION; PROVIDING
FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR HAZARDOUS
USES OR OPERATIONS; AND ESTABLISHING A BUREAU
OF FIRE PREVENTION AND PROVIDING OFFICERS
THEREFOR AND DEFINING THEIR POWERS AND
DUTIES.
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 due to the City's unique climate, topography and geology in that the City is
located in a semi -arid coastal region. The City Council further finds and declares
that the public health, safety and welfare require the adoption of the 1997 Uniform
Fire Code.
SECTION 2: Chapter II of Title 7 of the Municipal Code of the City of Costa
Mesa entitled FIRE PREVENTION is hereby amended as follows:
(1) Sec. 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, hazardous materials or explosion, that
certain code known as the Uniform Fire Code, published by the International Fire
Code Institute, being particularly the 1997 edition and Appendix Chapters I -C, II -F,
III -A, III -B, III -C, V-A, and VI -A of which not less than one (1) copy is now filed in
the Office of the City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and the same is 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 controlling
within the limits of the City of Costa Mesa."
(2) Sec. 7-15. Amendments to Article 1 of the Code, ADMINISTRATION.
Section 105.2.2 is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 105.2.2 Expiration. A permit shall continue for such a period of time as
designated therein at the time of issuance. Long term permits shall be renewable
annually. Permits shall not be transferable, and any change in use, occupancy,
operation or ownership shall require a new permit."
(3) Sec. 7-16. Amendments to Article 10 of Code, FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS
AND EQUIPMENT.
Sections 1008 through 1008.8 are deleted.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force thirty (30)
days from and after the passage thereof, and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15)
days from its passage shall be published once in a newspaper of general
circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, 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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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7" day of June, 1999.
Mayor of th City of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
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Deputy Ci Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, MARY T. ELLIOTT, Deputy 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. 99-7 was introduced and considered section by section at a regular
meeting of the City Council held on the 18th day of May, 1999, and thereafter
passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of the City Council held on
the 7th day of June, 1999, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Monahan, Cowan, Erickson, Dixon
NOES: None
ABSENT: Somers
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 8th day of June, 1999.
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Deputy Ci Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of
the City C unci) of the City of Costa Mesa
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