HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-23 - State Mandated Annual Fire InspectionsRESOLUTION NO.2023-23
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA,
CALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING A REPORT ON THE STATUS OF 2022 STATE
MANDATED ANNUAL FIRE INSPECTIONS IN THE CITY OF COSTA MESA
PERSUANT 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 1162 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 13146.3; and
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WHEREAS, the Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue Department has presented its
report to the City Council on the status of all 2022 state -mandated annual fire
inspections in the City as required by SB 1205 and California Health and Safety Code
Section 13146.4; and
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 2022 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 2022, the Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue Department completed the annual
inspection of 56 Group E occupancies. This is a compliance rate of 100% for this
reporting period.
2. Residential Group R Occupancies:
During 2022, the Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue Department completed the annual
inspection of 1162 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 all 2022 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
remaining 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 6th day of June, 2023.
ATTEST:
-John Ste ens, Mayor
APPKOVM,AS TO FORM:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, BRENDA GREEN, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 2023-23 and
was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular
meeting held on the 6th day of June, 2023, by the following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: CHAVEZ, GAMEROS, HARPER, MARR, REYNOLDS, HARLAN,
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 71h day of June, 2023.
,Q II i1z
BRENDA GR N, CITY CLERK
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