HomeMy WebLinkAbout62-27 Private Fire Warning SystemsORDINANCE NO.Z —9 ;j 7
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA AMENDING THE
MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA BY THE ADDITICN
TO CHAPTER VI THEREOF OF ARTICLE 10 ENTITLED "PRIVATE FIRE
WARNING SYSTEMS."
The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa does hereby ordain
as follows:
SECTION 1. The Municipal Code of the City of Costa Mesa is
hereby amended by the addition to Chapter VI thereof of Article 10
entitled "Private Fire Warning Systems" as follows:
ARTICLE. 10.
PRIVATE FIRE WARNING SYSTEMS
Sec. 61000. Purpose. The purpose of this article is to
establish strict supervision and control of the sale and installation
of private fixe warning systems in order that the public''i a t and
welfare is protected.
Sec. 61001. Scope. The provisions of this Article shall apply
to all private fire warning systems installed in the City of Costa
Mesa in those occupancies not required by law to have a Fire Alarm
System.
Sec. 61002, Definitions:
1. Alarm: An audible signal indicating a fire.
2. Approved: Shall mean approved by the Fire Department.
3. Electrical Supervision: A system so designed that
failure of any conductors, equipment or sources of energy, will (a)
operate a "trouble signal" at the control panel or on extension "trouble
signals" where desired, or (b) will activate the alarm,
4, Private Fire Warning System: Shall include all devices,
controls, and circuits; together with the energy necessary to sound
alarms, electrically supervise the system where required, and
actuate the alarm bells, trouble bells or trouble signals. Non -
interconnected, unit -type devices which sound an alarm only at the point
of detection are not acceptable.
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5. Heat Activated Detectors: Shall mean detectors capable
of reacting to rapidly rising or elevated temperatures.
6. Smoke Activated Detectors: Shall mean detectors capable
of reacting to the presence of smoke at a visibility cut-off level
of 4%.
7. Products of Combustion Detectors: Shall mean devices
capable of detecting products of combustion without being dependent
upon the presence of heat, smoke or flame, and in connection with
devices or equipment designed to sound an alarm indicating an
emergency.
8. Trouble Signal: A visible or audible warning device that
will be activated upon failure or loss of primary power and will
indicate that the system is operating on secondary power, or will be
activated by a fault in a supervised circuit within the system.
Sec. 61003. General Requirements.
1. Approved EquipmeAt. All devices,combination of devices and
other equipment installed for fire warning systems shall be approved
by the Costa Mesa Fire Department.
2. Permit Required. Systems that operate above 15 volts and
generate, transmit, transform,utilize or control more than 25 watts
or voltamperes of electricity require a permit from the Building
Department of the City of Costa Mesa.
3. Inspection; Companies or individuals installing approved
Private Fire Warning Systems shall, by the tenth day of each month,
submit to the Fire Department a list showing addresses where such
systems were installed during the previous month. The Department at
its discretion may inspect any or all of such installations.
Sec. 61004. Installation and Design.
1. Workmanship: Private Fire Warning Systems shall be installed
in a workmanlike manner and in conformity with the plans and
specifications submitted.
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2. Electrical Power Supply: Every Private Fire Warning
System shall be supplied with primary power from thealternating
current furnishing power to the occupancy in which it is installed.
The system shall also be provided with battery standby
power so connected that the battery will automatically operate the system
in the event of loss of primary power, Batteries shall be capable of
(a) operating the system under full load conditions for twenty minutes,
(b) supervise the system for one week (if system has electrically
supervised circuits), and (c) have a shelf life of at least one year.
Systems may have the control panel or power supply connected
to the electrical service by a flexible cord and plug, provided:
(a) It is equipped with an approved transformer (or
transformer and rectifier if system operates on DC) as an integral
portion of the control panel;
(b) The conductors of the cord are not less than #18 AWG;
(c) The plug is connected to the receptacle in such a manner
as to be removed only with a suitable tool;
(d)
The
cord is
approved;
(e)
The
control
panel contains or can be connected to an
approved battery.
3. Wiring: Conductors of Private Fire Warning Systems shall not
occupy any raceway, compartment, outlet box, junction box or other
wiring enclosures containing conductors supplying power or light.
Wiring of Private Fire Warning Systems that operate at
3o volts or less used for fire alarm or fire detector circuits:
(a) Shall be of solid copper wire not smaller than #19 AWG.
(b) Shall be listed by an approved testing laboratory
as acceptable for the use intended.
(c) May be exposed on ceilings and on walls if not less
than 710" from the floor. Conductors installed less than 710" from
the floor shall be enclosed in approved conduit or raceways.
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d. Where passed through floors or walls shall be adequately
protected against injury.
e. Shall have overcurrent protection devices as follows:
(1) 15 to 30 volts -- not more than 3 amps.
(2) 15 volts or less -- not more than 5 amps.
4. Detectors:
a. Design: All detecting devices for private fire warning
systems shall be automatic devices actuated by heat, smoke, or
products of combustion.
All Private Fire.Warning Systems shall be actuated either
by (a) products of combustion detectors or by (b) a combination of
heat activated and smoke activated detectors.
Exception: Private Fire Warning Systems installed in
industrial or commercial occupancies may be actuated by heat activated
detectors only.
All alarm actuating devices and sounding devices shall be
approved equipment. Heat activated detectors shall have a maximum
temperature rating of 140° F.
Exceptions: Attic areas and high temperature rooms: heater
rooms, etc.
b. Spacing: Detector spacing shall not exceed the maximum
area and line spacing for which they are approved. Combination rate -of -
rise and fixed temperature detectors shall be spaced as requiredfor
fixed temperature devices.
c. Location: Detectors shall be located in all areas
throughout the premises, including closets and attics. No portion of
the occupancy or premises shall be exempted without written permission
of the Department.
d. Support: Detectors shall be supported in all cases
independently of their attachment to wires.
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e. Supervision: Detectors shall be installed on a supervised
circuit or on looped circuits which will operate both ways from a
break or fault to the control panel.
S. Alarm: The alarm sounding devices shall be of such volume
and so located that they will be heard at any location within the
dwelling when all intervening doors are closed.
Alarm sounding devices shall be installed on supervised
circuits or on at least two non -supervised circuits each entirely
separate from the other.
6. Trouble Signal: The system shall be provided with a visual
or audible trouble -indicating device that will be actuated when the
primary power has been interrupted.
In electrically supervised systems the trouble signal will be
actuated upon the occurrence of abreak or ground in the wiring circuits
which would prevent the required operation of the system, as well as
indicate that the system is being operated by the battery. Visual trouble
indicators shall be in a conspicuous location to insure being detected.
7. Control Panel: Private fire warning systems shall be equipped witk
approved control panels containing the necessary relays, connectors,
switches, etc., for the proper operation of the systems.
SECTION 2. Should any section, clause or provision of this
' Ordinance be declared invalid, the same shall not affect the validity
of the Ordinance as a whole, or parts thereof other than the part so
found to be invalid.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force
thirty (3) days from and after its passage, and prior to the expiration
of fifteen (15) days from the passage thereof shall be published in the
ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed
and published in the City of Costa Mesa, together with the names of the
members of the City Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 143,Lday ofJ-uly, 1962.
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ATTEST: (7 yor
or t—he city or UoSta Mesa
amity of
City clerk o o�esa
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, C. K. PRIEST, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio
Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above
and foregoing Ordinance No.b was introduced and considered se999,,,tion by section
at a regular meeting of said Cit Council on the i2 -A day of , 19�
and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting said City
Council held on the _day of 19 6 2, by the folloNring
roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN
NOES: COUNCILMEN
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN
IN WITNESS 41REREOF, I have hereunto t hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa, this a ,_ & day of � , 19-L-1--.
(Seal)
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
By.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) SS.
COUNTY OF ORANGE. )
1, Wm.Wineska , being first
duly sworn and on oath, depose and say that I am
the Advertising Manager of the
ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of
general circulation printed and published in the
City of Costa Mesa, County of Orange, State of
California, and thatCity Ordinance Number
62-27
of which the copy printed hereon is a true and
complete copy, was printed and published in the
regular issue(s) of said newspaper of
, 1962
(�)A,, -
Subscribed and swg to before me this
lY-�
day of '196-2
Notary P Ic in and for the
County of Orange, State of
California ELAINE LEVAND
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES JULY 14, 1964
My Commission expire,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
1, C. K. PRIEST, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the
City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that Ordinance No. 62-27 was introduced and considered,
section by section, at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, held on the s$th
day of June , 196 , and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular
meeting of said City Council held on the 2nd day of July 1962, by the
following roll -call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN - ``EYER`s. SMITH, WII8011. PINKLEY
NOES: COUNCILMEN -
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN
TOMCHAK
I FURTHER CERTIFY that said Ordinance No. 62-27 was published in the ORANGE COAST
DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, on the
6th day of July , 196.
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council
of the City of Costa Mesa
L NOTICE
IAN i1.1ORDINANCE NO. 63.11
63.11RDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA AMENDING THE MD.
NICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY O
omi MESA BY THE ADDITION TO
CHAPTER VI TH E RDial OF ART HOLD
11 ENTITLED"PRIVATE Flak
WARNING SYSIEMS."
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