Ordinance No. 840ORDINANCE NO. 840
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS ADDING
SECTIONS 5 -3 AND 5 -4 TO CHAPTER 5 OF THE CYPRESS CITY CODE,
THEREBY ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE FOLLOWING CODES WITH CERTAIN
AMENDMENTS THERETO: THE 1988 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM FIRE CODE
AND THE 1988 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM FIRE CODE STANDARDS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Section 5 -3 is hereby added to Chapter 5 of the
Cypress City 'ode as follows:
"ARTICLE II. FIRE CODE
SECTION 5 -3 Uniform Fire Code - Adopted; where filed.
The following hereby are adopted by reference, as amended by
Section 5 -4 of this Chapter, as the Fire Codes of the CLty of
Cypress, one (1) copy of each which is on file in the office of
the City Clerk:
(a) Uniform Fire Code, 1988 edition, with appendices,
(b) Uniform Fire Code Standards, 1988 edition."
SECTION II: Section 5 -4 is hereby added to Chapter 5 of the
Cypress City Code as follows:
"SECTION 5 -4 Uniform Fire Codes - Amendn.ents, additions and
deletions.
(A) The following amendments are to the Uniform Fire Code, 1988
edition adopted by this Chapter:
(1) Section 3.105 is hereby added to read as follows:
VIOLATION AND PENALTIES
Sec. 3.105. (a) Any person, firm or corporation
violating any of the provisions of this code, except as
noted, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and each
person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for
each and every day or portion thereof during which any
violation of any of the provisions of this code is
committed, continued or permitted, and upon conviction
of any such violation, such person shall be punished by
fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1000) or
by .imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or
both such fine and imprisonment. (b) The application
of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the
enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
(2) Section 10.206(a) is hereby amended to read as follows:
OBSTRUCTION OF FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
Section 10.206(a). No person shall place or keep any
post, fence, vehicle, growth, trash, storage or other
material or thing near any fire hydrant, fire
department connection or fireprotection system control
valve that would prevent such equipmentor hydrant from
being immediately discernible or in any other manner
deter or hinder the fire department from gaining
immediate access to said equipment or hydrant. A
minimum three (3) foot clear space shall be maintained
around the circumference of the fire hydrant, except as
otherwise required or approved by the Fire Chief. A
violation of this section constitutes an infraction.
(3) Section 10.207(k) is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 10.207(k) Obstruction. The required width of any fire
apparatus access road or fire lane shall not be obstructed in any
manner, including parking of vehicles. Minimum required widths
and clearances established under this Section shall be maintained
at all times.
A violation of this Section constitutes an infraction and any
vehicle parked or any object placed in violation of this section
shall be subject to immediate removal and storage pursuant to
law.
(4) Section 10.208(a) is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 10.208(a). Approved numbers or addresses shall be
placed on all new and existing buildings in such a position as to
be plainly visible and legible from the street or road fronting
the property. Said numbers shall contrast with their background.
Any commercial building occupied by more than one business shall
have numbers or addresses placed on or immediately adjacent to
all doors that would allow fire department access in an emergency
situation.
Multiple dwelling units (i.e., apartments, condominiums, town-
houses, etc.) having entrance doors not visible from the street
or road shall have approved numbers grouped for all dwellings
within each structure and positioned so as to be plainly visible
from the street or road. Said numbers may be grouped on the
wall of the structure or on a substantial mounting post indepen-
dent of the structure.
(5) Section 10.301(a) is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 1.0.301(a) Type Required. The Fire Chief shall designate ti„
type of number of fire appliances to be installed and maintained
in and upon all buildings and premises in the jurisdiction other
than private dwellings of less than 3600 square feet in total
floor area. This shall be done according to the relative
severity of probable fire, including the rapidity with which it
may spread. Such appliances shall be of a type suitable for the
probable class of fire associated with such building or premises
and shall have approval of the Fire Chief.
(6) Section 10.305('0) is amended to read as follows:
Section 10.305(b) Approvals. All fire - extinguishing systems,
including automatic sprinkler systems, Classes I, II and III
combined standpipes, Halon systems and other special automatic
extinguishing systems and basement pipe inlets shall be approved
by the Fire Chief and shall be subject to periodic tests as may be
required. A condition of approval of all Halon systems shall be
satisfactory passage of a full discharge test utilizing an approved
test gas or other test procedure as approved by the Fire Chief, prior
to final acceptance of the system. The location of all fire
department hose connections shall be approved by the Fire Chief.
(7) Section 10.306(b) is hereby amended by adding Subsection 5 as
follows:
5. In all new buildings or structures, when the gross square
footage thereof exceeds 6,000 square feet or more than
two (2) stories in height, regardless of area separation
wills.
EXCEPTION: Open parking structures, B-3 occupancy.
For the purposes of this section, area separation
walls shall not define separate buildings.
(8) Section 10.306(h) is hereby amended to read as follows:
(h) Group R Occupancies. 1. An automatic sprinkler system shall
be installed throughout every apartment house three or more
stories in height or containing more than 15 dwelling units, and
every hotel three or more stories in height or containing 20 or
more guest rooms. Residential or quick- response standard
sprinkler heads shall be used in the dwelling unit and guest
room portions of the building.
2. All other Group R, Occupancies shall have an approved
modified automatic sprinkler system installed.
3. An approved modified automatic sprinkler system shall be
installed throughout all Group R, Division 3 occupancies.
For the purposes of this section, area separation walls shall
not define separate buildings.
(9) Section 10.308 2. is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 10.308 2. Sprinklers shall not be installed when the
application of water or flame and water to the contents may
constitute a serious life or fire hazard. Other fire
extinguishing systems compatible with the hazardous materials
being stored or used, and approved by the Fire Chief, shall be
provided.
(10) Section 10.309(b) is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 10.309(b) Where Required. Standpipe systems shall be
provided as set forth in Table No. 10.309.
EXCEPTION: Every new building with any horizontal dimension
gceater than three hundred (300) feet, shall be provided with
either access doors or hose outlets located so th,it all portions
of the building can be reached with one hundred fifty (150)
feet of hose from an access door or hose outlet.
Access doors: Access doors shall be in the exterior wall of
the building accessible without the use of a ladder, and not
less than three (3) feet in width nor less than six (6) feet
eight. (8) inches in height.
Hose outlets: The hose outlets shall be 2 1/2" in size with
an approved valve. the water supply for the hose outlets
shall be supplied as follows:
1. By a separate main from the system side of the check
valve at the fire department connection, or
2. From an adjacent section of the sprinkler system
arranged to allow the hose outlets to deliver water
when the sprinkler system, or portion of the system
that protects the area served by the hose outlet, is
shut off.
The water supply shall be sized to deliver a minimum of
250 gpm. at 65 psi. from the hydraulically most remote
hose outlet and 250 gpm. (flowing) from each additional
outlet up to a maximum of 500 gpm. (flowing) when the
fire department connection is pumped at a pressure not
to exceed 150 psi.
(11) Se 1bn 10.314 is hereby added to read as follows:
Section 10.314. When breathing apparatus is required by this
Code, the type of apparatus, the maintenance of said apparatus
and the training in the use of said apparatus shall be as
required in California Code of Regulations, Title 8,
Section 5144.
(12) Section 10.315 is hereby added to read as follows:
Section 10.315. (a). Scope. 1. In addition to other applicable
requirements of these regulations, and Section 2 -1807 of C.C.R.,
Title 24, and Section 1807 of the Uniform Building Code, the
provisions of this section shall apply to every new building
of any type of construction and.or occupancy having an area
where the public might gain access to await rescue, located
more than 55 feet above the level of Fire Department vehicle
access. Such buildings shall be provided with an approved
automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Section
1807(c).
EXCEPTION: The following structures, while classified
as high -rise buildings, shall not be subject to the
provisions of this Section but shall conform to all other
applicable provisions of these regulations:
A. Buildings used exclusively as open parking garages.
B. Buildings where all floors above the 55 foot level
are used exclusively as open parking garages.
C. Floors of buildings used exclusively as open
parking garages and located above all other floors
used for human occupancy.
D. Buildings such as power plants, lookout towers,
steeples, grain houses and similar structures with
noncontinuous human occupancy, when so determined by
the enforcing agency.
(b) The provisions of the Uniform Building Code Section 1807(b)
through 1807(k) shall apply to buildings described in Section
10.315(a).
(c) In addition to the requirements of the Uniform Building
Code Section 1807(f), the Central Control Station shall include
the following:
1. Fire pump status panel and controls.
2. Cabinet containing labeled emergency .access and
elevator control keys. (Type of cabinet and number of
keys to be approved by the chief.)
3. Cabinet containing 8 portable firefighter phones and
one headset with sufficient cord to reach all portions
of the room.
4. One 3' by 4' table and one chair.
5. Plans of the building showing all fire and life safety
systems, fire resistive separations, on site water system.
6. The door to the building control room shall be openable
by a key approved by the chief.
7. The Central Control Station shall be separated from the
remainder of the building by not less than 1 hour fire
resistive construction with all openings protected by
assemblies having a fire resistive rating of not less than
45 minutes.
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(d) Fire Alarm System
1. The fire alarm system shall include visual indicators
for the hearing impaired, in all public areas of the
building including but not limited to elevators, elevator
lobbies, rest rooms, corridors, exit stairways, rooms and
tenant spaces exceeding 1000 square feet in area.
2. All smoke detectors connected to the alarm system
shall have a light that indicates the status of the
detector. When a detector is located in a space above
a drop a ceiling, the indicating light shall be located
on or below the ceiling grid.
3. The activation of any detection deivce connected to the
alarm system shall cause the alarm to be sounded on the
floor that the activating device is on as well as the
floor above and the floor below the activating device
where these floors exist.
(e) Emergency evacuation faciliy. 1. The roof area shall
include an emergency evacuation facility for helicopters of not
less than 12000 pounds gross weight. This facility shall have
a touchdown pad of at least a 50 feet in diameter and be
surrounded on all sides by a clear area having a nimimum average
width at roof level of fifteen (15) feet but with no width less
than five (5) feet.
2. The landing pad shall be designed per Uniform; Building Code,
1988 edition, Section 2308(c). Helicopter landing areas, and
supports therefor on the roof of a building, shall be of
noncombustible construction.
3. The emergency evacuation facility shall have two (2) approach -
dsparture paths at a slope of no greater than 8 to 1.
4. Any helicopter use of this facility other than as an
emergency evacuation facility shall require prior FAA, Building
Official and Fire Department approvals.
(m) All required enclosed stairways shall be equipped with a
barometric dampered relief opening at the top and the stairway
supplied mechanically with sufficient air to discharge a minimum
of 2500 cubic feet per minute through the relief opening while
maintaining a minimum positive pressure of 0.15 -inch water column
in the stairway, relative to atmospheric pressure, with all doors
closed. Activation of the mechanical equipment shall be in
accordance with Uniform Building Code, 1988 edition, Section
3310(g) 6.
(13) Section 11.201(d) is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 11.201(d) Dumpster and Container Location. Dumpsters
and containers with individual capacities of 1.5 cubic yards
(40.5 cubic feet) or greater shall not be stored in buildings or
placed within five (5) feet of combustible walls, openings or
combustible roof eave lines.
EXCEPTION: Areas containing dumpsters or containers
protected by an approved automatic sprinkler system.
The fire sprinkler head(s) installed to cover the
dumpsters or containers, shall be of the automatic
flow control type.
(14) Section 14.104 is hereby amended by adding Subsection (f) to
read as follows:
(f) Existing Group R Occupancies.
(1) Every existing dwelling unit used for sleeping purposes
shall be provided with smoke detectors installed in accordance
with Uniform Building Code, 1988 edition, Section 1210(a).
2. Smoke detectors may be battery operated when installed in
existing buildings, or in buildings without commercial power.
It shall be the responsibility of the owner to supply, install
and maintain all required smoke detectors. The owner shall be
responsible for testing all required smoke detectors, at least
annually.
(15) Section 79.1206 is amended by adding Section 79.1206(d) to
read as follows:
Section 79.1206(d) Any vehicle parked in violation of Sections
79.1206(a) or (b) shall be subject to an infraction citation.
(16) Section 2.2(a) of Appendix I -B is hereby amended to read as
follows:
2.2(a) Automatic Sprinklers. Every high -rise building shall
have an approved automatic fire - extinguishing system installed
throughout the building in accordance with the requirements of
NEPA 13 (Standard for the installation of Sprinkler Systems)
1985 . edition. In addition to the main water supply, a secondary
on -site supply of water equal to the hydraulically - calculated
sprinkler design demand plus one hundred (100) gallons per minute
additional for the total standpipe system shall be provided. This
supply shall be automatically available if the principal supply
fails and shall have a duration of not less than thirty (30)
minutes. Sprinkler control valves and waterflow detecting device
shall be provided at the lateral connection to the riser on each
floor."
SECTION III: Severability
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion
of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional
by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The
City Council of the City of Cypress hereby declares that it would have
adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase
or portion hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconsti-
tutional.
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SECTION V: Findings
Resolution No. 3669 , dated January 8 ,1990, is
incorporated herein by reference and the City Council makes the findings
contained therein.
FIRST READ at the regular meeting of the City Council of said City held
on the 8th _ day of January , 1990, and finally adopted
and ordered posted at 'a regular meeting held on the 22nd day of
January , 1990.
MA R OF THE CITY OF C SS
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK 0 CITIf/OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted at a regular meeting of
the said City Council held on the 22nd day of January
1990, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Arnold, Bowman, Kanel, Kerry and Age
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
CITY CLER OF TH CITY OF CYPRESS