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City Councl1 Meet~ng 4-12-83
Santa Monica, Cal~fornia
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1279(CC5)
(Clty Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING SUPPLEMENTAL
FIRE PROTECTION PROVISIONS
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Monica
adopted Ordinance Number 1177 (CCS) on September 9, 1980;
and
WHEREAS, Ordinance Number 1177 (CCS) adopted the 1979
Unlform Admlnistratlve and Technical Construct~on Codes; and
WHEREAS, Section 206 added to the Uniform Admlnistra-
tlve Code, 1979 Edltion, contains the local amendments to the
1979 Technical Codes; and
WHEREAS, Sectlon 206(a) of the unlform Admlnlstrative
Code, entitled "Supplemental F~re Safety and Prevention
Requlrements," reserved the followlng divislons for future
use: Division 3.00 relatlng to Requirements for Automatlc
Flre Extinguishlng Systems and Division 7.00 relating to
Requlrements for Existlng Residential Structures; and
WHEREAS, on August 25, 1983, the Clty Council adopted
Ordlnance Number 1217 (CCS) amending Section 206(a) to
lnclude Supplemental Flre Safety and Prevention Requlrements.
WHEREAS, the Clty CounCll desires to extend the
compliance date for ex~sting residential bu~ldings to include
partlal automatic fire sprlnkler systems,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1. D~vis~on 7.00 of section 206(a) of the Un~-
form Administrat~ve Code adopted by Ordinance Number 1177
(CCS) and Ord1nance Number 1217 (CCS) is hereby amended to
read as follows:
D~v1sion 7.00. Requlrements
for Exist1ng Resident~al Structures.
7.01. On or before January 1,
1982, every dwelling un~t and every
guest room in a hotel, apartment
house, or lodg~ng house used for
sleep~ng purposes shall be provided
with approved smoke detectors located
as required by Section l210(a) of the
Uniform Build1ng Code, 1979 Ed1tion.
The Fire Chief shall make available to
the pub11c an informatIonal brochure
on those smoke detectors approved by
the Fire Chief and the proper manner
of installation.
7.02. On or before January 1,
1983, every build1ng or structure
used as a hotel, apartment house, or
lodging house with floors more than 30
feet above the lowest level of Fire
Department veh~cle access shall be
provided wlth:
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(a) The f~re protect~on system
required for non-residential bUl1d-
ings conta~ned ~n 3.05 of Division
3.00 of Section 206(a) of the Uniform
Administrative Code, 1979 Editlon.
(b) Emergency and evacuation
procedures approved by the Fire Ch~ef
posted ~n each sleeplng room.
7.03. On or before June 1,
1983, every bu~lding or structure
used as a hotel, apartment house, or
lodging house with floors more than
55 feet above the lowest level of
Fire Department vehicle access shall
meet the requ~rements for non-resi-
dentlal bUlldings contained in 3.06(b)
of Division 3.00 of Sect~on 206(a) of
the Un~form Administrative Code, 1979
Editlon. On or before June I, 1984,
every bUlld~ng or structure used as a
hotel, apartment house, or lodging
house w~th floors more than 55 feet
above the lowest level of Fire
Department veh~cle access shall meet
the requirements for non-residential
bu~ld~ngs contained in 3.06(a) of
Div~s~on 3.00 of Section 206(a) of
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the Un1form Admln1stratlve Code, 1979
Edition.
7.04. The provisions of 7.02
and 7.03 shall not apply to any prop-
erty for wh1ch the mortgage is
1nsured or held by the United States
Department of Houslng and Urban
Development until such time as the
City Council determ1nes such
provisions are app11cable after
explor1ng and seeking all available
federal and state ass1stance to
flnance the requ1rements of these
prOV1s10ns.
SECTION 2. Any prov1sion of the Santa Monica Mun1c1pal
Code or append1ces thereto inconsistent w1th the provisions
of th1s ord1nance, to the extent of such 1nconslstencies and
no further, are hereby repealed or mod1f1ed to that extent
necessary to affect the prov1s10ns of this ordinance.
SECTION 3. If any sect1on, subsect10n, sentence,
clause, or phrase of th1s ord1nance is for any reason held to
be 1nvalid or unconst1tutlonal by a dec1sion of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such deciS10n shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of the ord1nance. The
C1ty Counc1l hereby declares that it would have passed th1s
ordinance and each and every sect10n, subsect1on, sentence,
clause, or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional
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wlthout regard to whether any portion of the ordinance would
be subsequently declared invalld or unconstltutional.
SECTION 4. The Mayor shall slgn and the Clty Clerk
shall attest to the passage of this ordinance. The City
Clerk shall cause the same to be publlshed once in the
official newspaper wlthln 15 days after its adoptlon. The
ordinance shall become effectlve 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT M. MYERS -~
City Attorney
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