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CIty CounCIl Meeting 8-13-85
Santa MonIca, CalIfornia
ORDINANCE NUMBER 134Q(CCS)
(CIty Council SerIes)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING SUPPLEMENTAL
FIRE SAFETY AND PREVENTION REQUIREMENTS
WHEREAS, the City CounCIl of the CIty of Santa MonIca
adopted OrdInance Number 1177 (GeS) on September 9, 1980; and
WHEREAS, OrdInance Number 1177 (GCS) adopted the 1979
Uniform AdmInIstrative and Technlcal ConstructIon Codes; and
WHEREAS, Section 206 added to the Uniform AdmInistratIve
Code, 1979 Edition, contaIns the local amendments to the 1979
Technical Codes; and
WHEREAS, Section 206(a) of the Uniform Administrative
Code1
entItled ~supplemental FIre Safety and PreventIon
RequIrement5,~ reserved the following divisions for future
use: DivlsIon 3.00 relatIng to ReqUIrements for Automatic
FIre ExtInguishIng systems and DIvIsion 7.00 relatIng to
ReqUIrements for ExistIng Residentlal Structures; and
WHEREAS, on August 25, 1983, the City Council adopted
OrdInance Numb~r 1217 (CCS) amending Section 206(a) to lnclude
Supplemental Fire Safety and Preventlon ReqUIrements; and
WHEREAS, OrdInance Number 1334 (CGS) adopted on AprIl 9,
1985, readopted the Supplemental Fire Safety and Prevention
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RequIrements as part of the adoption of local amendments to
the 1982 TechnIcal Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to extend the
compliance date for eXIstIng resIdentIal buildings to Include
partIal automatIc fire sprinkler systems,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. DIvision 7.00 of SectIon 206(a) of th~
UnIform AdmInistrative Code adopted by Ordinance Number 1334
(CCS) IS hereby amended to read as follows:
Division 7.00. Reauirements for
Existina Residential Structures.
7.01. On or before
1982, every dwellIng unit
guest room In a hotel,
house, or lodging house
sleepIng purposes shall
with smoke detectors
January 1,
and every
apartment
used for
be provided
located as
requIred by Section 1210(a) of the
Uniform Building Code, 1982 Edition.
The Fire Chief shall make available to
the pUblIc 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 building or structure used
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as a hotelJ apartment houseJ or
lodging house with floors more than 30
feet above the lowest level of Fire
Department vehIcle access shall be
provided with:
(a) The fire protection
system reqUired for non-residential
bUildings contained In 3.05 of
DIVISion 3.00 of Section 206(a) of the
Uniform
Edition.
Administrative
Code J 1982
(b) Emergency and
evacuation procedures approved by the
Fire Chief posted In each sleeping
room.
7.03. On
or before June 1,
1983, every building or structure used
as a hotelJ apartment houseJ or
lodging house With floors more than 55
feet above the lowest level of Fire
Department vehicle access shall meet
the requirements for non-residential
bUildings contained In 3.06(b) of
DiVision 3.00 of Section 206(a) of the
Uniform
Administrative
Code,
1982
Edition. On or before June 30J 1986,
every building or structure used as a
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hotel,
house
above
apartment house,
wlth floors more
or lodging
than S5 feet
the
lowest
level of FIre
Department vehlcle access shall meet
the requIrements for non-residentIal
bUIldlngs contained in 3.06(a) of
Division 3.00 of Section 206(a} of the
Uniform
EdItion.
7.04. The prOVIsIons of 7.02
and 7.03 shall not apply to any
property for WhICh the mortgage IS
Insured or held by the United States
Department of HOUSIng and Urban
Development untIl such tIme as the
City CouncIl determines such
provisions are applIcable after
exploring and seeking all available
federal and state assIstance to
fInance the requirements of these
AdminIstratIve
Code,
1982
prOVISIons.
SECTION 2. Any proviSIon of the Santa Monica MunicIpal
Code or appendices thereto InconSIstent with the prOVIsions of
this ordInance, to the extent of such inconSIstenCies and no
further, are hereby repealed Or modified to that extent
necessary to affect the provisions of thIS ordinance.
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SECTION
3.
If any sectIon, subsection, sentence,
clause, or phrase of this ordInance IS 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 portions of the ordinance. The City
Council hereby declares that it would have passed thIS
ordInance and each and every section, subsection, sentence,
clause, or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional
without regard to whether any portion of the ordinance would
be subsequently declared invalId or unconstitutIonal.
SECTION 4.
The Mayor shall sign and the CIty Clerk
shall attest to the passage of thIS ordinance. The CIty Clerk
shall cause the same to be published once 1n the official
newspaper withIn lS days after Its adoptIon. This ordInance
shall become effective 30 days from its adoptIon.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT M. MYERS
CIty Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 13th day of August, 1985.
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I ~ayor
I hereby certl fy that the foregolng Ord inance No. 1340 (CCS)
was duly and regularly lntroduced at a meeting of the City
Council on the 23rd day of July 1985; that the said Ordlnance was
thereafter duly adopted at a meeting of the Clty Counell on the
13th day of August 1985 by the followlng Council vote:
Ayes: Councllmembers: Conn, Jennlngs, Katz, Zane and
Mayor Reed
Noes: Councilmembers: None
Abstain: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: Edwards and Epsteln
ATTEST:
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City Clerk