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Santa Monica, california
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1401(CCS)
(City council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING SUPPLEMENTAL
FIRE SAFETY AND PREVENTION REQUIREMENTS
AND DECLARING THE PRESENCE OF AN EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, the City council of the City of Santa Monica
adopted Ordinance Number 1177 (CCS) on September 10, 1980: and
WHEREAS, Ordinance Number 1177 (CCS) adopted the 1979
Uniform Administrative and Technical 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 Code,
entitled "Supplemental Fire Safety and Prevention Requirements,"
reserved the following divisions for future use: Division 3.00
relating to Requirements for Automatic Fire ExtinguiShing systems
and Division 7.00 relating to Requirements for Existing
Residential structures: and
WHEREAS, on August 25, 1981, the City council adopted
Ordinance Number 1217 (CCS) amending Section 206 (a) to include
Division 3.00 relating to Requirements for Automatic Fire
Extinguishing systems and Division 7.00 relating to Requirements
for Existing Residential Structures; and
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WHEREAS, the City council adopted Ordinance Number 1279
(CCS) on April 12, 1983, to extend the compliance date for
existing residential buildings to include automatic fire
sprinkler systems; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance Number 1334 (CCS) adopted on April 9,
1985, readopted the Supplemental Fire Safety and prevention
Requirements as part of the adoption of local amendments to the
1982 Technical Code; and
WHEREAS, the city council adopted Ordinance Number 1340
(CCS) on August 13, 1985, to extend the compliance date for
existing residential buildings to include automatic fire
sprinkler systems; and
WHEREAS, certain residential buildings required to install
automatic fire sprinkler systems as required by Division 7.00 of
Section 206(a) of the Uniform Administrative Code, 1982 Edition,
adopted by Ordinance Number 1334 (CCS) and amended by Ordinance
Number 1340 (CCS), have been found to contain asbestos which
might be displaced or disturbed by such installation; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes that it should study the
public health and safety implications of fire sprinkler
installation in residential buildings with asbestos; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to extend the compliance
date pending this study,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
Section 206 (a) of the Uniform Administrative
Code, 1982 Edition, adopted by section 10 of Ordinance Number
1334 (CCS), is amended to read as follows:
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Division
It
1. 00 .
PurPose. The
purpose of this Division is to promote
pUblic safety and welfare by reducing the
cumulative impact of certain individual
construction and building projects each
with a recognized greater potential demand
on the rescue and fire suppression
resources of the community.
The City
council
establishes
the
policy
of
regulating both new and existing buildings
in this class by requiring approved
automatic fire extinguishing and detection
systems, standpipes, fire resistive doors,
and other construction to be provided in
these structures at the time of their
construction, conversion, alteration, and
maintenance so as to significantly reduce
their potential demand froIn simultaneous
incidents on emergency services resources.
Division
2.00.
Seoce.
The
provisions of this section shall apply to
all proposed and existing buildings within
the
City
on
September
25,
1981.
structures for which a building permit has
been issued prior to september 25, 1981,
shall be considered as existing buildings.
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Division 3.00.
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Requirements for
Automatic
Fire
Extinguishinq
and
Protection Systems.
3.01.
Notwithstanding
any
provision to the contrary, buildings or
structures more than three stories or 30
feet in height or more than 15,000 square
feet in total square footage without
respect to separation walls shall be
provided with an approved full automatic
fire sprinkler system.
Upon written
application, the Fire Chief may approve an
al ternate system of fire protection for
any building less than 15,000 square feet
subject to this subdivision.
3.02.
Notwithstanding
any
provision to the contrary, buildings or
structures
housing
any
occupancy
classification having floors used for
human occupancy more than 55 feet above
the lowest level of Fire Department
vehicle access shall comply with the
high-rise building requirements contained
in Section 1807 of the Uniform Building
Code, 1982 Edition, and Section 2-1807 of
Title 24 of the California Administrative
Code.
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3.03.
Notwithstanding
any
provision to the contrary, buildings or
structures as determined by the Fire Chief
to be used primarily for public assembly,
including drinking, dining, entertainment,
exhibition,
display,
or
similar
concentrated uses, more than 5,000 square
feet in total square footage, shall be
provided with an approved full automatic
fire sprinkler system.
3.04.
Notwithstanding
any
provision to the contrary, in buildings or
structures four or more stories in height
all stairways serving the top floor shall
extend to the roof surface.
3.05. On or before June 1, 1982,
every existing building or structure,
excepting existing residential buildings
or structures, with floors more than 30
feet above the lowest level of Fire
Department
vehicle
access
shall
be
provided with:
(a) An approved automatic
fire alarm system unless the building is
provided with an approved full automatic
fire sprinkler system.
(b) Tight-fitting smoke and
draft
control,
20-minute
rated
(or
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equl.valent) door assembll.es on all doors
opening into exit corridors or stairways.
Such doors shall be equipped with an
approved self or automatic closer in
accordance with section 4306 of the
Uniform Building Code, 1982 Edition.
(c) A sign indicating the
number of each floor posted in the
stairwells and every elevator lobby area.
Type, size, color, and specific location
of each sign shall be as required by the
Fire Chief.
Cd)
Automatic
unlocking
mechanisms
for
all
stairway
doors,
including those required to open onto the
roof, which are locked from the stairway
side.
The mechanisms shall have the
capability
of
being
unlocked
simultaneously without unlocking upon
activation of an approved fire detection
alarm system, electric power failure, and
electromechanically
using
one
switch
located as required by the Fire Chief.
(e)
Approved
emergency
lighting
systems
for
all
exitways,
stairways, corridors, and other integral
portions of means of egress for safe
evacuation of the building.
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3.06.
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On or before January 1,
1983,
every
existing
building
or
structure, excepting existing residential
buildings or structures, with floors more
than 55 feet above the lowest level of
Fire Department vehicle access shall be
provided with:
(a) An approved partial
automatic fire sprinkler system and an
approved automatic fire detection alarm
system, unless the building contains an
approved full automatic fire sprinkler
system.
(b) Automatic shutoff for
heating, ventilating and cooling systems
as set forth in Section 1009 of the
Uniform Mechanical code, 1982 Edition,
with an added smoke detector for automatic
shutdown as required by the National Fire
Protection Association Standard 90A, 1982
Edition and manual switching as required
by the Fire Chief.
3.07.
On or before January 1,
1983, every existing building or structure
as determined by the Fire Chief to be used
primarily for public assembly, including
drinking,
dining,
entertainment,
exhibition,
display,
or
similar
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concentrated uses, more than 5,000 square
feet in total square footage, shall be
provided with an approved automatic fire
sprinkler
system
that
protects
the
assembly areas
and exitways and an
approved automatic fire detection alarm
system for other rooms and areas.
This
subdivision shall not apply to buildings
or structures with an approved full
automatic fire sprinkler system or to
churches and theaters with fixed seating.
3.08.
For
purposes
of
this
Division, a full automatic fire sprinkler
system is a system that meets the
requirements of the Fire Code adopted by
Ordinance
Number
1334
(CCS) .
Notwithstanding any provision to the
contrary, a full automatic fire sprinkler
system installed in any new building with
floors more than 55 feet in height shall,
unless determined by the Fire Chief to be
infeasible, shall have two connections
with control valves to independent risers
on each floor level, with each riser being
of the size necessary to deliver the
required water supply.
3.09.
For
purposes
of
this
Division,
a
partial
automatic
fire
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spr~nkler system ~s a system that prov~des
for protection of all exitways, both
vertical and horizontal, including maj or
aisleways leading to exits.
Protection
shall be provided for any room or area
that opens directly into the exitway by
locating one sprinkler opposite the center
of and inside any such room or area.
Partial
systems
shall
meet
the
requirements
of
the
National
Fire
Protection Association standard 13 and the
Fire Chief.
3.10.
For
purposes
of
this
Division, an automatic fire detection
alarm system is a system that complies
with the Santa Monica Fire Department
requirements
and
is
an
approved
arrangement of smoke, rate-of-rise, fixed
temperature, or any other detector which
is approved for the use intended. The
system shall alert all occupants of a
building in case of fire and, when
required by the Fire Chief, notify the
Fire Department through Central station
Supervision.
3.11.
For
purposes
of
this
Division, an existing building is a
building for which a building permit has
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been ~ssued by the Bu~ld~ng Off~cer. The
requirements of 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, and 3.04
shall not apply to existing buildings.
3.12.
The requirements of 3.01,
3.02, 3.05, and 3.06 shall not apply to:
(a) Hospitals as defined in
Health and Safety Code Section 1250.
(b)
Buildings
used
exclusively as open parking garages.
(c) Buildings such as power
plants, look-out towers, steeples, grain
houses,
and
similar structures
with
noncontinuous human occupancy only when so
determined by the Fire Chief.
(d) Buildings owned by any
public agency or school district.
3.13. Prior to installation of any
automatic fire extinguishing or protection
system required by this Division, the Fire
Chief shall
approve
the
plans
and
specifications for the system.
Division
4.00.
standards
for
Automatic Fire Extinquishinq Svstems.
(a)
General.
Systems
shall
conform to Uniform Building Code standards
No. 38-1 and to supplemental requirements
of the Fire Chief.
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(b)
Alarms.
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Systems shall be
supervised
by
an
approved
central
receiving service.
ExceDtion.
Systems
containing less than 100 heads may be
provided with a propriatory or local
alarm.
(c) Annunciation and Control.
Extinguishing systems shall include
control valves and signal ing devices to
control and indicate system operation by
floors or other approved subdivisions. An
annunciator panel shall be provided 1n an
approved location near the principal
entrance.
(d) Fire Department Connections
and System Zones.
systems shall be
provided with Fire Department connections
at approved locations on public street
frontages. Multiple exterior connections
and system zones shall be interconnected.
(e) Approval, Acceptance Testing.
The
design,
plans,
materials,
installation, acceptance, and periodic
tests of components and systems required
by this Section shall be approved by the
Chief and conform to current standards for
the Fire Code.
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Division. 5.00.
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Requirements for
standpipe Systems.
Class II standpipes
shall be provided in buildings three
stories in height in accordance with the
Building Code.
Alternate protection to
this provision may be approved by the Fire
Chief.
Division 6.00.
Attic Draft stop
Reauirements.
All non-residential attic
and ceiling spaces formed of combustible
construction
shall
be
divided
into
horizontal areas of 1000 square feet by
draft
partitions
conforming
to
the
Building Code.
Exception.
In buildings
provided with automatic extinguishing
systems, the horizontal area may be
increased to 3000 square feet.
Division 7.00.
Reauirements for
Existing Residential structures.
7.01.
On or before January 1,
1982, every dwelling unit and every guest
room in a hotel, apartment house, or
lodging house used for sleeping purposes
shall be provided with smoke detectors
located as required by section 1210(a) of
the Uniform Building Code, 1982 Edition.
The Fire Chief shall make available to the
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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 as
a hotel, apartment house, 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
Administrative Code, 1982 Edition.
(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
hotel, apartment house, 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 30, 1986,
every building or structure used as a
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hotel, apartment house, 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(a) of Division 3.00 of Section 206(a)
of the Uniform Administrative Code, 1982
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 provisions.
7.05.
Notwithstanding
the
provisions of 7. 03, the time period to
install
the
required automatic
fire
sprinkler system for any residential
building which
contains
asbestos
in
ceiling materials or other areas impacted
by fire sprinkler installation shall be
extended to July 1, 1987.
This time
period
may
be
further
extended by
resolution of the City Council.
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Division 8.00.
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Requirements for
Buildinqs
Over
75
Feet.
The
compartmentation or safe areas of refuge
alternative shall not be permitted as an
alternative to automatic fire sprinklers
for building within the scope of section
1807 of the Uniform Building Code, 1982
Edition.
Division
9.00.
Untreated Wood
Roofina.
The use of untreated wood
shingles or untreated wood shakes for new
or replacement roofing is prohibited.
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.
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 any competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this 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
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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 in the official newspaper
within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become
effective 30 days from the date of its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT M. MYERS r')
city Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 24th day of February, 1987.
I hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance No. 1401(CCS)
was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the city
Council on the loth day of February 1987: that the said Ordinance
was thereafter duly adopted at a meeting of the city Council on
the 24th day of February 1987 by the following council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers:
Jennings, A. Katz, Reed, and Zane
Noes: Councilmembers:
Finkel and H. Katz
Abstain: Councilmembers:
None
Absent: councilmembers:
Conn
ATTEST:
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