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City Council Meeting 7-13-99
Santa MOnica, Callforma
ORDINANCE NUMBER1948 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
AMENDING SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 840010 TO ALSO
ADOPT THE UNIFORM FIRE CODE AS THE FIRE CODE OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA FOR THOSE OCCUPANCIES NOT REGULATED BY THE
CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE BASED ON LOCAL FINDINGS, DECLARING
THEPRESENCEOFANEMERGENCY
WHEREAS, on June 8, 1999, as part of Its adoption of the California BUilding
Standards Code, the City Council adopted the California Fire Code with certain local
amendments as the Fire Code of the City; and
WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Section 18938(b) provides that the provIsions
of the California BUlldmgs Standards Code, Includmg the CalIfornIa Fire Code, are
applicable to all occupancies In the State, and
WHEREAS, consistent with thiS State provision, In adopting the California Fire
Code, the City Intended for thiS Code to apply to all occupancy clasSifications in the CIty,
and
WHEREAS, the California Fire Marshal's Office believes that the California Fire
Code only applies to those occupancy clasSifications within the jUrisdiction of the Fire
Marshal's Office, and
WHEREAS, the State Fire Marshal does not regulate retail, commercial, Industnal,
hazardous or office type uses, and
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WHEREAS, It IS essentIal that the CIty clanfy that the Fire Code of the City applies
to all occupancy claSSifications In the City, and
WHEREAS, after consultation With the State BUilding Standards Commission and
the State Fire Marshal, the City has determined that the most expedient way to achieve
thiS objective IS for the City to expressly amend the proVISions of the California Fire Code
to Include the reqUIrements of the 1997 Edition of the Uniform Fire Code for those
occupancies not subJect to the California Fire Code, and
WHEREAS, the City CounCil, pursuantto Health and Safety Code Sections 179587
and 18941 5, finds that the topographical, climatIC and geological conditIons of the City are
condUCive to the construction of bUIldings not regulated by certam prOVisions of the
Callforma Building Standards Code, speCifically California Code of Regulations, Title 24,
Part 9, known as the California Fire Code, and
WHEREAS, the City CounCil further fmds that the limitation of the California Fire
Code to only those occupancies subject to the jUrisdiction of the State Fire Marshal
provIdes an inadequate level of public protectIon In matters of fire and panic safety; and
WHEREAS, the CIty CounCil also finds that the modIfIcatIons to the California Fire
Code proposed by thiS ordinance are reasonably necessary based on the topographical,
climatiC, and geological conditions of the City,
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS
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SECTION 1 Santa MOnica Municipal Code Section 840010 IS hereby amended
to read as follows'
8.40.010. Adoption
The City of Santa MOnica adopts Title 24, Part 9 of the California Code of
Regulations, known as the California Fire Code, 1998 Edition The City amends the
provIsions of the California Fire Code to mclude the requirements of the Uniform Fire
Code of the International Fire Code Institute, 1997 Edition, for those occupancies not
subJect to the California Fire Code, the local amendments of this Chapter, and Chapter
844 As adopted and amended herein, the California Fire Code becomes the Fire Code
of the City of Santa MOnica
SECTION 2. This ordinance IS declared to be an urgency measure adopted
pursuant to the provIsion of Section 615 of the Santa MOnica City Charter. As set forth
m the findings above, thiS ordinance IS necessary for preserving the public peace, health,
safety, and welfare
SECTION 3 Any provIsion of the Santa MOnica MUnicipal Code or appendices
thereto InconSistent with the provISions of thiS Ordmance, to the extent of such
inCOnSIstencIes and no further, IS hereby repealed or modIfied to that extent necessary to
effect the provISions of thiS Ordinance
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SECTION 4 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 jUrlSdlctlon, 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 any portion of the ordinance
would be subsequently declared InvalId or unconstItutional
SECTION 5 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 upon
its adoption
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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MARSHA J~~.~OUTRIE
City Attorney
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Adopted and approved thIS 13th day of July, 1999
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State of CalIforrua )
County of Los Angeles) ss
CIty of Santa MOllica )
L Mana M Stewart. CIty Clerk of the CIty of Santa MOllica, do hereby certIfy that the
foregomg Ordmance No 1948 (CCS) had Its mtroductIOn and adoptIon on July 13, 1999,
by the followmg vote
Ayes
CounCIl members McKeown, Femstem, Bloom.
Rosenstem, Holbrook, Mayor Pro Tern Genser,
Mayor O'Connor
Noes
CounCIl members None
Abstam
CouncIl members None
Absent
Council members None
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ATTEST~
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Mana M Stewart, Clt~Clerk