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City Council Meeting 4-28-92 Santa Monica, California
STAFF REPORT
TO: Mayor and city council
FROM: city Attorney
SUBJECT: Ordinance Amending the Supplemental Fire
Protection Provisions to Eliminate Exemption
for Certain HUD-Insured High Rise Buildings
At its meeting on April 14, 1992, the City Council
introduced for first reading an ordinance amending the
supplemental fire protection provisions to eliminate exemptions
for certain HUD-insured high rise buildings. The ordinance is
now presented to the City Council for adoption.
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the accompanying
ordinance be adopted.
PREPARED BY: Robert M. Myers, city Attorney
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city council Meeting 4-28-92 Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1621(CCS)
(City council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING THE SUPPLEMENTAL
FIRE PROTECTION PROVISIONS TO ELIMINATE
EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN HUD-INSURED HIGH RISE BUILDINGS
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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Division 7.00 of Sectloon 206(a} of the Uniform
Administrative Code adopted by Ordinance Number 1177 (CCS) , and
amended by Ordinance Numbers 1217 (CCS) , 1279 (eCS) , 1334 (CCS),
1340 (CCS) , 1401 (CCS) , and 1506 (CCS) is hereby further amended
to read as follows:
Division 7.00. Requirements for
Existing Residential structures.
7.0l- On or before January 1,
1982, every dwelling unit and every guest
room ln a hotel, apartment house, or
lodging house used for sleeping purposes
shall be provided wlth smoke detectors
located as required by Section 1210(a) of
the Uniform BUlolding Code, 1988 Edition.
The Fire Chief shall make available to the
public an informational brochure on those
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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, 1988 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 Flore 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, 1988
Edition. On or before June 30, 1986,
every building or structure used as a
hotel, apartment house, or lodging house
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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, 1988
Edition.
7.04. The provisions of 7.02 and
7.03 shall not apply to any property for
which the mortgage lS insured or held by
the united states Department of Housing
and Urban Development until such time as
the City Counc1l determines such
provisions are applicable after exploring
and seeking all available federal and
state assistance to finance the
requirements of these provisions. The
exception contaloned in this paragraph 7.04
will expire on December 31, 1993, and any
property previously exempt shall be in
full compliance with the provl.sions of
7.02 and 7.03 no later than December 31,
1993.
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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
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ceiling materials or other areas impacted
by fire sprl.nkler installation shall be
extended to July 1, 1987. This time
period may be further extended by
resolution of the city Council.
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 provl.sions of th~s Ordinance.
SECTION 3. If any sectlon, 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 declsion shall not affect the valldity of the
remaining portlons 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 lnvalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether
any portion of the Ordinance would be subsequently declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
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SECTION 4. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall
attest to the passage of this Ordlonance. The City Clerk shall
cause the same to be publloshed once in the official newspaper
within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become
effective after 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 28th day of April, 1992.
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Mayor
I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1621(CCS)
t'las duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the city
council on the 14th day of April 1992; that the said Ordlonance
was thereafter duly adopted at a meeting of the city council on
the 28th day of April 1992 by the following Council vote:
Ayes: councilmembers: Abdo, Genser, Holbrook, Katz,
Olsen, Zane
Noes: Councilmembers: None
Abstain: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: Vazquez
ATTEST:
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