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ORD 007 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAQUINTA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE UNIFORM FIRE CODE, 1979 EDITION. The city council of the City of La Quinta, California~ does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. That certain document, three (3) copies of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of La Quinta, california, being marked and designated as "Uniform Fire Code, 1979 Edition'! and all appendices, tables and indices there- to, except as hereinafter modified is hereby adopted as the fire code of the City of La Quinta, by reference, pursuant to the provisions of Section 50022.1 et seq. of the California Government Code. SECTION 2. The Uniform Fire Code adopted herein by reference is hereby amended by the following additions, deletions and amend- ments: Add Section 1.10~ Definitions. (a) Wherever the term "jurisdiction" is used in the Uniform Fire Code, it shall be held to mean the City of La Quinta. - (b) Wherever the term "corporation counsel" is used , in the Uniform Fire Code, it shall be held to mean the , City Attorney for the City of La Quinta. (c) Wherever the words "Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention" are used in the Uniform Fire Code, they shall be held to mean the chief of the fire department serving the City of La Quinta, and such other persons as he shall appoint to enforce the terms of the Uniform Fire Code. (d) Wherever in the Uniform Fire Code the word "shall" is used in connection with actions, functions or responsi- bilities of any public officer, employee, agent, department, division, bureau, council, commission, board, agency or the City itself, such word is not intended by this City Council and shall not be construed as imposing any man- datory duty to act in any specific manner, but such word shall he construed in the same sense as "may" and is inten- ded only to vest a discretion to act or not to act, in accordance with the reasonable exigencies of the particu- lar situation. Add Section 1.105 Violation Penalty. Any person who vio- lates or fails to comply with any of the provision of this Code or who fails to comply with any order made thereunder, _u_ or who builds in violation of any detailed statement or specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder or any certificate or permit issued thereunder from which no appeal has been taken, or who fails to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified after appeal, within the required time, is severally for each such violation and noncompliance guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment -1- in the Riverside County jail for not more than six months or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each person is guilty of a separate offense for each day or portion thereof during which any violation of any pro- vision of this Code is committed, continued or permitted by such person after notification of the initial viola- tion and shall be punishable therefor as provided herein. The application of the penalty provided in this section shall not be held to prevent the abatement of prohibited conditions as a public nuisance as provided by Section 1.01.250 of the La Quin%a Municipal Code. Add Section 2.110 Appeals. Whenever the chief or his duly authorized representative shall disapprove an appli- cation or refuse to grant a permit or certificate applied for, or shall suspend or revoke any permit or certificate issued under this code, or when it is claimed that the provisions of this code do not apply or that the true in- tent and meaning of the code have been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, any person so aggrieved may appeal from the decision of the chief to the City Council of the City of La Quin%a. Any such appeal shall be governed by the provisions of Sections 2.0~.100 through -- 2.0~. 130 of the La Quin%a Municipal Code. Add Subsection 10.207(f) Fire Lanes on Private Property Open to Public Use. In all locations where access for fire apparatus for fire suppression or rescue purposes is unduly difficult or subject to obstruction, the chief may designate fire lanes and cause them to be posted as such. No person shall stop or park a vehicle or obstruct such fire lanes in any manner that would deter or hinder the fire department from gaining immediate access and use of such designated fire lane. Amend Subsection 10.309(b)-2.B. AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEMS.- Where Required. 2. Group A Occupancies. B. When the building has over 12,000 square feet of floor area, regardless of stories. Delete the EXCEPTION in Subsection lO.309(b)-6.A. (Office buildings, municipal police and fire stations.) Amend the first paragraph of Subsection lO.311(D) - Where Required. Every building four stories or more in height shall be provided with not less than one standpipe for fire department use during construction. Such standpipe shall be provided with fire department inlet connections at accessible locations adjacent to usable stairs, but in no case shall the distance from the curb line to fire department connection exceed forty feet (~0'). Such stand- pipe systems shall be extended as construction progresses to within one floor of the highest point of construction having a secured decking or flooring. 2 Add Subsection 12.105(f). Exit Obstruction. (f) Windows of SleeDinK Rooms. No person shall install, place, keep or maintain any bars, grates or other obstruc- tions across the opening of any window of any sleeping room of any building which are so constructed that they may not be readily opened so as to allow an occupant to use the window as a means of escape from a fire origina- ting within the building. SECTION 2. VALIDITY. If any section, subsection, clause or phrase of this Ordinance or of the code adopted thereby is for any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such a decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or of the code adopted thereby. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each section or subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, and of the code adopted hereby irrespective of the clauses or phrases being declared invalid. SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after passage, and shall be operative on August 29, 1982. SECTION 4. POSTING. The City Clerk shall, within 15 days after the passage of this ordinance, cause it to be posted in at least the 3 public places designated by resolution of the City Councils shall certify to the adoption and posting of this ordinances and shall cause this ordinance and its certification, together with proof of posting, to be entered in the book of ordinances of this City. The foregoing Ordinance was introduced after reading of the title and of the title of the Code adopted thereby, before the City Council of the City of La Quinta, California, at a regular meeting of the City Council, and thereafter, following the public hearing pursuant to California Government Code Section 50022.3, the foregoing Ordinance was finally adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council held on July 6 1982, by the following vote: AYES: Council Members Abbott, Baler, Cox, Henderson and Mayor Wolff. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ~/~ APPROVED AS TO FORM: ~PROVED A~NT: 0RNEY CITY MAN I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted by the City Council of the City of La Quinta, california, at a meeting held on July 6, 1982, and that the Ordinance was posted in at least the three public places specified for such postings by the City Council. FRANK M. USHER,' ~/~LE~K