HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - No. 886ORDINANCE NO. 886
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING REQUIREMENTS FOR ON-
SITE FIRE PROTECTION FACILITIES PRIOR TO LSSUfiBCE' ,:
OF BUILDING PERMITS.
The City Council of the City of Lodi does ordain as follows:
Section 1. There is hereby added to the Lodi City Code, 1959
in Chapter 5 a new Article to be numbered Article VI and entitled "On-Site
Fire Protection Requirements for New Constructioq," to read as follows:
Section 5-30.1 Definitions. The following words and
phrases, whenever used in this chapter, shall be construed as defined
in this section" .
(a) "Adequate water supply" shall mean the available flow of
water which the fire chief determines is, or reasonably may be necessary,
to protect any building or structure on the land to be developed against
fire. (See Section 5-30.5 and 5-30.6).
(b) "To develop" land shall mean to make any improvements or
do any work upon such land which would require the issuance of a building
permit under the building code.
(c) "Facilities" shall mean such water mains, fire hydrants and
appurtenances thereto as are necessary for fire protection.
(d) "'Eire Chief" shall mean the fire chief of the city of Lodi or
any other official in the fire department duly appointed by him to administer
the provisions of this division.
(e) "Judgment" shall mean the judgment of the fire chief or his
appointee as provided herein, based upon sound fire prevention and engineer-
ing principles, which judgment shall be conclusive.
(f) "Land" shall mean any lot, parcel acreage or building site,
or any other land or portion thereof embraced within a common plan of
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divelopment whether improved or umimproved.
(g) "Reasonable working distance" shalt mean the distance
from the available water supply and shall be deemed not to exceed three
hundred feet, except where in the judgment of the fire chief the application
of such rule under the circumstances would be harsh or impracticable.
Section 5-30. 2. Facilities required. When any land is
proposed to be developed in such a manner that all or a substantial
part of any building or structure thereon will be in excess of the reasonable
working distance from an adequate water supply for fire protection
facilities upon the land as shall be determined necessary under this chapter.
The fire chief may prescribe that the development include the
installation of such on-site fire protection facilities as in his judgment
are necessary to provide an adequate water supply on the land to be
developed. The installation shall be at the expense of the owner or
developer.
All facilities required to be installed hereunder shall be approved
by and meet the specification of the fire chief as to location, size and
type of materials and manner of installation.
Construction shall be carried out under the inspection of the
department of public works.
owner or developer.
All inspection costs shall be paid by the
This section shall not apply to "1" and "J" occupancies as
classified by the building code.
Section 5-30.3. Certain plans reviewable by fire chief. Every
application for a building permit and its accompanying plans shall be
reviewed by the division of building inspection to determine whether any
of the following facts exist:
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(1) The proposed development will consist of one or more
buildings, or additions thereto, whose total floor area, including that
of any existing buildings, will exceed twenty-five thousand square feet.
(2) The proposed development will consist of one or more
buildings, or additions thereto, any one of which exceeds either two
stories or thirty feet in height.
(3) The proposed development will consist of one or more
buildings , or additions thereto, wherein any part of any building is
situated more than two hundred feet from the public street to which such
building has its principal access, measured along the route of such access.
(4) The proposed development is such that there is reasonable
cause to believe that all or a substantial part of any building or structure
thereon will be or become in excess of the reasonable working distance
from an adequate supply of water for protection as defined herein.
If any such fact exists, the division of building inspection
shall submit the plans for the proposed development to the fire chief for
his review.
Section 5-30.4. Review by fire chief. When any plans are
submitted under Section 5-30.3, the fire chief shall review the same and
determine whether any building or structure on the land to be developed
is or will by virtue of said development become in excess of the reasonable
working distance from an adequate water supply. If upon such review it is
determined either that the fire protection facilities mentioned in this division
are not required or that they are adequately provided for in the plans, the fire
chief shall endorse his approval thereon.
facilities is not made the fire chief shall either disapprove said plans and
indicate to the division of building inspection in writing wherein they are
If adequate provision for such
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deficient (in which case any revised plans shall be resubmitted to the
fire chie$) or approve the plans subject to conditions.
Section 5-30.5. Adequate water supply. The following table
shall serve as a guide to determine the flow required to furnish an adequate
water supply to individual buildings:
TABLE
FLOW REQUIRED, IN GALLONS PER MINUTE
Not to Gallons/min.
Item Formula Exceed Required
1 Ground Area of Building 1000 plus
in square feet (a) A/10 5000 Add
stories 500 x (H-1) 3000 Add
Exposure to and from the
buildiw (Spreading or
conflagration factor) judgment 2000 Add
2 Height in number of
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TOTAL
4 Credit for fireproof or Not in excess of
semi-fireproof construc-
tion. 1 plus 2 plus 3 Less
1/3 of the sum of
BALANCE
5 Credit for non-hazardous Not in excess of
contents. 1i4 of the sum of
1 plus 2 plus 3 Less
BALANCE
6 Credit for automatic Judgment 3000 Less
sprinklers and other pro -
tective equipment
7 In no case shall the quantity be less
than the number of fire engines
responding on first alarm times 500.
TOTAL-
Residual pressure. The required quantity of water shall be available with
provision for a residual pressure in the mains, taking into account ground
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elevation, of not less than twenty pounds, except where the building is
equipped with automatic sprinklers dependent upon the distribution mains
for supply, in which case the required fire flow shall be available, at a
residual pressure which will correspond to fifteen pounds on the top line
of the sprinklers,
Section 5 - 30.6. Availability of supoly. City hydrants shall be
taken into account in determining whether an adequate water supply exists
with reference to a given building.
as contributing to said supply if, in the judgment of the fire chief, said
source is dependable, fdadily accessible, adaptable to use by city equipment,
Other water sources may be counted
and within reasonable working distance of the building or portions thereof,
to be served by the source.
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No source on private land adjoining the land
to be developed shall be considered to be readily accessible unless there
shall be obbained the irrevocable and unobstructed right to use the same
upon such terms as may be approved by the fire chief.
Section 5-30.7. Access for firefighting equipment. Whenever any
hydrant or other appurtenance for use by the fire department is required to
be installed under the provisions of this chapter, there shall be included in
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the development plans and delineated thereon, adequate provision for access
to and from every such hydrant and appurtenance by city firefighting equip-
ment. The access shall be in the form of an improved, p,ermanently
maintained roadway or of an open paved area, or of any combination thereof
designed,constructed and at all times maintained in such a manner that theire
shall be an access way kept clear and unobstructed and having sufficient
width and height clearance to permit ingress and egress by city firefighting
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equipment
Section 5-30. 8. Final inspection. No final inspection under the
building code as to all or any portion of the development shall be deemed
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completed and no certificate of occupancy or temporary Certificate of
occupancy shall be issued unless and until the installation of the prescribed
facilities and access ways has been completed and the final approval
thereof of the fire chief and department of public works given as provided
herein, and all inspection costs paid. Such final inspection shall be con-
ducted solely to implement the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter
and shall in no manner be deemed an assurance on the part of the city that
said facilities are, or will continue to be, in good working order.
Section 5-30. 9. Maintenance of facilities. All on-site fire
protection facilities, whether installed before or after the effective date
of this chapter shall at all times be maintained as installed, free of leaks
and in good working order by the owner or lessee thereof. To this end the
fire chief is hereby empowered in his discretion to conduct periodic tests
and inspections of the facilities.
Section 5-30. 10. Alteration or modification of facilities. On-site
fire protection facilities, whethec installed before or after the effective
date of this chapter,. may be altered or repaired with the written consent
of the fire chief, provided that such alterations or repairs shall be carried
out in conformity with the provisions of Section 5-30. 2.
Section 5-30. 11, Access to facilities to be kept open. Whenever
any on-site fire protection facilities or accessways have been installed, as
provided in this chapter, either pursuant hereto or prior to the effective
date hereof, the following provisions shall be applicable:
a. Hydrants - - Obstructions, etc. Uniform fire code
Section 13. 23 of Division I, shall be applicable thereto.
b. Hydrants -- Parking Prohibited. With respect to hydrants
located along private accessways where curbs exist,, said curbs shall be
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painted red or otherwise appropriately marked by the owner, lessee
or other person in charge of the premises to prohibit parking for a distance
of fifteen feet in either direction from any such hydrant.
where curbs do not exist, there shall be appropriate markings painted on
the pavement, or signs erected, or both, giving notice that parking is
prohibited for a distance of fifteen feet away from any such hydrant. When
such areas are signed or marked as provided herein, no person shall park
or leave standing a vehicle within fifteen feet of any such fire hydrant.
Section 1. 7 of the Lodi City Code, 195% shall be applicable to prosecutions
under this section.
In such cases
c. Access -- Obstructions Prohibited. No owner or lessee of
the land or proprietor, partner, officer, director, manager or agent of
any business or other activity carried on upon the land shall, after
receiving notice thereof, permit or otherwise allow, and no person shall
cause any activity, practice, or condition to occur or exist or continue to
exist upon said land which shall lessen, obstruct or impair the access
required to be maintained under Section 5-30. 7.
d. Access - - Parking May Be Prohibited. If in the judgment
of the fire chief it is necessary to prohibit vehicular parking
accessways in order to keep them clear and unobstructed, he may require
the owner, lessee or other person in charge of the premises to paint the
curbs red or install signs or give other appropriate notice to the effect that
parking is prohibited by the fire department. It shall thereafter be unlawful
for such owner, lessee or other person in charge to fail to install and
maintain in good condition the form of notice so prescribed.
When such areas are marked or signed,as provided herein, no person
shall park or leave standing a vehicle adjacent to any such curb marking
along private
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or contrary to such sign.
shall be applicable to prosecutions under this section.
Section 1.7 of the Lodi City Code, 1959,
Section 2. This ordinance shall be published one time in the
Lodi News Sentinel, a newspaper of general circulation printed and
published in the City of Lodi, and shall be in force and take effect thirty days
County of San Joaquin, ss.
I, Bessie L. Bennett, City Clerk of the City of Lodi and ex
officio Clerk of the City Council of said city, do hereby certify that
Ordinance No. 886 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council
held February 5, 1969, and was thereafter passed, adopted and ordered
to print at a regular meeting held February 19, 1969, by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen - Brown, Culbertson, Kirsten, Schaffer
and Hunnell
Noes: Councilmen - None
Absent: Councilmen - None
I further certify that Ordinance No. 886 was approved and