Article II — Fire Prevention Code

There is hereby adopted by the city of Alturas for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire, hazardous materials or explosion, those certain codes known as the Uniform Fire Code, 1997 Edition, Volumes 1 and 2, including all appendix chapters and all appendix standards, published by the International Fire Code Institute, save and except such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended by Sec. 10-11 of this chapter, and the National Fire Code,

2000 Edition, published by the National Fire Protection Association, current copies of which are filed in the office of the city clerk of the city of Alturas.

(Ord. No. 447 § 2.)

(a)

The Uniform Fire Code as adopted and amended herein shall be enforced by the bureau of fire prevention (or other designated agency) in the fire department of the city of Alturas which is hereby established and which shall be operated under the supervision of the chief of the fire department.

(b)

The chief (or fire marshal) in charge of the bureau of fire prevention (or other designated agency) shall be appointed by the Alturas city council on the basis of examination to determine his or her qualifications.

(c)

The chief of the fire department shall recommend to the city council the employment of technical inspectors, who, when such authorization is made, shall be selected through an examination to determine their fitness for the position. The examination shall be open to members and nonmembers of the fire department, and appointments made after examination shall be for an indefinite term with removal only for cause.

(Ord. No. 447 § 2.)

(a)

Wherever the word "jurisdiction" is used in the Uniform Fire Code, it is city of Alturas.

(b)

Where the party responsible for the enforcement of the Uniform Fire Code is given the Title of "fire marshal" add the following definition: Fire marshal is the chief of the bureau of fire prevention.

(Ord. No. 447 § 2.)

The limits referred to in Sections 7902.2.2.1 and 7904.2.5.4.2 of the Uniform Fire Code in which the storage of flammable or combustible liquids is restricted are hereby established as follows: Zones R1, R2, R3, C1, C2, M, A, OS, TR, - Ordinance #398.

(Ord. No. 447 § 2.)

The limits referred to in Section 8204.2 of the Uniform Fire Code, in which storage of liquefied petroleum gas is restricted, are hereby established as follows: Zones R1, R2, R3, C1, C2, M, A, OS, TR, - Ordinance #398.

(Ord. No. 447 § 2.)

The limits referred to in Section 7701.7.2 of the Uniform Fire Code, in which storage of explosives and blasting agents is prohibited, are hereby established as follows: The corporate city limits of Alturas.

(Ord. No. 447 § 2.)

The limits referred to in Section 5204.5.2 of the Uniform Fire Code in which the storage of compressed natural gas storage is prohibited, are hereby established as follows: Zones R1, R2, R3, C1, C2, A, OS, TR, - Ordinance #398.

(Ord. No. 447 § 2.)

The limits referred to in Section 3-1.5 of the Uniform Fire Code Standard 80-3 in which the storage of flammable cryogenic fluids in stationary containers is prohibited are hereby established as follows: Zones R1, R2, R3, C1, C2, OS, TR, - Ordinance #398.

(Ord. No. 447 § 2.)

The limits referred to in Section 8001.1 1 of the Uniform Fire Code in which the storage of hazardous materials is prohibited or limited is hereby established as follows: Zones R1, R2, R3, C1, C2, OS, TR, - Ordinance #398.

(Ord. No. 447 § 2.)

The city of Alturas hereby adopts the following revisions to the language of Volume 1 of the Uniform Fire Code, 1997 edition:

(a)

Article 1, Administration, Section 105.8f.3- Permits, is amended as follows:

Permits for the storage of flammable and combustible liquids shall be the responsibility of the tank owner or prospective tank owner.

(b)

Article 1, Administration, Section 105.8.01-Permits, Open Burning, is amended as follows:

To conduct open burning. Where burning is conducted on private property, on public property or the property of someone other than the permit applicant, the permit applicant shall demonstrate that permission has been obtained by the appropriate government agency, the owner, or the owner's authorized agent. When limits for atmospheric conditions or hours restrict burning, such limits shall be designated in the permit restrictions. See Section 1102.3.

(c)

Reserved.

(d)

Article 2, Definitions and Abbreviations, Section 216-0-Open Burning, is amended as follows:

OPEN BURNING is the burning of a bonfire, rubbish fire or other fire in an outdoor location where fuel being burned is not contained in an outdoor fireplace, barbecue grill, [or] barbecue pit.

(e)

Article 1, Fire Protection Systems and Equipment, Section 1002.1, is amended as follows:

Portable fire extinguishers shall be installed in occupancies and locations as set forth in this code and as required by the chief.

Portable fire extinguishers shall be in accordance with UFC Standard 10-1.

The installation of portable fire extinguishers shall be the responsibility of the building owner.

(f)

Article 2, General Safety Precautionals, Section 1101.2, Definitions, is amended as follows:

For definitions of BONFIRE, FLAME-RESISTANT MATERIAL, OPEN BURNING, RECREATIONAL FIRE, RUBBISH, SMOKING MATERIAL, see Article 2.

(g)

Article 2, General Safety Precautions, Section 1102.3.3, Material restrictions, is amended as follows:

1102.3.3 Material restrictions. Allowable methods of burning and materials to be burned:

(1) Reserved.

(2) OPEN BURNING: Wood scraps, small tree limbs and trimmings (less than 2" in diameter), shrubbery trimmings.

All natural growing vegetation shall not be burned while standing. Vegetation shall be cut and burned in piles as specified in fire department form FDF62.

Burning of any other materials or burning by any other method not specified above is prohibited.

(h)

Article II, General Safety Precautions, Section 1102.3.4, Time and atmospheric restrictions, is amended as follows:

1102.3.4 Time and atmospheric restrictions. Open burning shall only be performed when time and

atmospheric conditions comply with the limits set forth in the open-burning permit. Burning hours shall be from 0600 hours (6:00 a.m.) to 1200 hours (12 Noon) unless otherwise stipulated on the burn permit. The fire shall be dead out at 1200 hours (12 Noon). Burning hours shall be in effect 365 days per year whether or not a permit is required.

[i]

The following Code Section 1102.3.5 is hereby added to the City Code of the City of Alturas to read as follows:

1102.3.5 Open burning permits are required from May 1st until December 1st of each year. Burn permits may be rescinded at any time as determined by the fire prevention officer or the chief of the department.

(Ord. No. 447 § 2.)

(Ord. No. 482, §§ 1—5, 6-15-2010)

Whenever the chief disapproves an application or refuses to grant permit applied for or when it is claimed that the provisions of the code have been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the applicant may appeal from the decision of the chief to the city council of the city within thirty days from the date of the decision appealed.

(Ord. No. 447 § 2.)

The city council, the chief and the chief of the bureau off ire prevention shall act as a committee to determine and specify, after giving affected persons an opportunity to be heard, any new materials, processes or occupancies for which permits are required in addition to those now enumerated in the Uniform Fire Code. The chief of the bureau of fire prevention shall post such list in a conspicuous place at the bureau of fire prevention and distribute copies thereof to interested persons.

(Ord. No. 447 § 2.)

(a)

Any person who violates any of the provisions of the Uniform Fire Code as adopted and amended herein or fails to comply therewith, or who violates or fails to comply with any order made thereunder, or who builds in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder, or any certificate or permit issued thereunder, and from which no appeal has been taken, or who fails to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the city council or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the required time, shall severally for each and every such violation and noncompliance, respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not less than one hundred eighty days nor more than one hundred eighty days or by both such fine and imprisonment. The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue; and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time; and when not otherwise specified, each ten days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.

(b)

The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.

(Ord. No. 447 § 2.)