Corning Municipal Code Ch. 15.12 Fire Zones

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For statutory provisions on the power of city legislative bodies to establish fire limits, see Gov. Code §38601(a).

The entire city is declared to be, and is established as, a fire district. The fire district shall have three fire zones, as provided in this chapter, or as hereafter provided by ordinance. For the purposes of this chapter, no part of the city shall be placed in fire zone two until such time as this chapter may be amended.

(Ord. 137 §2, 1957).

Fire zone one is created and established, and the following territory is declared to be included in fire zone one of the city, as follows: All lands lying within an area bounded by the westerly center of the city limits on the west, the centerline of Marguerite Avenue on the east, the centerline of Yolo Street on the north, and the centerline of Mann Street on the south. Where either Yolo Street or Mann Street does not extend to the easterly or westerly boundary of the fire zone one, then an extension of the centerlines of Yolo Street or Mann Street, to the easterly and westerly boundaries of the zone, shall constitute the boundaries of the zone.

(Ord. 238 §1, 1968: Ord. 137 §3, 1957).

All of the area of the city not specifically included in fire zone one, is declared to be in fire zone three of the city.

(Ord. 137 §4, 1957).

In that portion of fire zone one situated between the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks on the west and Marguerite Avenue on the east, and Houghton Avenue westerly, westerly to the west city limits, the construction requirements of fire zone one will not be required where construction of eighter residential or commercial type structures are in compliance with all existing building codes, and front, near and side yard spacing is in compliance with the requirements applicable to a residence in an R-l zone. Compliance with the building code shall be as for a residential type structure permitted in an R-l zone.

(Ord. 286 §1, 1973: Ord. 137 §4-A, 1957).