Los Angeles Municipal Code § 57.108 Maintenance

Section 108 of the IFC is hereby adopted in its entirety with the following exceptions, modifications, and additions.

Overcrowding or admittance of any person beyond the approved capacity of a building or a portion thereof shall not be allowed. The Fire Code Official, upon finding any overcrowding conditions or obstructions in aisles, passageways or other means of egress, or upon finding any condition which constitutes an immediate life safety hazard, shall be authorized to cause the event to be stopped and the operating permit to be suspended for the remainder of the business day.

Installation, alteration, and major repair of the items listed in this subsection shall be performed under permit of the Department of Building and Safety when a permit is required by that Department for such work.

1. Fire Department communication systems.

2. Building communication systems.

3. Automatic elevators.

4. Heliports and emergency helicopter landing facilities.

5. Emergency power systems.

6. Fire escapes.

7. Private fire hydrants.

8. Fire assemblies.

9. Fire protective signaling systems.

10. Pilot lights and warning lights for heat- producing equipment.

11. Refrigerant discharge systems.

12. Smoke detectors.

13. Emergency smoke control systems.

14. Automatic sprinkler systems.

15. Standpipe systems.

16. Gas detection systems.

Installation, alteration, maintenance, and repair of the items listed in this subsection shall be performed under the provisions of this article and the supervision and control of the Chief.

1. Central station signaling systems.

2. Fire protective signaling systems.

3. Appliances, equipment, and devices used for storing, handling, processing, producing, transporting, or dispensing of hazardous materials.

4. Liquefied flammable gas cylinders, hose, vaporizers, heat exchangers, pumps, and pertinent equipment.

5. Portable fire extinguishers.

6. Automatic fire extinguishing systems except automatic sprinkler systems as set forth in Section 57.108.7.

7. Spray booths, spray tunnels, dip tanks, drying ovens, flow coaters, powder coating apparatus and electrostatic painting equipment.

If at any time the items listed in Sections 57.108.7 and 57.108.7.1 are not operational, the Chief shall have the authority to issue notices to the owner of the building or premises where said items are located, or such other person having control of said building or premises, to make said items operational.

The Chief has the authority to require that periodic inspections and tests be made to determine whether the items listed in Sections 57.108.7 and 57.108.7.1, including any water supply, are operational. All such inspections and tests shall be made at intervals to be determined by the Chief. Tests at shorter intervals may be required when an inspection by the Chief indicates there is a substantial reason to believe that the system or device would fail to operate properly in an emergency. The inspections and tests shall be made in accordance with the rules and regulations established by the Board.

No person owning or having charge or control of any items listed in Sections 57.108.7 and 57.108.7.1 shall maintain said items in defective condition or in a state of disrepair, or install or maintain such in a manner that endangers life or creates a fire or explosion hazard. No person shall violate an order of the Chief to require periodic inspections as required by Section 57.108.7.2.1.

Violation of Sections 57.108.7 through 57.108.7.3 shall be subject to penalties and minimum fines as prescribed in Section 57.110.4 and Table 57.110.4.