Los Angeles Municipal Code § 57.5601 General

Chapter 56 of the California Fire Code (CFC) is hereby adopted by reference with the following exceptions, modifications, and additions, and Section 5601 of the CFC is hereby adopted in its entirety with the following exceptions, modifications, and additions.

Smoking, matches, open flames, spark-producing devices, and other sources of ignition shall not be permitted inside of or within 50 feet of any facility used for the storage of fireworks, smokeless powder, small arms ammunition, or small arms primers.

Any open storage area around a portable magazine shall be kept clear of brush, dried grass, weeds, and other combustible materials for a distance of at least 50 feet. Persons owning or having charge or control of the magazine shall be responsible for maintaining required clearance.

Fire protection portable fire extinguishers shall be provided as required by Chapter 9 of this article wherever fireworks, smokeless powder, small arms ammunition or small arms primers are stored, manufactured, or handled.

Wherever fireworks, smokeless powder, small arms ammunition, or small arms primers are stored in quantities over the exempt amounts as listed in Table 57.105.6.17, warning placards designed and constructed as specified in NFPA 704 shall be conspicuously posted in the following locations:

1. At the entrance to any building where such materials are stored, and at such other locations as may be required by the Chief.

2. At the main entrance to any area outside a building where such materials are stored, or within such area, if no entrance is clearly defined.

3. At such locations as required by the Chief.

Wherever fireworks, smokeless powder, small arms ammunition, or small arms primers are stored, signs with letters at least 3 inches high on a contrasting background stating “FIREWORKS,” “SMOKELESS POWDER,” “AMMUNITION,” and/or “SMALL ARMS PRIMERS” appropriately identifying that type of material or materials involved, shall be conspicuously posted at any location within a building and at any location within an area outside a building where such materials are stored, and also at such other locations as may be required by the Chief.