Morro Bay Municipal Code Ch. 14.62 Self-Inspection Fire Safety Program

It is the purpose of this chapter, by the creation of a fire safety self-inspection program, to promote the public health, safety and welfare by better protecting the citizens of Morro Bay from the dangers to life and property caused by fire and panic. The new program will:

A. Better insure that regular annual inspections of premises within the city occur;

B. Provide better fire prevention and fire prevention education to the public;

C. Minimize expenditure of public money for annual inspections of premises within the city;

D. Minimize inconvenience and work interruptions to owners of premises to be inspected.

(Ord. No. 564, 11-8-10)

The term "Business Group B premises," as used in this chapter, means those drinking and dining establishments having an occupant load of less than fifty, wholesale and retail stores, office buildings, printing plants, municipal police and fire stations, factories and workshops using materials not highly flammable or combustible, storage and sales rooms for combustible goods, paint stores without bulk handling and buildings or portions of buildings having rooms used for educational purposes beyond the twelfth grade with less than fifty occupants in any room, all as defined in Section 202 of the California Fire Code.

(Ord. No. 564, 11-8-10)

A fire safety self-inspection program is established to be administered and conducted as set forth in this chapter.

(Ord. No. 564, 11-8-10)

A. The fire department has authority to prepare and distribute self-inspection worksheet forms to the owner or person having control of each of the Business Group B premises within the city on an annual basis.

B. The owner or person having control of the premises shall conduct an inspection for fire safety following directions contained within the self-inspection forms, complete such forms and return completed forms to the fire department within fifteen calendar days from issue date, as shown on the self-inspection worksheet.

(Ord. No. 564, 11-8-10)

Failure to conduct the required inspection to complete and/or return the self-inspection worksheets within the time specified shall constitute a misdemeanor/infraction punishable as set forth in Title 1 of this code. Any person knowingly or intentionally misrepresenting any material fact on the self-inspection forms is guilty of a misdemeanor/infraction punishable as set forth in Title 1 of this code.

(Ord. No. 564, 11-8-10)

This code shall not be construed to hold the public entity or any officer or employee responsible for any damage to persons or property by reason of the inspection or re-inspection authorized in this chapter, or by reason of the approval or disapproval of any equipment or process authorized in this chapter, or for any action in connection with the control or extinguishment of any fire or in connection with any other official duties.

(Ord. No. 564, 11-8-10)