Mountain View Municipal Code Div. 11 Open-Flame Cooking Devices

Subsection 4104.2 of the 2025 California Fire Code is amended to read as follows:

4104.2 Open-flame cooking devices. Charcoal burners and other open-flame cooking devices shall not be operated on combustible balconies or within 10 feet (3048 mm) of combustible construction or other combustible hazards.

Exceptions:

1. One- and two-family dwellings.

2. Where buildings, balconies and decks are protected by an automatic sprinkler system. This exception does not apply to commercial cooking equipment unless otherwise approved by the fire code official.

3. LP-gas cooking devices having LP-gas container with a water capacity not greater than 2 ½ pounds [nominal 1 pound (0.454 kg) LP-gas capacity].

(Ord. No. 9.2025, § 8(Exh. C), 9/9/25.)