Mountain View Municipal Code Art. IX Miscellaneous

The degree of protection required by this Chapter is considered reasonable for regulatory purposes. The standards set forth herein are minimal standards, and this Chapter does not imply that compliance will ensure there will be no unauthorized discharge of hazardous or other regulated material. This Chapter shall not create liability on the part of the city, any officer or employee thereof for any damages that result from reliance on this Chapter or any administrative decision lawfully made thereunder. All persons handling, storing, using, processing and disposing of hazardous or other regulated materials within the city should be and are advised to determine, to their own satisfaction, the level of protection, in addition to that required by this Chapter, necessary or desirable, to ensure there is no unauthorized discharge of hazardous or other regulated materials.

(Ord. No. 8.2025, § 1, 9/9/25.)

Guidelines implementing this Chapter and adopted by the city council shall be maintained in the office of the environmental safety division of the fire department. Such guidelines, in the areas addressed therein, shall serve as an interpretation of this Chapter.

(Ord. No. 8.2025, § 1, 9/9/25.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter:

a. A storage facility regulated by any state or federal agency will be exempted from any conflicting provision of this Chapter.

b. Whenever any provision of this Chapter conflicts with the fire code as adopted by the city, the stricter shall prevail.

(Ord. No. 8.2025, § 1, 9/9/25.)

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Chapter is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the Chapter. The city council hereby declares that it would have passed this Chapter and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion of the Chapter would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.

(Ord. No. 8.2025, § 1, 9/9/25.)