Sacramento County Municipal Code Ch. 17.04 California Fire Code

This chapter shall be known as the "California Fire Code."

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There is hereby adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Sacramento for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire or explosion, that certain code known as the 2025 California Building Standards Code, Title 24, California Code of Regulations, Part 9 (California Fire Code), published by the International Code Council in its entirety including Appendix 4, Appendix B, Appendix BB, Appendix C, Appendix CC, Appendix H, Appendix O, and Appendix P, save and except such portions as hereinafter are deleted, modified, or amended. Not less than one (1) copy of such code has been and now is filed with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. From the effective date of this ordinance, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the limits of Sacramento County except that any inconsistent regulations and ordinances adopted pursuant to applicable law by a fire protection district or a community service district having a fire department within the County shall be controlling within that district's jurisdictional area.

A. County of Sacramento Resolution No. 2026-0061 ratified by the Board of Supervisors on January 27, 2026 is adopted by reference as though fully set forth in this chapter. As of the effective date of the resolution, the provisions of Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Ordinance No. 2025-02 is controlling and enforceable within the limits of the jurisdiction.

B. Upon Sacramento County Board of Supervisor ratification, the proposed Cosumnes Community Services Fire District Ordinance shall become effective and enforceable within the boundaries of the approving district.

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The division of authority for enforcement of this chapter shall be as follows:

A. The Chief of any fire protection district, a community service district having a fire department, a fire department or designated representatives shall have authority to enforce this chapter and issue citations for violations in their respective districts.

B. The Fire Chief, Airport Firefighting and Airfield Operations, of the Sacramento County Airport System, County of Sacramento, or designated representatives shall have authority to enforce this chapter and issue citations for violations at all County of Sacramento Airports.

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The Findings of Fact are filed separately with the California Building Standards Commission, State Department of Housing and Community Development and County Board of Supervisors.

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A. Wherever the word "municipality" is used in the California Fire Code, it shall include the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the County of Sacramento.

B. Wherever the word "Chief" is used in the California Fire Code, it shall mean the Chief or fire code official of any fire protection district or a community service district that has a fire department, fire department or their designated representatives, within their respective jurisdictions.

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SECTION 105.5.5 "CARNIVALS AND FAIRS" IS AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:

Section 105.5.5 Carnivals, fairs, festivals, or exhibitions. An operational permit is required to conduct a carnival, fair, festival, or exhibition.

SECTION 105.6 "REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION PERMITS" IS ADDED AS FOLLOWS:

Section 105.6.26 Architectural.

A construction permit is required prior to the construction of all new buildings, alterations, additions or tenant improvements.

Section 105.6.27 Civil Engineering.

A construction permit is required for civil improvements involving all new buildings, additions, structural alterations, subdivisions, site developments or civil improvements.

Section 105.6.28 Underground Fire Service. A construction permit is required prior to the installation of underground fire service mains and appurtenances.

SECTION 108.7 "COST RECOVERY FEES" IS ADDED AS FOLLOWS:

Section 108.7 Cost recovery fees.

Cost recovery fees may be charged to any person, firm, corporation, or business that through negligence, violation of the law, or as a result of carelessness, is responsible for an incident resulting in Fire Department response. (Health & Safety Code Section 13916).

SECTION 110.3.1 "ELECTRONIC FILING" IS ADDED AS FOLLOWS:

Section 110.3.1 Electronic filing.

When required by the fire code official, records of all system inspections, tests and maintenance required by the referenced standards and Title 19 of the California Code of Regulations shall be submitted to the fire code official electronically.

SECTION 112 "MEANS OF APPEALS" IS AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:

Section 112.1 General.

In order to hear and decide appeals of orders, decisions or determinations made by the fire code official relative to the application and interpretation of this code, there shall be and is hereby created a board of appeals. The board of appeals shall be the Board of Directors of the fire protection district or community services district having jurisdiction, or the County of Sacramento Board of Supervisors in the Sacramento County Airport System..

SECTION 113.4 "VIOLATION PENALTIES" IS AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:

Section 113.4 Violation penalties.

Persons who shall violate a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, install, alter, repair or do work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the fire code official, or of a permit or certificate used under provisions of this code, shall be guilty of an infraction or a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment not exceeding 180 days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense.

SECTION 113.4.2 "CITATIONS" IS ADDED AS FOLLOWS:

Section 113.4.2 Citations.

The Chief, or the Chief's duly authorized representative, may issue citations for infractions or misdemeanor violations of this code pursuant to Section 13871 of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California and Chapter 5c (commencing with Section 853.6) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code of the State of California.

SECTION 113.4.3 "CALIFORNIA BAIL SCHEDULE" IS ADDED AS FOLLOWS:

All former fire prevention ordinances or parts thereof conflicting or inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance or of the code hereby adopted are hereby repealed.

Prior references to the local code shall be construed to apply to the corresponding provision of this code.

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The Board of Supervisors hereby declares that should any section, paragraph, sentence, or word of this ordinance or of the code hereby adopted be declared for any reason to be invalid, it is the intent of the Board of Supervisors that it would have passed all other portions of this ordinance independent of the elimination therefrom of any such portion as may be declared invalid.

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