Title 9 — CONSTRUCTION CODES AND FIRE CODE›Chapter 4 — WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE AREA REQUIREMENTS
Sec. 403.5 Required gates or barricades. The fire code official is authorized to…
San Diego County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · San Diego County
gates or other approved barricades across fire apparatus access roads, trails or other access ways, not including public streets, alleys or highways. Electric gate openers, where provided, shall be listed in accordance with UL 325. Gates intended for automatic operation shall be designed, constructed and installed to comply with the requirements of ASTM F2200.
Sec. 403.5.1 Secured gates and barricades. When required, gates and barricades shall be…¶
fire code official. Roads, trails and other access ways that have been closed and obstructed in the manner prescribed by section 403.5 shall not be trespassed on or used unless authorized by the owner and the fire code official.
Exception: The restriction on use shall not apply to public officers acting within the scope of duty.
Sec. 403.5.2 School fences and gates. School grounds may be fenced and gates therein…¶
provided that safe dispersal areas based on three square feet per occupant are located between the school and the fence. Such required safe dispersal areas shall not be located less than 50 feet from school buildings.
Every public and private school shall conform to Education Code section 32020, which states:
The governing board of every public school district and the governing authority of every private school, which maintains any building used for the instruction or housing of school pupils on land entirely enclosed (except for building walls) by fences or walls, shall, through the cooperation of local law enforcement and fire protection agencies having jurisdiction of the area, provide for the erection of gates in these fences or walls. The gates shall be of sufficient size to permit the entrance of ambulances, police equipment and fire-fighting apparatus used by law enforcement and fire protection agencies. There shall be no less than one access gate and there shall be as many of these gates as needed to ensure access to all major buildings and ground areas. If these gates are equipped with locks, the locking devices shall be designed to permit ready entrance by the use of chain or bolt-cutting devices with which the local law enforcement and fire protection agencies may be equipped.
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