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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Ord 1355 1992-07-13 ORDINANCE NO. /35"5" AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE UNIFORM BUILDING, PLUMBING, AND MECHANICAL CODES, 1991 EDITIONS, AND AMENDMENTS THERETO AND READOPTING PORTIONS OF CHAPTER 5 OF THE I CODE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECfION 1. Article 1. Chapter 5, Section 5-1 of the Code of Seal Beach is amended to read as follows: "Section 5-1. Codes Adopted bv Reference. The codes listed below are adopted by reference as the Building and Safety Code of the City of Seal Beach: (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H) (I) (J) (K) (L) (M) Uniform Building Code, 1991 Edition, including Appendix, and those amendments to that Code set forth in Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations. Uniform Mechanical Code, 1991 Edition, and those amendments to that Code set forth in Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations. Uniform Plumbing Code, 1991 Edition, and those amendments to that Code set forth in Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations. Uniform Swimming Pool Spa and Hot Tub Code, 1988 Edition. Uniform Housing Code, 1988 Edition. Uniform Code for Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, 1988 Edition. Uniform Sign Code, 1988 Edition. National Electrical Code, 1990 Edition, including Uniform Administrative Code Provisions for the 1990 National Electrical Code, and those amendments to the National Electrical Code set forth in Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations. Uniform Building Code Standards, 1991 Edition. Uniform Fire Code, 1988 Edition, including Appendices I-A through VI-A and 1991 Accumulative Supplements. Uniform Fire Code Standards, 1988 Edition. Uniform Solar Energy Code, 1988 Edition. Uniform Building Security Code, 1988 Edition. One copy of each of th~ above codes shall be deposited in the office of the City Clerk and shall be at all ~es maintained by said Clerk for use and examination by the public. All amendments to Codes adopted herein by reference shall be considered as part of the Code." SECI10N 2. Article I., Chapter 19B of the Code of the City of Seal Beach, comprising Section 19B-l, is hereby repealed. . SECI10N 3. Article V.. Section 5-30.7. Paragraph 7 of Section 5-30 of the Code of the City of Seal Beach is hereby amended by amending Exception 2(j) to Section 508. of the Uniform Building Code to read as follows: "(j) Dwelling Unit Separations [Section 1202(b)]" I I I I I Ordinance Number ~~~ SECTION 4. Paragraphs 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21 of Section 5-30 of the Code of the City of Seal Beach are hereby renumbered Paragraphs 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22, 34, 27, 24, and 25 respectively, and a new Paragraph 8 is hereby adopted to read as follows: "8. Section 513 of the Uniform Building Code is amended to read as follows: Section 513. Approved numbers or addresses shall be placed on all new and existing buildings in such a position as to be plainly visible and legible from the street or road fronting the property. Said numbers shall contrast with their background. Any commercial building occupied by more than one business shall have numbers or addresses placed on or immediately adjacent to all doors that would allow fire department access in an emergency. In no case shall the numbers be less than four (4) inches for residential and six (6) inches for commercial with a one (1) inch stroke. Multiple units (i.e. apartments, condominiums, townhouses, businesses, etc.) having entrance doors not visible from the street or road shall have approved numbers grouped for all businesses within each structure and positioned so as to be plainly visible from the street or road. Said numbers J;I1ay be grouped on the wall of the structure or on a substantial mounting post independent of the structure." SECTION 5. A new Paragraph 10 of Section 5-30 of the Code of the City of Seal Beach is hereby adopted to read as follows: "10. Section 1210(a) of the Uniform Building Code is amended by adding subsection (a) 6 to read as follows: 6. Installation and Maintenance. It shall be the responsibility of the owner to supply, install and maintain all required smoke detectors. The owner shall be responsible for annually testing all required smoke detectors." SECTION 6. Paragraph 12 of Section 5-30 of the Code of the City of Seal Beach, as renumbered by Section 3 of this ordinance, is amended to read as follows: "12. Section 1807 (a) Scope. In addition to other applicable requirements of these regulations, the provisions of this section shall apply to every new building of any type of construction or occupancy having floors used for human occupancy located more than fifty-five (55) feet above the lowest level having building access. Such buildings shall be provided with an approved automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Section 10.514(c) of this Code. ExceDtion: The following structures, while classified as high-rise buildings, shall not be subject to the provisions of this section but shall conform to all other applicable provisions of these regulations. 1. Buildings used exclusively for open parking garages. 2. Buildings where all floors above the fifty-five (55) foot level are used ~xclusively as open parking garages. Ordinance Number ;I~~~ . 3. Floors of buildings used exclusively as open parking garages and located above all other floors used for human occupancy. 4. Buildings such as power plants, lookout ,towers, steeples, grain houses and similar structures with noncontinuous human occupancy, when approved by the Fire Chief. I For purposes of this subsection, "building access" shall mean an exterior door opening conforming to all of the following: 1. Suitable and available for fire department use. 2. Located not more than two (2) feet above the adjacent ground level. 3. Leading to a space, room or area having foot traffic communication capabilities with the remainder of the building. 4. Designed to permit access through the use of the Orange County Fire Department's emergency access lock box program. (b) Certificate of Occuoancv. All mechanical and electrical equipment and other required life safety systems shall be approved and installed in accordance with approved plans and specifications pursuant to this section and shall be tested and I proved to be in proper working condition to the satisfaction of the Building Official before issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy. Such system shall be maintained in accordance with the Fire Code. /'- (c) Automatic Sprinkler System. 1. System Design. The automatic sprinkler system shall be provided throughout the building. The sprinkler system shall be designed using the parameters set forth in U.B.C. Standard No. 38.1 and the following: A. Shutoff valves and a water-flow device shall be provided for each floor. The sprinkler riser may be combined with the standpipe riser. B. In seismic Zones No.2, No.3, and No.4, in addition to the main water supply, a secondary on-site supply of water equal to the hydraulically calculated sprinkler design demand plus 100 gallons per minute additional for the total standpipe system shall be provided. This supply shall be automatically available if the principal supply fails and shall have a duration of 30 minutes. I 2. Modifications. The following modifications of code requirements are permitted: .. ordiri;nc/il Number /35~ A. The fire-resistive time periods set forth in Table No. 17-A may be reduced by one hour for interior bearing walls, exterior bearing and non-bearing walls, roofs and the beams supporting roofs, provided they do not frame into columns. Vertical shafts other than stairway enclosures and elevator shafts may be reduced to one hour when sprinklers are installed within the shafts at alternate floors. The fire-resistive time period reduction as specified herein shall not apply to exterior bearing and non-bearing walls whose fire-resistive rating has already been reduced within Section 1803(a) or 1903(a). I B. Except for corridors in Group B, Division 2 and Group R, Division I occupancies and partitions separating dwelling units or guest rooms, all interior non-bearing partitions required to be one-hour fire-resistive construction by Table 17-A may be of noncombustible construction without a fire-resistive time period. C. Fixed tempered glass may be used in lieu of openable panels for smoke-control purposes. D. Travel distance from the most remote point in the floor area to a horizontal exit or to an enclosed stairway may be 300 feet. .1 E. Fire dampers, other than those needed to protect floor-ceiling assemblies to maintain the fire resistance of the assembly, are not required. F. Emergency windows required by Section 1204 are not required. 3. Sprinkler Control Valves. Sprinkler control valves, shutoff valves and a waterflow device shall be provided at the lateral connection to the riser for each floor. Such valves and devices shall be electrically supervised to automatically sound an appropriate signal transmitted to locations in accordance with Section 10.514(e). (d) Smoke Detection SYstem. At least one approved smoke detector suitable for the intended use shall be installed: 1. In every mechanical equipment, electrical, transformer, telephone equipment, elevator machine or similar room. 2. In the main return and exhaust air plenum of each air-conditioning system and locat~d in a serviceable area downstream of the last duct inlet. I 3. At each connection in a vertical duct or riser serving two or more stories from a return-air duct or plenum of an airconditioning system. In Group R, Division 1 occupancies, an approved smoke detector may be used in each return-air riser carrying not more than 5000 cfm and serving not more than 10 air inlet openings. /35'b Ordinance Number The actuation of any detector required by this section shall operate the voice alarm system and shall place into operation all equipment necessary to prevent the recirculation of smoke. Indicating Lights. All smoke detectors connected to the alarm system shall have a light that indicates the status of the detector. When a detector is located in a space above a drop ceiling, the indicating light shall be I located on or below the ceiling grid. (e) Alarm and communication systems. Every high-rise building shall be provided with a State Fire Marshall approved and listed fire alarm system. The alarm and communication systems shall be designed and installed so that damage to any one (1) speaker will not render any paging zone of the system inoperative. The voice alarm and public address system may be a combined system. When approved by the Fire Department, communications systems may be combined with the voice alarm system and the public address system. The fire alarm system shall include visual indicators for the hearing impaired, in all public areas of the building including but not limited to elevators, elevator lobbies, rest rooms, corridors, exit stairways, rooms and tenant spaces exceeding one-thousand (1,000) square feet in area. 1. Voice Alarm System. The operation of any smoke detector, sprinkler, water flow device or manual fire alarm system shall automatically sound an alert signal to the desired areas followed by voice instructions giving appropriate information and direction to the occupants. I Upon activation of the automatic sprinkler system, any automatic fire-detection device required by this section or any special hazard fire-protection or extinguishing system, an automatic voice alarm signal shall sound on the floor where activated and on the floor above and below. An audible and visual signal shall be transmitted to the central control station and the fire department central control station status board. The content of the voice alarm in each instance shall be determined by the fire department in cooperation with the building owner or manager. The central control station shall contain controls for the voice alarm system so that a selective or general voice alarm may be manually initiated. The system shall be supervised to cause the activation of I an audible trouble signal in the central control station upon interruption or failure of the audio path including amplifiers, speaker wiring, switches and electrical contacts and shall detect opens, shorts and grounds which might impair the function of the system. The alarm shall be designed to be heard clearly by' all I I I Ordinance.Number ~ . occupants within the building or designated portions thereof, as is required for the public address system. Exception: In lieu of a voice alarm signal and when approved by the fire department, the local alarm system may employ any sounding device or devices which are approved and listed by the State Fire Marshal. The sounding devices of such alternate systems shall have a distinctive tone and shall be arranged to emit intermittent, prolonged or continuous sound signals for a full period of ten (10) seconds to be immediately followed by an intermission or period of silence of five (5) seconds, before the signal is repeated. Such signal shall continue to sound until manually terminated at the central control station but in no case shall such manual operation be arranged to cause termination in less than three (3) minutes. ' 2. Public address system. Speakers or signaling devices used to sound the voice or fire alarm shall be so located as to be clearly heard on the floor where activated, except as may be otherwise found necessary or acceptable by the enforcing agency. A public address communication system designed to be clearly heard by all occupants of the building shall operate from the central control station. It shall be established on a selective or general basis, as approved by the Fire Chief, to the following paging areas: A. Elevators. B. Elevator lobbies. C. Corridors. D. Exit stairways. E. Rooms and tenant spaces exceeding 1000 square feet in area. F. Dwelling units in apartment houses. G. Hotel guest rooms or suites. 3. Fire Department Communication System. A two- way Fire Department Communication System shall be provided for Fire Department use. It shall operate between the central control station and every elevator, elevator lobby, emergency and standby power rooms, and at entries to every enclosed exit stairway. The communications system shall also comply with the following: A. Alarm transmission. Unless the central control station is constantly manned by competent and experienced operating personnel conforming to Chapter 9 of NFPA 72 as adopted in Appendix V of this Code, voice or fire alarm and trouble signals shall be automatically retransmitted to one of the following: Ordinance Number ~~~~ 1) An approved central station conforming to NFP A 71 as adopted in Appendix V of this Code. 2) A supervisory station or an approved remote station conforming to NFP A 72 as adopted in Appendix V of this Code. B. Special provisions. In Group R, Division 1 occupancies: I. 1) When a building conforms to the provisions of this section, the manually operated fire alarm system otherwise specified by Section 14.104(g) shall not be required. 2) Single-station detectors installed in dwelling units and hotel or lodging house guest rooms, as specified in Section 14.104(g)6, need not be interconnected to the fire alarm system required by this section. (f) Central Control Station. A central control station for Fire Department operations shall be provided in a location approved by the Fire Department. The central control station shall be separated from the remainder of the building by not less than one-hour fire resistive construction with all openings protected by assemblies having a fire-resistive rating of not less than forty- five (45) minutes. It shall have a minimum of one (1) door which is accessible directly from the exterior portion of the building and shall be openable with a fire department master key. The central control station shall have a minimum of ninety-six (96) square feet with a minimum dimension of eight (8) feet. It shall contain the following as a minimum: I 1. The voice alarm and public address system panels. 2. The fire department communications panel, a cabinet containing eight (8) portable fire fighter phones and one (1) headset with sufficient cord to reach all portions of the room. 3. Fire detection and fire alarm system annunciator panels. 4. Annunciator visually indicating the location of the elevators and their operational status. 5. Status indicators and controls for air handling systems. 6. Controls for unlocking all stairway doors simultaneously. I 7. Sprinkler valve and water-flow detectors display panels. 8. Emergency and standby power controls and status indicators. I I I (g) : .-Ordinance. Number E~~ . 9. A wall-mounted telephone for exclusive fire department use shall be installed in the fire control room and shall have an outside dedicated private line. 10. Elevator control switches for switching of emergency power. 11. Fire pump status panel and controls. 12. Other fire protection equipment and systems controls as required by the Fire Department. 13. Schematic building plans in clearly labeled approved containers, indicating the typical floor plan and detailing the building core, fire resistive separations, exit facilities, on-site water supply, fire-protection systems, fire-fighting equipment and fire department access. 14. One three (3) foot by four (4) foot table and one (1) chair. 15. An approved locked and labeled cabinet, containing labeled keys for emergency access and elevator control. All control panels in the central control station shall be permanently identified as to function. Alarms, supervisory and trouble signals as required by Items 3 and 7 above shall be annunciated in compliance with this code in the central control station by means of an audible and visual indicator. For purposes of annunciation, zoning shall be in accordance with the following: 1. When the system serves more than one building, each building shall be cOnsidered separately. 2. Each floor shall be considered a separate zone. When one (1) or more sprinkler risers serve the same floor, each riser shall be considered a separate zone. Exception: When more than one (1) riser serves the same system on the floor. 3. Each section of floor separated by area separation walls or by horizontal exits shall be considered as a separate zone. Central control stations shall not be used for the housing of any boiler, heating unit, generator, combustible storage, or similar hazardous equipment or storage. Smoke control. Natural or mechanical ventilation for the removal of products of combustion shall be provided in every story and shall consist of one of the following: 1. Easily identifiable windows or panels which are manually openable or approved fixed tempered glass shall be provided in the exterior walls. They shall be distributed around the perimeter of the building at not more than Ordinance Number ~~~~ 50-foot intervals at the rate of 20 square feet per 50 lineal feet. Exceotion: In Group R, Division 1 occupancies each guest room or suite having an exterior wall may be provided with a minimum of 2 square feet of venting area. 2. When a complete and approved automatic sprinkler system is installed, the mechanical air-handling equipment may be designed to accomplish smoke removal. Under fire conditions, the return and exhaust air shall be moved directly to the outside without recirculation to other sections of the building. The air-handling system shall provide a minimum of one exhaust air change each 10 minutes for the area involved. I 3. Any other approved design which will produce equivalent results. (h) Elevators. Elevators and elevator lobbies shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 51 and the following: Note: A bank of elevators is a group of elevators or a single elevator controlled by a common operating system; that is, all those elevators which respond to a single call button constitute a bank of elevators. There is no limit on the number of cars which may be in a bank or group but there may not be more I than four cars within a common hoist way. 1. Elevators on all floors shall open into elevator lobbies which are separated from the remainder of the building, including corridors and other exits, by walls extending from the floor to the underside of the fire-resistive floor or roof above. Such walls shall be of not less than one-hour fire-resistive construction. openings through such walls shall conform to Section 3305(h). Exceptions: a. The main entrance level elevator lobby in office buildings. b. Elevator lobbies located within an atrium complying with the provisions of Section 1716. c. In fully sprinklered office buildings, corridors may lead through enclosed elevator lobbies if all areas of the building have access to at least one required exit without passing through the elevator lobby. I 2. Each elevator lobby shall be provided with an approved smoke detector located on the lobby ceiling. When the detector is activated, elevator doors shall not open and all cars serving that lobby are to return to the main floor and be under manual control only. If the main floor detector or a transfer floor detector is activated, all cars 3. I -,' Ordinance Number /3~ serving the main floor or transfer floor shall return to a location approved by the Fire Department and building official and be under manual control only. The smoke detector is to operate before the optical density reaches 0.03 per foot. The detector may serve to close the lobby doors. Elevator hoist ways shall not be vented through an elevator machine room unless such venting is accomplished by an approved duct system installed through the elevator machine room. Cable slots entering the machine room shall be sleeved beneath the machine room floor and extend to not less than 12 inches below the shaft vent to inhibit the passage of smoke into the machine room. (i) Standby Power. Light and Emergency Systems. I I 1. Standby power. A standby power generating system conforming to U.B.C. Standard No. 18-1 shall be provided. The system shall be equipped with suitable means for automatically starting the generator set upon failure of the normal electrical supply systems and for automatic transfer of all functions required by this section at full power within sixty (60) seconds of such normal service failure. System supervision with manual start and transfer override features shall be provided at the central control station. On premises fuel supply sufficient for not less than six (6) hours at full-demand operation of the system shall be provided. When fire pumps are also required, an eight (8) hour fuel supply shall be provided. The standby system shall have a capacity and rating that would supply all equipment required to be operational at the same time. The generating capacity need not be sized to operate all the connected electrical equipment simultaneously. All power, lighting, signal and communication facilities specified in (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) and G) of this section, as applicable; fire pumps required to maintain pressure, stair pressurization fans, standby lighting and normal circuits supplying exit signs and exit illumination shall be transferrable to the standby source. 2. Standby Lighting. Standby lighting shall be provided as follows: a. Separate lighting circuits and fixtures sufficient to provide light with an intensity of not less than one (1) footcandle measured at floor level in aU exit corridors, stairways, smoke proof enclosures, elevator cars and lobbies and other areas which are clearly a part of the escape route. b. All circuits supply lighting for the central control station and mechanical equipment room. Ordinance Number ~~~ 3. Emergency Systems. The following are classified as emergency systems and shall operate within 10 seconds of failure of the normal power supply: a. Exit sign and exit illumination as required by Sections 3313 and 3314. b. Elevator car lighting. c. Fire alarm system. I d. Fire-detection system. e. Sprinkler alarm system. When the standby power-operation system reaches full operating capacity, the emergency electrical systems and equipment shall be transferred thereto. (j) Exits. Exits shall comply with the requirements of the Uniform Building Code, as adopted in this Code, and the following: 1. All stairway doors which are locked from the stairway side shall have the capability of being unlocked simultaneously without unlatching upon a signal from the central control station. Upon failure of electrical power, the locking mechanisms shall be retracted to the unlocked position. 2. When stairway doors are locked from the stairway side, a telephone or other two-way communications system, connected to an approved emergency service which operates continuously shall be provided at not less than every fifth floor in each required stairway where other provisions of this code permit the doors to be locked. I 3. All enclosed exit stairways shall be equipped with a barometric dampered relief opening at the top. The stairway shall be supplied mechanically with sufficient air to discharge a minimum of two thousand five hundred (2,500) cubic feet per minute through the relief opening; while maintaining a minimum positive pressure of 0.15-inch water column in the stairway relative to atmospheric pressure with all doors closed. Activation of the mechanical equipment shall be initiated by a smoke detector installed outside the stair enclosure and within five (5) feet of the enclosure door. Such equipment shall also be activated by actuation of the automatic sprinkler system. Operation of ventilating equipment shall also be in accordance with the Uniform Building Code, as adopted in this Municipal Code, Section 3310.(g)6. (k) Seismic Considerations. In Seismic Zones No.2, No.3 and No.4, the anchorage of mechanical and electrical equipment required for life safety systems, including fire pumps and elevator drive and suspension systems, shall be designed in accordance with the requirements of Section 2330. I \ :t! . . , Ordinance Number /.:!Jrr . 1. The roof area shall include an emergency evacuation facility for helicopters of not less than 12,000 pounds gross weight. This facility shan have a touchdown pad of at least a fifty foot diameter and be surrounded on all sides by a clear area having a minimum average width at roof level of 15 feet but with no width less than 5 feet. 2. The landing pad shall be designed per Uniform Building Code Section 2308(c). Helicopter landing areas and supports therefor on the roof of a building shall be of non-combustible construction. I 3. The emergency evacuation facility shan have two approach/departure paths at a slope of 8 to 1. 4. Any helicopter use of this facility other than as an emergency evacuation facility shall require prior FAA, Building Department and Fire Department approval. (1) Emer2encv Access and Evacuation Facilitv. Thissubsection (I) shall apply to any Group B, Division 2 or Group R occupancies having floors used for human occupancy located more than seventy-five (75) feet above the lowest level of fire department access. Such structures shall be equipped with a fire department approved emergency helicopter landing pad for use by police, fire and emergency medical helicopters only. 1. The roof area shall include an emergency access and evacuation facility for helicopters of not less than 15,000 pounds gross weight. This facility shall have a touchdown pad of at least fifty (50) feet by fifty (50) feet and a clear unobstructed landing and takeoff area with a minimum dimension of one hundred (100) feet by one hundred (100) feet. I 2. The landing pad shall be designed per Section 2308(c) ofthe Uniform Building Code. Helicopter landing areas and supports shall be of noncombustible construction. 3. The emergency evacuation facility shall have two (2) approach-departure paths at a slope of no greater than eight (8) to one (1). 4. Any use of this emergency access and evacuation facility for purposes other than emergency access and evacuation shall require prior Federal Aviation Administration (F.A.A.), Development Services Department and Fire Department approval. 5. A wind indicating device shall be provided. I 6. The roof shall be marked by an emergency marker as required by the Fire Chief. 7. The building emergency communication system shall extend to the roof. (m) Required Exit Stairways. All required exit stairways shall be equipped with a barometric dampered relief opening at the top Ordiance Number 1'356'" and the stairway supplied mechanically with sufficient air to discharge a minimum of 2500 cubic feet per minute through the relief opening while maintaining a minimum positive pressure of 0.15-inch water column in the stairway relative to atmospheric pressure with all doors closed or shall be in a smoke proof enclosure in accordance with Uniform Building Code Section 3310. Activation of the mechanical equipment shall be in accordance I with Uniform Building Code Section 3310(g)6." SECTION 7. A new Paragraph 16 of Section 5-30 of the Code of the City of Seal Beach is hereby adopted to read as follows: "16. Section 3703(h) of the Uniform Building Code shall be amended to read as follows: (h) Spark Arresters. In all-new occupancies in which is installed any chimney, flue, or stovepipe attached to any fireplace, stove, or other device that burns any solid or liquid barbecue fuel shall have such chimney, flue or stovepipe equipped with a spark arrester. A spark arrester is defined as a device constructed of non-flammable materials, twelve-gauge minimum welded or woven wire mesh, with one-half inch openings, or cast-iron plate, three sixteenth (3/16") inch minimum thickness or other material found satisfactory by the enforcement agency and having one-half (1/2") inch perforations for arresting burning carbon or sparks installed in such a manner as to be visible for the purposes of inspection and maintenance. All incinerator chimneys shall terminate in a substantially constructed spark arrester having an I iron, heavy wire mesh not exceeding one-half (1/2") inch." SECTION 8. Paragraph 17 of Section 5-30 of the Code of the City of Seal Beach, as renumbered by Section 3 of this ordinance, is hereby amended by amending paragraph (a) of Section 3802 of the Uniform Building Code to read as follows: "Section 3802(a) Where Required. An automaticfireextinguishing system shall be installed in the occupancies and locations as set forth in this section. For provisions on special hazards and hazardous materials, see the Fire Code. Automatic fire-extinguishing systems shall be installed in accordance with the NFP A standards where adopted in Appendix V of the Fire Code amendments. When a residential sprinkler system is provided where specified in NFPA 13R, as adopted in Appendix V of the Fire Code amendments, exceptions to, or reductions in, code requirements allowed because of the installation of an automatic fire-extinguishing system are not permitted." SECTION 9. A new Paragraph 18 of Section 5-30 of the Code of the City of Seal Beach is hereby adopted to read as follows: "18. Section 3802(b) is amended by adding subparagraphs (5) and (6) to read as follows: I Section 3802(b )5. In all new or enlarged buildings or structures when the gross square footage thereof exceeds six thousand (6,000) square feet or the structure is more than two (2) stories in height regardless of area separation walls. I I I " .f 0rdinance Number /.35~ . . . . EXCEPTION: Open parking structures classified as a B-3 occupancy. For the purposes of subsection 5, area separation walls shall not define separate buildings. An approved automatic sprinkler system required by subsection 5 may be used for fire-resistive substitution as specified in the provisions of Section 508 of the Uniform Building Code. Section 3802(b)6. Throughout all new R-l occupancies, including enclosed garages, or on any project with 15 units or greater." SECTION 10. Paragraph 19 of Section 5-30 of the Code of the City of Seal Beach, as renumbered by Section 3 of this ordinance, is hereby amended by amending paragraph (b) of Section 3804 of the Uniform Building Code to read as follows: "Section 3804(b) Sprinklers shall not be, installed when the application of water or flame and water to the contents may constitute a serious life or fire hazard, as in the manufacture or storage of quantities of aluminum powder, calcium carbide, calcium phosphate, metallic sodium and potassium, quicklime, magnesium powder and sodium peroxide. Other fire-extinguishing systems compatible with the hazardous materials being stored or used shall be installed to protect special hazards or occupancies in lieu of automatic sprinklers." SECI10N 11. A new Paragraph 20 of Section 5-30 of the Code of the City of Seal Beach is hereby adopted to read as follows: "20. Section 3805(b) Where Required. Standpipe systems shall be provided as set forth in Table No. 38-A and the provisions of this section. Every new building with any horizontal dimension greater than three hundred (300) feet shall be provided with either access doors or hose outlets located so that all portions of the building can be reached with one hundred fifty 150 feet of hose from an access door or hose outlet. Required access doors shall be located in the exterior wall of the building and shall be accessible without the use of a ladder. The door dimensions shall be not less than three (3) feet in width nor less than six (6) feet eight (8) inches in height. The hose outlets shall be two and one-half (2 1/2) inches in size with an approved valve. The water supply for the hose outlets shall be supplied as follows: 1. Bya separate main from the system side of the check valve at the fire department connection; or 2. From an adjacent section of the sprinkler system arranged to allow the hose outlets to deliver water when the sprinkler system, or portion of the system that protects the area served by the hose outlet, is shut off. The water supply shall be sized to deliver a minimum of 300 gpm at a minimum of 150 psi and a maximum of 175 psi from the hydraulically most remote hose outlet; and 300 gpm (flowing) from each additional outlet up to a maximum of 600 gpm (flowing)." Ordinance Number ~~~ SECTION 12. A new Paragraph 23 of Section 5-30 of the Code of the City of Seal Beach is hereby adopted to read as follows: "23. Section 4701 is amended by adding subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) Suspended Acoustical Ceiling Systems. Suspended acoustical ceiling systems shall be installed in accordance with the 1988 edition of U.B.C. Standard No. 47-18." I SECTION 13. A new Paragraph 26 of Section 5-30 of the Code of the City of Seal Beach is hereby adopted to read as follows: "26. Section 6001 is amended by adding three (3) items to read as follows: ~ UBC Standard 38.1 is not adopted and whenever it is referenced in this Code it shall mean NFPA 13, 1989 Edition, as specified in the Fire Code amendments as adopted in the Code of the City of Seal Beach. 38.2 UBC Standard 38.2 is not adopted and whenever it is referenced in this Code it shall mean NFPA 14, 1990 Edition, as specified in the Fire Code amendments as adopted in the Code of the City of Seal Beach. 38.1 38.3 UBC Standard 38.3 is not adopted and whenever it is referenced in this Code it shall mean NFPA 13R, 1989 Edition, as specified in the Fire Code amendments as adopted in the Code of the City of Seal Beach." SECTION 14. A new Paragraph 28 of Section 5-30 of the Code of the City of Seal Beach is hereby adopted to read as follows: I "28. Division III of Appendix Chapter 12, Section 1243.(a)1. is hereby amended to read: Section 1243.(a)1. The top of the barrier shall be at least sixty (60) inches above grade measured on the side of the pool barrier which faces away from the swimming pool. The maximum vertical clearance between grade and the bottom of the barrier shall be two (2) inches measured on the side of the barrier which faces away from the swimming pool. Where the top of the pool structure is above grade, such as an aboveground pool, the barrier may be at ground level, such as the pool structure, or mounted on top of the pool structure. Where the barrier is mounted on top of the pool structure, the maximum vertical clearance between the top of the pool structure and the bottom of the barrier shall be four (4) inches." SECTION 15. A new Paragraph 29 of Section 5-30 of the Code of the City of Seal Beach is hereby adopted to read as follows: "29. Division III of Appendix Chapter 12, Section 1243.(a)9. is hereby amended to add the following Exception to read: I Section 1243.(a)9. EXCEPTIONS: The alarm may be deleted if a locking device is installed fifty four (54) inches above the walking surface and automatically engages when closed. The alarm may be deleted when a fence of not less than four (4) feet in height is provided in addition to the perimeter barrier described in this section. I I I Ordinance Number ~ The additional fence must comply with all perimeter fence criteria except the height requirement." SECfION 16. A new Paragraph 30 of Section 5-30 of the Code of the City of Seal Beach is hereby adopted to read as follows: "30. Division III of Appendix Chapter 12 is amended by adding paragraph (c) to Section 1243 to read as follows: 'Section 1243.(c) Withholding Approval. Plaster inspection or approval to fill a pool or spa with water shall be withheld by the building official until there has been compliance with all fencing and other requirements of this section.'" SECTION 17. A new Paragraph 31 of Section 5-30 of the Code of the City of Seal Beach is hereby adopted to read as follows: "31. Chapter 51 of the Appendix, Section 5110 is hereby amended to read: Section 51l0.(a) Permits Required. It shall be unlawful to hereafter install any new elevator, moving walk, escalator, or dumbwaiter, or to make major alterations to any existing elevator, moving walk, escalator, dumbwaiter as defined in Part XII of the ANSI Code, without having first obtained a permit for such installation from the State of California Division of Industrial Safety. Permits shall not be required for maintenance and minor alterations. (b) Certificates of Inspection Required. It shall be unlawful to operate any elevator, moving walk, escalator, or dumbwaiter without a certificate of inspection issued by the State of California Division of Industrial Safety. Such certificate shall be issued annually upon payment of prescribed fees and the presentation of a valid inspection report indicating that the conveyance is safe and that the inspections and tests have been performed in accordance with Part X of the ANSI Code. Certificates shall not be issued when the conveyance is posted as unsafe pursuant to Section 5114. EXCEPTION: Certificates of Inspection shall not be required for conveyances within a dwelling unit. (c) Application for Permits. Application for a permit to install shall be made on forms provided by the State of California Division of Industrial Safety and the permit shall be issued to an owner upon payment of the prescribed permit fees. (d) Application for Certificates of Inspection. Application for a Certificate of Inspection shall be made by the owner of aD elevator, dumbwaiter, escalator, or moving walk. Applications shall be accompanied by an inspection report as described in Section 5113." SECTION 18. A new Paragraph 32 of Section 5-30 of the Code of the City of Seal Beach is hereby adopted to read as follows: "32. Chapter 51 of the Appendix, Section 5113(b) and Section 5113(e) are hereby amended to read: Section 5113.(b) Annual Inspections and Tests. Except in Ordinance Number /Jr~~ . dwelling units, elevators, escalators, dumbwaiters, and moving walks shall be inspected at least once every twelve (12) months by an inspector for the State of California Division of Industrial Safety. Such inspections shall include tests of the car and counterweight safeties, governors and oil buffers to be made in accordance with Rule 1001.1b of the ANSI Code. Inspections and tests shall be made as required by Part X of the ANSI Code. I Section 5113.(e) Inspection RepOFts. After each required inspection, a full and correct report of such inspection shall be filed with the State of California Division of Industrial Safety." SECTION 19. A new Paragraph 33 of Section 5-30 of the Code of the City of Seal Beach is hereby adopted to read as follows: "33. Chapter 51 of the Appendix, Section 5114 is hereby amended to read: Section 5114. When an inspection reveals an unsafe condition, the inspector for the State of California Division of Industrial Safety shall immediately file with the owner and the Building Official a full and true report of such inspection and the unsafe condition. If the inspector for the State of California Division of Industrial Safety finds that the unsafe condition endangers human life, he shall cause to be placed on such elevator, escalator or moving walk in a conspicuous place, a notice stating that such conveyance is unsafe. The owner shall see to it that such notice of unsafe condition is legibly maintained where placed by the inspector. The State Inspector shall also issue an order in writing to the owner requiring the repairs or alterations to be I made to such conveyance which are necessary to render it safe and may order the operation thereof discontinued until the repairs or alterations are made or the unsafe conditions are removed. A posted notice of unsafe conditions shall be removed only by the State Inspector when he is satisfied that the unsafe conditions have been corrected." SECTION 20. Paragraph 2 of Section 5-32 is hereby repealed and deleted from the Code of the City of Seal Beach. SECTION 21. Paragraph 3 of Section 5-32 of the Code of the City of Seal Beach is hereby renumbered paragraph 2 and amended to read as follows: "2. The first paragraph of Section 30.3(d) is amended to read as follows: (d) Expiration. Every permit issued by the Administrative Authority under the provisions of this Code shall expire by limitation and become null and void if the work authorized by such permit is: [1] Not commenced within 180 days from the date of such permit, or I [2] Suspended or abandoned at any time after the work is commenced for a period of 180 days, or [3] the amount of work done during any continuous period of 180 days amounts to less than ten (10) percent of the total work authorized by such permit." I I I prdinaiice Number /3.:73 - SECTION 22. Paragraphs 4, 5, and 6 of Section 5-32 of the Code of the City of Seal Beach are hereby renumbered Paragraphs 3, 4, and 5, respectively and Paragraph 3, as renumbered by this section, is hereby amended to read as follows: "3. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 30.4 of the Uniform Plumbing Code are hereby amended to read as follows: '(a) Permit fees. The fee for each permit shall be those set forth as per the latest resolution of the City Council relating to the establishment of a Revised Fee Schedule. (b) Plan Review Fees. When a plan or other data is required to be submitted by Subsection (b) of Section 30.2, a plan review fee shall be paid at the time of submitting plans and specifications for review. The plan review fees for plumbing work shall be equal to sixty-five (65) percent of the total permit fees as set forth in Subsection (a) above. When plans are incomplete or charged so as to require additional review, a fee shall be charged as set forth in Subsection (a) above.'" SECfION 23. Section 5-32 of the Code of the City of Seal Beach is amended by adding a new Paragraph 6 to read as follows: "6. Section 315 is amended by adding a new subsection (g) to read: '(g) All earth within the City of Seal Beach is corrosive unless the permittee proves to the satisfaction of the Building Official the specific earth is not corrosive to the plumbing, piping, fittings, fixtures and/or equipment for installation to contact with or to be buried in the ground. Steel or galvanized steel shall be protected by at least double spiral wrapping, half overlapping with ten (10) mil plastic tape (total fortr (40) mils cover) or approved equal.'" SECTION 24. Section 5-32 of the Code of the City of Seal Beach is amended by adding a new Paragraph 7 to read as follows: "7. Section 1004 is amended to read: Section 1004. Materials (a) Water pipes and fittings shall be of brass, copper, cast iron or other approved materials. Asbestos-cement, CPVC, PB, PE, or PVC water pipe manufactured to recognized standards may be used for cold water distribution systems only. All materials used in the water supply system, except valves and similar devices shall be of a like material, except where otherwise approved by the Administrative Authority. (b) Piping and tubing which has previously been used for any purpose other than for potable water systems shall not be used. (c) Prohibited materials: Galvanized malleable iron, galvanized wrought iron, or galvanized steel. (d) Approved plastic materials may be used in water piping service, provided that where metal water service piping is used for electrical grounding purposes, replacement piping therefore shall be of like materials. EXCEPTION: Where a grounding system, acceptable to the Administrative Authority, is installed, inspected and approved, metallic pipe may be replaced with non-metallic pipe. Ordinance Number /35!i"" (e) Solder shall conform to the requirements of Section 802(d)." SECI'ION 25. Section 5-32 of the Code of the City of Seal Beach is amended by adding a new Paragraph 8 to read as follows: Section 1008Cc)(l) is amended to read: (1) Ferrous piping shall be prohibited." SECTION 26. Section 5-32 of the Code of the City of Seal Beach is amended by adding a new Paragraph 9 to read as follows: "8. "9. Section 1212Ca) is amended to read: (a) All pipe used for the installation, extension, alteration, or repair of any gas piping shall be standard weight wrought iron or steel (galvanized or black), yellow brass (containing not more than seventy- five (75) percent copper), or internally tinned or equivalently treated copper of iron pipe size. Approved PVC or PE pipe shall be used in exterior buried piping systems." SECTION 27. Section 5-32 of the Code of the City of Seal Beach is amended by adding a new Paragraph 10 to read as follows: "10. Section 1213(e) is amended to read: (e) Ferrous gas piping installed underground shall be prohibited. Plastic gas piping shall have at least eighteen (18) inches of earth cover or other equivalent protection. Risers shall be metallic and shall be wrapped to a point at least six (6) inches above grade or protected in an approved manner. When a riser connects underground to plastic pipe, the underground portion of the riser shall extend at least thirty (30) inches before connecting to the plastic pipe by means of an approved transition fitting or adapter." SECTION 28. Article I of Chapter 5 of the Code of the City of Seal Beach is hereby amended by adding Section 5-3B. to read as follows: "Section 5-3B. Violations and Penalities. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any of the provisions of the Building and Safety Code of the City of Seal Beach as defined in Section 5-1 of this Code. Each person who violates any of the provisions of that Code shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, unless a provision of that Code expressly declares the offense to be an infraction, and shall in either event be punished as provided in Section 1-8 of the Code of the City of Seal Beach. (b) In addition to the penalty set forth in subsection (a) of this section, any person who shall commence any work for which a permit is required without first having obtained a permit therefor shall, if subsequently permitted to obtain a permit, pay double the permit cost fixed to such work. This provision (Double Fee) shall not apply to emergency work when it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Building Official that such work is urgently necessary and that it was not practical to obtain a permit therefor before the commencement of work. In all such cases, a permit must be obtained as soon I I I I I I Ordinance Number ~~~~ as it is practical to do so, and if there be an unreasonable delay in obtaining such a permit, a double permit fee as herein provided shall be charged." SECTION 29. The modifications to the Building Code, Plumbing Code, and Mechanical Code that have previously been enacted are merely a continuation of the Code of Seal Beach, and all of the changes and modifications to these Codes, whether previously enacted or enacted in this ordinance are reasonably necessary because of unique local topographic, climatic, and geologic conditions. In particular, the modifications regarding roofing standards and other requirements for fire resistent construction are reasonably necessary because the City's climate is characterized by long, hot, dry summers, and periods of extremely dry Santa Ana winds. When combined with the development pattern of the City, which is characterized by extremely high-density housing along the coastal area and residential areas adjacent to undeveloped areas of dry grasslands, these climatic conditions create inordinate fire risks which require that buildings provide greater fire resistance than is required by the uniform codes. The City's grading, structural integrity, and foundation requirements reflect the fact that the City is positioned on alluvial soils, contains areas of high liquefaction potential and is astride the Newport-Inglewood Fault Zone. Accordingly, the potential for significant earthquake damage within the City is very high and this hazard requires modifications to the uniform codes. Finally, the City is a coastal city and several areas are located within Federally identified flood zones. The combination of heavy winter rain storms, the location in Southern California and on the Coast, and the relatively flat topography of the City, creates areas subject to potential flooding and severe storm wave run-up. As a result, areas of the City are subject to flood and storm wave run-up and building standards must be modified to account for these hazards as well. SECTION 30. This ordinance shall effect thirty (30) days after adoption pursuant to the Charter of the City of Seal Beach. The provisions of this ordinance shall become operative on August 12, 1992 pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 18941.5. SECTION 31. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or any part thereof is for any reason held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance or any part hereof. The City Council of the City of Seal Beach hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that anyone or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid. P ASS,~APPROVED AND ADOPlED by the City.C~Cil of the City of Seal Beach! at a meeting thereof held on the '.!J ~ day of ,1992. . ~,.. /q'LJJ" ayor CITY OF SEAL BEACH A ~~W.""\\\, ~o\ SEAL Billll .: ~-l. ..-C:ci;.;o;:.;..~C'! 'I'I if,} ..\0#' '0'. 'So fA ~ . . u I..: ~\...~ ~ . . 2 ~ 0 : : <~ ~"':o o':;e~ ~"..~ "....~J ~',tQ;.~~~:.~~~~:~~.~.fff ~1"tOUNt'( .c.~~ \\\\\\\'Il\,~~.;oo Ordinance Number ;I~~~ STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE } SS CITY OF SEAL BEACH } 1, Joanne M. Yeo, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, California, do h~!Sby certify that the ~ egoing Ordinance is an original copy of Ordinance Number 1.35~ on file in the office f the City Clerk, introduced at a meeting held on the ~ day of I . , 1992, and passed, approve4 aJf adopted tiy th City Council of the Ity of Seal Beach at a meeting held on the t? - day of , 1992 by the following vote: AYES: Councilmemb NOES: Councilmember ~ Councilm="~ and do hereby further certify at Ordinance Number (5!) () ~ been published pursuant to the Seal Beach City Charter and Resolutio m er 2836. )L,u~ ( ~O .ft Clerk 7 I I I I I PROOF OF PUBLICATION (2015.5 C.C.P.) STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Orange I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the County afore- said; I am over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to or inter- ested in the above-entitled matter. I am the principal clerk of the printer of the SEAL BEACH JOURNAL, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published weeklv In the City of Seal Beach. County of Orange and which newspaper has been adjudged a newspaper of general circulation by the Superior Court of the County of Orange, State of California, under the date of 2124n5. Case Number A82583: that the notice of which the annexed Is a printed copy (set in type not smaller than nonpareil), has been published In each regular and entire issue of saId newspaper and not in any supplement thereof on the following dates, to-wit: .11 ,. lh~'~ 92 d- I certify (or declare) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Dated at Seal Beach, California, day of r , 19..i2..... PUBLICATION PROCESSED BY: THE JOURNAL NEWSPAPERS 216 Main Street P.O. Box 755 Seal Beach, CA 90740 (213)430-7555 Ordinance Number ~~~ . . 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I am the principal clerk of the printer of the SEAL BEACH JOURNAL, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published weeklv In the City of Seal Beach. County of Orange and which newspaper has been adjudged a newspaper of general circulation by the Superior Court of the County of Orange, State of California, under the date of 2/24175. Case Number A82583; that the notice of which the annexed is a printed copy (set in type not smaller than nonpareil), has been published in each regular and entire issue of said newspaper and not in any supplement thereof on the following dates, to-wit: ~~.,~ c!) 3 all in the year 19h.. I certify (or declare) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Dated at Seal Beach, California, this c9 3 day of ....1~ 9.i2... C Jf~~ [) Mmt0 , Signature PUBLICATION PROCESSED BY: THE JOURNAL NEWSPAPERS 216 Main Street P.O. 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