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CITY OF TEMPLE CITY
ORDINANCE NO. 14 -987
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY REPEALING AND
ADOPTING A NEW CHAPTER OF THE TEMPLE CITY MUNICIPAL CODE (TCMC) TITLE 3
(PUBLIC SAFETY) CHAPTER 1 (FIRE CODE) AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 2014
LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE CODE AS THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY 2014 FIRE CODE
WHEREAS, the 2013 California Fire Code has been published by the International Code
Council and the California Building Standards Commission; and
WHEREAS, the City is required to adopt and amend as required by the California Fire
Code prior to January 1, 2014, or as soon thereafter as is reasonable; and
WHEREAS, the County of Los Angeles has introduced an Ordinance to adopt by
reference various sections of the 2012 International Fire Code and the 2013 California Fire Code,
which Code shall serve as the 2014 Los Angeles County Fire Code; and
WHEREAS, the City of Temple City believes that the findings made by the Los
Angeles County Board of Supervisors are applicable to and consistent with the desire of the City
of Temple City to provide the most technically proficient and safe fire codes possible; and
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County Fire Code is widely used by cities and
unincorporated communities that comprise the Consolidated Fire Protection District for Los
Angeles County; and
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County Fire Code is common, well known to
contractors, engineers, and architects; and are readily available for purchase; and
WHEREAS, the 2014 City of Temple City Fire Code shall be comprised of the 2014
Los Angeles County Fire as herein amended.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY HEREBY
ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: The City Council hereby finds that the foregoing recitations herein
describe climatic, geological and topographical characteristics within the City of Temple City,
which result in the need to not only adopt by reference the amendment made by the County of
Los Angeles to the 2012 International Fire Code and the 2013 California Fire Code to protect the
public health, safety and welfare of the Temple City community.
SECTION 2: The City Council hereby finds that the herein adoption of the 2014 Los
Angeles County Fire Code is exempt from further environmental review under the provisions of
the California Environmental Quality Act ( "CEQA ") pursuant to State Guideline Section
15061(b)(3), which provides that CEQA applies only to projects that have the potential for causing
a significant effect on the environment. The City Council finds from the evidence presented that it
can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question will have a
significant effect on the environment.
SECTION 3: Title 3 (Public Safety), Chapter 1 (Fire Code) is hereby repealed and
replaced with new Title 3, Chapter 1 (Fire Code) as shown in Exhibit "A."
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SECTION 10: That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance is, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City of Temple City Council hereby declares that
it would have passed this ordinance, and each section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and
phrase be declared unconstitutional.
SECTION 11: That nothing in this ordinance shall be constructed to affect any suit or
proceeding impending in any court, or any rights acquired, or liability incurred, or any cause or
causes of action acquired or existing, under any act or ordinance hereby repealed; nor shall any
just or legal right remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this ordinance.
SECTION 12: This Ordinance shall be effective on the 31st day after adoption.
SECTION 13: The City Clerk, or her duly appointed deputy, shall attest to the adoption
of this Ordinance, and shall cause this Ordinance to be posted in the manner required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED THIS 4th DAY OF MARCH, 2014.
ATTEST:
MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City A
I, Peggy Kuo, City Clerk of the City of Temple City, hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 14 -987 was introduced at the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Temple City held on the 4thday of February, 2014, its second reading on 1S day of April, 2014, and
was duly passed, approved and adopted by said Council at the regular meeting held on 1St day of
April, 2014 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmember: Sternquist, Vizcarra, Yu, Chavez, Blum
NOES: Councilmember: None
ABSENT: Councilmember: None
ABSTAIN: Councilmember: None
City Clerk
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