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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd. 0623ORDINANCE N0. 623 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A FIRE PREVENTION CODE PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM FIRE OR EXPLOSION, AND ESTABLISHING A BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION AND PROVIDING OFFICERS THEREFOR AND DEFINING THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES AND RE- PEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER 563 ENTITLED " AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD PROH28ITING SMOKING IN CERTAIN PLACES AND PROVIDING A PEN- ALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF" AND REPEALING OR- DINANCE NUMBER 588 ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE PRO- VIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION, PROVIDING OFFICERS THEREFOR AND DEFINING THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES, AND PRE- SCRIBING REGULATIONS FOR FIRE PREVENTION AND ' LIFE SAFETY IN CONNECTION WITH HAZARDOUS MAT- . ERIALS AND PROCESSES." i Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Lynwood. ' Section 1. Adoption of Fire Prevention Code. There is hereby adopted by the City Council of the City of Lynwood. for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire or explosion, that certain code known as the Fire Prevention Code and the Amendments thereof, recommended by the National Board of Fire Underwriters, being particu- larly the 1953 edition and the August 195 Amendments and the whole thereof, save and except such portions as are hereinafter deleted., modified or amended (by Section 6 of this ordinance), of which code not less than three (3) copies have been and now are filed in the office of the Clerk of the City of Lynwood and. the same are hereby adopted. and incorporated. as fully as if set out at length herein, and. from the date on which this ordinance shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the limits of the City of Lynwood. Section 2. Establishment and Duties of Bureau of Fire Prevention. a. The Fire Prevention Code shall be enforced. by the Bureau of Fire Prevention in the Fire Department of the City of Lynwood which is hereby established. and which shall be operated. under the supervision of the Chief of the Fire Department, -1- b. The Chief in charge of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall be appointed by the Chief of the Fire Department on the basis of examination to determine his qualifications, His appointment shall continue during good behavior and satisfactory service, and he shall not be removed from office except for cause after public trial. c. The Chief of the Fire Department may detail such members of the fire department as inspectors as shall from time to time be necessary Section 3. Definitions. Wherever the word "Municipality" is used in the Fire Prevention Code, it shall be held to mean the City of Lynwood. Section 4. Establishment of Limits of Districts in Which Storage of Flammable Liquids in Outside Aboveground Tanks is to be Prohibited. a. The limits referred to in Section 15.201 of the Fire Prevention Code in which storage of flammable liquids in outside above- ground tanks is prohibited, are hereby established. as follows: No such flammable liquids shall be stored anywhere within the City limits of said. City of Lynwood excepting in Zone M-2 as the same is defined by Ordinance Number 570. b. The limits referred to in Section 15.401 of the Fire Prevention Code, in which new bulk plants for flammable liquids are prohibited, are hereby established as follows: No such bulk plants for flammable liquids shall be located i anywhere within the city limits of said City of Lynwood excepting in Zone M-2 a.s the same is defined by Ordinance No. 570. Section 5. Establishment of Limits in Which Bulk Storage of Liquefied Petroleum Gases is to be Restricted. The limits referred to in Section 20.06a of the Fire Pre- vention Code, in which bulk storage of liquefied petroleum gas is restricted, are hereby established as follows; No such liquefied petroleum ga,s shall be stored anywhere -2- within the city limits of said. City of Lynwood. excepting in Zone M-2 as the same is defined by Ordinance No. 570. Section 6. Amendments Made in the Fire Prevention Code. The Fire Prevention Code is amended and changed. in the following respects: The following sections thereof are deleted: Article 12, Section 12.01, 12.02 abc, and Sections 12.03, 12.04, 12.05, and. 12.06 and Article 26, Sec. 26.01, a, b, and. c. Section 7, Modifications. The Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall have power to modify any of the provisions of the Fire Prevention Code upon application in writing by the owner or lessee, or his duly authorized agent, when there are practical difficulties in the way of carrying out the strict letter of the code, provided that the spirit of the code shall be observed., public safety secured, and substantial justice done. The particulars of such modification when granted. or allowed. and the decision of the Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention thereon shall be entered upon the records of the department and a signed copy shall be furnished the applicant. Section 8. Appeals. Whenever the Chief of the Fire Department shall disapprove an application or refuse to grant a, license or permit applied for, or when it is claimed that the provisions of the code do not apply or that the true intent and meaning of the code have been misconstrued. or wrongly interpreted, the applicant may appeal from the decision of the Chief of the Fire Department to the City Council within 30 days from the date of the decision of the appeal. Section 9, New Materials,Ppacess ~ or Occupanies which may Require Permits. The City Manager, the Chief of the Fire Department and the Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall act as a committee to determine and. specify, after giving affected persons an opportunity to be heard, any new materials, processes or occupancies, which shall require permits, in addition to those now enumerated in said code. -3- The Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall post such list in a conspicuous place in his office, and distribute copies thereof to interested persons. Section 10. Penalties. a.. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the code hereby adopted. or fail to comply therewith, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made thereunder, or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder, or a.ny certificate or permits issued thereunder, and from which no appeal has been taken, or who shall fail to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified. by the City Council or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the time fixed herein, shall severally for each and every such violation and noncompliance respectively be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by im- prisonment for not more than one hundred eighty (180) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue; and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a, reasonable time, and when not otherwise specified, each ten days that prohibited conditions a.re maintained. shall constitute a separate offense. b. The application of the above penalty shall not be held. to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions. Section 11. Repeal of Conflicting Ordinances. City Ordinances Numbers 563 and. 588 are hereby repealed., and all former ordinances or parts thereof conflicting or inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance or of the code hereby adopted are hereby repealed.. Section 12. Validity. The City Council hereby declares that should any section, paragraph, sentence, or word of tyis ordinance or of the code hereby -4- adopted be declared for any reason to be invalid, it is the intent of the City Council that it would have passed all other portions of this ordinance independent of the elimination herefrom of any such portion as may be declared invalid, Section 13. Date of Effect. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and. after its approval as required by law. Section 14. The City Clerk is hereby ordered and directed to certify to the adoption of this ordinance and to cause the same to be published. once in the Lynwood Press, a newspaper of general cir- culation printed and circulated. in the City of Lynwood, First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held on the 18th day of January, 1955 and finally adopted and ordered published at a regular meeting of said. Council held on the 15th day of February 1955, by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Bruner, McMeekin, Pearson, Pender, Willard.. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilmen None. T T: C LE C STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELESa ss, CITY OF LYNWOOD ) I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, and ex--officio clerk of the Council of said Cit;r, do hereby certify that the above is a. true•a.nd correct copy of Ordinance No. 623 adopted by the City Council of the City of Lynwood and that same was passed on the date and by the vote therein stated, Dated this 16th day of February 19,x, ~~ ~V~- _ CITY CLERK OF E CI OF LYNVJOOD