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Home My WebLink AboutRES CC 2019 3856 2019 1106 RESOLUTION NO. 2019-3856 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, RATIFYING VENTURA COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT ORDINANCE NO. 31 CHAPTER 9, PERTAINING TO BUILDING STANDARDS FOR APPLICATION WITHIN THE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 2016-3552 WHEREAS, the City of Moorpark lies within the jurisdictional boundaries of the Ventura County Fire Protection District and the Ventura County Fire Protection District has responsibility for fire protection within said jurisdictional boundaries; and WHEREAS, on October 15, 2019, the Ventura County Fire Protection District adopted Fire Protection District Ordinance No. 30, adopting the 2019 California Fire Code (CFC), portions of the 2018 edition of the International Fire Code (IFC), portions of California Code of Regulations Title 19, together with portions of the Appendix Chapters thereof, and amendments thereto, and incorporating by reference Ventura County Fire Protection District Ordinance No. 29; and WHEREAS, Chapter 9 of said amendments constitutes amendments to building standards relating to fire and panic safety adopted by the State Fire Marshal and contained in the California Building Standards Code; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 13869.7(c) of the California Health and Safety Code, amendments containing such building standards are not effective within the jurisdictional boundaries of the City until ratified by the City Council; and WHEREAS, said Chapter 9 contains similar building standards that have been in effect and enforced within the current City boundaries since June 3, 1982, prior to incorporation; and WHEREAS, the building standards contained within Chapter 9 are an integral part of the Ventura County Fire Protection District fire protection response plan; and WHEREAS, City Council Resolution No. 2016-3552 previously ratified Chapter 9 of Fire Protection District Ordinance No. 30, which was superseded by Fire Protection District Ordinance No. 31, and as such will no longer be valid and should be rescinded upon the effective date of Fire Protection District Ordinance No. 31. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Resolution No. 2019-3856 Page 2 SECTION 1. CITY COUNCIL RATIFICATION: The City of Moorpark ratifies, without modification, Chapter 9 of Ventura County Fire Protection District Ordinance No. 31 to be effective within the jurisdictional boundaries of the City of Moorpark on and after January 1, 2020, and delegates enforcement of the Ordinance to the Chief of the Fire Protection District. SECTION 2. Resolution No. 2016-3552 is hereby rescinded in its entirety, effective January 1, 2020. SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and shall cause a certified resolution to be filed in the book of original resolutions. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of November, 2019. • 1, , MQ"--141 err ice S. Parvin, Mayor ATTEST: oo� 44 a A",etir -40- 44, K Spa441Wir ler Ci lerk �� '�° Y p , � o Exhibit A: Chapter 9 of Fire Protection District Ordinance No. 31 Resolution No. 2019-3856 Page 3 EXHIBIT A VENTURA COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT ORDINANCE NO. 31 CHAPTER 9 FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS Section 903.1.2 is added to read as follows: 903.1.2 Concurrent permits. Additions or modifications where the application for a building permit is submitted prior to the final inspection of any previously issued building permit(s) shall require the installation of an automatic fire sprinkler system throughout the entire Structure when the area of the addition or modification of all open permits combined with the new application exceed the exceptions listed under Section 903.2. Section 903.1.3 is added to read as follows: 903.1.3 Fire walls. For the purposes of application of the automatic fire protection system provisions contained within this Chapter, fire walls shall not be considered as creating separate Buildings. Section 903.1.4 is added to read as follows: 903.1.4 Modifications prohibited: When an automatic fire sprinkler system is installed in accordance with NFPA 13R in Group R Occupancies, allowable increases, reductions in or exceptions to code requirements shall not be permitted. Section 903.1.5 is added to read as follows: 903.1.5 Maintenance of area separation walls. Area separation walls used to create fire areas less than 5,000 square feet of floor area (5,000 Gross Square Feet for Group R-3 Occupancies) in Buildings constructed under the original accepted building permit application dated prior to November 1, 2002 shall be maintained with no openings as approved. If the approved walls are not maintained, the Building shall be retro-fitted with an approved automatic fire sprinkler system. Additions to any Building shall not exceed 25% of the legally existing floor area and shall not cause any fire area to equal or exceed 5,000 square feet, unless an approved automatic fire sprinkler system is provided in the entire Building. Section 903.1.6 is added to read as follows: 903.1.6 Previously exempted. Any Existing Building with less than 701 square feet or floor area (701 Gross Square Feet for Group R-3 Occupancies) previously exempt from fire sprinklers that would have been required to mitigate fire-flow, access requirements, or distance to a fire station at the time the building permit was issued, Resolution No. 2019-3856 Page 4 shall provide fire sprinklers within the entire Building when any addition to the Building brings the total square footage over the previous exempt amount of 700 square feet, regardless of the percent of the addition. Allowances in Section 903.2 item number 2 shall not apply. Section 903.1.7 is added to read as follows: 903.1.7 Change of use. Any change of use of a Group U Occupancy, that reclassifies to a new occupancy classification that would not have been exempt from fire sprinklers due to existing size, use, fire-flow, access requirements, or distance to a fire station under a previous Fire District Ordinance in effect at the time the building permit was issued, shall provide fire sprinklers within the Existing Building. Allowance in Section 903.2 item number 2 shall not apply. This section does not limit the requirements for fire sprinklers for the new occupancy classification under the current California Building and Fire Codes. Section 903.2 is amended to read as follows: 903.2 Where required. Notwithstanding the provisions of 903.1.2 through 903.1.7 and 903.2.1 through 903.2.12 an approved automatic fire sprinkler system shall be installed in Buildings and Structures as follows: 1. An automatic fire sprinkler system shall be installed in all New Buildings. Exceptions: A. Group U Occupancies when approved by the Fire Code Official. B. Small agricultural produce stands as defined and constructed in accordance with the current edition of the Ventura County Building Code (VCBC) which comply with all of the following: 1. Floor area of the Structure does not exceed 400 square feet 2. Separated from other Buildings a minimum of 30 feet C. Picnic and lunch shelter Structures which comply with all of the following: 1. Use is defined as a Group A-2 or A-3 Occupancy by the Building Department 2. Shall not exceed 1,500 square feet of floor area for an A-2 Occupancy or 4,500 square feet for an A-3 Occupancy 3. Separated from other Buildings a minimum of 30 feet 4. Only picnic tables and chairs are located underneath the shelter Resolution No. 2019-3856 Page 5 5. Shall not have any enclosed space underneath the shelter covering 6. Shall be located at grade level around the entire shelter 7. Open on all sides from finished grade to a height of 10 feet above finished grade 8. Structural columns and other architectural features may not obstruct more than 10% of the opening length around the Structure 9. Shall have no obstructions that will hinder egress within 10 feet of the exterior perimeter of the shelter for a distance of 75% of the opening length around the shelter 10. A food preparation surface area may be located along one opening, but shall not obstruct more than 20 feet or 10% of the opening length, whichever is less 11. May be constructed of any materials allowed by the California Building Code (CBC) 12. Any roof covering shall be non-combustible if not an open trellis style shelter D. S-2 Carport Structures which comply with all of the following: 1. Buildings or Structures shall be freestanding and legally separated from all other Buildings or uses 2. Building shall be constructed of non-Combustible Materials 3. Fire apparatus access shall extend to within 25 feet of all portions of the interior of the Carport as measured by an approved route around the exterior of the Building or Structure 2. An approved automatic fire sprinkler system shall be installed in Buildings or Structures with additions as determined by the following: A. Additions to legally existing Group R-3 Occupancies, inclusive of attached Group U Occupancies where the addition is both greater than 1,000 square feet and greater than 50% of the existing legal Gross Square Feet of the Structure B. All occupancies other than Group R-3, where an addition is greater than 25% of the legally existing floor area of the Structure Exception: Group U Occupancies when approved by the Fire Code Official Resolution No. 2019-3856 Page 6 C. Where additions to Existing Buildings or Structures increase the allowable area beyond that permissible in Section 903.2.1 through 903.2.12 for non-sprinklered Buildings 3. Change of use shall require fire sprinklers in accordance with Sections 903.2.1 through 903.2.12. Section 903.2.8.1.1 is added to read as follows: 903.2.8.1.1 Coverage. Automatic fire sprinkler systems installed in accordance with NFPA 13D in Group R-3 Occupancies shall provide sprinkler protection of attached Group U Occupancies. - End — Resolution No. 2019-3856 Page 7 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF VENTURA ) ss. CITY OF MOORPARK ) I, Ky Spangler, City Clerk of the City of Moorpark, California, do hereby certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing Resolution No. 2019-3856 was adopted by the City Council of the City of Moorpark at a regular meeting held on the 6th day of November, 2019, and that the same was adopted by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Enegren, Mikos, Pollock, Simons, and Mayor Parvin NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this 6th day of November, 2019. 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