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Home My WebLink AboutRES CC 2022 4145 2022 1116 RESOLUTION NO. 2022-4145 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK RATIFYING VENTURA COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (VCFPD) ORDINANCE NO. 32, CHAPTER 5 SECTION 507, CHAPTER 9 SECTION 903, AND APPENDIX B PERTAINING TO BUILDING STANDARDS FOR APPLICATION WITHIN THE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 2019-3856; AND MAKING A DETERMINATION OF EXEMPTION UNDER CEQA IN CONNECTION THEREWITH WHEREAS, the City of Moorpark lies within the jurisdictional boundaries of the Ventura County Fire Protection District (VCFPD) and the VCFPD has responsibility for fire protection within said jurisdictional boundaries; and WHEREAS, on October 11, 2022, the Ventura County Fire Protection District adopted Fire Protection District Ordinance No. 32, adopting the 2022 California Fire Code (CFC), portions of the 2021 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 5 Section 507, Chapter 9 Section 903, and Appendix B of said amendments constitute amendments to building standards relating to fire and panic safety and Fire Flow 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, Chapter 9 contains similar building standards to those that have been in effect and enforced within the County since June 3, 1982, prior to incorporation; and WHEREAS, the building standards contained within said Chapter 9 are an integral - part of the VCFPD fire protection response plan; and WHEREAS, City Council Resolution No. 2019-3856 previously ratified Chapter 9 of Fire Protection District Ordinance No. 31, which was superseded by Fire Protection District Ordinance No. 32, and as such will no longer be valid and should be rescinded upon the effective date of Fire Protection District Ordinance No. 32. Resolution No. 2022-4145 Page 2 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The City Council has determined that this Resolution amending Title 15 of the Moorpark Municipal Code is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the California Code of Regulations (CEQA Guidelines) based on the general rule that CEQA only applies to "projects" that may have a significant effect on the environment. This Resolution would amend the Municipal Code related to building standards necessary to protect health and safety. In this case, it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that this Resolution may have a significant impact on the environment. Based on the foregoing, the City Council, based on its own independent judgment, finds that the adoption of this Resolution is exempt from CEQA. SECTION 2. CITY COUNCIL RATIFICATION: The City of Moorpark ratifies without modification, Chapter 5 Section 507, Chapter 9 Section 903, and Appendix B to the Ventura County Fire Protection District Ordinance No. 32 to be effective within jurisdictional boundaries of the City of Moorpark on and after January 1, 2023. 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 16th day of November 2022. J nice S. Parvin, Mayor 04. ciit,A ATTEST: °i'llIPPO 7 &TA% 5, cvvt Ky Sp ler', Cit lerk WI Exhibit A: Chapter 5, Chapter 9, and Appendix B of Fire Protection District Ordinance No. 32 Resolution No. 2022-4145 Page 3 EXHIBIT A VENTURA COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT ORDINANCE NUMBER 32 Chapter 5 Section 507, Chapter 9 Section 903, and Appendix B CHAPTER 5 FIRE SERVICE FEATURES Section 503.1 is amended to read as follows: 503.1 Where required. Fire Apparatus Access Roads shall be provided and maintained in accordance with Fire District Ordinance Number 29 as amended from time to time. Section 507.6 and 507.6.1 are added to read as follows: 507 .6 Emergency power. Emergency power supply shall be provided for any water system components (pumps, valves, etc.) necessary for maintaining the required fire protection water supply and fire flow. Emergency power supplies shall be installed in accordance with Section 1203 of this Code and the California Building and Electrical Codes and shall provide emergency power for a minimum, two (2) hour duration. Exception: Water systems serving up to four (4) single family dwellings are exempt from this section. 507 .6.1 Retroactive installation for existing water systems. All existing water system components shall comply with Section 507.6. 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 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 Resolution No. 2022-4145 Page 4 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 area separation walls are not maintained, the affected fire areas, as determined by the Fire Code Official, shall be retrofitted with an approved automatic fire sprinkler system. Section 903.1 .4 is added to read as follows: 903.1.4 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 .1 through 903.1.4 and 903.2.1 through 903.2.21 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 Resolution No. 2022-4145 Page 5 4. Only picnic tables and chairs are located underneath the shelter 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 Resolution No. 2022-4145 Page 8 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. 2022-4145 was adopted by the City Council of the City of Moorpark at a regular meeting held on the 16th day of November, 2022, and that the same was adopted by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Castro, Enegren, Groff, Pollock and Mayor Parvin NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this 17th day of November, 2022. Ky Span ler, Cit lerk (seal) 00,,pf3K Cq 1117L/00% IZo- 0,. A CA n • fl iLv