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1;; I ORDINANCE NO. 88 C.S.
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARROYO GRANDE AMENDING
CHAPTER 2 OF TITLE 40F THE ARROYO GRANDE MUNICIPAL
CODE RElATING TO THE UNIFORM F,IRE CODE, 1973 EDITION.
The City Council of the City of Arroyo Grande does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: Chapter 2 of Title 4 of the Arroyo Grande Municipal Code shall
be amended to read as follows:
Section 4-2.01. ,AdoDtionof Uniform Fire Code.
There is hereby adopted by the. City of Arroyo Grande for the purpose of
prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from
fire or explosion, that certain Code known as the Uniform Fire Code, together'with
Appendix A"Appendix B, Appendix C, and Appendix D, thereto as recCJqllllended by the
Western Fire Chiefs Association and the International Conference of Building
Officials being particularly the 1973 edition thereof and the whole thereof, save
and except such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended by
Section 4-2.07 of this Ordinance of which Code not less than three (3) copies have
been and are now filed in the office of the Clerk of the'City of Arroyo Grande 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 provision thereof
shall be controlling within the limits of the City of Arroyo Grande.
S.ection 4-2..02. Establishment-and Duties of Bureau of Fire'Preven~;nn.
(a) The Uniform Fire Code shall be enforced by the Bur~u of Fire Preven-
tion in the Fire Department of the City of Arroyo Grande which is hereby estab'"
lished and which shall be operated under the supervision of the Chief of the Fire
Department. i
(b) The Chief in charge of the Bureau of Fire'Prevention shall be
appointed by the Arroyo Grande City Council on the basis of examination to
determine his qualifications.
(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. . The Chief of
the F~re Department shall recommend to the City Administrator the employment of
technical inspectors, who, when such authorization is made, shall be selected
throu~han examination to determine their fitness for the position. The examina-
tion shall be open to members and nonmembers of the Fire Department, and
appointments made after examination shall be for an indefinite tel:Dlwith removal
only for cause.
Se:ct:ian4-2.03... Definitions.
(a) Wherever the word "jurisdiction" is used in the Unifot;m Fire Code, r !
it shall be held to mean the City of Arroyo Grande.
(b) Wherever the term "Corporation Counsel" .is used in the Uniform Fire
Code, it shall be held to mean the Attorney for' the City of Arroyo Grande.
Section 4-2.04. . Establishment of Lim;ts of Districts In Wh1ch'S~A,a2e'of
F1..........bleor !)ombustib1e Liquids in Outside Aboveuound Tanka is to be-Prohibited.
(4) The limits referred to in Section 15.201 of the Uniform Fire Code in
which storage of flammable or combustible liquids in outside aboveground tanks is
prohibited, are hereby established as follows: All areas within the City of
Arroyo Grande.
(b) The limits referred to in Section 15.601 of the Uniform Fire Code,
in which new bulk plants for flammable or combustible liquids are prohibited,
are hereby established as follows: All areas within the City of Arroyo Grande
except zoning dis tric 111 "PM" and "M".
.Section.4-2.Q5. Establi:shment ofIJrnits in Which Bulk Storu:e of Liouafied
petrolemn Gases is to be' Restricted.
The limits referred to in Section 20. 105 (a) of the Uniform Fire Code, in
which' buUt storage of liquefied petroleum gas is'telltricted, are hereby established
as follows: All areas within the City of Arroyo Grande except zoning districts
n~' and riM".
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, . Section 4-2.06. . )i:stab lishment of Limits of Districts in which Storaee of
ExDlosivesand Blasting Agents is to be Prohibited.
The limits referred to in Section 11.106(b) of the Uniform Fire Code, in
which storage of explosives and blasting agents is prohibited, are hereby
established as follows: All areas within the City of Arroyo Grande except
zoning district "M".
. Section 4-2.07. Amendments Made in the Uniform Fire Code.
The Uniform Fire Code is amended and changed in the following respects:
Section 1.205 is amended to read as follows:
Authoritv of Fire'personnel to Exercise Powers of Police'Officers.
Section 1.205. The Chief and Members of the Fire'Prevention
Bureau shall have the powers ofa police officer in performing their
duties under this code ',and shall have the powers of a peace officer
as provided in Ca1ifornia.Pena1 Code, Section 830.3 (1) and shall
have the authority to issue citations .
. Section 4-2.08. AD"eals .
Whenever the Chief shall disapprove an application or 'refuse to grant. a
permit applied for, or when it is claimed that the 'provisions of the Code do
not.app1y 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
to the City Council within thirty (30) days from the date of the decision appealed.
. Section 4-2.09 New Materials.., Processes .or .Oc,cuDancies 'Which Ma.v' lIg,m1.i-re,'Permits.
The City Administrator, the Chief Bnd the ChlefoftheBureau of Fire
Prevention shall act ssa 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. The Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall post such list
ina conspicuous place in his office,and distribute copies thereof to
interested persons.
Section 4-2.10. Repeal of Conflicting Ordinances.
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 4""2. 11. Validitv.
The City Council hereby declares that should any section,paragraph,
sentence, or word of this ordinance or of the Code hereby 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 1nva1id. t~
SECTION 2 : This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30)
days .after its passage, and within fifteen (15) days after its paseage it shall
be published once, together with the names of the Councilmen voting thereon, in'.
the Five Cities Times-Press-Recorder.
.On motion of Councilman de Leon, seconded by Councilman Talley and on the
following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Tiilllly, Millis, Wood, de Leon and Mayor 'Schlegel
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
the foregoing Ordinance was
MAYOR
ATTEST: ~,;;t.dde8"9~
CITY CLERK
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. I, .InesA. del Campo, City Clerk of the City of Arroyo Grande, County of
San Luis Obispo, State of California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 88 C.S. is a true, full and correct copy of said .Ordinance passed
and adopted by the City Council of the City of Arroyo Grande at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 10th day of July, 1973. '
WITNESS my hand and the seal of the City of Arroyo Grande affixed this
11th day of July, 1973.
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City Clerk of the City ofA=oyoGrande
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