HomeMy WebLinkAbout622ORDINANCE NO. 622
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IRWINDALE
AMENDING TITLE 15.12 OF IRWINDALE MUNICIPAL CODE AND
ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE CODE
(2008 EDITION), AND COUNTY AMENDMENTS AND REPEALING ALL
OTHER ORDINANCES OR PORTIONS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
THEREWITH
RECITALS
A. Government Code section 50022.2 et seq. authorizes the adoption by
reference of California codes and codes that adopt the California codes, including
the codes of the County of Los Angeles, which adopts the California Fire Code, as
amended.
B. Section 17958.5 of the Health and Safety Code expressly authorizes cities
to make changes in the California Fire Code, as reasonably necessary due to local
conditions.
C. The Los Angeles County Fire Code incorporates appropriate findings
related to local climatic, geological or topographical conditions of Los Angeles
County, as specified under the provisions of the California Health & Safety Code.
D. On February 27, 2008, the City Council considered Ordinance 622 and
accepting staffs recommendation to adopt by reference of the County of Los
Angeles Fire Code with County's amendments, which adopts the California Fire
Code, as amended.
E. On April 9, 2008, the City Council of the City of Irwindale, pursuant to a
notice duly issued under Government Code section 50022.3, conducted a public
hearing to consider this ordinance adopting the Los Angeles Fire Code with County
amendments.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IRWINDALE DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1: Chapter 15.12 of the Irwindale Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Section 15.12.10. Adoption of code. A. There is hereby adopted, as the city fire
code, except as provided in this chapter, that certain fire code known and
designated as the Los Angeles County Fire Code, 2008 Edition (Title 32 of the Los
Angeles County Code), which incorporates and amends the 2007 California Fire
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Code, including all appendixes thereto and changes made by the County of Los
Angeles, and such code shall be and become the fire code of the city which
prescribes the minimum Fire Code requirements for fire and life -safety issues.
B. Los Angeles County Ordinance No. 2007-0112, as adopted by County of
Los Angeles, is adopted in its entirety.
SECTION 2: Chapter 15.12 of the Irwindale Municipal Code is hereby deleted in
its entirety.
SECTION 3: The City Council hereby finds that the County of Los Angeles, in
adopting its Ordinance No. 2007-0112, has made all appropriate findings related to
local climatic, geological or topographical conditions, as specified under the
provisions of the California Health & Safety Code. The City Council hereby
incorporates the findings summarized in the Los Angeles County Ordinance No.
2007-0112.
SECTION 4: The City Council hereby finds that the County of Los Angeles, in
adopting its Ordinance No. 2007-0112 has made all appropriate findings related to
administrative matters. The City Council hereby incorporates the findings
summarized in the Los Angeles County Ordinance No. 2007-0112.
SECTION 5: All violations of the provisions of the Los Angeles County Fire Code,
(2008 Edition), adopted by the City shall be a misdemeanor and subject to the
penalty provisions contained in Chapter 1.12 of the Irwindale Municipal Code.
SECTION 6: Full Force and Effect. Except as expressly amended herein, all other
subsections of Chapter 15 of the Irwindale Municipal Code shall be unchanged and
in full force and effect.
SECTION 7: Effective Date. The Deputy City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this ordinance by the City Council of the City of Irwindale and shall,
within 15 days after its final passage, cause the same to be published once in a
newspaper of general circulation in the City of Irwindale, and this Ordinance shall
take effect 30 days after its passage.
SECTION 8: Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or
portion of this Ordinance is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional by
the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council of the City of
Irwindale hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each
section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the
fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or
portions thereof may be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED on the 9th day of April 2008.
L urrola, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Un6ai J. Ki , CMC
Deputy City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF IRWINDALE )
I, Linda J. Kimbro, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Irwindale, California, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 622 was introduced at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of Irwindale held on February 27, 2008, and adopted at a
regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Irwindale held on April 9, 2008, and
carried by the following -roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Breceda, Fuentes, Ortiz, Garcia, Mayor Burrola
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None
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Li a 1' Kimbro, C C
Deputy City Clerk
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
I, Linda J. Kimbro, Deputy City Clerk, certify that I caused a copy of Ordinance No. 622 adopted by the City Council of the City of
Irwindale at its regular meeting held April 9, 2008, to be posted at the City Hall, Library, and Post Office on April 10, 2008.
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