HomeMy WebLinkAbout675ORDINANCE NO. 675
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IRWINDALE
AMENDING TITLE 15.12 OF THE IRWINDALE MUNICIPAL CODE AND
ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE CODE (2014
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 12, 2014, the City Council considered Ordinance 675 and
accepted staff's 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 March 26, 2014, 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:
FIRE CODE
SECTION 1: Chapter 15.12 of the Irwindale Municipal Code is hereby deleted in its
entirety and replaced as provided below.
SECTION 2: Chapter 15.12 of the Irwindale Municipal Code is hereby amended to read
as follows:
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"Section 15.12.10. Adoption of code. 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, 2014 Edition (Title 32 of the Los Angeles County Code),
Los Angeles County Ordinance No. 2014-0014, as adopted by County of Los Angeles,
which incorporates and amends the 2013 California Fire 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."
SECTION 3: The City Council hereby finds that the County of Los Angeles, in adopting
its Ordinance No. 2014-0014, 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. 2014-0014.
SECTION 4: The City Council hereby finds that the County of Los Angeles, in adopting
its Ordinance No. 2014-0014 has made all appropriate findings related to administrative
matters. The City Council hereby incorporates the findings summarized in the Los
Angeles County Ordinance No. 2014-0014.
SECTION 5: All violations of the provisions of the Los Angeles County Fire Code,
(2014 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 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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Dated: March 27, 2014
Armando Hegdahl
Acting Deputy City plerk
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED on the 26 th day of March, 2014.
ATTEST:
Armando Hegda
Acting Deputy Ci Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF IRWINDALE
I, Armando Hegdahl, Acting Deputy City Clerk of the City of Irwindale, California,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 675 was introduced for first reading
at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Irwindale held on February 12,
2014, and adopted on second reading at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Irwindale held on March 26, 2014, and was carried by the following-roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Councilmembers: Ambriz, Garcia, Miranda, Ortiz, Mayor Breceda
Councilmembers: None
Councilmembers: None
Councilmembers: None
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
I, Armando Hegdahl, Acting Deputy City Clerk, certify that I caused a copy of Ordinance No. 675, adopted by the City Council of the
City of Irwindale at its regular meeting held March 26, 2014, to be posted at the City Hall, Library, and Post Office on March 27,
2014.
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