HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 4965ORDINANCE NO. 4 9 6 5
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
AMENDING SECTION 15.65.100 OF THE
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO FIRE
ALARMS.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 15.65.100 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
15.65.100 Section 105.7.6 Fire alarm and detection systems and related
equipment—Amended.
Section 105.7.6 of the CFC, Fire Alarm and Detection Systems and Related
Equipment, is amended to read as follows:
A. 105.7.6 Fire Alarm and Detection Systems and Related Equipment. A
construction permit is required for installation of or modification to fire alarm and
detection systems and related equipment. Maintenance performed in
accordance with this code is not considered a modification and does not require
a permit. The fire code official shall require an approved fire alarm and detection
system be installed in any occupancy with an occupant load of three hundred
or more as an 'other requirement" pursuant to Section 907.2 of this code.
B. "Fire False Alarm" means an alarm system that emits a light or sound
or transmits a signal or message resulting in a response by the fire department
when the situation does not require such response. Fire false alarms caused as a
result of power failure, power surges, or acts of nature which are not the fault of
the alarm user or alarm business shall not be considered to be a false alarm.
C. The fire chief may assess a fire false alarm response fee to an alarm user for
each fire response to a fire false alarm. The amount of such fee shall be paid by the alarm
user in accordance with Chapter 3.70 of this Code.
D. A fire false alarm response fee shall not be assessed if the monitoring
company or alarm user notifies fire dispatch within five minutes of the alarm onset
that a fire response is not necessary and prior to the arrival of fire personnel at the
premises.
E. The fire chief shall notify the alarm user in writing after each fire false
alarm. The notification shall include: the amount of the false alarm fee assessment
for the false alarm, and a description of the appeal procedure available to the
alarm user.
F. Any person who is assessed a fire false alarm response fee for a fire AOAKFq
false alarm pursuant to this chapter may request a hearing in accordance with ° %,
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Section 15.65.125 of this Code. 0 0
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SECTION 2.
This Ordinance shall be posted in accordance with the provisions of the
Bakersfield Municipal Code and shall become effective thirty (30) days from and
after the date of its passage.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed and adopted
by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on
JAN 2 3 7019 , by the following vote:
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AYE4 COUNCILMEMBER: RIVERA, GONZALES, WEIR, SMITH, FREEMAN, SULLIVAN, EARLIER
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ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER G�YQ Zfy rq 1
APPROVED: JAN 231019
By:
KAREN GOH ' age
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
City Attorney
SHUA H. RUDNICK
eputy City Attorney
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JULIE DR MAKIS, City Clerk
and Ex Officio Clerk of the Council of the
City of Bakersfield
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS
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JULIE DRIMAKIS, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That she is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield;
and that on the 25th day of January. 2019 she posted on the Bulletin Board at City Hall,
a full, true and correct copy of the following: Ordinance No. 4965, passed by the
Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the 23rd day of January. 2019 and
entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD AMENDING SECTION 15.65.100 OF
THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO FIRE ALARMS.
JULIE DRIMAKIS, CMC
City Clerk and Ex Officio of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
By: C14 t1d
DEP�M City Clerk
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