HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 5001ORDINANCE NO.
5,001
ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 15.65.100 OF THE
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE
CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE.
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 105.7.7 Fire alarm and detection systems and related
equipment - Amended.
A. Section 105.7.7 of the CFC, Fire Alarm and Detection Systems and
Related Equipment, is amended to read as follows,-
105.7.7
ollows:
105.7.7 .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.
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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 false
alarm pursuant to this chapter may request a hearing in accordance with
Section 15.65.125.
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.
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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
FEB 19 2020 by the following vote:
YES: COUNCILMEMBER: RIVERA, GONZALES, WEIR, SMITH, FREEMAN, SULLIVAN, PARLIER
NOES: COUNCILMEMBER: NMY\Q—
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBER:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER: t'l
APPROVED: FEB 19 ?_020
By: v
KAR N GOR
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
City Attorney
By: Mlw�f�Aj `1 q0
CHRI TINA J. LESON
Deputy City Attorney
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JU I"ED R I MA KISCMC
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
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County of Kern )
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 24th day of February, 2020 she posted on the Bulletin Board at City Hall,
a full, true and correct copy of the following: Ordinance No. 5001, passed by the
Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the 19th day of February, 2020 and
entitled:
ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 15.65.100 OF THE
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE
CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE.
JULIE DRIMAKIS, CMC
City Clerk and Ex Officio of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
By: 4011
DE City Clerk
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