HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988ORDmANCE NO. 1988
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING AND REGULATION THE USE OF EXPLOSIVES, THE
SETTING OF FIRES AND SMOKING WITHIN CERTAIN AREAS LYING WITHIN THE CITY OF
SAN BERNARDINO, REGULATION THE CONSTRUCTION OF CHIMNIES AND FIRE PLACES AND
THE USE OF CERTAIN TYPES OF ROOFING MATERIALS WITHIN CERTAIN AREAS OF
SAN BERNADINO CITY, DESCRIBING AN AREA KNOWN AS "HIGH FIRE HAZARD AREA:
AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE
AND REPEALING ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH.
THE llAYOR AliD Cill/EON COUNCIL OF TIU CITY OF SAlI BERIUlEDDm DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLa:IS:
SECTION ONE: It shall be unlawful for
any person, fina or ~orporation
fire for the clearinF of land or
at any time to light a fire or fires or use
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Hithin the City of San Bernardino, ,d.thout first having obtainedl a 'IT'itten
permit from the City Fire Department; that nothing in this secti<j>n shall pre-
vent the use of proper and lawful fires for safe domestic purposes; fur~her
provided, that no permit ,rill be necessary to burn inflammable material in
properl;y constructed incinerators, outdoor ,l1ater heating units, cooking grills
and other similar devices having chirnneys covered with spark arresters consist-
ing of galvanized or copper screening of a mesh not larger than a quarter of
an inch, and openings such as doors, to be spark tight and other;;ise approved
by the fire department, and ;:here the land around such incinerator, outdoor
,11ater heating units, cooking grills and other sir,ular devices, is. cleared of
all inflau~able lloaterial }rithin a radius of at least ten (10) feet.
SECTION 1';;0: It shall be unla",ful for any ccerson, firn or corpol'atj.on in
the City of San Bernardino, to allo\i or' permH any fire attendee! by him or it to
escape from his or its control.
SEGTIOIJ IrI-ffiEE: It sllall be llillal{fu.l lor any person, fir,t;L or corporation,
'.,ithin the Gito' of San Bernardino, ,dthin the "high fire hazard area" as herein
defined, to ':Jake, kindls, ignite, light or bUild or use any camp fire, bonfire,
or any other out-of-door fire without first obtaining a 1IT'itten per,tit from the
city fire department.
SSC'J.'2.0N. FOUR: It sh2..11 be unlavrf"ll for any person, firm or corporation,
in the City of San Bernardino, to set or ignite cwap fires or other fires on
any brush or grass lands or forest covered lanciu, or ulJon any public roads or
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1 hiGhuays, exce'J"!:. at such places as are or nay be desiGnated by the city fire
2 department, and a per''lit issLled therefor in l'iI'iting.
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3:iCTION FIVE: It shall be unl1ll'iful for any persOil, fir'il or corporation,
4 1!ithin the City of J&n )3cernardino, at any ti~e, to bl&st 1,'ith dynarrj:!:.e, pOKder
5 or other eo'plosive \iithout first )Eving ootained a tJritten permit fl'OIl! the
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SEG'EIOX 3I~(: It silal1 bo li..Yllal.Jful lor an~l [Jerson, firm or .corporation,
8 v.rithin t.he bOill1daries OJ:. tl"18 he:ceiw.lfter described 1I~1igh fire haLiard areal1, be-
9 tween the 1st da:r of I-La:;)' and the last daj." of December of each and eVer~i ~rear
10 to smoke a cigar, cigarette, tobacco, or an;1' other substance in any form,
11 except at designated and :L;';lproved canp Grounds, or occupied places 01: fl!lbita-
tion; provided, hmI8ver, that such Jesign~1ted. and in.proved cmnp 'grounds, c"nd
places of hccbitation, 'dtl-lin tho llcJ,:minc of this ordinance, Hill onl~ include
tho3e portions of said desiGnated <ind i1~1proved ca..Llp ~jrolU1ds and said places of
h~:bitation ~,'il1ich are cleared of all infla:-J!1able !:laterials Cl.ud veget~,tion, as
provided in Section 9 of thiu ordinance; and it ;;hall be Ul11al'iful for any
person in the said Cit;y of 02,11 B~;rnardino to throll, place, or cause to be
placed upon any gr2.ss, bruJ}: 01' forest covered lands, or upon any road or trail
traver0inJ said grass, brush or forest covered lands, any lighted or burning
-na.tch, ci!;ar, ci6wette, ox' i:.1J:l"jT burning substance -I,'ithout firsi, ext.iu6u.ishing
the salTIe.
SEC'llIOt-;' SEVEN: It shall be unla'dful for any person, i'irm, or corpox'ation,
llithin the "high fire hazard arealt to l'8T;1ove ashes from stoves, fire-places,
heaters, :~rills, or any other li!(e device ill '~-;hich burnini }1<"lS bee~~ done, and
to dispose of said ashes or Haste from such device out of doors, Ul1til said
ashes or >',aste have been placed in a metal or otl,er fireproof receptacle and
soa.ked in ,,;at.e:c for ,-1..t least t1rienty-four hours.
3ECTIOl! EIGHT: It shall be unlm;ful for an;y per:3on, firm or corporation,
>';ithin the botmdaries of the hel'einafter described "high fire hazard at'ea" be-
tween the 1st day of day and the last day of December of each and everJ yea.r,
to snoke a cigar, cigarette, tobacco, or any other substance in allJr form, while
ridinG upon or in any ',lovinG automobile, truck, motorcycle, biCYCle, or other
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3ECTIOK IIIlTS: Any person, firm or corporation, o.'minG, leasing, using,
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controlling, cor operating any cabin, house, hotel, houset;:'ailer, apiary, or
other building, structure or improvement in said "hiGh fire hazard area", shall
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at all times maintain upon his said land or adjacent to said cabin, house, im-
provffinent or structure, an effective fire protection or firebreak; s&id fire
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protection or firebreak to be made by removing all inflammable vegetation or
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growth or other inflammable materials or vegetation from the ground around said
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buildings, structures and improvements for a distance of not less than thirty
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(30) feet from the exterior walls of the buildings, structures, house trailers
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and improvements, the aforeJ:lentioned fire protections or firebreak, shall cover
all lands situated bebieen the building structures and the property boundary;
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provided, however, that this section shall not apply to trees, except where dead
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or where the foliage of said trees shall be within ten (10) feet of the Chimney
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nor shall it apply to evergreen vegetation vlhere growing and preserved for
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decorative effect.
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SECTION TEl,: No person, firm or corporation hereafter shall erect, con-
struct, enlarge, or add to any cabin, house, hotel or other buildings, or struc-
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tures, in the "high fire hazard area", as herein defined, unless the same is
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provided rnth a fire-retardent roof.
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SECTION ELEVEth It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
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in said "high fire hazard area", as herein defined, to place or cause to be placed
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on his own'land, or on the land of another, any rubbish, paper, sawdust, shavings,
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boxes, petroleum products not :in closed containers, or residue, fallen timber,
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slash, lilnb-rlOOd, branches of trees, brush, grass, litter or other inflammable
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at erial , except at places and in the manner designated by' the City Fire Depart-
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nent; and all such infla-nrnable material shall be effectively destroyed by fire
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at such tL~e and in such lnanner as shall be designated by the fire department
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after securing a permit from said department.
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Any such rubbish, paper, sawdust, shavings, boxes, petrolewil products or
residue, fallen limbs, slash, limb-.food, branches of trees, brush grass, litter
or other inflammable material placed, caused to be placed 01' existing on any land,
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1 contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, is hereby declared to be a public
2 nuisance and shall be abated pursuant to law.
SECTION TWELVE: All of the territory in the City of San Bernardino, in-
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cluded cdthin the following described boundaries is hereby determined to be the
"high fire hazard area":
All that area vdthin the City of San Bernardino lying North
of the follol'ing described streets:
Forty-eighth Street between "F" Street and Hountain View Av,nue,
Forty-ninth Street between Hountain View Avenue and Leroy Sifreet,
Avery Street between Harrison Street and Del Rosa Avenue, I
Foothill Drive between Del Rosa Avenue and the East City Limits
of the City of San Bernardino.
In addition to the above area, all of the City of San Bernardino
l;ying within the boundaries described in Annexation No. 20.
12 SECTION THIRTEEN: Any person, firm or corporation violatingl any of the
13 provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic-
14 tion thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment not to exceed six (6) months or
15 by a fine of not to exceed Five Hundred (:$500.00) Dollars, or by both such fine
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SECTION FOURTEEN: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
20 'layor and Com ,on Council of the City of San Bernardino, at a regular meeting
hereof held on the ~ay of July, 1953, by the follovdng vote, to wit:
AYES: k"UkJ, ~~) Qum~J ctkWOJutJl'{rem.uJ
~\l'ne.., ABSENT: ~OnQJ
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I hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was duly adopted by the
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The foregoing ordinance is hereby approved this ~ / Jda;y of July, 1953.
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J~ T. FELTON, City Clerk
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