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1 ORDINANCE NO „~_~ ~
2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO PROVIDING FOR
THE INSTALLATION AND REGULATION OF AUXILIARY AND PRIVATE FIRE
3 ALARM SYSTEMSo
4 THE MAY08 AND C~ON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLO'WS:
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SECTION ONE: Definitions. The following words, phrases
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and terms as used herein shall be deemed to have the meaning
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ascribed to them in this section<
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(a) Master Fire Alarn~ Box: A fire alarn~ box that is
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located on public property and that may be activated by an auxil-
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iary fire alarm system, and by the publice
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(b) Auxiliary Fire Alarm System: A fire alarm system used
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to connect a private fire alarm system to a master fire alarm box.
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(c) Private Fire Alaxm System: A fire alarm system owned
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and installed by any person and wholly used in and on the premises
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of the owner.
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(d) Person: Any person, partnership, firm, corporation
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or public agency.
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(e) Municipal Fire Alarm System: A public fire alarm
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system owned and maintained by the City of San Bernardino.
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SECTION 1S+T0: No person shall install an auxiliary fire
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alarm system or shall convert a private fire alarm system to an
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auxiliary fire alarm system, or shall connect an auxiliary system
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to the municipal fire alarm system by the use of a master fire
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alarm box without first having completed the following procedures:
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26 (a) Submission of such system for inspection and approval
27 by the Fire Department of said City; c;mpletion of plans and speci-
Z$ fications for the installation of such system; the installation,
29 connection or conversion of such system shall not be made unless
30 approved by the Fire Department.
31 ~b) Issuance of a written permit from the Fire Department
32 for the installation, conversion, connection or maintenance of
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such fire alarm system.
SECTION THREE: All auxiliary and private fire alarm
systems connected to the municipal fire alarm system shall be
installed, operated and maintained in full conformance with the
standards set forth in Pamphlet No. 73 of the National Board of
Fire Underwriters, hereinafter called NoB,F,Uo, and Pamphlet Noo
72 of the National Fire Protection Association, hereinafter called
N,F,P,A,, and amenchnents thereto, which said pamphlets are made
a part hereof as fully as though set forth at length, and shall
be kept on file for public inspection in the Offices of the City
Clerk and the Fire Department of said Cityo
SECTION FOUR: The location and method of installation of
a master fire alarm box shall be approved by the Fire Department,
and such box will be located so that it will be visible and
accessible to the public twenty-four (24) hours a day, and shall
not be placed inside a building or other obstructing structure<
Each master fire alarm box located on private property shall be
moved and installed on public property within sixty days from
the effective date of this Ordinance.
SECTION FIVE: Whenever any master fire alarm box shall
be installed, the cost of such box and the cost of installation,
labor and material, and other necessary costs required to connect
the master fire alarm box to the municipal fire alarm conductors,
shall be paid by the person requesting the same; and after the
completion of the approved installation, such master fire alarm
box shall become and remain the property of the City of San Ber-
nardino, provided, however, that the cost of the maintenance of
such master fire alarm box shall be at the expense of said Cityo
SECTION SIX: The cost of converting a private fire alarm
system to an auxiliary fire alarm system, and the costs of con-
necting such system to the master fire alarm box shall be at the
expense of the person requesting and installing the sameo
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i SECTION SEVEN: The installation, connection or conver-
2 sion of each system shall be in conformance with certain standard
3 which shall be reco~nended by the Fire Department and approved
4 by the Mayor and Co~on Council by Resolution and maintained on
5 file in the Offices of the City Clerk and the Fire Department.
6 SECTION EIGHT: PENALTY> Any person violating any of the
7 provisions of this Ordinance, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
g and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not ex-
9 ceeding $500.00 or by i_mprisonment in the City or County Jail
l0 not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonmento
il SECTION NINE: EFFECT OF ORDINANCEo If any section,
12 sub-~tfon, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for
13 any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not
14 affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance.
is ~e Co~on Council hereby declares that it would have adopted
16 this Ordinance and each section, sub-section, sentence, clause
17 and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or
lg more sections, sub-sections, sentences, clauses or phrases be
19 declared unconstitutional.
Zp I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly
zl adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San
22 Bernardino at a.~y,~ ~ ti+c'z~~~o.a~~ ~~k-*1.~2~ meeting thereof
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23 held on the ~day of %L'G L;~,,~c~ ~. , 1963, by the
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I hereby approve the foregoing Ordinance this ~~~ d y
of ~~~~.~,~~Ini , 19630 ~
Approved as to form:
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