HomeMy WebLinkAbout3155 ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING ORDI-
2 NANCE NO. 1988 ENTITLED IN PART "AN ORDINANCE DESCRIBING
AN AREA KNOWN AS A 'HIGH FIRE HAZARD AREA' ."; AND REQUIRING
3 THE USE OF SPARK ARRESTERS ON CHIMNEYS AND FIRE RETARDANT ROOFS
IN THE HIGH FIRE HAZARD AREA.
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THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
5 DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
6 SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 1988 is hereby amended by adding
7 thereto Section Eight to read as follows:
8 "SECTION EIGHT: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm
9 or corporation within the City of San Bernardino, within the high
10 fire hazard area, as herein defined, to use any chimney in con-
11 junction with any fireplace, incinerator or any heat producing
12 appliance in which solid fuel is used upon any cabin, house, hotel,
13 building, structure, or premises unless maintained with a spark
14 arrester constructed with heavy wire, mesh or other non-combust-
15 ible material of at least nineteen (19) gauge, with openings not
16 to exceed one-half (1/2) inch, mounted in or over all outside
17 flue openings in a vertical or near vertical position visible
18 from the ground."
19 SECTION 2. Ordinance No. 1988 Section Ten is hereby amend-
20 ed to read as follows:
21 "SECTION TEN:
22 (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or cor-
23 poration to erect, construct, or move in any building or structure
24 in the high fire hazard area, as herein defined, unless the same
25 is provided with a fire retardant roof covering as defined in
26 the Uniform Building Code or a roofing material designated as
27 Class "C" by a testing laboratory which has been approved by the
28 Superintendent of Building and Safety and the Chief Engineer of
29 the Fire Department as a testing agency that is regularly engaged
30 in conducting tests and inspecting materials and finished products
31 during manufacture for class "C" roofing,:or the approved equiv-
32 alent of such roofing material.
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1 (b) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corpora-
l tion to make any alterations, repairs, improvements or additions
3 to any building or structure in the high fire hazard area involy-
4 ing the removal, repair, replacement or installation of roofing
5 material on more than 25% of the roof of said structure or build-
' 6 ing within any 12 month period unless the roof area so altered,
7 repaired, improved or added to is provided with afire retardant
$ roof, or a class "C" designated roofing material as provided in
9 subsection (a) of this Section Ten.
10 (c) The Chief Engineer of the Fire Department may, with
11 the approval of the Mayor and Common Council, issue a permit waiv-
12 ing the requirements of subsections (a) and fib) of this Section
13 Ten whenever he finds, after holding a hearing upon the applica-
14 tion of the person, firm or corporation seeking the permit, that
15 the public health, safety and welfare does not require fire
16 retardant roofs for the buildings or structures referred to in
17 said application. The Chief Engineer shall consider<~all standards
18 which he deems relevant to fire prevention and fire control in or
19 near said buildings or structures, including, without limitation,
l0 water pressure and supply, wind patterns, terrain, accessibility
21 by fire equipment, nearby fire hazards, and the type or occupancy
22 of any other proposed or existing building or structure in the
l3 vicinity; provided, however, that no such permit shall be issued
l4 for any building or structure situated within 400 feet of any land
l5 area, whether publicly or privately owned, covered with grain,
l6 brush, forest or non-irrigated sod or grass,"
l7 SECTION 3. Ordinance No. 1988 Section Twelve is hereby
l8 anended to read as follows:
l9 "SECTION TWELVE: All of the territory in the City of
30 San Bernardino included within the following described boundaries
31 is hereby determined to be the high fire hazard area°:
3l (a) All that area within the City of San Bernardino
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1 lying north of a line extending easterly from the west city
2 limits to the east city limits and bounded on the south side by
3 streets and highways as follows:
4 Barstow Freeway from west city limits to the
intersection of Palm Avenue and Kendall Drive;
5 Kendall Drive to State College Parkway;
6 State College Parkway to North Park Boulevard;
North Park Boulevard to Electric Avenue and 50th Street;
7 50th Street to Mt. View Avenue;
Mt View Avenue to 49th Street;
$ 49th Street to Waterman Avenue;
Waterman Avenue to 40th Street;
9 40th Street to Mountain Avenue and 39th Street;
39th Street to Del Rosa Avenue;
10 Del Rosa Avenue to Foothill Drive;
Foothill Drive to Arden Street;
Arden Street to Lynwood Street;
11 Lynwood Street to Victoria Street;
12 Victoria Street to Highland Avenue;
Highland Avenue to City Creek Road and east city limits.
13 (b) Any additional land area, whether publicly or pri-
14 vately owned, which the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department
15 determines to be so situated or so inaccessible that afire upon
16 said land could present an abnormally difficult task of fire
17 suppression. Such additional land areas shall be designated on
18 a map available to the public and maintained by the Fire Depart-
19 went at the Central Fire Station, 456 North Mt. View Avenue, San
20 Bernardino. The Chief Engineer shall provide a written descrip-
21 tion of the boundaries of any such additional land area to the
22 City Clerk who shall provide for publication of notice thereof
23 pursuant to the provisions of California Government Code Section
24 6061."
25 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly
26 adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernar-
27 dino at a ~- eting thereof, held on the
28 day of , 1971, by the following vote,
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1 The foregoing/ ordinance is hereby approved this ~ day
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