Ordinance - 13570
ORDINANCE NO. 1357
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA AMENDING SECTION 3201 OF THE
WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE
ADOPTION OF THE UNIFORM FIRE CODE, 1976
EDITION, AND MAKING CERTAIN CHANGES THEREIN
•. REQUIRED TO MEET LOCAL CONDITIONS.
The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain
as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 3201 of the West Covina Municipal
Code is hereby amended by the.addition thereto of a new sub-
paragraph (f) to read:
"(f) Section 13.307 of the Uniform Fire Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 13.307. (a) Every apartment house three stories
or more in height and containing more than 15 apartments
and every hotel three stories,or more in height containing
20 or more guest rooms, shall have installed therein an
approved automatic or manually operated fire alarm system
designed to warn the occupants of the building in the
event of fire. Such fire alarm system shall be so designed
that all occupants of the building may be warned simultaneously.
(b) No signal system or intercommunicating system
used for any purpose other than fire warning meets the
requirements of this Article.
(c) Installation, inspection, and maintenance of the
• fire alarm system shall be according to the standards set
forth in NFPA Pamphlet No.' 72 A.
(d) Stations for operating any manually operated
fire alarm system shall be placed immediately adjacent to
the telephone switchboard in the building, if there is a
switchboard, and at such other locations as may be required
by the Chief.
(e) Existing Single -Family Dwellings. Every single-
family dwelling to which a remodeling permit exceeding
$1,000.00 is issued shall be provided with an approved
detector of products of combustion other than heat conforming
to U.B.C. Standard No. 43-6 mounted on the ceiling or wall
at a point centrally located in the corridor or area giving
access to rooms used for sleeping purposes. Where sleeping
rooms are on an upper level, the detector shall be placed
at the center of the ceiling directly above the stairway.
All detectors shall be located within 12 inches of the
ceiling. Care shall be exercised to insure that the
installation will not interfere with the operating charac-
teristics of the detector. Whe actuated, the detector'shall
provide an alarm.
(f) Existing Apartments and Hotels. All existing
apartments, hotels, and motels shall be provided with
is approved detectors of products of combusion other than
heat conforming to U.B.C. Standard No. 43-6 mounted on the
ceiling or wall at a point centrally located in the corridor
or area giving access to rooms used for sleeping purposes.
Where sleeping rooms are on an upper level, the detector
shall be placed at the center of the ceiling directly above
the stairway. All detectors shall be located within 12
inches of the ceiling. Care shall be exercised to insure
that the installation will not interfere with the operating
characteristics of the detector. When actuated, the detector
• shall provide an alarm.
Installation shall be required in 20% of the dwelling units
or guest rooms per year for 5 consecutive years. Either
battery -operated detectors or detectors connected to the house
current are approved. A yearly certification of inspection,
testing, and battery replacement (if applicable) shall be
forwarded to the City Fire Prevention Bureau by the owner
or his authorized representative."
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as
required by law.
Passed and approved
Attest :
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS.
CITY OF WEST COVINA )
this 12th day of September 1977.
Mayor
I, LELA W. PRESTON, City Clerk of the City of West
Covina, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No.1357
• was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a
regular meeting of the City Council on the 22nd day of August ,
1977. That, thereafter, said ordinance was duly adopted and passed
at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 12th day of September
1977, by the ,following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen: Miller, Chappell, Browne, Tice, Shearer.
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT:Councilmen: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
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City Clerk