3339ORDINANCE N0.- • 3339
AN ORDINANCE -OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM REPEAL-
ING TITLE 16-, CHAPTERS 16.04,,16-.08 AND 16-.12-
OF THE ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADOPTING -THE
UNIFORM FIRE CODE 1973 EDITION, WITH AMEND-
MENTS THERETO, AND AMENDING TITLE 16. OF THE
ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING THERETO A
NE[q CHAPTER 16.08.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY. OF ANAHEIM DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
'SECTI'ON 1.
That Title .16, Chapters 16.04, .16.08 and 16.12 of the
Anaheim Municipal Code be,.and the same'is hereby repealed.
-SECTI'ON 2.
That Title 16 of the Anaheim Municipal Code be,. and
the same is hereby amended by adding thereto. a new .Chapter
16.08 to read as -follows:-
"CHAPTER 16.08 - UNIFORM FIRE .CODE ADOPTED
"SECTION 16.08.010 APPROVAL.
The City Council does find and determine,'.as -a
result- of study and investigation conducted by the .
City and its Fire Department,.,that the 'Uniform Fire
Code,' 1973 Edition, .is an approved code 'for adoption
by reference within the meaning of Section 50022..1
of the Government Code .of the' State 'of California."
"SECTION 16.08.020. ADOPTION OF THE UNIFORM FIRE
CODE, ,1973 EDITION
Pursuant -to the provisions of Section 50022.1 to
50022.8 inclusive,' of the Government Code of the'
State of California, the City Council of theCity
of Anaheim does -hereby adopt,:by reference, the
Uniform Fire Code, .1973 Edition, with'amendments-
thereto; that three . (3) copies of the Code 'shall
be filed in the office of the City Clerk .and shall -
be kept there for public inspection while -'the Code
is enforced,,all of which copies shall be certi-
fied to -bei true copies by. the City Clerk. The
City Clerk shall,- at all times, maintain a reason-
able .supply of copies of the Code available for
purchase by the public 'at a moderate price not to
exceed the actual cost thereof to the City of
Anaheim." .
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"SECTION 16.08.030 -
Section 1.215 of the Uniform Fire Code is hereby
amended to -read as follows:
"BOARD OF APPEALS
"SECTION 1.215—
(6)
.215 -
(a) In order to determine the suitability of alternate'
materials -and type of construction,aand to provide for
reasonable interpretation of the provisionsof this Code
and relief by way of appeal from the granting or denial
of any permit, there shall be, and hereby is created a
Board of Appeals consisting of the City Council of the'
City of Anaheim who shall -grant such relief or make such
interpretation or explanation as may be necessary and
proper pursuant to the provisions -of this Code. whenever
any reference'to Board of Appeals shall appear in this
Code,'.it shall mean the City Council of the City of
Anaheim.
(b) APPEALS - whenever the Chief of the Fire Department.
shall disapprove'an application or refuse to grant a
permit applied for, or when it is claimed that the provis-
ions -of the Uniform Fire Code do not apply or that the
true intent and meaning of the Uniform Fire Code have been
misconstrued. or wrongly interpreted,.the applicant may
appeal from a decision of the Chief of the Fire Department
or the Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention to the 'Board
of Appeals within ten (10). days from the date of the
decision being appealed. A decision shall be considered
as having been appealed within the aforesaid ten (1.0) days
if a written Notice of Appeal is filed with'the City Clerk
of the City of Anaheim within said ten (10) day period.
Such 'Notice of Appeal shall:
(1) Specify the substance and particulars of
the decision being appealed;
(2.) Show the date of the decision;
(3.) Be signed by the appellant -or his duly
authorized agent; and
(41 Indicate the mailing address of the appellant.
Whenever a Notice 'of Appeal -is filed with 'the City Clerk,
the City Clerk shall set the matter for hearing at the'
earliest reasonable time and shall notify the'Chief of
the Fire Department 'and the appellant .of the date,' ,time
and place :when the 'Board of Appeals shall hear and
consider the appeal. The City Clerk shall give notice .
of the hearing to the Chief of the Fire 'Department -and
to the appellant -at least three (3) days prior to the
time:set for the hearing. Notice :shall be given to
appellant by mailing said notice to the address -shown
on the Notice :of Appeal. All decisions -of the Board of
Appeals 'shall be 'final. "
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"SECTION 16.08.040 - ESTABLISHMENT OF LIMITS OF DISTRICTS
IN WHICH STORAGE OF FLAMMABLE OR
COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS IN OUTSIDE ABOVE-
GROUND TANKS IS TO. BE PROHIBITED.
The limits referred to in Section 15.201 of the
Uniform Fire Code in which storage of flammable or
combustible liquids in outside abovecrround tanks is
prohibited are as governed by -Section 16.08.050 of
the Anaheim Municipal Code."
"SECTION 16.08.050 - FIRE PREVENTION CODE SECTIONS 15.201
MODIFIED.
The limits referred to in Section 15.201 of the Fire
Prevention Code in which storage of flammable liquids
in outside above -ground tanks'is prohibited, and the
limits- referred to in Section 20..105A in which bulk
storage'of liquefied petroleum gas is restricted shall
be as follows: Said storage will not be permitted
within Fire Zones One and'Two as set forth in
Sections 16.16.030 and 16.16.040 of the Anaheim Municipal
Code."
"SECTION 16.08.060.- SCOPE
Section 32.101 of the Uniform Fire Code is amended
to read as -follows:
"The provisions of this article shall apply only to
nitro-cellulose film of any size or when ribbon type
motion picture film in excess of one-half (1/2) inch
width and electric are projection equipment -is used."
"SECTION 16.08.070 - ARTICLE 12-- FIREWORKS - OF THE
UNIFORM FIRE CODE DELETED.
"Article 12 - Fireworks - of the Uniform Fire Code
deleted."
"SECTION 16.08.080, - VIOLATIONS --PENALTIES
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of
the Chapter hereby adopted or fail to comply therewith,
or who shall violate'or fail to comply with any order
made thereunder, or who shall build in violation of
any detailed statement or specifications -or plans sub-
mitted and approved thereunder, shall severally for
each and every such violation and noncompliance
respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable
by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by
imprisonment for not more than six months or by both
such fine and imprisonment.- The imposition of one
penalty for any violation shall not excuse the viola-
tion or permit it to continue;' and all such persons
shall be required to correct or remedy such violations
or defects within a reasonable time; and when not
otherwise specified, each 'ten days that the prohibited
conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate
offense.
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The application
to prevent the
conditions." .
'SECTION 3.
of the above .penalty shall not be held
enforced removal -of the prohibited
SEVERABILITY. The City Council -of the ;City of Anaheim
hereby declares that should -any section, paragraph,' sentence or
word of this chapter --of 'the Code hereby adopted be -declared for
any reason to be invalid, it is -the intent -of the Council that
it would have .passed all other portions of .th.is chapter - indepen-
dent of the elimination herefrom of any such portion as may be
declared invalid.
-SECTrON 4.
The City Clerk shall certify -to the pass -acre 'of this
ordinance and shall cause 'the same to be 'printed once within
fifteen (1.5) days after its adoption,.in the Anaheim Bulletin,
a newspaper. of general circulation,.printed, published and cir-
culated in said City, and thirty . (3.0). days from and after its
final passage it shall take -effect -and be in full force.'
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE is approved and signed by me'
this • 10th day of ' ' September , 19 74.
OF -THE CZTY OF AN EIM
ATTEST:
QTY CLERKOF THE FITY OF ANAHEIM
PAL: jh -4-.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, ALONA M. HOUGARD, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 3339 was introduced'
at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Anaheim, held
on the 20th day of August, 1974, and that the same was duly passed and
adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 10th day
of September, 1974, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Kaywood, Seymour, Pebley, Sneegas and
Thom
NOBS: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim
approved and signed said Ordinance No. 3339 on the 10th day of September,
1974.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the official seal of the City of Anaheim this 10th day of September, 1974.
CITY CLERK OF THE CITYvW ANAHEIM
(SEAL)
I, ALONA M. HOUGARD, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do
hereby certify that the foregoing is the original Ordinance No. 3339
and was published once in the Anaheim Bulletin on the 20th day of
September, 1974.
City Cler