Section 101.1 Title is hereby revised as follows:
Section 101.1 Title. This Code shall be known as the Brea Fire Code, hereinafter referred to as ‘this Code.’
Section 102.10 Conflicting provisions is hereby amended as follows:
Section 102.10 Conflicting provisions. Where there is a conflict between a general requirement and a specific requirement, the fire code official shall decide which requirement meets the general intent of this Code.
Section 105.5.17 Fire hydrants and valves is hereby deleted in its entirety.
Section 105.5.54 Additional permits is hereby amended by adding the following:
Cut Christmas trees. No person shall sell, display or store for resale, in the City of Brea, any cut Christmas tree, unless a permit therefore has been issued by the Chief.
Methane mitigation systems. A construction permit is required for the installation or modification of a methane mitigation system. Maintenance performed in accordance with the current City of Brea Combustible Soil-Gas Guideline is not considered to be a modification and does not require a construction permit.
Potentially hazardous general use. To conduct an activity or operation that is not specifically addressed by other permits, but which is likely to produce conditions hazardous to life or property.
Residential based care facilities. Including, but not limited to, care for the elderly, care for the developmentally disabled, and half-way homes shall be regulated under this section and a permit issued by the Fire Department to each business engaging in these operations.
Section 105.6.4 Emergency responder communication coverage system is hereby amended by adding the following:
Plans must be submitted for installation or modification of two-way emergency responder communication coverage systems and related equipment in any structure.
Section 105.6.25 Miscellaneous plan check is hereby added as follows:
Miscellaneous Plan Check. Request or submittal of any type of plan or necessary review of documents pertaining to operations that are covered by the Fire Department or this Code, but are not specifically listed in Chapter 1.
Section 107.4 Work commencing before permit issuance is hereby amended as follows:
107.4 Work commencing before permit issuance. Any person who commences any work, activity or operation regulated by this Code before obtaining the necessary permits shall be subject to an additional fee that is equal to the original permit fee, which shall be in addition to the required permit fees.
Section 108.5 Occupant count is hereby added as follows:
108.5 Occupant count. The supervisor of each place of assembly shall have an effective system to keep count of the number of occupants present in the assembly area. If the Chief determines at any time that an accurate count of occupants is not being maintained, the occupancy shall be cleared until an accurate count can be made.
Section 111.1 Board of appeals established is hereby amended to read as follows:
111.1 Board of appeals established. In order to hear and decide appeals of orders, decisions, or determinations made by the fire code official relative to the application and interpretation of this code, there shall be and is hereby created a board of appeals. The board of appeals shall be a certified Building Official and a qualified person trained in fire protection engineering, fire science or fire technology.
Section 112.4 Violation penalties is hereby amended to read as follows:
112.4 Violation penalties. Persons who shall violate any provision of this Code or shall fail to comply with any of its requirements, or who shall erect, install, alter, repair or do work in violation of the approved construction documents used under provisions of this Code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor unless such violation is expressly made punishable as an infraction. Alternatively or in addition, any violation of this Code may be punished by administrative penalty and issuance of an administrative citation.
Section 113.4 Failure to comply is hereby amended as follows:
113.4 Failure to comply. Any person who shall continue any work after having been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 1187, passed 12-6-16; Am. Ord. 1211, passed 11-19-19; Am. Ord. 1233, passed 11-15-22)