The following rules, regulations, and standards, hereby adopted by reference and incorporated herein, shall constitute the "Fire Regulation Standards" of the city and shall govern the transportation, storage, or use of any substance or material, the installation, possession, or operation of any equipment or device, the improvement, alteration, occupation or maintenance of any premises, or the creation of any condition or commission of any act which is subject to such standards. Said standards shall include the regulation of non-building standards activities in all structures, facilities, premises, and occupancies, including those not regulated by the State Fire Marshal, within the City's jurisdiction, when deemed applicable by the Fire Chief, or his or her designee, for the prevention of fire and/or for the protection of life and property against fire:
A. Except as hereinafter amended, modified, or deleted, all regulations adopted in the 2022 California Fire Code (“CFC”), as promulgated in Part 9, Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations as published by the Building Standards Commission, including all regulations adopted in the CFC amending or repealing a section, chapter, or part of the 2021 International Fire Code (“IFC”) as published by the International Code Council, which regulations shall take precedence over the amended or repealed section, chapter, or part of the IFC;
B. Except as hereinafter amended, modified, or deleted, Chapters 1 - 80 of the CFC for sections that were not adopted as part of the 2022 California Fire Code, as promulgated in Part 9, Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations as published by the Building Standards Commission, are hereby adopted by reference and incorporated into the city's Fire Regulation Standards as if set forth fully herein for the sole purpose of the enforcement of non-building standards activities in all occupancies within the City's jurisdiction;
C. The following CFC provisions shall hereby be amended, modified or deleted as follows, and said modifications are hereby adopted and incorporated into the City's Fire Regulations Standards:
1. CFC Section 102.6 Historic buildings is hereby not adopted.
2. CFC Section 105.6.27 LP-gas is hereby amended to read as follows:
105.6.27 LP-gas. An operational permit is required for:
1. Storage and use of LP-gas.
Exception: A permit is not required for individual containers with less than a 125-gallon water capacity or less or multiple container systems having an aggregate quantity not exceeding 125 gallons, serving occupancies in Group R-3.
2. Operation of cargo tankers that transport LP-gas.
3. CFC Section 111 Board of appeals is hereby amended to read as follows:
Appeals of the decisions or determinations relative to the application of the Fire Regulation Standards shall be resolved pursuant to Chapter 16.42 of Title 16 of the Chico Municipal Code.
4. CFC Section 112.3.3 Prosecution of violations is hereby not adopted, as enforcement and prosecution of violations shall be in accordance with Chapter 16.52 of Title 16 the Chico Municipal Code.
5. CFC Section 112.4 Violation penalties is hereby not adopted, as violation and penalty provisions shall be in accordance with Chapter 16.52 of Title 16 the Chico Municipal Code.
6. CFC Section 113.4 Failure to comply is hereby amended to read as follows:
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 liable and subject to all penalties in accordance with Chapter 16.52 of Title 16 the Chico Municipal Code.
7. CFC 505.1.2 Rear Addressing.
505.1.2 Rear Addressing. When required by the chief, approved numbers or addresses shall be placed on all new and existing buildings in such a position as to be plainly visible and legible from the fire apparatus road at the back of a property or where rear parking lots or alleys provide an acceptable vehicular access. Number stroke and size shall comply with 505.1 .
8. CFC Appendices are hereby adopted by reference and incorporated into the City's Fire Regulation Standards as if set forth fully herein as follows:
a. Appendix B Fire-Flow requirements for buildings.
b. Appendix C Fire hydrant locations and distribution.
Table C102. l, is superseded as follows:
TABLE NO. C102.1
REQUIRED NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF FIRE HYDRANTS
FIRE FLOW REQUIREMENT (gpm) C | MINIMUM NUMBER OF HYDRANTS | AVERAGE SPACING BETWEEN HYDRANTS a, b, d & e (Ft.) | MAXIMUM DISTANCE FROM HYDRANT TO ANY POINT ON STREET OR ROADWAY FRONTAGE (Ft.) |
FIRE FLOW REQUIREMENT (gpm) C | MINIMUM NUMBER OF HYDRANTS | AVERAGE SPACING BETWEEN HYDRANTS a, b, d & e (Ft.) | MAXIMUM DISTANCE FROM HYDRANT TO ANY POINT ON STREET OR ROADWAY FRONTAGE (Ft.) |
1750 or less | 1 | 300 | 150 |
2000-2250 | 2 | 300 | 150 |
2500-3250 | 3 | 300 | 150 |
3500-4250 | 4 | 300 | 150 |
4500-5250 | 5 | 300 | 150 |
5500-5750 | 6 | 300 | 150 |
6000-6250 | 6 | 250 | 150 |
6500-7250 | 7 | 250 | 150 |
7500 or more | 8 or more b | 200 | 120 |
For SI: 1 foot = 304.8 mm, 1 gallon per minute = 3.785 L/m
a. Reduce by 100 feet for dead-end streets or roadways.
b. Hydrants shall be required on both sides of the street whenever one or more of the following conditions exist:
i. Street has a median center divider that makes access to hydrants difficult, causes a time delay or creates an undue hazard;
ii. There are four or more lanes of traffic;
iii. Width of the street is in excess of 88 feet; or
iv. The existing street will be widened or will have a raised median center divider installed in the future pursuant to the General Plan Roadway Improvement Plans for the City of Chico.
c. One hydrant for each 1,000 gpm or fraction thereof.
d. Where new water mains are extended along streets where hydrants are not needed for protection of structures or similar fire problems, fire hydrants should be provided every 1,000 feet of street to provide for transportation hazards. In addition, there shall be at least one hydrant at each intersection.
e. Average spacing between hydrants may be extended to 500 feet on streets serving one- and two-family dwellings.
f. A 50-percent spacing increase shall be permitted where the building is equipped throughout with an approved automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Section 903.3.1.1, Section 903.3.1.2 or Section 903.3.1.3 of the California Fire Code or Section 313 of the California Residential Code.
g. The fire code official is authorized to modify the location, number and distribution of fire hydrants, based on site-specific constraints hazards.
(Res. No. 33 88-89 (part), Res. No. 88 89-90, Res. No. 42 92-93 §1, Res. No. 88 96-97 §1, Res. No. 139-07, Ord. No. 2491 12-20-16 §10, Ord. No. 2540 §12, Ord. No. 2577 11-15-22 §12)