(A) Electrical wiring and service. All electric wiring shall be installed to conform with the requirements of all state and city electrical codes and ordinances. An electrical outlet, supplying at least 110 volts, shall be provided for each mobile home space. Such electrical outlets shall be weatherproof. No person shall make an electrical connection for any mobile home without obtaining a permit and approval of the Building Inspector; except that a previously-approved electrical connection system may be employed without obtaining such permit. No power line shall be permitted to lie on the ground, or to be suspended less than 18 feet above the surface of the ground.
(Prior Code, § 62.16.010)
(B) Storage of gasoline and fuel. Bulk storage of gasoline or other fuel shall be done only in compliance with the standards of the National Board of Fire Underwriters and in accordance with the County Fire Prevention Code. All aboveground storage facilities shall be enclosed and screened from view by the use of ornamental fences, walls, or hedges. Liquefied petroleum gas for cooking purposes shall not be used at individual mobile home spaces unless the containers are properly connected by copper or other suitable metallic tubing. Liquefied petroleum gas cylinders shall be securely fastened in place, and shall be adequately protected from the weather. No cylinder containing liquefied petroleum gas shall be located in a mobile home, nor within five feet of a door thereof. Cooking and heating solvents shall be of a type approved by the Fire Underwriters Laboratory.
(Prior Code, § 62.16.020)
(C) Fire protection. All mobile home parks shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the County Fire Department or Fire Prevention Authority, and in accordance with the Fire Prevention Code and requirements as herein specified.
(1) Mobile home parks shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the County Fire Department or Fire Prevention Authority, and in accordance with the Fire Prevention Code and requirements as herein specified.
(2) In every mobile home park, or portion of every mobile home park containing more than ten mobile home spaces, there shall be installed and maintained approved fire hydrants with mounted hose rack or reel spaced at such distances as to reach all areas with 75 feet of hose. Each fire hydrant shall be not less than one and one-half inches in diameter, terminating with a shut-off valve. Hose racks and reels shall be equipped with 75 feet of one and one-half inch diameter hose with fire nozzles with one-half inch tips. Not less than 35 pounds of water pressure shall be supplied; provided that in the event such water pressure is not available, alternate first-aid firefighting equipment may be substituted upon approval of the local Fire Department having jurisdiction. Where a public water system is available to the mobile home park, standard fire hydrants and fire service lines shall be installed in such a manner that a fire hydrant shall be located within 400 feet of each mobile home space.
(3) There shall be installed and maintained in a conspicuous and accessible location in every mobile home park containing three or more mobile home spaces at least one approved two and one-half gallon portable fire extinguisher or equivalent. Additional approved extinguishers shall be installed at distances of not more than 200 feet apart, or as otherwise determined by the Fire Department.
(4) Suitable telephone facilities shall be maintained at the site of each use which are accessible at all times, unless a fire alarm system, approved by the Fire Department, is installed.
(5) Fires shall be made only in stoves and other equipment approved and intended for such purposes.
(6) All equipment required by this division (C) shall meet the approval of the local Fire Department having jurisdiction. Alternates to the requirements of this section may be authorized by the Fire Department having jurisdiction.
(7) Neither any article that is dangerous or detrimental to life or to the health of the occupancy of a structure, nor any material the Fire Department determines may create a fire hazard, shall be kept, stored, or handled in any part of a structure, or on the site on which the structure is situated.
(Prior Code, § 62.16.030)
(Ord. 2-92, passed - -1992) Penalty, see § 157.999