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To. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE Contra
April 13 , 1987 Costa
DATE: County
Ordinance Requiring that Sprinkler Systems be made
SUBJECT: Available as an Option in Residential Developments
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1 . Fix Tuesday, May 19, 1987, at 10: 30 A.M. in the Board
Chambers as the date, time, and place for a public hearing
to consider the adoption of the attached Ordinance requiring
that sprinkler systems be made available as an option in
residential developments.
2 . Adopt the attached Resolution directing the Clerk of the
Board to publish notice of the public hearing pursuant to
Government Code Section 6066.
3 . Remove this item as a referral to our Committee.
BACKGROUND:
Our Committee has been working with Consolidated Fire District,
Moraga Fire District, the Community Development Department,
Building Inspection, County Counsel, and the Building Industry
Association for some months on a possible Ordinance which would
require developers to make sprinkler systems an available option
in new residential developments. We have now successfully worked
out a compromise which appears to be acceptable to all parties.
Attached is a copy of the Ordinance, a letter from the Building
Industry Association indicating their support for the Ordinance,
and a cover memo from the Director of Community Development.
County Counsel advises us that this Ordinance requires a noticed
public hearing before it can be. adopted. We have, therefore,
recommended that the Board fix May 19 for the hearing and direct
the Clerk to publish notice of the hearing. Following the
hearing, the Board should consider adopting the Ordinance.
We believe that by making the availability of sprinkler systems a
requirement on developers of new residential developments, and
leaving it to each individual to determine whether the safety
advantages of a sprinkler system justify its cost, we have
reached a compromise which satisfies all parties.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE:
_ RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR X RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE s Za:n:c�k�dep Tom Torlakson
ACTION OF BOARD ON Aori1 21 , 1987 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED x . OTHER x
The Board INTRODUCES the above named ordinance and waives reading
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES. NOES. AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED April 21 ,1987
Building Inspector
Community Development Director PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Consolidated Fire District SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Moraqa Fire District
County Counsel BY ,DEPUTY
M382/7-83 Terry Curtola, BIA
ORDINANCE NO. 87-
(Residential Fire Sprinkler Systems )
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors ordains as follows
(omitting the parenthetical footnotes from the official text of
the enacted or amended provisions of the County Ordinance Code) :
SECTION I . SUMMARY. This ordinance establishes procedures and
standards for the availability and installation of sprinkler
systems in new residential developments and models in planned unit
district developments .
SECTION II . Chapter 718-6 is added to the County Ordinance Code
to read as follows :
CHAPTER 718-6 RESIDENTIAL
SPRINKLER SYSTEM OPTION
718-6 . 202 Purpose. Voluntary installation of sprinkler
systems in one family dwellings and duplexes promotes the general
county welfare and protects public health, safety and property by,
in part, reducing fire cause losses, personal injuries , loss of
life, and property damage. The purpose of this chapter is to
encourage the voluntary installation of water sprinkler systems in
new one and two family dwellings by requiring that the sellers of
such new residential dwellings provide prospective buyers with the
opportunity and option to have sprinkler systems installed in such
dwellings .
( 87- , §2. )
718-6 .204 Residential Dwelling Definition. Residential
dwelling for the purposes of this chapter is a one family dwelling
or duplex as described in Sections 82-4 . 234 and 82-4 . 258.
( 87- , §2. )
718-6 . 206 Option Requirement. ( 1) Every person selling or
offering for sale a residential dwelling prior to its completion
to a prospective buyer shall notify and offer in writing as soon
as it may be done to that buyer the option of having the person
(offeror)-:-, install a sprinkler system at the buyers expense in the
dwelling.
(2 ) The sprinkler system option provided by this section, if
accepted by the buyer, requires the installation of a sprinkler
system meeting (as a minimum) the 1984 Edition of the National
Fire Protection Association' s Standard 13 D entitled "Sprinkler '
Systems for Family Dwellings" including its Appendix A.
( 3 ) If prior to the building inspector' s completion and
approval of the frame inspection or within seven -days of the
buyer' s receipt of the written sprinkler system option whichever
first occurs, the buyer has not accepted the option in writing,
there is no further obligation imposed by this chapter on the
offeror.
(_87 § 2 . )
718-6 . 208 Applicant Notice. Every residential dwelling
applicant for a building permit pursuant to Title 7 or an
entitlement pursuant to Title 8 shall be advised in writing by the
involved building inspection or community development department
of the requirements of this chapter and acknowledge receipt of
that information as part of any filed application.
( 87- § 2 . )
718-6 . 210 Administration. The provisions of this chapter
shall be administered by the director of building inspection.
( 87- § 2 . )
SECTION III , Section 84-66. 1202 of the Ordinance Code is amended
to read:
84-66 .1202 Requirements. (a ) The final development plan
drawn to scale, shall:
( 1 ) Indicate the metes and bounds of the boundary of the
subject property together with dimensions of lands to be divided;
(2 ) Indicate the location, grades , widths and types of
improvements proposed for all streets, driveways, pedestrian ways
and utilities ;
( 3 ) Indicate the location, height, number of stories, use and
number of dwelling units for each proposed building or structure;
(4 ) Indicate the location and design of vehicle parking
areas;
( 5 ) Indicate the location and design of proposed
landscaping, except for proposed single family residential
development;
( 6 ) Indicate the location and design of all storm drainage
and sewage disposal facilities ;
( 7 ) Provide an engineer' s statement of the proposed grading;
( 8 ) Indicate the location and extent of all proposed land
uses .
( 9 ) Indicate the location of any residential dwellings
proposed to be used as new sales models .
(b) In addition, the final development plan shall be
accompanied by:
( 1) Elevations of all buildings and structures other than
single-family residences ;
(2 ) .w A statement indicating procedures and programming for
the development and maintenance of public or semipublic areas,
buildings and structures ;
( 3 ) A statement indicating the stages of development
proposed for the entire development;
( 4 ) A statement indicating if any new residential dwellings
are proposed to be used as sales models and asking approval of
that use;
( 5 ) Any additional drawings or information as may be
required by the planning commission at the time of any public
hearing in the matter.
(Ords. 87- § 3 , 79-74 :§ 84-66.102 : prior code §8166(d) : Ord.
1743. )
SECTION IV, Section 84-66.1404 of the Ordinance Code is amended
to read:
84-66 .1404 Latitude of regulations. The planning commission
may recommend and the board of supervisors may adopt as part of
the preliminary development plan, and may require in the final
development plan, standards , regulations, limitations and
restrictions which are either more or less restrictive than those
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ORDINANCE NO. 87-
specified elsewhere in this ordinance code, and which are designed
to protect and maintain property values and community amenities in
the subject community, and which would foster and maintain the
health, safety and general welfare of the community, including and
relating to but not limited to the following:
( 1) Height limitations on buildings and structures;
( 2 ) Percent coverage of land by buildings and structures;
( 3 ) Parking ratios and areas expressed in relation to use of
various portions of the property and/or building floor area;
(4 ) The location, width and improvement of vehicular and
pedestrian access to various portions of the property including
portions within abutting streets;
( 5 ) Planting and maintenance of trees, shrubs , plants and
lawns in accordance with a landscaping plan;
( 6) Construction of fences, walls and floodlighting of an
approved design;
(7 ) Limitations upon the size, design, number, lighting and
location of signs and advertising structures;
( 8) Arrangement and spacing of buildings and structures to
provide appropriate open spaces around same;
( 9 ) Location and size of off-street loading areas and docks;
( 10 ) Uses of buildings and structures by general
classification, and by specific designation when there are unusual
requirements for parking, or when use involves noise, dust, odor,
fumes, smoke, vibration, glare or radiation incompatible with
present or potential development of surrounding property;
( 11) Architectual design of buildings and structures,
( 12 ) Schedule of time for construction and establishment of
the proposed buildings, structures, or land uses or any stage of
development thereof; and
(13 ) , Requiring of performance bonds to insure development as
approved:'
(14 ) Requiring that where any residential dwelling unit (one
family dwelling or duplex) or units are approved to be used as a
sales model or models at least one such unit have a sprinkler
system installed therein meeting the standard specified in chapter
718-6 . `
(Ords . 87- § 4 , 79-74 : § 84-66. 1404 : prior code § 8166(f) :
Ord. 1743 . )
SECTION V. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance becomes effective 30
days after passage, and within 15 days of passage shall be
published once with the names of supervisors voting for and
against it in the a newspaper
published in this County.
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PASSED on by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN•
ATTEST: PHIL BATCHELOR,
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
and County Administrator
By
Deputy Board Chair
[ SEAL)
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( 3-20-87 )
( 3-27-87 )
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ORDINANCE NO. 87-
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopting Residential Fire ) RESOLUTION No. 87/ 221
Sprinkler Systems Regulations ) (Govt.C. § 50022 . 3 )
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County Resolves That:
This Board proposes to enact an ordinance providing for the
adoption by reference of the 1984 Edition of the National Fire
Protection Associations ' s Standard 13D entitled "Sprinkler
Systems for Family Dwellings" (including its Appendix A) with
changes, additions and deletions thereto as set forth in the
proposed ordinance.
The proposed ordinance establishes procedures and standards
for the availability and installation of sprinkler systems in new
residential developments and models in planned unit district
developments . On this date, reading of the title ( "Residential
Fire Sprinkler Systems" ) of the adopting ordinance, the title of
NFPA 13D and any secondary standards therein adopted by reference
was done.
On Tuesday, May 19 , 1987 at 10 :30 a.m. , in
the Chambers of the Board of Supervisors , County Administration
Building, 651 Pine Street, Martinez, California, a public hearing
will be conducted upon the proposed enactment of the said
ordinance, and at the said public hearing any interested person
may appear and be heard.
Copies of the County Ordinance Code, and at least one copy
each of the proposed ordinance and NFPA 13D are on file with the
Clerk of this Board, and are open to public inspection.
The Clerk of this Board shall cause this resolution to be
published pursuant to Government code Section 6066 in the
Contra Costa Times a newspaper of general circulation
in this County.
PASSED on April 21 , 1987 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Powers , Fanden , Schroder , Torlakson, McPeak.
NOES: None .
ABSENT: None .
1 hereby certify that this is a true and correct cope-,)f
ABSTAIN• None. an action taken and entered on the minutes of ;ate
Board of Supervlsors on the date shown.
ATTESTE. .. �L�'
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PHIL HATC EIOR,Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors and County Administrator
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RESOLUTION NO. 87/ 221