Agenda packet — Cathedral City City Council, October 22, 2025 (part 2 of 2)

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. That the City Council of the City of Cathedral City hereby designates the City Manager or appointed Interim City Manager as the review authority for determinations of Public Convenience or Necessity pursuant to, and consistent with, Section 23958.4 of the State Business and Professions Code for alcoholic beverage license applications.

Section 2. The City Clerk shall certify as to the adoption of this resolution and shall cause the same
Section 3. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION WAS APPROVED AND ADOPTED on this 22nd day of October 2025, by the following vote:
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AYES:

NOES:

ABSTAIN:

ABSENT:
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Nancy Ross, Mayor
ATTEST AND APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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Tracey R. Hermosillo, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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Eric S. Vail, City Attorney
5 Staff Report
City Council
Item No. 4.A
Meeting Date: October 22, 2025
From: Andrew Firestine, Director of Community and Economic Development Michael A. Contreras, Fire Chief
Title: Adoption of the 2025 California Building Standards and Fire Codes RECOMMENDATION:

Staff recommend City Council:

1. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines;

2. Introduce for first reading the attached ordinance to adopt the 2025 California Building Standards Code and certain specified appendices thereof, including local amendments, and repealing and replacing section 8.50.030(a) to require verification of a public sewer connection and making findings of local climatic, geological and topographical conditions, as required; and

3.Instruct staff to file the adopted resolution and ordinance with the California Building Standards Commission following the second reading of the ordinance, but at least 30 days before the effective date of the Codes.

BACKGROUND:

Every three years, the State of California updates and publishes the California Building Standards Code (BSC), Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations. The BSC provides uniform minimum standards for construction, fire safety, and building design throughout the State.

Under California Health and Safety Code §§17958, 17958.5, and 17958.7, local jurisdictions such as Cathedral City are required to adopt the most recent edition of the BSC. These statutes also authorize cities to enact amendments that are more restrictive than State provisions when supported by findings that such modifications are reasonably necessary due to local climatic, geological, or topographic conditions. Additionally, on June 30, 2025, the Governor signed into law Assembly Bill (AB) 130, which implements a freeze on certain state and local building code updates that apply to residential units for nearly six years, subject to limited exceptions, commencing October 1, 2025.

Exceptions include, among others:
Changes or modifications that are substantially equivalent to changes or modifications that were previously filed by the governing body of the city or county 1 and were in effect as of September 30, 2025; and
Changes or modifications relating to home hardening.

For Cathedral City, the adoption of a local ordinance is critical to ensure that the City’s unique conditions are adequately addressed. Cathedral City is located within the Coachella Valley, an area characterized by extreme summer heat, high wind events, seismic activity associated with nearby fault zones, and seasonal flooding potential from surrounding debris fans. These factors create heightened risks for structures and occupants not fully addressed by the statewide minimum standards.

The proposed local amendments outlined in this report and detailed in the attached ordinance include provisions carried forward from the 2022 code adoption cycle and conform to the specific authorizations granted under California Health and Safety Code §17958.7 as is more particularly detailed in Exhibit B of the attached ordinance.

The proposed ordinance ensures Cathedral City remains in compliance with State law by adopting the most recent edition of the BSC within the required 180-day period. More importantly, it allows the city to adopt local amendments, as recommended by the building official and fire marshal, to strengthen construction and fire safety requirements. These amendments are necessary to safeguard the public health, safety, and welfare of Cathedral City residents given the City’s unique environmental hazards.

DISCUSSION:

The Codes:

The BSC is a compilation of three types of building standards from three different origins:

1.Building standards that have been adopted by state agencies without change from building standards contained in national model codes;

2.Building standards that have been adopted and adapted from the national model code standards to meet California conditions; and

3.Building standards, authorized by the California legislature, that constitute extensive additions not covered by the model codes that have been adopted to address specific California concerns.

Purpose of the Ordinance:

The purpose of the proposed ordinance is to ensure the City’s adoption of the California Building Standards Code (BSC), with amendments tailored to the City’s unique climatic, geological, and topographic conditions. Under California Health and Safety Code §§17958, 17958.5, and 17958.7, local jurisdictions are authorized to adopt building standards that are more restrictive than those contained in the BSC, provided that findings are made which demonstrate the necessity of such modifications based on local conditions.

1. This ordinance makes the requisite findings that the City’s specific environmental and safety conditions—such as extreme climate, wildfire risk, seismic activity, and flooding hazards—require more stringent building and fire safety standards to adequately protect the public health, safety, and welfare. Adoption of these amendments ensures construction within the city meets not only statewide minimum standards but also local 2 needs for resilience and hazard mitigation

2. Accordingly, the ordinance formally adopts the amendments proposed by the City’s building official and fire marshal, thereby establishing enforceable building and fire code provisions consistent with both State law and the City’s duty to safeguard its residents.

Significant Changes
The 2025 California Building Standards Codes (Building, Residential, and Fire Codes) have undergone significant updates. To ensure alignment with Cathedral City’s needs, an adopting ordinance has been prepared with local amendments, many of which are existing requirements that were adopted through the adoption of prior code cycles that need to be adopted again as part of the adoption of the 2025 California Building Standards Codes.

These amendments are intended to preserve public health and safety, streamline enforcement, and address unique local conditions. The following summarizes the primary local amendments included:
Building Code
oExisting - Clarifies requirements for permit issuance. oUpdated - Establishes standards for site security and cleanliness during construction.
oExisting - Addresses requirements for new and existing buildings. Residential Code
oExisting - Requires air conditioning in all dwelling units. oExisting - Establishes roof material requirements suitable for local climate conditions.
oUpdated – Sets permit requirements for walls exceeding a specified height. Fire Code
oAdopts the 2025 California Fire Code as published.
Existing local amendments remain in place and are updated with the following new amendment
Increases fire apparatus turning radius standards.

Findings
In order to adopt the proposed additions and amendments that provide more stringent life safety and fire protection system requirements, the City Council must make findings supporting that the additions and amendments are necessary due to local climatic, topographic or geological conditions.

1. Cathedral City has an arid desert climate with roughly three inches of annual rainfall.

Temperatures exceed 100°F for about four months each year, with daily highs near 110°F in July and August and surface temperatures often exceeding 160°F. Hot, dry winds are common for much of the year. These conditions increase fire risk by drying and preheating combustible materials and promoting spontaneous combustion, which can accelerate fire spread and intensify fires. To reduce these risks, the city requires on-site fire protection systems, mandates clay or concrete roofing tiles for their superior fire resistance compared to other materials permitted under the BSC, and prohibits aluminum or copper-coated aluminum wiring smaller than 10-gauge, as such wiring is prone to failure under desert conditions, potentially causing fires, electrical shocks, or other hazards.
3 2. Cathedral City is near several active fault zones, including the San Andreas, Garnet Hill, San Jacinto, East Mojave Shear, and Pinto Mountain faults, which pose a risk of moderate to large earthquakes. Severe seismic events could disrupt communications, damage gas mains, create electrical hazards, and strain the Fire Department.

Installing on-site fire protection systems, including automatic sprinklers and the other proposed measures, can help reduce the demand for emergency services and enhance fire safety for building occupants and the community.

3. Traffic congestion in commercial areas can slow fire department response times.

Requiring on-site fire protection systems and other proposed measures in new developments will supplement emergency response, enhancing fire and life safety protection for building occupants and the broader community.

4. The City’s climate, geology, and topography create heightened fire risks, necessitating stringent fire protection measures. Without amendments, the California Building and Fire Codes would allow new and improved buildings to be constructed without on-site fire protection systems, with non-fire-resistant roofing, and with aluminum or copper-coated wiring inadequate to service its residents.

5. The City Council therefore finds that the additions and amendments to the 2025 California Building and Fire Codes set forth herein, in addition to those previously adopted (effective January 1, 2023) afford more stringent requirements for fire protection than required by the State and that such additions and amendments are necessary for the protection of the public's health, welfare and safety.

Environmental Review
The updates to the Building Code are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the CEQA Guidelines, which states that CEQA does not apply “where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment.” The updates to the Building Code help maintain general public safety and welfare of the community. Therefore, it can be seen with certainty that the building code updates would not result in a significant effect on the environment, and therefore, are exempt from CEQA.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No fiscal impact is anticipated on the City.

FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN:

ATTACHMENTS:

1. Ordinance with Exhibit A

2. Exhibit B
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ORDINANCE NO. ____

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY REPEALING CHAPTERS 8.02, 8.04, 8.08, 8.10, 8.12, 8.14, 8.18, AND

8.20 OF TITLE 8 OF THE CATHEDRAL CITY MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADOPTING NEW CHAPTERS 8.02, 8.04, 8.12, 8.14, 8.18, AND 8.20, THEREBY ADOPTING THE 2025 CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS

CODE AND CERTAIN SPECIFIED APPENDICES THEREOF, INCLUDING

LOCAL AMENDMENTS, AND REPEALING AND REPLACING SECTION

8.50.030(A) TO REQUIRE VERIFICATION OF A PUBLIC SEWER

CONNECTION PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT FOR

NEW CONSTRUCTION AND FINDING THE ORDINANCE EXEMPT FROM
CEQA.

WHEREAS, the State has adopted and approved the 2025 edition of the California Building Standards Code (Code), consisting of the California Building Code, California Residential Code, California Mechanical Code, California Plumbing Code, California Electrical Code, California Fire Code, California Existing Building Code, California Green Building Standards Code, California Energy Code, and California Reference Standards Code, which are published in Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations and are based on the latest national, uniform and international model building codes; and
WHEREAS, the Code was published in July 2025 and will become effective and applicable to any building or structure for which application for a building permit is made on or after January 1, 2026; and
WHEREAS, California Health & Safety Code §§17958, 17958.5, 17958.7, 18938, and 18941.5 authorize local jurisdictions to adopt the California Building Standards Codes with amendments reasonably necessary because of local climatic, geological, or topographical conditions; and
WHEREAS, on June 30, 2025, the Governor signed into law Assembly Bill (AB) 130, which implements a freeze on certain state and local building code updates for nearly six years, subject to limited exceptions, commencing October 1, 2025; and WHEREAS, exceptions include, among others: (1) changes or modifications that are substantially equivalent to changes or modifications that were previously filed by the governing body of the city or county and were in effect as of September 30, 2025; and (2) changes or modifications relating to home hardening; and
WHEREAS The City of Cathedral City finds that amendments to the 2025 California Building Standards Codes are reasonably necessary based on such local conditions, as documented in the City’s Finding of Facts Matrix (Attachment B); and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that each of the proposed amendments are substantially similar to amendments that were previously adopted by Council and were in effect as of September 30, 2025, or fall under one of the other exceptions in AB 130; and WHEREAS The City Council desires to repeal specified chapters of Title 8 of the Cathedral City Municipal Code and adopt new chapters incorporating the 2025 California Building Standards Codes with local amendments; and
WHEREAS The adoption of the California Building Standards Codes with local amendments is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §15061(b)(3).
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THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. Chapters 8.02, 8.04, 8.08, 8.10, 8.12, 8.14, 8.18, and 8.20 and Section

8.50.030(A) of Title 8, “Building and Construction,” are hereby repealed in their entirety.

SECTION 2. New Chapters 8.02, 8.04, 8.08, 8.10, 8.12, 8.14, 8.18, and 8.20 of Title 8 are hereby adopted, incorporating by reference the 2025 California Building Standards Code, Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, Parts 1 through 12 inclusive, as published by the California Building Standards Commission, together with the City’s local amendments as set forth in Exhibit A, as though fully set forth herein .

SECTION 4. New Section 8.50.030(A) of Title 8 is hereby adopted as set forth in Exhibit A.

SECTION 5. CEQA. The City Council finds this Ordinance exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §15061(b)(3).

SECTION 6.Repeal of Conflicting Provisions. All the provisions of the Cathedral City Municipal Code as heretofore adopted by the City of Cathedral City that are- in- conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.

SECTION 7.Severability. The City Council declares that, should any provision, section, paragraph, sentence or word of this ordinance be rendered or declared invalid by any final court action in a court of competent jurisdiction or by reason of any preemptive legislation, the remaining provisions, sections, paragraphs, sentences or words of this ordinance as hereby adopted shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 8. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect on January 1, 2026, consistent with the effective date established by the California Building Standards Commission for the 2025 California Building Standards Codes.

SECTION 9. Publication. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance and cause the same to be published according to law.

The foregoing Ordinance was approved and adopted at a meeting of the City Council held on the ____ day of _____________, 2025, by the following vote:

Ayes:

Noes:

Abstain:

Absent:
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Nancy Ross, Mayor
ATTEST:

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Tracey Hermosillo, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Eric S. Vail, City Attorney
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Exhibit A
Chapter 8 .02
California Building Standards Code

8.02.010 California Codes Adopted without Amendment
The following codes have been adopted by the California Building Standards Commission ("Commission") and are applicable within the City, without local amendments:

A. 2025 California Plumbing Code. The 2025 California Plumbing Code is adopted by the Commission as Part 5 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations. The City adopts the 2025 California Plumbing Code without amendments
B. 2025 California Mechanical Code. The 2025 California Mechanical Code is adopted by the Commission as Part 4 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations. The City adopts the 2025 California Mechanical Code without amendments C. 2025 California Energy Code. The 2025 California Energy Code is adopted by the Commission as Part 6 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations. The City adopts the 2025 California Energy Code without amendments.

D. 2025 California Historical Building Code. The 2025 California Historical Building Code is adopted by the Commission as Part 8 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations.

The City adopts the 2025 California Historical Building Code without amendments.

E. 2025 California Existing Building Code. The 2025 California Existing Building Code is adopted by the Commission as Part 10 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations. The City adopts the 2025 California Existing Building Code without amendments.

F. 2025 California Green Building Standards Code. The 2025 California Green Building Standards Code is adopted by the Commission as Part 11 of the California Code of Regulations. The City adopts the 2025 California Green Building Standards Code without amendments.

8.02.020 California and International Codes Adopted with Appendices and Amendments
The City adopts these other 2025 California and International Codes and Appendices, with the local additions, deletions and amendments provided in the following chapters:

Chapter 8.04 Adoption of the 2025 California Building Code and certain Appendices and AmendmentsChapter 8.12 Adoption of the
2025 California Fire Code and certain Appendices and
Amendments
Chapter 8.14 Adoption of the 2025 California Electrical Code, with certain Appendices and Amendments
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Chapter 8.18 Adoption of the 2025 California Residential Code, with certain Appendices and Amendments
Chapter 8.20 Adoption of the 2024 International Property Maintenance Code, with certain Appendices and Amendments
Chapter 8.04 California Building Code, 2025 Edition

8.04.010 California Building Code Adopted with Amendments A. Except for the local amendments set forth herein, there is adopted by reference the California Building Code, 2025 Edition, which is based upon the 2024 International Building Code and is published by the California Building Standards Commission as Part 2 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations. A copy of the Code together with the local amendments is on file with the Building and Safety Division.

B. The California Building Code, 2025 Edition (hereinafter "Building Code") shall be the Building Code for the City and said Code together with the adopted appendices and the amendments set forth in this chapter shall apply to the construction, alteration, movement, enlargement, replacement, repair, equipment, use and occupancy, location, maintenance, removal and demolition of every building or structure or any appurtenances connected or attached to such buildings or structures throughout the City of Cathedral City.

8.04.020 Modifications, Amendments and Deletions to the Building Code A. The following modifications, amendments and deletions are made to the Building Code:

1. Paragraph 2 of the Building portion of Section 105.2 is amended to reduce the height of fences which are exempt from permit requirements:

Building:

2. Fences and walls not over 3 feet.

2. Paragraph 4 of section 105.2 is deleted to remove the exemption from permit requirements for retaining walls that are not over 4 feet in height measured from the bottom of the footing to the top of the wall, unless supporting a surcharge or impounding Class I, II or lIl A liquids.

3. Add new subsection 105.8, Permit issuance restrictions, to read as follows:
105.8 Permit issuance restrictions. Permits for electrical, mechanical, or plumbing work, on other than residential single and dual family dwellings and associated U occupancies, shall only be issued to California licensed contractors.

4. Section 117 is added to require removal and disposal of trash and debris at building sites:

Section 117 SITE SECURITY AND REMOVAL OF TRASH AND
DEBRIS
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117.1.Construction Site Security Provisions
• 117.1.1 All new construction shall comply with the following security measures until utilities have been released by the city:
• A. Perimeter Lighting for Planned Development Projects and new Commercial construction, perimeter lighting shall be installed at a minimum of one hundred fifty-foot intervals and at a height not less than fifteen feet from the ground. The light source used shall have a minimum light output of two thousand lumens and be lighted during the hours of darkness. Additional lighting shall be required if the construction site exceeds four acres in area. • Exception. Infill residential projects shall be exempt from perimeter lighting requirements.
• B. Construction fencing shall be installed, not less than six feet in height, with heavy-duty screening attached, which is designed to preclude human intrusion, shall be installed along the perimeter boundaries of the construction site; or A uniformed security guard, licensed according to Business and
Professions Code, Chapter 11, shall be utilized to continually patrol the construction site during the hours when construction work has ceased
• Exception. Fencing location dependent on site conditions and at the discretion of the Building Official.
• C. Site shall be provided with a chemical toilet and shall be maintained on a regular basis to prevent a public nuisance.

5. Section 117.2 is amended to read as follows:
117.2Trash Containers. Trash container(s) shall be placed on each construction site and shall remain in place until construction is completed.

Where construction sites are separated by one or more lots, separate containers are required for each site. It shall be the contractor's responsibility to ensure that no container is located on or within any public right-of-way. It shall be the contractor's responsibility to ensure that all containers under his or her control are emptied of all deposited materials placed within said container(s) at least once every week.

Inspections. A permit holder shall not be entitled to and a building inspector shall not perform any inspections, including a final inspection, of any phase of completed construction work if the construction site or general area thereof contains an accumulation of construction debris. In- the-event that a building inspector is unable to conduct a requested inspection because of an accumulation of debris; a re-inspection fee shall be paid to the City at the time of the request for re-inspection.

6. Section 502.1 is amended to read as follows:
502.1 Address identification. New and existing buildings shall be provided with approved address identification. The address identification shall be legible and placed in a position that is visible from the street or road fronting the property. Address identification characters shall contrast with their background. Address numbers shall be Arabic numbers or alphabetical letters. Numbers shall not be spelled out. Each character shall be 8 inches high for commercial and 4 inches high for 13 Page | 7
residential with a minimum stroke width of 0.5 inch. Where required by the fire code official, address identification shall be provided in additional approved locations to facilitate emergency response. Where access is by means of a private road and the building cannot be viewed from the public way, a monument, pole or other sign or means shall be used to identify the structure. Address identification shall be maintained.

7. Section 901.1 is amended to read as follows:
901.1 Scope. The provisions of this chapter and chapter 9 of the California Fire Code shall specify where fire protection and life safety systems are required and shall apply to the design, installation and operation of fire protection and life safety systems.

Where there is a conflict between this chapter and chapter 9 of the California Fire Code, the California Fire Code, as adopted with modifications, amendments and deletions by the City, shall be applicable.

8. Section 1505.1 of Chapter 15 of the Building Code is amended by adding an additional exception to require the installation of clay or concrete tile roofs for all new buildings of Group R and associated Group U occupancies:
1505.1 General. Roof assemblies shall be divided into the classes defined below. Class A, B and C roof assemblies and roof coverings required to be listed by this section shall be tested in accordance with ASTM E 108 or UL 790. In addition, fire-retardant- treated wood roof coverings shall be tested in accordance with ASTM D 2898. The minimum roof coverings installed on buildings shall comply with Table 1505.1 based on the type of construction of the building.

Exception:
a. Skylights and sloped glazing that comply with Chapter 24 or Section 2610.
b. All new buildings of Group R and associated Group U occupancies that have a roof pitch of 2.5 units vertical in 12 units horizontal or greater shall have coverings of clay or concrete tile conforming to ASTM C 1167 and ASTM C 1492, respectively, and shall be installed in accordance with Table 1507.3.7.

9. Section 1506.4 is added to Chapter 15 of the Building Code to provide that roofs of additions and alterations to existing buildings may be roofed in the same roofing material as the original building unless other materials are required by the Chief Building Official:
1506.4 Additions and alterations. Roofs of additions and alterations to existing buildings may be roofed in the same roofing material as the 14 Page | 8
original building unless other materials are required by the Chief Building Official.

10. Amend subsection 3109.1, General, to read as follows:
3109.1 General. The design and construction of swimming pools, spas and hot tubs shall comply with the California Codes.

11. Add subsection 3109.2.1, Drowning prevention safety features, to read as follows:
3109.2.1 Drowning prevention safety features. Cathedral City will enforce section 115922, of the California Health & Safety Code. Where a wall of a group R, Division 3 occupancy (including attached garage) serves as part of the enclosure, numbers (4) or (5) shall be required as part of the enclosure.

Exception: Private pools and spas constructed within the fenced, gated and patrolled boundaries of a country club or similar fenced and gated residential development project are not required to be enclosed by a barrier, provided property complies with section 115922. (a).

8.04.040Adoption of Other Appendices of the Building Code without Amendments.

There is adopted by reference and without amendment, the following appendices to the Building Code:

1. Appendix C: Agricultural Buildings

2. Appendix I: Patio Covers

3. Appendix J: Grading

4. Appendix P: Emergency Housing
Chapter 8.14
California Electrical Code, 2025 Edition

8.14.010 California Electrical Code Adopted with Amendments A. Except for the local amendments set forth herein, there is adopted by reference the California Electrical Code, 2025 Edition, which is based upon the 2020 National Electrical Code and is published by the California Building Standards Commission as Part 3 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations. A copy of the Code together with the local amendments is on file with the Building and Safety Division.

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appendices and the amendments set forth in this chapter shall regulate and govern the design, construction, reconstruction, installation, quality of materials, location, operation, and maintenance or use of electrical equipment, wiring and systems within the City as well as the issuance of permits and the collection of permit fees.

8.14.020 Modifications, Amendments and Deletions to the Electrical Code A. The following modifications, amendments and deletions are made to the Electrical Code:

1. Section 230.79 is amended to read as follows:

Section 230.79(C) One-Family Dwellings For a one-family dwelling, the service disconnecting means shall have a rating of not less than 200 amperes, 3-wire, with a minimum 225 ampere bus.

2. Section 310.3 is amended by adding Section 310.3(E), and reads as follows:

Section 310.3(E) Conductors for General Wiring The use of aluminum and copper-clad aluminum conductors, feeder conductors, branch circuit conductors and taps or service entrance cables smaller than size 1/0 (one ought) AWG (American Gauge Wire) is expressly prohibited.

8.14.030 Adoption, Modifications, Amendments and Deletions to Annex H of the Electrical Code
A. There is adopted by reference and with the following additions, deletions and amendments, Annex H (Administration and Enforcement), which is a part of the Electrical Code.

1. Section 80.2 is amended to designate the City's Chief Building Official and his/her designees as the Authority Having Jurisdiction:

80.2 Definitions.

Authority Having Jurisdiction. The City's Chief Building Official and his/her designees are designated as the Authority Having Jurisdiction for purposes of this Electrical Code and wherever the term "Authority Having Jurisdiction" is used in this Code, it shall mean the City's Chief Building Official and his/her designees.

8.14.040 Adoption of Other Annex Chapters of the Electrical Code without Amendments
There is adopted by reference and without amendment, the following annex chapters to the Electrical Code:

Annex A: Product Safety Standards
Annex B: Application Information for Ampacity Calculation Annex C: Conduit, Tubing, and Cable Tray Fill Tables for Conductors and Fixture Wires of the Same Size
Annex D: Examples
Annex E: Types of Construction
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Tests (FPTs) for Critical Operations Power Systems
Annex G: Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Annex I: Recommended Tightening Torque Tables from UL Standard 486A-486B
Chapter 8.18.

California Residential Code, 2025 Edition

8.18.10 California Residential Code Adopted with Amendments A. Except for the local amendments set forth herein, there is adopted by reference the California Residential Code, 2025 Edition, which is based upon the 2024 International Residential Code and is published by the California Building Standards Commission as Part

2.5 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations. A copy of the Code together with the local amendments is on file with the Building and Safety Division.

B. The California Residential Code, 2025 Edition (hereinafter "Residential Code") shall be the Residential Code for the City and said Code together with the adopted appendices and the amendments set forth in this chapter shall regulate and govern the conditions and maintenance of all one- and two-family properties, buildings and structures within the City by providing the standards for supplied utilities and facilities and other physical things and condition essential to ensure that structures are safe, sanitary and fit for occupation and use and providing for the condemnation and demolition of buildings and structures that are unfit for human occupancy and use, and the issuance of permits and collection of permit fees.

8.18.020 Modifications, Amendments and Deletions to the Residential Code A. The following modifications, amendments and deletions are made to the Residential Code:

1. Section R103.1 is amended to read as follows:

R103.1 Creation of enforcement agency. There is established within the City, the Building and Safety Division, which shall be under the administrative and operational control of the Chief Building Official hereinafter referred to as the Chief Building Official.

2. Paragraph 2 of the Building portion of Section R105.2 is amended to reduce the height of fences which are exempt from permit requirements:

Building:
a. Fences and walls not over 3 feet.

3. Section R325 is updated and amended to read as follows:

SECTION R325 LIGHT, VENTILATION, HEATING AND AIR

CONDITIONING

4. Section R325.10 is amended to add an additional subsection, required air conditioning, to read as follows:

R325.10Required air conditioning. Every dwelling unit shall be provided with air conditioning facilities capable of cooling and maintaining a room temperature of not more than 80 degrees Fahrenheit in all 18 Page | 11 10/1/2025
habitable rooms.

R403.1.7.3.1 Minimum foundation elevation requirements.

The top of exterior foundation elevation of all residential structures used for human occupancy shall meet the following criteria.
a. If no elevations have been fixed in connection with a permit or approval, the finished floor shall be located at the highest elevation required as set forth as follows:
i. On level lots, the top of the exterior foundation shall be elevated to a minimum of 18 inches above the top of the curb or the top of the crown of the street immediately in front of the subject lot.
ii. On lots where the lot drains toward the adjacent road or is subject to water impounded behind an adjacent road, the finished floor shall be elevated to a minimum of 18 inches above the top of the crown of the adjacent road.
b. The requirement of this section may be waived or modified by the Chief Building Official, in his or her sole discretion, upon the existence of one or both of the following circumstances:
i. If a proposed method of construction that is prepared by a registered civil engineer provides equivalent flood
protection; or
ii. If the unique characteristics of a building site make the requirements unnecessary.

5. Section R902.1 of Chapter 9 of the Residential Code is amended by adding an additional exception to require the installation of clay or concrete tile roofs for all new buildings of Group R occupancies:

All new buildings of Group R occupancies that have a roof pitch of 2½ units vertical (or greater) in 12 units horizontal shall have coverings of clay or concrete tile conforming to ASTM C 1167 and ASTM C 1492, respectively, and shall be installed in accordance with Table R905.3.7.

6. Section R904.2.1 is added to Chapter 9 of the Residential Code to provide that roof additions and alterations to existing buildings may be roofed in the same roofing material as the original building unless other materials are required by the Chief Building Official:

R904.2.1 Additions and alterations. Roofs of all additions and alterations to existing buildings may be roofed in the same roofing material as the original building unless other materials are required by the Chief Building Official.

8.18.030 Adoption of Other Appendices of the Residential Code without Amendments
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following appendices to the Residential Code:

A. Appendix BF: Patio Covers
Chapter 8.20
International Property Maintenance Code, 2024 Edition

8.20.10 International Property Maintenance Code Adopted with Amendments A. Except for the local amendments set forth herein, there is adopted by reference the International Property Maintenance Code, 2024 Edition, which is published by the International Code Council. A copy of the Code together with the local amendments is on file with the Building Department.

B. The International Property Maintenance Code, 2024 Edition (hereinafter "Property Maintenance Code") shall be the Property Maintenance Code for the City and said Code together with the additions, deletions and amendments set forth in this chapter shall regulate and govern the requirements for the maintenance of existing buildings and the issuance of permits and collection of permit fees.

8.20.020 Modifications, Amendments and Deletions to the Property Maintenance Code
A. The following modifications, amendments and deletions are made to the Property Maintenance Code:

1. Amend the tile of Section 602 to read as follows:

SECTION 602 HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING FACILITIES

2. Amend Section 602.1 Facilities required, to read as follows:
602.1 Facilities required. Heating and air conditioning facilities shall be provided in structures as required by this section.

3. Amend Section 602.2 by adding the following sentence at the end of the section:
602.2 Residential occupancies. Dwellings shall be provided with air conditioning facilities at all times, shall be capable of cooling and maintaining a maximum temperature of 80 degrees Fahrenheit in all habitable rooms.

4. Add subsection 602.3.1 to read as follows:
602.3.1 Air conditioning supply. Every owner and operator of any building who rents, leases or lets one or more dwelling units or sleeping units shall supply air conditioning at all times, and shall be capable of cooling and maintain a maximum temperature of 80 degrees Fahrenheit in all habitable rooms.

Chapter 8.12
California Fire Code, 2025 Edition

8.12.10 California Fire Code Adopted with Amendments
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A. Except for the local amendments set forth herein, there is adopted by reference the California Fire Code 2025 Edition, which is based upon the 2024 International Fire Code and is published by the California Building Standards Commission as Part 9 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations. A copy of the Code together with the local amendments is on file with the Building Department.

B. The California Building Code, 2025 Edition (hereinafter "Fire Code") shall be the Fire Code for the City and said Code together with the adopted appendices and the amendments set forth in this chapter shall regulate and govern the safeguarding of life and property from fire and explosion hazards arising from the storage, handling, and use of hazardous substances, materials and devices, and from conditions hazardous to life or property in the occupancy of buildings and premises, and providing for the issuance of permits and collection of permit fees.

8.12.020 Modifications, Amendments and Deletions to the Fire Code A. The following amendment is made to Section 202:

1. Chapter 2 Definitions is amended to add the definitions of "Common Area" and “Cannabis Facilities”:

DEFINITIONS
CANNABIS FACILITY: Cannabis establishments and businesses are required to be licensed by the City of Cathedral City including but not limited to marijuana sales occupancies (dispensaries and distribution centers), marijuana cultivation facilities, marijuana product manufacturing (including extraction and infused product operations), and marijuana testing labs. These establishments or businesses involve unique operations which create significant life safety and fire hazards. As such, all establishments or businesses engaging in cannabis activities shall meet the requirements of the City of Cathedral City Fire Department.

New and/or existing marijuana related establishments or businesses (including unlicensed/non-compliant) may require construction permits or a change of occupancy; this may include access control systems, electrical modifications, addition or deletions of walls, addition or modifications of fire protection systems, modification to mechanical systems (exhaust hood systems), air monitoring equipment etc.

Reference the Fire Department Guideline for Construction Permitting for Cannabis Establishments / Businesses Located in Commercial Buildings for further information during the construction permitting process.

COMMON AREA. For the purposes of ADA compliance for visual notification, a common area shall be a room, space, or element made available for use of a restricted group of people (example, occupants of a homeless shelter, the occupants of an office building, or the guests of such occupants). Common areas shall include restrooms, hallways, lobbies, meeting and conference rooms, classrooms, cafeterias, filing and photocopy rooms, employee break rooms, open office areas exceeding 300 square feet, examination and treatment rooms, and similar areas that are not used solely as employee work areas. Mechanical, electrical and 21 Page | 14 10/1/2025
telephone closets, janitor closets, and similar non-occupied spaces that are not common areas or assigned work areas are not required to have visual alarm devises.

MID-RISE BUILDING: Buildings measured from 55 feet to 75 feet above the lowest floor level of fire department vehicular access shall be enhanced with high-rise provisions as set forth in Section 509.1 of the California Fire Code.

MODEL ROCKET: shall mean any toy or educational device which weighs not more than 500 grams, including the engine and any payload that is propelled by model rocket engines.

MODEL ROCKET ENGINE: shall mean a commercially manufactured, non-reusable rocket propulsion device which is constructed of a nonmetallic casing and solid propellant, wherein all of the ingredients are self-contained so as not to require mixing or handling by the user and which have design and construction characteristics determined by the State Fire Marshal to provide a reasonable degree of safety to the user. (All remaining provisions of Section 202 are unchanged)

8.12.030 Modifications, Amendments, and Deletions to Appendix Chapter 1 of the Fire Code
A. There is adopted by reference and with the following additions, deletions and amendments, Appendix Chapter 1, Administration, of the Fire Code:

1. Section 104.8.1 is amended to read as follows:
104.8.1 Legal Defense. Any liability against the City of Cathedral City Fire Department or any officer or employee shall be as provided for in California Government Code and case law. Fire suppression, investigation and rescue or emergency medical costs are recoverable in accordance with California Health and Safety Code Sections 13009 and 13009.1. Any person who negligently or intentionally, or in violation of law, causes an emergency response, including but not limited to, a traffic accident or spill of toxic or flammable fluids or chemicals, is liable for the costs of securing such emergency, including those costs set out in Government Code Section 53150, et seq. Any expense incurred by the fire department for securing such an emergency situation shall constitute a debt of such person and shall be collectible by the public agency in the same manner as in the case of an obligation under contract, expressed or implied.
(All other provisions of Section 104.7 are the same.)

2. Section 106.1.1 Plan Submittal is added:
106.1.1 Plan Submittal. Any plan or master engineering report submitted for review shall be stamped by a California licensed professional architect or engineer.

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3. Section 113.4 is amended to read as follows:
113.4 Violations and Penalties. Each person or entity who engages in any of the following conduct is guilty of an infraction violation which is punishable by a fine in an amount provided by the City Municipal Code Section 13.65.050 and by the imposition of any and all other criminal penalties set forth in Chapter 13.65:
a. Violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of the California Fire Code, or this chapter;
b. Fail to comply with any order made pursuant to the California Fire Code or this chapter;
c. Build or construct in violation of any detailed statement, specifications, or plans submitted and approved pursuant to the California Fire Code or this chapter;
d. Build or construct in violation of any certificate or permit issued pursuant to the California Fire Code or this chapter; or e. Fail to comply with an order made pursuant to the California Fire Code or this chapter which is affirmed or modified after an appeal was conducted.

Each person or entity which engages in flagrant and serious violations and/or continued noncompliance after notice or order to comply has been served on the violator or posted on the subject property at which a violation exists is guilty of a misdemeanor violation which is punishable by a fine provided by Municipal Code Section 13.70.080 and by the imposition of any and all other criminal penalties set forth in Chapter 13.70.

Each person or entity is guilty of a separate offense for each day, or portion thereof, during which any violation of any provision of the California Fire Code or this chapter is committed, continued or permitted by such person or entity after notification of the initial violation and shall be punishable according to the terms set forth herein.

The application of the penalties provided for in this section shall be cumulative and shall not prevent the City from pursuing other remedies provided by the City of Cathedral City Municipal Code for said violations including, but not limited to, the abatement of public nuisance conditions. (All other provisions of Section 113 are the same.)
B. A copy of the foregoing modifications, amendments and deletions to Fire Code Appendix Chapter 1 shall be maintained in the City's Building and Fire Departments and available for public inspection.

8.12.040 Modifications, Amendments and Deletions to Appendix B of the Fire Code
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A. There is adopted by reference and with the additions, deletions and amendments adopted herein, Appendix B, Fire Flow Requirements for Buildings, which is a part of the Fire Code. A copy of Appendix B, as amended, shall be maintained in the City's Building and Fire Departments and available for public inspection.

B. The following amendment is made to Appendix B:

Table B105.2 Required Fire-Flow for Buildings Other Than One- and Two- Family Dwellings, Group R-3 and R-4 Buildings and Townhouses.

Section 903.3.1.1 of the International Fire Code is amended to allow 50% of the value in Table B105.1(2)a.

Section 903.3.1.2 of the International Fire Code is amended to allow 50% of the value in Table B105.1(2)a.

C. The following deletion and amendment is made to Appendix B:

Footnote “a” – The reduced fire-flow shall not be less than 1,000 gallons per minute is deleted.

Footnote “b” – The reduced fire-flow shall not be less than 1,500 gallons per minute and is renumbered to become Footnote “a”.

D. The following amendment is made to Appendix B:

Section B106 Referenced Standard
ICC IFC-18 International Fire Code, Table B105.2 to add (as amended). (All other provisions of Appendix B remain the same.)

8.12.050 Adoption of Other Appendices of the Fire Code without Amendments A. There is adopted by reference and without amendment, the following appendices to the Fire Code:

Appendix Chapter 4 – Special Detailed Requirements Based on Use and Occupancy
Appendix A: Board of Appeals
Appendix E: Hazardous Materials Categories
Appendix F: Hazard Ranking
Appendix G: Cryogenic Fluids -Weight and Volume Equivalents Appendix H: Hazardous Materials Management Plans and
Hazardous Materials Inventory Statements
Appendix J-1.1: Cathedral City Public Safety Radio System Coverage Specifications
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Appendix K: Construction Requirements for Existing Ambulatory Care Facilities
Appendix L: Requirements for Fire Fighter Air Replenishment Systems Appendix M: High-Rise Buildings Retroactive Automatic Sprinkler Requirement.

Appendix N: Indoor Trade Shows and Exhibitions
Appendix O: Temporary Haunted Houses, Ghost Walks and Similar Amusement Uses
Appendix P: Cathedral City Fire Department Development Guidelines A copy of the City of Cathedral City Fire Department Development Guidelines and the Cathedral City Public Safety Radio System Coverage Specifications shall be kept on file with the City Clerk.

B. The following modifications, amendments and deletions are made Section 308:

1. Section 308.1.7 is amended to regulate the use of Sky Lanterns:
308.1.7 Sky Lanterns. Sky Lanterns are prohibited in Cathedral City without written permission (fire permit) by the Fire Chief or his/her designee.

2. Section 308.1.6. is amended to regulate the use of Tiki/Luau torches:
308.1.6 Open-flame devices. A person shall not utilize or allow to be utilized, an open flame or use of a Tiki or Luau torch in connection with a public meeting or gathering for purposes of deliberation, worship, entertainment, amusement, instruction, education, recreation, awaiting transportation or similar purpose in Group A or E occupancies without first obtaining a permit in accordance with Appendix Chapter 1, Section 105.6.

3.Section 308.3.2.1 is added to regulate the installation of permanent Tiki and/or Luau torches:

Section 308.3.2.1 Installation of Permanent Tiki and/or Luau torches using Liquid Propane Fuel or Natural Gas.
a. The following regulations apply to the installation of permanent Tiki and Luau torches using liquid propane fuel or Natural gas:
i.) Only LPG or natural gas fueled permanent Tiki and/or Luau torches will be allowed.
ii) Installer shall submit plans to the Planning Department for review and approval. After Planning Department approval, the plans must be reviewed and approved by the Building Department and Fire Department. After all approvals,
installer must obtain an operational permit for use of an open flame device.
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iii) Maximum length of flame shall not exceed twelve (12) inches.
iv) Flame shall be a minimum of eight (8) feet from ground level and entire torch shall be entirely on private property. v) Minimum size of pipe support shall be one- and one-half inches (1 1/2") in diameter. EXCEPTION: If mounted on a structure and braced to the satisfaction of the inspection authority, minimum size could be one inch (1"). A radius of five (5) feet between torch burner and combustibles shall be maintained.
b. Where natural gas or LPG is used, an approved shut-off valve shall be located at or near the base of the torch and a labeled secondary shut-off shall be located at a readily accessible remote location.

Secondary valves may operate one or more torches.
(All remaining provisions of Section 308 are unchanged) C. The following modifications, amendments and deletions are made Section 503:

1. Subsection 503.1.2 is amended to regulate fire apparatus access roads for developments of one-or two-family dwellings:
503.1.2 Additional access. The Fire Chief is authorized to require more than one fire apparatus access road based on the potential for impairment of a single road by vehicle congestion, condition of terrain, climatic conditions or other factors that could limit access. Developments of one-or two-family dwellings where the number of dwelling units exceeds 25 shall be provided with separate and approved fire apparatus access roads. All multiple-family residential developments shall provide with two separate and approved fire apparatus access roads.

2. Subsection 503.2. is added to provide for the evaluation of the design of access roads:
503.2 (b) Access road design. The Fire Chief shall evaluate access road design in terms of total response efficiency. The Fire Chief is authorized to make modifications to access road network design, access road route and inter-connectivity with new or existing roads so that response efficiency is maintained.

3. Subsection 503.5.3 is added to regulate access roads with installed fences which cause the distance from the road to exceed the maximum distance allowed in Section 503:
503.5.3 Fences. When fences are installed that caused the distance from an approved fire department access road to exceed the maximum distance allowed in Section 503 here in, a person gate shall be provided in the fence to maintain the required fire department access. The gate shall be a minimum four (4) feet in width and be equipped with a keybox, key switch and/or lock accessible from both sides in accordance with Section 26 Page | 19 10/1/2025
506 of this Code.

4. Subsection 503.1.4 is added to regulate fire access roads, fire lanes and signage:
503.1.4 Fire apparatus access roads, fire lanes and signage. In all locations where access by emergency vehicles for fire suppression and rescue purposes is unduly difficult or subject to obstruction, the Fire Chief may designate certain locations as fire lanes. Fire lanes may include some or all roadways within certain public or private structural complexes. Such roadways shall be marked and/or posted in accordance with the standards provided by the Cathedral City Fire Department. Persons or entities who park, leave, abandon, or store a vehicle(s) or cause or permit a vehicle(s) to be parked, left, abandoned, or stored in a fire lane may be subject to the issuance of an infraction citation pursuant to Chapter 13.65 of the Cathedral City Municipal Code and/or may have their vehicle(s) towed from the location pursuant to local or State statutes. All fire lane signs and/or curb markings shall be maintained in a legible and visible condition at all times by the property owner(s).

5. Subsection 503.2.1 is amended to regulate the dimensions for fire access roads for subterranean and above-ground parking structures and those located in the proximity of buildings and structures more than thirty (30) feet in height:
503.2.1 Dimensions. Fire apparatus access roads shall have an unobstructed width of not less than 20 feet except for approved security gates in accordance with Section 503.6 and an unobstructed vertical clearance of not less than 13 feet 6 inches, except that subterranean and above ground parking structures shall have an unobstructed vertical clearance of not less than 8 feet 6 inches.

6. Subsection 503.2.3 is amended to regulate the design of access road surfaces:
503.2.3 Surface. Fire apparatus access roads shall be designed and maintained to support the imposed loads of fire apparatus (73,000 lbs.

GVW) and shall be surfaced so as to provide all- weather driving capabilities.

7. Subsection 503.2.4 is amended to regulate the turning radius of access roads:
503.2.4 Turning radius. The required turning radius of a fire apparatus access road shall be determined by the Fire Chief. Fire access road turns and corners shall be designed with a minimum inner radius of 15 17 feet and an outer radius of 38 feet. Radius must be concentric.

8. Subsection 503.2.5 is amended to regulate dead ends for access roads:
503.2.5 Dead ends. Dead-end fire apparatus access roads in excess of 150 one hundred fifty feet in length shall be provided with an approved area for turning around fire apparatus. The City of Cathedral City has two approved turn around provisions: (i) a cul-de-sac with an outside 27 Page | 20 10/1/2025
turning radius of 38 feet from centerline with no parking permitted and (ii) a hammerhead turnaround 65 feet from centerline in both directions.

9. Subsection 503.2.7 is amended to regulate the grade of access roads:
503.2.7 Grade. The grade of the fire apparatus access road shall be within the limits established by the Fire Chief based on the fire department's apparatus. No grade shall exceed 12 percent. Grade transitions shall not exceed maximum angle of approach and angle of departure based on the fire department's apparatus as determined by the Fire Chief.

10. Subsection 503.2.9 is added to provide for aerial fire access roads:
503.2.9 Aerial Fire Access Roads. Buildings or portions of buildings or facilities exceeding 30 feet in height above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access shall be provided with approved fire apparatus access roads capable of accommodating fire department aerial apparatus.

Overhead utility and power lines shall not be located within the aerial fire apparatus access roadway.
a.503.2.9.1 Minimum width. Fire apparatus access roads shall have a minimum unobstructed width of 26 feet in the immediate vicinity of any building or portion of building more than 30 feet in height.
b.503.2.9.2 Proximity to building. At least one of the access routes required under this section 503.2.9 shall be located within a minimum of 15 feet and a maximum of 30 feet from the building and shall be positioned parallel to one entire side of the building.

11. Amendments are made to Section 503.6 to maintain emergency response standards related to efficiency and time. It is necessary for the Fire Chief to have the authority to condition the design of access roads related to the proposed project as delays in response times have a detrimental effect upon public safety:
503.6 Security gates. The installation of security gates across a fire apparatus access road shall be approved by the Fire Chief. Where security gates are installed, they shall have an approved Opticom system as a means of emergency operation. The security gates and the emergency operation shall be maintained at all times.
a.503.6.1 Knox access switches; approved padlock or chain.

Existing secured automated vehicle gates or entries shall utilize approved Knox access switches as required by the Fire Chief. The location of the Knox access switches must be approved by the fire code official prior to the installation. Secured non-automated vehicle gates or entries shall utilize an approved padlock or chain (maximum link or lock shackle size of ¼ inch) when required by the Fire Chief.
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traffic pre-emptive strobe-activated switch and/or an approved Knox key electric switch when required by the Fire Chief. Gate arms securing parking lots and parking structures shall be equipped with a fire department approved dual-keyed Knox key electric switch. When activated, the arm or arms shall open to allow fire and law enforcement access.
c.503.6.3 Dimensions. Approved security gates shall be a minimum of 20 feet in unobstructed drive width on at least the entry side with gate in open position. An unobstructed vertical clearance of not less than 13 feet 6 inches (4115 mm) shall be provided and maintained at all times.
d.503.6.4 Power failure. In the event of a power failure, the gate(s) shall be defaulted or automatically transferred to a fail- safe mode allowing the gate to be pushed open without the use of special knowledge or any equipment. If a two- gate system is used, the override switch must open both gates.
e.503.6.5 Override switch. If there is no sensing device that will automatically open the gates for exiting, a fire department approved Knox electrical override switch shall be placed on each side of the gate in an approved location.
f.503.6.6 Spikes and roadway obstructions prohibited. No spikes or roadway obstructions shall be constructed within access and exit ways without provisions for emergency retraction or removal with a Knox electrical override switch or similar device as approved by the Fire Chief.
g.503.6.7 Final inspection. A final field inspection by the Fire Chief is required before electronically controlled gates may become operative. Prior to final inspection, electronic gates shall remain in a locked-open position.
(All remaining provisions of Section 503 are unchanged) D. The following modifications, amendments and deletions are made Section 504:

1. Section 504.1 is amended to add provisions pertaining to required access:
504.1 Required access. Exterior doors and openings required by this code or the California Building Code shall be maintained readily accessible for emergency access by the fire department. An approved access walkway leading from fire apparatus access roads to exterior openings shall be provided when required by the Fire Chief. Finished grade to be flat and accessible on all sides of the building where ground ladder access is the only means to reach the highest point on the building from the exterior. Distance from building for finish grade shall be flat as required by the Fire Chief. Obstructions shall not be placed as to interfere with ground ladder placement.
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E. The following modifications, amendments and deletions are made Section 505:

1. Subsection 505.1.1 is added to provide the minimum premises identification standards for multi-family, multi-retail and multi-commercial occupancies:
505.1.1 Address numbers for specified occupancies. All multi-family, multi-retail and multi-commercial occupancies shall have a minimum of twelve (12) inch high numbers, with a minimum one and one- half (1½) inch stroke. All commercial, light and heavy industrial occupancies shall have a minimum of twelve (12) inch high numbers, with a minimum one and one-half (1½) inch stroke.

All address numbers are required to be illuminated (back or surface lit). (All remaining provisions of Section 505 are unchanged) F. The following modifications, amendments and deletions are made Section 506:

1. Section 506.1 is amended to add provisions pertaining to key boxes:
506.1 Where required. Where access to or within a structure or an area is restricted because of secured openings or where immediate access is necessary for life-saving or fire-fighting purposes, the Fire Chief is authorized to require a key box to be installed in an approved location. The key box shall be of an approved type and shall contain keys to gain necessary access as required by the Fire Chief. Secured emergency access gates serving apartment, townhome or condominium complex courtyard must provide a key box in addition to association or facility locks.

The nominal height of Knox lock box installations shall be five (5) feet above grade. Location and installation of Knox key boxes must be approved by the Fire Chief.
(All remaining provisions of Section 506 are unchanged) G. The following modifications, amendments and deletions are made Section 507:

1. The following modifications, amendments and deletions are made Section 507:
a. Subsection 507.5.3 is amended to provide additional installation requirements for private fire service mains and appurtenances:
i. NFPA 25 shall establish the minimum requirements for the installation of private fire service mains and their appurtenances supplying automatic sprinkler systems, open sprinkler systems, water spray fixed systems, foam systems, private hydrants, monitor nozzles or standpipe systems with reference to water supplies, private hydrants and hose houses.
ii. Private fire service mains shall be not less than eight (8) inches in diameter when serving private fire hydrants and fire sprinkler systems.
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Class 200 plastic piping, installed to NFPA 24 standards, is required for all private fire service mains. When fire pumps are installed, a minimum Class 200 ductile iron fire service main is required.
iv. All restrained joints on private fire service mains, private fire hydrant lines and fire sprinkler laterals shall be calculated as required by NFPA 24,or use Water Agency/District Drawings.

Calculations shall be submitted and the resulting
dimensions/details of restrained joints shall be shown on the plans.

Minimum design working pressure shall be 150 PSI. Special design considerations may be required with high static pressures or lines in which fire pumps are installed.
v. Private fire service mains when supplying three (3) or more fire hydrants shall be designed with a looped water supply.
vi. In order to isolate the fire sprinkler underground lateral from any private fire hydrant system, a listed aboveground indicating valve (post indicator valve or outside stem and yoke valve) shall be provided for the fire sprinkler lateral.
vii. Indicating valves shall be required to sectionalize no more than two commercial buildings, three residential buildings or two private fire hydrants on private fire service mains or when 5 or more fire appliances are on a looped fire service underground system. Any deviation will require the Fire Department approval.
viii. On-site private fire hydrants and Fire Department Connections shall be located less than three (3) feet behind the face of a curb or when no curb is provided and shall be protected by guard posts set in concrete to the following specifications:
Constructed of steel not less than 4 inches in diameter and concrete filled
Spaced not more than 4 feet between posts on center
Set not less than 3 feet deep in a concrete footing of not less than a 15-inch diameter
Set with the top of the posts not less than 3 feet above ground Located not less than 3 feet from the fire hydrants, post indicator valves and Fire Department connections
All guard posts shall be painted yellow. (Rust-Oleum safety yellow #2149 or equivalent)
ix. The installing contractor shall provide a completed "Contractors Material & Test Certificate for Underground Piping" as required by NFPA 24.
x. Double Check Detector Assemblies (Private):
All Double Check Detector Assemblies shall be UL listed/FM approved for fire protection service in compliance with NFPA

24. All Double Check Detector Assemblies shall be installed with two tamper switches and electrically monitored at a UL listed central station service, when there are 20 or more fire sprinkler heads.
All Double Check Detector Assemblies shall be provided with a chain and breakaway security lock. A key shall be kept in the spare sprinkler head box and KNOX key box.
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mains and fire sprinkler systems.
b. Subsection 507.5.3.1 is amended to provide additional installation requirements for private fire service mains and appurtenances:
507.5.3.1 Fire Department Connections and Private Fire
Hydrants
i. Fire Department Connections shall be installed at apparatus access roads in locations approved by the fire department. Check with the fire department prior to plan submittal.
ii. The Fire Department Connection shall extend between 30" to 48" above finished grade.
iii. Fire Department Connections shall be visible, accessible, and installed in approved locations downstream of all Double Check Detector Assemblies. The check valve for the FDC shall be above grade. Fire Department connections shall be located within 100 feet of a fire hydrant. Exceptions may be made by the fire code official.
iv. Fire Department Connections shall be equipped with protective caps.
v. When the total sprinkler system demand, including hose allowance, is less than 499 G.P.M., the Fire Department Connection riser shall be 4" in nominal diameter and shall have a standard 2-way threaded 2 ½” connection.
vi. When the total sprinkler system demand, including hose allowance, is 500 GPM to 1,199 G.P.M., the Fire Department Connection riser shall be 6" in nominal diameter and shall have a standard 3-way threaded 2 ½” connection.
vii. When the total sprinkler system demand, including hose allowance, is greater than 1,200 G.P.M., the Fire Department Connection riser shall be 6" in nominal diameter and shall have a standard 4-way threaded 2 ½” connection.
viii. In a building complex, where two or more buildings are served, or identification of which building is served by separate Fire Department Connections; the Fire department will require signs of substantial construction to be posted at each Fire Department Connection identifying the respective buildings served. The minimum letter size shall be 1" on a contrasting background, white letters on a red background.
ix. Fire Department Connections shall be painted red (Rust-Oleum Safety Red # 2163 or equivalent).
x. Fire Department Connection piping shall be ductile iron from the private fire service main to the Fire Department Connection check valve above ground. The pipe from the Fire Department
Connection check valve to the Fire Department Connection shall be ductile iron pipe. The NFPA 13R Fire Department Connection piping shall be copper from the private fire service main. xi. Commercial fire hydrants with a 4", x 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" outlets are required when fire flow demand is 1,500 GPM or greater.

Residential fire hydrants with a 4” x 2 ½” outlets are required when the fire flow demand is less than 1500 GPM. Existing residential fire hydrants that are located within 150’ of a building do not need to be upgraded to commercial fire hydrants if that hydrant(s) can provide the required fire flow.
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xii. Private fire hydrants shall be painted red (Rust-Oleum Safety Red # 2163 or equivalent).
xiii. Blue reflective markers shall be installed to identify location of all fire hydrants. These markers shall be visible from both directions of vehicle travel.
xiv. Hydraulic calculations shall be provided for all private fire hydrant systems. Calculations shall be calculated back to the point of the flow test. The fire hydrant system shall meet the fire flow requirements as required by the California Fire Code.
xv. When the private fire service main serves both fire sprinkler system(s) and private fire hydrant(s), the hydraulic calculation shall include the fire hydrant flow rate with associated private fire hydrant(s) and fire sprinkler flow rate for a minimum design of 20 PSI residual pressure for the fire hydrant (s).
xvi. All private fire service mains and water tanks shall be inspected, tested, and maintained in accordance with California Code of Regulations, Title 19, Division 1, Chapter 5:
Private fire hydrants of all types: Inspection annually and after each operation; flow test and maintenance completed annually. Fire service main piping: Inspection of exposed, annually; flow test every five years.
Fire service main piping strainers: Inspection and maintenance completed after each use.
Records of inspections, testing and maintenance shall be maintained.
xvii. Dry barrel and wall hydrants shall be inspected annually and after each operation with the necessary corrective action taken as shown in table 7.2.2.4 of the Cathedral City Fire Dept.

Development Guidelines.
xviii. Wet barrel shall be inspected annual and after each operation with the necessary corrective action taken as shown in table 7.2.2.5 of the Cathedral City Fire Dept. Development Guidelines.
c. Subsection 507.5.1 is amended to provide more stringent private fire hydrant placement requirements:
507.5.3.1.1 Where required. Minimum basic private fire hydrant spacing for multi-family residential (triplexes or greater, apartment houses, hotels, convents or monasteries) and all commercial or industrial properties shall be spaced not more than 300 feet along streets or fire apparatus access roadways, so that all fire apparatus- accessible portions of the building are within 150 feet of a hydrant.
(All remaining provisions of Section 507 are unchanged) H. The following Section 511 is added to provide reliable public safety communication:

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increase radio frequency amplification for all first responders and improve public safety:

SECTION 511 FEATURES AND REQUIREMENTS.
511.1 General. All new buildings four stories in height or taller and all subterranean levels of parking structures or existing altered buildings over twenty (20) percent shall meet the City of Cathedral City Public Safety Radio System Coverage specifications as determined by the Fire Chief.

I. The following modifications, amendments and deletions are made to Section 901:

1.Section 901.4 is amended to provide circumstances under which existing non-conforming buildings are required to comply with fire safety requirements for newly constructed buildings and structures:
901.4 Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems. Fire protection systems shall be maintained in accordance with the original installation standards for that system. Required systems shall be extended, altered, or augmented as necessary to maintain and continue protection whenever the building is altered, remodeled or added to. Alterations to fire protection systems shall be done in accordance with applicable standards.

Exceptions: Existing non-conforming buildings shall comply with all the fire safety requirements for a newly constructed building or structure under the following circumstances:
a. When the floor area in an existing non-conforming building is increased greater than fifty (50) percent of the total square footage of the original building.
b. When a change in occupancy occurs in an existing non- conforming building which, in the opinion of the Fire Chief or Chief Building Official, significantly changes the use of the building. c. When structural repairs and/or alterations are made to an existing non-conforming building which exceeds fifty (50) percent aggregate replacement of the total square footage of the original building.

2.Section 901.6 is amended to provide additional provisions pertaining to inspections, testing and maintenance of fire detection, alarm and extinguishing systems:
901.6 Inspection, testing and maintenance. Fire detection, alarm and extinguishing systems shall be maintained in an operative condition at all times, and shall be replaced or repaired where defective. It shall be the responsibility of the owner to ensure that these requirements are met.

Non-required fire protection systems and equipment shall be inspected, tested and maintained or removed. Prior to the removal of any fire protection system, permission shall be obtained from the Fire Chief.

J. The following modifications, amendments and deletions are made Section 903:
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1.Section 903.2 is amended to provide more stringent fire protection requirements by requiring the installation of approved automatic fire sprinkler systems in every newly constructed Group A occupancy building where one of the following conditions exist;
a. Section 903.2.1.1 is amended as follows:
903.2.1.1 Group A-1 An automatic sprinkler system shall be provided for Group A-1 occupancies where:

The aggregate fire area under the roof exceeds 3,000 square feet.

Fire resistive walls shall not be considered for reducing the fire area of the building for the purposes of this section.
(The other provisions of section 903.2.1.1 remain the same) b. Section 903.2.1.2 is amended as follows:
903.2.1.2 Group A-2 An automatic sprinkler system shall be provided for Group A-2 occupancies where:

The aggregate fire area under the roof exceeds 3,000 square feet. Fire resistive walls shall not be considered for reducing the fire area of the building for the purposes of this section. (The other provisions of section 903.2.1.2 remain the same) c. Section 903.2.1.3 is amended as follows:
903.2.1.3 Group A-3 An automatic sprinkler system shall be provided for Group A-3 occupancies where:

The aggregate fire area under the roof exceeds 3,000 square feet.

Fire resistive walls shall not be considered for reducing the fire area of the building for the purposes of this section.
(The other provisions of section 903.2.1.3 remain the same) d. Section 903.2.2 is amended as follows:
903.2.2 Group B. An automatic sprinkler system shall be provided for Group B occupancies where one or more of the following conditions exists:
i) Where the aggregate fire area under the roof exceeds 3,000 square feet. Fire resistive walls shall not be
considered for reducing the gross floor area of the building for the purposes of this section.
ii) Where the fire area has an occupant load of 100 or more persons.
iii) Where the fire area is located on a floor other than the level of exit discharge.
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e. Section 903.2.3 is amended as follows:
903.2.3 Group E. Except as provided for in Sections 903.2.3.1 for a new public school campus and 907.2.3.6 (Automatic fire alarm system) for modernization of an existing public school campus building(s), an approved automatic fire sprinkler system shall be provided for Group E occupancies where:
i) The aggregate fire area under the roof exceeds 3,000 square feet. Fire resistive walls shall not be considered for reducing the fire area of the building for the purposes of this section.
ii) Throughout every portion of educational buildings below the level of exit discharge.

Exception: An automatic sprinkler system is not required in any fire area or area below the level of exit discharge where every classroom throughout the building has at least one exterior exit door at ground level and the aggregate fire area under the roof does not exceed 3,000 square feet
(The other provisions of section 903.2.3 remain the same) f. Section 903.2.4 is amended as follows:
903.2.4 Group F-1. An approved automatic fire sprinkler system shall be provided throughout all new buildings used for Group F occupancies where one or more of the following conditions exists:
i) Where a Group F-1 aggregate fire area under the roof exceeds 3,000 square feet regardless of stories.
ii) Where a Group F-1 fire area is located more than three stories above grade plane; or
iii) Where the combined area of all Group F-1 fire areas on all floors, including any mezzanines, exceeds 3,000 square feet.

Fire resistive walls shall not be considered for reducing the fire area of the building for the purposes of this section. iv)Cannabis Cultivation and Manufacturing Sites: The Fire Department considers these uses to be a Group F-1
(Factory Industrial Moderate-Hazard Occupancy). All new construction is required to be fire sprinkled per the
amended Fire Code (see above requirements).

Cannabis Cultivation and Manufacturing Sites that will be sited in an existing structure, an automatic sprinkler system shall be provided throughout all buildings containing a Group F-1 occupancy where one of the following conditions exists:
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(a) Where a Group F-1 fire area exceeds 12,000
square feet; or
(b) Where a Group F-1 fire area is located more than
three stories above grade plane; or
(c) Where the combined area of all Group F-1 fire areas on all floors, including any mezzanines, exceeds
24,000 square feet.
(The other provisions of section 903.2.4 remain the same) g. Section 903.2.7 is amended as follows:
903.2.7 Group M. An automatic fire sprinkler system shall be provided throughout buildings containing a Group M occupancy where one or more of the following conditions exist:
i) Where a Group M aggregate fire area under the roof
exceeds 3,000 square feet. regardless of stories.
ii) Where a Group M fire area is located more than three stories above grade plane; or
iii) Where the combined area of all Group M fire areas on all floors, including any mezzanines, under the roof exceeds 3,000 square feet.

Fire resistive walls shall not be considered for reducing the fire area of the building for the purposes of this section.
h. Section 903.2.9 is amended as follows:
903.2.9 Group S-1. An automatic fire sprinkler shall be provided throughout all buildings containing a Group S-1 occupancy where one or more of the following conditions exists:
i) A Group S-1 aggregate fire area under the roof exceeds 3,000 square feet regardless of stories.
ii) A Group S-1 fire area is located more than three stories above grade plane; or
iii) The combined area of all Group S-1 fire areas on all floors, including any mezzanines, under the roof exceeds 3,000
square feet.
iv) Fire resistive walls shall not be considered for reducing the fire area of the building for the purposes of this section. i. Section 903.2.9.1 is amended as follows:
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the roof exceeds 3,000 square feet or where the vehicles serviced are parked in the basement.
j. Section 903.2.10 is amended as follows:
i)903.2.10 Group S-2. An automatic sprinkler system shall be provided throughout all buildings containing a Group S- 2 occupancy where one or more of the following
conditions exist:
(a)A Group S-2 aggregate fire area under the roof
exceeds 3,000 square feet regardless of stories;
Exception: Group S-2 carports – 100% open on all sides of non-combustible construction
(b)A Group S-2 fire area is located more than three
stories above grade plane; or
(c)The combined area of all Group S-2 aggregate fire
areas on all floors, including any mezzanines, under
the roof exceeds 3,000 square feet.

Fire resistive walls shall not be considered for reducing the fire area of the building for the purposes of this section.

An automatic sprinkler system shall be provided throughout buildings classified as enclosed parking garages in accordance with Section 406.4 of the California Building Code or where located beneath other occupancy groups.
k. Section 903.2.10.1 is amended as follows:
903.2.10.1 Commercial parking garages. An automatic sprinkler system shall be provided throughout buildings used for storage of commercial trucks or buses where the aggregate fire area under the roof exceeds 3,000 square feet.
l. Section 903.2.4.4, is added for Group F-2 occupancies 903.2.4.4 Group F-2. An automatic sprinkler system shall be provided throughout all new buildings containing a Group F-2 occupancy when the fire area under roof exceeds 3,000 square feet.
m. Section 903.3.10 is amended to provide additional requirements for floor control valves:
903.3.10 Floor control valves. Approved supervised indication control valves shall be provided at the point of connection to the riser on each floor in buildings three or more stories in height unless otherwise approved by the Fire Chief. Valve locations will be determined and approved by the Fire Chief.
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sprinkler systems for buildings constructed near an existing fire sprinkler protected structure:
903.6.1 Buildings proximately located to a protected building or structure. An approved automatic fire sprinkler system shall be installed in any building constructed within 10 feet of an existing fire sprinkler protected building or structure.
o. Section 903.6.1.1 is added to establish conditions in which tenant improvements or added square footage will result in the application of Section 903:
903.6.1.1 Tenant improvements. Section 903 shall apply to existing buildings undergoing tenant improvement where the improvement or added square footage results in the total aggregate fire area of the building increasing by 50% or more of the existing square footage.
(All other pro visions of Section 903.2 not expressly amended herein remain unchanged)
p. Section 903.6.2 is added for Increased Square Footage.

Section 903.6.2 Increased Square Footage. Any existing building or structure undergoing construction or alteration which adds square footage exceeding the total aggregate floor area, as prescribed in Section 903.2 shall require an approved automatic fire sprinkler system.

Exceptions: (1) One and two-family dwellings and manufactured homes (2) additions to occupancies equating to fifty (50) percent or less of total floor area. Fire Sprinkler requirements for these occupancies shall be determined based on the California Fire Code Table B105.1 – Minimum Required Fire Flow for Buildings.

K. The following modifications, amendments and deletions are made Section 916:

1.Section 916.3.1 is added:
916.3.1 Alarms. The gas detection system shall initiate a local alarm and transmit a signal to a constantly attended control station when a short- term hazard condition is detected. The alarm shall be both visible and audible and shall provide warning both inside and outside the area where gas is detected. The audible alarm shall be distinct from all other alarms.

2.Section 916.3.2 is added:
916.3.2 Supply Shutoff. The gas detection system shall automatically close the shutoff valve at the source on gas supply piping and tubing related to the system being monitored for whichever gas is detected.

Exception: Automatic shutdown is not required for reactors utilized for the production of highly toxic or toxic compressed eases where such reactors are:
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a. Operated at pressures less than 15 pounds per square inch (psi).
b. Constantly attended.
c. Provided with readily accessible emergency shut-off valves.

3.Section 908.3.3 is added:
908.3.1 Valve closure. The automatic closure of shutoff valves shall be in accordance with the following:
a. Where the gas-detection sampling point initiates the gas detection system alarm, which is within a gas cabinet exhausted enclosure, the shutoff valve in the gas cabinet or exhausted enclosure for the specific gas detected shall automatically close.
b. Where the gas-detection sampling point initiates the gas detection system alarm, which is within a gas room and compressed gas containers are not in gas cabinets or exhausted enclosures, the shutoff valves on all gas lines for the specific gas detected shall automatically close.
c. Where the gas-detection sampling point initiates the gas detection system alarm, which is within a piping distribution manifold enclosure, the shutoff valve for the compressed container of specific gas detected supplying the manifold shall automatically close.

Exception: When the gas-detection sampling point initiates the gas detection system alarm, which is at a use location or within a gas valve enclosure of a branch line downstream of a piping distribution manifold, the shutoff valve in the gas valve enclosure for the branch line located in the piping distribution manifold enclosure shall automatically close.

L. Section 1103.11 is added Increased Hazard Class in Change of Use Section 1103.11 Increased Hazard Class in Change of Use. An approved fire alarm system shall be installed in existing, non-sprinklered buildings when a change of use occurs resulting in a higher hazard classification.

M. Section 1201.1.1 is added Other Systems
Section 1201.1.1, Other Systems. Where required by the Fire Code Official, other systems and operations including but not limited to battery systems assembly, battery reconditioning and storage, research and development of battery storage systems, electric vehicle manufacturing and testing, and battery charging systems for cars or carts inside of buildings or structures, shall comply with this chapter.

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for electric vehicles located in open parking garages of Type I or II construction.

N. Section 3106.4.8 is added to regulate fire protection measures for parade floats:

SECTION 3106.4.8 PARADE FLOATS

1.3106.4.8.1 Decorative materials. Decorative materials on parade floats shall be non-combustible or flame retardant.

2.3106.4.8.2 Fire protection. Motorized parade floats and towing apparatus shall be provided with a minimum 2-A: 1O-B:C rated portable fire extinguisher readily accessible to the operator.

3.3106.4.8.3 A twelve (12) inch minimum clearance of decorative materials shall be maintained around the vehicle and/or generator.

4.3106.4.8.4 Portable generators shall be secure from tipping and subject to approval by the fire code official.

O. Section 5614 is added to regulate fireworks:

SECTION 5614 FIREWORKS
5614.1 Prohibition. The manufacture, sale, possession, storage, handling or use of "safe and sane" fireworks as currently defined in the California Health and Safety Code section 12529 or "dangerous fireworks" as currently defined in the California Health and Safety Code section 12505 or thereafter amended by state statute is prohibited in the City.

The provisions of this section do not apply to fireworks displays conducted in accordance with the provisions of any permit issued pursuant to this chapter.
5614.2 Seizure of fireworks. The Fire Chief, any authorized Fire Chief, or his or her designee, peace officer or other city official authorized to enforce the City's Municipal Code may seize, take, remove, or cause to be removed at the expense of the owner all prohibited fireworks and explosives. This will include all persons, firms or corporations who manufacture, sell, possess, store, handle or use any prohibited fireworks or explosives.

P. The following modifications, amendments and deletions are made Section 5704:

1.Section 5704.2.9.6.1.4.1 is added to prohibit the installation of combustible/flammable liquid tanks in residential districts:
5704.2.9.6.1.4.1 Location
The installation of underground combustible and/or flammable liquid tanks is hereby prohibited in all residential districts. The Fire Chief may authorize installation of underground combustible/flammable liquid tanks in agricultural, commercial and manufacturing districts.
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2.The definition of Secondary Containment in Section 5704.2.9.7.4 added:

SECONDARY CONTAINMENT- That level of containment that is external to and separate from primary containment and is capable of safely and securely containing the material, without discharge, for a period of time reasonably necessary to ensure detection and remedy of the primary containment failure.

Q. Section 6109 is added regarding liquefied petroleum gas (LPG):

1.6109.1.1 New Installation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas. All new installation of liquefied petroleum gas with an aggregate capacity of 2,000 gallons or more shall be protected by an approved automatic fixed water spray system. The system shall protect the entire surface area of the tank and the cargo tanker transfer area. The system shall be calculated to provide a minimum density of .25 gallons per minute per square foot with a one-hour duration water supply.

A copy of the foregoing modifications, amendments and deletions to the Fire Code shall be maintained in the City's Building and Fire Departments and available for public inspection.

8.12.060 Designation of Fire Hazard Severity Zones
A. The designated Fire Haard Severity Zones within the City are depicted upon the Fire Hazard Severity Zones (FHSZ) Map, dated March 24, 2025, a copy of which shall be available for public inspection in the Office of the City Clerk.

Chapter 8.50
Sewer Connections

8.50.030 New construction.

All buildings and structures with plumbing facilities constructed on or after the effective date of this chapter shall be connected to an available public sewer system prior to issuance of a temporary or final certificate of occupancy, or any other permit, license, or certificate that authorizes or purports to authorize the occupation of any such building or structure.

A. Verification in the form of payment receipts, or approved permits, from the respectful utility, shall be provided to the Building and Safety Division prior to the issuance of a building permit.
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Exhibit B – Local Amendments Matrix
Purpose: This matrix identifies all local amendments to the model codes adopted by the City of Cathedral City, the corresponding municipal code sections, the model code sections affected, the type of amendment (Added, Deleted, Amended), and the justification for each amendment as required by California Health & Safety Code §17958.7.

Column Definitions:

Column Description
Muni-Code Sec. Cathedral City Municipal Code section where the amendment is codified.

Code Sec.

Code Sec. – Model code section affected, prefixed by the model code acronym:

CBC – California Building Code ; CRC – California Residential Code ; CMC – California Mechanical Code; CPC – California Plumbing Code; CEC – California Electrical Code; CFC – California Fire Code; CEBC – California Existing Building Code; CEEC – California Energy Code; CalGreen – California Green Building Standards Code; IPMC – International Property Maintenance Code; CRSC – California Reference Standards Code Amendment Title Short description of the amendment’s subject.

A Checkmark indicates a section added to the model code.

M Checkmark indicates a section amended from the model code.

Just. Letter(s) corresponding to the Justification Key (see below).

Justification Key:

Letter Finding of Fact

CL = Climatic
Cathedral City has an arid desert climate with annual rainfall of approximately 3 inches. Temperatures exceed 100° Fahrenheit on average for four months of the year, with daily highs near 110° Fahrenheit during July and August. Surface area temperatures exceeding 160° Fahrenheit are common. Additionally, the area is subject to hot, dry winds during most months of the year. These hot, dry, windy climate conditions increase fire danger by drying and pre- heating combustible material and by fostering spontaneous combustion of flammable materials. These conditions can hasten the spread and heighten the intensity of fires, thus, creating a need for an increased level of fire protection. The fire dangers that result from these desert conditions can be mitigated by: (i) requiring the installation of the proposed on-site fire protection systems; (ii) mandating the use of clay or concrete tiles as roofing materials because clay and concrete are more fire-resistive than other roofing materials permitted under the Code; and (iii) prohibiting the use of aluminum and copper-clad aluminum wiring smaller than size one ought (1/0) because the smaller gauge aluminum wiring is more likely to fail under the desert conditions and result in mechanical failure which can lead to fires, electrical shocks and other hazardous conditions.

Persistent drought conditions in the Colorado River Basin have resulted in water levels of Lake Mead and Lake Powell that are near-historic lows. On May 9, 2016, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. issued an Executive Order aimed at water conservation due to severe and continuing drought conditions throughout the State of California. As a result of this water emergency, the City must take extensive steps to reduce the consumption of water, including its dependency on large volumes of water for fire suppression.

Requiring the installation of on-site fire protection systems and the other proposed fire protection measures will provide an increased level of fire protection and reduce the City's dependency on large volumes of water for fire suppression. 43 Local Amendments Matrix
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GE = Geographic
Cathedral City is located on or near several significant seismic zones that have the potential to cause moderate to large earthquakes: San Andreas Fault Zone, Garnet Hill Fault, San Jacinto Fault, East Mojave Shear Zone and Pinto Mountain Fault.

Severe seismic activity could disrupt communications, damage gas mains, cause extensive electrical hazards, and place extreme demands on the limited and widely dispersed resources of the City's Fire Department. Requiring the installation of on-site fire protection systems including automatic fire sprinkler systems and the other proposed fire protection measures described above can partially mitigate the demand for fire protection services following a severe seismic event, resulting in improved fire safety for building occupants and the community at-large.

TO = Topographic
Elevation within the City limits ranges from 270 feet in the eastern portions of the City adjacent to the Whitewater River to 1,360 feet in the mountains in the most Northern boundaries of the City. Topography extends from flat to 6% slope for habitable land.

Traffic and circulation to buildings located in the commercial areas of the City often slows fire department response time to emergencies. Requiring the installation of on-site fire protection systems and the other proposed fire protection measures will supplement normal fire department response in new developments and result in improved fire safety for building occupants and the community at-large during fire occurrence.

AD = Administrative
These amendments are administrative in nature and do not modify a California Building Standard. Instead, they establish local processes, authority, and enforcement procedures to ensure effective application of the building codes in Cathedral City.

Administrative provisions may include permitting procedures, fee schedules, timelines for approvals, inspection requirements, and coordination with other departments and agencies.

Finding: The local climatic, geological and topographical conditions identified above create a heightened fire danger that requires the adoption of stringent fire protection measures. If not amended, the California Building and Fire Codes would permit the construction within the City of many new buildings and structures and the improvement of many existing buildings without on-site fire protection systems, with roofing materials other than clay or concrete tile, and with aluminum and copper-clad aluminum wiring smaller than size one ought (1/0).

Note: All justifications marked with an asterisk (*) reflect local amendments affecting residential units that were previously adopted by the City of Cathedral City through Ordinance No. 866, adopted on November 20, 2022 and subsequently filed with the California Building Standards Commission.

These local amendments conform to California Health & Safety Code §17958.7(c)(1) authorizing changes or modifications that are substantially equivalent to changes or modifications that were previously filed by the City and were in effect as of September 30, 2025.

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Universal Local Amendment Matrix
Muni-Code Sec. Code Sec. Amendment Title A M Just.

8.02.010 Gen Codes Adopted without Amendments X AD

8.02.020 Gen Codes Adopted with Amendments X AD

8.04.020 CBC California Building Code/Amendments (8.04.020) X AD

8.04.020 105.8 Permit Issuance Restrictions X AD

8.04.020 117 Site Security and Trash X AD

8.04.020 502.1 Address Identification X AD

8.04.020 901.1 Scope X AD

8.04.020 1505.1 Roof Assemblies, Fire Classification General Scope X GE*

8.04.020 1506.4 Roof Assemblies, Materials, Additions and Alterations X GE*

8.04.020 3109.2.1 California Swimming Pool Safety Act X AD

8.04.040 Appendices Adoption of Appendix C, I, J, P AD

8.14.010 CEC California Electrical Code/Amendments (8.14.010) AD

8.14.020 230.79(C) Rating of Service, One-Family Dwelling X CL, AD*

8.14.020 310.3(E) Conductors for General Wiring X CL, AD*

8.14.030 100 Definitions – “Authority Having Jurisdiction” X AD

8.14.040 CEC Adoption of Appendices: Annex A,B,C,D,E,F,G,I AD

8.18 CRC California Residential Code/Amendments (8.18) AD

8.18 103.1 Creation of Enforcement Agency X AD

8.18 105.2(2) Work Exempt from Permit – Exemption of Wall Height X AD

8.18 R325.10 Required Air Conditioning for Dwelling Units X CL*

8.18 Appendices Adoption of Appendix BF – Patio Covers AD

8.18 R902.1 Exc. 5 Roof Assemblies, Exception (5) X CL, AD, GE

8.18 R904.2.1 Compatibility of Materials (Roofing), Additions/Alterations X CL, AD, GE

8.20 IPM 2024 International Property Maintenance Code CL, AD

8.20 602.1 Facilities Required, Heating and Air Conditioning Required X CL*

8.20 602.2 Residential Occupancies X CL, GE, TO*

8.20 602.3.1 Air Conditioning Supply X CL

8.12 CFC California Fire Code/Amendments (8.12) AD

8.12.10 202 Definitions – “Cannabis Facility”, “Common Area”, “Mid-Rise Building”, “Model Rocket”, “Model Rocket Engine”
X AD

8.12.030 104.8.1 Legal Defense X AD

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Muni-Code Sec. Code Sec. Amendment Title A M Just.

8.12.030 106.1.1 Plan Submittal, Exception X AD

8.12.030 113.4 Violations and Penalties X GE

8.12.040 Appendix B CL

8.12.040 105.2 Required Fire Flow Other Than One and Two Family Dwellings, R-3, R-4 and Townhouses – Allow 50% of the values in Table 105.2
X AD

8.12.040 105.2 Deletion of Footnotes “a” and “b” X AD

8.12.040 B106 Referenced Standards AD

8.12.040 B106 IFC-2024 International Fire Code, Appendix B (same as above) X AD

8.12.050 Appendices Adoption of Appendices A,E,F,G,H,J-1.1,K,LM,N,O,P AD

8.12.050 308.1.6 Open-flame devices X

8.12.050 308.1.7 Sky Lanterns X AD

8.12.050 308.3.2.11 Installation of Permanently fueled Tiki and Luau Torches X AD

8.12.050 503.1.2 Fire Apparatus Access Roads, Additional Access X AD, GE

8.12.050 503.2(b) Access Road Design X AD

8.12.050 503.5.3 Fences X AD, GE

8.12.050 503.1.4 Fire Apparatus Access Roads, Fire Lanes and Signage X AD, GE

8.12.050 503.2.1 Dimensions X AD

8.12.050 503.2.3 Surface X AD, GE

8.12.050 503.2.4 Turning Radius X AD, GE

8.12.050 503.2.5 Dead Ends X AD, GE

8.12.050 503.2.7 Grade X AD, GE

8.12.050 503.2.9 Aerial Access Roads X AD, GE

8.12.050 503.2.9.1 Minimum Width X AD, GE

8.12.050 503.2.9.2 Proximity to Building X AD, GE

8.12.050 503.6 Security Gates X AD, GE

8.12.050 503.6.1 Knox Access Switches X AD, GE

8.12.050 503.6.2 Residential Complexes X AD, GE

8.12.050 503.6.3 Dimensions X AD, GE

8.12.050 503.6.4 Power Failure X AD, GE

8.12.050 503.6.5 Override Switch X AD, GE

8.12.050 503.6.6 Spikes and Roadway Obstructions Prohibited X AD, GE

8.12.050 503.6.7 Final Inspection X AD

8.12.050 504.1 Required Access X AD

8.12.050 CFC 505.1.1 Address Numbers for Specified Occupancies X AD

8.12.050 506.1 Key Boxes, Where Required X AD
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Muni-Code Sec. Code Sec. Amendment Title A M Just.

8.12.050 507.5.3 Private Fire Service and Water Tanks X GE

8.12.050 507.5.3.1 Fire Department Connections and Private Hydrants X GE

8.12.050 507.5.3.1.1 Where required X AD

8.12.050 511 Features and Requirements X AD

8.12.050 511.1 General X AD

8.12.050 901.4 Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems X AD

8.12.050 901.6 Inspection, Testing and Maintenance X AD

8.12.050 903.2 Automatic Sprinkler Systems X AD

8.12.050 903.2.1.1 Group A-1 X AD

8.12.050 903.2.1.2 Group A-2 X AD

8.12.050 903.2.1.3 Group A-3 X AD

8.12.050 903.2.2 Group B X AD

8.12.050 903.2.3 Group E X AD

8.12.050 903.2.4 Group F-1 X AD

8.12.050 903.2.4 iv Cannabis Cultivation and Manufacturing Sites X AD

8.12.050 903.2.7 Group M X AD

8.12.050 903.2.9 iv Group S-1 X AD

8.12.050 903.2.9.1 Repair Garages X AD

8.12.050 903.2.10 Group S-2 X AD

8.12.050 903.2.10.1 Commercial Parking Garages X AD

8.12.050 903.3.10 Floor Control Valves X AD

8.12.050 903.6.1 Buildings Proximity Location to a Protected Building X AD

8.12.050 903.6.1.2 Tenant Improvements X AD

8.12.050 903.6.2 Increased Square Footage X AD

8.12.050 908.3.1 Alarms X AD

8.12.050 908.3.2 Shutoff of Gas Supply X

8.12.050 916.3.1 Gas Detection Alarms X AD

8.12.050 916.3.2 Gas Supply Shutoff X AD

8.12.050 916.3.3 Valve Closure X AD

8.12.050 1103.11 Increased Hazard Class in Change of Use X AD

8.12.050 1201.1.1 Other Systems X AD

8.12.050 3106.4.8.1 Parade Floats X AD

8.12.050 5614 Fireworks X AD

8.12.050 5704.2.9.6.1.4.1 Location (Flammable and Combustible liquids) X AD 47 Local Amendments Matrix
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Muni-Code Sec. Code Sec. Amendment Title A M Just.

8.12.050 6109.1.1 New Installation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas X AD

48 Staff Report
City Council
Item No. 4.B
Meeting Date: October 22, 2025
From: Andrew Firestine, Community and Economic Development Director Title: Regulations for the Operation of Food Trucks within Cathedral City RECOMMENDATION:

Adopt the first reading of an uncodified ordinance implementing a temporary food truck pilot program on private property. The Pilot program designates specified areas and time-limited permits for legal food truck operations on private property to evaluate the effects. The pilot program shall: Operate for 18 months unless rescinded or extended by Council, include a cap of 10 permits, and be subject to evaluations for potential incorporation into Chapter

5.82. BACKGROUND:

Cathedral City currently regulated food trucks in the public right-of-way but not comprehensively on private property. Neighboring Coachella Valley cities generally allow private-property operation with conditions. The proposed pilot provides a controlled framework to: Improve safety and compliance (move operations onto paved/lawful sites with restrooms and ADA access), protect nearby restaurants and schools through buffers, hours, and site standards, and generate data to inform a potential permanent code update.

DISCUSSION:

Key Points of Program:
Scope: Private property only; does not amend Cathedral City Municipal Code Ch.

5.82 Location & Surfacing: Must operate on an improved surface; paved, striped parking serving an active primary use. No vacant or unimproved lots. Property Owner Consent: Written, notarized, authorization identifying exact location and hours and restroom use agreements.
Restrooms: 150 feet or less by accessible path to a permanent restroom/handwash facility open during operating hours (no porta-potties except under City-issued Special Use Permit).
Hours: 9:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m. (extensions only via SUP). 1 Site Envelope & Fixtures: Entire operation contained within 3 or less parking spaces or total of 600 sq feet including the mobile food facility (MFF); no exterior cooking maintain ADA paths; no amplified sound; onboard/enclosed generators only; must adhere to City noise limits.
Buffers:
oSchools: 500 feet from school property, 7:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. on school days unless principal consents.
oEating/Drinking Establishments 500 feet
One per parcel: Max 1 MFF per parcel at a time (multiple only via SUP). Licenses/Tax: Display City business license, County Environmental Health permit/grade, and a California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) seller’s permit.
Trash & Cleanliness: Lidded receptacle; daily removal; joint responsibility with host for litter within 50 feet.

On July 9, 2025, the City Council conducted a study session discussion on the operation of food trucks on private property. Through the discussion, Council raised questions and concerns with the proximity of food trucks to brick-and-mortar restaurants, operating hours, and insurance requirements. This feedback has been incorporated into the proposed ordinance.

In a study session discussion on September 24, 2025, the City Council provided additional comments and direction to City staff, including recommendations to reduce the distance from a food vending truck to a restroom and to include a provision in the ordinance requiring a CDTFA seller’s permit as part of an application. These comments have been incorporated into the proposed ordinance. The distance to a restroom was reduced from 200 feet to 150 feet. The ordinance requires a mobile food vendor to obtain a seller’s permit and to display it on a mobile food facility. City Council also asked questions about the potential for a mobile food vendor to operate on an unimproved surface. The ordinance has been modified to clarify that the use may only be permitted on an improved surface as an accessory use to an established principal use.

The proposed ordinance has also been modified since September 24, 2025 to reduce the buffer from existing eating and drinking establishments from 750 feet to 500 feet based on GIS analysis of 250-, 500-, and 750-foot buffers from existing eating and drinking establishments with a current or expired (within the last 12 months) business license. All three maps are attached for reference. The 750-foot buffer was based on a standard in the City of Palm Desert. If applied in Cathedral City, it may be overly restrictive, particularly on the Palm Canyon Drive, Date Palm Drive, and Ramon Road corridors, limiting the potential locations where a mobile food vendor could operate on private property or otherwise requiring them to obtain permission from multiple businesses. A 500-foot buffer remains restrictive, although it does create additional opportunities. City Council can choose to modify this distance based on the maps as part of its motion to adopt the ordinance implementing the pilot program.

The proposed ordinance is being introduced as an uncodified ordinance because it is temporary in nature, intended solely to evaluate the effects of operating food trucks on private property. At the conclusion of the pilot, Council may rescind, extend, or amend the ordinance.

Should the program be deemed successful, Council may consider a permanent amendment to Chapter 5.82 of the Cathedral City Municipal Code that will allow food trucks to operate on private property with clear conditions.
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FISCAL IMPACT:

There is no fiscal impact with
FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN:

Not applicable.

ATTACHMENTS:

1. Food Truck Ordinance Draft – 10-02-2025

2. 250 Ft Buffer of Eating & Drinking Establishments within the City

3. 500 Ft. Buffer of Eating & Drinking Establishments within the City

4. 750 Ft Buffer of Eating & Drinking Establishments within the City 3 1
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ORDINANCE NO. XXXX

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

CATHEDRAL CITY ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM FOR

FOOD TRUCK VENDOR PERMITS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY
(“FOOD TRUCK PILOT PROGRAM”)
WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority granted to the City of Cathedral City (“City”) by Article XI, Section 7 of the California Constitution, the City has the police power to regulate the use of land and property within the City in a manner designed to promote public convenience and general prosperity, as well as public health, welfare, and safety; and WHEREAS, pursuant to California Constitution, Article XI, Section 5 and Cathedral City City Charter Section 100, the City, as a charter city, has plenary authority to make and enforce within its limits all ordinances and regulations in respect to municipal affairs; and WHEREAS, the City Council adopted regulations concerning the operation of food trucks within the public right-of-way in 2014, located in Chapter 5.82 of the Cathedral City Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 5.82 includes, among other things, operational standards and requirements that vendors obtain a business license and vendor permit through the City and a valid permit or other required approval from the Riverside County of Department of Health; and WHEREAS, the existing regulations do not regulate the operation of food trucks on private property; and
WHEREAS, multiple food truck operators have expressed an interest in the operation of a food truck on private property; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has held study sessions on July 9, 2025, and September 10, 2025, to review the City’s existing regulations in comparison to other cities in the Coachella Valley in consideration of changes to the City’s regulations and through those study sessions discussed the potential parameters for a pilot program; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council to support a pilot program allowing the operation of food trucks on commercially or industrially zoned property as an accessory use where there is an established principal use and subject to the provisions of this ordinance; and WHEREAS, to ensure an orderly rollout of the mobile food facility pilot and to prevent over-concentration while the City evaluates operational, parking, and enforcement impacts, the City Council finds it necessary to limit the number of active pilot permits to ten (10) during the term of the program; and
WHEREAS, on ___ the City Council reviewed the ordinance at which time during the hearing members of the public were given an opportunity to testify regarding the Food Truck Pilot Program.
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NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. Purpose
The purpose of this ordinance is to establish a pilot program for food truck vendor permits on property zoned Business Park (BP), Commercial Business Park (CBP-2), Commercial Tourist & Recreation (CTR), Mixed Use - Urban (MU-U), Mixed Use - Commercial (MX-C), Neighborhood Business Park (NBP), Planned Community Commercial (PCC), Planned Limited Commercial (PLC), Planned Professional Office (PPO), or Light Industrial (I-1) where the use is an accessory use to an established principal use. The Food Truck Pilot Program shall be temporary, lasting for a period of 18 months, unless otherwise rescinded or extended by City Council. Any vendor permit issued under the Food Truck Pilot Program shall be valid for the earlier date of one year or the cessation of the Food Truck Pilot Program.

A limit of ten (10) permits will be available for issuance during the pilot period to promote an equitable, data-driven pilot and to allow meaningful assessment of program metrics (including complaints, calls for service, parking and ADA compliance, and neighborhood compatibility). This uncodified pilot regulates private property only; Chapter 5.82 continues to govern operation in the public right-of-way and SUP-based events.

SECTION 2. Definitions
For the purposes of this ordinance, the definitions in Section 5.82.010 of the Cathedral City Municipal Code shall apply together with the following definitions:
"Food" means items intended primarily for consumption by human beings. "Mobile Food Facility" means any Category 1, 3, 4, or 5 mobile food facility as defined by Riverside County Ordinance No. 580.5 that is equipped or primarily used for the preparation and retail sale of.

The inventory of these vehicles need not be necessarily limited to produce, food, or confections. "Food vendor" means any person, as defined in this chapter, who:

1. Conducts or permits or causes the operation of mobile food facility;

2. Owns, operates, controls, manages or leases Mobile Food Facility; or

3. Contracts with persons to drive and vend from Mobile Food Facility. “Improved Surface” means A paved, striped parking area lawfully developed to serve an established principal use on the parcel. Gravel, dirt, or vacant/unimproved lots are not Improved Surfaces. "Operator" means any person who drives, operates or vends from a Mobile Food Facility and shall include the driver and assistant on each Mobile Food Facility. "Person" means any natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, stockholder and includes, but is not limited to, owners, operators, drivers, lessors and lessees of food trucks. "Vend" or "vending" means offering food products of any kind for preparation or sale from a Mobile Food Facility as defined in this section and includes the movement or standing of a Mobile Food Facility for the purpose of preparing food for retail sale, or searching for, obtaining or soliciting retail sales of products.
"Vendor's permit" means a permit issued by the city authorizing the holder thereof to engage in the business of food vending.

SECTION 3. Mobile Food Vendors on Private Property
Any person desiring to operate or cause the operation of one or more Mobile Food Facility shall obtain a business license and a vendor license from the City. As a condition precedent to the 5 1
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issuance of a vendor license, the city shall require a background check on the person making the application for a vendor license as well as anyone who will operate the mobile food facility.

Notwithstanding the above, no background check shall be required for any applicant for a vendor license in which the mobile food vendor shall solely be operating at an event for which a special use permit has been issued pursuant to Chapter 9.68 of the Cathedral City Municipal Code. In addition, the following shall also apply:

A. The Food Vendor shall have written, notarized, permission from the property owner to park a Mobile Food Facility on private property.

B. Food Vendor shall possess a valid permit, certificate or other required approval from the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health.

C. The Food Vendor shall have a valid Seller’s Permit from the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration.

D. Each Mobile Food Facility shall have a current, valid County of Riverside grade card/decal health inspection sticker affixed to the lower right side of the windshield and a current, valid business license affixed from Cathedral City as well as a copy of their California Department of Tax and Fee Administration Seller’s Permit always displayed.

E. Location/Condition/Appearance of Site.

1. The site must be on a property zoned Business Park (BP), Commercial Business Park (CBP-2), Commercial Tourist & Recreation (CTR), Mixed Use - Urban (MU-U), Mixed Use - Commercial (MX-C), Neighborhood Business Park (NBP), Planned Community Commercial (PCC), Planned Limited Commercial (PLC), Planned Professional Office (PPO), or Light Industrial (I-1) where the use is an accessory use to an established principal use. A Mobile Food Facility shall be parked on an Improved Surface.

2. The site where a Mobile Food Facility is parked shall be maintained in a safe and clean manner at all times.

3. No exterior storage of refuse, equipment or materials associated with food vending.

4. While a Mobile Food Facility is in operation, the food vendor may place temporary site furniture, fixtures, or exterior equipment outside the mobile food facility, such as tables, chairs, benches, stand-up/cocktail tables, picnic tables, tents/canopies/umbrellas, condiment bars, coolers/ice chests, provided that the total area occupied by the food truck does not exceed the lesser of three parking spaces or 600 square feet, including the Mobile Food Facility, and does not block any pedestrian path. No extension cords, cables, or hoses may cross pedestrian routes or drive aisles, and no temporary utility runs may be installed.

5. The Mobile Food Facility shall maintain vehicular and pedestrian circulation and access consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act and all local and state regulations.

6. Any Mobile Food Facility parked out of the public right-of-way to conduct business must have the written consent of the property owner to do so.

F. Litter Control.

1. Any Mobile Food Facility licensed by the County of Riverside as a Category 4 or Category 5 mobile food facility shall provide a minimum of two thirty-two-gallon litter receptacles within fifteen feet of the vehicle. The receptacles will serve both employees and customers.
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2. The Mobile Food Facility vendor shall maintain the subject property and adjacent right- of-way free of litter on and within one hundred feet of the vending site.

3. All refuse shall be removed from the vending site and properly disposed of within thirty minutes of the close of vending for the day at that site.

G. Security.

1. The vendor shall install signage indicating that loitering is not permitted and customers may only remain on the lot for up to thirty minutes after receiving their food.

2. The vendor shall enforce the no-loitering rule.

3. The serving or consumption of alcohol shall be prohibited at vending sites.

H. Toilets and Handwashing Facilities. In order for a Mobile Food Facility to remain parked and conducting business in one location longer than one hour, it must be situated within one hundred and fifty feet travel distance of a legally approved and permitted toilet and handwashing facility, or as otherwise approved by the city, to ensure that restroom facilities are available to Mobile Food Facility employees. The Mobile Food Facility operator must have permission of the property owner to use the toilet and handwashing facility.

I. Mobile Food Facilitys operating as part of a special event permitted by the city shall follow the permissions and restrictions of the approved permit.

J. Insurance

1. Food vendor shall maintain a certificate of general liability insurance policy with the City of Cathedral City listed as an additional insured endorsement (minimum $1,000,000 per claim, $2,000,000 aggregate).

K. No person shall vend from a Mobile Food Facility in any parking lot when the following apply:

1. When the Mobile Food Facility is parked within five hundred feet of the nearest property line of any school property, unless that school principal has given written permission to park within such lesser distance. Said limitation shall be in force between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. of any school day; or

2. When the Mobile Food Facility is parked within five hundred feet of any eating and drinking establishment unless the Mobile Food Facility is associated with a special use permit that is active at the time that the Mobile Food Facility is conducting business or where those eating and drinking establishments within 500 feet have authorized the Mobile Food Facility to park within such lesser distance.

L. Any Mobile Food Facility operated contrary to the provisions of this ordinance is declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance and may result in the revocation of a food vendor permit.

M. The provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to Mobile Food Facility servicing construction sites.

N. Hours of Operation. Mobile Food Facility may only be operated between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. except as may otherwise be set through a special event permit.

O. Amplified Sound Prohibited. Mobile food facilities shall not use any sound-amplifying equipment as defined in CCMC Chapter 5.68 and shall comply with CCMC § 11.96.040 (sound plainly audible from a motor vehicle at fifty feet or beyond the property line is prohibited). City-permitted special events remain subject to their event permit conditions. 7 1
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SECTION 4. California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
Adoption of this ordinance is exempt from the requirements of the CEQA and is not considered a project under Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the California Public Resources Code pursuant to Government Code Sections 65252.21(j) and 66411.7(n).

SECTION 5. Severability
If any chapter, sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portion of this ordinance, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision will not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance, and each chapter, sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional.

SECTION 6.Publication
The City Clerk is directed to publish this ordinance in a manner required by law.

SECTION 7.Effective Date
This ordinance shall become effective upon the 30th day after final adoption.

SECTION 8. Certification
The foregoing Ordinance was approved and adopted at a meeting of the City Council held on the ____ day of _____________, 2025, by the following vote:

Ayes:

Noes:

Abstain:

Absent:
___________________________
Nancy Ross, Mayor
ATTEST:

____________________________
Tracey Hermosillo, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
____________________________
Eric S. Vail, City Attorney
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Staff Report
City Council
Item No. 5.A
Meeting Date: October 22, 2025
From: Michael Contreras, Fire Chief
Title: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) FEMA AFG Grant FY24
RECOMMENDATION:

To accept an Assistance to Firefighters (AFG) grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the amount of $877,703.63 and authorize $87,770.37 in local match funds.

BACKGROUND:

The Fire Department submitted an application for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) in December 2024. The application has been approved in the amount of $877,703.63 in federal funding. As a condition of this grant, it is required for the city to contribute non-federal funds equal to or greater than 10.0% of the federal funds awarded, or $87,770.37, for a total approved budget of $965,474.00.

DISCUSSION:

The Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) will be dedicated to specialized training programs. This grant will cover 24 trainees for Confined Space Rescue Technician, Hazmat Technician, Heavy Vehicle Rescue Technician, Machinery Rescue Technician, River and Flood Rescue Technician, Rope Rescue Awareness/Operations, Rope Rescue Technician, Structure Collapse Specialist I, Structure Collapse Specialist II, Swift Water Rescue, and Trench Rescue. The grant will also cover Firefighter II training for 8 firefighters. Travel and Overtime costs are also included in the grant.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The city match in the amount of $877,703.63 will be absorbed in the existing FY 2025/26 and FY 2026/27 budgets.

FISCAL YEAR

DESCRIPTION GENERAL
LEDGER

ACCOUNT
CODES

PROJECT
CODE
AMOUNT ONE TIME or

ONGOING
1 2025-2026 &
2026-2027 Grant Revenue
259-300-330-
331-6700-
6701-
G0XXXX -$877,703.63 Grant Signing
to 9/26/2027
2025-2026 &
2026-2027 Grant
Expenses
259-300-330-
331-XXXX-
8XXX/9XXX
G0XXXX $877,703.63 Grant Signing
to 9/26/2027
2025-2026 &
2026-2027 Grant Match
Expenses
100-300-330-
331-8XXX-
8XXX
G0XXXX $87,770.37 Grant Signing
to 9/26/2027
2025-2028 Total $965,474.00
FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN:

Goal D – INNOVATION
Objective: Cathedral City continually focusses on improving service delivery and customer experiences by successfully leveraging technology and creative initiatives to improve public services, public safety, and stimulate economic growth.

D-7 Implement innovative community-based Fire Prevention programs regarding Drowning, Smoke Alarm Installation, Paramedic Services, Fall Prevention, and CPR.

Goal E - SAFETY
Objective: Cathedral City is safe for all who live, work, visit, and play in our community.

E-4 Strengthen the City's ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters by reviewing and updating the City's Emergency Operations Plans through annual training sessions and tabletop exercises.

ATTACHMENTS:

1. EMW-2024-FG-01629 - Award Package
2 Award Letter
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Washington, D.C. 20472
Eﬀective date: 09/20/2025
Kevin Biersack

CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY
68700 AVENIDA LALO GUERRERO
CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234
EMW-2024-FG-01629
Dear Kevin Biersack,
Congratulations on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security. Your application submitted for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Assistance to Fireﬁghters Grant (FG) Grant funding opportunity has been approved in the amount of $877,703.63 in Federal funding. As a condition of this grant, you are required to contribute non-Federal funds equal to or greater than 10.0% of the Federal funds awarded, or $87,770.37 for a total approved budget of $965,474.00. Please see the FY 2024 FG Notice of Funding Opportunity for information on how to meet this cost share requirement.

Before you request and receive any of the Federal funds awarded to you, you must establish acceptance of the award through the FEMA Grants Outcomes (FEMA GO) system. By accepting this award, you acknowledge that the terms of the following documents are incorporated into the terms of your award:

Summary Award Memo - included in this document
Agreement Articles - included in this document
Obligating Document - included in this document
2024 FG Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) - incorporated by reference Please make sure you read, understand, and maintain a copy of these documents in your oﬃcial ﬁle for this award.

Sincerely,
Stacey Street
Deputy Assistant Administrator
Grants Program Directorate
3 Summary Award Memo
Program: Fiscal Year 2024 Assistance to Fireﬁghters Grant Recipient: CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY
UEI-EFT: ENPQBGML6XM5
Award number: EMW-2024-FG-01629
Summary description of award
The purpose of the Assistance to Fireﬁghters Grant program is to protect the health and safety of the public and ﬁreﬁghting personnel against ﬁre and ﬁre-related hazards. After careful consideration, FEMA has determined that the recipient's project or projects submitted as part of the recipient's application and detailed in the project narrative as well as the request details section of the application - including budget information - was consistent with the Assistance to Fireﬁghters Grant Program's purpose and was worthy of award.

Except as otherwise approved as noted in this award, the information you provided in your application for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Assistance to Fireﬁghters Grant funding is incorporated into the terms and conditions of this award. This includes any documents submitted as part of the application.

Amount awarded table
The amount of the award is detailed in the attached Obligating Document for Award.

The following are the budgeted estimates for object classes for this award (including Federal share plus your cost share, if applicable):
4 Approved scope of work
After review of your application, FEMA has approved the below scope of work. Justiﬁcations are provided for any diﬀerences between the scope of work in the original application and the approved scope of work under this award. You must submit scope or budget revision requests for FEMA's prior approval, via an amendment request, as appropriate per 2 C.F.R. § 200.308 and the FY2024 FG NOFO.

Approved request details:

Training
Object Class Total
Personnel $413,440.00
Fringe beneﬁts $0.00
Travel $302,634.00
Equipment $0.00
Supplies $0.00
Contractual $249,400.00
Construction $0.00
Other $0.00
Indirect charges $0.00
Federal $877,703.63
Non-federal $87,770.37
Total $965,474.00
Program Income $0.00
5 Haz-Mat

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover the tuition for trainees. Tuition for the Hazmat technician CSTI class is estimated at $475 per course. $475 per course enrollment for 24 trainees for a total of $11,400 in tuition. Any additional tuition costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
24 $475.00 $11,400.00

BUDGET CLASS
Contractual
Haz-Mat

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover the overtime costs for trainees. Each of the 24 trainees will spend 8 hours in training each day for the length of each class. Classes are expected to last 3 days. The total training hours anticipated for this line item is 576 hours (24 trainees for 8 hours a day for 3 days). The overtime price is averaged across all trainees to $42.50. Any additional labor costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
576 $42.50 $24,480.00

BUDGET CLASS
Personnel
6 Haz-Mat

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover lodging for trainees. Each of the 24 trainees will travel at least 50 miles to training facilities in Southern California. Hazmat technician CSTI classes are expected to last 3 days. The total nights anticipated for this line item is 72 nights (1 3-day course for each of the 24 trainees). Each night is budgeted for $247.25 per night. This rate is for safe, convenient, clean accommodations at 3-star quality properties using any available group or discounted rates and includes all proposed, reasonable taxes and fees (such as property use and parking fees). Any additional lodging costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
72 $247.25 $17,802.00

BUDGET CLASS
Travel
Rescue

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover the tuition for trainees. Tuition for the Rope Rescue Technician class is estimated at $900 per course. $900 per course enrollment for 24 trainees for a total of $21,600 in tuition. Any additional tuition costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
24 $900.00 $21,600.00

BUDGET CLASS
Contractual
7 Rescue

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover lodging for trainees. Each of the 24 trainees will travel at least 50 miles to training facilities in Southern California. Rope Rescue Technician classes are expected to last 5 days. The total nights anticipated for this line item is 120 nights (1 5- day course for each of the 24 trainees). Each night is budgeted for $247.25 per night. This rate is for safe, convenient, clean accommodations at 3-star quality properties using any available group or discounted rates and includes all proposed, reasonable taxes and fees (such as property use and parking fees). Any additional lodging costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
120 $247.25 $29,670.00

BUDGET CLASS
Travel
Rescue

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover the overtime costs for trainees. Each of the 24 trainees will spend 8 hours in training each day for the length of each class. Classes are expected to last 5 days. The total training hours anticipated for this line item is 960 hours (24 trainees for 8 hours a day for 5 days). The overtime price is averaged across all trainees to $42.50. Any additional labor costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
960 $42.50 $40,800.00

BUDGET CLASS
Personnel
8 Rescue

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover lodging for trainees. Each of the 24 trainees will travel at least 50 miles to training facilities in Southern California. Heavy Vehicle Rescue Technician classes are expected to last 3 days. The total nights anticipated for this line item is 72 nights (1 3-day course for each of the 24 trainees). Each night is budgeted for $247.25 per night. This rate is for safe, convenient, clean accommodations at 3-star quality properties using any available group or discounted rates and includes all proposed, reasonable taxes and fees (such as property use and parking fees). Any additional lodging costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
72 $247.25 $17,802.00

BUDGET CLASS
Travel
Rescue

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover the tuition for trainees. Tuition for the Heavy Vehicle Rescue Technician class is estimated at $850 per course. $850 per course enrollment for 24 trainees for a total of $20,400 in tuition. Any additional tuition costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
24 $850.00 $20,400.00

BUDGET CLASS
Contractual
9 Rescue

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
576 $42.50 $24,480.00

BUDGET CLASS
Personnel
Rescue

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover the overtime costs for trainees. Each of the 24 trainees will spend 8 hours in training each day for the length of each class. Classes are expected to last 5 days. The total training hours anticipated for this line item is 960 hours (24 trainees for 8 hours a day for 5 days). The overtime price is averaged across all trainees to $42.50. Any additional labor costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
960 $42.50 $40,800.00

BUDGET CLASS
Personnel
10 Rescue

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover the tuition for trainees. Tuition for the Conﬁned Space Rescue Technician class is estimated at $700 per course. $700 per course enrollment for 24 trainees for a total of $16,800 in tuition. Any additional tuition costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
24 $700.00 $16,800.00

BUDGET CLASS
Contractual
Rescue

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover lodging for trainees. Each of the 24 trainees will travel at least 50 miles to training facilities in Southern California. Conﬁned Space Rescue Technician classes are expected to last 5 days. The total nights anticipated for this line item is 120 nights (1 5-day course for each of the 24 trainees). Each night is budgeted for $247.25 per night. This rate is for safe, convenient, clean accommodations at 3-star quality properties using any available group or discounted rates and includes all proposed, reasonable taxes and fees (such as property use and parking fees). Any additional lodging costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
120 $247.25 $29,670.00

BUDGET CLASS
Travel
11 Rescue

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover the tuition for trainees. Tuition for the Structure Collapse Specialist I class is estimated at $1,200 per course. $1,200 per course enrollment for 24 trainees for a total of $28,800 in tuition. Any additional tuition costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
24 $1,200.00 $28,800.00

BUDGET CLASS
Contractual
Rescue

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover the overtime costs for trainees. Each of the 24 trainees will spend 8 hours in training each day for the length of each class. Classes are expected to last 5 days. The total training hours anticipated for this line item is 960 hours (24 trainees for 8 hours a day for 5 days). The overtime price is averaged across all trainees to $42.50. Any additional labor costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
960 $42.50 $40,800.00

BUDGET CLASS
Personnel
12 Rescue

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover lodging for trainees. Each of the 24 trainees will travel at least 50 miles to training facilities in Southern California. Structure Collapse Specialist I classes are expected to last 5 days. The total nights anticipated for this line item is 120 nights (1 5-day course for each of the 24 trainees). Each night is budgeted for $247.25 per night. This rate is for safe, convenient, clean accommodations at 3-star quality properties using any available group or discounted rates and includes all proposed, reasonable taxes and fees (such as property use and parking fees). Any additional lodging costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
120 $247.25 $29,670.00

BUDGET CLASS
Travel
Rescue

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover lodging for trainees. Each of the 24 trainees will travel at least 50 miles to training facilities in Southern California. River and Flood Rescue Technician classes are expected to last 5 days. The total nights anticipated for this line item is 120 nights (1 5-day course for each of the 24 trainees). Each night is budgeted for $247.25 per night. This rate is for safe, convenient, clean accommodations at 3-star quality properties using any available group or discounted rates and includes all proposed, reasonable taxes and fees (such as property use and parking fees). Any additional lodging costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
120 $247.25 $29,670.00

BUDGET CLASS
Travel
13 Rescue

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover the tuition for trainees. Tuition for the River and Flood Rescue Technician class is estimated at $850 per course. $850 per course enrollment for 24 trainees for a total of $20,400 in tuition. Any additional tuition costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
24 $850.00 $20,400.00

BUDGET CLASS
Contractual
Rescue

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover the overtime costs for trainees. Each of the 24 trainees will spend 8 hours in training each day for the length of each class. Classes are expected to last 5 days. The total training hours anticipated for this line item is 960 hours (24 trainees for 8 hours a day for 5 days). The overtime price is averaged across all trainees to $42.50. Any additional labor costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
960 $42.50 $40,800.00

BUDGET CLASS
Personnel
14 Rescue

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover lodging for trainees. Each of the 24 trainees will travel at least 50 miles to training facilities in Southern California. Swift Water Rescue classes are expected to last 5 days. The total nights anticipated for this line item is 120 nights (1 5-day course for each of the 24 trainees). Each night is budgeted for $247.25 per night. This rate is for safe, convenient, clean accommodations at 3-star quality properties using any available group or discounted rates and includes all proposed, reasonable taxes and fees (such as property use and parking fees). Any additional lodging costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
120 $247.25 $29,670.00

BUDGET CLASS
Travel
Rescue

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover the overtime costs for trainees. Each of the 24 trainees will spend 8 hours in training each day for the length of each class. Classes are expected to last 5 days. The total training hours anticipated for this line item is 960 hours (24 trainees for 8 hours a day for 5 days). The overtime price is averaged across all trainees to $42.50. Any additional labor costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
960 $42.50 $40,800.00

BUDGET CLASS
Personnel
15 Rescue

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover the tuition for trainees. Tuition for the Swift Water Rescue class is estimated at $1,200 per course. $1,200 per course enrollment for 24 trainees for a total of $28,800 in tuition. Any additional tuition costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
24 $1,200.00 $28,800.00

BUDGET CLASS
Contractual
Rescue

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover the tuition for trainees. Tuition for the Rope Rescue Awareness/Operations class is estimated at $900 per course. $900 per course enrollment for 24 trainees for a total of $21,600 in tuition. Any additional tuition costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
24 $900.00 $21,600.00

BUDGET CLASS
Contractual
16 Rescue

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover lodging for trainees. Each of the 24 trainees will travel at least 50 miles to training facilities in Southern California. Rope Rescue Awareness/Operations classes are expected to last 5 days. The total nights anticipated for this line item is 120 nights (1 5-day course for each of the 24 trainees). Each night is budgeted for $247.25 per night. This rate is for safe, convenient, clean accommodations at 3-star quality properties using any available group or discounted rates and includes all proposed, reasonable taxes and fees (such as property use and parking fees). Any additional lodging costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
120 $247.25 $29,670.00

BUDGET CLASS
Travel
Rescue

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover the overtime costs for trainees. Each of the 24 trainees will spend 8 hours in training each day for the length of each class. Classes are expected to last 5 days. The total training hours anticipated for this line item is 960 hours (24 trainees for 8 hours a day for 5 days). The overtime price is averaged across all trainees to $42.50. Any additional labor costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
960 $42.50 $40,800.00

BUDGET CLASS
Personnel
17 Rescue

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
576 $42.50 $24,480.00

BUDGET CLASS
Personnel
Rescue

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover lodging for trainees. Each of the 24 trainees will travel at least 50 miles to training facilities in Southern California. Machinery Rescue classes are expected to last 3 days. The total nights anticipated for this line item is 72 nights (1 3-day course for each of the 24 trainees). Each night is budgeted for $247.25 per night. This rate is for safe, convenient, clean accommodations at 3-star quality properties using any available group or discounted rates and includes all proposed, reasonable taxes and fees (such as property use and parking fees). Any additional lodging costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
72 $247.25 $17,802.00

BUDGET CLASS
Travel
18 Rescue

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover the tuition for trainees. Tuition for the Machinery Rescue class is estimated at $800 per course. $800 per course enrollment for 24 trainees for a total of $19,200 in tuition. Any additional tuition costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
24 $800.00 $19,200.00

BUDGET CLASS
Contractual
Fireﬁghter II

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover the tuition for trainees. Tuition for the Fireﬁghter II class is estimated at $1,700 per course. $1,700 per course enrollment for 24 trainees for a total of $40,800 in tuition. Any additional tuition costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
8 $1,700.00 $13,600.00

BUDGET CLASS
Contractual

CHANGE FROM APPLICATION
Quantity from 24 to 8

JUSTIFICATION
The award reﬂects a reduction from the amount requested in the application. This reduction is because the Fireﬁghter II Training requested exceeds the number of personnel necessitating Fireﬁghter II Training in your department. 19 Fireﬁghter II

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover the overtime costs for trainees. Each of the 24 trainees will spend 8 hours in training each day for the length of each class. Classes are expected to last 11 days. The total training hours anticipated for this line item is 2,112 hours (24 trainees for 8 hours a day for 11 days). The overtime price is averaged across all trainees to $42.50.

Any additional labor costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
704 $42.50 $29,920.00

BUDGET CLASS
Personnel

CHANGE FROM APPLICATION
Quantity from 2,112 to 704

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover lodging for trainees. Each of the 24 trainees will travel at least 50 miles to training facilities in Southern California. Fireﬁghter II classes are expected to last 11 days with a single rest day halfway through the course for a total of 12 days. The total nights anticipated for this line item is 288 nights (1 12-day trip for each of the 24 trainees). Each night is budgeted for $247.25 per night. This rate is for safe, convenient, clean accommodations at 3-star quality properties using any available group or discounted rates and includes all proposed, reasonable taxes and fees (such as property use and parking fees). Any additional lodging costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
96 $247.25 $23,736.00

BUDGET CLASS
Travel

CHANGE FROM APPLICATION
Quantity from 288 to 96

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover the tuition for trainees. Tuition for the Structure Collapse Specialist II class is estimated at $1,200 per course. $1,200 per course enrollment for 24 trainees for a total of $28,800 in tuition. Any additional tuition costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
24 $1,200.00 $28,800.00

BUDGET CLASS
Contractual
Rescue

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover the overtime costs for trainees. Each of the 24 trainees will spend 8 hours in training each day for the length of each class. Classes are expected to last 5 days. The total training hours anticipated for this line item is 960 hours (24 trainees for 8 hours a day for 5 days). The overtime price is averaged across all trainees to $42.50. Any additional labor costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
960 $42.50 $40,800.00

BUDGET CLASS
Personnel
22 Rescue

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover lodging for trainees. Each of the 24 trainees will travel at least 50 miles to training facilities in Southern California. Structure Collapse Specialist II classes are expected to last 5 days. The total nights anticipated for this line item is 120 nights (1 5-day course for each of the 24 trainees). Each night is budgeted for $247.25 per night. This rate is for safe, convenient, clean accommodations at 3-star quality properties using any available group or discounted rates and includes all proposed, reasonable taxes and fees (such as property use and parking fees). Any additional lodging costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
120 $247.25 $29,670.00

BUDGET CLASS
Travel
Rescue

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover the tuition for trainees. Tuition for the Trench Rescue class is estimated at $750 per course. $750 per course enrollment for 24 trainees for a total of $18,000 in tuition. Any additional tuition costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
24 $750.00 $18,000.00

BUDGET CLASS
Contractual
23 Rescue

DESCRIPTION
Costs allocated to this line item cover lodging for trainees. Each of the 24 trainees will travel at least 50 miles to training facilities in Southern California. Trench Rescue classes are expected to last 3 days. The total nights anticipated for this line item is 72 nights (1 3-day course for each of the 24 trainees). Each night is budgeted for $247.25 per night. This rate is for safe, convenient, clean accommodations at 3-star quality properties using any available group or discounted rates and includes all proposed, reasonable taxes and fees (such as property use and parking fees). Any additional lodging costs will come from Cathedral City's operating budget.

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
72 $247.25 $17,802.00

BUDGET CLASS
Travel
Rescue

QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL
576 $42.50 $24,480.00

BUDGET CLASS
Personnel
24 Agreement Articles
Program: Fiscal Year 2024 Assistance to Fireﬁghters Grant Recipient: CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY
UEI-EFT: ENPQBGML6XM5
Award number: EMW-2024-FG-01629
Table of contents
25 Article
1 Assurance, Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, Representations, and Certiﬁcations
Article
2 General Acknowledgements and Assurances
Article
3 Acknowledgement of Federal Funding from DHS
Article
4 Activities Conducted Abroad
Article
5 Age Discrimination Act of 1975
Article
6 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Article
7 Best Practices for Collection and Use of Personally Identiﬁable Information Article
8 CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, Public Law 117-167 CHIPS Article
9 Civil Rights Act of 1964 – Title VI
Article
10 Civil Rights Act of 1968
Article
11 Communication and Cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration Oﬃcials
Article
12 Copyright
Article
13 Debarment and Suspension
Article
14 Drug-Free Workplace Regulations
Article
15 Duplicative Costs
Article
16 Education Amendments of 1972 (Equal Opportunity in Education Act) – Title IX Article
17 Energy Policy and Conservation Act
Article
18 Equal Treatment of Faith-Based Organizations
Article
19 Anti-Discrimination
Article
20 False Claims Act and Program Fraud Civil Remedies
Article
21 Federal Debt Status
Article
22 Federal Leadership on Reducing Text Messaging while Driving Article
23 Fly America Act of 1974
Article
24 Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1990
Article
25 John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2019 26 Article
26 Limited English Proﬁciency (Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VI) Article
27 Lobbying Prohibitions
Article
28 National Environmental Policy Act
Article
29 National Security Presidential Memorandum-33 (NSPM-33) and provisions of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, Pub. L. 117-167, Section 10254 Article
30 Non-Supplanting Requirement
Article
31 Notice of Funding Opportunity Requirements
Article
32 Patents and Intellectual Property Rights
Article
33 Presidential Executive Orders
Article
34 Procurement of Recovered Materials
Article
35 Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Article
36 Reporting Recipient Integrity and Performance Matters Article
37 Reporting Subawards and Executive Compensation
Article
38 Required Use of American Iron, Steel, Manufactured Products, and Construction Materials
Article
39 SAFECOM
Article
40 Subrecipient Monitoring and Management
Article
41 System for Award Management and Unique Entity Identiﬁer Requirements Article
42 Termination of a Federal Award
Article
43 Terrorist Financing
Article
44 Traﬃcking Victims Protection Act of 2000(TVPA)
Article
45 Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act of 2001, Pub. L. 107-56 Article
46 Use of DHS Seal, Logo and Flags
Article
47 Whistleblower Protection Act
Article
48 Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation (EHP) Review Article
49 Applicability of DHS Standard Terms and Conditions to Tribal Nations Article
50 Acceptance of Post Award Changes
27 Article
51 Disposition of Equipment Acquired Under the Federal Award Article
52 Prior Approval for Modiﬁcation of Approved Budget
Article
53 Indirect Cost Rate
Article
54 Build America, Buy America Act (BABAA) Required Contract Provision & Self- Certiﬁcation
Article
55 Award Performance Goals
Article
56 Non-Applicability of Speciﬁc Agreement Articles
Article
57 Payment Information (Updated)
Article
58 Termination of the Federal Award (Updated)
Article
59 Non-Applicability of Speciﬁc Agreement Articles
28 Article 1 Assurance, Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, Representations, and Certiﬁcations
I. Recipients must complete either the Oﬃce of Management and Budget (OMB) Standard Form 424B Assurances – Non- Construction Programs, or OMB Standard Form 424D Assurances – Construction Programs, as applicable. Certain assurances in these documents may not be applicable to your program and the DHS ﬁnancial assistance oﬃce (DHS FAO) may require applicants to certify additional assurances. Applicants are required to ﬁll out the assurances, as instructed.

Article 2 General Acknowledgements and Assurances
Recipients are required to follow the applicable provisions of the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards in eﬀect as of the federal award date and located in Title 2, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 200 and adopted by DHS at 2 C.F.R. § 3002.10. All recipients and subrecipients must acknowledge and agree to provide DHS access to records, accounts, documents, information, facilities, and staﬀ pursuant to 2 C.F.R. § 200.337. I. Recipients must cooperate with any DHS compliance reviews or compliance investigations. II. Recipients must give DHS access to examine and copy records, accounts, and other documents and sources of information related to the federal award and permit access to facilities and personnel. III. Recipients must submit timely, complete, and accurate reports to the appropriate DHS oﬃcials and maintain appropriate backup documentation to support the reports. IV. Recipients must comply with all other special reporting, data collection, and evaluation requirements required by law, federal regulation, Notice of Funding Opportunity, federal award speciﬁc terms and conditions, and/or DHS Component program guidance. Organization costs related to data and evaluation are allowable. The deﬁnition of data and evaluation costs is in 2 C.F.R. § 200.455(c), the full text of which is incorporated by reference. V. Recipients must complete DHS Form 3095 within 60 days of receipt of the Notice of Award for the ﬁrst award under which this term applies. For further instructions and to access the form, please visit: https://www.dhs.gov/civil-rightsresources-recipients-dhs-ﬁnancial- assistance.

Article 3 Acknowledgement of Federal Funding from DHS
Recipients must acknowledge their use of federal award funding when issuing statements, press releases, requests for proposal, bid invitations, and other documents describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part with federal award funds.

Article 4 Activities Conducted Abroad
Recipients must coordinate with appropriate government authorities when performing project activities outside the United States obtain all appropriate licenses, permits, or approvals.
29 Article 5 Age Discrimination Act of 1975
Recipients must comply with the requirements of the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Pub. L. No. 94-135 (codiﬁed as amended at Title 42, U.S. Code § 6101 et seq.), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of age in any program or activity receiving federal ﬁnancial assistance.

Article 6 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Recipients must comply with the requirements of Titles I, II, and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Pub. L. No. 101-336 (1990) (codiﬁed as amended at 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101– 12213), which prohibits recipients from discriminating on the basis of disability in the operation of public entities, public and private transportation systems, places of public accommodation, and certain testing entities.

Article 7 Best Practices for Collection and Use of Personally Identiﬁable Information
(1) Recipients who collect personally identiﬁable information (PII) as part of carrying out the scope of work under a federal award are required to have a publicly available privacy policy that describes standards on the usage and maintenance of the PII they collect. (2) Deﬁnition. DHS deﬁnes “PII” as any information that permits the identity of an individual to be directly or indirectly inferred, including any information that is linked or linkable to that individual.

Recipients may also ﬁnd the DHS Privacy Impact Assessments: Privacy Guidance and Privacy Template as useful resources respectively. 30 Article 8 CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, Public Law 117-167 CHIPS (1) Recipients of DHS research and development (R&D) awards must report to the DHS Component research program oﬃce any ﬁnding or determination of sex based and sexual harassment and/or an administrative or disciplinary action taken against principal investigators or co-investigators to be completed by an authorized organizational representative (AOR) at the recipient institution. (2) Notiﬁcation. An AOR must disclose the following information to agencies within 10 days of the date/the ﬁnding is made, or 10 days from when a recipient imposes an administrative action on the reported individual, whichever is sooner. Reports should include: (a) Award number, (b) Name of PI or Co-PI being reported, (c) Awardee name, (d) Awardee address, (e) AOR name, title, phone, and email address, (f) Indication of the report type: (i) Finding or determination has been made that the reported individual violated awardee policies or codes of conduct, statutes, or regulations related to sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, including the date that the ﬁnding was made. (ii) Imposition of an administrative or disciplinary action by the recipient on the reporting individual related to a ﬁnding/determination or an investigation of an alleged violation of recipient policy or codes of conduct, statutes, or regulations, or other forms of harassment. (iii) The date and nature of the administrative/disciplinary action, including a basic explanation or description of the event, which should not disclose personally identiﬁable information regarding any complaints or individuals involved. Any description provided must be consistent with the Family Educational Rights in Privacy Act. (3) Deﬁnitions. (a) An “authorized organizational representative (AOR)” is an administrative oﬃcial who, on behalf of the proposing institution, is empowered to make certiﬁcations and representations and can commit the institution to the conduct of a project that an agency is being asked to support as well as adhere to various agency policies and award requirements. (b) “Principal investigators and co-principal investigators” are award personnel supported by a grant, cooperative agreement, or contract under Federal law. (c) A “reported individual” refers to recipient personnel who have been reported to a federal agency for potential sexual harassment violations. (d) “Sex based harassment” means a form of sex discrimination and includes harassment based on sex, sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity. (e) “Sexual harassment” means unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when this conduct explicitly or implicitly aﬀects an individual’s employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual’s work performance, or creates an intimidating, hostile, or oﬀensive work environment, whether such activity is carried out by a supervisor or by a co-worker, volunteer, or contractor.
31 Article 9 Civil Rights Act of 1964 – Title VI
Recipients must comply with the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Pub. L. No. 88-352 (codiﬁed as amended at 42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq.), which provides that no person in the United States will, on the grounds of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the beneﬁts of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal ﬁnancial assistance. DHS implementing regulations for the Act are found at 6 C.F.R. Part 21. Recipients of a federal award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must also comply with FEMA’s implementing regulations at 44 C.F.R. Part 7.

Article 10 Civil Rights Act of 1968
Recipients must comply with Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, Pub. L.

No. 90284 (codiﬁed as amended at 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq.) which prohibits recipients from discriminating in the sale, rental, ﬁnancing, and advertising of dwellings, or in the provision of services in connection. therewith, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, disability, familial status, and sex, as implemented by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development at 24 C.F.R. Part 100. The prohibition on disability discrimination includes the requirement that new multifamily housing with four or more dwelling units— i.e., the public and common use areas and individual apartment units (all units in buildings with elevators and ground-ﬂoor units in buildings without elevators) —be designed and constructed with certain accessible features. (See 24 C.F.R. Part 100, Subpart D.)
32 Article 11 Communication and Cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration Oﬃcials
(1) All recipients and other recipients of funds under this award must agree that they will comply with the following requirements related to coordination and cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security and immigration oﬃcials: (a) They must comply with the requirements of 8 U.S.C. §§ 1373 and 1644. These statutes prohibit restrictions on information sharing by state and local government entities with DHS regarding the citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual. Additionally, 8 U.S.C. § 1373 prohibits any person or agency from prohibiting, or in any way restricting, a Federal, State, or local government entity from doing any of the following with respect to information regarding the immigration status of any individual: 1) sending such information to, or requesting or receiving such information from, Federal immigration oﬃcials; 2) maintaining such information; or 3) exchanging such information with any other Federal, State, or local government entity; (b) They must comply with other relevant laws related to immigration, including prohibitions on encouraging or inducing an alien to come to, enter, or reside in the United States in violation of law, 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv), prohibitions on transporting or moving illegal aliens, 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(ii), prohibitions on harboring, concealing, or shielding from detection illegal aliens, 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(iii), and any applicable conspiracy, aiding or abetting, or attempt liability regarding these statutes; (c) That they will honor requests for cooperation, such as participation in joint operations, sharing of information, or requests for short term detention of an alien pursuant to a valid detainer. A jurisdiction does not fail to comply with this requirement merely because it lacks the necessary resources to assist in a particular instance; (d) That they will provide access to detainees, such as when an immigration oﬃcer seeks to interview a person who might be a removable alien; and (e) That they will not leak or otherwise publicize the existence of an immigration enforcement operation. (2) The recipient must certify under penalty of perjury pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746 and using a form that is acceptable to DHS, that it will comply with the requirements of this term. Additionally, the recipient agrees that it will require any subrecipients or contractors to certify in the same manner that they will comply with this term prior to providing them with any funding under this award. (3) The recipient agrees that compliance with this term is material to the Government’s decision to make or continue with this award and that the Department of homeland Security may terminate this grant, or take any other allowable enforcement action, if the recipient fails to comply with this term.

Article 12 Copyright
Recipients must aﬃx the applicable copyright notices of 17 U.S.C. §§ 401 or 402 to any work ﬁrst produced under federal awards and also include an acknowledgement that the work was produced under a federal award (including the federal award number and federal awarding agency). As detailed in 2 C.F.R. § 200.315, a federal awarding agency reserves a royalty-free, nonexclusive, and irrevocable right to reproduce, publish, or otherwise use the work for federal purposes and to authorize others to do so. 33 Article 13 Debarment and Suspension
Recipients must comply with the non-procurement debarment and suspension regulations implementing Executive Orders 12549 and 12689 set forth at 2 C.F.R. Part 180 as implemented by DHS at 2 C.F.R. Part 3000. These regulations prohibit recipients from entering into covered transactions (such as subawards and contracts) with certain parties that are debarred, suspended, or otherwise excluded from or ineligible for participation in federal assistance programs or activities.

Article 14 Drug-Free Workplace Regulations
Recipients must comply with drug-free workplace requirements in Subpart B (or Subpart C, if the recipient is an individual) of 2 C.F.R. Part 3001, which adopts the Government- wide implementation (2 C.F.R. Part 182) of the Drug- Free Workplace Act of 1988 (41 U.S.C. §§ 8101-8106).

Article 15 Duplicative Costs
Recipients are prohibited from charging any cost to this federal award that will be included as a cost or used to meet cost sharing requirements of any other federal award in either the current or a prior budget period. See 2 C.F.R. § 200.403(f). However, recipients may shift costs that are allowable under two or more federal awards where otherwise permitted by federal statutes, regulations, or the federal award terms and conditions.

Article 16 Education Amendments of 1972 (Equal Opportunity in Education Act) – Title IX
Recipients must comply with the requirements of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Pub. L. No. 92-318 (codiﬁed as amended at 20 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.), which provide that no person in the United States will, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the beneﬁts of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal ﬁnancial assistance. DHS implementing regulations are codiﬁed at 6 C.F.R. Part 17. Recipients of a federal award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must also comply with FEMA’s implementing regulations at 44 C.F.R. Part 19.

Article 17 Energy Policy and Conservation Act
Recipients must comply with the requirements of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, Pub. L. No. 94-163 (1975) (codiﬁed as amended at 42 U.S.C. § 6201 et seq.), which contain policies relating to energy eﬃciency that are deﬁned in the state energy conservation plan issued in compliance with this Act.
34 Article 18 Equal Treatment of Faith-Based Organizations It is DHS policy to ensure the equal treatment of faith-based organizations in social service programs administered or supported by DHS or its component agencies, enabling those organizations to participate in providing important social services to beneﬁciaries. Recipients must comply with the equal treatment policies and requirements contained in 6 C.F.R. Part 19 and other applicable statutes, regulations, and guidance governing the participations of faith-based organizations in individual DHS programs.

Article 19 Anti-Discrimination
Recipients must comply with all applicable Federal anti-discrimination laws material to the government’s payment decisions for purposes of 31 U.S.C. § 372(b)(4). (1) Deﬁnitions. As used in this clause – (a) DEI means “diversity, equity, and inclusion.” (b) DEIA means “diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.” (c) Discriminatory equity ideology has the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) of Executive Order 14190 of January 29, 2025. (d) Federal anti- discrimination laws mean Federal civil rights law that protect individual Americans from discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, and national origin. (e) Illegal immigrant means any alien, as deﬁned in 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(3), who has no lawful immigration status in the United States.(2) Grant award certiﬁcation. (a) By accepting the grant award, recipients are certifying that: (i) They do not, and will not during the term of this ﬁnancial assistance award, operate any programs that advance or promote DEI, DEIA, or discriminatory equity ideology in violation of Federal anti-discrimination laws; and (ii) They do not engage in and will not during the term of this award engage in, a discriminatory prohibited boycott. (iii) They do not, and will not during the term of this award, operate any program that beneﬁts illegal immigrants or incentivizes illegal immigration. (3) DHS reserves the right to suspend payments in whole or in part and/or terminate ﬁnancial assistance awards if the Secretary of Homeland Security or her designee determines that the recipient has violated any provision of subsection (2). (4) Upon suspension or termination under subsection (3), all funds received by the recipient shall be deemed to be in excess of the amount that the recipient is determined to be entitled to under the Federal award for purposes of 2 C.F.R. § 200.346. As such, all amounts received will constitute a debt to the Federal Government that may be pursued to the maximum extent permitted by law.

Article 20 False Claims Act and Program Fraud Civil Remedies Recipients must comply with the requirements of the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729- 3733, which prohibit the submission of false or fraudulent claims for payment to the Federal Government. (See 31 U.S.C. §§ 3801-3812, which details the administrative remedies for false claims and statements made.)
35 Article 21 Federal Debt Status
All recipients are required to be non-delinquent in their repayment of any federal debt. Examples of relevant debt include delinquent payroll and other taxes, audit disallowances, and beneﬁt overpayments. See OMB Circular A- 129.

Article 22 Federal Leadership on Reducing Text Messaging while Driving Recipients are encouraged to adopt and enforce policies that ban text messaging while driving recipient-owned, recipient-rented, or privately owned vehicles when on oﬃcial government business or when performing any work for or on behalf of the Federal Government. Recipients are also encouraged to conduct the initiatives of the type described in Section 3(a) of Executive Order 13513.

Article 23 Fly America Act of 1974
Recipients must comply with Preference for U.S. Flag Air Carriers (a list of certiﬁed air carriers can be found at: Certiﬁcated Air Carriers List | US Department of Transportation, https://www.transportation.gov/policy/aviation- policy/certiﬁcated-aircarriers-list)for international air transportation of people and property to the extent that such service is available, in accordance with the International Air Transportation Fair Competitive Practices Act of 1974, 49 U.S.C. § 40118, and the interpretative guidelines issued by the Comptroller General of the United States in the March 31, 1981, amendment to Comptroller General Decision B-138942.

Article 24 Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1990
Recipients must ensure that all conference, meeting, convention, or training space funded entirely or in part by federal award funds complies with the ﬁre prevention and control guidelines of Section 6 of the Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1990, 15 U.S.C. § 2225a.

Article 25 John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2019 Recipients, subrecipients, and their contractors and subcontractors are subject to the prohibitions described in section 889 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, Pub. L. No. 115-232 (2018) and 2 C.F.R. §§ 200.216, 200.327, 200.471, and Appendix II to 2 C.F.R. Part 200. The statute – as it applies to DHS recipients, subrecipients, and their contractors and subcontractors – prohibits obligating or expending federal award funds on certain telecommunications and video surveillance products and contracting with certain entities for national security reasons. 36 Article 26 Limited English Proﬁciency (Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VI) Recipients must comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq.) prohibition against discrimination on the basis of national origin, which requires that recipients of federal ﬁnancial assistance take reasonable steps to provide meaningful access to persons with limited English proﬁciency (LEP) to their programs and services. For additional assistance and information regarding language access obligations, please refer to the DHS Recipient Guidance: https://www.dhs.gov/guidance-published-help- department-supported-organizationsprovide-meaningful-access-people-limited and additional resources on http://www.lep.gov.

Article 27 Lobbying Prohibitions
Recipients must comply with 31 U.S.C. § 1352 and 6 C.F.R. Part 9, which provide that none of the funds provided under a federal award may be expended by the recipient to pay any person to inﬂuence, or attempt to inﬂuence an oﬃcer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an oﬃcer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with any federal action related to a federal award or contract, including any extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modiﬁcation.

Per 6 C.F.R. Part 9, recipients must ﬁle a lobbying certiﬁcation form as described in Appendix A to 6 C.F.R. Part 9 or available on Grants.gov as the Grants.gov Lobbying Form and ﬁle a lobbying disclosure form as described in Appendix B to 6 C.F.R. Part 9 or available on Grants.gov as the Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF-LLL).

Article 28 National Environmental Policy Act
Recipients must comply with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Pub. L. No. 91-190 (1970) (codiﬁed as amended at 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq.) (NEPA) and the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of NEPA, which require recipients to use all practicable means within their authority, and consistent with other essential considerations of national policy, to create and maintain conditions under which people and nature can exist in productive harmony and fulﬁll the social, economic, and other needs of present and future generations of Americans.

Article 29 National Security Presidential Memorandum-33 (NSPM-33) and provisions of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, Pub. L. 117-167, Section 10254
(1) Recipient research institutions (“covered institutions”) must comply with the requirements in NSPM-33 and provisions of Pub. L.117-167, Section 10254 (codiﬁed at 42 U.S.C. § 18951) certifying that the institution has established and operates a research security program that includes elements relating to:
(a) cybersecurity; (b) foreign travel security; (c) research security training; and (d) export control training, as appropriate. (2) Deﬁnition. “Covered institutions” means recipient research institutions receiving federal Research and Development (R&D) science and engineering support “in excess of $50 million per year.”
37 Article 30 Non-Supplanting Requirement
Recipients of federal awards under programs that prohibit supplanting by law must ensure that federal funds supplement but do not supplant non-federal funds that, in the absence of such federal funds, would otherwise have been made available for the same purpose.

Article 31 Notice of Funding Opportunity Requirements
All the instructions, guidance, limitations, scope of work, and other conditions set forth in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for this federal award are incorporated by reference. All recipients must comply with any such requirements set forth in the NOFO. If a condition of the NOFO is inconsistent with these terms and conditions and any such terms of the federal award, the condition in the NOFO shall be invalid to the extent of the inconsistency. The remainder of that condition and all other conditions set forth in the NOFO shall remain in eﬀect.

Article 32 Patents and Intellectual Property Rights
Recipients are subject to the Bayh-Dole Act, 35 U.S.C. § 200 et seq. and applicable regulations governing inventions and patents, including the regulations issued by the Department of Commerce at 37 C.F.R. Part 401 (Rights to Inventions Made by Nonproﬁt Organizations and Small Business Firms under Government Awards, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements) and the standard patent rights clause set forth at 37 C.F.R. § 401.14.

Article 33 Presidential Executive Orders
Recipients must comply with the requirements of Presidential Executive Orders related to grants (also known as federal assistance and ﬁnancial assistance), the full text of which are incorporated by reference.

Article 34 Procurement of Recovered Materials
States, political subdivisions of states, and their contractors must comply with Section 6002 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, Pub. L. No. 89-272 (1965) (codiﬁed as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act at 42 U.S.C. § 6962) and 2 C.F.R. § 200.323. The requirements of Section 6002 include procuring only items designated in guidelines of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at 40 C.F.R. Part 247 that contain the highest percentage of recovered materials practicable, consistent with maintaining a satisfactory level of competition.
38 Article 35 Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Recipients must comply with the requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Pub. L. No. 93-112 (codiﬁed as amended at 29 U.S.C. § 794), which provides that no otherwise qualiﬁed handicapped individuals in the United States will, solely by reason of the handicap, be excluded from participation in, be denied the beneﬁts of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal ﬁnancial assistance.

Article 36 Reporting Recipient Integrity and Performance Matters If the total value of any currently active grants, cooperative agreements, and procurement contracts from all federal awarding agencies exceeds $10,000,000 for any period of time during the period of performance of the federal award, then the recipient must comply with the requirements set forth in the government-wide federal award term and condition for Recipient Integrity and Performance Matters is in 2 C.F.R. Part 200, Appendix XII, the full text of which is incorporated by reference.

Article 37 Reporting Subawards and Executive Compensation For federal awards that total or exceed $30,000, recipients are required to comply with the requirements set forth in the government-wide federal award term and condition on Reporting Subawards and Executive Compensation set forth at 2 C.F.R. Part 170, Appendix A, the full text of which is incorporated by reference.
39 Article 38 Required Use of American Iron, Steel, Manufactured Products, and Construction Materials
(1) Recipients of a federal award from a ﬁnancial assistance program that provides funding for infrastructure are hereby notiﬁed that none of the funds provided under this federal award may be used for a project for infrastructure unless: (a) all iron and steel used in the project are produced in the United States—this means all manufacturing processes, from the initial melting stage through the application of coatings, occurred in the United States; (b) all manufactured products used in the project are produced in the United States— this means the manufactured product was manufactured in the United States; and the cost of the components of the manufactured product that are mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States is greater than 55 percent of the total cost of all components of the manufactured product, unless another standard for determining the minimum amount of domestic content of the manufactured product has been established under applicable law or regulation; and (c) all construction materials are manufactured in the United States—this means that all manufacturing processes for the construction material occurred in the United States. (2) The Buy America preference only applies to articles, materials, and supplies that are consumed in, incorporated into, or aﬃxed to an infrastructure project. As such, it does not apply to tools, equipment, and supplies, such as temporary scaﬀolding, brought to the construction site and removed at or before the completion of the infrastructure project. Nor does a Buy America preference apply to equipment and furnishings, such as movable chairs, desks, and portable computer equipment, that are used at or within the ﬁnished infrastructure project but are not an integral part of the structure or permanently aﬃxed to the infrastructure project. (3) Waivers When necessary, recipients may apply for, and the agency may grant, a waiver from these requirements. The agency should notify the recipient for information on the process for requesting a waiver from these requirements. (a) When the Federal agency has determined that one of the following exceptions applies, the federal awarding oﬃcial may waive the application of the domestic content procurement preference in any case in which the agency determines that: (i) applying the domestic content procurement preference would be inconsistent with the public interest; (ii) the types of iron, steel, manufactured products, or construction materials are not produced in the United States in suﬃcient and reasonably available quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or (iii) the inclusion of iron, steel, manufactured products, or construction materials produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25 percent. (b) A request to waive the application of the domestic content procurement preference must be in writing. The agency will provide instructions on the format, contents, and supporting materials required for any waiver request. Waiver requests are subject to public comment periods of no less than 15 days and must be reviewed by the Made in America Oﬃce. (c) There may be instances where a federal award qualiﬁes, in whole or in part, for an existing waiver described at “Buy America” Preference in FEMA Financial Assistance Programs for Infrastructure | FEMA.gov. (4) Deﬁnitions. The deﬁnitions applicable to this term are set forth at 2 C.F.R. § 184.3, the full text of which is incorporated by reference.
40 Article 39 SAFECOM
Recipients receiving federal awards made under programs that provide emergency communication equipment and its related activities must comply with the SAFECOM Guidance for Emergency Communication Grants, including provisions on technical standards that ensure and enhance interoperable communications. The SAFECOM Guidance is updated annually and can be found at Funding and Sustainment | CISA.

Article 40 Subrecipient Monitoring and Management
Pass-through entities must comply with the requirements for subrecipient monitoring and management as set forth in 2 C.F.R. §§ 200.331-333.

Article 41 System for Award Management and Unique Entity Identiﬁer Requirements
Recipients are required to comply with the requirements set forth in the governmentwide federal award term and condition regarding the System for Award Management and Unique Entity Identiﬁer Requirements in 2 C.F.R. Part 25, Appendix A, the full text of which is incorporated reference.

Article 42 Termination of a Federal Award
(1) By DHS. DHS may terminate a federal award, in whole or in part, for the following reasons: (a) If the recipient fails to comply with the terms and conditions of the federal award; (b) With the consent of the recipient, in which case the parties must agree upon the termination conditions, including the eﬀective date, and in the case of partial termination, the portion to be terminated; or (c) Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the federal award, including, to the extent authorized by law, if the federal award no longer eﬀectuates the program goals or agency priorities. (3) By the Recipient. The recipient may terminate the federal award, in whole or in part, by sending written notiﬁcation to DHS stating the reasons for such termination, the eﬀective date, and in the case of partial termination, the portion to be terminated. However, if DHS determines that the remaining portion of the federal award will not accomplish the purposes for which the federal award was made, DHS may terminate the federal award in its entirety. (4) Notice.

Either party will provide written notice of intent to terminate for any reason to the other party no less than 30 calendar days prior to the eﬀective date of the termination. (5) Compliance with Closeout Requirements for Terminated Awards. The recipient must continue to comply with closeout requirements in 2 C.F.R. §§ 200.344200.345 after an award is terminated.

Article 43 Terrorist Financing
Recipients must comply with Executive Order 13224 and applicable statutory prohibitions on transactions with, and the provisions of resources and support to, individuals and organizations associated with terrorism. Recipients are legally responsible for ensuring compliance with the Executive Order and laws. 41 Article 44 Traﬃcking Victims Protection Act of 2000(TVPA) Recipients must comply with the requirements of the government-wide federal award term and condition which implements Traﬃcking Victims Protection Act of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106-386, § 106 (codiﬁed as amended at 22 U.S.C. § 7104). The federal award term and condition is in 2 C.F.R. § 175.105, the full text of which is incorporated by reference.

Article 45 Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act of 2001, Pub. L. 107-56
Recipients must comply with the requirements of Pub. L. 107-56, Section 817 of the USA PATRIOT Act, which amends 18 U.S.C. §§ 175–175c.

Article 46 Use of DHS Seal, Logo and Flags
Recipients must obtain written permission from DHS prior to using the DHS seals, logos, crests, or reproductions of ﬂags, or likenesses of DHS agency oﬃcials. This includes use of DHS component (e.g., FEMA, CISA, etc.) seals, logos, crests, or reproductions of ﬂags, or likenesses of component oﬃcials.

Article 47 Whistleblower Protection Act
Recipients must comply with the statutory requirements for whistleblower protections in 10 U.S.C § 470141 U.S.C. § 4712.
42 Article 48 Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation (EHP) Review DHS/FEMA funded activities that could have an impact on the environment are subject to the FEMA EHP review process. This review does not address all federal, state, and local requirements. Acceptance of federal funding requires the recipient to comply with all federal, state, and local laws. DHS/FEMA is required to consider the potential impacts to natural and cultural resources of all projects funded by DHS/FEMA grant funds, through its EHP review process, as mandated by: the National Environmental Policy Act; Endangered Species Act; National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended; Clean Water Act; Clean Air Act; National Flood Insurance Program regulations; and any other applicable laws, regulations and executive orders. General guidance for FEMA’s EHP process is available on the DHS/FEMA Website. Speciﬁc applicant guidance on how to submit information for EHP review depends on the individual grant program. Applicants should contact their grant Program Oﬃcer to be put into contact with EHP staﬀ responsible for assisting their speciﬁc grant program. The FEMA EHP review process must be completed before funds are released to carry out the proposed project, otherwise, DHS/FEMA may not be able to fund the project due to noncompliance with EHP laws, executive orders, regulations, and policies. DHS/FEMA may also need to perform a project closeout review to ensure the applicant complied with all required EHP conditions identiﬁed in the initial review. If ground disturbing activities occur during construction, the applicant will monitor the ground disturbance, and if any potential archaeological resources are discovered, the applicant will immediately cease work in that area and notify the pass-through entity, if applicable, and DHS/FEMA. EO 11988, Floodplain Management, and EO 11990, Protection of Wetlands, require that all federal actions in or aﬀecting the ﬂoodplain or wetlands be reviewed for opportunities to relocate, and be evaluated for social, economic, historical, environmental, legal, and safety considerations. FEMA’s regulations at 44 C.F.R. Part 9 implement the EOs and require an eight-step review process if a proposed action is in a ﬂoodplain or wetland or has the potential to aﬀect or be aﬀected by a ﬂoodplain or wetland. The regulation also requires that the federal agency provide public notice of the proposed action at the earliest possible time to provide the opportunity for public involvement in the decision-making process (44 C.F.R. § 9.8). Where there is no opportunity to relocate the federal action, FEMA is required to undertake a detailed review to determine what measures can be taken to minimize future damages to the ﬂoodplain or wetland.

Article 49 Applicability of DHS Standard Terms and Conditions to Tribal Nations The DHS Standard Terms and Conditions are a restatement of general requirements imposed upon recipients and ﬂow down to sub-recipients as a matter of law, regulation, or executive order. If the requirement does not apply to Tribal Nations, or there is a federal law or regulation exempting its application to Tribal Nations, then the acceptance by Tribal Nations, or acquiescence to DHS Standard Terms and Conditions does not change or alter its inapplicability to a Tribal Nation. The execution of grant documents is not intended to change, alter, amend, or impose additional liability or responsibility upon the Tribal Nations where it does not already exist. 43 Article 50 Acceptance of Post Award Changes
In the event FEMA determines that an error in the award package has been made, or if an administrative change must be made to the award package, recipients will be notiﬁed of the change in writing. Once the notiﬁcation has been made, any subsequent requests for funds will indicate recipient acceptance of the changes to the award. Please email FEMA Grant Management Operations at: [email protected] for any questions.

Article 51 Disposition of Equipment Acquired Under the Federal Award When original or replacement equipment acquired under this award is no longer needed for the original project or program or for other activities currently or previously supported by a federal awarding agency, the non-state recipient or subrecipient (including subrecipients of a State or Tribal Nation), must request instructions from FEMA to make proper disposition of the equipment pursuant to 2 C.F.R. section 200.313(e). State recipients must follow the disposition requirements in accordance with State laws and procedures. 2 C.F.R. section 200.313(b). Tribal Nations must follow the disposition requirements in accordance with Tribal laws and procedures noted in 2 C.F.R. section 200.313(b); and if such laws and procedures do not exist, then Tribal Nations must follow the disposition instructions in 2 C.F.R. section 200.313(e).

Article 52 Prior Approval for Modiﬁcation of Approved Budget Before making any change to the FEMA approved budget for this award, a written request must be submitted and approved by FEMA as required by 2 C.F.R. section 200.308. For purposes of non-construction projects, FEMA is utilizing its discretion to impose an additional restriction under 2 C.F.R. section 200.308(i) regarding the transfer of funds among direct cost categories, programs, functions, or activities. For awards with an approved budget where the federal share is greater than the simpliﬁed acquisition threshold (currently $250,000) and where the cumulative amount of such transfers exceeds or is expected to exceed ten percent (10%) of the total budget FEMA last approved, transferring funds among direct cost categories, programs, functions, or activities is unallowable without prior written approval from FEMA. For purposes of awards that support both construction and non-construction work, 2 C.F.R. section 200.308((f)(9) requires the recipient to obtain prior written approval from FEMA before making any fund or budget transfers between the two types of work. Any deviations from a FEMA approved budget must be reported in the ﬁrst Federal Financial Report (SF-425) that is submitted following any budget deviation, regardless of whether the budget deviation requires prior written approval.

Article 53 Indirect Cost Rate
2 C.F.R. section 200.211(b)(16) requires the terms of the award to include the indirect cost rate for the federal award. If applicable, the indirect cost rate for the award is stated in the budget documents or other materials approved by FEMA and included in the award ﬁle.
44 Article 54 Build America, Buy America Act (BABAA) Required Contract Provision & Self-Certiﬁcation
In addition to the DHS Standard Terms & Conditions regarding Required Use of American Iron, Steel, Manufactured Products, and Construction Materials, recipients and subrecipients of FEMA ﬁnancial assistance for programs that are subject to BABAA must include a Buy America preference contract provision as noted in 2 C.F.R. section 184.4 and a self-certiﬁcation as required by the FEMA Buy America Preference in FEMA Financial Assistance Programs for Infrastructure (FEMA Interim Policy #207-22-0001). This requirement applies to all subawards, contracts, and purchase orders for work performed, or products supplied under the FEMA award subject to BABAA.

Article 55 Award Performance Goals
FEMA will measure the recipient’s performance of the grant by comparing the number of items requested in its application, the numbers acquired (ordered, paid, and received) within the period of performance. In order to measure performance, FEMA may request information throughout the period of performance. In its ﬁnal performance report submitted at closeout, the recipient is required to report on the recipients compliance with the applicable industry, local, state and national standards described in the NOFO.

Article 56 Non-Applicability of Speciﬁc Agreement Articles Notwithstanding their inclusion in this award package, the following Agreement Articles do not apply to this grant award:

1. Communication and Cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration Oﬃcials.

2. Paragraph (2)(a)(iii) of Anti-Discrimination.
45 Article 57 Payment Information (Updated)
Recipients will submit payment requests in FEMA GO for FY25 awards under this program.

Instructions to Grant Recipients Pursuing Payments
FEMA reviews all grant payments and obligations to ensure allowability in accordance with 2 C.F.R. § 200.305. These measures ensure funds are disbursed appropriately while continuing to support and prioritize communities who rely on FEMA for assistance. Once a recipient submits a payment request in FEMA GO, FEMA will review the request. If FEMA approves a payment, it will process the payment through FEMA GO and the payment will be delivered pursuant to the recipients SAM.gov ﬁnancial information. If FEMA disapproves a payment, FEMA will inform the recipient.

Processing and Payment Timeline
FEMA must comply with regulations governing payments to grant recipients.

See 2 C.F.R. § 200.305. For grant recipients other than States, 2 C.F.R. § 200.305(b)(3) stipulates that FEMA is to make payments on a reimbursement basis within 30 days after receipt of the payment request, unless FEMA reasonably believes the request to be improper. For state recipients, 2 C.F.R. § 200.305(a) instructs that federal grant payments are governed by Treasury- State Cash Management Improvement Act (CMIA) agreements ("Treasury- State agreement") and default procedures codiﬁed at 31 C.F.R. part 205 and Treasury Financial Manual (TFM) 4A-2000, "Overall Disbursing Rules for All Federal Agencies." See 2 C.F.R. § 200.305(a).

Treasury-State agreements generally apply to "major federal assistance programs" that are governed by 31 C.F.R. part 205, subpart A and are identiﬁed in the Treasury-State agreement. 31 C.F.R. §§ 205.2, 205.6. Where a federal assistance (grant) program is not governed by subpart A, payment and funds transfers from FEMA to the state are subject to 31 C.F.R. part 205, subpart B. Subpart B requires FEMA to "limit a funds transfer to a state to the minimum amounts needed by the state and must time the disbursement to be in accord with the actual, immediate cash requirements of the state in carrying out a federal assistance program or project. The timing and amount of funds transfers must be as close as is administratively feasible to a state's actual cash outlay for direct program costs and the proportionate share of any allowable indirect costs." 31 C.F.R. § 205.33(a). Nearly all FEMA grants are not "major federal assistance programs." As a result, payments to states for those grants are subject to the "default" rules of 31 C.F.R. part 205, subpart B.

If additional information is needed, a request for information will be issued by FEMA to the recipient; recipients are strongly encouraged to respond to any additional FEMA request for information inquiries within three business days. If an adequate response is not received, the request may be denied, and the entity may need to submit a new reimbursement request; this will re-start the 30-day timeline.
46 Submission Process
All non-disaster grant program reimbursement requests must be reviewed and approved by FEMA prior to drawdowns.

For all non-disaster reimbursement requests (regardless of system), please ensure submittal of the following information:

1. Grant ID / Award Number

2. Total amount requested for drawdown

3. Purpose of drawdown and timeframe covered (must be within the award performance period)

4. Subrecipient Funding Details (if applicable).
• Is funding provided directly or indirectly to a subrecipient? • If no, include statement "This grant funding is not being directed to a subrecipient."
• If yes, provide the following details:
• The name, mission statement, and purpose of each subrecipient receiving funds, along with the amount allocated and the speciﬁc role or activity being reimbursed.
• Whether the subrecipient’s work or mission involves supporting aliens, regardless of whether FEMA funds support such activities. • Whether the payment request includes an activity involving support to aliens? • Whether the subrecipient has any diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.

5. Supporting documentation to demonstrate that expenses are allowable, allocable, reasonable, and necessary under 2 C.F.R. Part 200 and in compliance with the grant’s NOFO, award terms, and applicable federal regulations.
47 Article 58 Termination of the Federal Award (Updated)

1. Paragraph C.XL of the FY 2025 DHS Standard Terms and Conditions, v.3 sets forth a term and condition entitled “Termination of a Federal Award.” The termination provision condition listed below applies to the grant award and the term and condition in Paragraph C.XL of the FY 2025 DHS Standard Terms and Conditions, v.3 does not.

2. Termination of the Federal Award by FEMA
FEMA may terminate the federal award in whole or in part for one of the following reasons identiﬁed in 2 C.F.R. § 200.340:
a. If the recipient or subrecipient fails to comply with the terms and conditions of the federal award.
b. With the consent of the recipient, in which case FEMA and the recipient must agree upon the termination conditions. These conditions include the eﬀective date and, in the case of partial termination, the portion to be terminated.
c. If the federal award no longer eﬀectuates the program goals or agency priorities. Under this provision, FEMA may terminate the award for these purposes if any of the following reasons apply:
i. If DHS/FEMA, in its sole discretion, determines that a speciﬁc award objective is ineﬀective at achieving program goals as described in this NOFO; ii. If DHS/FEMA, in its sole discretion, determines that an objective of the award as described in this NOFO will be ineﬀective at achieving program goals or agency priorities;
iii. If DHS/FEMA, in its sole discretion, determines that the design of the grant program is ﬂawed relative to program goals or agency priorities; iv. If DHS/FEMA, in its sole discretion, determines that the grant program is not aligned to either the DHS Strategic Plan, the FEMA Strategic Plan, or successor policies or documents;
v. If DHS/FEMA, in its sole discretion, changes or re-evaluates the goals or priorities of the grant program and determines that the award will be ineﬀective at achieving the updated program goals or agency priorities; or vi. For other reasons based on program goals or agency priorities described in the termination notice provided to the recipient pursuant to 2 C.F.R. § 200.341. vii. If the awardee falls out of compliance with the Agency’s statutory or regulatory authority, award terms and conditions, or other applicable laws.

3. Termination of a Subaward by the Pass-Through Entity 48 The pass-through entity may terminate a subaward in whole or in part for one of the following reasons identiﬁed in 2 C.F.R. § 200.340:
a. If the subrecipient fails to comply with the terms and conditions of the federal award.
b. With the consent of the subrecipient, in which case the pass-through entity and the subrecipient must agree upon the termination conditions. These conditions include the eﬀective date and, in the case of partial termination, the portion to be terminated.
c. If the pass-through entity’s award has been terminated, the pass-through recipient will terminate its subawards.

4. Termination by the Recipient or Subrecipient
The recipient or subrecipient may terminate the federal award in whole or in part for the following reasons identiﬁed in 2 C.F.R. § 200.340: Upon sending FEMA or the pass-through entity a written notiﬁcation of the reasons for such termination, the eﬀective date, and, in the case of partial termination, the portion to be terminated. However, if FEMA or the pass-through entity determines that the remaining portion of the federal award will not accomplish the purposes for which the federal award was made, FEMA or the pass- through entity may terminate the federal award in its entirety.

5. Impacts of Termination
a. When FEMA terminates the federal award prior to the end of the period of performance due to the recipient’s material failure to comply with the terms and conditions of the federal award, FEMA will report the termination in SAM.gov in the manner described at 2 C.F.R. § 200.340(c).
b. When the federal award is terminated in part or its entirety, FEMA or the pass-through entity and the recipient or subrecipient remain responsible for compliance with the requirements in 2 C.F.R. §§ 200.344 and 200.345.

6. Notiﬁcation Requirements
FEMA or the pass-through entity must provide written notice of the termination in a manner consistent with 2 C.F.R. § 200.341. The federal award will be terminated on the date of the notiﬁcation unless stated otherwise in the notiﬁcation.

7. Opportunities to Object and Appeals
Where applicable, when FEMA terminates the federal award, the written notiﬁcation of termination will provide the opportunity, and describe the process, to object and provide information challenging the action, pursuant to 2 C.F.R. § 200.342.

8. Eﬀects of Suspension and Termination
49 The allowability of costs to the recipient or subrecipient resulting from ﬁnancial obligations incurred by the recipient or subrecipient during a suspension or after the termination of a federal award are subject to 2 C.F.R. § 200.343.

Article 59 Non-Applicability of Speciﬁc Agreement Articles Notwithstanding their inclusion in this award package, the following Agreement Article does not apply to this grant award:

Termination of a Federal Award
The intent of this provision is to clarify that Paragraph C.XL (Termination of a Federal Award) of the FY 2025 DHS Standard Terms and Conditions does not apply to this award. Instead, the Agreement Article titled “Termination of the Federal Award”, or “Termination of the Federal Award (Updated)” applies to this grant award.
50 Obligating document

1. Agreement
No.

EMW-2024-FG-
01629

2. Amendment
No.

N/A

3. Recipient
No.
953674780

4. Type of
Action
AWARD

5. Control No.

WX02143N2025T

6. Recipient Name and
Address

CITY OF CATHEDRAL
CITY
68700 AVENIDA LALO

GUERRERO

CATHEDRAL CTY, CA
92234

7. Issuing FEMA Oﬃce and
Address
Grant Programs Directorate
500 C Street, S.W.

Washington DC, 20528-7000
1-866-927-5646

8. Payment Oﬃce and
Address
FEMA, Financial Services
Branch
500 C Street, S.W., Room
723
Washington DC, 20742

9. Name of Recipient
Project Oﬃcer
Kevin Biersack
9a. Phone
No.
7607700378

10. Name of FEMA Project
Coordinator
Assistance to Fireﬁghters
Grant Program
10a. Phone
No.
1-866-274-
0960

11. Eﬀective Date of
This Action
09/20/2025

12. Method of
Payment

OTHER - FEMA
GO

13. Assistance
Arrangement

COST SHARING

14. Performance
Period
09/27/2025 to
09/26/2027
Budget Period
09/27/2025 to
09/26/2027

15. Description of Action a. (Indicate funding data for awards or ﬁnancial changes)
Program
Name
Abbreviation
Assistance
Listing No.

Accounting
Data
(ACCS
Code)
Prior
Total
Award
Amount
Awarded
This Action
+ or (-)
Current
Total
Award
Cumulative
Non-Federal
Commitment
FG 97.044
2025-FF-
GB01 -
P410-xxxx-
4101-D
$0.00 $877,703.63$877,703.63$87,770.37
Totals$0.00 $877,703.63$877,703.63$87,770.37
b. To describe changes other than funding data or ﬁnancial changes, attach schedule and check here:

N/A

16.FOR NON-DISASTER PROGRAMS: RECIPIENT IS REQUIRED TO SIGN AND RETURN THREE (3) COPIES OF THIS DOCUMENT TO FEMA (See Block 7 for address)
This ﬁeld is not applicable for digitally signed grant agreements 51 17. RECIPIENT SIGNATORY OFFICIAL (Name and Title) DATE

18. FEMA SIGNATORY OFFICIAL (Name and Title)
Stacey Street, Deputy Assistant Administrator Grants Program Directorate
DATE
09/20/2025
52 Staff Report
City Council
Item No. 5.B
Meeting Date: October 22, 2025
From: Kevin Biersack, Financial Services Director
Title: FY 2024/2025 Preliminary Financial Results
RECOMMENDATION:

This item is presented for information, discussion and direction only.

BACKGROUND:

The primary purpose of this presentation is to update City Council on the status of the City’s General Fund Year End Balance as of June 30, 2025 (FY 2024/2025). The City is closing the year with an almost $1.8M deficit for FY 2024/2025. This adjusts the City’s General Fund “savings account” balance to more than $39M. The City is ending FY 2024/2025 with a 52% Fund Balance reserve. In accordance with our Fund Balance policy adopted in 2014, it is essential the City maintain its Fund Balance at a minimum target balance of 33% of budgeted expenditures.

DISCUSSION:

General Fund Revenues
The City’s budgeted revenues in the General Fund for FY 2024/2025 were $65,383,355.

The actual revenues for FY 2024/2025 totaled $70,302,671. The actual revenues were 107.52% of the budgeted amounts. The revenue categories and the corresponding budget and actual amounts are provided in the tables below:
1 General Fund Expenditures
The City’s budgeted expenditures for FY 2024/2025 were $79,109,731. The actual expenses for FY 2024/2025 totaled $72,098,232. The actual expenses were 91.14% of the budgeted amounts. The actual expenditures by department and the corresponding budgets are provided in the table below:
2 The budgeted versus actual expenditures for salaries & benefits and operations are provided in the following table:

General Fund Summary
For fiscal year 2024/2025, the total revenues for the General Fund minus the total expenses results in a $1,795,561 deficit. When comparing the worse-case scenario of a budgeted deficit totaling $13,726,376, this represents a reduction of almost $12M in the actual deficit, summarized as follows:
3 The table below is a snapshot for FY 2024/2025 actuals and the next two year’s budgeted projections (the FY 2025/2026 and FY 2026/2027 biennial budget). To reemphasize the Fund Balance policy referenced above, it is essential the City maintain its Fund Balance at a minimum target balance of 33% of budgeted expenditures.

Measure W Summary
Withe the passage of Measure W in November 2024 and its subsequent implementation in April 2025, the FY 2024/2025 preliminary results for Measure W (Fund 151) are as follows:
4 The Measure W surplus is derived from the excess of actual revenues and expenditures establishing a yearend fund balance of $432,771.

Development Impact Fees Summary
For the AB 1600 funds, the ending cash balances for FY 2024/2025 are as follows:

Proprietary Funds Summary
The cash balances ending FY 2024/2025 for the proprietary funds are as follows:

5 FISCAL IMPACT:

Even with the better than anticipated year-end financial position for the FY 2024/2025 General Fund, the City must continue to manage expenditures carefully particularly due to the extraordinary fiscal impacts from both the ending of COVID-19 funding and outstanding Tropical Storm Hilary reimbursements. Regarding those reimbursements from the storm damage, the city has received only $169,385 to date of the $4,744,504 in total anticipated cost reimbursements from both Federal and State funding sources. It is for these types of extraordinary circumstances the City Council established a General Fund Balance Policy for the City’s “savings account” to have a minimum 33% target to be able to plan for such volatility.

FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN:

Goal C: Fiscal Stability and Sustainability
Objective: Cathedral City has economically prospered by facilitating the investment of private dollars in high quality development which benefits the community. We remain financially solvent by instituting prudent fiscal policies and transparent financial practices.

ATTACHMENTS:

None
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Cathedral City City Council
October 22, 2025