Attachment 2: 2022 CA Fire Code Amendment Matrix – City of Chula Vista Municipal Code 15.36
1 Following is a summary of amendments to the 2022 edition of the California Fire Code (CFC), which are further included in the City of Chula Vista Municipal Code (CVMC), Chapter 15.36. The amendments are organized sequentially by code section. California Health and Safety Code 17985.5 provides the authority for making local amendments. Amendments herein identify the California Code of Regulations, Title 24 (Title 24), sections being amended and distinguishes the amendment and/or added text from the text of Title 24 not being amended. The amendments contained throughout the adopting Fire Code Ordinance, CVMC 15.36, are more restrictive building standards and standards than those provided in Title 24. The City of Chula has made express findings that amendments to the building standards in Title 24 are reasonably necessary because of local climatic, geological, or topographical conditions.
Amendment Description Key:
Black text: 2022 CFC
Blue / underlined text: City of Chula Vista amendment - CFC addition Blue / strikethrough text: City of Chula Vista amendment - CFC deletion Black text without a respective code section: Informational Chula Vista Municipal Code Chapter 15.36 Fire Code - Fire Protection and Prevention Amendments: The following amendments are proposed to implement the technical standards in the 2022 edition of the California Fire Code. ab No. Code Section(s) Amendment Description
1. CVMC 15.36.010
CFC 105.5
CFC 105.5.55
CFC 105.5.56
CFC 105.5.57
California Fire Code Chapter 1 - Scope and Administration - Adopted and amended
105.5 Required operational permits. The fire code official is authorized to issue operational permits for the operations set forth in
all of Section 105.5: Sections 105.5. 2 1 through Sections 105.5. 5257 .
105.5.55 General use permit. An operational permit is required for the issuance of a general use permit and its respective inspection. A general use permit is required for any activity or operation not specifically described therein, to include high occupant loads and or when in the judgement of the Fire Code Official is likely to produce conditions hazardous to life or property. Mercantile occupancies 10,000sqf or greater, with no other permits, are required to have a general use operational permit.
105.5.56 State-mandated. An operational permit is required for California state-mandated inspected occupancies.
105.5.57 General use certificate. A temporary operational permit is required for the issuance of a general use certificate and its respective inspections. A general use certificate is required for each new business within the City that is applying for a business license or for an existing business that is changing operations or expanding business operations into new suites and is revising their respective business license (with a physical commercial address within city limits).
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2 CFC 106.1
CFC 108.2.3
CFC 112.4
CFC 113.4
106.1 Submittals
and requirements . Construction documents and supporting data shall be submitted in two three or more sets , or in an approved electronic format, with each application for a permit and in such form and detail as required by the fire code official. The construction documents shall be prepared by a registered design professional where required by the statutes of the jurisdiction in which the project is to be constructed.
Construction documents, plans, submittals, and other documents associated with building or remodeling a structure, including fire and life safety systems and fire service features, shall be in accordance with adopted codes, Sections 106.1 through 106.4, and the Fire Department’s Fire Safety Engineering Standard Details and Requirements.
Exception. The fire code official is authorized to waive the submission of construction documents and supporting data not required to be prepared by a registered design professional if it is found that the nature of the work applied for is such that review of construction documents is not necessary to obtain compliance with this code.
108.2.3 Re-inspection. Following an inspection, whether initial, annual, or other, during which it is determined that a violation exists, fire code re-inspections may be conducted at the discretion of the Fire Department until such violations have been corrected.
112.4 Violation penalties. Persons who shall violate a provision of this code , including non-compliance with stop
work and or do not occupy orders, or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, install, alter, repair or do work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the fire code official, or of a permit or certificate used under provisions of this code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor [SPECIFY OFFENSE] , punishable by a fine of not more than the greater of $1,000 [AMOUNT] dollars or as established by the City of Chula Vista Policy and Procedures Manual for Civil penalties or by imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months [NUMBER OF DAYS] , or both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense.
113.4 Failure to comply. Any person
, who shall continue s any work after having been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be subject to a fine s established by the authority having jurisdictionof not less than $250 dollars or more than $1,000 dollars .
Necessary due to local Climatic, Geological, and Topographical Conditions
2. CVMC 15.36.015
CFC 202
California Fire Code Chapter 2 - Definitions - Adopted and amended
FIRE AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION (FAHJ). Designated entity providing enforcement of fire regulations as they relate to planning, construction and development, and maintenance.
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3 FIRE DEPARTMENT. Any regularly organized fire department, fire protection district, a legally formed volunteer fire department recorded with the County of San Diego, or Fire Company regularly charged with the responsibility of providing fire protection to the jurisdiction.
FIRE HAZARD. Anything that increases or could cause an increase of the hazard or menace of fire to a greater degree than customarily recognized as normal by persons in the public service regularly engaged in preventing, suppressing or extinguishing fire or anything or act which could obstruct, delay, hinder or interfere with the operations of the fire department or egress of occupants in the event of fire.
FIRE SERVICE FEATURES. Is a general term inclusive of all other terms such as driveway, fire lane, public street, private street, parking lot, lane, access roadway or the like.
VEGETATION. Weeds, grass, vines or other organic (cellulose) growth that is capable of being ignited and endangering property.
Necessary due to local Climatic, Geological, and Topographical Conditions
3. CVMC 15.36.020
CFC 303
CFC 308.1.4
California Fire Code Chapter 3 - General Requirements - Adopted in part and amended
This CFC section is not adopted by the State nor the City.
308.1.4 Open-flame cooking devices. Charcoal burners and other open-flame cooking devices shall not be operated on combustible balconies or within 10 feet (3048 mm) of combustible construction.
Exceptions:
1. One- and two-family dwellingsGroup R-2 and Group R-3 occupancies .
2. Where buildings, balconies and decks are protected by an automatic sprinkler system.
3. LP-gas cooking devices having LP-gas container with a water capacity not greater than 21/2 pounds [nominal 1 pound (0.454 kg) LP-gas capacity].
Necessary due to local Climatic, Geological, and Topographical Conditions
4. CVMC 15.36.025 California Fire Code Chapter 4 - Emergency Planning and Preparedness - Adopted in part
Adopts only the sections and subsections of the State.
Respective to Cannabis businesses and the licensing thereof, Emergency Action and Fire Prevention Plans are required and shall comply with the provisions as set forth in Chula Vista Municipal Code, 5.19.050.B.1.e, and as Attachment 2: 2022 CA Fire Code Amendment Matrix – City of Chula Vista Municipal Code 15.36
4 further outlined under the City’s Cannabis Regulations, §0502. Cannabis business Emergency Action and Fire Prevention Plans shall show compliance with California Fire Code, Chapter 4, Emergency Planning and Preparedness, Sections 404 through 407.
5. CVMC 15.36.030
CFC 511
CFC 511.1
California Fire Code Chapter 5 - Fire Service Features - Adopted and amended
511 PREPLANNING RESPONSE MAPS AND DATA
511.1 Requirements. Applicants submitting permits for and building any new development or project, which necessitates updating of emergency response maps by virtue of new structures and their respective appurtenances, hydrants, roadways, and or similar features, shall be required to provide electronic files with respective layers, in an approved format, to the FAHJ.
Necessary due to local Climatic, Geological, and Topographical Conditions
6. CVMC 15.36.035 California Fire Code Chapter 6 - Building Services and Systems - Adopted
7. CVMC 15.36.040 California Fire Code Chapter 7 - Fire and Smoke Protection Features - Adopted
8. CVMC 15.36.045 California Fire Code Chapter 8 - Interior Finish, Decorative Materials and Furnishings - Adopted
9. CVMC 15.36.050
901.6.3.2
903.2.8.1.1
905.4
California Fire Code Chapter 9 - Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems - Adopted and amended
901.6.3.2 Records reporting. All inspection, testing and maintenance reports shall be forwarded and made accessible to the Fire Department using the electronic media and platform of the designated third party as approved by the City.
Paper (hard copy) reports are not permitted.
903.2.8.1.1 NFPA 13-D meter size. The minimum water meter size serving NFPA 13-D (dwelling) fire sprinkler systems shall be no less than one (1) inch in diameter.
Exceptions:
1. Minimum meter size can be dependent upon hydraulic analysis, including safety factors, for second dwelling units and accessory structures to group R3 occupancies.
905.4 Location of Class I standpipe hose connections. Class I standpipe hose connections shall be provided in all of the following locations:
1. In every required interior exit stairway, a hose connection shall be provided for each story above and below grade plane. Hose connections shall be located at
the intermediatemain floor level landing s between floors unless otherwiseor as approved by the fire code official. See Section 909.20.2.3 of the California Building Code for additional provisions in smokeproof enclosures.
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5 Exception to Item 1 of 905.4 shall remain in full force and effect along with Exceptions 2 through 6.
Necessary due to local Climatic, Geological, and Topographical Conditions
10. CVMC 15.36.055 California Fire Code Chapter 10 - Means of Egress - Adopted
11. CVMC 15.36.060 California Fire Code Chapter 11 - Construction Requirements for Existing Buildings - Adopted in part
Adopts only the sections and subsections of the State.
12. CVMC 15.36.065 California Fire Code Chapter 12 - Energy Systems - Adopted
13. CVMC 15.36.070 California Fire Code Chapter 20 - Aviation Facilities - Adopted
14. CVMC 15.36.075 California Fire Code Chapter 21 - Dry Cleaning - Adopted
15. CVMC 15.36.080 California Fire Code Chapter 22 - Combustible Dust – Prod ucing Operations - Adopted
16. CVMC 15.36.085 California Fire Code Chapter 23 - Motor Fuel -Dispensing Facilities and Repair Garages - Adopted
17. CVMC 15.36.090 California Fire Code Chapter 24 - Flammable Finishes - Adopted
18. CVMC 15.36.095 California Fire Code Chapter 25 - Fruit and Crop Ripening - Adopted
19. CVMC 15.36.100 California Fire Code Chapter 26 - Fumigation and Insecticidal Fogging - Not adopted
This CFC chapter is not adopted by the State nor the City.
20. CVMC 15.36.105 California Fire Code Chapter 27 - Semiconductor Fabrication Facilities - Adopted
21. CVMC 15.36.110 California Fire Code Chapter 28 - Lumber Yards and Agro-industrial, Solid Biomass and Woodworking Facilities - Adopted
22. CVMC 15.36.115 Califo rnia Fire Code Chapter 29 - Manufacture of Organic Coatings - Adopted
23. CVMC 15.36.120 California Fire Code Chapter 30 - Industrial Ovens - Adopted
24. CVMC 15.36.125 California Fire Code Chapter 31 - Tents, Temporary Special Event Structures and Other Membrane Structures - Adopted
25. CVMC 15.36.130 California Fire Code Chapter 32 - High -Piled Combustible Storage - Adopted
26. CVMC 15.36.135 California Fire Code Chapter 33 - Fire Safety During Construction and Demolition - Adopted
27. CVMC 15 .36.140 California Fire Code Chapter 34 - Tire Rebuilding and Tire Storage - Adopted
28. CVMC 15.36.145 California Fire Code Chapter 35 - Welding and Other Hot Work - Adopted
29. CVMC 15.36.150 California Fire Code Chapter 36 - Marinas - Adopted
30. CVMC 15.36.155 California Fire Code Chapter 37 - Combustible Fibers - Adopted
31. CVMC 15.36.160 California Fire Code Chapter 39 - Processing and Extraction Facilities - Adopted
32. CVMC 15.36.165 California Fire Code Chapter 40 - Storage of Distilled Spirits and Wine - Adopted
33. CVMC 15.36.170 California Fire Code Chapter 48 - Motion Picture and Television Production Studio Sound Stages, Approved Production Facilities and Production Locations - Adopted Attachment 2: 2022 CA Fire Code Amendment Matrix – City of Chula Vista Municipal Code 15.36
6 34. CVMC 15.36.175
CFC 4907.2
CFC 4907.3.1
California Fire Code Chapter 49 - Requirements for Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Areas - Adopted and amended
4907.2 Application. Buildings and structures located in the following areas shall maintain the required hazardous vegetation and fuel management:
1. All unincorporated lands designated by the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection as a State Responsibility Area (SRA).
2. Land designated as a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone by the Director.
3. Land designated in ordinance by local agencies as a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone pursuant to Government Code Section 51179.
4. Designated areas by the Fire Code Official.
4907.3.1 Designated areas. All non-maintained combustible vegetation, and or other such accumulations of non- maintained combustible vegetation materials in open space areas, as determined by the Fire Code Official, shall be maintained in an approved manner within one hundred (100) feet of any building or structure designed or intended for occupancy by humans or animals.
Necessary due to local Climatic, Geological, and Topographical Conditions
35. CVMC 15.36.180 California Fire Code Chapter 50 - Hazardous Materials - General Provisions - Adopted
36. CVMC 15.36.185 California Fire Code Chapter 51 - Aerosols - Adopted
37. CVMC 15.36.190 California Fire Code Chapter 53 - Compressed Gases - Adopted
38. CVMC 15.36.195 California Fire Code Chapter 54 - Corrosive Materials - Adopted
39. CVMC 15.36.200 California Fire Code Chapter 55 - Cryogenic Fluids - Adopted
40. CVMC 15.36.205
CFC 5601.1.3.1
CFC 5601.1.3.2
California Fire Code Chapter 56 - Explosives and Fireworks - Adopted and amended
5601.1.3.1 Retail fireworks. The storage, use, sale, possession, and handling of fireworks 1.4G (commonly referred to as Safe & Sane) and fireworks 1.3G are prohibited unless they are being used as part of a public display when permitted and conducted by a licensed pyrotechnic operator.
5601.1.3.2 Seizure of fireworks. The fire code official shall have the authority to seize, take, or remove all fireworks possessed, stored, sold, offered for sale, used or handled in violation of the provisions of this Ordinance and Title 19 California Code of Regulations.
Necessary due to local Climatic, Geological, and Topographical Conditions
41. CVMC 15.36.210 California Fire Code Chapter 57 - Flammable and Combustible Liquids - Adopted
42. CVMC 15.36.215 California Fire Code Chapter 58 - Flammable Gases and Flammable Cryogenic Fluids - Adopted Attachment 2: 2022 CA Fire Code Amendment Matrix – City of Chula Vista Municipal Code 15.36
7 43. CVMC 15.36.220 California Fire Code Chapter 59 - Flammable Solids - Adopted
44. CVMC 15.36.225 California Fire Code Chapter 60 - Highly Toxic and Toxic Materials - Adopted
45. CVMC 15.36.230 California Fire Code Chapter 61 - Liquefied Petroleum Gases - Adopted
46. CVMC 15.36.235 California Fire Code Chapter 62 - Organic Peroxides - Adopted
47. CVMC 15.36.240 California Fire Code Chapter 63 - Oxidizers, Oxidizing Gases and Oxidizing Cryogenic Fluids - Adopted
48. CVMC 15.36.245 California Fire Code Chapter 64 - Pyrophoric Materials - Adopted
49. CVMC 15.36.250 California Fire Code Chapter 65 - Pyroxylin (Cellulose Nitrate) Plastics - Adopted
50. CVMC 15.36.255 California Fire Code Chapter 66 - Unstable (Reactive) Materials - Adopted
51. CVMC 15.36.260 California Fire Code Chapter 67 - Water -Reactive Solids and Liquids - Adopted
52. CVMC 15.36.265 California Fire Code Chapter 80 - Referenced Standards - Adopted
53. CVMC 15.36.270
CFC Table
B105.1(1)
California Fire Code Appendices - Adopted in part and amended
TABLE B105.1(1).
TABLE B105.1(1) REQUIRED FIRE FLOW FOR ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS, GROUP R-3 AND R-4 BUILDINGS AND TOWNHOUSES
b
Fire-Flow
Calculation
Area (sqf)
Automatic
Sprinkler
Systems
(design-
standard)
Minimum Fire-
Flow
(gallons per
minute) a
Flow Duration
(hours)
0-3,600 No automatic
sprinkler system
1,000Value in
Table B105.1(2)
1Duration in
Table
B105.1(2) at
the required
fire -flow rate
3,601 and
greater
No automatic
sprinkler system
Value in Table
B105.1(2)
Duration in
Table
B105.1(2) at
the required
fire -flow rate
0-3,600 Section
903.3.1.3 of the
California Fire
500Value in
Table B105.1(2)
½ Duration in
Table
B105.1(2) at
Formatted: Superscript
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B105.2
Code or Section
313.3 of the
California
Residential
Code
the required
fire-flow rate
3,601 and
greater
Section
903.3.1.3 of the
California Fire
Code or Section
313.3 of the
California
Residential
Code
½ Value in
Table B105.1(2)
1 Duration in
Table
B105.1(2) at
the required
fire-flow rate
For SI: 1 square foot = 0.0929 m 2. 1 gallon per minute = 3.785 L/m. a. The fire flow rates as listed in Table B105.1(2) are capped at 5,000gpm. b. When the existing water main cannot supply the minimum required fire flow rate, the FAHJ may require a fire sprinkler system to be installed, if not required by other portions of adopted codes, or a fire sprinkler system hazard classification upgrade in lieu of water main upsizing.
TABLE B105.2.
TABLE B105.2 REQUIRED FIRE FLOW FOR BUILDINGS OTHER THAN ONE- AND TWO- FAMILY DWELLINGS, GROUP R-3 AND R-4 BUILDINGS AND TOWNHOUSES c
Automatic Sprinkler
Systems (design-
standard)
Minimum Fire-Flow
(gallons per minute) b
Flow Duration
(hours)
No automatic
sprinkler system
Value in Table
B105.1(2)
Duration in Table
B105.1(2)
Section 903.3.1.1 of
the California Fire
Code
2575% of the value in
Table B105.1(2) a
Duration in Table
B105.1(2) at the
reduced original flow
rate
Formatted: Superscript
Formatted: Superscript
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9 CFC BB105.1
CFC Table
C102.1
CFC Table
CC105.1
Section 903.3.1.2 of
the California Fire
Code
2575% of the value in
Table B105.1(2) ba
Duration in Table
B105.1(2) at the
reduced original flow
rate
For SI: 1 gallon per minute = 3.785 L/m
a. The reduced fire-flow rate shall not be less than 1, 000 500 gallons per minute.
b. The reduced fire-flow rate shall not be less than 1,500 gallons per minute. The fire flow rates as listed in Table B105.1(2) are capped at 5,000gpm.
c. When the existing water main cannot supply the minimum required fire flow rate, the FAHJ may require a fire sprinkler system to be installed, if not required by other portions of adopted codes, or a fire sprinkler system hazard classification upgrade in lieu of water main upsizing.
BB105.1 The minimum fire flow and flow duration for school buildings shall be as specified in Table BB105.1.
Exception. A reduction in required fire flow of up to
75 25 percent is allowed when the building is provided with an approved automatic sprinkler system. When a reduction in fire flow is used, fire flow shall not be less than 1500 GPM.
TABLE C102.1
REQUIRED NUMBER AND SPACING OF FIRE HYDRANTS
For SI: 1 foot = 304.8 mm, 1 gallon per minute = 3.785 L/m a. Reduce by 100 feet for dead-end streets or roads.
b. Where streets are provided with median dividers that cannot be crossed by fire fighters pulling hose lines, or where arterial streets are provided with four or more traffic lanes and have a traffic count of more than 30,000 vehicles per day, hydrant spacing shall average 500 feet on each side of the street and be arranged on an alternating basis. c. Where new water mains are extended along streets where hydrants are not needed for protection of structures or similar fire problems, fire hydrants shall be provided at spacing not to exceed 1,000 feet to provide for transportation hazards.
d. Reduce by 50 feet for dead-end streets or roads.
e. One hydrant for each 1,000 gallons per minute or fraction thereof. f. A 50-percent spacing increase shall be permitted where the building is equipped throughout with an approved automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Section 903.3.1.1 of the California Fire Code. g. A 25-percent spacing increase shall be permitted where the building is equipped throughout with an approved automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Section 903.3.1.2 or 903.3.1.3 of the California Fire Code or Section 313 of the California Residential Code.
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10 CFC Appx. H
CFC Appx. O
ha. The fire code official is authorized to modify the location, number and distribution of fire hydrants based on site- specific constraints and hazards.
TABLE CC105.1
NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF FIRE HYDRANTS
For SI: 1 foot = 304.8 mm, 1 gallon per minute = 3.785 L/m. a. Reduce by 100 feet for dead-end streets or roads.
b. Where streets are provided with median dividers which can be crossed by fire fighters pulling hose lines, or where arterial streets are provided with four or more traffic lanes and have a traffic count of more than 30,000 vehicles per day, hydrant spacing shall average 500 feet on each side of the street and be arranged on an alternating basis up to a fire-flow requirement of 7,000 gallons per minute and 400 feet for higher fire-flow requirements. c. Where new water mains are extended along streets where hydrants are not needed for protection of structures or similar fire problems, fire hydrants shall be provided at spacing not to exceed 1,000 feet to provide for transportation hazards.
d. Reduce by 50 feet for dead-end streets or roads.
e. One hydrant for each 1,000 gallons per minute or fraction thereof.
Appendix H, Hazardous Materials Management Plans and Hazardous Materials Inventory Statements, is adopted in its entirety.
Appendix O, Temporary Haunted Houses, Ghost Walks and Similar Amusement Uses, is adopted in its entirety.
Appendices not listed herein are not adopted as part of this Ordinance.
Necessary due to local Climatic, Geological, and Topographical Conditions aSee City of Chula Vista 2022 California Fire Code Adopting Ordinance’s Findings and Declarations (Section III) for Details on Climatic, Geological, and Topographical Express Findings and Markings bAll CFC Chapters adopted in their entirety with amendments or without amendments that may include additional code sections or subsections beyond the State’s adoption are necessary due to local Climatic, Geological, and Topographical Conditions