RESOLUTION NO. 2023-048
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HESPERIA, CALIFORNIA, RATIFYING THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRCT’S ORDINANCE FPD 23-01 ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE WHEREAS, the city of Hesperia lies within the jurisdictional boundaries of the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District; and WHEREAS, the City of Hesperia authorizes the Fire Chief/Fire Warden of the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District to be responsible for fire prevention within said jurisdictional boundaries; and WHEREAS, the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District is authorized pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 13869.7 to adopt building standards relating to fire and panic safety that are more stringent than the building standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal and contained in the California Building Standards Code; and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District did on February 7, 2023, adopt Ordinance No. FPD 23-01, thereby adopting the 2022 California Fire Code, also known as Part 9 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations (incorporating the 2021 International Fire Code), with certain the Appendix Chapters thereof and amendments thereto as compiled and published by the International Code Council; and WHEREAS, said amendments constitute amendments to the building standards relating to fire and panic safety adopted by the State Fire Marshal and contained in the California Building Standards Code; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 13869.7(c) of the California Health and Safety Code, building standards containing such amendments are not effective within the jurisdictional boundaries of the City until ratified by the City Council.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF HESPERIA CITY COUNCIL AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That pursuant to Health and Safety Code § 13869.7, the City Council ratifies, without modification, the amendments to the 2022 California Fire Code as adopted in San Bernardino County Fire Protection District Ordinance No. FPD 23-01.
Section 2. That the Building Official is directed to, within fifteen days, transmit a certified copy of this item to the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District; and file a copy of this item, along with the Fire District’s approved ordinance, to the California Department of Housing and Community Development, whereupon this Resolution will take full legal effect within the jurisdictional boundaries of the City of Hesperia.
Section 3. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 18th day of July 2023.
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Brigit Bennington, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Erin Baum
Assistant City Clerk
Resolution City Council No. 2023-48