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CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW
RESOLUTION NO.
SERIES 2024
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW
ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF A REPORT MADE BY THE
MOUNTAIN VIEW FIRE CHIEF REGARDING THE REQUIRED
ANNUAL INSPECTION OF CERTAIN OCCUPANCIES PURSUANT TO
SECTIONS 13146.2 AND 13146.3 OF THE
CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
WHEREAS, California Health and Safety Code Section 13146.4 was added in 2018 and became effective on September 27, 2018; and
WHEREAS, California Health and Safety Code Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 require all fire departments, including the Mountain View Fire Department, that provide fire protection services to perform annual inspections in every building used as a public or private school, hotel, motel, lodging house, or apartment house, as well as certain residential care facilities for compliance with building standards, as provided; and
WHEREAS, California Health and Safety Code Section 13146.2 requires all fire departments, including the Mountain View Fi re Department, that provide fire protection services to report annually to its administering authority on its compliance with Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Mountain View intends this Resolution to fulfill the requirements of the California Health and Safety Code regarding acknowledgment of the Mountain View Fire Department’s compliance with California Health and Safety Code Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Mountain View that said City Council expressly acknowledges the measure of compliance of the Mountain View Fire Department with California Health and Safety Code Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 in the area encompassed by the City of Mountain View, as follows:
1. Educational Group E Occupancies. Educational Group E occupancies are generally those public and private schools used by more than six (6) persons at any one time for educational purposes through the 12th grade. Within the City of Mountain View, there lie sixty four (64) Group E occupancies, buildings, structures, and/or facilities.
During calendar year 2023, the Mountain View Fire Department completed the annual inspection of sixty four (64) Group E occupancies, buildings, structures, and/or facilities.
This is a compliance rate of 100% for this reporting period.
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Additional items of note regarding this compliance rate can be found in the accompanying Council report (Exhibit A to this Resolution).
2. Residential Group R Occupancies. Residential Group R (R1 and R2 subcategories) occupancies, for the purposes of this Resolution, are generally those occupancies containing sleeping units and include hotels, motels, apartments (three (3) units or more), etc., as well as other residential occupancies (including a number of residential care facilities). These residential care facilities have a number of different subclassifications and may contain residents or clients that have a range of needs, including those related to custodial care, mobility impairments, cognitive disabilities, etc. The residents may also be nonamb ulatory or bedridden. Within the City of Mountain View, there lie nine hundred eighteen (918) Group R (R1 and R2 subcategories) occupancies of this nature.
During calendar year 2023, the Mountain View Fire Department completed the annual inspection of nine hundred sixteen (916) Group R (R1 and R2 subcategories) occupancies, buildings, structures, and/or facilities. This is a compliance rate of 99.8% for this reporting period.
Additional items of note regarding this compliance rate can be found in the accompanying Council report (Exhibit A to this Resolution).
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Exhibit: A. Council Report
DATE: March 26, 2024
CATEGORY: Consent
DEPT.: Fire
TITLE: Adopt a Resolution Acknowledging
Receipt of the 2023 SB 1205 Mandatory
Fire Inspection Report
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ECOMMENDATION
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dopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Acknowledging Receipt of a Report Made by the Mountain View Fire Chief Regarding the Required Annual Inspection of Certain Occupancies Pursuant to Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 of the California Health and Safety Code, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 1 to the Council report).
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ACKGROUND
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alifornia Health and Safety Code Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 require all city or county fire departments to conduct annual fire inspections in every building used as a public or private school, hotel, motel, lodging house, or apartment house, as well as certain residential care facilities. Senate Bill (SB) 1205, approved in September 2018, added California Health and Safety Code Section 13146 requiring all city or county fire departments to report compliance with the mandated inspections to its administering authority. For the Mountain View Fire Department, the administering authority is the Mountain View City Council. The R esolution presented with this item (Attachment 1) provides the required report to the Mountain View City Council summarizing the Mountain View Fire Department’s compliance status with these mandated fire inspections.
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ALYSIS
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he Resolution formally reports that Mountain View Fire Department personnel completed
99.8% of the annual fire inspections at occupancies required to be inspected in California Health and Safety Code Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3. The inspections of these buildings and structures are summarized below by occupancy category. The occupancy categories are further defined in the attached resolution.
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ducational Group E Occupancies: Sixty-four (64) Group E occupancies exist in the City of Mountain View, and all Group E facilities were inspected in 2023.
Exhibit A
Adopt a Resolution Acknowledging Receipt of the
2023 SB 1205 Mandatory Fire Inspection Report
March 26, 2024
• Residential Group R Occupancies: Nine hundred eighteen (918) Group R occupancies exist in the City of Mountain View, including 19 R1 and 899 R2 facilities. Nine hundred sixteen (916) Group R facilities were inspected in 2023. The two R2 occupancies that were not inspected in calendar year 2023 were inspected in January 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT—There is no fiscal impact associated with this Resolution.
ALTERNATIVES
1. Do not adopt the Resolution.
2. Direct staff to provide additional information.
3. Provide other direction.
PUBLIC NOTICING—Agenda posting.
Prepared by:
Carrie Sandahl
Fire Marshal
Approved by:
Juan F. Diaz
Fire Chief
Audrey Seymour Ramberg
Assistant City Manager
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Attachment: 1. Resolution