DATE:
April 8, 2025
CATEGORY:
Consent
DEPT.:
Fire
TITLE: Receipt of 2024 SB 1205 Mandatory Fire
Inspection Report
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt 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).
BACKGROUND
California 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, apartment house, and certain re sidential care facilities.
Senate Bill (SB) 1205, approved in September 2018, added California Health and Safety Code Section 13146.4, 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 resolution 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.
ANALYSIS
The resolution formally reports that Mountain View Fire Department personnel completed 100% 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. The count of occupancies below refers to the number of buildings, not the number of units.
• Educational Group E Occupancies : Sixty -six (66) Group E occupancies exist in the City of Mountain View, and all Group E facilities were inspected in 2024.
Receipt of 2024 SB 1205 Mandatory Fire Inspection Report April 8, 2025
• Residential Group R Occupancies : Nine hundred thirty-three (933) Group R occupancies exist in the City of Mountain View, including 23 R1 and 910 R2 facilities. All Group R facilities were inspected in 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT—There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
LEVINE ACT
California Government Code Section 84308 (also known as the Levine Act) prohibits city officials from participating in any proceeding involving a “license, permit, or other entitlement for use” if the official has received a campaign contribution exceeding $500 from a party, participant, or agent of a party or participant within the last 12 months. The Levine Act is intended to prevent financial influence on decisions that affect specific, identifiable persons or participants. For more information see the Fair Political Practices Commission website:
www.fppc.ca.gov/learn/pay-to-
play-limits-and-prohibitions.html.
Please see below for information about whether the recommended action for this agenda item is subject to or exempt from the Levine Act.
EXEMPT FROM THE LEVINE ACT
☒ General policy and legislative actions
ALTERNATIVES
1. Do not adopt the resolution.
2. Direct staff to provide additional information.
3. Provide other direction.
Receipt of 2024 SB 1205 Mandatory Fire Inspection Report April 8, 2025
PUBLIC NOTICING—Agenda posting.
Prepared by:
Carrie Sandahl
Fire Marshal
Approved by:
Juan F. Diaz
Fire Chief
Audrey Seymour Ramberg
Assistant City Manager
CS/AS/6/CAM
101-04-08-25CR
205058
Attachment: 1. Resolution