DATE:
April 14, 2026
CATEGORY:
Consent
DEPT.:
Fire
TITLE: Resolution Acknowledging City Council’s
Receipt of the Mountain View Fire
Department’s Annual Inspection Report
Pursuant to Health and Safety Code
Section 13146.4
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View, A cknowledging Receipt of the Mountain View Fire Department's Annual Inspection Report Pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 13146.4, 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 au thority. 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.
Resolution Acknowledging City Council’s Receipt of the
Mountain View Fire Department’s Annual Inspection Report Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 13146.4
April 14, 2026
• Educational Group E Occupancies —Sixty-eight (68) Group E occupancies exist in the City of Mountain View, and all Group E facilities were inspected in 2025.
• Residential Group R Occupancies —Eight hundred and seventy four (874) Group R occupancies exist in the City of Mountain View, including 22 R1 and 852 R2 facilities. All Group R facilities were inspected in 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this resolution.
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.
Resolution Acknowledging City Council’s Receipt of the
Mountain View Fire Department’s Annual Inspection Report Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 13146.4
April 14, 2026
PUBLIC NOTICING
Agenda posting.
Prepared by:
Amanda Slovick
Senior Management Analyst
Approved by:
Brian Jones
Fire Chief
Audrey D. Seymour
Assistant City Manager
Attachment: 1. Resolution