RESOLUTION NO. 2025-XXX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF THE ANNUAL STATE MANDATED INSPECTION COMPLIANCE REPORT WHEREAS, California Health & Safety Code section 13146.4 was added in 2018, and became effective on September 27, 2018; and WHEREAS, California Health & Safety Code sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 requires all fire departments that provide fire protection services to perform annual inspections in every building used as a public or private school, hotel, motel, lodging house, apartment house, and certain residential care facilities for compliance with building standards; and WHEREAS, California Health & Safety Code section 13146.2 requires all fire departments 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 intends that this Resolution fulfill the requirements of the California Health & Safety Code regarding acknowledgment of the San Marcos 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 San Marcos that it expressly acknowledges receipt of the annual report reflecting the compliance of the San Marcos Fire Department with California Health and Safety Code sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 within the area comprising the San Marcos Fire Protection District, as follows:
EDUCATIONAL GROUP E OCCUPANCIES:
Educational Group E occupancies are those public and private schools, used by more than six (6) persons at any one time for educational purposes, through the 12th grade. There are 28 Group E occupancy campuses within the San Marcos Fire Protection District boundaries.
During calendar year 2024, the San Marcos Fire Department completed the annual inspection of 28 Group E occupancies, with a total building count of 147 buildings, structures and/or facilities. This is a compliance rate of 100% for this reporting period.
B. RESIDENTIAL GROUP R OCCUPANCIES:
Residential Group R occupancies are generally those occupancies containing sleeping units, and include hotels, motels, apartments (four 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 sub-classifications, and they 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 non-ambulatory or bedridden. There are 89 Group R (and their associated sub-categories) occupancies of this nature within the San Marcos Fire Protection District boundaries.
During calendar year 2024, the San Marcos Fire Department completed the annual inspection of 89 Group R occupancies, with a total of 665 buildings, structures and/or facilities. This is a compliance rate of 100% for this reporting period.
C. INSTITUTIONAL GROUP I OCCUPANCIES:
Institutional Group I occupancies, for the purpose of this resolution, are generally those occupancies where the use of a building or structure, are for the purpose of providing care or supervision to persons who are incapable of self-preservation without physical assistance or in which persons are detained for penal or correctional purposes or in which the liberty of the occupants is restricted. There are 9 known Group I occupancies within the San Marcos Fire Protection District boundaries.
During calendar year 2024, the San Marcos Fire Department completed the annual inspection of 9 Group I occupancies, with a total of 11 buildings, structures and/or facilities. This is a compliance rate of 100.0% for this reporting period.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of San Marcos, at a regularly scheduled Council Meeting thereof, this 14th day of January, 2025, by the following roll call vote:
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ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
Rebecca D. Jones, Mayor
City of San Marcos
ATTEST:
Phillip Scollick, City Clerk
City of San Marcos
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