HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 596-1969ORDINANCE NO. 596
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE INSTALLATION OF
FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS, ANNUNCIATOR BOARDS, FIRE
HOSES, HOSE PACKS AND OVERRIDING ELEVATOR
SWITCHES IN CERTAIN BUILDINGS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
DOES 0RDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS AND ANNUNCIATOR BOXES.
Every apartment house three (3) stories or more in
height and containing more than fifteen (15) apartments, and
every hotel three (3) stories or more in height containing
twenty (20) or more guest rooms, and every other building or
structure four (4) stories or more in height, shall have installed
therein (1) an approved automatic or manually-operated fire alarm
system designed to warn all occupants of the building simul-
taneously in the event of fire, and (2) an annunciator board
installed at the locations designated by the Chief of the Fire
Department and which shows the location of all auxiliary fire
alarm boxes within the building or structure.
(a) Connection to City Fire Alarm System. The said fire
alarm system shall be connected to the City fire alarm system,
unless an exception is issued by the Chief of the Fire Depart-
ment.
(b) EXclusive Use. The said fire alarm system shall not be.
used for any other purpose than that of fire warning.
(c) Installation Standards. Installation, inspection and
maintenance of the fire alarm system shall be according to the
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standards of Table Number 1-A and Article 72 of Title 19,
California Administrative Code.
(d) Locations. Stations for operating any manually-operated
fire alarm system shall be placed immediately adjacent to the
telephone switchboard in the building, if there is a switch-
board and/or at such other locations as may be required by
the Chief of the Fire Department.
SECTION II. FIRE HOSE AND HOSE PACK. Every apartment,
hotel and other building or structure as described in Section I
shall be equipped with two and one-half inch fire hose and a
hose pack or packs of one and one-half inch fire hose with an
attached fog nozzle and a leader line wye connection. The length
and quantity of two and one-half inch fire hose and one and one-half
inch fire hose packs shall be in accordance with the standards of
the Fire Department of the City of South San Francisco. The fire
hose and hose packs shall be contained in a locked cabinet with
a break-glass door fitted with a cylinder lock and internal release
bar. The.cabinet shall be installed near each dry standpipe on
each floor and shall be marked in letters one and one-half inch in
height as follows: "For Fire Department use only". ~The quality,
strength, performance, effectiveness and durability of the two
and one-half inch hose and one and one-half inch hose packs shall
meet the standards of the Fire Department of the City of South
San Francisco.
SECTION III. ELEVATOR, OVERRIDING SWITCH. Every
apartment house, hotel and other building or structure as described
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in Section I in which elevatoPs ate installed, shall have
at least one automatic elevatoP equipped with an ovePPiding
elevatoP switch located neap the elevatoP shaft on the
g~ound flooP so that said elevatoP may bypass all cat and
coPmidoP calls and PetuPn to the main flooP. The PetuPn to
the main flooP shall be initiated by the opePation of a keyed
switch. The key shall be kept on the p~emises by the person
Pesponsible fop the maintenance and opePation of the elevatoPs
in a location readily known and accessible to qualified emeP-
gency sePvices pePsonnel~ but whePe it is not available to the
genePal public. If an elevatoP must stop and PevePse in oPder
to PetuPn to the main flooP~ the dooms at the PevePsal flooP
shall not open. Upon retuPn to the main flooP~ the elevatoP
cat and dooPs shall remain undeP the individual opePation and
eontPol of emePgency sePvices pePsonnel until Peleased for
PestoPation to its normal opePating functions.
SECTION IV. VIOLATIONS~ MISDEMEANOR. Any person violating
any of the pPovisions of this 0Pdinance shall be guilty of a
misdemeanoP and shall be punishable thePefoP by a fine of not
mope than Five HundPed DollaPs ($500.00) om by impPisonment
in the City Jail fop a pePiod of not mote than six months or
by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION V. PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. This
0Pdinance shall be published once in the "EnterpPise-Journal",
a newspaper of genePal circulation in the City of South San
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Francisco, as required by law, and shall become effective thirty
(30) days from and after its adoption.
Introduced .this 2nd day of June , 19 69 .
Passed and adopted as an ordinance of the City of South
San Francisco at a regular meeting of the City Council
of the City of South San Francisco this 16th day of
June , 19 69 , by the following vote:
AYES, COUNCILMEN Frank J. Bertucelli, Patrick E. Ahem, F. Frank
Mammtni, Andrew 'Rocca and Warren Stetnkamp
NOES, None
ABSENT, None
ATTEST: c~ '/~4' ~ '
City ~.~k
As Mayor of the City of South San Francisco, I do hereby
approve the foregoing Ordinance this 16th day of 'June
19 69 ·
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