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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />25 <br />26 <br />21 <br />28 <br />URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 0-12-99 <br />AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE <br />CITY OF COLTON AMENDING CHAPTER 15.16 OF THE <br />COLTON MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADOPTING THE 1997 <br />EDITION OF THE "UNIFORM FIRE CODE," THE 1997 <br />EDITION OF THE "UNIFORM FIRE CODE STANDARDS" AND <br />THE ADOPTION WITH AMENDMENTS OF THE 1998 EDITION <br />OF THE "CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE" (CALIFORNIA CODE OF <br />REGULATIONS, TITLE 24) PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS <br />GOVERNING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO LIFE AND <br />PROPERTY FROM FIRE AND EXPLOSION; AND DECLARING <br />THE URGENCY THEREOF <br />WHEREAS, California law authorizes cities to adopt, by reference the 1997 Uniform <br />Fire Code and the 1998 California Fire Code, as adopted by the State of California pursuant to Title 24, <br />Part 9 of the California Code of Regulations; and <br />WHEREAS, California Health & Safety Code Section 17958.5 authorizes cities to adopt <br />the uniform codes with changes and modifications determined to be reasonably necessary because of <br />climatic, topographic or geologic conditions; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Colton desires to adopt the 1997 Uniform Fire Code, the <br />Uniform Fire Code Standards and the 1998 California Fire Code, as adopted by Title 24, <br />9 of the California Code of Regulations (collectively "the Codes"), with necessary amendments to <br />assure the Codes are tailored to the particular fire protection needs of the City of Colton as required by <br />Ilocal climatic, topographic and geologic conditions and assure that a maximum level of fire protection is <br />to residents, businesses and other occupants; and <br />WHEREAS, California law provides that the failure of the City to adopt and have the <br />and their amendments become effective prior to July 1, 1999 implies that the Codes, as adopted by <br />state, are applicable to the City without local amendments despite the fact that the local amendments <br />fire protection measures that are needed for the preservation of the health and safety of residents <br />land businesses in the City of Colton, and include, but are not limited to, requiring permits for the storage <br />pallets; requiring address numbers on certain occupancies; requiring surface roads to be designed and <br />to support fire apparatus; requiring fire sprinklers for certain structures or structure expansions; <br />1 <br />