HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 014 (2)ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !b ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK AMENDING
THE BALDWIN PARK MUNICIPAL CODE BY
ADDING THERETO NEW PARTS TO BE KNOWN
AS ARTICLE III, CHAPTER 1, PARTS 1,
2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,
16 17 18 and 19.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Article III Public Safety, Chapter 1
Fire Prevention, of the Baldwin Park Municipal Code, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE III PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 1 FIRE PREVENTION
Part 1 ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT.
3100.101. Title. This ordinance shall be known as the
Fire Prevention Code" of the City of Baldwin Park and may be
cited as such and will be referred to in the Baldwin Park
Municipal Code as this Code." County Fire Warden" shall
mean the Fire Warden Officer of Los Angeles County, or his
duly authorized representative. County Forester Warden" shall
mean the Los Angeles County Forester Warden, or his duly author-
ized representative.
3100.102. Scope. The following provisions pertain to
the extinguishment of fires, and the preventing, eliminating
or minimizing of the fire hazard for the safety of life and
property.
3100.103. Extent.. Nothing in this Code shall be con-
strued as applying to the transportation of any article or
thing shipped in conformity with the regulations prescribed
by the Interstate Commerce Commission, nor applying to the
Military, Naval or Postal forces of the United States, nor to
the duly organized Militia of the State of California.
This Code shall be in addition to the measures of fire
prevention as set forth in the laws and regulations of the
State of California and the United States except as provided
above.
3100.104. Enforcement Duties. 1. It shall be the duty
of the County Fire Warden to enforce the various provisions
of this Code and any subsequent ordinances amending the same
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !b and all orders and ordinances of the City Council of the
City of Baldwin Park and Laws of the State of California re-
lating to:
a) The prevention and suppression of fires.
b) The maintenance of automatic and other fire alarm
and extinguishment equipment.
c) Storage and use of flammable material.
d) Maintenance of adequate means of egress in case of
fire from factories, stores, hotels, apartment
houses, asylums, hospitals, places of public assem-
blage, and all other places in which a number of
persons are housed, live, work, or congregate.
e) Investigation of the cause, origin and circumstances
of fires.
2. In connection with the enforcement of this Code,
regulations of the National Fire Protection Association and of
the National Board of Fire Underwriters shall be considered
standard good practice requirements, and for the purpose of
reference in connection with the enforcement of this Code a
complete set of such current regulations shall be kept on file
in the office of the Fire Prevention Bureau of the Department
of County Forester and Fire Warden and City Clerk of the City
of Baldwin Park.
3100.104.2. The provisions of this Code are not intended
to prevent the use of materials, devices or appliances offered
as an alternate for the materials, devices or appliances re-
quired by this Code, if submitted to the County Fire Warden
and they are in his opinion found to be the equivalent, in the
particular qualities involved, of the material, device, or ap-
pliance specified herein.
3100.104.3. Whenever the Forester and Fire Warden makes
a finding that any material, device, or appliance offered as
an alternate for materials, devices, or appliances required by
this Code is equivalent, in the particular qualities involved,
of the materials, devices or appliances required by this Code,
he shall, within one week of making such finding, notify the
City Council of the City of Baldwin Park in writing specifying:
a) The type of alternate material, device or appliance.
b) The material, device, or appliance for which it may
be substituted.
c) The reasons for his opinion.
3100.105. Power to Enforce Code. For the purpose of en-
forcing this Code and other ordinances or state laws pertain-
ing to the prevention of fires or protection of the City of
Baldwin Park from fire, the County Fire Warden shall have the
powers of a police officer.
3100.106. Power to Enter Premises. The County Fire Ward-
en shall have the right to enter any building, structure, ve-
hicle, car, vessel, premises or place in the City of Baldwin
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !b Park for the purpose of making inspections or investigations
which under the provisions of this Code may be deemed neces-
sary, or for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this
Code or other ordinances or state laws pertaining to the pre-
vention of fires and the protection of life and property from
fire.
Any official badge or uniform of the Los Angeles County
Department of County Forester and Fire Warden or Los Angeles
County Fire Protection Districts when rightfully worn shall
entitle the wearer to enter and inspect as hereinbefore set
forth, and it shall be unlawful for any person to interfere
with, prevent, or seek to prevent the County Fire Warden from
entering and examining any building, structure, vehicle, car,
vessel or premises.
3100.107. Establishment of a Fire Prevention Bureau.
There is hereby established in the Department of County For-
ester and Fire Warden a Fire Prevention Bureau, which shall
be operated under the supervision of the County Fire Warden.
3100.108. Power of County Fire Warden to Designate Yen
TO Enforce Code. The County Fire Warden shall, subject to all
provisions of law, detail to the Fire Prevention Bureau an
assistant to be designated as Fire Prevention Engineer, and an
assistant to be designated as Assistant Fire Prevention Eng-
ineer, and shall detail and designate such other men as shall,
from time to time, be deemed necessary to enforce this Code
and to carry on all fire prevention activities in the City of
Baldwin Park.
3100.109. Service of Notices. The County Fire Warden
on finding any condition which is likely to cause fire, or
which in the event of fire would hamper or impede the efforts
of the County Fire Warden to extinguish such fire in or on
any building, structure, or premises, or on finding any condi-
tion which constitutes a violation of any City ordinance,
County ordinance or State law relating to fire hazard, fire
prevention, or fire protection, provisions of which are en-
forced by said County Fire Warden, or on finding any device,
appliance, apparatus, equipment, or arrangement that is likely
to cause fire, may notify the person responsible for such con-
dition, violation, apparatus, equipment, or arrangement to cor-
rect the same and to comply with the City ordinance, County
ordinance or State law relating thereto, which notice shall be
given in writing, stating a definite time within which such
violation shall be corrected. Failure to correct the condition
within the time stated shall constitute a violation of this
Code. Notice may be served by the County Fire Warden either
directly to the person or by sending such notices by United
States mail to such persons last known mail address.
3100.110. Destruction of Signs. It shall be unlawful
for any person to mutilate, alter, or destroy any sign posted
by the County Fire Warden.
3100.111. Personal Liability. In the event of a fire
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !b resulting directly or indirectly from any omission or neglect
to properly comply with any written notice of the County Fire
Warden, or from the violation of this Code and amendments
thereto, then any such person responsible for any such omis-
sion, neglect or violation, shall be liable to the City of
Baldwin Park for the payment of cost and expenses for the ser-
vices of the Department in the extinguishment of such fires,
the costs and expenses of this service to be collected by the
County Fire Warden.
3100.112. Disposal of Moneys Collected. All moneys
collected for the cost of service for fires shall be paid into
and become a part of the General Fund of the City of Baldwin
Park.
3100.113, Permits. 1. The County Fire Warden is hereby
authorized and empowered to issue permits and certificates of
approval required by this Code; and it shall be the duty of
the County Fire Warden to issue such permits and certificates
of approval when such issuance will not unduly endanger life
or property.
2. Any permit or certificate may be refused, suspended
or revoked by the County Fire Warden for proper cause, or when
necessary for the public safety.
3. It shall be unlawful to violate any of the provi-
sions stipulated in any permit issued by the County Fire
Warden.
4. No permit issued under the provisions of this Code
shall release any person from any liability, civil or criminal
5. The County Fire Warden shall not issue any permit
for the installation or use of any equipment or the storage of
flammable liquids in any building or structure, unless such in-
stallation, use, equipment or any portion of any such building
or structure in which such flammable liquids are stored, or
such equipment is installed or used, is in accordance with the
provisions of all existing laws and ordinances pertaining
thereto.
3100.114, Notification of Completion or Occupancy, The
County Department of Building shall notify the County Fire
Warden upon the completion of, or the issuance of any certifi-
cate of occupancy for, any building or structure the occupancy
of which is specifically mentioned by the provisions of this
Code, and shall state the occupancy for which such certificate
was issued. Upon receipt of such notification the County Fire
Warden shall be charged with the enforcement of the provisions
of this Code relative to such building or structure.
3100.115. Establishment of Barriers. The Peace Officers
of the City of Baldwin Park, the County of Los Angeles and the
County Fire Warden are hereby authorized to place barriers a-
cross any street, public place, or private property, necessary
or expedient to prevent accident or interference with the law-
ful efforts of the County Fire Warden at the scene of any burn-
ing building, structure, or material, and such Peace Officers
and County Fire Warden are hereby authorized to prevent any and
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !b all persons from passing over or under any such barrier and
from entering within the space set apart or enclosed by means
of such barriers, except such persons having a pass issued by
the Chief of Police of the City of Baldwin Park, the County
Fire Warden or Sheriff. It shall be unlawful for any person
not authorized by this section to pass over or under any such
barrier or to fail, refuse, or neglect to go outside of the
space so enclosed when ordered so to do by the said County
Fire Warden or any Peace Officer.
3100.116. Definitions: For the purpose of this Code,
the following words, terms and phrases shall be deemed to have
the following meaning:
1) APPROVED: Shall mean a type, material, quality,
method and workmanship satisfactory to the County Fire Warden;
and he may require that type, material and quality be approved
by the Underwriters' Laboratories, Incorporated.
2) COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL: Shall mean any material with
a kindling temperature of one thousand 1000) degrees Fahren-
heit, or less.
3) COUNTY BUILDING ORDINANCE: Shall mean County of
Los Angeles Ordinance No. 2225, N.S., entitled, An ordinance
adopting a building code to regulate the construction, erec-
tion, enlargement, razing, alteration, repairing, removal,
maintenance, moving, use and height of buildings or structures
in the unincorporated territory of the County of Los Angeles"
adopted March 20, 1933, as amended.
4) COUNTY ELECTRICAL ORDINANCE: Shall mean County of
Los Angeles Ordinance No. 2252, N.S., entitled, An ordinance
regulating the installation, arrangement, alteration, repair,
use and operation of electric wiring, connections, fixtures
and other electrical appliances in buildings and other struc-
tures within the unincorporated territory of the County of Los
Angeles," adopted April 26, 1933, as amended.
5) COUNTY FIRE WARDEN: Shall mean the Head of the De-
partment of County Forester and Fire Warden of the County of
Los Angeles, his duly authorized representatives, and the em-
ployees of the Fire Protection Districts within the County of
Los Angeles.
6) DISTRIBUTING PLANT: Shall mean any establishment
in which a system is maintained for the purpose of transfer-
ring or discharging flammable liquids to any railway tank car,
tank truck, tank trailer, or tank semi-trailer.
7) FILM NITROCELLULOSE: Shall mean any film which
has a nitrate base.
8) FILM SAFETY: Shall mean any film which has an
acetate base.
9) FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS: Shall mean any liquid that will
flash at a temperature of two hundred 200) degrees Fahrenheit
or less.
10) FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS-Class 1: Shall mean any flammable
liquid that will flash at a temperature of one hundred 100)
degrees Fahrenheit or less.
11) FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS-Class IA: Shall mean any Class 1
liquid having a vapor pressure exceeding sixteen 16) pounds
per square inch absolute at a temperature of one hundred 100)
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !b degrees Fahrenheit as determined by the Reid vapor pressure
method. A.S.T.M. D-323-32T.)
12) FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS-Class 2: Shall mean any flam-
mable liquid that will not flash at a temperature of less than
one hundred and one 101) degrees Fahrenheit, but shall not in-
clude those with a flash point in excess of two hundred 200)
degrees Fahrenheit.
13) FLASH POINT: Shall mean that degree of temperature
at which a liquid or substance gives off vapor in sufficient
quantity to flash, or burn momentarily, on the introduction
of a spark or flame.
The Taglibue closed cup tester shall be used in deter-
mining the flash point of all fluids or liquids, and all tests
shall be made in accordance with the methods of the A.S.T.M.
D-323-31T.
14) GARAGE: Shall mean any public garage, private gar-
age where ten 10) or more cars are stored, automobile paint
shop, washing, greasing, or polishing rack or establishment in
which motor vehicles are repaired, reconditioned, or stored.
15) GROUP E OCCUPANCY: Shall mean any business or es-
tablishment so classified by the County Building Ordinance.
15a) LOADING RACK: Loading rack shall mean any arrange-
ment of valves, piping, or metering apparatus, including any
platform attached, which is or may be used for the dispensing
of petroleum or its liquid by-products into any railway tank
car or any vehicle" as defined in Part 5 of this Code.
16) MOTOR VEHICLE: Shall mean any self-propelled de-
vice including tractors, by which any person or property is
propelled, moved or drawn, but shall not apply to devices perma-
nently established in a stationary position or used in conjunc-
tion with stationary tracks or rails.
17) PATIENT: Shall mean any human being in ill health,
sick, injured, pregnant, suffering from or afflicted with any
mental or physical disease or bodily injury who is cared for in
any hospital, sanitarium, sanatorium, preventorium, rest home,
asylum, or similar institution.
18) PATIENT-AMBULATORY: Shall mean a patient in that
state of physical fitness which will allow him to remove him-
self from buildings or structures in case of fire or disaster
without detrimental effect to his health and well being.
19) PATIENT-BED: Shall mean a patient in that state of
physical unfitness which will not allow him to remove himself
from buildings or structures in case of fire or disaster with-
out detrimental effect to his health and well being.
20) PERSON: Means any individual, firm, co-partnership,
joint adventure, association, social club, fraternal organiza-
tion, corporation estate, trust, business trust, receiver, syn-
dicate, this and any other county, city and county, muncipal-
ity, district or other political subdivision, or any other group
or combination acting as a unit, and the plural as well as the
singular number.
21) PLACE OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLAGE: Shall mean any build-
ing, structure, tent, or seating arrangement located on any lot
or parcel of ground, used for the assemblage of persons and
designed to accommodate more than one hundred 100) persons.
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !b 22) PORTABLE CONTAINERS: Shall mean any vessel or
receptacle used for the storage of flammable liquids the
capacity of which does not exceed fifteen 15) gallons,
which is of metal, sealed, free from leaks, and painted
red in color.
23) PROJECTION MACHINE: Shall mean any motion pic-
ture projection machine in which nitrocellulose type film
is used.
24) PROJECTIONIST: Shall mean any person operating
a motion picture projection machine.
25) REFINERY: Shall mean any plant in which petrol-
eum is separated by distillation on a commercial scale.
26) SAFETY CONTAINER. Shall mean any vessel or re-
ceptacle designed to automatically permit the escape of un-
due internal pressure without danger of rupture, which is
approved for the storage of flammable liquids by the Under-
writers* Laboratories, Incorporated, which bears their label
of approval, and which is painted red in color when used for
the storage of Class 1 flammable liquids.
27) SEATING CAPACITY: Shall mean the maximum number
of persons permitted to congregate or assemble in any place
of public assemblage. The method of computing such capacity
shall be in conformity with that set forth for Room Capacity"
in the County Building Ordinance, provided that in no case
shall such capacity exceed the number arrived at by allowing
one hundred 100) persons for each twenty-two 22) inches of
width of each exit maintained in accordance with the provi-
sions of this Code. In the event that the. provisions of this
Code and the County Building Ordinance conflict as to the
method of computing seating or room capacity, the provisions
of the County Building Ordinance shall apply to buildings
constructed or occupied in conformity therewith.
28) SERVICE STATION: Shall mean any establishment
dispensing Class 1 flammable liquids to motor vehicles and
which establishment renders such service to the public.
29) TANK TRUCK: Shall mean any motor vehicle used
for the transportation of flammable liquids and which for
such purpose is provided with a tank or tanks mounted on the
frame or chassis of such vehicle.
30) TANK TRAILER: Shall mean any vehicle without mo-
tive power used for the transportation of flammable liquids
and which for such purpose is provided with a tank or tanks
mounted thereon and which is drawn by a motor vehicle.
31) TANK SEMI-TRAILER: Shall mean any vehicle of the
trailer type, having one or more axles and two or more wheels,
so designed and used in conjunction with a motor vehicle that
some part of its own weight and that of its own load rests
upon or is carried by another vehicle, used for the trans-
portation of flammable liquids and for which purpose is pro-
vided with a tank or tanks mounted thereon.
3100.190. Variances. The County Fire Warden may grant
a variance to any provision of this Code where there are prac-
tical difficulties or unnecessary hardships in the way of car-
rying out the strict letter of the ordinance, and in the grant-
ing of such variance the spirit of the ordinance will be
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !b observed, public safety secured, substantial justice done,
and the public will be protected to as great an extent as
if the ordinance were literally enforced.
Part 2 OIL FIELDS.
3100.201. Derrick.Sprinkler System. Every wooden oil
derrick of greater height than seventy-two 72) feet located
within two hundred fifty 250) feet or less of any other der-
rick shall be maintained with a water sprinkler system in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the County Building Ordinance
for new construction.
All signs and boxes in connection with any such sprinkler
system shall be maintained in accordance with the provisions
of the County Building Ordinance for new construction. Such
signs and boxes shall be maintained in such condition that
colors are bright and letters legible.
The County Fire Warden may test any such sprinkler sys-
tem at any time. At such tests water with sufficient pressure
shall be applied for a sufficient period of time to insure that
the entire system is in working condition. If any defects are
apparent when such tests are made they shall be immediately
corrected so as to make the entire system effective.
3100.202. Outside Platform. Outside platforms on steel
derricks shall be maintained in accordance with the provisions
of the County Building Ordinance, as required for new construc-
tion.
3100.203. Extinguishers. Fire extinguisher require-
ments are provided in Part 17 of this Code.
3100.204. Derrick Signs. Every drilling or producing
well, and every location for a well where material has been
delivered for the erection of an oil derrick, shall have
placed thereon, in a conspicuous place, a legible sign not
less than twelve by twenty-four 12x24) inches, with the name
of the owner, name or number of lease, and number of well
printed thereon.
3100.205. Location of Derrick. It shall be unlawful
for any person to locate, maintain, or operate any derrick
within one hundred 100) feet of any steam boiler, or any stor-
age tank or container holding flammable gas or light gravity
flammable oil, where the property owned or controlled by any
such person will permit a greater distance. In no case shall
a derrick be located, maintained or operated within twenty-
five 25) feet of any such boiler, tank or container. Where
the area under ownership or control of any person locating,
maintaining, or operating a derrick does not permit of the
one hundred 100) feet limit distance above specified, loca-
tion of such derrick shall be designated by the County Fire
Warden on the property owned or controlled by such person,
and proper safeguards shall be provided as may be determined
by the County Fire Warden.
Provided that the provisions of this Section shall not
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì ! b apply to flow tanks not more than two 2) in number nor
greater than five hundred 500) barrels capacity each, gas
traps, or electrical dehydrators.
3100.206. Location of Boiler. It shall be unlawful
for any person to locate, maintain, or operate any steam
boiler within one hundred 100) feet of any derrick, or any
storage tank or container holding flammable gas or light
gravity flammable oil, where the property owned or controlled
by any such person will permit a greater distance. In no
case shall a boiler be located, maintained, or operated with-
in twenty-five 25) feet of any such derrick, tank or con-
tainer. Where the area under ownership or control of any
person locating, maintaining, or operating a boiler does not
permit of the one hundred 100) feet limit distance above
specified, location of such boiler shall be designated by
the County Fire Warden on the property owned or controlled
by such person, and proper safeguards shall be provided as
may be determined by the County Fire Warden. Provided that
the provisions of this Section shall not apply to flow tanks
not more than two 2) in number nor greater than five hundred
500) barrels capacity each, gas traps, or electrical dehydra-
tors.
If more than one steam boiler is to be hereafter main-
tained, or operated for a particular use, such steam boilers
must be so located as to form a battery. Every such steam
boiler, or battery of boilers, except when housed or enclosed,
or except when elevated to a height of twenty-four 24) inches
above the surrounding terrain, shall be completely surrounded
by a retaining wall of not less than twenty-four 24) inches
in height, constructed of non-combustible material, and lo-
cated not less than fifteen 15) feet distant from such boiler,
or battery of boilers; if earth is used, such retaining wall
shall be not less than eighteen 18) inches in width at the
top.
3100.207. Extinguishing Line. Where required, in the
judgment of the County Fire Warden, every steam boiler located
within one hundred 100) feet of any oil well or oil storage
tank, shall be equipped with a water or steam line of not less
than one 1) inch diameter, piped from a point outside the re-
taining wall where required, into the boiler fire box. Such
water or steam line shall be controlled by an emergency valve
to be located as designated by the County Fire Warden. Such
emergency control valve shall have a metal tag not less than
three inches by six inches 3x6") attached thereto, which tag
shall have printed thereon EMERGENCY VALVE TO BOILERS(STEAM
OR WATER)."
3100.208. Emergency Shut-off' Where required in the
judgment of the County Fire Warden, every steam boiler located
within one hundred 100) feet of any oil well or oil storage
tank, shall be equipped with emergency quick acting valve so
located, outside the retaining wall where required, as to com-
pletely shut off all fuel feed lines to each and every boiler.
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b Such valve shall be located not more than two 2) feet from
the valve controlling the steam or water line to the fire
box, and shall have a metal tag not less than three inches
by six inches 3x6") attached thereto, which tag shall have
printed thereon EMERGENCY VALVE TO BOILERS FUEL LINE)".
On all dry gas lines used for the purpose of furnishing
fuel to boilers, or for the agitation of petroleum products
within tanks, holders or containers, there shall be installed
a positive shut-off valve at or near the point of entry to
the lease, or a suitable location designated by the County
Fire Warden. Such valve shall have a metal tag not less than
three by six inches 3x6") attached thereto, which tag shall
have printed thereon EMERGENCY VALVE-DRY GAS LINE-NAME, or
NUMBER, of LEASE and NAME of OIL COMPANY."
3100.209. Waste-Oil Confined. 1. It shall be unlaw-
ful for any person to place, divert or discharge into or upon,
or permit, allow or assist in the placing, discharging or di-
verting into or upon any highway, drainage canal or ditch,
storm drain or flood control channel, any liquid containing
oil or petroleum products.
2. It shall be unlawful for any person to cause or per-
mit any oil, waste oil, refuse or waste matter to be or remain
on the surface of the ground under, around or near any oil
derrick, pump, boiler, oil storage or bleeder tank, or any
combustible structure, except within an oil sump or Oil tank.
3100.210. Weeds. All land within a radius of one hun-
dred 100) feet from any derrick, tank, building, machinery or
equipment used in the development, production or storage of
petroleum products shall at all times be kept free and clear
from dry weeds or grass, rubbish or other flammable material.
3100.211. Smoking. It shall be unlawful for any person
to smoke or throw, place or deposit any lighted or smouldering
cigar, cigarette, ash, match, or other smouldering substance,
within one hundred 100) feet of any oil well, derrick, or
storage tank or oil sump containing petroleum or any of its
fluid by-products. NO SMOKING" signs shall be posted, and
all such signs shall have letters at least four 4) inches in
height.
3100.212. Oil Sumps. It shall be unlawful for any per-
son to use or cause to be used, or to maintain or cause to be
maintained, any permanent sump for the purpose of storing petro-
leum or its liquid by-products more than one 1) foot above the
natural ground level unless such sump is constructed and main-
tained in accordance with the provisions of the County Building
Ordinance or the walls of such sump are of well compacted
earth having a minimum horizontal width at the top of six 6)
feet, and a maximum slope ratio of one 1) foot vertical to
one and one-half 12) feet horizontal. Provided, however, that
the level of the liquid in any sump shall not be allowed to
rise above a point twelve 12) inches below the lowest top
point of the enclosing walls of the sump, and such point shall
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì ! b be marked by a gauge or marker at least four 4) inches
square, located at a point most accessible for gauging, and
the top of such gauge shall indicate the maximum liquid
level. All waste shall be piped into such sumps and no drain
or outlet shall be permitted through the sumps at any point
above the natural ground level.
3100.213. Sump Fires. It shall be unlawful for any
person to set fire to, or to burn, or to cause any other per-
son to set fire to or burn, any oil or liquid with petroleum
content, in any sump hole, open pool, or reservoir, or to
permit oil so situated upon premises belonging to such person
to be burned, unless a permit therefor shall have been first
obtained from the County Fire Warden.
3100.214. 1) Storage Tanks. The requirements for the
storage of Flammable Liquids in Tanks are provided in Part 6
of this Code. Every oil storage tank, or group of tanks, shall
have placed thereon, in a conspicuous place, a legible sign
not less than twelve by twenty-four 12x24) inches with name
of the owner, and the name or number of lease printed thereon.
2) Dehydrating Tanks. Tanks used for heat treating
petroleum or products thereof, shall not be of the open type,
nor shall the capacity of any such tank exceed two thousand
2,000) barrels. Tanks into which petroleum or any products
thereof exceeding a temperature of one hundred thirty 130)
degrees Fahrenheit is discharged or stored shall be equipped
with a suitable vent stack which shall extend upward and ter-
minate at a point at least thirty 30) feet above the ground;
or a vent shall be tightly connected to a vapor recovery sys-
tem of a type approved by the County Fire Warden; provided,
also, that no pipe line connected to any system containing
air under pressure shall enter into any such tank, and it
shall be unlawful to cause or permit the contents of any such
tank to be agitated with air at any time.
3100.215. Abandonment of Derrick. It shall be unlawful
for any person to allow or permit any derrick, rigging or other
oil or gas well drilling equipment or tanks for storage of flam-
mable liquids, to remain upon any premises for a longer period
than ninety 90) days after the abandonment of the well or the
cessation of oil operations thereon; and for the purpose of
this ordinance the following shall be deemed to be cessation
of oil operations, to wit:
1) The failure to commence actual drilling operations
on said premises within ninety 90) days after the date of the
issuance of a building permit by the County Department of Build-
ing for the erection of the oil or gas well derrick, unless the
State Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas,
shall have ordered production to cease, or unless an operator
shall have suspended drilling or production operations and the
County Fire Warden shall have been so notified and a written
permit from the County Fire Warden has been granted for a
longer period.
2) The failure to prosecute diligently the actual
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b c) The number or name of the well.
d) The name of the lease.
e) Whether the derrick, if any, is of wood or steel
construction.
f) The location.
3100.221. Each applicant for an oil well permit shall
pay to the County Fire Warden a fee of two dollars per well
covered by the permit.
3100.222. Each oil well permit is valid only for the
calendar year for which issued and is not transferable.
Part 3 DISTRIBUTING PLANTS-FOR FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS.
3100.301. Definition. For the purpose of this Part,
tank truck, tank trailer, or tank semi-trailer shall hereafter
be referred to as vehicle."
3100.302. Distributing Plants. Except as otherwise
provided, no flammable liquid, nor any liquid product of pe-
troleum, shall be transferred or discharged into any railway
tank car or vehicle except by means of suitable piping herein-
after specified.
3100.303. Storage Installation. Regulations for the
installation of surface or underground tanks for the storage
of flammable liquids, butane or other liquefied petroleum gas
are in Part 6 of this Code.
3100.304. Loading Rack. Every loading rack used in
connection with the handling of flammable liquids shall be
maintained of non-combustible material throughout, except
that wooden flooring on runways and platforms may be used in
connection therewith.
3100.305. Location of Loading Rack. Every such loading
rack shall be kept separate from all other structures. Load-
ing racks hereafter established shall be located a distance
of not less than ten 10) feet from all other structures or
tanks used for the storage of flammable liquids. A barricade,
or other suitable arrangement, shall be maintained to prevent
the loading of any vehicle at a lesser distance than ten 10)
feet from any such tank or structure, and it shall be unlawful
for any person to load, or permit the loading of, any vehicle
+ within the ten 10) feet distance provided.
Unless approved venting apparatus is provided at loading
rack, additional clearance around loading rack shall be main-
tained as provided in Section 3100.306.
3100.306. Fence. Every such loading rack, except those
used for loading or unloading of tank cars, shall be surrounded
by a substantial fence of non-combustible material except that
wooden supporting posts may be used), not less than five 5)
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !b feet high, constructed in accordance with the provisions of
the County Building Ordinance, with an adequate gate or gates
at least five 5) feet high, and located not less than thirty
30) feet from such loading rack, or as much farther as to
make it necessary for any vehicle to be completely within the
fenced enclosure before it is in proper position to receive
flammable liquids from such loading rack. Provided, however,
that such clear space of thirty 30) feet shall not be re-
quired in the event that such vehicle is vented by means of
an approved manhole cover, flexible connections, and vent riser
at a height not less than fifteen 15) feet above the ground
level, satisfactory to the County Fire Warden.
The area surrounding every such loading rack which is
intended or used for driveway purposes shall be so arranged
with relation to the gate or gates that a vehicle other than
a railroad car can enter and leave the enclosure when travel-
ing in a forward direction. The backing of any vehicle, other
than a railroad car, containing Class 1 flammable liquids from
any such enclosure into a public street or highway is expressly
prohibited,
3100,307. Piping. Regulations for pipe and pipe fit-
tings in connection with the operation of a loading rack are
in Section 3100,613, 3 Underground) of this Code. Every load-
ing spout at any such loading rack shall terminate in a nozzle,
flexible tube, or funnel, constructed of non-sparking material,
and the same shall be effectively bonded to the main riser pipe
and to ground.
There shall be installed on each such loading rack riser
pipe, between the ground and the outlet, at least two 2)
valves, one being of the lever-operated, quick-closing type,
which may be readily operated from the runway or top of the
vehicle being filled. It shall be unlawful for any person to
tie or lock any such self-closing valve in the open position.
Every such loading rack shall be provided with a vehicle
grounding device acceptable to the County Fire Warden, Such
grounding device shall be attached to any railway tank car or
vehicle prior to removal of manhole cover and during the time
when such vehicle is being filled or emptied at such loading
rack,
3100.308. Electrical Equipment, All electrical equip-
ment designed, installed and maintained for use in connection
with the operation of a loading rack, including the structure
and equipment thereof, within a horizontal radius of twenty
20) feet of such rack, shall be in accordance with the pro-
visions of the County Electrical Ordinance. Where loading is
accomplished by pumping with electrical apparatus, there shall
be installed and maintained a remote power control within easy
access of the operator, which shall meet with the approval of
the County Fire Warden.
3100,309. Smoking, It shall be unlawful for any person
to smoke, or for any person to permit smoking, on any premises
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !b occupied as a distributing plant of Class 1 and Class lA
flammable liquids; provided, however, that this provision
shall not apply to any area of such premises at a greater
distance than one hundred 100) feet from loading rack.
3100.310. Stop Motor. It shall be unlawful for any
person to discharge, or for any person to permit to be dis-
charged, any Class 1 and Class 1A flammable liquids into or
out of any vehicle while the motor of any such vehicle is in
operation, except as provided in Section 3100.520-(5) of
this Code.
3100.311. Suns. Signs shall be maintained at the
entrance gate, or gates, of every distributing plant, and
near any loading rack, bearing the words, NO SMOKING" in
letters at least four 4) inches in height; and there shall
be installed at every loading rack a sign bearing the letters,
STOP YOUR MOTOR" in letters at least four 4) inches in
height; provided, however, that STOP YOUR MOTOR signs shall
not be required at loading racks for railway tank cars.
3100.312. Fire Extins:uishment Equipment. Fire Extin-
guishment equipment regulations are in Part 17 of this Code.
3100.313. Every person, firm, or corporation maintain-
ing or operating on or after June 1, 1956, any distributing
plant, shall first obtain a permit to do so.
3100.314. Permits for the maintenance or operation of
distributing plants shall be issued on a calendar year basis
and shall be good only for the calendar year for which issued.
3100.315. The fee for a permit to maintain or operate
a distributing plant is five dollars per calendar year or
fraction thereof.
Part 4 REFINERIES.
3100.401. Refineries in which hydrocarbon liquids or
substances are processed, and in which processes the flash
point of the liquids or substances involved is reached, shall
be maintained in accordance with the following provisions;
3100.402, Location. No permit shall be granted for the
establishment of a refinery nor for any addition to any exist-
ing refinery until after a survey, and investigation of haz-
ardous conditions in connection therewith has been made by
the County Fire Warden. In the event there are no institu-
tional buildings or places of public assemblage within three
hundred 300) feet of the proposed location of the distilling
or condensing apparatus, and other conditions are consistent
with the spirit and intent of this ordinance, the County Fire
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !b Warden shall approve the granting of a permit for the loca-
tion desired. A clear space of twenty 20) feet shall be
maintained between any distilling or condensing apparatus or
pressure storage tank having a capacity exceeding one thou-
sand 1000) gallons hereafter established, in which flammable
liquids or explosive vapors are confined under gauge pres-
sures exceeding five 5) pounds per square inch, and any ad-
joining property, and fifty 50) feet from any public side-
walk, street or alley. No such tank, distilling or condens-
ing apparatus shall be located a lesser distance than fifteen
15) feet from any building or structure other than those
constructed in accordance with the provisions of the County
Building Ordinance for Group E occupancy, tank or apparatus
for the storage of flammable liquids not under pressure,
established on any refinery premises a lesser distance than
twenty 20) feet from the line of adjacent property which may
be built upon, provided, however, that the distance may be
decreased to ten 10) feet when the openings in any such
building or structure are suitably protected.
3100.403. Storage. Except as otherwise provided in
this Part, regulations for the storage of flammable liquids
are in Part 6 of this Code.
3100.404. Fire Extinguishment Equipment. Fire Extin-
guishment equipment regulations are in Part 17 of this Code.
3100.405. Clearance from Combustibles. It shall be
unlawful for any person to cause or permit any refuse, waste
matter, dry weeds or grass, rubbish, or similar waste combus-
tible material to be kept on refinery premises.
3100.406. Fence. Except where a refinery is made inac-
cessible to the public by a natural or other adequate barrier,
a substantial fence of wire or other non-combustible material
except that wooden supporting posts may be used) shall be
maintained around any refinery. Such fence shall not be less
than five 5) feet in height and unless a watchman or gate man
is on duty at any openings therein, any and all openings in
any such fence shall be arranged with gates which shall remain
normally closed. Such fence shall be constructed in accordance
with the provisions of the County Building Ordinance.
3100.407. No Smoking Signs. It shall be unlawful to
smoke, or permit any person to smoke, within twenty-five 25)
feet of any tank or container in which flammable liquids are
stored.
Signs bearing the words, NO-SMOKING" in letters not
less than four 4) inches in height shall be conspicuously
displayed on the premises of every refinery.
3100.408. Electrical Wiring. Regulations for electri-
cal wiring near any storage tank, building, structure, or ap-
paratus containing any flammable liquid or in which hazardous
process takes place, are in the County Electrical Ordinance.
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !b Part 5. TRANSPORTATION OF FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS OR LIQUEFIED
PETROLEUM GASES.
3100.501. Definitions. Vehicle" wherever referred to
in this part shall mean tank truck, tank trailer, or tank
semi-trailer.
Motor vehicle" wherever referred to in this part shall
mean any motor vehicle equipped with permanent or portable
tanks for the transportation or storage of liquefied petro-
leum gases.
Liquefied petroleum gases" wherever referred to in this
part shall mean any gases derived from petroleum or natural
gas which are in the gaseous state at normal atmospheric tem-
perature and pressure, and which have a vapor pressure exceed-
ing twenty-five 25) pounds per square inch gauge at one hun-
dred 100) degrees Fahrenheit.
3100.502. Enforcement. It shall be unlawful for any
person to operate any vehicle or motor vehicle on, along, or
over any public highway, or any portion thereof, lying within
the City of Baldwin Park except as herein specified. In the
event of conflict between regulations contained in this Code
and the Liquefied Petroleum Gases Safety Orders of the Indus-
trial Accident Commission of the State of California, the
regulations of the latter shall apply to any condition di-
rectly affecting the safety of any employee.
3100.503. Permits. It shall be unlawful for any person
to operate any vehicle or motor vehicle, or to utilize any
skid tank for the purpose of transporting any liquefied petro-
leum gas, without having first obtained a written permit so
to do from the County Fire Warden.
Each application for any such permit shall be made in
writing for each such vehicle, motor vehicle, or skid tank,
and shall contain the name and address of the applicant, the
make, serial number and motor number of such tank truck or
truck so utilized, or in the case of any such tank trailer,
tank semi-trailer, trailer, or skid tank so utilized, the
make, serial number, if any, and in the event there is no such
serial number, the description of such tank trailer, tank semi-
trailer, trailer, or skid tank as to readily identify the same
together with a statement of the net capacity of each tank or
container mounted on such vehicle or motor vehicle, or skid
tank.
It shall be the duty of the County Fire Warden, before
issuing any such permit, to inspect each vehicle, motor ve-
hicle, or skid tank for which such application is made, to
ascertain if same complies with all of the provisions of this
Code, or any other State law or City ordinance relative to
fire safety. If, upon such inspection, the County Fire Warden
determines that same so complies, such permit shall be issued.
Any permit issued under the provisions of this Code
shall be void at the expiration of the calendar year during
which the same shall have been issued, and a, new permit for
the ensuing year shall be obtained, as herein provided for.
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !b In the event there is any structural change made in
any skid tank or tank mounted on any vehicle or motor ve-
hicle, for which any such permit shall have been issued, or
any such latter tank is replaced by any other tank, such
permit shall thereupon become IPSO FACTO VOID, and a new
permit therefor shall be obtained as hereinabove provided.
3100.504. Revocation of Permits. Any such permit may
be suspended or revoked by the County Fire Warden, if the
vehicle, motor vehicle, or skid tank for which the same shall
have been issued is constructed, or is being maintained, in
violation of any provision of this Code, or of any other
State law or City ordinance relating to fire safety, provided,
however, that no such permit shall be revoked unless and un-
til the permittee shall have been given a hearing before the
County Fire Warden, upon not less than five 5) days* written
notice thereof, which notice shall state the ground of com-
plaint against such permittee and the time when and place
where such hearing will be held.
No such suspension or revocation shall be cancelled
and such permit restored unless and until said permittee
shall have made such changes, repairs, or alterations in such
vehicle, motor vehicle, or skid tank as to cause the same to
fully comply with all provisions of this Code, or any other
State law or City ordinance relating to Fire Safety.
It shall be unlawful for any person to transport,
haul, carry, or convey, or to cause or permit to be trans-
ported, hauled, carried or conveyed, any flammable liquids
or liquefied petroleum gases on, along, or over any public
highway lying within the City of Baldwin Park, in any such
vehicle, motor vehicle, or tank the permit of which shall
have been suspended or revoked, as herein provided for, un-
less and until such suspension or revocation shall have been
cancelled and such permit restored by the County Fire Warden.
3100.505. Posting of Permit. Each such permit except
for skid tanks issued pursuant to the provisions of this Code
shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the driver*s com-
partment of the tank truck or truck for which the same shall
have been issued, or in the case of a tank trailer, tank
semi-trailer, or trailer, in a conspicuous place thereon.
It shall be unlawful for any person to post, place or
maintain or to cause or permit to be posted, placed or main-
tained any such permit on any vehicle or motor vehicle other
than the vehicle or motor vehicle for which such permit shall
have been issued.
3100.506. Tank Construction. It shall be unlawful for
any person to transport, haul, carry or convey, or to cause to
be transported, hauled, carried, or conveyed in any vehicle
any flammable liquids on, along or over any public highway ly-
ing within the City of Baldwin Park, unless the tank or tanks
thereon comply with the provisions of this section.
1. Material-Capacity and Gauze' Tanks shall be con-
structed throughout of open hearth steel or blue annealed
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !b steel, or equivalent, of a thickness and gauge in accord-
ance with the provisions of the following table:
TABLE No, 1
Capacity Gallons) Minimum Thickness of Material
600 Gallons or less 14 Gauge U.S. Std,
601 to 1200 Gallons 12 *, *
1201 Gallons to Unlimited 10 n *'
Heads shall be bilged, or as an alternative shall be two 2)
gauges heavier than above specified. A tolerance of ten 10)
percent shall be allowed for individual tank capacities.
Material other than that specified above may be used in thick-
nesses which will give strength equivalent to that of open
hearth or blue annealed steel.
2. Joints. Shell and head Joints shall be welded,
riveted and welded, brazed or riveted and brazed, riveted and
caulked, or made tight by some equally satisfactory process.
3. Test. Each compartment of the completed tank shall
be tested and proven tight at five 5) pounds minimum pres-
sure per square inch.
4. Tank Outlets. Tank outlets shall be substantially
made and attached, to prevent breakage at this point, and to
permit complete drainage.
5, Bulkheads. Tanks with compartments carrying Class 1
or Class IA flammable liquids or fuel supply for vehicle, and
at the same time carrying Class 2 flammable liquids, shall be
provided with an air space between the compartments thereof'
equipped and maintained with drainage facilities. The pro-
visions of this paragraph shall not apply to any vehicle in
service prior to the date of enactment of this Code.
6. Tires. Vehicles shall be equipped with rubber tires.
7. Baffle Plates, 1) For the purpose of restraining
the surging effect and providing adequate reinforcement to the
shell, each tank having a cubic content in excess of one hun-
dred and twenty 120) cubic feet shall have installed and main-
tained at all times therein a sufficient number of transverse
baffle plates, extending the full width of the tank, to divide
the tank or tank compartments into units not to exceed one
hundred and twenty 120) cubic feet. A tolerance of ten 10)
percent shall be allowed in computing the one hundred and
twenty 120) cubic feet volume specified in each of the afore-
mentioned instances of this Section. Each such baffle plate
shall be of the same material specified in Section 3100.506 1)
hereof, and of a thickness not less than the thickness of the
shell of the tank or tank compartment in which it is installed.
Each baffle plate shall be substantially installed. No por-
tion of the top or bottom of any such plate shall be at a
greater vertical distance than eight 8) inches from the hori-
zontal plane of the highest portion of the top, exclusive of
the dome, or the lowest portion of the bottom, respectively,
of the tank in which the same is installed.
2) Provided, that there may be maintained either at
the top or the bottom of each such plate an opening of not
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !b more than twenty 20) inches in horizontal width, no por-
tion of which opening shall be more than fourteen 14)
inches vertical distance below or above the plane of that
portion of the top or bottom, respectively, of such tank
immediately above or below the middle of such opening, as
the case may be. Provided, further, that the openings shall
be staggered so that openings in such plates will not be
directly opposite.
3) The provisions of this subsection shall not ap-
ply to any vehicle in service prior to the date of enact-
ment of this Code.
3100.507. Construction of Tanks for Liquefied Petro-
leum Gases. 1. All provisions of this Section shall apply
to liquefied petroleum gases. Tanks shall be constructed
in accordance with approved methods for safety to life and
property. Conformity with the American Society of Mechani-
cal Engineers Unfired Pressure Vessel Code or the Amerieaa
Petroleum Institute of Unfired Pressure Vessel Code shall
be prima facie evidence of compliance with this Code. All
tanks shall be designed with circular cross section.
2. I.C.C. Containers Exempt. Containers meeting the
requirements of the Interstate Commerce Commission for trans-
portation of liquefied petroleum gases via common carrier
are exempt from the provisions of this section.
3. Working Pressure. Tanks on vehicles or motor ve-
hicles shall be designed for a working pressure of not less
than the vapor pressure of the contents at the temperatures
and under the conditions hereafter specified:
1) Tanks other than fuel tanks shall in no case
be designed for a working pressure of less than one hundred
and twenty-five 125) pounds per square inch.
2) Fuel tanks for motor vehicles protected
against solar and motor heat shall be designed for the vapor
pressure of the contents at a temperature of not less than
one hundred and thirty 130) degrees Fahrenheit, but for a
pressure of not less than one hundred and seventy-five 175)
pounds per square inch gauge. The minimum thickness of such
tanks shall be not less than one-tenth 0.1) inches if made
of steel. Material of equivalent strength may be accepted,
provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to
tanks in service at the time of the passage of this Code and
which are designed for a pressure of not less than one hun-
dred and fifty 150) pounds per square inch gauge when the
vapor pressure of the contents does not exceed bne hundred
and fifty 150) pounds per square inch gauge at one hundred
and thirty 130) degrees Fahrenheit.
Unprotected tanks against solar and motor heat and fuel
tanks on tractors shall be designed for a vapor pressure of
the contents at a temperature of not less than one hundred and
forty 140) degrees Fahrenheit, and in no case for a pressure
of less than one hundred and seventy-five 175) pounds per
square inch gauge, provided, however, that this provision
shall not apply to tanks in service at the time of the passage
of this Code and which are designed for a pressure of not less
than one hundred and fifty 150) pounds per square inch gauge
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !b in the event the vapor pressure of the contents does not ex-
teed one hundred and fifty 150) pounds per square inch
gauge at a temperature of not less than one hundred and forty
140) degrees Fahrenheit.
4. Warning Signs. Tanks other than fuel tanks of a
water capacity of more than seventy-five 75) gallons shall
bear the sign, INFLAMMABLES" not less than fourteen 14)
inches long, in letters not less than twelve 12) inches
high. The color of letters shall be black on a white or red
background.
5. Safety Devices. Safety and gauging device regula-
tions are in Part 6 of this Code.
6. Tank Label. Each tank for liquefied petroleum gas
shall have permanently attached to it a brass or other non-
ferrous metal plate upon which shall be stamped:
1) Name of manufacturer.
2) Year built.
3) Thickness of heads and shell.
4) Manufacturer's serial number of vessel.
5) Maximum working pressure.
6) The words: THIS TANK FOR ONLY,"
the blank space to be filled in with the
trade name or other designation of the par-
ticular gas for which built.
If this plate is not readily visible from the ground, a dupli-
cate plate shall be placed neat the filling connection.
3100.508. Vents. 1. Pressure-Vacuum Vent. Each ve-
hicle tank compartment for Class 1 and 2 flammable liquids
shall be provided with a vacuum and pressure operating vent
with an effective opening of forty-four one-hundredths 44)
square inches minimum. Each tank compartment for Class 1A
flammable liquids shall be equipped with a relief valve set
to relieve at five 5) pounds gauge pressure, and such relief
valve shall have a minimum area equivalent to one and one-half
12) inch diameter orifice.
2. Emergency Vent. Each tank compartment for Class 1A
and 1 flammable liquids shall be provided with venting facil-
ities so constructed as to provide minimum free opening of one
and twenty-nine thirty-seconds 1-29/32) inches diameter for
purpose. of relieving such internal pressure as may be created
by exposure fires; provided, that if such venting facilities
incorporate a fusible element the fusing temperature of such
element shall not exceed 2000F.
The provision of this subsection shall not be effective
as to any vehicle in service prior to date of enactment of
this Code until one year after the effective date thereof.
3. Gauge Connection. Each tank compartment for Class
IA flammable liquids shall be equipped with a one-quarter
J) inch nipple and valve to which may be connected a pressure
gauge for the determination of pressure contained within the
tank compartment.
3100.509. Dome Indicator. Each such tank, or each com-
partment thereof, shall be equipped with and there shall be at
all times be maintained thereon, an expansion dome having a
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !b capacity of not less than three-quarters 3/4) of one 1)
percent of the aggregate capacity of such tank or compart-
ment and the dome in connection therewith.
It shall be unlawful for any person to fill, or to
cause or permit to be filled, any such tank or compartment
beyond or above the base of such dome:
Provided, however, that the provisions of this section
shall not be deemed or construed to require any such dome in
the event that the tank or compartment is equipped or pro-
vided with an indicator permanently installed thereon accu-
rately set at and indicating not less than three-quarters
3/4) of one 1) percent of the total capacity of such tank
or compartment.
It shall be unlawful for any person to fill, or cause
or permit to be filled, any tank or compartment which has no
such dome beyond the ninety-nine and one-quarter 99j) per-
cent of the total capacity thereof.
3100.510. Internal Valves. Each compartment of a
gravity discharge tank used for the transportation of flam-
mable liquids shall be equipped with a reliable and effici-
ent shut-off valve, located inside the shell of the tank
in the compartment outlet, and except during unloading, dis-
charging, or dumping of contents such valve shall be kept
closed.
The operating mechanism of such valve shall be pro-
vided with a fusible link or links which will cause valve
to close automatically in case of fire, and such mechanism
shall also be provided with a secondary control, remote from
the tank filling parts and discharge faucets for use in the
event of fire or accident during delivery operations.
In every case there shall be provided between the shut-
off valve seat and discharge faucet a shear section which
will break under strain, unless discharge piping is so ar-
ranged as to afford the same protection, and leave shut-off
valve seat intact.
The foregoing provisions of this Section shall not be-
come effective on any vehicle in service prior to the date of
enactment of this Code until one 1) year after the effective
date thereof.
Mobile tanks of over one thousand 1000) gallons water
capacity used regularly and principally for the transporta-
tion of liquefied petroleum gases on public highways shall
have an internal valve or an automatic excess flow valve on
any liquid discharge connection, or other device or arrange-
ment which will provide equivalent safety of operation.
Liquid piping over one and one-half 12) inch iron pipe
size for tanks used for the transportation of liquefied petro-
leum gases shall preferably be of steel, and all joints welded
except for the connection to the tank valve which may be a
flanged or screwed connection designed for a working pressure
of two hundred and fifty 250) pounds per square inch, or the
test pressure of the tank, whichever is the higher,
3100,511. Valve and Faucet Connections. All draw-off
valves or faucets on vehicles or motor vehicles shall have
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !b discharge end threaded or otherwise designed to permit of
tight connection with hose or piping extending to fill pipe.
3100.512. Fastenings and Supports. 1. Tanks. Each
tank installed or maintained on any such vehicle or motor ve-
hicle shall be securely bolted or clamped to the frame of the
chassis of such vehicle or motor vehicle, and so installed as
to prevent such tank from shifting or slipping thereon. Tanks
other than fuel tanks, or skid tanks for the transportation of
liquefied petroleum gases, permanently mounted on any motor
vehicle shall be on saddles or bolsters with the center of
gravity as low as possible. Skid tanks adapted to be hauled
on flat truck bodies shall be provided with permanent skids
attached to the tank, and with suitable means for attaching
the tank firmly to the chassis during transportation. Fasten-
ings of tanks to chassis shall be designed to withstand load-
ings in any direction equal to the filled weight of the tank
with a factor of safety of four 4). Where truck binding
chains or wire ropes are used to hold down skid tanks of more
than one thousand 1000) gallons water capacity, not less than
three such chains or ropes distributed over the length of the
tank shall be used, and the skids shall be blocked or other-
wise secured against shifting on the bed or frame. Fuel tanks
on motor vehicles, except tractors shall be secured in place
by fastenings designed to withstand loadings in any direction
equal to four 4) times the filled weight of the tank with a
safety factor of four 4). Lugs, brackets, or other attach-
ments intended to carry such loadings, shall not be welded,
riveted or brazed to the shell or head in a manner which might
result in tearing of holes in the tank.
2. Trailer Couplings and Fastenings. a) Any trailer
shall be securely attached to the propelling or pulling con-
veyance to prevent such trailer from becoming disconnected or
detached therefrom.
b) No trailer shall be coupled to or be propelled by
any tank semi-trailer except that if both trailer and tank
semi-trailer are equipped with automatic braking devices
which, in the opinion of the County Fire Warden, will provide
reasonable safety in the event that either or both such semi-
trailer and trailer becomes disconnected from the truck or
tractor, then such trailer may be coupled to and be propelled
by such tank semi-trailer.
3100.513. Grounding. Tanks, chassis, axles, and springs
on vehicles and motor vehicles shall be metallically intercon-
nected, and such vehicles or motor vehicles shall be equipped
with a drag chain long enough to reach the ground in order to
ground such static charge as may be present.
3100.514. Leaks. Each such tank and each compartment
thereof, and each valve, faucet, hose or other fixture or ap-
purtenance thereto, used in connection with any vehicle or
motor vehicle shall at all times be kept in good state of re-
pair, clean and free from leak at any point.
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !b 3100,515, Wiring. No artificial light of any kind
except lights produc*d by electricity shall be placed or
maintained on any vehicle or motor vehicle.
3100.516. Protection Against Collision. 1, Bumper.
When draw-off valves or faucets project beyond frame at rear
of vehicle or motor vehicle, same shall be adequately pro-
tected against collision by bumper or other device.
2, Road Clearance. Fuel tanks on vehicles and motor
vehicles shall be installed with as much clearance as prac-
ticable, but never with less than one 1) inch more than the
minimum normal road clearance of the vehicle or motor vehicle
under the maximum loaded condition. This minimum clearance
shall be to the bottom of the tank or to the lowest fitting
on the tank, whichever is lower. All connections and
fittings on fuel tanks must be adequately protected to pre-
vent damage due to accidental contact with stationary objects,
or from loose objects thrown up from the road. Bottom drain
plugs must be of steel,
3. Side Mount Protection. Fuel tanks mounted on the
side of vehicles or motor vehicles, outside the chassis or
frame, shall be designed or arranged with guard, shield, or
equivalent protection to minimize the hazard of mechanical
injury to such tanks and piping or valves attached,
3100,517. Supply Line. 1, Control Valve. The fuel
supply line of each tank truck or truck transporting lique-
fied petroleum gases shall have installed therein, and at
all times maintained in good working order, a shut-off valve
or valve control, between the fuel tank and the carburetor
of the engine thereof, which valve or valve control shall be
located in a position most easily accessible for operation
from the driver's compartment or the ground.
2, Carburetor Protection. On and after August 1, 1942,
an efficient, reliable, and approved device shall be installed
and maintained on any carburetor to provide direct drainage
of overflow therefrom.
3100,518. Mufflers. The muffler and muffler pipe on
each such tank truck shall be so installed and maintained as
to prevent any liquid from such tank from spilling or leaking
upon such muffler, or from coming in contact therewith. Hori-
zontal mufflers shall be equipped with a metal shield, so con-
structed, installed and maintained as to adequately cover the
body of such muffler plus a minimum distance of six 6) inches
both to the front and rear thereof; and there shall be pro-
vided a space of not less than one 1) inch between such muf-
fler shield and the muffler.
3100.519, Fire Extineuishers. Fire extinguisher re-
quirements are in Part 17 of this Code.
3100.520. Filling and Discharging. It shall be unlaw-
ful for any person to fill in whole or in part any vehicle
with Classes 1A or 1 liquids, or any motor vehicle with lique-
fied petroleum gases or to withdraw same therefrom, unless the
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !b following is complied with:
1. During filling operation electrical contact shall
be maintained between fill pipe and truck or trailer tank.
This bone shall be made before removing covers of fill open-
ings of any vehicle.
2. Connections. 1) During unloading operation, pro-
vision shall be made for a continuous electrical bond between
the vehicle or motor vehicle and the receiving container,
when delivery is made through hose having a metal conductor
which is separated from a grounded conductor by a non-conduct-
ing substance.
2) No person shall dispense any Class 1 flammable
liquid from any vehicle or motor vehicle to any underground
tank or container unless the connections of any piping or
hose connecting the two vessels are sufficiently tight to
prevent the escape of any such liquid or any vapor therefrom
during the dispensing operation.
3. No bucket or container other than one constructed
entirely of metal and which shall be leak tight, shall be
used for the purpose of delivering, conveying or drawing or
distributing any flammable liquids of the classes named in
this section. A metallic connection shall be maintained be-
tween such bucket or container and draw-off valves when such
flammable liquids are so withdrawn.
4. The driver or attendant of any vehicle or motor ve-
hicle shall remain within ten 10) feet of such vehicle or
motor vehicle or delivery hose thereof, while same is being
wholly or partially filled or discharged.
5. During loading or unloading operation, the motor of
any tank truck or self-propelled conveyance shall be shut off
or stopped. However, in instances where the pumping of con-
tents of vehicle or motor vehicle to receiving container is
necessary, the provisions of this section shall not be con-
strued as prohibiting the use of a power operated pump for such
purposes, the power being obtained from the truck motor or
other internal combustion engine. When such condition exists,
the motor of the truck or other internal combustion engine
shall be stopped during the period necessary for making of
loading or unloading connection and stopped again before such
connection is broken.
6. It shall be unlawful for any person to dispense flam-
mable liquids from any vehicle or liquefied petroleum gases
from any motor vehicle into any container use of which is pro-
hibited, or in any manner contrary to the provisions of this
Code.
7. It shall be unlawful for any person to dispense, or
permit the dispensing of any liquefied petroleum gas into any
tank or container for the purpose of transportation, in an
amount preventing the maximum expansion of such gas at tank
design temperature, or to dispense into any tank or container
any such gas the vapor pressure of which is in excess of the
allowable working pressure of such tank or container at the
specified design temperature, provided, however, that from Oct-
ober to March, inclusive, the vapor pressure may be equal to
the allowable working pressure of the tank or container at a
temperature of twenty 20) degrees Fahrenheit lower than the
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !b design temperature.
3100.521. Smoking. It shall be unlawful for any per-
son to smoke, or to light or strike any match or to other-
wise have or produce any fire or to cause or produce any com-
bustion of any kind in the open air in or upon or within a
distance of ten 10) feet from any vehicle containing any
Class lA or Class 1 flammable liquid or motor vehicle con-
taining liquefied petroleum gases or within twenty-five 25)
feet of any such vehicle when such Class lA or Class 1 flam-
mable liquid is being placed into or is being discharged
therefrom, or within fifty 50) feet of any motor vehicle
when liquefied petroleum gas is being placed into or is be-
ing discharged therefrom.
3100.522. Exposure to Opea Flames. No vehicle or motor
vehicle shall enter any public garage where there is located
an open flame within fifty 50) feet of any such vehicle un-
less all tanks and compartments thereof are freed of all
petroleum or hydrocarbon vapor.
3100.523. Parking-Leaving Vehicle or Motor Vehicle
Unattended. It shall be unlawful to park and leave unattended
any vehicle or motor vehicle on private property, unless such
vehicle or motor vehicle is within a locked enclosure iso-
lated from adjacent buildings or other precautions are taken
satisfactory to the County Fire Warden.
Truck, trailer, and skid tanks used for storage as well
as transportation of liquefied petroleum gases shall, during
the time of such storage, be assigned to permanent locations
on private property, not less than fifty 50) feet from any
building, provided, however, that this shall not apply to
shelters referred to in Part 6 of this Code.
The premises near any such vehicle, motor vehicle or
tank shall be kept clear of dry grass, weeds, or other vege-
tation, or waste combustible material.
Part 6 STORAGE AND USE OF FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS, LIQUEFIED
PETROLEUM GASES, AND
COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS
3100.601. Definitions. 1. Liquefied petroleum gases"
wherever referred to in this Part shall mean any gases derived
from petroleum or natural gas which are in the gaseous state
at normal atmospheric temperature and pressure, and which have
a vapor pressure exceeding twenty-five 25) pounds per square
inch gauge at one hundred 100) degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, it shall
be unlawful for any person to store or permit to be stored, to
dispense or permit to be dispensed, any flammable liquids or
liquefied petroleum gases except as provided in this Part; pro-
vided, however, that the provisions of this Part affecting
storage shall not be deemed to apply to alcoholic beverages,
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !b nor excepting the provisions of Sec. 3100.617 to the storage
of Class 2 flammable liquids in above ground or surface stor-
age tanks, constructed entirely of metal, not in excess of
one thousand 1000) barrels capacity, located on the land
where such liquids are to be used in conjunction with orchard
or grove heating, in the event that a permit for such storage
is obtained from the County Fire Warden, that such tanks are
maintained free from leaks, and are located not less than thir-
ty 30) feet from any line of adjacent property owned or con-
trolled by a person other than the one owning or controlling
such tanks, and such tanks are located a distance from build-
ings or structures, other than pump houses for such liquids,
as set forth in the following table:
TABLE No. 1A.
DISTANCE FROM BUILDINGS
TANK CAPACITY AND STRUCTURES
1 to 125 barrels 30 feet
126 to 250 + 50 ti
251 to 500 75 o+
501 to 775 100
776 to 1000 150
3. When the storage, dispensing, or piping of combus-
tible materials in liquid form, having a flash point in ex-
cess of 200 degrees F., constitutes an undue hazard to life
or property the County Fire Warden may require compliance
with any or all sections of this Part.
4. Liquefied Petroleum Gases. 1) Regulations for
liquefied petroleum gases used in conjunction with cooking or
domestic heating appliances are in Section 3100.1609 of this
Code.
2) The following provisions shall apply to the stor-
age and use of Liquefied Petroleum Gases only wherein specific
reference is made to such gases, provided, however, that such
provisions shall not apply to such storage in marine terminals
handling petroleum products exclusively, natural gasoline
plants, oil refineries, oil tank farms, and plants for the
manufacturing and handling of liquefied petroleum gases, where
the handling and processing of flammable liquids is a part of
the normal manufacturing routine already established, nor to
piping beyond a pressure reducing valve in a gas system, nor
to any piping or burners for orchard heating beyond a reduc-
ing valve.
3) In event of conflict between regulations contained
in this Code and the Liquefied Petroleum Gases Safety Orders
of the Industrial Accident Commission of the State of Cali-
fornia, the regulations of the latter shall apply to any con-
dition directly affecting the safety of any employee.
3100.601.2. On and after June 1, 1956, any container
in which Class 1 flammable liquids are placed for retail sale
shall have affixed thereon a label with the following words
substantially as follows: Caution" Flammable" Do not place,
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì ! b store, or use near flame, or use for domestic cleaning." The
letters shall be printed in red color on contrasting back-
ground. The size of the letters for use on containers less
than one 1) gallon capacity shall be not less than eight 8)
point type. The size of letters on labels for use on con-
tainers of one 1) gallon capacity and pore shall be not less
than one-quarter J) inch in height. No person shall sell
any flammable liquid at retail the container of which is not
so labeled.
3100.601.4. No person shall sell or offer for sale at
retail any Class 1 flammable liquid for the express purpose
of domestic cleaning.
3100.602. Limit of Storage Within Buildings-Permit.
1. Flammable liquids shall not be stored in excess of the
quantities set forth in the following table, except when the
period of such storage does not exceed thirty 30) days and
permit so to do is first obtained from the County Fire Warden
or storage is in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph
2 of this Section; provided, however, that flammable liquids
may be stored in portable tanks or buggies constructed and
maintained in accordance with the provisions of Section 3100.
604 of this Code within private garages, sheds, barns, or any
Group E occupancy as defined by the County Building Ordinance;
and provided, further, that not more than one such portable
tank or buggy shall be stored in any private garage, barn, or
shed.
TABLE No. 2.
WITHOUT PERMIT
CLASS 1 LIQUIDS
Total Quantity Gallons) Manner of Storage
1 When stored in porta-
ble containers
5 When stored in safety
containers.
CLASS 2 LIQUIDS
Total Quantity Gallons) Manner of Storage
A. In excess of 1 but not exceeding 5 In dwellings, apart-
ment houses, hotels and
private garages, when
stored in portable or
safety containers.
B. 5 *' 10 In occupancies other
than enumerated in A"
when stored in portable
or safety containers.
C 10 25 In occupancies other
than enumerated in A"
when stored in safety
containers.
D. 25 55 When stored in steel
drums in Group E occu-
pancies as defined by the
Count Buildin Ordinance.
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì ! b shall not be deemed or construed to prohibit the storage or
dispensing of Class 2 flammable liquids in other than metal
containers, in the event that no such container shall ex-
ceed a capacity of one 1) gallon, and that such container
bears a lable designating the contents thereof; nor as pro-
hibiting the storage of flammable liquids in artisanst torches,
or fuel tanks of combustion engines, or in fuel reservoirs of
heating or lighting appliances when the capacity of such reser-
voir does not exceed one 1) gallon.
3100.604. Portable Tanks or Buggies. l. Construction:
Portable tanks or buggies shall not exceed sixty 60) gallons
in capacity; and shall be constructed of iron or steel at
least three-sixteenths 3/16) inch thick, with all openings
at top screened by not less than thirty 30) by thirty 30)
mesh non-corrodible wire, and shall be painted red. Wheels
shall be equipped with rubber tires, and tanks shall be hung
so as not to be liable to tip over in ordinary usage. Hose
shall be not more than ten 10) feet in length and shall have
a continuous metal lining with metal connections throughout.
A static drag chain shall be installed on tank so as to con-
tact ground or flooring.
2. Location. Portable tanks or buggies containing
Class 1 liquids shall not be stored beneath the first floor
or ground level of any building.
Portable tanks or buggies shall not be stored or used
in any room or portion of any building or structure in which
the floor is of wood or other material which is a poor con-
ductor of electricity unless there is provided a means of
adequately grounding such portable tanks or buggies.
If located within a building, portable tanks or buggies
shall be placed not farther than ten 10) feet from an estab-
lished means of egress.
No portable tank or buggy shall be filled with any Class
1 liquid inside of any building, nor shall it remain on or
near any public sidewalk, street, or alley longer than is nec-
essary to complete the filling operation.
3. Extinguishers. Fire extinguisher regulations are
in Part 17 of this Code.
3100.605, Abandoned Tanks-Empty Containers. The stor-
age of empty tanks, and containers, previously used for the
storage of Class 1 flammable liquids, unless free from explo-
sive vapors, shall be as provided for the storage of Class 1
flammable liquids; provided, however, that the provisions of
this Section shall not apply to portable or safety containers.
Tanks and containers when emptied shall have the covers or
plugs immediately replaced in openings.
3100.606. Location of Surface Storage Tanks or Con-
tainers Outside Buildings. 1. Surface storage tanks or con-
tainers used for the storage of flammable liquids shall be
established and maintained at such distances from all build-
ings, structures, or line of adjoining property which may be
built upon, as hereafter specified.
Capacity shall be based on the total storage capacity
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì ! b 2. Storage in Group B Occupancies. a) It shall be
unlawful to store flammable liquids in excess of the quanti-
ties set forth in Table No. 2 in any building, structure or
portion of any such building or structure,unless such build-
ing, structure, or portion thereof in which such flammable
liquids are stored is in accordance with the provisions of
the County Building Ordinance for Group E occupancy, and stor-
age is in accordance with the provisions of this Part.
b) Tanks, or containers, containing in excess of
five 5) gallons of Class 1 liquids or fifty 50) gallons of
Class 2 liquids, shall be located below the level of any
piping to which they may be connected, to prevent siphoning
or gravity flow, provided, however, this provision shall not
apply to any glass bowl used in conjunction with any dispens-
e ing device.
c) Steel drums or barrels may be used if substanti-
ally placed to prevent tipping or rolling. Class 1 flammable
liquids shall be drawn off by means of an approved type pump
inserted through a close-fitting connection inside of head
during any dispensing operation. Such drums or barrels for
Class 1 flammable liquids shall be adequately grounded.
d) Regulations for electrical wiring are in Part 15
of this Code.
6) The aggregate storage of flammable liquids in any
building, structure, or portion thereof, shall not exceed ten
thousand 10,000) gallons, provided, however, that aggregate
storage limit shall not apply to any building utilized solely
for storage, or to any storage in a fire resistive detached
room cut off vertically and horizontally in an approved man-
ner from other portions of the main building.
f) Nothing in this section shall be construed as pro-
hibiting the storage of flammable liquids in Group E occupan-
cies in operation prior to the passage of this Code and which
are not in accordance with the provisions of the County Build-
ing Ordinance relative to construction of Group E buildings;
provided, however, that the aggregate storage capacity in any
such establishment shall not be increased beyond the amount
customarily stored at the time of passage of this Code.
3100.603. Portable Containers. No flammable liquids
shall be stored in or dispensed into any portable container
or receptacle of fifteen 15) gallons capacity or less other
than an approved or safety container. Such containers shall
be constructed of galvanized steel or tin plate suitable for
the purpose, with all joints locked, double seamed or riveted,
and soldered or made tight by some equally satisfactory method.
Containers in excess of fifteen 15) gallons capacity shall be
constructed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3100.
607 of this Code, provided, however, that this section shall
not apply to such liquids as may for medical purposes be
stored in or dispensed into other than metal containers, in
the event that no such container shall exceed a capacity of
one 1) gallon, and that such container bears a label designat-
ing the contents thereof, nor to conventional measuring buckets
of not more than five 5) gallons capacity when used in con-
junction with any vehicle; provided, further, that this section
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì ! b
of any tank or container or the total aggregate storage cap-
acity of any containers of the portable type between which a
distance is not provided as set forth for tanks in Table No. 4,
provided that this shall not apply to oil fields, refineries,
or distributing plants.
Tanks or containers in which Class 1 flammable liquids
are stored and from which liquids are dispensed at such tank
or container by means of valves or gravity flow shall be lo-
cated a distance twice that set forth in this Section from
buildings, lines of property which may be built upon, inciner-
ators and other devices employing open flame.
TABLE No. 3
a) SURFACE STORAGE TANKS OR CONTAINERS IN OIL FIELDS, REFIN-
ERIES AND DISTRIBUTING PLANTS
Distance from all Buildings,
Flammable Liquids Structures, or line of ad-
Capacity) joining Property which may
Barrels Gallons be built upon.
1 to 266 1 to 11,172 Not less than 8 feet
267 to 720 11,173 to 30,240 Not less than 10 feet
721 to 1,600 30,241 to 67,200 Not less than 12 feet
1,601 to 2,854 67,201 to 119,868 Not less than 15 feet
j855 to 5,031 Not less than 17 feet
5,032 to 10,200 Not less than 20 feet
10,201 to 15,000 Not less than 25 feet
15,001 to 23,500 Not less than 30 feet
23,501 to 40,000 Not less than 40 feet
40,001 to 70,000 Not less than 50 feet
70,001 to 95,000 Not leas than 60 feet
95,001 to 135,000 Not less than 80 feet
In excess of135,000 Not less thanl20 feet
b) SURFACE STORAGE TANKS OR CONTAINERS IN CONJUNCTION WITH
OCCUPANCIES OTHER THAN ENUMERATED IN a) ABOVE.
Distance from all Buildings,
Class 1 Liquids Structures, or line of adjoining
Capacity Property which may be built upon.
Gallons)
1 to 5 Not less than 5 feet
6 to 10 Not less than 10 feet
11 to 25 Not less than 15 feet
26 to 50 Not less than 30 feet
51 to 100 Not less than 35 feet
101 to 150 Not less than 40 feet
In excess of 150 Unlimited Not less than 50 feet
Class 2 Liquids Distance from all Buildings,
Capacity Structures or line of adjoining
Gallons) Property which may be built upon.
150 Not less than 5 feet
151 to 500 Not less than 20 feet
In excess of 500 Unlimited Not less than 30 feet
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì ! b Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit
the location or maintenance of any tank or container at a
lesser distance than set forth above from any oil derrick
or Group E occupancy building.
Nothing in this section shall be deemed or construed as
prohibiting the storage of flammable liquids in excess of
five 5) gallons within any shelter maintained solely as a
protection of such storage tank or container from the ele-
ments, in which event such shelter shall not be located at
a lesser distance from any other building or structure than
that set forth for the location of tanks or containers in
above table; and in the event that more than one tank or
container is housed in such shelter the amount of distance
provided shall be based upon the aggregate storage capacity
of all such tanks or containers, provided, however, that
this provision shall not apply to any vault or shelter of
Type 1 construction in accordance with the provisions of
the County Building Ordinance,
No tank or container of Class 1 flammable liquids shall
be located a lesser distance than thirty 30) feet from any
incinerator or any other device employing an open flame; nor
shall any incinerator or other open flame device be main-
tained and operated a lesser distance than thirty 30) feet
from any tank or container of Class 1 flammable liquids.
The minimum distance between above ground storage tanks
shall be in accordance with the following table:
TABLE N0, 4
MINIMUM DISTANCE BETWEEN SURFACE STORAGE TANKS
Applies to all classes of liquids)
Distance between tanks shall be based upon the cap-
acity of the larger of the two tanks between
which distance is to be measured
Capacity of Tank Minimum Distance
Between Tanks
Barrels Gallons
1 to 266 1 to 11,172 Not less than 2 feet
267 to 720 11,173 to 39,240 Not less than 3 feet
721 to 1,600 30,241 to 67,200 Not less than 4 feet
1,601 to 2,854 67,201 to 119,868 Not less than 5 feet
2,855 to 5,031 Not less than 6 feet
5,032 to 10,200 Not less than 7 feet
10,201 to 15,000 Not less than 10 feet
15,001 to 23,500 Not less than 15 feet
23,501 to 40,000 Not less than 20 feet
40,001 to 70,000 Not less than 25 feet
70,001 to 95,000 Not less than 30 feet
95,001 to 135,000 Not less than 40 feet
In excess of 135,000 Not less than 60 feet
2, Surface tanks for the storage of liquefied gases
shall be located outside of buildings, except shelters, not
less than fifty 50) feet from the nearest adjacent building
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !!b or group of buildings, or line of adjoining property which
may be built upon or from the nearest rail of a track on a
railway private right of way. No such tank shall be located
where walls form a pocket in which such gases might accumu-
late as the result of leakage except as provided in Section
3100.617 of this Code, nor shall such tank be located less
than ten 10) feet from buildings devoted exclusively to flam-
mable gas manufacture or distribution.
3. When any such tank is located where apt to be tam-
pered with by unauthorized persons, it shall be surrounded
by a substantial wire fence, or equivalent, and when located
where it may be subjected to mechanical injury by trucks,
tractors, or similar equipment, such tank shall be protected
by suitable curbs, fences, or posts and railing.
3100.607. Surface Tank-Container Construction:
1. Flammable Liquids. 1) Except as otherwise speci-
fically provided in this section and in Subsection 2 of Sec-
tion 3100.601, tanks shall be constructed in accordance with
the American Petroleum Institute's Standard No. 12 A, dated
September, 1938, with Supplement No. 2, dated April, 1940;
No. 12 B, dated September, 1940; No. 12C Proof), dated Janu-
ary, 1941; or No. 12D Proof), dated January, 1941.
2) Provisions of this Section shall not apply to
drums constructed in accordance with the regulations of the
Interstate Commerce Commission. The venting provisions shall
not apply to any container of one hundred and ten 110) gal-
lons capacity or less, provided, however, that whenever it is
essential for fire safety, vents shall be maintained on con-
tainers which are permanently installed. Except in refineries,
no unroofed tank shall be used.
3) For liquids of thirty-five 35) degrees Baume, or
heavier, tanks may be constructed of concrete, or of concrete
lining on earth, in accordance with plans approved by the
County Department of Building and Safety, and such plans
shall be drawn by a registered engineer.
4) Tanks shall be riveted, bolted, welded, or brazed
and shall be caulked or otherwise made tight in a mechanical
and workmanlike manner. The top of the tank shall be securely
fastened to top ring with joints of practically equal vapor
tightness of those between the rings.
TABLE No. 5
THICKNESS OF MATERIAL REQUIRED FOR SURFACE STORAGE TANKS.
1. Horizontal or Vertical Tanks not over 1100 Gallons
Capacity.
Capacity Minimum
Gallons) Thickness of Material
1 to 60 18 gauge U.S. Standard)
61 to 350 16 gauge U.S. Standard)
351 to 560 14 gauge U.S. Standard)
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !"b 2, Horizontal Tanks Over 1100 Gallons Capacity. Tanks
having a diameter of not over six 6) feet shall be made of
at least three-sixteenths 3/16) inch steel. Tanks having a
diameter of over six 6) feet and less than eleven and one-
half 11j) feet shall be of at least one quarter J) inch
steel. Tanks having a greater diameter than eleven and one-
half 11D feet shall be constructed in accordance with plans
which shall be submitted to the County Fire Warden for ap-
proval, and such plans shall be drawn by a registered engineer.
3. Vertical Tanks Over 1100 Gallons Capacity,
Exception: Welded Tanks not exceeding thirty 30) feet in
diameter and sixteen 16) feet in height may be constructed
of ten 10) gauge material and such tanks having a diameter
not exceeding twenty-one 21) feet six 6) inches and having
a height not exceeding sixteen 16) feet may be constructed of
twelve 12) gauge material.
5) Before a permit shall be issued for the storage of
flammable liquids in any tank, such tank shall be tested and
found to be free from leaks,
6) Every above ground tank, excepting floating deck
type tanks of standard construction and design which contains
a vapor space which must breathe shall be provided with a vent
of not less than one and one-quarter 1j) inch inside diameter,
and of sufficient capacity to take care of the combined breath-
ing and pumping rate; provided, however, that the minimum per-
missible size of all the vents shall be determined by dividing
the diameter of the supply pipe by two 2) and the quotient
thereof shall be the minimum inside diameter of the vents.
7) Adequate flame arresters or palate type vacuum and
pressure relief valves shall be provided in all vents on tanks
containing Class 1 flammable liquids, and the free area of such
flame arrester shall in no case be less than the area of the
vent to which the flame arrester is attached. All such flame
arresters or vents shall be maintained so as to be readily ac-
cessible for inspection.
2, Liquefied Petroleum Gases. 1) All provisions of
this subsection shall apply to liquefied petroleum gases. Tanks
shall be constructed in accordance with approved methods for
safety to life and property, Conformity with the American Soc-
iety of Mechanical Engineers Unfired Pressure Vessel Code or
the American Petroleum Institute Unfired Pressure Vbssel Code
shall be prima facie evidence of compliance with this Code.
All tanks shall be designed with circular cross section,
2) I.C.C. Containers Exempt. Containers meeting the
requirements of the Interstate Commerce Commission for trans-
portation of liquefied petroleum gases via common carrier are
exempt from the provisions of this subsection,
3) Working Pressure. Tanks shall be designed for a
working pressure of not less than the vapor pressure of the
contents at the temperatures and under the conditions herein-
after specified:
Tanks insulated or sheltered one hundred and ten 110)
degrees Fahrenheit.
Tanks uninsulated or unsheltered one hundred and
thirty 130) degrees Fahrenheit.
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !#b Differential of fifteen 15) degrees Fahrenheit may
be applied to uninsulated or unsheltered tanks when a coat
of aluminum or white paint is satisfactorily applied and
maintained.
In no case shall the design working pressure of tanks
be less than ninety 90) pounds per square inch.
4) Tank Label, Each tank for liquefied petroleum
gas shall have permanently attached to it a brass or other
nonferrous metal plate upon which shall be stamped:
Name of manufacturer.
Year built.
Thickness of heads and shell.
Nanufacturerls serial number of vessel.
Maximum working pressure,
The words: THIS TANK FOR ONLY,"
the blank space to be filled in with the
trade name or other designation of the par-
ticular gas for which built.
If this plate is not readily visible from the ground,
a duplicate plate shall be placed near the filling connection.
5) Safety Devices, a. Safety Valves-Bursting Discs.
Every tank regardless of size or use shall be provided with
an emergency discharge opening, vented to the open air, having
a total area not less than hereafter specified. Safety valves,
fusible plugs, and bursting discs may be used in making up the
discharge area. At least one 1) one 1) inch pipe size,
spring-loaded, or equivalent, safety valve shall be used on
all tanks having a water capacity in excess of three hundred
300) gallons, and at least one 1) one-quarter J) inch pipe
size spring loaded, or equivalent, safety valve shall be used
on all tanks having a water capacity of three hundred 300)
gallons or less, except on portable containers complying with
Interstate Commerce Commission regulations.
The pressure at which the safety valve is set to oper-
ate shall not exceed the allowable working pressure of the
tank. Bursting devices shall be designed to burst at approxi-
mately one hundred and fifty 150) percent of the working pres-
sure; fusible plugs shall melt at approximately two hundred
200) degrees Fahrenheit. Where fusible plugs are required on
tanks longer than thirty-six 36) inches at least one shall be
at each end of the tank. Bursting devices and fusible plugs
shall be placed in the top of the tank in order that they will
discharge vapor when operating. The combined discharge cap-
acity of the safety valves, fusible plugs, and bursting de-
vices shall he not less than that determined by one of the fol-
lowing methods:
a) The quantity of gas to be released may be computed
as one hundred 100) pounds per hour for each foot of surface
area of the tank. The discharge capacity of safety valves may
be based on the manufacturers rating for air in cubic feet per
minute at sixty-eight 68) degrees Fahrenheit at the allowable
working pressure multiplied by seven and six-tenths T.6) to
give pounds per hour of gas mixture discharged.
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !$b b) The total free discharge shall be not less than
that computed by the formula:
a 0.77A
P
When a free discharge area, square inch
p working pressure of the tank
Lbs. per square inch absolute gauge pres-
sure plus 15 lbs., per square inch.)
A total outside area of tank, square feet.
The free discharge area of a safety valve is
equal to the inside circumference of the seat
multiplied by the lift at the discharge pres-
sure, but it is not more than the smallest
clear area of the nozzle or the inlet pipe.
If the storage tank is filled by a positive displace-
ment pump the safety valve liquid capacity shall be large
enough to discharge the entire capacity of the pump at not
over ten 10) percent above the working pressure of the tank.
Safety valves shall be adjusted and tested by the sup-
plier and shall be arranged with a seal or lock so that the
adjustment cannot be tampered with. The popping pressure
shall be indicated on an attached metal tag. Such valves
shall be ordered specially ground and tested for liquefied
petroleum gas service.
When any tank is permanently located a distance of two
hundred 200) feet from any other tank used for the storage of
petroleum or combustible material, the area of pressure relief
may be reduced to not less than twenty-five 25) percent of
that otherwise required, provided, however, that this provi-
sion shall not apply to pump houses constructed in accordance
with the provisions of the County Building Ordinance for
Group E occupancy.
In industrial plants, discharge from safety relief
valves or bursting discs shall extend upward therefrom in a
vertical direction and shall be piped to a point at least ten
10) feet above the tank, but in any event such discharge shall
not be less than one hundred 100) feet distant from any open
flame or process likely to cause an explosion of liberated
gases, provided, however, that this provision shall not apply
to any discharge point piped ten 10) feet above the roof of
any building or structure in which such flame or process is
located.
Discharge pipes for safety valves and bursting discs
shall be fitted with loose rain caps of light metal. Return
bends and pipe fittings shall not be installed on the upper end
of the safety valve. In lieu of the rain cap the discharge
pipe from a safety valve may be provided with a one-quarter
k") inch drain opening in the elbow at the base of the verti-
cal pipe or that provided in the body of the relief valve.
b. Pressure Gauge. Each tank shall be provided with a
suitable pressure gauge, adequately supported and protected.
Gauge shall have a range of twice the allowable working pres-
sure of such tank, and shall be equipped with a wrench nut on
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !%b the connection nipple. A bar stock nipple drilled with one-
eighth 1/8) inch diameter hole may be employed between the
tank and the gauge shutoff valve in lieu of the aforementioned
connection nipple.
c. Liquid Level Gauge. Tanks shall be provided with a
dip pipe equipped with a valve so arranged as to indicate when
the liquid level reaches the maximum permitted. A metal tag
or plate shall be attached, bearing the words, STOP FILLING
WHEN LIQUID APPEARS." Gauge connections shall be protected
against mechanical injury. Glass gauges shall be equipped
with full automatic valves having ball checks in the body,
metallic hand wheels equipped with knobs or holes, and high
pressure gauge glass. Such a gauge shall be guarded against
mechanical injury. Gauge glasses on portable or mobile tanks
shall be entirely enclosed with a steel cover not less than
number ten 10) gauge in thickness, and on transportation
tanks shall be so located that they will not be unduly exposed
to breakage in case of accident to the truck or trailer trans-
porting such tank.
6) Shelter. Tank shelter construction regulations are
in the County Building Ordinance. Shelters shall be arranged
to completely shade any tank between the hours of ten 10) A.M.,
and two 2) P.M., daily during the summer months.
3100.607J. Emergency Relief of Excessive Internal Pres-
sure. 1. No form of emergency relief construction shall be
required on vertical tanks with cone roofs having a slope of
less than two and one-half 2J) inches in twelve 12) inches
where the strength of the joint between the roof and the shell
is less than of the weakest vertical joint in the shell.
2. Except as provided in 1. of this section, tanks
shall have some form of relief for preventing the development
of excessive internal pressure in case of exposure fire sur-
rounding them. This may take the form of either a weak seam
in the top or at the joint between the top and the shell of
the tank, or some other form of emergency relief construction.
3. In tanks where entire dependence for relief is
placed upon some form of emergency relief construction other
than a weak seam, it shall have a capacity comparable to that
provided by such weak seam.
Openings for emergency relief shall be in accordance
with the following table;
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !&b TABLE No. 6.
EMERGENCY RELIEF OF EXCESSIVE INTERNAL PRESSURES IN
SURFACE STORAGE TANKS
Minimum Approximate diameter of free circular
Emergency opening unobstructed by valve discs,
Relief etc.) required to discharge petroleum
Capacity vapors at the given rates for the fol-
Required lowing allowable internal pressures:
Capacity Cubic feet 3 Inches 1 Pound 9 Pounds 25 Pounds
of per of per per per
Tank Hour Water Sg. Inch Sg. Inch So. Inch
1,000 16,000 4'- 2-1/2-1 1-1/2" 1"
4,000 44,000 6-3/411 3-3/411 2-1/411 1-3/411
18,000 88,000 9-1/2" 5-1/2" 3-1/4" 2-1/21'
25,000 106,000 10-1/4" 611 3-1/2" 2-3/4-'
56,000 160,000 12-3/4" 7-1/411 4-1/4" 3-1/4"
100,000 230,000 15-1/411 8-3/4" 591 4"
155,000 290,000 17-1/411 9-3/4" 5-3/411 4-1/2"
22Z,000 330,000 18-1/411 10-1/211 61' 4-3/411
475,000 395,000 20" 11-1/411 6-3/411 5"
735,000 410,000 20-1/2" 11-1/2" 6-3/4" 5-1/4"
to
Unlimited
3100.608. Underground Storage Tanks. Except as other-
wise provided, storage of flammable liquids shall be in under-
ground tanks. No such tank or group of tanks hereafter in-
stalled shall be maintained or used which has been established
or installed in violation of any provision of this Part.
Underground storage tanks shall be of new material, and no
used or secondhand tanks shall be utilized except as provided
in Section 3100.611.
Underground tanks shall not be covered with earth or
otherwise hidden from view until the County Fire Warden has
been notified and given not less than forty-eight 48) hours
in which to inspect such tanks and piping atta-ahed, and ap-
proval has been received from him for such installation.
3100.609. Location. 1. Flammable liquids: Tanks bur-
ied underground shall have the top of the tank not less than
four 4) feet below the surface of the ground and below the
lowest point in any building within a radius of thirty 30)
feet, or in lieu of four 4) feet depth the tank shall be bur-
ied beneath not less than eight 8) inches of earth, and four
4) inches of re-inforced concrete extending at least one 1)
foot beyond the outline of the tank in all directions.
Storage tanks shall be located outside the foundation
walls of any building or structure, provided that tanks may be
installed within the foundation walls of any building or struc-
ture when such building or structure occupies all available
space on the lot or parcel on which such building or structure
is erected. Tanks within buildings or structures shall be
buried at least one 1) foot below the floor level, and below
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !'b the lowest point within the building or the lowest point in
adjacent building within a distance of thirty 30) feet, be-
neath not less than eight 8) inches of earth, and four 4)
inches of reinforced concrete which shall extend at least one
1) foot beyond the outline of the tank in all directions.
When necessary to prevent floating, tanks shall be se-
curely anchored or weighted.
Tanks or groups of tanks may be installed a lesser dis-
tance than thirty 30) feet from the lowest point in any adja-
cent building provided the aggregate capacity of such tank or
group of tanks is not greater than set forth in Table No. 7.
2. Liquefied Petroleum Gases. Tanks for the storage
of liquefied petroleum gases underground shall be buried not
less than four 4) feet below the surface of the ground, and
at least twenty-five 25) feet from any building or structure,
or adjoining property line which may be built upon, or from
the nearest rail of a track on a railway private right of way.
Tanks may be located not less than ten 10) feet from build-
ings devoted exclusively to gas manufacturing operations or
distribution operations through piping systems. Steel saddles
welded to the tanks and projecting beyond the protective coat-
ing shall be provided to properly support such tanks. If
ground conditions are such that the tanks may float, they shall
be properly weighted. Earth shall be firmly tamped around and
under such tanks.
Regulations for the provision of concrete or masonry
pads for tanks are in the County Building Ordinance.
3100.610. Storage Limit of Underground Tanks.
1. Open)
2. Except as otherwise provided, tanks for underground
storage of liquefied petroleum gases shall not exceed fifteen
thousand 15,000) gallons water capacity.
3. The capacity of any underground tank for flammable
liquids shall not exceed the limit set forth in the following
table, which is based on the distance between any tank and the
lowest part of any adjacent building.
TABLE No. 7.
MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF TANKS FOR UNDERGROUND STORAGE.
If top of tank is above lowest floor, basement, cellar, or
part of any building which is:
ess than 10 feet away 550 Gallons
11 feet to 15 feet away 1,000
16 feet to 20 feet away 2,000
21 feet to 25 feet away 3,000
26 feet to 30 feet away 5,000
31 feet to 35 feet away 7,500
36 feet to 40 feet away 10,000
41 feet to 45 feet away 20,000
46 feet to 50 feet away 50,000
More than 50 feet away Unlimited
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !(b 3100.611. Construction of Underground Tanks: 1. Flam-
mable Liquids. Tanks shall be constructed of open hearth
steel, wrought iron, or equivalent, of a thickness not less
than that specified in the following table:
TABLE No. 8
THICKNESS OF MATERIAL REQUIRED FOR UNDERGROUND
STORAGE TANKS
Galvanized Iron Minimum Thickness
Capacity U. S. Standard of Material
Gallons Gauge Iron or Steel
1 to 1,100 12 3/16 in.
1,101 to 2,500 10 3/16 in.
e 2,501 to 4,000 7 3/16 in.
4,001 to 12,000 1/4 in.
12,001 to 20,000 5/16 in.
20,001 to 30,000 3/8 in.
30,001 to 40,000 7/16 in.
40,001 to 50,000 1/2 in.
For the purpose of construction, a tolerance of ten
10) percent in capacity shall be permitted for tanks of 1100
gallons and more capacity.
All joints shall be riveted and caulked, brazed, welded,
or made tight by some equally satisfactory process, and con-
structed in a workmanlike manner. Shells of tanks shall be
properly reinforced where connections are made, and all con-
nections shall be made through the top of the tank above the
liquid level.
Tanks shall bear the Underwriterst Laboratores, Inc.,
label of approval and the name plate of the manufacturer, in-
dicating the gauge or thickness of the metal used in such
tanks, Provided, however, that tanks without the Underwriters*
label of approval, or used tanks, may be installed when the
County Fire Warden has ascertained that such tanks are not
unduly pitted or rusted and such tanks have been subjected to
a hydrostatic or pressure test of five 5) pounds per square
inch witnessed by and satisfactory to the County Fire Warden
or a certificate or written report of such satisfactory test
as above set forth, made by a tank manufacturer, dealer, or
installation contractor, has been furnished the County Fire
Warden. Provided, further, that if after inspection the County
Fire Warden has reasonable cause to doubt the correctness of
any such certificate or written report, or that any such tanks
will withstand a test as set forth above, said County Fire
Warden shall, before giving approval for use, witness such
test. Provided, further, that when any such tank is relocated
on the same premises such test, or certificate or written re-
port of such test, may be waived by the County Fire Warden.
Tanks shall be protected with a coating of tar, asphaltum,
or other suitable rust resisting material.
At least one 1) foot of well-tamped earth or concrete
shall separate each storage tank.
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !)b No used tank shall be installed or coated with tar,
asphaltum, or similar material prior to installation until
the County Fire Warden shall have found it to be in satis-
factory condition.
2. Liquefied Petroleum Gases. 1) All provisions of
this subsection shall apply to liquefied petroleum gases.
Tanks shall be constructed in accordance with approved methods
for safety to life and property. Conformity with the Amert-
van Society of Mechanical Engineers Unfired pressure Vessel
Code shall be prima facie evidence of compliance with this
Code. All tanks shall be designed with circular cross sec-
tion.
2) I.C.C. Containers Exempt. Containers meeting the
requirements of the Interstate Commerce Commission for trans-
portation of liquefied petroleum gases via common carrier are
exempt from the provisions of this subsection.
3) Working Pressure. Tanks shall be designed for a
working pressure of not less than the vapor pressure of the
contents at the temperatures and under the conditions here-
after specified:
Underground tanks ninety 90) degrees Fahrenheit.
An increase in thickness of metal, for both shell and
heads, shall be provided as a corrosion allowance on all bur-
ied tanks. This increase in thickness shall beone-sixteenth
1/16) inch when tank is protected as provided in a. of this
subsection, and one-eighth 1/8) inch when protected as pro-
vided in b. of this subsection, provided, however, that in no
case shall the design working pressure be less than seventy-
five 75) pounds per square inch.
Whenever asphalt or asphaltic materials are specified,
their equivalent in protective material may be substituted in
lieu thereof.
a. Coating with asphaltic paint, followed by not less
than three-quarters 3/4) inch thickness of asphaltic mastic
applied hot and protected with a fabric covering.
b. Coating with asphaltic paint, followed by a coating
of asphalt at least one-eighth 1/8) inch thick applied hot
over which a cover of one 1) inch mesh number twenty 20)
gauge galvanized wire netting shall be applied, spaced three-
eighth 3/8) inch out from the surface, covered with cement
mortar applied by impact, sealed against dampness by the appli-
cation of a one-eighth 1/8) inch hot asphaltic cover coat.
3100.612. Pressure Systems: 1. No system for dispens-
ing flammable liquids under pressure shall be installed or
maintained in or in connection with any building, except as
provided in Paragraph 2 of this Section, or in refineries,
distributing plants, or other establishments where the manu-
facturing process requires such a system. Provided, however,
that wherever such a system is permitted all piping shall be
arranged to reduce the hazard of discharge within the building
in the event of derangement of any such system.
2. Pressure auxiliary tanks may be used in conjunction
with service stations for forcing flammable liquids into the
body of pumps or dispensing devices when such tanks do not
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !*b not less than five 5) feet from any door or other building
opening; provided, however, that when fill pipe supplies
tank located beneath any building or structure which occu-
pies all available space on the lot or parcel on which such
building or structure is erected, the County Fire Warden may
permit such fill pipe to be located less than the distance
specified. When located where accessible to motor vehicles,
it shall terminate in a non-combustible box or casing to pre-
vent mechanical injury.
6) In the event that a visible pump is connected to
more than one storage tank or pressure auxiliary tank, a mani-
fold shall be provided at the pump location, and a series of
valves provided in the manifold so that only one tank may be
drawn from at one time; and the drain or overflow from the
glass bowl of such visible pump shall return to the tank from
which supply is drawn.
7) Return or overflow lines from visible pumps shall
be of a size and proper pitch to permit emptying glass con-
tainers of such visible pumps within a time limit of thirty
30) seconds.
8) No auxiliary pressure tank shall be connected to
more than one visible pump.
9) Tanks shall not be inter-connected in any manner
to allow fluid to flow from one tank to another, except the
pressure auxiliary tanks already provided for.
4. Vents for Underground Tanks. 1) All underground
tanks, except pressure auxiliary tanks, shall be vented to the
open air by means of a pipe the size of which shall be not less
than required by the following table:
TABLE No. 9
Fill pipe 5 in. diameter or less 1i in. diameter vent.
Fill pipe 6 in. diameter 12 in. diameter vent.
2) Provided that when offsets are installed in any
vent pipe riser above the ground level the size of the vent
pipe shall be one-quarter k) inch larger in diameter than re-
quired in Table No. 9.
3) In the event that the size or condition of any vent
pipe connected to any underground tank is such as to cause flow
of vapor from the fill pipe opening during filling operations,
changes in the vent pipe shall be made to properly correct such
condition.
4) A battery of tanks may be vented into one 1) main
riser provided vents are connected together not less than
eight 8) feet above the ground and that portion of the vent
pipe above the point of interconnection shall be equal to the
combined area of all vent pipes.
5) All vent pipes shall run without sag or trap with
a free drain from the topmost point of the vent. A fall of not
less than one-quarter J) inch to the foot shall be maintained
toward the tank. Vents shall be installed outside of any build-
ing, except that they may be embedded in walls of masonry.
6) The top of any vent shall be not less than twelve
12) feet above the ground; provided, however, that if there
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !+b is any building located within fifteen 15) feet of such
vent pipe, each such vent pipe shall extend not less than
eighteen 18) inches above any fire wall, roof, or other
obstruction of said building that is located within fifteen
15) feet of said vent pipe; and further provided that in
no case shall the vent pipe be required to extend a greater
distance than fifteen 15) feet above the ground level, but
in all cases the installation shall be made so that the va-
pors issuing from such vent shall not constitute a fire
hazard.
7) All vent pipes shall be equipped with an ap-
proved double ell or hooded fitting, the opening in which
shall be not less than equal to the area of the vent pipe.
8) Auxiliary tank exhausts from visible type pumps
shall be vented the same as for storage tanks; provided,
than one-half 2) inch and may be connected to the vent riser
of any storage tank eighteen 18) inches above the ground
level. Not more than two 2) such exhaust pipes from such
visible pumps shall be manifolded or connected to any stor-
age tank vent riser unless the size of the pipe used for
such connection and vent riser is equal to the combined area
of all such pipes.
5. Piping for Liquefied Petroleum Gases. All piping,
one 1) inch pipe size and over, shall be at least standard,
full weight, wrought iron or steel pipe from the tank valve
to any regulating or reducing valve or valve controlling any
distributing main. Piping less than one 1) inch pipe size
may be of seamless brass, copper, or steel tubing or standard
full weight wrought iron or steel pipe. All buried iron or
steel piping shall be galvanized or otherwise protected. Bur-
ied pipe shall be protected from corrosion at the points where
the coating or galvanizing is removed, as at threaded or
welded joints, by suitable asphaltic, or other coatings. Con-
nections applied to tank shells shall not be smaller than one-
quarter J) inch iron pipe size, and shall be of extra strong
pipe weight.
Joints on iron or steel pipe shall be of welded con-
struction. All fittings shall be of cast or forged steel, ex-
cept that for two 2) inch pipe size or less they may be of
extra heavy brass or extra heavy malleable iron. All bush-
ings shall be of steel. Cast iron fittings shall not be used.
Piping shall be run as directly as possible without
sags or traps. Provisions shall be made for expansion, con-
traction, jarring and vibration. Particular care shall be
taken that connections to the storage tank are so arranged
that excessive strain will not be put upon them by any settling
of the foundations, or disturbances of the piping. Piping
shall be rigidly braced to the tank or be otherwise constructed
so that any breakage that may be possible will occur outside
the valve that is next to the tank.
Piping outside of buildings buried or above ground shall
be fully protected against mechanical injury.
If screwed fittings are used for piping, a gasoline and
water insoluble compound shall be used for making up the
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !,b joints.
After installation, all piping, including the filling
connections and all discharge connections up to any pressure
reducing valve that may be used for the purpose of reducing
pressure on the discharge, shall be tested and proved to be
tight at a pressure not less than working pressure prescribed
for the storage container.
Valves and connections, including the nearest shutoff
valve or cock, to any tank, shall have a rated steam working
pressure of two hundred and fifty 250) pounds per square
inch, or at least equal to the pressure of the tank as other-
wise specified, whichever is the higher. Valves and connec-
tions away from the tank, up to any reducing valve, shall have
a rated steam working pressure of two hundred and fifty 250)
pounds per square inch. All valves shall be specifically
ground and packed for liquefied petroleum gas service. Cocks
shall have handles permanently attached.
All valves for use on tanks or as part of any lique-
fied petroleum gas system or equipment shall have their ade-
quacy and suitability established, through the submission and
approval of certified data on materials, design and construc-
tion, together with such trials, tests and demonstrations as
may be essential. Cast iron valves shall not be used.
All connections to tanks except special connections
leading to relief valves, to bursting discs, or to fusible
plugs, shall have shut-off valves at the tanks, or as close
thereto as possible. If any liquid line has another valve in
it away from the tank, a small liquid relief valve shall be
installed between the two valves in the line to prevent exces-
sive pressures being built up by expansion of the liquid in
the line when both valves are shut off, except that where one
of the valves is an internal tank valve, no liquid relief
valve shall be required.
On tanks of one thousand 1000) gallons water capacity
or larger, shut-off valves may be installed between the tank
and the relief valves or bursting discs, provided that the fol-
lowing requirements are met:
1) Two relief valves or bursting discs are provided,
each having a relieving capacity at least equal to the mini-
mum requirements for the device.
2) The two shut-off valves for the relief valves or
bursting discs are mechanically interlocked so that one may not
be closed without the other being in the open position, or the
two relief valves or bursting discs are connected to the
branches of a three way, two port cock or valve of such de-
sign that both ports cannot be closed simultaneously.
3) A lock is provided on the interlocked valves or on
the three-way cock or valve to prevent tampering by unauthor-
ized persons.
Filling or discharge pipe terminal shall be outside of
a building and at least fifty 50) feet from any,door or
window. For underground tanks, the fillingterminal shall be
so designed as to make access difficult by unauthorized per-
sons.
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !-b Storage tanks, tanks used for transportation, and
fuel tanks on equipment where discharge is by gravity shall
be provided with a filling connection and a vapor equaliz-
ing connection to permit equalization of pressures between
the two vessels between which liquid is being transferred.
The same pipe may be used for filling and for discharge of
liquid.
3100.614. Pumps-Dispensing Devices. 1. No pump or
dispensing device shall be used in conjunction with flammable
liquids, the design or construction of which can be.shown to
be unsafe by the County Fire Warden.
2. Pumps or dispensing devices used in connection with
any system conveying flammable liquids shall not be installed
nor altered unless a permit shall first have been obtained
from the County Fire Warden.
No pump, dispensing valve, or dispensing device
shall be used in connection with any surface storage tank for
the purpose of dispensing flammable liquids or any liquid
product of petroleum directly to any motor vehicle.
4. Dispensing valves shall not be connected to surface
storage tanks of greater capacity than two hundred and fifty
250) gallons.
5. Dispensing valves on surface storage tanks shall
be substantially locked in a closed position at all times ex-
cept during dispensing operation.
6. Suitable guards shall be maintained on visible type
pumps to protect glass bowls from breakage.
7. No visible type pump or visible type dispensing
device shall be installed inside the walls of any building or
beneath any canopy or roof covering of any building or struc-
ture which is not open to the air on three 3) sides.
8. Provided, however, where it is necessary to comply
with the tolerances and specifications applying to liquid
measuring devices required by the State of California a visible
device of not more than one 1) quart capacity may be installed,
provided such device is suitably guarded against breakage.
9. No pump or dispensing device for Class 1 flammable
liquids shall be located inside or in connection with any
building or portion thereof, unless such building or portion
thereof is constructed in accordance with regulations of the
County Building Ordinance for Group E occupancies, and in
which the wiring is in accordance with the provisions of Part
15 of this Code, and in which building or portion thereof no
open flame or spark emitting devices are employed.
10. No pump or dispensing device for Class 1 flammable
liquids hereafter installed shall be located nearer than ten
10) feet from any building, or structure, except buildings
or structures used solely by Group E occupancies, or six 6)
feet from the line of adjacent property which may be built
upon; provided, however, that where the installation of such
pump or dispensing device greatly increases the hazard to ad-
jacent structures or public safety the County Fire Warden shall
require such pump or dispensing device to be located at a
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !.b greater distance; and it shall be unlawful for any person
to install any such pump or dispensing device at any loca-
tion providing less clearance than that designated by the
County Fire Warden. Provided, further, that nothing in this
paragraph shall prohibit the installation of any pump or dis-
pensing device of Class 1 flammable liquids at a lesser dis-
tance from any building wall of masonry or steel in which
there are no openings within fifteen 15) feet of such pump
or dispensing device.
11. A suitable barrier or barricade shall be main-
tained to prevent the parking of any vehicle in the clear
area between the required distance locations of any such dis-
pensing device and any such building or line, provided, how-
ever, that this shall not apply to essential, definitely
i
ing to or from any building opening.
12. No pump or dispensing device for Class 1 flam-
mable liquids hereafter installed shall be located nearer
than ten 10) feet from any public sidewalk, street, or alley.
Service stations shall be maintained so that the fill opening
on any vehicle into which Class 1 flammable liquids may be
dispensed shall be not less than three 3) feet from any pub-
lic sidewalk, street, or alley.
13. No person shall maintain any pump or dispensing
device used in conjunction with Class 1 flammable liquids
within distances set forth in Table No. 9A, from any elec-
trical wiring light, lamp, fixture, outlet, or switch, unless
such electrical wiring or electrical equipment is approved
for use in explosive atmospheres and is installed in accord-
ance with the provisions of the County Electrical Ordinance.
TABLE No. 9A
Within a horizontal radius 6 feet or less above the
of hose length ground or floor level
Within radius of 4 feet More than 6 feet above the
ground or floor level
Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall
apply to any such pump or dispensing device when electrical
wiring, light, lamp, fixture, outlet, or switch is installed
or maintained above the roof or ceiling of any building or
structure, nor when isolated by partitions or walls.
14. Pumps or dispensing devices of Class 1 flammable
liquids shall be located on private property, so that any
motor vehicle, the tank of which is being filled will also be
on private property.
15. Pumps or dispensing devices shall be maintained
free from leaks of either fluid or vapors; and in the event
that same become defective or unsafe, they shall immediately
be made safe or used shall be discontinued.
16. Hose used in connection with any pump or dispensing
device shall be continuously electrically bonded throughout its
length, and such hose shall be, at all times, free from leaks.
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !/b Except when used in conjunction with airplanes and service
stations, such hose shall not exceed ten 10) feet in length.
3100.615. Dispensing. 1. No person shall dispense
any Class 1 flammable liquid from any tank truck, tank trailer,
or tank semi-trailer to any underground tank or container un-
less the connections of any piping or hose connecting the two
vessels are sufficiently tight to prevent the escape of any
such liquid or any vapor therefrom during the dispensing op-
eration.
2. No person shall dispense any Class 1 flammable liq-
uids into the tank of any motor vehicle while the motor of
such motor vehicle is running.
3. No person shall dispense, or permit the dispensing
of any liquefied petroleum gas into any tank or container for
the purpose of transportation in an amount preventing the maxi-
mum expansion of such gas at tank design temperature, or to
dispense into any tank or container any such gas the vapor
pressure of which is in excess of the allowable working pres-
sure of such tank or container at the specified design temper-
ature, provided, however, that from October to March, inclu-
sive, the vapor pressure may be equal to the allowable working
pressure of the tank or container at a temperature of twenty
20) degrees Fahrenheit lower than the design temperature.
4. All connections made for the transfer of liquefied
petroleum gases shall be in the open air or within a struc-
ture open on at least three 3) sides.
3100.616. Foundations. Regulations for foundations
other than of earth or wooden cushions are in the County Build-
ing Ordinance.
All tanks shall be electrically grounded by resting
directly on moist earth, or otherwise electrically grounded
to permanent moisture.
3100.617. Dikes. 1. It shall be unlawful for any per-
son to use or cause to be used, or to maintain or cause to be
maintained, any surface storage tank or container located out-
side of any building and in which flammable liquids, petroleum
or its liquid by-products or liquefied petroleum gases are, or
may be, placed or stored unless such surface storage tank or
container is surrounded by a natural earthen barrier, earth,
masonry, or reinforced concrete walls or dikes so designed,
constructed and maintained as to confine the total capacity of
the largest tank or container within the same and ten 10)per-
cent of the capacity of such other tanks and containers as are
located within the same. Such walls or dikes shall be in-
creased for each additional tank or container of smaller cap-
acity located within the same by ten 10) percent of the cap-
acity of such additional tank or container. Provided, however,
that such natural barrier, walls, or dikes shall not be re-
quired for tanks of less than two thousand 2000) gallons
capacity, tanks in isolated locations, tanks located in ab-
sorption plants, tanks containing Class 2 flammable liquids
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !0b used in conjunction with orchard heating, or tanks contain-
ing liquefied petroleum gases, except where in the opinion
of the County Fire Warden a hazardous condition exists.
2. Any surface storage tank or container located in-
side of any building and in which flammable liquids are, or
may be, placed or stored shall be surrounded by masonry or
reinforced concrete walls or dikes so designed, constructed,
and maintained as to confine the total capacity of all such
tanks or containers within the same.
3. Regulationsfor masonry and concrete dikes are in
the County Building Ordinance. Dikes shall be continuous,
with no openings. for piping or roadway. Earthen dikes shall
have a minimum height of two 2) feet, shall be firmly and
compactly built of earth from which vegetable matter and
rubbish have been removed, and shall have a flat section at
the top of not lees than eighteen 18) inches, and the sides
shall have a slope consistent with the angle of repose of
the materials of which they are constructed. A distance of
not less than five 5) feet shall be maintained between any
tank and any part of any dike. All walls or dikes shall be
maintained to prevent any seepage, leakage, or overflow into
or upon any public thoroughfare or waterway, or upon any ad-
joining private or public property.
3100.618. Clearance from Combustibles. It shall be
unlawful to cause or permit any oil, waste oil, refuse, waste
matter, dry weeds or grass, rubbish or other flammable waste
material to be or remain on or near any tank.
Premises near any tank or container for the storage of
liquefied petroleum gases shall be kept clear of dry grass and
weeds, or other vegetation, or waste combustible material.
3100.619. Warning Signs. 1. No Smoking-Stop Your
Motor. It shall be unlawful to smoke within a distance of
twenty 20) feet of any pump or dispensing device used in con-
junction with Class 1 flammable liquids.
It shall be unlawful to cause or permit the motor of
any motor vehicle to run while any Class 1 liquid is being
dispensed into the fuel tank of any such motor vehicle.
Wherever Class 1 flammable liquids are dispensed, a
sign, or signs, bearing the words, NO SMOKING", in letters
not less than four 4) inches in height, shall be conspicu-
ously displayed.
Wherever Class 1 flammable liquids are dispensed into
the fuel tank of any motor vehicle a sign, or signs, bearing
the words, NO SMOKING" STOP YOUR MOTOR", in letters not less
than four 4) inches in height, shall be conspicuously dis-
played.
2. Liquefied Petroleum Gases. Surface tanks for the
storage of liquefied petroleum gases of a water capacity
greater than seventy-five 75) gallons shall be marked on at
least two 2) sides and one 1) end with a sign, INFLAMMABLES",
not less than twelve 12) inches high nor less than fourteen
14) inches long, in black letters on a white or red background.
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !1b Such tanks permanently located shall also have the sign,
NO SMOKING OR OPEN FLAME PERMITTED WITHIN FIFTY FEET."
3100.620. Seals. To prevent the use of defective
or hazardous equipment or the use of equipment in violation
of this Code, the County Fire Warden shall cause a seal to
be placed on such equipment which is installed or in use to
make it inoperative, and it shall be unlawful for any per-
son totreak or permit to be broken any such seal.
3100.621. Fire Extingulshment Equipment. Fire ex-
tinguishment equipment regulations are in Part 17 of this
Code.
3100.622. Concrete Cisterns-Orchard Heatina. The
provisions of this Part shall not apply to underground con-
crete tanks or cisterns for the storage of flammable liquids
used in connection with orchard or grove heating, when such
tanks or cisterns are located in or near such orchard or
grove and a distance of not less than eighteen 18) feet
from any building, except buildings constructed in accordance
with the provisions of the County Building Ordinance.
Part 7 GARAGES
3100.701. Rubbish. No rubbish, waste oil, or other
flammable or combustible waste material shall be allowed to
accumulate or be stored in any manner that would cause or ac-
cellerate fire; provided, however, that nothing in this para-
graph shall be deemed to prohibit the storage of combustible
waste materials when stored in metal containers with tight
fitting lids, nor the storage of waste oils in accordance
with the provisions of Part 6 of this Code.
Oily or greasy rags or waste shall not be permitted to
remain in any portion of any building or structure used as a
garage except when stored in metal containers with tight fit-
ting lids.
3100.702. Flammable Liquids. Flammable liquids shall
not remain in any open container longer than necessary to com-
plete washing operation of motor vehicle parts. Class l flam-
mable liquids shall not be used for the removal of grease or
oil on flooring or walls.
Regulations for storage and use of flammable liquids
are in Part 6 of this Code.
3100.703. Sawdust. Sawdust or other combustible mate-
rial shall not be used for the purpose of absorbing flammable
liquids, oils or greases in any building or structure, unless
they are immediately removed upon completion of the sweeping
operation. Such sweepings, unless immediately removed from the
premises, shall be stored in metal containers with tight fit-
ting lids.
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !2b 3100.704. Pits: No open flame, unprotected elec-
tric light, lamp, switch, or other spark emitting device
shall be operated in any pit, unless such pit is free
from flammable or explosive vapors.
3100.705. Fire Extinguisher Equipment: Fire ex-
tinguisher regulations are in Part 17 of this Code.
3100.706. Electrical Wiring: Electrical wiring
regulations are in Part 15 of this Code.
3100.707. Garage Basement: It shall be unlawful
for any person to repair or clean any part or parts of any
motor vehicle with flammable liquids or to dispense any
Class 1 flammable liquids in any basement beneath any garage.
Part 8 PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLAGE
3100.801. Classification: Places of public assem-
blage shall be classified as follows:
Group A Division 1: Shall include theatres having a
stage on which combustible stage scenery or
properties are used or employed.
Division 2: Shall include motion picture theatres
having a seating capacity of one thousand 1000)
or more.
Division 3; Shall include all auditoriums and
other places of public assemblage having a seat-
ing capacity in any one room of more than thirty-
five hundred 3,500).
Group B Division 1: Shall include motion picture theatres
having a seating capacity of less than one thou-
sand 1,000).
Division 2: Shall include all auditoriums and all
other places of public assemblage having a seat-
ing capacity in any one room of five hundred 500)
or more but less than thirty-five hundred 3,500).
Group C Shall include all auditoriums and all other places
of public assemblage having a seating capacity in
any one room of one hundred 100) or more but less
than five hundred 500).
Group J Division 3: Shall include stadiums, reviewing
stands, and amusement park structures.
3100.802. Places of Public Assemblage: No Group A, B,
or C place of public assemblage which is newly constructed
shall be opened to the public, nor shall any Group A or B place
of public assemblage which has been closed for a longer period
than thirty 30) days be reopened to the public, unless an in-
spection is made by the County Fire Warden and fire extinguish-
ment appliances and equipment required by Part 17 of this Code
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !3b are found to be provided and in good working order.
3100.803. Overcrowding; It shall be unlawful to per-
mit overcrowding or admittance of any person, or persons, by-
yond the seating capacity of any place of public assemblage.
The County Fire Warden, upon finding any overcrowded
condition; or obstruction in aisles, passageways, or other
means of egress; or upon finding any condition which consti-
tutes a serious men4ce to life, shall cause the performance,
presentation, exhibition, spectacle or entertainment to be
stopped until such condition or obstruction is corrected.
3100.804. Seating Arrangement-Aisles-Means of Egress:
Regulations for seating arrangements, aisles, and means of
egress in places of public assemblage are in the County Build-
ing Ordinance; provided, however, that seats in Group C places
of public assemblage may be movable in the event that such
seats are securely fastened together in groups of not less
than six 6); and provided, further, that when seats in any
row consist of less than six 6), or more than six 6) but
less than twelve 12), the fractional number shall be securely
fastened together.
It shall be unlawful in any place of public assemblage
while open to the public for any person to obstruct or permit
any obstruction, whether permanent or movable, of any exit,
foyer, aisle, passageway, or corridor, which shall include
persons, floor registers, radiators, chairs, stools, stands,
slot machines, easels, and similar obstructions.
It shall be unlawful to obstruct, lock, or in any other
way impair; or permit to be obstructed, locked, or in any
other way impaired; the operation of any entrance or exit door
or gate from any place of public assemblage while occupied;
and such doors and gates, as well as any self-releasing hard-
ware installed thereon, shall be maintained to open freely.
Regulations requiring the maintenance of panic bolt
type hardware on exit doors are in the County Building Ordi-
nance.
All entrances, exit doors, and gates shall be maintained
so as not to decrease the required width of any opening, pas-
sageway, or corridor in any manner whatsoever.
No false door, window, or mirror shall be maintained in
any place of public assemblage as to give the appearance of a
doorway, exit or passageway.
No rope shall be: placed across the opening between any
aisle and any row of seats unless approved safety fastener is
used thereon, which will release the rope when pressed against.
Exit light fixtures shall be maintained with green let-
ters or background and shall be illuminated during the time any
place of public assemblage is open to the public when there is
insufficient natural light to read in occupied portions.
Programs for stage presentations in places of public
assemblage shall contain a notice, in heavy type not less than
one-eighth 1/8) inch in height, consisting of the following
words: FIRE NOTICE Look around now, choose the nearest exit
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !4b to your seat, and in case of disturbance of any kind, to
avoid the dangers of panic, WALK do not run) to that exit."
3100.805. Proscenium Curtain: Proscenium asbestos
curtain in Groups A and B places of public assemblage shall
be raised and lowered at least once before any performance;
and shall remain in the lowered position except during the
time of such performance, or when raised to perform necessary
work.
It shall be unlawful to place or permit to be placed
any excess weight on the counterweight of any curtain, or in
any other way to interfere with or render inoperative auto-
matic lowering feature. Such curtain shall be maintained to
effect the lowered position from a fully raised position in
less than thirty 30) seconds, but the last five 5) feet of
travel shall be effected in not less than five 5) seconds.
Such curtain shall be maintained free from tears, peep-
holes, or other openings.
3100.806. Proscenium Doors: Doors in proscenium walls
shall be maintained in a completely closed position when such
doors are not being actually used for the purpose of permit-
ting ingress or egress.
3100.807. Curtain Motors: No electric motor shall be
maintained near any curtain or drape on any stage unless a
suitable guard is installed around such motor, maintaining a
clearance of not less than two 2) feet.
3100.808. Stage Ventilation: Stage ventilation regu-
lations for places of public assemblage are in the County
Building Ordinance.
Stage ventilators shall be operated to an open and
closed position prior to any performance, or not less than
once each day during which any Performance is given.
3100.809. Firemen: Whenever in the opinion of the
County Fire Warden it is essential for public safety in any
place of public assemblage; due to the number of persons or
the nature of the performance, exhibition, display, or con-
test; it shall be the duty of the owner, agent, or lessee to
employthe number of competent, experienced firemen required
and approved by such County Fire Warden. Such firemen shall
report at least once a week to the County Fire Warden, and be
subject to his orders at all times; shall be on duty in uni-
form at such places of public assemblage during the whole time
it is open to the public; shall, before every performance, ex-
amine all fire apparatus required by this Code and see that
the same is in proper place and in good working order; shall
keep diligent watch during every performance for fires and
take prompt measures for extinguishing any fires that may oc-
cur; and shall not be required or permitted while on duty as
such firemen to act as scene shifter or stage hand, or to do
any other work or perform any duties or service other than as
herein specified.
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !5b 3100.810. Dressing Rooms: No shelving or cupboard
shall be maintained in any dressing room, property room, or
other storage room unless of non-combustible material.
No wall lighting fixture shall be maintained in any
dressing room unless protected by suitable guard.
No container for disposal of waste shall be maintained
in any dressing room, unless such container is of metal and
equipped with a self-closing lid.
3100.811.-l. Smoking: It shall be unlawful for any
person to smoke or permit the smoking of any cigar, cigarette,
pipe, or tobacco in any form whatever in any place of public
assemblage when open to the public. Provided, however, that
nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit such smok-
ing in any reviewing stand; on any stage when such smoking is
a part of the play or production; in the retiring rooms, smok-
ing rooms, mezzanine floor, balconies, in Group A, Divisions 1
and 2, and Group B, Division 1, places of public assemblage,
of Type 1, or fire resistive construction, as defined in the
County Building Ordinance; in the retiring rooms, smoking
rooms, or such other places as may be designated for that pur-
pose by the County Fire Warden in Group A, Division 3; Group B,
Division 2, and Group C places of public assemblage.
Provided, further, however, that smoking shall be per-
mitted in such designated places other than on stages in Group
A and B places of public assemblage only in the event that
floor coverings, furniture, and drapes therein are of fire
resistive material or have been given an adequate fire retard-
ant treatment.
2. Open Flame. It shall be unlawful for any person
to cause or permit any open flame to be used in any place of
public assemblage, except when used in conjunction with ap-
proved heating appliances, unless the County Fire Warden shall
have first approved such use and caused written permit to be
issued therefor.
3100.812. Metal Containers: It shall be unlawful to
store or permit to be stored, any oily or greasy rags or mops
except when kept in approved metal containers with tight-fitting
lids.
Metal containers shall be maintained in all rooms where
paper towels are provided.
There shall be provided in any projection booth, en-
closure, or room in which nitro-cellulose type film is used, a
metal container with a tight-fitting lid for the disposal of
scrap film; and it shall be unlawful to dispose of any such
scrap film except in container provided for such purpose.
3100.813. Concession Stands: It shall be unlawful to
maintain any concession stand in or beneath any reviewing
stand; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall
be deemed to prohibit such concession stands in which soft
drinks, confections, tobacco, are sold or dispensed in the
event that heat is not used in such stands for the preparation
or dispensing of such merchandise.
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !6b 3100.814. Heating Appliances: No heating appliance
shall be maintained in any place of public assemblage tha
combustion chamber of which is not adequately guarded to pre-
vent contact of any material with the flame. Flame in any
such heating appliance shall be so regulated, or guards shall
be so arranged, as to prevent injury to person.
Such appliances shall be permanently connected with
solid pipe or tubing, and no flexible tubing or hose shall
be permitted; and when located where likely to be accident-
ally moved or overturned shall be securely fastened to the
floor or wall.
3100.815. Flammable Decorations: The use of highly
flammable scenery, drapes, or decorations is prohibited in
all places of public assemblage; provided, however, that the
County Fire Warden may permit the use of such scenery, drapes
or decorations when the same are treated with a fire resistive
solution.
3100.816. Flammable Liquids: Regulations for the
storage of flammable liquids or combustible material in liq-
uid form are in Part 6 of this Code.
Part 9 MOTION PICTURE PROJECTION
3100.901. Protection Machine: No projection machine
shall be maintained in any building or structure for the pur-
pose of projecting motion pictures unless such projection
machine is maintained in a motion picture projection booth
constructed in accordance with the provisions of the County
Building Ordinance. It shall be unlawful for any person own-
ing, controlling, or managing any place of public assemblage
to use or permit to be used any motion picture projection
equipment which is damaged or worn to such an extent as to
create a fire hazard.
3100.902. Installation: Every projection machine, ex-
cept portable type, shall be kept securely fastened to the floor
to prevent overturning.
3100.903. Motion Picture Film Storage: No nitro-
cellulose motion picture film shall be stored in any building
or structure in which is located any projection machine unless
such film is stored in a motion picture proj-ect.ion booth, or
as otherwise provided in Part 16. Provided, however, that
nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the storage
of film in any film laboratory in connection with any projec-
tion booth.
3100.904. Protection Booth: 1 Doors: Projection booth
doors shall be maintained in a completely closed position at
all times by means of an adequate spring or other device when
such doors are not being actually used for the purpose of
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !7b permitting ingress and egress to or from such enclosure,
booth or room. Such door shall open outwardly and shall
not be equipped with any latch.
2. Combustibles=Furniture: Each booth shall at all
times be kept clean and free and clear from any flammable
or combustible material of any kind other than such motion
picture film, cement, or other material necessary to be used
during any exhibition or show in progress at any given time.
No shelving, furniture, or fixture shall be maintained
or used within any such booth unless such shelving, furniture
or fixture is constructed or composed of non-combustible
material.
3. Film: No motion picture film except such film
as is being run or is being transferred to or from any such
projection machine, or is being repaired or rewound, shall
be kept or maintained in any such booth unless such film is
kept or maintained in a metal box or cabinet constructed of
galvanized iron or steel with metal partitions or shelves,
and shall have tight self-closing doors of iron or steel.
No solder shall be used in the construction of such metal
boxes or cabinets.
No motion picture film shall be kept, stored nor main-
tained in any such booth except such film as is being used
or to be used in the current show or exhibition at any given
time and such additional film as may be necessary to sub-
stitute during any program, show or exhibition in case of an
emergency, provided, however, that no more than twenty 20)
reels of film shall be stored in any such booth,
It shall be unlawful for any person owning, controlling
or managing any place of public assemblage or any projection-
ist to use or permit to be used any motion picture film which
is in such a damaged condition, or in which the sprocket holes
are torn or damaged to such an extent as to creaie a fire haz-
ard.
4. Shutters: Regulations for shutters are in the
County Building Ordinance.
5. Smokine: No person shall smoke or permit any per-
son to smoke in any such booth, or in any sanitary toilet
room or electrical generator room in connection therewith.
3100.905. Permit and License to Operate Projection
Machine: No person shall operate, or cause to permit the
operation of any projection machine, unless such person so
operating possesses a valid permit issued by the County Fire
Warden. Provided, however, that any person operating a pro-
jection machine in only a public or private institution, Div-
isions 1 and 3 as classified in Part 10 of this Code, shall
not be required to obtain such permit, nor shall Sections
3100.908, 3100.907, 3100.908, 3100.909 or 3100.910 apply to
such operator, but in lieu thereof any such person so oper-
ating shall obtain a special permit issued by the County Fire
Warden by successfully passing an examination conducted by
said Fire Warden. Provided, further, that the County Fire
Warden may issue a temporary permit to a projectionist who
has filed an application for examination and who has exhibited
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !8b evidence that he is possessed of sufficient knowledge to
operate a projection machine. Such temporary permit shall
be good only until the date of the next examination, and no
such temporary permit shall be issued to an applicant who
has failed the examination.
3100.906. Application: Application for permit to
operate projection machine shall be filed with the County
Fire Warden, at which time applicant shall pay to said County
Fire Warden the sum of Ten Dollars to pay a portion of the
cost of investigation and examination. Such application
shall be accompanied by photograph in triplicate of the ap-
plicant. The likeness and size of such photograph shall be
approved by the County Fire Warden, but in no case shall it
be of a size less than one and one-quarter JJ) inches square.
Such sum so paid shall be deposited to the credit of the
General Fund. Applications shall not be accepted by the
County Fire Warden from persons less than eighteen 18) years
of age, nor from any projectionist whose license has been re-
voked, until a period of twelve 12) months has elapsed sub-
sequent to the date of such revocation.
The County Fire Warden shall notify each applicant of
the date and time of such examination at which he should ap-
pear. Any applicant who does not so appear shall be failed
in such examination.
3100.907. Examining Board: Applicants shall be ex-
amined by an examining board of three 3) projectionists pos-
sessing valid County permits; two 2) to be selected by the
County Fire Warden and the third by said two. In no event,
however, shall more than two(2) members of such board retain
active membership in any labor organization. Appointment to
such board shall be made for a period of one 1) calendar
year, subject to earlier removal by the County Fire Warden.
In the event of any vacancy, member to fill such vacancy
shall be selected by the remaining members of board. Each
member of such board shall be paid Ten Dollars $10.00) for
each examination participated in by him.
It shall be the duty of the County Fire Warden to ap-
point one or more substitute examiners, who shall fill any
temporary vacancy caused by the absence of any of the regular
examiners, and such appointment shall carry with it the respon-
sibilities and compensation as set forth for the regular exam-
iners.
3100.908. Examination: Examinations shall be held at
such intervals as the County Fire Warden shall deem necessary
for the examination of such applicants. In no event, however,
shall an examination be held more often than every thirty 30)
days nor unless there shall have been filed not less than six
6) applications. If it shall be found, after due and thorough
examination by the board, that said applicant is possessed of
sufficient knowledge, skill and ability to operate a projection
machine with proficiency and safety, the County Fire Warden
shall thereupon issue for such applicant a projectionist=s
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !9b permit stating that upon examination it has been found that
the permittee therein named is possessed of sufficient knowl-
edge, skill and ability to operate projection machines with
proficiency and safety, which shall permit such applicant to
operate projection machines in the City of Baldwin Park.
Any appeal by any applicant for review of examination
rating must be made in writing within five 5) days from the
date on which notice of rating is mailed by the County Fire
Warden.
3100.909. Permits: Such permit shall have a photo-
graph of the permittee securely affixed thereto. Each person
to whom such a permit is issued shall keep his permit herein-
above provided for conspicuously posted on,or near the door
of the booth, enclosure or room in which is located the pro-
jection machine operated by such person, and such permit shall
not be transferable nor used by any person other than the per-
son for whom same is issued,
3100.910, Renewal of Permits: 1) Projectionist per-
mit shall be issued for a twelve 12) months period, and shall
not be valid for more than twelve 12) months after the date
of issuance. Such permit shall be renewed not later than
thirty 30) days after the date of expiration, upon the pay-
ment to the County Fire Warden of the sum of Two Dollars and
Fifty Cents, when accompanied by one 1) photograph of the
size specified in Section 3100,906, Renewal of such permit
after the above period shall require a renewal fee of Five
Dollars.
2) All fees collected by the County Fire Warden shall
be deposited to the credit of the General Fund.
3) No permit shall be renewed unless such permittee
has either passed the necessary examination within six 6)
months preceding date of application, or such permittee is
the holder of a valid permit and has been employed as a pro-
jectionist within such preceding six 6) months. No such per-
mit shall be issued to any such applicant or permittee not
having been so examined or having been so employed until an
examination, as previously set forth, has been satisfactorily
passed.
4) The County Fire Warden shall not renew any permit
if application for such renewal is not filed within one 1)
year after the expiration of the last permit or renewal granted.
Such last permit thereby becomes null and void,
5) If the holder of any valid permit, prior to the
expiration of such permit, enlists in, or is inducted into any
branch of the Federal armed service, such permit remains valid
until one 1) year after the discharge of such person there-
from,
3100,911. Revocation of Proiectionistts Permit: Viola-
tion of any provision of this Code relative to maintenance or
operation of projection machine or booth, use or storage of
film, incompetency in the operation or maintenance of projec-
tion machine or booth, shall be cause for the revocation of
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !:b said projectionist's permit by the County Fire Warden. Such
revocation shall not take place, however, until a hearing
relative to such revocation is held by the examining board.
1. Cause for Immediate Suspension: Operation of any
projection machine by any projectionist while under the in-
fluence of liquor, morphine, or other habit-forming drug
shall be cause for immediate suspension of such projection-
istts permit by the County Fire Warden. No such projection-
ist shall continue the operation of any such projection ma-
chine, nor shall any person, firm, corporation, or associa-
tion of persons permit any such projectionist to operate any
such projection machine pending a hearing relative to perma-
nent revocation by the examining board.
2. Notice: Notice shall be given in writing to any
such projectionist not less than forty-eight 48) hours prior
to the date of such hearing; which notice shall state the
ground of complaint, and shall also state the time when and
the place where such hearing will be held. Such projection-
ist may produce at such hearing any evidence or reason why
such permit should not be suspended or permanently revoked.
3. Hearing: The examining Board shall without com-
pensation conduct a hearing of charges against any projec-
tionist, together with any evidence submitted by any such
projectionist in defense. Such Board shall submit its find-
ings, together with recommended action to be taken, to the
County Fire Warden.
4. Action: Upon receipt of such report from the Ex-
amining Board, the County Fire Warden shall take such action
as he deems necessary and proper, whether such action be repri-
mand, restoration, or temporary or permanent revocation of
such permit.
Part 10 HEALTH, HOUSING AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
For the purpose of this Part, institutions shall be
classified as follows:
Division 1. Hospitals, sanitariums, rest homes, homes
for the aged, asylums, orphanages, children's institutions,
children's homes, nurseries, and similar institutions.
Division 2. Hotels, Apartment Houses.
Division 3. Public parochial or private schools.
3100.1001. Housing: 1. No person shall be housed above
the ground floor in any Division 1 institutional building with
a capacity of six 6) or less when such building is of Type V
construction, as defined by the County Building Ordinance.
Buildings housing more than six 6) persons shall meet the re-
quirements of the County Building Ordinance for such occu-
pancy. Provided, however, that this section shall not apply to
the housing of employees, members of the management, or their
families; nor prohibit the housing of three 3) or less aged
persons on the second floor of such building; nor apply to
the housing of able-bodied persons not more than forty-five
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !;b 45) years of age, suffering only from mild nervous or men-
tal illness, who require no active medical or nursing care,
in such institutions in which patients are housed contrary
thereto at the time of the passage of this Code, in the
event such institutional building is arranged with not less
than two 2) exterior stairways leading from the second
floor to ground level which offer at least two 2) conveni-
ent means of egress from the second floor thereof.
2. No person other than an employee, member of the
management or their families shall be housed in any Divi-
sion 1 institutional building in which any motor vehicle is
stored, unless such portion in which such motor vehicle is
stored is isolated from the remainder of such institutional
building by fire separation, as defined by the County Build-
ing Ordinance.
3. 1) No bed patient shall be housed in any room of
any Division 1 institutional building unless the doors and
passageways of such building are sufficient in width to ac-
commodate the passage of patients' beds, and suitable ramps
are maintained to accommodate the withdrawal of patients'
beds from any such institutional building.
2) Doors hereafter installed constituting exits for
withdrawal of beds of bed type patients shall be maintained
to swing outward from such room, hallway or corridor, pro-
vided, however, that nothing herein shall prevent the use of
doors arranged to swing in both outward and inward directions.
3) Any bed in which bed type patients are placed shall
be equipped with castors or wheels not less than three 3)
inches in diameter, in good working order to permit the free
movement of such bed a safe distance from the building in
which such patients are housed in the event of fire or other
emergency.
3100.1002. Heating Appliances. 1. Regulations for
heating appliances are in Part 14 of this Code.
2. No heating appliance shall be maintained in any
institutional building the combustion chamber of which is not
adequately guarded to prevent contact of any material with
the flame. Flame in any such heating appliance shall be so
regulated, or guards shall be so arranged, as to prevent in-
jury to person.
3. In Division 1 Institutional Buildings, where mental
or nervous type patients have access to such appliances, oper-
ation of any shut-off valve shall be by insertion of key or
similar device.
3100.1002. Fire Extinguishment Equipment: Fire ex-
tinguishment equipment regulations are in Part 17 of this
Code.
3100.1004. Division 1 Surgeries and Delivery Rooms:
The following shall be required in surgeries or delivery rooms
in which flammable or explosive gases or vapors are present:
1. Heating Appliances. No open flame shall be main-
tained in any explosive atmosphere; nor any heating appliance,
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !<b unless such appliance is hot air, steam, hot water, or
black heat electrical type. Heating appliances shall be
designed and maintained so that no part reaches a temper-
ature greater than six hundred 600) degrees Fahrenheit.
Hot air ducts shall be maintained at a height of five 5)
feet above the floor level.
2. Static Ground. Operating tables and delivery
beds shall be provided with a suitable grounding device
for static electricity, and a grounding device for patients.
Provided, however, that such grounding device shall not be
required in the event that a suitable humidifying system
is maintained.
Appliances for the dispensing of any flammable gas
shall be provided with a substantial grounding device.
3. Electrical Appliances. No portable or adjustable
electrical appliance shall be maintained near any potential
ground unless the frame of such appliance is grounded.
No electrical appliance shall be connected to any
convenience outlet nor shall any electrical switches, motors
or any other spark-emitting device be maintained in any ex-
plosive atmosphere unless such outlets or devices are of a
type approved for use in hazardous locations.
No electrical lighting fixtures shall be maintained
in any explosive atmosphere unless the chamber around the
globe is designed to exclude explosive vapors or eliminate
ignition hazard of such vapors.
Other electrical appliances regulations are in the
Baldwin Park City Electrical Code.
3100.1005. Storage of Flammable Liquids: Regulations
for storage of flammable liquids are in Part 6 of this Code.
3100.1006. Metal Containers: Waste baskets or con-
tainers for rubbish shall be of metal.
3100.1007. Exit Lights: Exit light fixtures shall
be maintained with green letters or background and shall be
illuminated during the time there is insufficient natural
light to read in occupied portions.
3100.1008. Obstructions-Means of Egress: 1. No ob-
struction shall be placed or allowed to be placed or main-
tained before or upon any fire escape, porch, balcony, stair-
way, or ladder intended or adapted for use as a means of
egress; nor shall any obstruction be placed or permitted to
remain in any hallway or other means of egress.
2. Exit doors in Division 3 Institutional Buildings
shall be maintained to swing outward and shall not be blocked,
locked or otherwise obstructed during the time that any such
building is occupied.
3100.1009. %-Ray Film: Regulations for storage of
%-Ray film in any institutional building are in Part 16 of
this Code.
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !=b 3100.1010. Storage of Combustible Material: 1. No
person shall store combustible material in any cellar or
basement of any institutional building, or maintain in any
such building any carpenter, paint, or work shop, provided,
however, that nothing in this section shall prohibit such
storage, or maintenance of any such shop, in any portion
which is isolated from the remainder of such institutional
building by a partition which is lathed and plastered on
the room side with materials which conform to the standards
of the Baldwin Park City Building Code for one 1) hour fire
resistance and any openings in such enclosing walls or ceil-
ing are protected as provided in the Baldwin Park City Build-
ing Ordinance for one 1) hour fire resistance.
2. No heating appliance shall be maintained in any
storage room for combustible materials unless such appliance
is adequately guarded with a substantial metal or wire fence
barricade to prevent such materials coming in contact with
such heating appliance or being placed a lesser distance
than twelve 12) inches from such appliance.
3100.1011. Balustrade Rails: Substantial balustrade
rails shall be maintained at sides of landings and steps or
ramps in any Division 1 institutional building.
3100.1012. Refrigeration: Regulations for refrigera-
tion systems in institutional buildings are in Part 11 of
this Code.
3100.1013. Fire Exit Drills: 1. The officials of
Division 3 institutions shall conduct not less than one fire
exit drill each month in which such institution is in session.
The County Fire Warden shall formulate such regulations and
issue such instructions as he may deem essential to effect
evacuation with safety from Divisions 1 and 3 institutions.
2. Where electrical energy is available, a system of
bells, gongs, horns, or whistles, operated electrically, and
arranged to operate sound emitting devices simultaneously in
all buildings, shall be maintained and shall be used in con-
junction with fire exit drills.
3. Signals shall be clearly audible in all parts of
any building or structure utilized by any person.
4. Operating switches or controls shall be accessible
for operation on any floor of any classroom building or in
any building housing more than fifty 50) students, and shall
be distinctively marked or indicated.
5. The County Fire Warden shall cause fire drills to
be given whenever, and as frequently as, he may deem neces-
sary to assure their proper execution.
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !>b Part 11 REFRIGERATION
3100.1101. The following regulations shall apply to
refrigeration plants which employ as a refrigerant any agent
of a toxic, irritant, or flammable nature, but shall not ap-
ply to plants in which less than twenty 20) pounds of re-
frigerant are utilized.
It shall be unlawful to maintain any refrigeration
plant except in accordance with State Laws and City of Bald-
win Park Ordinances for new construction.
There shall be maintained on any refrigeration plant
a permanent system by which the refrigerant contained therein
may be conveniently and adequately diffused by the proper
manipulation of valves.
Legible labels, or signs, shall be maintained on any
refrigeration machinery or piping, which labels, or signs,
shall plainly indicate the refrigerant utilized in such sys-
tem. King valves and diffusing valves shall be plainly la-
beled.
At every refrigeration plant in which one hundred 100)
pounds or more of refrigerant are employed, there shall be
maintained not less than one approved type mask, which shall
be maintained in good condition and be located a distance
from the refrigeration machinery and where reaoily accessible.
Part 12 FIREWORKS
3100.1201. Fireworks-Definition._ 1. The term fire-
works" as used in this Article shall be construed to include
blank cartridges, toy pistols, toy cannons, toy canes, or toy
guns in which explosives are used, fire balloons balloons of
a type which have burning material of any kind attached there-
to, or which require fire underneath to propel them), fire-
crackers, torpedoes, sky rockets, Roman candles, Daygo bombs,
sparklers, and other fireworks of like construction and any
fireworks containing any combustible or explosive substance
for the purpose of producing a visible or audible effect by
combustion, explosion, deflagration, or detonation, but does
not include toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns, or other simi-
lar devices in which paper caps containing not more than
twenty-five hundredths 25) grain of explosive compound per
cap are used.
2._ Dangerous Fireworks. Dangerous fireworks" includes
any of the following:
Pyrotechnics or fireworks containing phosphorous, sulpho-
cyanide, mercury, magnesium, potassium picrate, gallic acid,
chlorate of potash and sulfur or chlorate of potash and sugar;
Firecrackers, salutes and other explosive articles of
similar nature;
Blank cartridges;
Sky rockets, including all devices which rise in the air
during discharge;
Roman candles, including all devices which discharge
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !?b balls of fire into the air;
Chasers, including all devices which dart or travel
about the surface of the ground during discharge;
Snakes, boa constrictors and snake nests, containing
bichloride of mercury;
Sparklers more than ten 10) inches in length or one-
fourth j) of one 1) inch in diameter;
All articles for pyrotechnic display which contain
gunpowder;
Articles commonly known as son-of-a-gun, devil-on-
the-rock, craekit sticks and automatic torpedoes which con-
tain arsenic;
Explosives known as devil-on-the-walk, or any other
article of similar character which explodes through means of
friction, and all other similar fireworks, unless otherwise
designated;
Toy torpedoes of all kinds;
All pyrotechnic devices having a side fuse;
Fire balloons or balloons of any type which have burn-
ing material of any kind attached thereto;
Such other fireworks as may be designated as dangerous
by the State Fire Marshal with the advice of the State Fire
Advisory Board.
3, Safe and Sane Fireworks. Safe and sane fireworks"
as used in this Article shall be construed to include any
fireworks not designated as Dangerous Fireworks," except
that in all cases only end fuses may be used,
4. Public display of fireworks means an entertainment
feature where the public is admitted or permitted to view
the display or discharge of dangerous fireworks.
3100.1202. Fireworks Discharging. No person, without
securing a permit, shall do any of the following:
a) Manufacture, import, export, possess or sell any
fireworks at wholesale or retail for any use;
b) Discharge dangerous fireworks any place;
c) Make a public display of fireworks;
d) Transport fireworks except as a public carrier and
as an individual for the separate and private use of such
individual;
e) No fireworks shall be set off, fired or discharged
between midnight of July 4 and midnight of July 3 of thenext
succeeding year.
3100.1203, Application For Permit. Any adult person
or other group desiring to do any act mentioned in Section
3100.1202 shall first make written application for a permit
to the Chief of the Police Department, Application for per-
mits shall be made in writing at least ten 10) days in ad-
vance of the proposed display.
3100.1204. It shall be the duty of the officer to whom
the application for a permit is made to make an investigation
and submit a report of his findings and his recommendation
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !@b for or against the issuance of the permit to the City
Council.
3100.1205. The City Council shall have power, at its
discretion, to grant or deny the application subject to such
reasonable conditions, if any, as it may prescribe.
3100.1206. In the case of an application for a permit
for the public display of fireworks, the permitee shall fur-
nish a surety bond of not less than Ten Thousand Dollars
$10,000.00) and the amount of the insurance shall not be
less than Twenty Thousand Dollars $20,000.00), all as pro-
vided by Section 12608 of the Health and Safety Code of the
State of California.
3100.1207. Any applicant granted a permit shall com-
ply with the provisions of the Health and Safety Code of
the State of California.
3100.1208. A license fee of Ten Dollars $10.00) per
day shall be charged for any person holding a permit under
the provisions of this Article. In the event any applicant
for a permit to sell fireworks uses the net profit received
from such sale or distribution for bona fide charitable pur-
poses, the City Council may waive the license fee therefor.
3100.1209. No sale or distribution of fireworks shall
be permitted before the 27th day of June or after the 4th of
July of each year.
3100.1210. Transfer or Revocation. The permit required
to sell or distribute fireworks shall not be transferable and
may be revoked by the City Council at any time if, in the opin-
ion of the City Council, the holder thereof has violated the
provisions of this Article or is doing or permitting anything
to be done in connection with the business that is likely to
be dangerous to persons or property.
3100.1211. Storage or Sale Within Buildings. No fire-
works shall be sold from or stored within a building within
the City, except that fireworks may be sold or stored within
a temporary sales structure.
3100.1212. Temporary Sales Structures. Temporary struc-
tures shall be maintained in accordance with the following pro-
visions: a) Organizations requesting permission to erect a
stand shall furnish the city certificates of insurance for
public liability, property damage and workmen's compensation,
prior to the erection of the stand.
b) Organizations shall furnish a cash deposit of Two
Hundred Dollars $200.00) to the City to guarantee that the
premises shall be left in a satisfactory condition.
c) Stands shall have exits at least thirty 30) inches
in width at both ends of the structure and one 1) thirty-
inch 30•') exit every twelve 12) feet on the rear wall of the
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !Ab structure. No supplies or other materials shall be stored
in front of the exit doors. Exit doors shall open outward
from the stand.
d) Stands shall be of wood or metal construction,
built with solid roof, rear wall and ends. The front shall
be of solid wood or metal three feet six inches 3t6•') in
height from ground level to the display shelf.
The display shelf shall have a panel of unbreakable or
wire mesh glass a minimum of twenty-four 24) inches in
height between the public and the display of fireworks.
e) There shall be at least one supervisor, twenty-
one 21) years of age or older, on duty at all times.. No
persons under eighteen 18) years of age shall be allowed in
the stand at any time.
f) No person employed as a watchman shall be permit-
ted to remain inside of any stand when it is not open for
business.
g) NO SMOKING" signs shall be prominently displayed
both inside and outside of the structure.
h) Each stand shall be provided with two 2) two and
one-half 21) gallon soda and acid" type fire extinguishers
in good working condition and easily accessible for usein
case of fire, and such other first aid or fire fighting equip-
ment as required by the Chief of the Police Department.
f) The premises occupied shall be cleared of all
structures and debris within seventy-two 72) hours after
midnight of July 4th, to the satisfaction of the Police Chief,
under penalty of forfeiture of the cash deposit to defray cost
of cleanup or removal.
j) No stand shall be located within twenty-five 25)
feet of any building nor within one hundred 100) feet of a
gasoline service station.
k) Not more than six 6) stands will be allowed to be
located within the City.
3100.1213. All provisions of this Part shall be carried
out and enforced, in conjunction with the law enforcement
agency of the City of Baldwin Park, by the Los Angeles County
Fire Department, and the Consolidated Fire Protection District.
The general supervision of conditions and equipment which aid
in control of fire, conditions constituting fire hazards or
danger to life or property, and the abatement or minimizing of
such fire hazards or dangerous conditions shall be the respon-
sibility of the Los Angeles County Fire Department and the Con-
solidated Fire Protection District.
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !Bb Part 13 OPEN FIRES PERMITS BLASTING SMOKING
3100.1301. Open Fires-Hours of Burning: A person
shall not build, light, maintain, or cause or permit to be
built, lighted or maintained, any open or outdoor fire, use
or cause or permit to be used, any fire for clearing land,
burn or cause or permit to be burned, any brush, trash,
rubbish, stubble, or other flammable or combustible mate-
rial, unless:
a) He first secures from the County Fire Warden,
State Forester, or a United States Forest Service officer
having jurisdiction, a permit so to do, or
b) Such burning is in one or more small heaps or
piles, where the fire is set in dooryard residential premises,
corrals, gardens, or plowed fields, at a distance not less
than five hundred 500) feet from any woodland, timber, or
brush-covered land, or land containing dry grass or other flam-
mable vegetation is not in conjunction with any commercial or
industrial use, and there is at least one adult person in act
tual attendance with water, garden hose, shovels, or other fire
extinguishing equipment on hand in charge of such fire at all.
times during its burning, and such burning is done not less
than twenty-five 25) feet from buildings, structures, or other
combustible material, and, further, that such burning is done
only between the hours of 4 P.M., and 8 P.M., of the same day,
and 6 A.M., and 10 A.M., of the same day, except that if the
County Fire Warden finds that in certain localities or through-
out the county such burning will create a fire hazard, this
paragraph b) does not apply to such localities, or
c) Such burning is within the boundaries of any
established camp site, as defined in Section 3100.1316.
3100.1302. Open Flame Devices: A person shall not main-
tain or cause or permit to be maintained within five hundred
feet of any forest, brush, or grass-covered land any lighted
stove, lantern, heater, lamp, torch, or similar appliance hav-
ing an open flame, unless:
a) He first secures from the County Fire Warden or a
United States Forest Service Officer having jurisdiction, a
permit so to do, or
b) Such heating or lighting appliance is within any
building, or within the boundaries of the dooryard premises of
any place of habitation, or within the boundaries of any es-
tablished camp site, as defined in Section 3100.1316.
3100.1303. Open Fires-Public Streets. A person shall
not burn any leaves, weeds, rubbish, or other waste combustible
material on any public highway, street, alley, sidewalk or
parkway, unless a written permit to use such public land for
such purpose is first obtained from the agency having jurisdic-
tion, and also a permit to do so from the County Fire Warden
or a United States Forest officer having jurisdiction.
3100.1304. Open Fires-Further Limitations. 1) In con-
nection with open fires permitted pursuant to Sections 3100.
1301, 3100.1302, or 3100.1303 of this ordinance, the County
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !Cb Fire Warden may further limit the hours of burning of any
open or out-door fire if he finds that such burning at other
hours will or may:
a) Emit such smoke as will make the detection of
other fires difficult and thereby be a hazard to public
safety, or
b) Cause fear or panic in any institution referred
to in Part 10 of this Code or in any place of public assem-
blage, or
c) Constitute a public nuisance, or
d) Constitute a health menace.
2) The County Fire Warden shall issue written in-
structions consistent with the provisions of this Section,
and no person shall burn or cause or permit any such burn-
ing, except within the burning hours so established.
3100.1305. Permits-Blasting. A person shall not blast,
or cause or permit any person to blast with dynamite, powder,
or other explosive, unless a permit so to do is first obtained
from the County Fire Warden, State Forester, or a United States
Forest Service officer having jurisdiction.
3100.1306. Permits-Blasting, Lighting-Heating Appli-
ances. Permits for blasting, use of lighting or heating ap-
pliances, shall specify the date or dates and the hours for
which such permission is granted, the name and address of the
applicant or of the person to be in charge, the number of a-
dult persons to be in attendance, the type and quantity of
fire fighting equipment which shall be provided, and such
other requirements for the protection of public safety, or
to prevent the spreading of fire, as the County Fire Warden
may deem necessary.
3100.1307. Permits-Open Fires. Permits for open fires
shall be made in triplicate, in book form, headed Fire Per-
mit, Department of County Forester and Fire Warden, County of
Los Angeles." Whenever he deems it necessary for the protec-
tion of public safety, or to prevent the spreading of any such
fire, said Fire Warden may determine and when so determined
shall specify on said permit the dates or the hours during
which the fire authorized by such permit may be maintained,
and it shall be unlawful for any person to build or maintain,
or cause or permit to be built or maintained, any fire author-
ized by such permit during any hours not so specified thereon.
Upon such permit it shall be stated that no burning or build-
ing of fire shall be permitted in a wind, or when the relative
humidity registers below thirty percent 30%), and that the
permittee shall not burn any brush, grass, or flammable mate-
rial within thirty 30) feet of any standing forest, brush,
grass, or flammable material, unless said permit expressly
provides for a lesser distance, and where it is necessary for
the protection of public safety or to prevent the spread of
such fire such permit may specify a reasonable distance greater
than such thirty 30) feet.
3100.1308. Peat Deposits. A person shall not build,
light or maintain, or cause or permit to be built, lighted,
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !Db or maintained, any open or outdoor fire on any land con-
taining any peat deposits.
3100.1309 Reserved
3100.1310 Reserved
3100.1311 Reserved
3100.1312 Reserved
3100.1313. Leaving Fire Unattended: It shall be un-
lawful to leave, or cause or permit to be left, any outdoor
or open fire unattended by an adult person, or such person
or persons as may be required in permit issued for any such
fire by the County Fire Warden. Before leaving any such fire,
such person or persons in charge of such fire shall thoroughly
ing it with water, or otherwise treating it in such a manner
to prevent rekindling of such fire.
3100.1314. Dump Fires. A person shall not build or
maintain, or cause or permit to be built or maintained, any
open fire for the burning or destruction of rags, papers,
boxes, crates, excelsior, or other combustible packing, or
other combustible material or substance of any kind upon any
premises where any dump is maintained without first obtaining
a permit so to do from the County Fire Warden.
3100.1315. l. Smoking-Tobacco. It shall be unlawful
between the first day of May and the fifteenth day of Decem-
ber of any year, both dates inclusive, for any person to light,
ignite, or otherwise set fire to or to smoke any tobacco, cig-
arette, pipe, or cigar in or upon any mountainous, brush or
forest covered land,.or land covered with any flammable mate-
rial, or upon any road or trail traversing any such mountain-
ous, brush or forest covered land or land covered with flam-
mable material.
Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall ap-
ply to the area within the boundaries of any established camp
site, or smoking area, as defined in Section 3100.1316, or the
dooryard premises of any place of habitation.
2. Smoking.-Bees-Apiaries. It shall be unlawful for
any person to utilize any lighted or smoldering material in
connection with smoking of bees in or near any apiary located
in or upon any mountainous, brush, or forest covered land, or
land covered with any flammable material, without first having
obtained a permit so to do from the County Fire Warden.
3100.1316. Camp Sites. The County Fire Warden may and
he is hereby authorized at his discretion to designate places
on private property, with the permission of the owner thereof,
or upon any public road, or within any public park, or upon
any public land, where open fires may be built, or any place
or area where it shall be lawful for any person to light, ig-
nite, or otherwise set fire to or to smoke any tobacco, cigar-
ette, pipe, or cigar on any mountainous, brush or grass cov-
ered land; and said Fire Warden shall place or cause to be
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !Eb placed uniform signs or posters on or at such premises in-
dicating the place or limits where such fires may be built
and maintained, or such smoking may take place, without fur-
ther permit or permission; provided, however, that it shall
be unlawful to leave, or cause or permit to be left, any
lighted tobacco or any fire burning in such place. Before
leaving such place such tobacco or fire shall be thoroughly
extinguished and so completely covered with dirt in such
manner as to adequately prevent such tobacco or fire from
burning thereafter.
3100.1317. Incinerators. 1. Class 1 Incinerators Com-
mercial or Industrial). a) Definition: Class 1 Incinera-
tor" shall mean any incinerator which is:
1) Within or a part of a building, or
2) Any separate incinerator that:
a. Has a fire box volume above the grate exceed-
ing 27 cubic feet, or
b. Exceeds 6 feet in height exclusive of chimney,or
c. Has a chimney more than 6 feet high, and
d. Is constructed in accordance with Building Code
requirements.
b) Location. Any free-standing Class 1 incinerator of
an industrial or commercial type shall be located not less
than ten 10) feet from any building or property line. Pro-
vided, however, that this distance may be reduced if a wall
of masonry or other fire resistive material is constructed of
sufficient height between such incinerator and adjacent build-
ings or property line to provide equivalent protection.
c) Hours of Burning. The County Fire Warden may noti-
fy in writing the owner of any Class 1 incinerator that such
incinerator can be used only at or between specified hours,
if the County Fire Warden finds that any burning in such in-
cinerator at other hours will or may:
1) Emit such smoke as will make the detection of other
fires difficult and thereby be a hazard to public safety, or
2) Cause fear or panic in any institution referred to
in Part 10 of this Code or in any place of public assemblage,
or
3) Constitute a public nuisance or a health menace.
No person shall use for burning any such incinerator, or
cause or permit any such burning, except within the burning
hour so established.
2. Class 2 Incinerators Small Free Standing).
a) Definition. Class 2 incinerator shall mean any approved
type small free-standing incinerator other than Class 1 or
Class 3, substantially constructed of masonry or other noncom-
bustible material, the combustion chamber of which is com-
pletely enclosed and equipped with a permanently attached
solid door or lid, a hood or stack terminating in a spark ar-
rester securely attached to such hood or stack. Such spark
arrester shall be constructed of cast iron, heavy wire mesh,
or other noncombustible material with openings not to exceed
one-half Q) inch; provided, however, any spark arrester may
be used which is designed to provide equivalent protection.
Any ash pit opening shall be equipped with a suitable door or
spark arrester as described above or the equivalent protection.
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !Fb b) Location. Any Class 2 incinerator shall be lo-
cated not less than five 5) feet from any wood frame build-
ing or structure, or other combustible material, or not less
than three 3) feet from a masonry, stucco, or similar fire-
resistive building or structure with no openings within five
5) feet. Provided, further, that the stack of any such in-
cinerator shall terminate not less than five 5) feet from
combustible roof, overhang, or eave construction.
In the event such distance requirement cannot be com-
plied with, the County Fire Warden may approve a lesser dis-
tance on condition that equivalent protection be provided.
c) Hours of Burning. Burning in any Class 2 incinera-
tor shall be done only between the hours of 4 P.M., and 8 P.M.,
of the same day, and only between the hours of 6 A.M. and 10
A.M., on the same day.
Provided, however, that the County Fire Warden finds
that any burning in such incinerator during hours, other than
those which he so specifies, will or may:
1) Emit such smoke as will make the detection of other
fires difficult and thereby be a hazard to public safety, or
2) Cause fear or panic in any institution referred to
in Part 10 of this Code or in any place of public assemblage,
or
3) Constitute a public nuisance or a health menace. No
person shall use for burning any such incinerator, or cause or
permit any such burning, except within the burning hours so es-
tablished.
3. Class 3 Incinerators. a) Definition: Class 3 in-
cinerators shall mean any incinerator, other than a Class 1 or
Class 2 incinerator, and which is constructed of masonry or
noncombustible material, the combustion chamber of which is
completely enclosed, and which is equipped with an approved
permanently attached spark arrester as required for Class 2
incinerators. Provided that Class 3 incinerators shall be ap-
proved for residential use only, and further provided that no
person shall use or maintain a Class 3 incinerator at any loca-
tion that is within five hundred 500) feet from any woodland,
timber, or brush-covered land, or land containing dry grass or
other flammable vegetation unless he first secures from the
County Fire Warden, State Forester, or a United States Forest
Service officer having jurisdiction, a permit so to do.
b) Location. Any Class 2 incinerator shall be located
not less than fifteen 15) feet from any building, structure,
or combustible material.
c) Hours of Burning. Hours of burning for Class 3 incin-
erators shall be the same as required for Class 2 incinerators.
4. Maintenance. Any incinerator shall be maintained in
accordance with the requirements of this Part and the area ad-
jacent to such incinerator shall be kept clear of rubbish, dry
grass, weeds, vegetative growth, or other waste combustible
material. Further requirements for clearance of brush, grass,
or flammable vegetation from incinerators located in the moun-
tainous or brush covered area are in Section 3100.1319 of this
Part.
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !Gb 3100.1317.1. If the County Fire warden finds that
burning in incinerators located within five hundred 500)
feet of the mountainous, brush or grass covered areas of
the county during periods of high fire hazard will create
an undue fire hazard, during the existence of such finding,
a person shall not use any incinerator for burning whatever.
3100.1317.2. Combustible Refuse. Combustible refuse"
is any combustible waste material containing carbon in a free
or combined state other than liquids or gases.
3100.1317.3. Multiple-Chamber Incinerator. Multiple
chamber incinerator" is any article, machine, equipment, con-
trivance, structure or part of a structure, used to dispose
of combustible refuse by burning, consisting of three or more
refractory lined combustion furnaces in series, physically
separated by refractory walls, interconnected by gas passage
ports or ducts and employing adequate design parameters neces-
sary for maximum combustion of the material to be burned. The
refractories shall have a Pyrometric Cone Equivalent of at
least 17, tested according to the method described in the Ameri-
can Society for Testing Materials, Method C-24.
3100.1317.4. Hours of Burning. A person shall not burn
any combustible rubbish of any kind in any incinerator other
than an incinerator used exclusively in connection with an in-
dustry in which continuous burning is required for the mainten-
ance of continuous operation, or a multiple chamber incinerator,
except between the following hours:
a) Four P.M.,,and eight P.M., of the same day,
b) Six A.M., and ten A.M., of the same day.
Paragraph c) of subsection 1 of Section 3100.1317 ap-
plies to those incinerators to which this section does not
apply.
3100.1318. Blasting: It shall be unlawful to set off,
or cause or permit to be set off, any dynamite or explosive
by means of any fuse within any forest or brush covered area,
or within any area covered by any flammable material.
3100.1319. 1. Brush Clearance,: Any person owning,
leasing, controlling, operating, or maintaining any cabin,
house, hotel, apiary, incinerator, or other building or struc-
ture upon or adjoining any mountainous, or forest, or brush
covered land or land covered with flammable growth, and any
person owning, leasing or controlling any land adjacent to
such structures, shall at all times maintain on such person=s
land around and adjacent to such cabin, house, hotel, apiary,
incinerator, building or structure, an effective fire protec-
tion or firebreak made by removing and clearing away, for a
distance therefrom of not less than thirty 30) feet on each
side thereof, of flammable vegetation or growth or other com-
bustible material.
Provided, however, that the provisions of this Section
shall not require the removal of any standing live tree or
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !Hb any portion thereof, except such portion as stands or hangs
within a distance of ten 10) feet from the outlet of any
chimney, nor require the removal of any live evergreen plant,
shrub, or vegetation which is cultivated, maintained and pre-
served for decorative effect.
2, Clearance-Electrical Transmission Lines.
1) Definitions: High tension line" shall mean an
electrical transmission line having a voltage of 34,000 volts
or more between the conductors thereof.
Low tension line' shall mean an electrical transmis-
sion line having a voltage of less than 34,000 volts between
the conductors thereof.
2) Support Clearance-High Tension: Any person owning,
controlling, operating or maintaining any high tension line
within the City of Baldwin Park, lying within the boundaries
of any district hereinafter in this Ordinance defined, shall
at all times maintain under, around and adjacent to any pole
or tower supporting such line an adequate protection or fire-
break. Such protection or fire-break shall be made by clear-
ing away and removing, and at all times keeping cleared away
and removed, all flammable vegetation or growth or other com-
bustible material. In the case of steel or metal poles or
towers, such protection or fire-breaks shall extend in all
directions for a distance of not less than thirty 30) feet,
measured horizontally, from directly beneath the point of sus-
pension of the exterior insulators and in no event shall it
extend less than fifteen 15) feet from the base of any such
steel or metal pole or tower.
In case of wooden poles, such fire-break shall extend
in all directions for a distance of not less than fifteen 15)
feet, measured horizontally, from directly beneath the point
of suspension of the exterior insulators.
In the event that such fire-break, or any part thereof,
is located on a slope in excess of three 3) feet vertically,
to one 1) foot horizontally, a trench, dyke or other barrier
adequate to prevent the escape from the fire-break of any
metal which may be dropped from such pole or tower, shall be
constructed at the lower side of such fire-break, subject to
approval by the County Forester and Fire Warden.
3) Support Clearance-Low Tension: Between the first
day of May and the 15th day of December, inclusive, of each
year, any person owning, controlling, operating or maintaining
any low tension line within any portion of the City of Baldwin
Park shall, at all times, maintain around and adjacent to any
pole supporting such low tension line an effective protection
or fire-break, consisting of a clearing of not less than three
3) feet in each direction from the outer circumference of such
pole. In all cases where such pole or poles support a trans-
former of any size such clearing shall extend for a distance
of not less than six 6) feet in all directions from the outer
circumference of any such pole or poles; provided, however,
that this provision shall not be deemed to apply to lines
used exclusively as telephone, telegraph, telephone or tele-
graph messenger call, fire or police alarm lines or other
lines classed as communication Class C) circuits by general
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !Ib order 64-A of the Public Utilities Commission of the State
of California.
4) Line Clearance-High Tension: Any person owning,
controlling, operating or maintaining any high tension line
within the City of Baldwin Park lying within the boundaries
of any district hereinafter in this Ordinance defined, shall
maintain a clearance of the respective distances hereinafter
in this Section specified in all directions between all vege-
tation and all conductors carrying electrical current:
For lines operating at 34,000 volts and less than
68,000 volts, four 4) feet;
For lines operating at 68,000 volts and less than
110,000 volts, six 6) feet;
feet, For lines operating at 110,000 volts and over, ten 10)
In any case, such distance shall be sufficiently great
to furnish the required clearance from the particular wire or
conductor at any position of such wire or conductor at any
temperature of 120 degrees Fahrenheit or less.
In the event that the conductors of such high tension
lines are or may be twenty-five 25) feet or less from the
ground, measured at a temperature of one hundred and twenty
120) degrees Fahrenheit or less, an effective protection or
fire-break as described in subsection 2 of Section 3100.1319
of this Ordinance shall be maintained for a distance of not
less than ten 10) feet, measured horizontally, from directly
beneath any such portion of such conductor.
6) Exception. Nothing contained in this subsection
shall be construed to require any person to maintain any clear-
ing, fire-break, trench, dyke, or barrier, on land where such
person does not have the legal right to maintain such clearing,
fire-break, trench, dyke or barrier, nor shall any provision
of this Ordinance be construed to require any person to enter
upon or to damage property of another without the consent of
the owner thereof.
3100.1320. Chimneys. Each chimney used in conjunction
with any fireplace, or any heating appliance in which solid
or liquid fuel is used, upon any cabin, house, hotel, build-
ing, or structure located within two hundred 200) feet of any
mountainous, brush, or forest-covered land, or land covered
with flammable material, shall be maintained with a spark ar-
rester as required for incinerators in Section 3100.1317.
3100.1321. Hazardous Warning Lights. It shall be un-
lawful to maintain any torch or lantern utilizing an open
flame along any excavation, road, or any place where the dis-
lodgement of such torch or lantern might permit same to roll,
fall, or slide on to any forest or brush covered land, or any
land containing flammable material, unless such torch or lan-
tern is suitably anchored or weighted to prevent overturning.
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !Jb Part 14 HEATING APPLIANCES
3100.1401. Guards. No heating appliances shall be
maintained in any building, except dwellings, the combus-
tion chamber of which is not adequately guarded to prevent
contact of any material with the flame. Flame in any such
heating appliance shall be so permanently regulated, or
guards shall be so arranged, as to prevent injury to person,
No open fire shall be maintained in any fireplace in
any institutional building, Divisions 1 and 3, in which
children or nervous or mental type.patients are housed or
have access to unless the opening of such fireplace is
guarded by a suitable screen, or equivalent, to confine
sparks and embers within the combustion chamber thereof,
which guard shall remain locked in place except when removal
is essential for maintenance of such fire.
3100.1402. Shut-off Valve. In institutional buildings,
Division 1, where mental or nervous type patients have access
to such appliances, operation of any shut-off valve shall be
by insertion of key or similar device.
3100.1403. Connections, In all buildings accessible
to the public, places of public assemblage, or service sta-
tions, gas appliances shall be permanently connected with
solid pipe or tubing, and no flexible tubing or hose in which
rubber or other combustible material is used in the fabrica-
tion thereof or on which rubber tips or connections are used
shall be permitted.
3100,1404. Flue. No heating appliance shall be con-
nected to, or be maintained in connection with, any flue un-
less such flue is constructed in accordance with the provisions
of the City Building Ordinance for such purpose; provided, how-
ever, that nothing in this section shall prohibit the mainten-
ance of such heating appliance in connection with any flue
built prior to the adoption of the City Building Ordinance and
which substantially complies therewith.
3100.1405, Vents, In institutional buildings, Division
1 and 3, and places of public assemblage, separate vents in
accordance with the provisions of the City Building Ordinance
for new construction, shall be maintained for each automatic
gas water heater, or other automatic gas appliance, provided,
however, that more than one 1) such appliance may be con-
nected to the same vent, or any such appliance and any non-
automatic gas appliance may be connected to the same vent,
provided an approved automatic gas safety pilot or safety
shut-off device is maintained on each automatic gas appliance
to shut off the main gas supply thereto in the event any pilot
light attached is extinguished.
3100,1406. Insulation. Heating appliances shall be
maintained a sufficient distance from any combustible material,
or insulating material shall be provided, so that such
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !Kb combustible material adjacent to such heating appliances
shall not be heated to a temperature in excess of one
hundred and twenty-five 125) degrees Fahrenheit when ap-
pliances are regulated to develop their maximum capacity.
No gas plate shall be installed on any support of
combustible material unless such combustible material is
protected with sufficient insulating material.
Wherever asbestos is used as insulation, to protect
combustible material near any heating appliance, such as-
bestos shall be protected by a metal covering or shield.
3100.140?. Hazardous Appliances. Heating or light-
ing appliances using flammable liquids or any liquid product
of petroleum shall be of an approved type.
It shall be unlawful to use any heating or lighting
appliance utilizing Class 1 flammable liquids as fuel in
any place of public assemblage or institutional buildings.
Part 15 ELECTRICAL WIRING
3100.1501. Hazardous Location. It shall be unlawful
to maintain any electrical wiring, appliance, apparatus, or
device in any hazardous location unless of a type or instal-
lation which is in accordance with the provisions of the City
Electrical Ordinance for new construction.
3100.1502. Fire Hazard. It shall be the duty of the
County Fire Warden to order the elimination of any wiring
condition or installation which by its maintenance consti-
tutes a fire hazard and he shall enforce such provisions of
the City Electrical Ordinance to accomplish this purpose.
3100.1503. Overload. It shall be unlawful to overload
any electrical circuit beyond its carrying capacity.
3100.1504. Bridges. It shall be unlawful to substi-
tute for any fuse or other safety device any coin, wire, or
other material; or to bridge, injure, or in any way impair
the effectiveness of any fuse or other safety device designed
for the prevention of fire.
Part 16 GENERAL FIRE PREVENTION REGULATIONS
3100.1601. Flammable or Combustible Decorations. It
shall be unlawful to maintain highly flammable or combustible
decorations within eight 8) feet of the floor or ground in
any building, structure, or any place, accessible to the pub-
lic or where a number of persons congregate; unless such dec-
orations are treated with a fire retardant solution to with-
stand a test satisfactory to the County Fire Warden; and pro-
vided, further, that such decorations maintained at a greater
height than eight 8) feet from the floor or ground in any
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !Lb such building, structure, or place, shall not be in quanti-
ties sufficient to constitute a fire hazard unless similarly
treated. Provided, further, that nothing in this section
shall be deemed to prohibit the maintenance of any such deco-
rations in any dwelling, private garage, shed, or barn, not
accessible to the public.
3100.1602. Storage of Combustible Containers. On any
lot or premises or in any building or structure, except build-
ings or structures constructed in accordance with the require-
ments of the City Building Ordinance for Group F occupancy, it
shall be unlawful to store or permit to be stored any empty
boxes, barrels, crates, or containers constructed of cardboard,
wood, or other combustible material unless maintained free
from paper, excelsior, rubbish, or other highly flammable mate-
rial. Storage outside of buildings or structures shall be in
accordance with the following table:
TABLE No. 10.
DISTANCE FROM FRAME OR METAL STRUC- HEIGHT OF
TUBES OR UNPROTECTED OPENINGS IN STACK OR
MASONRY OR CONCRETE STRUCTURES PILE
None shall be placed less than 6
feet distant
More than 6 feet but less than 10 feet 6 feet
10 feet or more clear space 12 feet
Barrels of water and pails, or other adequate fire ex-
tinguishment equipment, shall be provided.
3100.1603. Flammable or Explosive Dust. It shall be
unlawful to operate or maintain, or permit to be operated or
maintained, any mill, factory, manufacturing plant, pulveriz-
ing plant, or premises in which flammable or explosive dust is
created or produced, unless suitable ventilation or system is
maintained to prevent an accumulation or suspension in the air
of any such dust in quantities constituting an explosion or
fire hazard.
Regulations for electrical wiring in such establishments
or premises are in Part 15 of this Code.
Suitable grounding device shall be provided on all machin-
ery used in connection with any pulverizing process creating
any such flammable or explosive dust, or located in an atmos-
phere of such dust.
It shall be unlawful to maintain any open flame or spark
emitting device in any location where flammable or explosive
dust is apt to exist.
3100.1603a. Spray Booth. No person shall spray with
any liquid, paint, or substances having a flash point of less
than one hundred 100) degrees Fahrenheit unless such spraying
is done in a well ventilated booth constructed and maintained
in accordance with the Regulations of The National Board of
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !Mb Fire Underwriters for Paint Spraying and Spray Booths, dated
November 15, 1937."
3100.1604. Roofing Asphalt Kettle. It shall be unlaw-
ful to transport or permit to be transported any roofing as-
phalt kettle beneath which is maintained any open fire, heated
coals, or ashes, over any highway, road, or street unless such
fire or heated coals or ashes are confined within a combus-
tion chamber which is totally enclosed, or designed to prevent
the escape of sparks or such heated coals or ashes therefrom.
3100.1605. Toy Balloons. It shall be unlawful to in-
flate, or permit to be inflated, any rubber or fabric toy bal-
loon with flammable gas, or to sell or offer for sale any such
balloon so inflated; or to liberate any balloon having an open
flame generator over, or so it may drift over, any mountain-
ous, brush, or forest covered land, or land covered with any
flammable material.
3100.1606. Combustible Rubbish. 1. No person shall
place or maintain, or cause or permit to be placed or main-
tained, on any premises any rubbish, paper, shavings, boxes,
or waste products of petroleum, or combustible or flammable
material, which constitute a fire menace.
2. No person shall establish or maintain, or permit the
establishment or maintenance of any dump for combustible rub-
bish on land containing any peat deposit.
3100.1607. Hay-Straw-Weeds. It shall be unlawful to
store or keep any dry hay, straw, grass, or weeds on any lot
or premises when the storage of same constitutes a fire hazard
to adjacent buildings or structures; provided, however, that
nothing in this section shall prohibit such storage in or near
any barn or shed designed for the purpose of storing such mate-
rial when such barn or shed is so located as not to expose
structures on adjacent property.
It shall be unlawful to store or maintain any dry stand-
ing, loose cut, stacked, or baled hay or grain unless the same
is isolated from adjacent roadways, stubble, or other flam-
mable growth by a cleared fire-break of not less than ten 10)
feet.
3100.1608. Lighted Candles. It shall be unlawful to
place or maintain, or to permit to be placed or maintained,
any lighted candle on any tree or shrub.
It shall be unlawful to use or maintain any lighted can-
dle in any building or place in such manner as to create a
fire or life hazard.
3100.1609. Compressed Gas. It shall be unlawful to lo-
cate any container utilized for the storage of compressed gas
of a flammable nature in conjunction with the operation of
any cooking or domestic heating appliance within a distance of
five 5) feet of any frame structure, or of any opening in any
building. Provided, however, that nothing in this section
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !Nb shall prohibit the installation of such container within
any ventilated metal shelter on exterior of any building,
or in any room in which no heating appliance is maintained
when such room is of one 1) hour fire resistive construc-
tion and isolated from the remainder of the building by
tight partitions.
3100.1610. Storage of Nitro-cellulose Type Film or
Similar Material: 1. It shall be unlawful for any person
to store, or permit to be stored, any film, biscolloid,
celluloid, custilloid, fibreloid, nitro-cellulose, pyralin,
or products thereof except as hereinafter provided. Amounts
shown in tables indicate maximum storage permitted.
The following regulations pertaining to storage of
S film shall apply to nitro-cellulose type film only, and no-
thing in this section shall apply to the storage of acetate,
of safety type film.
TABLE No. 11.
STORAGE OF SHEET BISCOLLOID, CELLULOID,
CUSTILOID, FIBRELOID, NITRO-CELLULOSE,
OR PYRA LIN.
No Container Vented Fire Outside
or Original Sprinklered Resistive Fire
OCCUPANCY Packing Metal SprinkleredResistive
Containers Cabinet Vault Building
MERCANTILE
ESTABLISHMENTS
Room without
sprinklers 100 Lbs. 1000 Lbs. 5000 Lbs. Unlimited
Room with
sprinklers 1000 Lbs. 2500 Lbs. 5000 Lbs. Unlimited
MANUFACTURING
PLANTS
Room without
sprinklers 1000 Lbs. 5000 Lbs. Unlimited Unlimited
Room with
sprinklers 5000 Lbs. Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !Ob
TABLE No, 12,
STORAGE OF NITRO-CELLULOSE FILM
Orig, Cont, Vented Fire Outside
*I,C,C, Cont. Sprinklered Resistive Fire
OCCUPANCY No Cont, Metal Sprinklered Resistive
Envelopes Cabinet Vault Building
Un-Ex- Ex- Un-Ex- Ex- Un-Ex- Ex- Un-Ex- Ex-
posed posed posed posed posed posed posed posed
INSTITUTIONS:
Hospitals 10 Lbs
Sanitariums wood 500 Un- Un- Un- Un- Un-
Sanatoriums None metal Lbs, lmtd. lmtd, lmtd, lmtd, lmtd,
Drs. Offices cabi-
%-Ray Labs net
COMMERCIAL
STUDIOS AND 10 Lbs
RETAIL STORES: wood
*ICC or Orig. 750 metal Un- 1100 Un- Un- Un- Un-
Container room Lbs. cabi- lmtd. Lbs. lmtd, lmtd. lmtd. lmtd,
without sprinklers net
*ICC or Orig. 10 Lbs
Container room Un- wood Un- 2100 Un- Un- Un- Un-
with sprinklers lmtd. metal lmtd. Lbs, lmtd. lmtd. lmtd. lmtd,
cabinet
*Not ICC nor 10 Lbs
Orig, Cont. room None wood Un- 500 Un- Un- Un- Un-
without sprinklers metal lmtd. Lbs, lmtd, lmtd. lmtd, lmtd,
cabinet
*Not ICC nor 10 Lbs
Orig. Cont, room 750 wood Un- 1500 Un- Un- Un- Un-
with sprinklers Lbs. metal lmtd. Lbs. lmtd. lmtd, lmtd, lmtd.
cabinet
WAREHOUSES AND
WHLSE STORES
General Storage:
*ICC or Orig, 750 100 Un- 1100 Un- Un- Un- Un-
Container room Lbs. Lbs. lmtd, Lbs. lmtd, lmtd, lmtd, lmtd,
without sprinklers
*ICC or Orig.
Container room Un- 500 Un- 2100 Un- Un- Un- Un-
with sprinklers lmtd. Lbs, lmtd, Lbs, lmtd. lmtd. lmtd, lmtd,
*Not ICC nor
Orig,Cont,room None None None 500 Un- Un- Un- Un-
without sprinklers Lbs, lmtd. lmtd, lmtd, lmtd,
*Not ICC nor
Orig.Cont, room None 100 None 1500 Un- Un- Un- Un-
with sprinklers Lbs. Lbs, lmtd, lmtd. lmtd, lmtd.
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !Pb
TABLE No. 12, Continued
STORAGE OF NITRO-CELLULOSE FILM
Orig. Cont. Vented Fire Outside
*I.C.C. Cont. Sprinklered Resistive Fire
OCCUPANCY No Cont. Metal Sprinklered Resistive
Envelopes Cabinet Vault Building
Un-Ex- Ex- Un-Ex- Ex- Un-Ex- Ex- Un-Ex- Ex-
posed posed posed posed posed posed
posed posed
WAREHOUSES AND
WHLSE STORRS, Cont.
Film Storage Only:
*ICC or Orig.
Container room Un- 1000 Un- Un- Un- Un- Un- Un-
with sprinklers lmtd. Lbs. lmtd. lmtd. lmtd. lmtd. lmtd. lmtd.
*Not ICC nor
Orig. Cont. room Un- 500 None Un- Un- Un- Un- Un-
with sprinklers lmtd. Lbs. lmtd. lmtd. lmtd. lmtd. lmtd.
* I.C.C. refers to Interstate Commerce Commission.
TABLE No. 13.
STORAGE OF PRODUCTS OF BISCOLLOID, CELLULOID,
CUSTILLOID, FIBRELOID, NITRO-CELLULOSE, OR
PYRALI N
No Container Vented Fire Outside
OCCUPANCY or Original Sprinklered Resistive Fire
Packing Metal Sprinklered Resistive
Containers Cabinet Vault Building
MERCANTILE
E$TABLISHMENTS:
Room without sprinklers 500 Lbs. 1000 Lbs. Unlimited Unlimited
Room with sprinklers 1000 Lbs. 2500 Lbs. Unlimited Unlimited
MANUFACTURING PLANTS:
Room without sprinklers 1000 Lbs. 5000 Lbs. Unlimited Unlimited
Room with sprinklers 5000 Lbs. Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
2. Weight of Film: Sheet film when stored in manila
envelopes shall be deemed to weigh twenty 20) pounds per cubic
foot, and when not stored within manila envelopes shall be
deemed to weigh sixty 60) pounds per cubic foot. One thou-
sand 1000) linear feet of thirty-five 35) millimeter motion
picture film shall be deemed to weigh five 5) pounds.
3. Vented sprinklered metal cabinets, fire resistive
sprinklered vaults, outside fire resistive buildings, or sprink-
ler systems referred to in Table Nos, 11, 12, 13 shall be in-
stalled, or maintained in accordance with the City Building Ord-
inance.
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !Qb 4. In addition to requirements in Tables Nos. 11, 12,
13, thirty-five 35) millimeter motion picture film shall be
stored within metal containers approved by the National Board
of Fire Underwriters, or in original shipping containers, when
not in actual use.
5. It shall be unlawful to utilize any cabinet, vault,
room, or portion of any building for storage unless the elec-
trical wiring therein is maintained in accordance with Part 15
of this Code.
6. Storage of foreign materials in cabinets, vaults,
or outside fire resistive buildings in conjunction with stor-
age of materials specified in this Part is prohibited.
7. All scrap or waste material shall be kept in self-
closing metal waste cans or equivalent.
8. Heating-Open Flame. It shall be unlawful to util-
ize any open flame or electrical heating appliance in any room,
vault, or any portion of any establishment utilized for stor-
age or handling. Artificial heating in any such location shall
be by low pressure steam not exceeding fifteen 15) pounds per
square inch, hot water, or by other indirect heating system
which is properly isolated by tight partitions.
9. Smoking. Every storage vault, outside storage room,
manufacturing establishment, workroom or similar room shall be
provided with signs reading, NO SMOKING", having letters not
less than three 3) inches in height, and not less than three-
quarter 3/4) inch stroke.
It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke any tobacco
in any form in any such location.
3100.1611. Fumigation of Buildings: Definition: For the
purpose of this Code the word, FUMIGANT" shall mean and include
any substance which by itself or in combination with any other
substance emits or liberates a gas, fume, or vapor used for the
destruction or control of insects, fungi, vermin, germs, ro-
dents, or other pests, and shall not include insecticides and
disinfectants which are essentially effective in the solid or
liquid form.
It shall be unlawful to use any fumigant inside of any
building or structure except as hereinafter provided.
Except where fumigation is carried on in approved vaults,
any person intending to use a fumigant inside of any building
or structure shall, prior to such use, notify the County Fire
warden and shall state the duration, of such fumigation.
Unless buildings, structures or portions thereof, in
which such fumigation takes place are adequately locked and
guarded by a watchman, the doors thereof shall be placarded
with warning signs bearing the words:
DANGER
FUMIGATED WITH
Crossbones Crossbones
and State name of Chemical or Gas) and
skull skull
DEADLY POISON---------------HIGHLY TOXIC
All Persons are warned to Keep Away
Name of Fumigator
Address
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !Rb Such signs shall be printed in red ink on white card-
board, letters in the headlines to be at least two 2) inches
in height. At night such signs shall be illuminated so as to
make the reading matter thereon plainly legible.
3100.1612. Cypress Hedges. No person shall grow or
permit the growth of any hedge of the species Monterey Cypress
Cupressus Macrocarpa), Arizone Cypress Cupressus Arizonica),
Portugese Cypress Cupressus Lusitanica), Forbes Cypress Cu-
pressus Forbesii), Gowen Cypress Cupressus Goveniana), McNab
Cypress Cupressus Machabiana), and Piute Cypress Cupressus
Nevadensis), or any of the following Genera: Cupressus, Cy-
press), Thuya Arbor Vitea), Juniperus Junipers), Chamaecy-
paris Lawson Cypresses and Retinosporas), Libocedrus incense
Cedars), Tetraclinis Sandarac Trees), Myrtus Myrtles), or
any species or variety of the family Graminae Grasses, Bam-
boos, Reeds, Canes, etc.), to a height in excess of that set
forth in the following table when the distance from buildings
is less than indicated in such table for unlimited height.
TABLE No. 13a.
Distance From Building Allowable Height
Less than 10 feet from any building 6 feet
More than 10 feet to 15 feet 7 feet
More than 15 feet to 25 feet 8 feet
More than 25 feet Unlimited
3100.1613. No Smoking" Signs. There hazardous occu-
pancies, processes, or operations exist there shall be posted
signs bearing the words, No Smoking" in letters not less than
four 4) inches in height. Such signs shall be conspicuously
displayed.
Part 17 FIRE EXTINGUISHMENT EQUIPMENT
3100.1701. Minimum approved fire extinguishment equip-
ment shall be provided and maintained in accordance with the
following regulations: Extinguishers of an equivalent type may
be utilized in lieu of those set forth when such type and use
is approved.
3100.1702. Oil Derricks:
On every drilling or producing Not less than two 2) 22 gal-
oil or gas well on which men are lon foam type extinguishers,
working: or the equivalent thereof.
There shall be available to any lease pumper or maintenance man
engaged in servicing operations on the apparatus in connection
with any producing oil well not less than two 2) 22 gallon
foam type, or equivalent, extinguishers, within a distance of
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !Sb one hundred 100) feet or less of such well.
3100.1703. Distributing A sufficient number of 22 gal-
Plants for Flammable lon foam type fire extinguishers
Liquids: or equivalent shall be main-
tained so that the greatest dis-
tance of travel to any such fire
extinguisher shall not exceed
fifty 50) feet from any build-
ing or structure within the
plant, provided, however, that
the plant shall have not less
than two 2) such fire extin-
guishers.
3100.1704. Refineries: A system of exterior standpipes
On the premises of with either two and one-half
every refinery: 22) inch or one and one-half
12) inch fire department hose
connections, connected to a
water supply capable of fur-
nishing not less than one hun-
dred and fifty 150) gallons per
minute for a period of not less
than four 4) hours, and at a
pressure not less than one hun-
dred and twenty-five 125)
pounds per square inch, through
sufficient Underwriters* ap-
proved hose of not less than one
and one-half 12) inch diameter,
with approved nozzles, to prop-
erly protect all buildings, ap-
paratus, and equipment, and
available approved foam equip-
ment with a supply of powder
or liquid, in addition to that
which may be required for tanks
as set forth in Section 3100.1710,
capable of producing not less
than five thousand 5000) gal-
lons of foam. The maximum
amount required shall not ex-
ceed fifteen thousand 15,000)
gallons of foam. Test for 150
gallons per minute: Streams
through 7/16 inch and 2 inch
tips, at 125 pounds Pitot.) See
Section 3100.1710 for require-
ments for oil tank protection.
Provided, however, that where
adequate water supply is acces-
sible in refineries located with-
in Los Angeles County Fire Pro-
tection Districts such standpipe
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !Tb system need not be connected
to such water supply in the
event that fire department
pumper connections are in-
stalled to permit the connec-
tions of fire department pump-
ing apparatus with such water
supply and standpipe system.
Standpipes shall be located
to adequately protect all tanks,
buildings, structures, and ap-
paratus, as designated by the
County Fire Warden.
3100.1705. Tank Truck, One 1) 1 quart size carbon
Tank Semi-Trailer, any self- tetrachloride type, or equiva-
propelled motor vehicle used lent, extinguisher.
for the transportation of Li-
quefied Petroleum Gases, or
any Tank Trailer, or Trailer
used for such purpose and
which.is drawn by a Motor Ve-
hicle other than one used for
the transportation of either
Flammable Liquids or Ligue-
fied Petroleum Gases.'
3100.1706. Garages: One 1) 1 quart carbon tetra-
1000 Sq. Ft. or less: chloride type extinguisher, or
equivalent.
More than 1000 Sq. Ft., but Two 2) 1 quart carbon tetra-
not more than 2500 Sq. Ft. chloride type extinguishers, or
equivalent.
For each 5000 Sq. Ft. in ex- Additional:
cess of the first 2500 Sq. One 1) 22 gallon foam type
Ft. extinguisher, or equivalent.
3100.1707. Portable One 1) 1 quart carbon tetra-
Tank or Buggy: chloride type extinguisher, or
equivalent.
3100.1708. Service
Stations or wherever Pumps or
Dispensing Devices are in-
stalled for Class 1 Liquids:
4 or less-Pumps or Dis- One 1) 1 quart carbon tetra-
pensing Devices chloride type extinguisher, or
equivalent. I
5 to 9 Pumps or Dis- Additional:
pensing Devices One 1) 1 quart carbon tetra-
chloride type extinguisher, or
equivalent.
10 or more Pumps or Dis- Additional:
pensing Devices One 1) 22 gallon foam type
extinguisher, or equivalent.
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !Ub 3100,1709, Place of
Public Assemblage:
Group A. Division 1 and 2: In Two 2) 22 gallon soda and
main floor foyer and in foyer acid type extinguishers, or
connected with any balcony, or equivalent.
in main floor foyer and any bal-
cony when there is no foyer con-
nected therewith:
On each side of stage, fly One 1) 22 gallon soda and
galleries, property or store acid type extinguisher or
room, workshop, and beneath equivalent.
stage:
On each side of stage: One 1) axe.
On stage near electrical One 1,) 1 quart carbon tetra-
switchboard: chloride type extinguisher or
equivalent.
One 1) 10 foot hook.
Exception: Provided that axes and hooks need not be provided
on stages less than ten 10) feet in depth used exclusively for
sound horn equipment.
In Motion Picture Projec-
tion Booth: Two 2) 1 quart carbon tetra-
chloride type extinguishers or
equivalent.
Group B. Division 1: On each One 1) 22 gallon soda and
side of stage and in foyer: acid type extinguisher, or
equivalent.
In Motion Picture Projec- Two 2) 1 quart carbon tetra-
tion Booth: chloride type extinguishers or
equivalent.
Group A. Div. 3. Group B. Div.
2, Group C., exceedinx 500 so
ft., in superficial floor area
in any one room:
Exceeding 500 square feet to One 1) 22 gallon soda and
1000 square feet as superficial acid type extinguisher or equiv-
floor space: alent.
For each additional 2000 sq. Additional:
ft., of superficial floor space: One 1) 22 gallon soda and
acid type extinguisher, or
equivalent.
In Motion Picture Projec- Two 2) 1 quart carbon tetra-
tion Booth: chloride type extinguishers, or
Exception: equivalent.
Provided, that in places of Public Assemblage where the super-
ficial floor space in any one room is in excess of 50,000 square
feet, one 1) soda and acid type extinguisher or equivalent shall
be provided for each 3000 square feet of superficial floor space.
3100.1710. Institutions: Divisions 1 and 3 and School
Dormitories: Extinguishers and where necessary to provide rea-
sonable fire safely one and one-half 12) inch standpipes with
hose attached, shall be provided and located to provide adequate
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !Vb protection. At least one 1) two and one-half 2j) gallon
soda and acid or equivalent type extinguisher shall be pro-
vided in each main hallway or corridor, not more than seventy-
five 75) feet apart.
Division 2: In each main hallway or corridor not more
than seventy-five 75) feet apart or where apartments or rooms
are not served by a main hallway or corridor:
One 1) two and one-half 2j) gallon soda and acid or
equivalent type extinguisher for each seventy-five hundred
7500) square feet of floor area. Such extinguishers shall be
placed on the ground level where accessible to all apartments
or rooms not served by main hallways or corridors.
3100.1711. Tanks:
Foam fire Protection for tanks Definition: Wherever referred
in which Petroleum or its liq- to in this paragraph the word
uid By-Products are stored: OIL" shall mean petroleum or
its liquid by-products, and
the provisions of this section
shall apply only to tanks in
which such oil is stored.
1. Where Foam is Required. Except where all tanks in
any plant or on any premises are used exclusively for the stor-
age or handling of oil having a flash point of more than one
hundred and seventy-five 175) degrees Fahrenheit, foam fire
protection shall be provided for any tank having a cross-sectional
area exceeding thirteen hundred 1300) square feet, or any group
of tanks spaced less than fifty 50) feet apart shell to shell
having a combined cross-sectional area exceeding thirteen hun-
dred 1300) square feet. Where foam protection is required for
any tank or tanks in any group of tanks used for the storage of
more than one product, if in the opinion of the County Fire
Warden it is deemed necessary, the largest tank or tanks in such
group shall be considered as storing the product requiring the
greatest amount of foam protection and such protection shall be
provided. Provided, however, that foam protection shall not be
required for tanks fitted with pontoon type floating roofs, hori-
zontal cylindrical tanks, and spheroidal tanks, other than such
foam protection as must be provided for ground fires as herein-
after set forth.
Wherever foam protection is required by this Section,
suitable foam equipment shall be maintained on the premises where
any such tank or tanks requiring such protection are located by
the person owning or controlling such tanks, or suitable arrange-
ments for delivery of such foam protection equipment within a
period of six 6) hours must be made by such person. Ability of
such person to deliver such foam protection equipment shall be
demonstrated to the satisfaction of and at the request of the
County Fire Warden.
2. Foam Application. Approved equipment shall be pro-
vided for applying foam. Equipment for the application of foam
in tanks shall be either fixed or portable applicators. Pro-
vided that tanks not accessible for the erection of portable ap-
plicators for at least three-quarters 3/4) of their perimeter
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !Wb shall be provided with fixed applicators.
The falling of foam a distance of more than four 4)
feet to the oil surface will be considered to cause undue agi-
tation of the oil surface. Deflection of foam against the tank
shell shall not be approved as preventing free fall.
Types of foam applicators approved for use are as follows:
1) Portable or fixed applicators which under severe service
conditions will deliver foam on the surface of burning oil with-
out undue submergence of foam or agitation of the surface of
the oil.
2) Fixed applicators delivering foam on surface of burning
oil with undue submergence of foam or agitation of the surface
of the oil.
3) Portable applicators delivering foam on the surface of the
burning oil with undue submergence of foam or agitation of the
surface of the oil but capable of being raised into place with
the minimum available man power and capable of discharging foam
into the tallest of the tanks to be protected.
4) Hose stream application when used as sole protection for
tanks shall be limited to horizontal cylindrical tanks, and to
vertical tanks not more than twenty 20) feet in diameter and
not more than thirty 30) feet in height.
3. Number of Foam Applicators Required. Tanks having a
diameter of less than sixty-five 65) feet shall be provided
with not less than one 1) applicator.
Tanks having a diameter of more than sixty-five 65) feet,
to and including those of a diameter of one hundred and seventeen
117) feet and six 6) inches, shall be provided with not less
than two 2) applicators.
Tanks of a diameter more than one hundred and seventeen
117) feet and six 6) inches shall be provided with not less
than three 3) applicators, except that upon approval of the
County Fire Warden when type one 1) applicators are provided
only two 2) shall be required.
Fixed applicators shall be securely attached to the tank
shell, and where practicable to the top angle, so located and
connected as to preclude the possibility of tank contents over-
flowing into pipe lines or the possibility of discharging foam
below the oil surface. They shall be securely attached so that
the blowing-off of the roof, resulting from explosion, is not
likely to subject them to serious injury.
Foam applicators shall be of a type, size, and number,
and be designed in such a manner as to deliver foam on the burn-
ing oil surface at the rate of flow required in Paragraph 4.
4. Rate of Foam Flow. Whey Type 1) applicators are
used, means shall be available for applying foam to the oil sur-
face of the largest tank or group of tanks to be protected at a
rate of at least one 1) gallon of foam per minute for each
three 3) square feet of oil surface. When other type applicators
are used, means shall be available for applying foam to the oil
surface of the largest tank protected at a rate of at least one
1) gallon of foam per minute for each one and one-quarter 11)
square feet of oil surface. Provided, however, that means shall
be available for delivering at least five hundred 500) gallons
of foam per minute in any case where foam protection is required.
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !Xb 5. Piping. Piping systems for foam solution, and
water,shall be of such size and design as to permit the foam
applicator equipment to meet the requirements for discharge.
Frictional loss in pipes and fittings carrying foam solutions,
and water, shall be determined by Hazen and Williams! formula,
using a value of C 100.
HAZEN AND WILLIAYS* FORMULA
0.63 0.54 0.04
V C R
V Velocity in feet per second
C Coefficient of smoothness
R Hydraulic radius
S Slope of line
Suitable bends or swing joints shall be installed at
the base of tank risers to take care of shock, expansion, or
curling of tank shell.
All tank riser fittings shall be of malleable iron or
steel.
Pumps used in conjunction with foam protection equip-
ment shall. not be used for moving oil.
Foam piping, or foam lines combining piping and hose,
shall not exceed the lengths indicated in the following table:
TABLE No. 14.
Foam Discharge Foam Pipe Foam Pipe Lines in Combination
from Generator, Lines Alone with Foam Hose Lines
G.P.M. Min. Min. Min. Max.
Pipe Max. Pipe Max. Diam. Lgth of
Size Lath, Side Ly-th. Hope $ose
Up to 300 2 in. 150 ft.2 in. 100 ft 1i in. 50 ft.
Over 300 to 1000 3 in. 200 ft 3 in. 150 ft 2J in. 50 ft.
Over 1000 to 1500 4 in. 400 ft 4 in. 350 ft 212 in. 50 ft.
6. Quantity of Foam Required. For the purpose of this
Code, the number of gallons of foam which must be provided to
protect any tank, tank farm, or group of tanks as required by
Paragraph 1 of this Section shall be upon a) the number of
square feet of cross-sectional area of the tank, if only one
is to be protected, or b) of the largest tank of any group of
tanks located fifty 50) or more feet apart, or c) the area
of the largest tank in any group of tanks spaced less than fifty
50) feet apart shell to shell having a combined cross-sectional
area exceeding thirteen hundred 1300) square feet. Provided,
however, that where tanks of both b) and c) classifications
are maintained on any premises, foam protection shall be pro-
vided on the basis of the cross-sectional area of the largest
tank.
One 1) gallon of combined foam solutions or one 1)
pound of foam powder with one 1) gallon of water shall be equiv-
alent to not more than eight 8) gallons of foam, and shall be
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !Yb maintained as to produce not less than six 6) gallons of
foam.
The amount of foam required for any tank or ground fire
protection shall be based on the following table:
TABLE No. 15.
GALLONS OF FOAM REQUIRED PER SQUARE FOOT OF
OIL SURFACE
Type of Oil Type, of Foam Applicator
1 2 3 4
a) Viscous High Flash 15 25 35 50
b) Non-Viscous High Flash 20 30 45 60
c) Low Flash Refined 25 50 60 80
d) Crude 30 50 60 80
Types of Oil:
a-Lubricating, dry residuum, and dry fuel oils of 50 Sec. Furol
viscosity at 1220F., or more and with flash point above
1750F., closed cup.
b-Kerosene, light furnace oils, diesel, and similar oils with
flash point more than 1000F., and less than 1750F.,
closed cup.
c-Gasoline, naptha, benzol, and similar oils with flash point
below 1000F., closed cup.
d All crude petroleums.
GROUND FIRE, HOSE STREAM, AND FOAM PIPING RE-
QUIREMENTS
The following minimum quantity of foam shall be available
for hose stream use on ground fires or for assistance in extin-
guishing tank fires in addition to that shown in the tabulation
for tank requirements:
Minimum Quantity Required
Total Oil Surface Area of Tanks For Hose Streams
1300 square feet to 2300 square feet 5,000 gallons
2300 square feet to 3300 square feet 10,000 gallons
Over 3300 square feet 20,000 gallons
7. Foam Water Supply. Wherever foam powder generators
are provided as part of the foam protection equipment, a system
of water hydrants shall be provided. Such hydrants shall have
fire department hose connections of a diameter of not less than
two and one-half 22) inches. Such hydrants shall be connected
to a water supply capable of furnishing the amount necessary
to develop the rate of foam flow as set forth in Paragraph 4 of
this Section, to properly protect any tank in accordance with
the provisions of Paragraph 1 of this Section, provided, however,
that in no case shall the water supply at any such hydrant be
less than one hundred 100) gallons per minute at not less than
seventy-five 75) pounds flowing pressure. Test for 100 gallons
per minute: Stream through 5/8 inch tip at 75 pounds Pitot.)
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !Zb Hydrants shall be located not less than fifty 50) feet nor
morethan two hundred and fifty 250) feet from any tank to be
protected, unless other adequate provisions in piping or hose
lay-out are made. Provided that where adequate water supply
is accessible on premises located within any Los Angeles County
Fire Protection District, such hydrant system need not be con-
nected to such water supply in the event that fire department
hose connections are installed to permit interconnection of fire
department pumping apparatus.
Pumps used in conjunction with water supply shall not be
used for moving oil.
The quantity of water which must be kept available for
use in conjunction with fire hydrant system shall be not less
than indicated in the following formula:
FORMULA
1. Where Foam Protection Equipment is stored on the
Premises Occupied by Tanks to be Protected:
a. Stored solution system No water required
b. Dry powder and generators-
Gals, of Foam required
by Table No. 15 Water supply required
8
2. Where Foam Protection Equipment must be Trans-
ported to Premises Occupied b Tanks to be
Protected:
Dry powder and generators
Gals. of Foam required
by Table No. 15 Plus 1 gal. of water per min-
8 ute per 25 square feet of
cross-sectional area of the
largest tank protected for
each minute required to trans-
port foam protection equip-
ment to premises water supply
required, provided, however,
that the water supply shall not
be less than 100 gals per minute.
8. Hose Required. Rubber lined, or equivalent, hose
shall be provided as part of the foam protection equipment, in
sufficient quantity to permit of discharging a foam stream on
any part of the property to be protected. Hose stored on the
premises occupied by tanks to be protected shall be suitably
mounted on reels or hose carts, or attached to hydrants in hose
houses. Provided that where premises are extensive, additional
hose houses, hose, and carrying equipment shall be provided so
that required amount of hose for auxiliary equipment need not
be transported more than one--quarter 1) mile to any part of
the premises protected,
9. Approval,; The installation of or dependence on foam
protection equipment for oil tank fire extinguishment shall be
acceptable only where it can be demonstrated to follow recognized
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì ![b accepted standards. All installations shall be well construc-
ted of suitable material and equipment.
3100.1712. Standpipe and Sprinkler Systems. Stand-
Pipe Systems. Where one and one-half 12) inch standpipe out-
lets are required in any building or structure, there shall be
maintained, attached to such outlet, one and one-half 12) inch
approved linen hose of sufficient length to reach all parts of
any such building or structure; provided, however, that the
length of hose at any one standpipe shall not exceed seventy-
five 75) feet. Each length of such hose shall be equipped
with suitable gaskets, and smooth bore nozzle the opening in
which shall not exceed one-half 2) inch. Such nozzle shall be
maintained in such condition as will deliver an undistorted, un-
broken stream. Such hose shall be maintained on suitable racks.
2. Sprinkler Systems. No person shall close the main
shut-off valve, or otherwise cut off the main supply to any
automatic sprinkler system or stand-pipe system installed in
any building or structure, or in any way impair the effective-
ness of any such system. Provided, however, that nothing in
this Code shall prohibit the closing of any such shut-off valve
essential to prevent water damage or for any necessary work on
any such system, but in either case the County Fire Warden shall
be notified either prior to or immediately after placing any
such system out of commission which will remain in such condi-
tion for a longer period of time than thirty 30) minutes.
Maintenance-Obstructions. 1) All automatic
sprinkler systems, interior wet standpipes, dry standpipes,
basement pipe inlets, fire extinguishers, and other equipment
intended for the prevention, extinguishment, or retarding of
fire shall be maintained in good condition at all times.
2) No person shall obstruct or permit to be obstructed
or impair or permit to be impaired the efficiency of any sprink-
ler or standpipe system.
3) Sprinkler valves shall be accessible at all times.
Merchandise and shelving shall be placed to maintain an open
and unobstructed space not less than twelve 12) inches below
the outlets or heads of any such sprinkler system.
4) No person shall obstruct or permit the obstruction
of any standpipe, basement, or cellar pipe, inlet or outlet;
or maintain ih any basement or cellar any shelving, partitions,
merchandise, or other object which would impair the reach of
hose streams into any or all portions of such basement or cel-
lar.
3100.1713. General. Where conditions warrant the pro-
vision of fire extinguishment equipment not specifically required
by this Part, the same shall be provided in such amount and of
such type as may be necessary.
3100.1714. Maintenance of Fire Extinguishers. A person
shall not repair, service, charge or recharge any fire extin-
guisher unless:
a) It is an extinguisher of which he has, and has the
right of possession and use for the purpose for which it is de-
signed, or
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !\b b) He is the employee acting in the course of his
employment, of a person who has, and had the right of, poses-
sion and use for the purpose for which designed, of such ex-
tinguisher, or
c) He has a valid, unrevoked permit to do so, issued
by the County Fire Warden.
3100.1715. The County Fire Warden shall not issue a
permit to repair, service, charge, or recharge fire extinguish-
ers to any person unless he finds that such person is not less
than twenty-one years of age and has adequate knowledge and ex-
perience in handling such fire extinguishers.
3100.1716. Such permit shall be issued for one 1) cal-
endar year and shall not be valid for more than one such year.
Such permit shall be renewed not later than the first 1st) day
of February of the following year upon the payment to the County
Fire Warden of the sum of five dollars $5.00). Renewal of such
permit after the above date shall require a renewal fee of seven
dollars and fifty cents $7.50). All fees collected by the
County Fire Warden shall be deposited to the credit of the gen-
eral fund.
3100.1717. Application for such permit shall be filed
with the County Fire Warden at which time applicant shall pay
to said County Fire Warden the sum of five dollars $5.00).
Such application shall be accompanied by photograph in dupli-
cate of the applicant. The likeness and size of such photo-
graph shall be approved by the County Fire Warden, but in no
case shall it be of a size less than one and one-quarter 1i)
inches square. Such sum so paid shall be deposited to the
credit of the general fund. Applications shall not be accepted
by the County Fire Warden from persons less than twenty-one
21) years of age, nor from any former permittee whose permit
has been revoked until a period of twelve 12) months has
elapsed subsequent to the date of such revocation.
3100.1718. Identification. Such permit shall be in the
form of an identification card, shall have a photograph of the
permittee securely affixed thereto, and shall indicate subse-
quent renewal date as required in Section 3100.1716. Each per-
son to whom such permit is issued shall keep his permit on his
person at all times when engaged in such work and shall upon
demand by the County Fire Warden submit such permit for inspec-
tion, and such permit shall not be transferable nor used by any
person other than the person for whom the same is issued.
3100,1719, Revocation. If within a period of ninety
90) days an inspection of solutions, gaskets, hose, nozzles
or any part of any fire extinguisher sold, serviced or charged
by any person holding any such valid permit is made by the
County Fire Warden, and it is found that any part of any such
extinguisher other than the shell thereof is in an unsatisfac-
tory condition, preventing its proper operation and contrary
to the provisions of this Code, the County Fire Warden may give
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !]b written notice to such person, who must within a period of
thirty 30) days thereafter correct the condition in viola-
tion of this Code or suffer his permit to be suspended until
such work is satisfactorily performed. In the event that un-
satisfactory work results in more than three 3) separate of-
fenses and three 3) such notices being issued by the County
Fire Warden within a period of one 1) year, the County Fire
Warden shall suspend such permit for a period of not less than
thirty 30) days or shall revoke it.
3100.1720. Sale of Defective Fire Extinguishers. No
person shall sell or trade any form, type or kind of fire ex-
tinguisher which is not approved, or which is not in proper
working order, or the contents of which do not meet the re-
quirements of this Code. Provided, however, this shall not ap-
ply to the sale or trade of fire extinguishers to any person
or firm engaged in the business of selling or handling of such
extinguishers or the sale or exchange of obsolete or damaged
equipment for junk.
3100.1721. Solutions and Parts. Solutions and parts
used in fire extinguishers shall meet the following specifica-
tions:
1) Acid. a. Sulphuric acid shall be clear, free from
sediment, and sixty-six 66) Baume. Acid which after placement
in a fire extinguisher has become diluted to less than fifty
50) Baume shall be replaced with acid of sixty-six 66) Baume.
b. The amount of sulphuric acid placed in a two and
one-half 22) gallon capacity fire extinguisher shall be four
4) fluid ounces. The amount which shall be placed in extin-
guishers of greater capacity shall be equal to the same pro-
portion.
c. Any glass container for acid shall be marked in its
manufacture indicating a four 4) ounce liquid level.
d. Stoppers of suitable material shall be maintained
in any fire extinguisher and shall be designed to close the
openings in such bottle to prevent undue dilution of such
acid contained therein and free enough to be disengaged imme-
diately upon the inversion of such fire extinguisher.
2) Bicarbonate of Soda. A. Any bicarbonate of soda
used in any fire extinguisher shall contain not more than one-
half 2) of one 1) percent sodium carbonate, not more than
one-half 2) of one 1) percent sodium chloride, and shall be
free from insoluble material, and free flowing.
b. The amount of bicarbonate of soda placed in a two
and one-half 22) gallon capacity fire extinguisher shall be
not less than one and one-half la) pounds avoirdupois. The
amount placed in any fire extinguisher of greater capacity
shall be equal to the same proportion.
c. Bicarbonate of soda shall be thoroughly mixed in
water at a temperature not in excess of 110 degrees F.
d. The bicarbonate of soda solution shall have a spe-
cific gravity of not less than 1.050 at a temperature of sixty
60) degrees F.
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !^b e, Sufficient pressure shall be generated within any
soda and acid type extinguisher to discharge the solution con-
tained a distance of not less than twenty-five 25) feet,
3) Foam Materials, a, Sodium bicarbonate solution
shall meet the requirements as set forth in subsection 2) of
this Section. After a stabilizer has been added the specific
gravity of the solution shall be not less than 1,065,
b, A saturated solution of aluminum sulphate shall be
used which has a specific gravity of not less than 1,300,
ce Expansion. When foam solution is discharged from
any foam extinguisher or when mixed for the purpose of test,
not less than six 6) times the volume of foam shall be pro-
duced by one 1) volume of solution, which during a period of
fifteen 15) minutes shall not be decreased in volume more
than thirty-five 35) percent,
d, Sufficient pressure shall be generated within any
foam extinguisher to discharge the solution therein a distance
of not less than twenty 20) feet,
4) Carbon Tetrachloride, a, Carbon tetrachloride
used in any extinguisher shall be a clean, homogeneous, mobile
liquid having a specific gravity of not less than 1,500 at 60
degrees Fe, and free from nitrobenzene water, acid, or alkali.
Tests for purity shall be conducted as outlined in circular
0-F-380, dated July 22, 1930, Federal Specification for Fire
Extinguishing Liquid; carbon tetrachloride base, of Federal
Standard Stock Catalogue Section IV, Part 5,
be Any fire extinguisher in which carbon tetrachloride
is used shall be capable of discharging such solution at a
distance of not less than fifteen 15) feet when the discharge
opening of such extinguisher is held in any position,
5) Carbon-Dioxide Cartridge, The weight of any cart-
ridge containing carbon-dioxide used in any extinguisher shall
not be less than the gross weight indicated on the exterior
thereof, provided, however, that an allowance of one 1) per-
cent of such weight shall be permitted,
6) Hose-Clamp, Any hose maintained on any extinguisher
shall be in good condition, pliable, free of leaks, and shall
be securely fastened to any such extinguisher by suitable non-
ferrous metal clamps, and shall terminate in a suitable nozzle,
7) Pressure Test, a, The County Fire Warden is hereby
empowered and may conduct a test or require the test of any fire
extinguisher to assure that it is capable of withstanding inter-
nal pressure for which it was designed,
be When requested so to do by the County Fire Warden,
no person shall refuse to submit or test any such extinguisher,
c. In the event that any such extinguisher so tested
fails to withstand such designed pressure, the County Fire
Warden shall cause a distinguishing mark to be placed thereon
and it shall be unlawful for any person to continue the use of
any such extinguisher, provided, however, that nothing in this
section shall prevent the replacement of any part of any such
extinguisher having so failed, provided that such extinguisher
when such part is so replaced will withstand such pressure,
8) Tags. Any person servicing or recharging any fire
extinguisher shall attach thereon a card indicating date when
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !_b such work is done, name, address and telephone number of such
person or firm responsible for such work.
Part 18 FIRE SUPPRESSION.
3100.1801. Interference with Fire Extineuishment.
1. Every person who, at the scene of any fire, disobeys the
lawful orders of the County Fire Warden, or offers any re-
sistance to or interference with the lawful efforts of the
County Fire Warden to extinguish any fire, or engages in any
disorderly conduct calculated to prevent the same from being
extinguished, or who forbids, prevents, or dissuades others
of this Code.
2. Damage to Fire Apparatus. No person shall ride,
drive, or propel any vehicle or conveyance, street car, loco-
motive, railway train or railway car upon, over, or across
any fire hose or chemical hose used by or in charge of the
County Fire Warden or injure or damage in any manner any such
hose or apparatus or hydrant of any kind in use by or in charge
of the County Fire Warden.
3. Hydrant Use Approval. No person shall use or oper-
ate any fire hydrant or other valve installed on any water
system intended for the use of the County Fire Warden for fire
suppression purposes and located where accessible from any
street or alley unless written approval of wrenches to be used
by such person to operate such hydrant or valve is first ob-
tained from the County Fire Warden. Before granting such ap-
proval the County Fire Warden may require that written permis-
sion first be obtained from the person supplying water to any
such water system.
3100.1802. Draftina Fire Fighters. The County Fire
Warden shall have authority to call upon able-bodied male per-
sons between the ages of sixteen 16) and fifty 50) years in
the City of Baldwin Park for assistance in putting out fires,
and any such person who refuses to obey such summons is guilty
of a violation of this Code.
3100.1803. False Alarms-Insuring Fire Alarm Equipment.
For the purpose of this section a fire alarm shall be deemed
and construed to be any act enumerated as follows:
l. The blowing, sounding, or operation of any siren;
2. The blowing, sounding, or operation of any steam,
compressed air, or other similar whistle having a changeable
or sliding pitch or tone;
3. The giving, signalling or transmission to any public
fire station or company or to any officer or employee thereof,
whether by telephone, spoken word, or otherwise, information to
the effect that there is a fire at or near the place indicated
by the person giving, signalling, or transmitting such informa-
tion.
It shall be unlawful for any person to tamper with or
maliciously injure any fire alarm equipment maintained for the
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !`b purpose of transmitting fire alarms to fire departments.
Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall
be deemed nor construed to prohibit the giving, signalling,
or transmission of any false fire alarm when the person giv-
ing, signalling, or transmitting such false fire alarm be-
lieves, and has reasonable cause to believe, that a fire does,
in fact, exist at or near the place indicated by such person,
or at or near the premises in or from which such fire alarm
was given, signalled, or transmitted.
Provided, further, that nothing in this section shall
be deemed nor construed to prohibit the blowing, sounding, or
operation of any siren installed upon any vehicle authorized
by law to be equipped with any such siren, while such vehicle
is being operated in the performance of any duty or function
for which such vehicle is intended; nor to the blowing, sound-
ing, or operation of any such siren upon any such vehicle when
such blowing, sounding, or operation thereof is incidental to
the repairing or tuning of such siren.
Provided, further, that nothing in this section shall
prohibit the sounding of any such signal essential for the
carrying on of any fire drill or fire exit drill. Whenever
possible, the County Fire Warden shall be notified in advance
when such signal will be sounded.
3100.1804. Every person who, not on official business
of the City of Baldwin Park, and without permission first se-
cured from the City of Baldwin Park, or from any person having
authority to give such permission, travels on any motorway,
fire road, or truck trail which motorway, fire road, or truck
trail is not a public highway, and is owned by the City of
Baldwin Park, or over which the City of Baldwin Park has the
right to pass, whether by easement, license, or otherwise, be-
yond a point where travel is obstructed by a gate or by a cable,
on either of which there is a lock owned by or under the con-
trol of the City of Baldwin Park, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
3100.1805. Every person who parks any vehicle on any
motorway, fire road, or truck trail described in Section 3100.
1804 of this Ordinance, or parks any vehicle so as to obstruct
the entrance thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Part 19 LEGISLATIVE.
3100.1901. PpRalty~ Any person violating any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not
to exceed Five Hundred Dollars $500.00) or by imprisonment in
the City Jail for not to exceed six 6) months or by both such
fine and imprisonment. Each separate day or any portion thereof
during which any violation of this ordinance occurs or continues
shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense and upon con-
viction therefor shall be punishable as herein provided.
ORD 014ê79wU ×P ì !ab 3100.1902. Validity. If any section, subsection, sentence,
clause, or phrase of this Code is, for any reason, held to be
unconstitutional such decision shall not affect the validity of
the remaining portions of this Code. The City Council of the
City of Baldwin Park hereby declare that it would have passed
this Code, and each section, subsection, clause, or phrase thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections,
sentences, clauses, and phrases be declared unconstitutional,
3100.1904. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
after the date of its adoption, and prior to the expiration of
fifteen days from the passage hereof shall be published or posted
in a manner required by law and the City Ordinances of the City of
Baldwin Park, together with the names of the members of the City
Council voting for and against the same.
Mayor of the City of darin Park
Attest;:
City Clerk of the
City of Baldwin Park
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) ss
CITY OF BALTJFTIN PART
I, Elmer Cook, being the duly elected and qualified Clerk of the
City of Baldwin Park, do hereby certify that at a regular meeting of
the City Council. of the City of Baldwin Park, held on the 16th day of
April, 1956, at which meeting there were present Councilmen Bloxham,
Cole, Duskin, Taylor and Littlejohn, with none absent, and the Clerk,
that the foregoing Ordinance, the title of which was read, was intro-
duced and further reading waived by unanimous vote, and that on the
21st day of Hay, 1956, the said Ordinance was then passed and adopted
as a whole by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Cole, Duskin, Littlejohn, Scovotti and Bloxham
NOES t None
ABSENT: None
City Clerk
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ORD. NO. 14
AFFIDAVIT O POSTING BY CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OP LOS ANGELES ss
CITY OF BALDWIN PARK
Elmer Cook, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That I am the duly elected and qualified City Clerk of the
City of Baldwin Park; that on the 1st day of June 195_6 I
caused to be posted in three conspicuous places a copy of Ordinance
14o. 14 as required by law and the Baldwin Park Municipal Code.
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liner Cook
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this day o t1 195
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