Ordinance No. 857
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ORDINANCE NO. 857
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF VERNON AMENDING THE CITY CODE OF THE
CITY OF VERNON, CALIFORNIA, 1959 TO REGULATE THE ERECTION, CON-
STRUCTION, ENLARGEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, MOVING, REMOVAL,
CONVERSION, DEMOLITION, OCCUPANCY, EQUIPMENT, USE, HEIGHT, AREA
AND MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES IN THE CITY OF VERNON.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND
COLLECTION OF FEES THEREFOR: DECLARING AND ESTABLISHING FIRE DIS-
TRICTS, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF, AND ADOPTIN ,
IN PART, THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, ACCUMULATIVE SUPPlEMENT, 1975
EDITION, AS PROMULGATED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF
BUILDING OFFICIALS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION l: The City Code of the City of Vernon, 1959, is
10 hereby amended by adopting a portion of the Uniform Building Code,
11 Accumulative Supplement, 1975 Edition, copyrighted 1975 by the
12 International Conference of Building Officials, 5360 Workman Mill
13 Road, Whittier, California, and inserting appropriate sections of
14 said Uniform Building Code into the City Code of the City of Ver-
15 non as referred to in the title of this Ordinance.
16 SECTION 2: Said City Code is hereby amended as follows:
17 Section l717. (a) General. Foam plastic shall comply with
18 the smoke density and toxicity requirements of Section 52050
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(b) Specific Requirements. The following requirements
20 shall apply to all uses of foam plastics in or on the walls,
21 ceilings, or both, unless specifically approvedo Such approval
22 shall be based on acceptable diversified tests such as, but not
23 limited to, tunnel tests conducted in accordance with U.B.Co
24 Standard No. 42-1, full scale corner tests and an ignition tem-
25 perature test:
10 Foam plastics having a flame spread of 75 or less
may be used in the following locations:
A. Within the cavity of a masonry or concrete
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Bo On the room side surface of conforming
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gypsum wall board or other approved material having a finish ratin
of not less than l5 minutes as determined by UoB.Co Standard No.
43-1. Thermal barriers shall be installed in a manner that will
assure they will remain in place for 15 minutes.
C. Within the wall cavity of combustible
nonfire-resistive wall construction provided the protection is
applied as described in Item B.
D. Within the cavity of walls classified as
combustible fire-resistive construction provided fire tests are
conducted in accordance with U.BoC. Standard No. 43-l and the pro-
tection from the interior of the building is at least equivalent
to that required in Item Bo
20 Foam plastics insulation having a flame spread of
75 or less when tested in a thickness of 4 inches may be used in
thicknesses up to lO inches for use in cold storage rooms, food
processing rooms, ice plants and similar rooms when the room is
protected with automatic sprinklers and the insulation is covere
with 1/2inch portland cement, plaster or other approved material
having a finish rating of not less than 15 minutes as determined
by U.B.C. Standard No. 43-lo Thermal barriers shall be installe
in a manner that will assure they remain in place for 15 minutes.
30 Foam plastics insulation on walls having a flame
spread of 25 or less may be used in a thickness of not more than
4 inches in or on walls when the foam plastic is covered by a
thickness of not less than 00032 inch aluminum or 26 gauge
galvanized sheet steel and the insulated area is protected with
automatic sprinklers. Such walls shall not be used where noncom
bustible or fire-resistive construction is required.
4. Foam plastics may be used as a roof covering if
the foam plastic is a part of a Class A,B~ or C roofing assembly.
S. Agricultural buildings in Fire Zone Noo 3, used
exclusively for the storage of farm produce or for housing of
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2 and limited occupancy by humans, may employ the use of unpro-
3 tected foam plastics having a flame spread of 25 or less~
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SECTION 3: Said Vernon City Code is further amended by
5 the inclusions and changes as follows:
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(l) Section 4201. (Add a new second paragraph to read:)
7 "Foam plastics shall not be used as interior finish except
8 as provided in Section l7l7."
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(2) Table No. 42-A. (Change the flame-spread classifica-
10 tion of Class III materials to:)
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(3) Table No. 42-Bo (Opposite Group J Occupancy add a
13 footnote reference 4 and a footnote 4 to read as follows:)
14 "Foam plastics shall comply with the requirements set
15 forth in Section l7l7."
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(4) U.B.C. Standard No. 43-1. (Revise U.B.C. Standard
17 No. 43-1 by including Underwriters Laboratories procedures for
18 determining finish rating.)
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SECTION 4: There being no newspaper printed, published and
20 circulated in the City of Vernon, the City Clerk is hereby direc-
21 ted to certify to the passage of this Ordinance and shall post the
22 same, or cause the same to be posted, in three (3) of the most
23 public places in the City of Vernon, to wit: the northwest corner
24 of 38th Street and Santa Fe Avenue; the northeast corner of Leonis
25 Boulevard and Pacific Boulevard; and on the bulletin board in the
26 lobby of the City Hall of said City, located at 4305 Santa Fe
27 Avenue, all in the City of Vernon, County of Los Angeles, State of
28 California; that this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
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the lstday of August
, 1975 .
ADOPTED AND APPROVED
thislst day of July" , 1975
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LEONIS C. LBDRf' Mayor
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Fo A. ZIEMER, City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, F. A. ZIEMER, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do
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5 hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance, being Ordinance No.
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, was duly and regularly introduced at a regular meeting
June 3,
7 of the City Council of the City of Vernon, held on
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9 of said City Council held on
10 following vote:
July 1, 1975
, and thereafter finally adopted at a regular meeting
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NOES: Councilmen: None
A YES: Counc i lmen: Gonzales, Mal burg, McCorm:i.ck, Ybarra
ABSENT: Councilmen: Kaeser
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Clerk
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
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I, F. A. ZIEMER, City Clerk of the City of vernOffb/d
July ,
8 I hereby certify that I did, on the 2nd day of ~
9 19 75 , post three (3) copies of
ORDINANCE NO. 857
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, one in each of the following
11 places, to wit: At the northwest corner of 38th Street and Santa
12 Fe Avenue, at the northeast corner of Leonis Boulevard and Pacific
13 Boulevard, and on the bulletin board in the lobby of the City Hall
14 of the City of Vernon, located at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, all in
15 said City, there being no newspaper of general circulation printed
16 and published in the City of Vernon.
Signed this
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July
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F. A. '1emer, City Clerk
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Subscribed and sworn to before me
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Los Angeles, State of California.
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