HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Reso 2019-12 RESOLUTION NO. 2019 - 12
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CATHEDRAL CITY, CALIFORNIA ACKNOWLEDGING
RECEIPT OF A REPORT, MADE BY THE FIRE CHIEF OF
THE CATHEDRAL CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT,
REGARDING THE REQUIRED INSPECTION OF CERTAIN
OCCUPANCIES AND THE PERFORMANCE OF ANNUAL
INSPECTIONS IN SUCH OCCUPANCIES PURSUANT TO
SECTIONS 13146.2 AND 13146.3 OF THE CALIFORNIA
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE.
WHEREAS, California Health & Safety Code Section 13146.4 was added in 2018,
and became effective on September 27, 2018; and,
WHEREAS, California Health & Safety Code Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3
requires all fire departments, including the Cathedral City Fire Department, that provide
fire protection services to perform annual inspections in every building used as a public
or private school, hotel, motel, lodging house, apartment house, and certain residential
care facilities for compliance with building standards, as provided and,
WHEREAS, California Health & Safety Code Section 13146.2 requires all fire
departments, including the Cathedral City Fire Department, that provide fire protection
services to report annually to its administering authority on its compliance with Sections
13146.2 and 13146.3 and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Cathedral City intends this Resolution
to fulfill the requirements of the California Health & Safety Code regarding
acknowledgment of the Cathedral City Fire Department's compliance with California
Health and Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Cathederal City that said City Council expressly acknowledges the measure of
compliance of the Cathedral City Fire Department with California Health and Safety Code
Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 in the area encompassed by the City of Cathedral City, as
follows:
A. EDUCATIONAL GROUP E OCCUPANCIES:
Educational Group E occupancies are generally those public and private schools,
used by more than six persons at any one time for educational purposes through the 12th
grade. Within the City of Cathedral City, there lies 11 Group E occupancies, buildings,
structures and/or facilities:
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• Cathedral City High School • Landau Elementary School
• San Jacinto High School • Agua Caliente Elementary School
• James Workman Middle School • Rio Vista Elementary School
• Nellie Coffman Middle School • Kings School
• Cathedral City Elementary School • First School of the Desert
• Sunny Sands Elemenary School
During calendar year 2018, the Cathedral City Fire Department completed the
annual inspection of 9 Group E occupancies, buildings, structures and/or facilities (public
schools). This is a compliance rate of 81% for this reporting period. Kings School and
First School of the Desert were inspected in April, 2019.
Legislation mandating inspections of this occupancy type became effective on
September 27, 2018.
B. RESIDENTIAL GROUP R OCCUPANCIES:
Residential Group R occupancies, for the purposes of this resolution, are generally those
occupancies containing sleeping units, and include hotels, motels, apartments (three
units or more), etc. as well as other residential occupancies (including a number of
residential care facilities). These residential care facilities have a number of different sub-
classifications, and they may contain residents or clients that have a range of needs,
including those related to custodial care, mobility impairments, cognitive disabilities, etc.
The residents may also be non-ambulatory or bedridden. Within the City of Cathedral
City there lies 361 Group R (and their associated sub-categories) occupancies of this
nature:
• 304 Short Term Vacation Rentals
• 40 Residential Care Facilities
• 11 Apartment Buildings (greater than 3 units)
• 6 Hotels or Motels
361 Total Group R Occupancies
During calendar year 2018, the Cathedral City Fire Department completed the
annual inspection of 319 Group R occupancies, buildings, structures and/or facilities.
This is a compliance rate of 88% for this reporting period.
Legislation mandating inspections of this occupancy type became effective on September
27, 2018.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 22nd day of May, 2019.
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Mark 6arnevale, ayor
Cathedral City
ATTEST:
AG n - .eI
Tracey R. Martin z, City Clerk
Cathedral City
APPROVED AS TO Fe 'M:
Eric Vail, City Attorney
I, TRACEY R. MARTINEZ, CITY CLERK of the City of Cathedral City, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of Cathedral City held on the 22nd day of May, 2019 by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Gutierrez and Gregory; Mayor Pro
Tem Aguilar and MAyor Carnevale
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Tracey R.(Martine±City Clerk(1)
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