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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Jason Crapo, County Building Official
Date:	January 11, 2011

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Ratification of Rodeo Hercules Fire Protection District Fire Code

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 01/11/2011

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

DISTRICT IV - SEAT VACANT

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Jason Crapo, 335-1108

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: January 11, 2011
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

RATIFY Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District Ordinance No. 2010-1, with the modifications attached to this Board Order,
And DIRECT the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to provide a certified copy of this Board Order to the Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District within 15 days of this ratification, pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 13869.7.

FISCAL IMPACT:

None

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Rodeo Hercules Fire Protection District will not be able to satisfy legal requirements for adoption of the 2010 Fire Code.

BACKGROUND:

Whenever a fire protection district adopts an ordinance that establishes building standards relating to fire safety that may be more stringent than State Fire Marshal and State Building Standards Code requirements, the fire protection district’s regulations are not effective within the jurisdictional boundaries of the unincorporated area of the County unless and until the Board of Supervisors ratifies the ordinance. (Health and Saf. Code, § 13869.7.)

This Board Order ratifies the Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District’s adoption of the 2010 California Fire Code with the District’s local amendments. This Board Order modifies the District’s ordinance by providing for the retention of Board of Supervisors’ discretion for final County approval of entitlements, completion of development improvements, and issuing of County stop work orders within the unincorporated areas of the County that are within the Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District. This Board Order also provides for the retention of the County’s authority to regulate when state-adopted building standards codes and related codes are involved in order to achieve unincorporated area uniformity for matters such as park access, public road standards and street names. This Board Order does not modify any of the requirements of the District’s Ordinance No. 2010-1 concerning fire sprinkler systems in buildings.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Not Applicable.