Los Angeles Municipal Code Art. 7 Fire Protection

(Former Article 7 Repealed and Replaced by Ord. No. 187,994, Eff. 10/4/23.)

Section

57.101. Scope and General Requirements.
57.101.1. Title.
57.101.2. Scope.
57.101.3. Intent.
57.101.5.1. Validity of Other Laws.
57.101.5.2. Other Limitations.
57.101.6. Review of Article.
57.101.7. Fire Code Advisory Committee.
57.101.8. Badge Amended.
57.101.8.1. Use and Wearing of the Badge.
57.101.8.2. Facsimiles and Counterfeit Badges.
57.101.8.3. Honorary Badges.
57.101.8.4. Ownership of Badges and Insignia.
57.101.8.5. Manufacturer’s Obligation.

57.101.8.6. Presentation of Badge as a Memorial to Regular Fire Department Member Killed in the Line of Duty.

57.101.8.6.1. Prior to the Presentation.
57.101.8.7. Removal from the Plaque or Frame.
57.101.9. Continuing Offenses.
57.102. Applicability.
57.102.13. Existing Conditions.
57.103. Fire Prevention.
57.103.1.1. Duties of the Chief.
57.103.1.2. Inspections and Report of Findings.
57.103.1.3. Signing of Certificates and Notices.
57.103.1.4. Enforcement of State Fire Marshal Rules and Regulations.
57.103.2. Appointment.
57.103.3.1. Office and Duties of the Fire Marshal.
57.103.3.1.1. Designation of Fire Marshal.
57.103.3.1.2. Control of Matters.
57.103.3.2. Bureau of Fire Prevention and Public Safety.
57.103.3.2.1. Composition of Bureau of Fire Prevention and Public Safety.
57.103.3.2.2. Function.
57.103.4.2. Nonresponsibility of City.
57.104. General Authority and Responsibilities.
57.104.1.1. Authority to Make Rules.
57.104.1.1.1. Rule Authorization by the Board.
57.104.1.1.2. Penalty for Violation of Legally Amended Rules.
57.104.9.2.1. Authority to Require Tests.
57.104.9.3. Authority to Approve Alternate Materials or Methods of Compliance.
57.104.10.2. Authority to Investigate Fires or Other Emergencies.
57.104.11.1. Barricades.
57.104.11.4. Authority at Emergency.
57.104.12. Authority to Recover Investigative Costs.
57.104.12.1. Noncompliance Inspection Fees.
57.104.12.1.1. Noncompliance Fee.
57.104.12.1.2. Billing of Noncompliance Fee.
57.104.12.1.3. Procedures for Appeal to the Board of Fire Commissioners.
57.104.13. Authority to Issue Parking Notices.
57.104.14. Authority to Recover Costs for Abatement of Nuisances.
57.104.15. Authority to Take Photographs.
57.104.15.1. Notice of a Violation – Additional Documentation.
57.104.15.2. Subsequent to Emergency – Additional Documentation.
57.104.16. Authority of Peace Officers.
57.104.17. Authority to Grant Variances and Waivers.
57.104.17.1. Power to Waive.
57.104.17.2. Application for a Variance or Waiver.
57.104.17.3. Investigation.
57.104.18. Authority to Require Fire Safety Officers.
57.104.18.1. Uniformed Fire Safety Officer.
57.104.18.2. Certified Fire Safety Officer.
57.104.18.3. Request.
57.104.19. Authority to Issue Passes and Credentials.
57.104.19.1. at the Scene of Emergency.
57.104.19.2. Abuse of Pass.
57.104.19.3. Government Officials.
57.104.20. Authority to Assign Apparatus, Supplies, and Personnel.
57.104.21. Authority to Request Police Assistance.
57.104.22. Authority to Issue Copies of Educational Films and Tapes.
57.104.22.1. Tapes Produced as a Part of the Public Fire Safety Education Program.
57.104.22.2. Establishment of Fees.
57.104.22.3. Moneys Derived from the Sale.
57.104.22.4. Contracts.
57.105. Permits.
57.105.1.2. Types of Permits.
57.105.1.2.1. Acting Without a Permit Prohibited.
57.105.1.3.1. Separate Permits Required.
57.105.3.5.1. Operational Permits – Posting and Keeping.
57.105.3.9. Operational Permits.
57.105.3.9.1. Application for Operational Permits.
57.105.3.9.1.1. Filing.
57.105.3.9.1.2. Contents of Application.
57.105.3.9.1.2.1. Permit to Store, Process, or Use Hazardous Materials.
57.105.3.9.1.2.2. Permit for Assembly Occupancies.
57.105.3.9.2. Permits – Investigation and Procedure for Granting – Power to Deny.
57.105.3.9.2.1. Investigation and Procedure for Granting.
57.105.3.9.2.2. Power to Deny.
57.105.3.9.3. Permits – Form.
57.105.3.9.4. Permits – Transfer.
57.105.3.9.4.1. Change of Location.
57.105.3.9.5. Permits – Validity.
57.105.3.9.6. Permits – Power of Revocation and Suspension.
57.105.3.9.6.1. Revocation or Suspension by the Chief.
57.105.3.9.6.2. Revocation or Suspension by the Office of Finance.
57.105.3.9.6.3. Operation after Revocation or Suspension.
57.105.3.9.7. Delinquent Fees – Uncollectible.
57.105.3.9.8. Bonds and Deposits for Oil Wells.
57.105.3.9.8.1. Bonds.
57.105.3.9.8.2. Conditions of the Bond.
57.105.3.9.8.3. Term of Each Such Bond.
57.105.3.9.8.4. Indemnity Agreement in Lieu of Surety Bond.
57.105.3.9.8.5. Extension of Time.
57.105.3.9.8.6. Power to Authorize Acts.

57.105.5. Revocation, Suspension, or Denial of Permits, Special Permits, General Approvals, and Certificates of Fitness.

57.105.5.1. Power to Revoke, Suspend, or Deny.
57.105.5.1.1. Agent or Representative.
57.105.5.2. Notice and Hearing.
57.105.5.3. Voidance of Permits and Special Permits.
57.105.6. Required Operational Permits.
57.105.6.1. Aircraft Fueling Station.
57.105.6.2. Aircraft Refueler.
57.105.6.3. Airport Fueling System.
57.105.6.4. Airport, Private.
57.105.6.5. Public Assemblage.
57.105.6.6. Atmospheric above Ground Tank.
57.105.6.7. Bulk Distributing Station.
57.105.6.8. Carbon Dioxide Enrichment Systems.
57.105.6.9. Central Station Signaling System, Supervising Station.
57.105.6.10. Church.
57.105.6.11. Community Care Facility (Serving More than 6 Persons).
57.105.6.12. Cylinder Filling Plant.
57.105.6.13. Day Care.
57.105.6.14. Dry-Cleaning Plant.
57.105.6.15. Flammable and Combustible Liquids Location.
57.105.6.16. Flammable and Combustible Liquids Vehicle.
57.105.6.17. Hazardous Materials.
57.105.6.18. Heliport.
57.105.6.19. High-Piled Combustible Storage.
57.105.6.20. Hospital.
57.105.6.21. Hotel.
57.105.6.22. Laboratory.
57.105.6.23. Marine Oil Terminal.
57.105.6.24. Marine Service Station.
57.105.6.25. Natural Gasoline Plant.
57.105.6.26. Oil Well.
57.105.6.27. Plant Extraction System.
57.105.6.28. Refinery.
57.105.6.29. Residential Care Facility.
57.105.6.30. School.
57.105.6.31. Service Center for Armed Forces Personnel. (Original Fee Only).
57.105.6.32. Special School.
57.105.6.33. Surgical Center.
57.105.6.34. Theater.
57.105.6.35. Theater, Little.
57.105.6.36. Theater, Motion Picture.
57.105.7. Required Specific Action or Project Permits.
57.105.7.1. Specific Action or Project Permits.

57.105.7.1.1. Equipment to Be Used in Connection with Hazardous Materials, Hazardous Waste, or Hazardous Plastics.

57.105.7.1.2. Adding to or Altering Item.
57.105.7.1.3. Permit Required to Conduct an Operation.
57.105.7.1.4. Tent or Membrane Structure.
57.105.7.1.5. Fire Hydrant on Private Property.
57.105.7.1.6. Central Station Signaling System.
57.105.7.1.7. Landing Aircraft Including Helicopters.
57.105.7.1.8. Live Theater Production.
57.105.7.1.9. Plant Extraction Systems.
57.105.7.1.10. Battery Systems.
57.105.7.1.11. Emergency Responder Radio Coverage System.
57.105.7.1.12. Gates and Barricades Across Fire Apparatus Roads.
57.105.7.2. Issuance of Permits.
57.105.7.2.1. Applications.
57.105.7.2.2. Application Fees.
57.105.7.2.3. Application to Conduct a Fireworks Display.
57.105.7.3. Permits – Expiration.
57.105.7.3.1. Permit Valid for Period Identified.
57.105.7.4. Inspection.
57.105.7.4.1. General Requirements.
57.105.7.4.1.1. Special Requirements.
57.105.7.4.1.1.1. Called Inspection.
57.105.7.4.1.1.2. Final Inspection.
57.105.7.5. Completion of Work – Final Inspection Tag of Approval.
57.105.7.6. Authority to Require Exposure of Work.
57.105.7.7. Fee Exempt Permits.
57.105.7.7.1. Municipal Entities.
57.105.7.7.2. Nonprofit.
57.105.7.8. Fees.
57.105.7.8.1. Application of Fees to Certain Permits.
57.105.7.8.2. Additional Plan Check Time.
57.105.7.8.3. Fee for Adding or Altering Specified Item.
57.105.7.8.4. Additional Section Fees.
57.105.7.8.5. Blasting Operation.
57.105.7.8.6. Two or More Items of the Same Classification.
57.105.7.9. Emergency Inspections.
57.105.7.9.1. Inspections Not Deemed to Be Emergency Inspections.
57.105.7.10. Blasting Permits – Insurance Required.
57.105.7.11. Bonds and In-lieu Deposits for Oil Wells.
57.105.8. Authority to Issue, Suspend or Revoke Special Permits.
57.105.8.1. Power to Revoke.
57.105.9. High-rise Permit – General.
57.105.9.1. Definitions.
57.105.9.2. Permit Required.
57.105.9.2.1. Applications for Permit.
57.105.9.2.2. Investigation.
57.105.9.2.3. Form.
57.105.9.3. Authority to Revoke or Suspend.
57.105.9.3.1. Operation after Revocation or Suspension.
57.105.9.4. High-rise Permit Fee.
57.105.9.4.1. Due Dates.
57.105.9.4.2. Manner of Determining Cost.
57.105.9.4.3. Manner of Approval of Schedule.
57.105.9.4.4. Manner of Assessing Fees.
57.105.9.5. Non-compliance Charge.
57.106. Fees.
57.106.6. Permit Fees.
57.106.6.1. Due Dates – New and Renewal.
57.106.6.2. Collection.
57.106.6.3. Manner of Determining Cost for Permits.
57.106.6.3.1. New Schedule.
57.106.6.3.2. Procedure for Fee Calculation.
57.106.6.4. Penalty.
57.106.6.5. Discrepancies in Payment.
57.106.6.6. Payment or Other Communication Made by Mail.
57.106.6.7. Fee Exempt Permits.
57.106.6.8. Charge for Duplicate Permits.
57.106.6.9. Refunds.
57.106.6.10. Inspection – Office of Finance.
57.106.7. Fees for Services Not Requiring a Permit.
57.106.7.1. Manner of Determining Cost for Non-permit Services.
57.106.7.1.1. Procedure for Fee Calculation.
57.106.7.1.2. New Schedule.
57.106.7.1.3. Refunds.
57.106.7.2. Collection of Fees.
57.106.8. Manner of Determining Cost.
57.106.8.1. Determining Cost.
57.106.8.1.1. Manner of Approval of Schedule.
57.106.8.1.2. New Schedule.
57.107. Inspections.
57.107.5. Authority to Make Inspections.
57.107.5.1. Authority to Inspect Certain Writings.
57.107.5.2. Authority to Require Plans.
57.107.6. Authority to Inspect.
57.107.6.1. Occupied Property.
57.107.6.2. Unoccupied Property.
57.107.6.3. Immediate Entry.
57.107.7. Requested Inspections.
57.107.7.1. Fee Charged for Requested Inspections.
57.107.7.2. Method to Establish Fee.
57.108. Maintenance.
57.108.6. Overcrowding.

57.108.7. Authority to Install, Test, and Require Maintenance of Fire Protection Systems and Equipment.

57.108.7.1. Installation, Alteration, Maintenance, and Repair.
57.108.7.2. Non Operational Items.
57.108.7.2.1. Periodic Inspections and Tests.
57.108.7.3. Defective Condition.
57.108.7.4. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.109. Reserved.
57.110. Violations.
57.110.3.1.1. Service of Notices.
57.110.3.1.2. Posting of Orders.
57.110.4. Violation Penalties.
57.110.5. Authority to Condemn.
57.110.5.1. Authority to Prohibit Manufacture, Sale or Offering for Sale.
57.111. Unsafe Building.
57.112. Stop Work Order.
57.113. Reserved.
57.114. Reserved.
57.115. Reserved.
57.116. Fees for Hydrant and Access Review and Inspection.
57.116.1. Collection of Fees.
57.116.1.1. Fire Environmental Impact Report Research and Review Fee.
57.116.1.2. Fire Department Access Plan Review Fee.
57.116.1.3. Fire Department Access Field Inspection Fee.
57.116.1.4. Hydrant Plan Review Fee.
57.116.1.5. Fire Hydrant Field Inspection and/or Test Fee.
57.116.1.6. Additional Plan Review, Inspection or Re-inspection Fee.
57.116.1.7. Expedite or Off-hour Activities Fee.
57.117. Certificates of Fitness.
57.117.1. Certificates of Fitness Required.
57.117.1.1. Certificate Required to Conduct Any Blasting Operation.
57.117.1.2. Certificate Required to Conduct Testing.
57.117.1.3. Certificate Required to Perform as a Fire Safety Officer.
57.117.1.4. Certificate Required to Perform as a Health Care Facility Instructor.
57.117.1.5. Certificate Required to Perform as a High-rise Life/Safety Service.
57.117.1.6. Certificate Required to Conduct Testing of Gas Detection System.
57.117.2. Certificates of Fitness – Applications.
57.117.2.1. Information Required.
57.117.2.1.1. Blasting Operations.
57.117.2.1.2. Regulation No. 4.
57.117.2.1.3. Fire Safety Officer.
57.117.2.1.4. Health Care Facility Instructor.
57.117.2.1.5. High-rise Life/Safety Service.
57.117.3. Certificates of Fitness – Validity.
57.117.3.1. Certificates of Fitness – Period Valid.
57.117.3.2. Certificates of Fitness – Renewal.
57.117.3.2.1. Renewal Fee.
57.117.3.2.2. Granting of a Renewal.
57.117.4. Certificates of Fitness – Investigation and Examination.
57.117.4.1. Additional Information.
57.117.4.2. Issuance.
57.117.5. Certificates of Fitness – Revocation or Suspension.
57.117.6. Certificates of Fitness – Change of Address.
57.117.7. Certificates of Fitness – Form.
57.117.8. Certificates of Fitness – Duty to Display.
57.117.9. Certificates of Fitness – Failure of the Examination.
57.117.10. Fees.
57.117.10.1. Second Examination.
57.118. New Construction Plan Review and Inspection.
57.118.1. General.
57.118.1.1. Fire/Life Safety Review.
57.118.1.2. Additional Inspection and Re-inspection.
57.118.1.3. Expedited Requests.
57.118.1.4. Off-hour Fire/Life Safety Plan Review and/or Inspection Requests.
57.118.2. Fees.
57.118.2.1. Fire/Life Safety Plan Review Fee.
57.118.2.2. Inspection and Re-inspection Fee.
57.118.2.3. Expedited or Off-hour Fire/Life Safety Plan Review and/or Inspection Fee.
57.118.3. Annual Review.
57.118.3.1. Review of Fees.
57.118.4. Surcharge for Development Services Centers.
57.118.4.1. Development Services Centers.
57.118.4.2. BuildLA Surcharge.
57.118.4.3. Stoppage of BuildLA Surcharge.
57.119. General Approvals.
57.119.1. General.
57.119.2. Applications.
57.119.2.1. Application Fees.
57.119.2.2. Plans and Specifications.
57.119.3. General Approvals Where Required.
57.119.3.1. Exemptions.
57.119.3.2. Optional.
57.119.3.3. Record.
57.119.4. Granting of General Approvals.
57.119.4.1. Additional Information or Tests.
57.119.4.2. Approval of the Application.
57.119.5. L.A.F.D. Label.
57.119.6. General Approvals – Expiration.
57.119.6.1. Continued Operation or Use.
57.119.7. General Approvals – Renewal.
57.119.7.1. Renewal Fee.
57.119.7.2. Granting of a Renewal.
57.119.8. Fees.
57.119.8.1. General Approval Required.
57.119.8.2. General Approval Optional.
57.119.8.3. Charges for Additional Hours.
57.119.8.4. Fee Exempt General Approvals.
57.119.9. General Approvals – Revocation or Suspension.
57.120. Unified Program Facility Permit.
57.120.1. General.

57.120.1.1. Hazardous Waste Generator, Hazardous Waste Onsite Treatment and Hazardous Waste Recycling Programs.

57.120.1.2. above Ground Petroleum Storage Act.
57.120.1.3. Underground Storage Tank Program.
57.120.1.4. Hazardous Materials Release Response Plan and Inventory Program.
57.120.1.5. California Accidental Release Prevention Program.
57.120.2. Definitions.
57.120.3. Permit Required.
57.120.4. Application for Permits.
57.120.4.1. Filing.
57.120.4.2. Contents of Application.
57.120.5. Permits.
57.120.5.1. Investigation and Procedures for Granting, Power to Deny.
57.120.5.1.1. Investigation and Procedure for Granting.
57.120.5.1.2. Power to Deny.
57.120.5.3. Posting and Keeping.
57.120.5.4. Permit Non-Transferable.
57.120.5.4.1. Change of Location.
57.120.5.5. Validity.
57.120.6. Unified Program Facility Permit Schedule of Fees.
57.120.6.1. Fees as Amended.
57.120.6.2. Schedule of Fees.
57.120.6.2.1. Verifiable Costs.
57.120.6.2.2. Adoption and Transmittal of the Schedule.
57.120.6.3. Failure to Pay.
57.120.6.4. Fees Charged to Recover City Costs.

57.120.6.4.1. Hazardous Waste Generators, Hazardous Waste Onsite Treatment Activities and Hazardous Waste Recycling.

57.120.6.4.2. Underground Storage Tanks.
57.120.6.4.3. Hazardous Materials Release Response Plan and Inventory Program.
57.120.6.4.4. California Accidental Release Prevention Program.
57.120.6.4.5. above Ground Petroleum Storage Program.
57.120.6.4.6. State Service Charges.
57.120.7. Implementation of Title 23.
57.121. Disclosure of Hazardous Substances.
57.121.1. Definitions.
57.121.2. Duty of Each On-site Manager and the Owner of a Business.
57.121.2.1. Unified Program Facility Permit.
57.121.2.2. Authorization.
57.121.2.3. Affect on Other Laws.
57.121.3. Requirements for Business Plans and Inventories.
57.121.3.1. Business Plans Shall Include.
57.121.3.3. Notification.
57.121.3.4. Submission and Revision of Business Plan.
57.121.3.5. Hazardous Materials Business Plan Late Submission Penalty.
57.121.5. Special Inspection.
57.121.6. Recovery of Costs for Special Inspections.
57.121.7. Inspection by the Department.
57.121.8. Permit and Form Requirements.
57.121.9. Public Disclosure.
57.201. General.
57.202. General Definitions.
57.301. General.
57.301.2. Permits.
57.302. Definitions.
57.302.1. Definitions.
57.303. Asphalt Kettles.
57.303.8.1. Roofing Kettles on Trucks.
57.303.8.2. Street Protection.
57.303.8.3. Piping to Roof.
57.304. Combustible Waste Material.
57.304.1.2. Vegetation.
57.304.1.4. Removal.
57.304.1.5. Drifting Waste.
57.304.1.6. Hazard.
57.304.2.1. Properly Stored or Disposed.
57.304.2.2. Approved Storage of Hazardous Refuse and Recycling Materials.
57.304.2.3. Storing and Disposing Prohibitions.
57.305. Ignition Sources.
57.305.5.1. Fires Due to Carelessness or Negligence.
57.305.5.1.1. Hostile Fire.
57.305.5.1.2. Fires in Institutional or Residential Occupancies.
57.305.5.1.3. Fire Regulations Posted.
57.305.5.1.4. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.305.5.2. Restriction on Use of Certain Metal Cutting Blades.
57.305.5.2.1. Penalty.
57.306. Motion Picture Projection Rooms and Film.
57.306.2.1. Use of Cellulose Nitrate Film.
57.307. Open Burning, Recreational Fires and Portable Outdoor Fireplaces.
57.307.2. Permit Required.
57.307.6. Outdoor Burning Requirements.
57.307.6.1. Outdoor Burning Devices.
57.307.6.2. Location of Outdoor Burning Devices.
57.307.7. Exercise of Caution with Fire.
57.308. Open Flames.
57.308.1.6.3. Sky Lanterns.
57.308.2.1. Special Permit.
57.308.6. Hazardous Atmosphere.
57.308.7. Flame Throwers.
57.308.7.1. Sale of Flame Throwers.
57.308.7.2. Throwing Flammable Material.
57.308.7.3. Artisan Use of Flame Producing Devices.
57.309. Powered Industrial Trucks and Equipment.
57.309.8. Sources of Ignition.
57.310. Smoking.
57.310.9. Designation of Smoking Areas.
57.311. Vacant Premises.
57.311.1.3. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.311.2.4. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.311.3.1. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.311.4.1. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.312. Vehicle Impact Protection.
57.313. Fueled Equipment.
57.313.3. Exhaust Protection for Internal Combustion Engines.
57.313.3.1. Spark Arresters.
57.313.3.2. Exhaust System Maintenance.
57.314. Indoor Displays.
57.314.4.1. Special Permit.
57.315. General Storage.
57.315.3.5. Area Divisions.
57.315.3.6. Area Separations.
57.315.3.7. Height Limitations.
57.315.3.7.1. Shelving or Racks.
57.315.3.7.2. Ratio to the Width.
57.315.3.7.3. Wood Pallets and/or Non-expanded Polyethylene Solid Deck Pallets.
57.315.3.8. Clearance from Exposures.
57.315.3.8.1. Stored Materials and Lighting Fixtures.
57.315.3.8.2. Materials Which May Swell or Expand.
57.315.3.8.3. Materials Susceptible to Water Damage.
57.315.3.8.4. Drainage of Floor.
57.315.3.9. Material-handling Equipment.
57.315.3.10. Related Activities.
57.315.3.11. Aisle Maintenance.
57.315.3.12. Storage Area Prohibitions.
57.315.3.12.1. Storage on Roofs.
57.315.3.12.2. Prohibited Storage.
57.315.3.12.3. Space under Stairways.
57.315.3.12.4. Spontaneous Heating.
57.315.3.12.5. Incompatible Materials.
57.315.3.12.6. Basement Storage.
57.315.4.3. Yards.
57.315.4.4. Single Storage Areas.
57.315.4.5. Drainage.
57.315.4.6. Maintenance and Housekeeping.
57.316. Hazards to Fire Fighters.
57.316.4.1. Building Roofs.
57.316.4.2. Obstructions.
57.316.4.2.1. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.316.4.3. Storage on Roofs.
57.316.4.4. Passageways on Roofs.
57.317. Rooftop Gardens and Landscaped Roofs.
57.318. Laundry Carts.
57.319. Reserved.
57.320. Additive Manufacturing (3d Printing).
57.321. Reserved.
57.322. Storage of Lithium-Ion and Lithium Metal Batteries.
57.323. Road Tunnels, Bridges, and Other Limited Access Highways [SFM].
57.323.1. General.
57.324. Asbestos Abatement.
57.324.1. Scope.
57.324.2. Definitions.
57.324.3. Inspections.
57.324.4. Permits Required.
57.324.4.1. License Required.
57.324.4.2. Duration of Permit.
57.324.4.3. Collection of Fees.
57.324.4.4. Plans Required.
57.324.4.5. Permits Obtained.
57.324.4.6. Fees.
57.324.5. Notification and Maintenance of Information.
57.324.5.1. SCAQMD Rule 1403 Notification Form.
57.324.5.2. Completion of Permitted Work.
57.324.5.3. Maintenance of Plans.
57.324.5.3.1. Emergency Information.
57.324.5.3.1.1. Introduction Page.
57.324.6. Fire Retardant / Non-combustible Materials.
57.324.7. Exits.
57.324.7.1. Minimum Exits.
57.324.7.2. Obstruction of Exit.
57.324.7.3. Non-contaminated Area.
57.324.8. Allowable Locations.
57.324.8.1. Multi-story Buildings.
57.324.8.2. Single-story Buildings.
57.324.8.3. Unoccupied Buildings.
57.324.9. Signage.
57.324.9.1. Multistory Buildings.
57.324.9.1.1. Fire Control Room / Fire Command Center.
57.324.9.1.1.1. Floors Involved.
57.324.9.1.2. No Fire Control Room / Fire Command Center.
57.324.9.1.3. Stairway Landings.
57.324.9.2. Single-story Buildings.
57.324.9.2.1. Fire Control Room / Fire Command Center.
57.324.9.2.2. No Fire Control Room.
57.324.10. Fire Protection Equipment.
57.324.10.1. Extinguishers.
57.324.10.1.1. Signage.
57.324.10.2. Fire Suppression Systems.
57.324.10.3. Fire Detection and Signaling Systems.
57.324.10.3.1. Manual Fire Alarm Boxes, Communication Jacks, and Signaling Systems.
57.324.10.3.2. Systems Disconnected.
57.324.10.3.3. Fire-rated Partitions, Doors.
57.324.10.3.4. Elevator Smoke Detector.
57.324.11. Communications.
57.324.11.1. Telephone Required.
57.324.11.1.1. Alternative Locations.
57.324.11.1.2. Radio Communications in Lieu of a Telephone.
57.324.11.1.3. Alternate Means of Communication.
57.324.12. Emergency Protective Equipment.
57.324.12.1. Protective Entry Suits.
57.324.12.1.1. Suit Requirements.
57.324.13. Viewing Ports.
57.324.13.1. Viewing Port Size.
57.324.14. Emergency Shutdown of Negative Air Equipment.
57.324.14.1. Emergency Shutdown.
57.324.14.2. Temporary Power.
57.324.15. Rubbish and Debris.
57.324.16. Respray of Fire Protective Coatings.
57.324.17. Fire Safety Coordinator.
57.324.18. Fire Safety Watch.
57.324.18.1. Fire and Life Safety Log.
57.324.18.1.1. Information Contained in the Log.
57.324.18.2. Fire Watch in Absence of Approved Automatic Fire Detection System.
57.324.18.3. Duration of Fire Watch.
57.324.18.4. Discontinuation of Fire Watch.
57.324.18.5. Open Flame Requiring Fire Watch.
57.324.19. Prohibition on Smoking.
57.325. Parade Floats.
57.325.1. General.
57.327. Matches.
57.327.1. General.
57.327.2. Packaging and Labeling.
57.327.3. General Storage Requirements.
57.327.3.1. Wholesale Storage.
57.327.3.2. Mixed Storage.
57.327.4. Prohibited Types.
57.327.5. Fire Protection.
57.328. General Duties of Persons.
57.328.1. Fire Spread.
57.328.2. Duties When a Fire Occurs.
57.328.3. Notifications.
57.328.4. Hazardous Release.
57.328.5. Transfer under Permit.
57.328.6. Fire Alarm Notification.
57.329. General Provisions for Correction of Hazards.
57.329.1. Correction of Hazardous Conditions.
57.329.2. Notice.
57.401. General.
57.402. Definitions.
57.402.1. Definitions.
57.403. Emergency Preparedness Requirements.
57.403.2.2.1. Announcements and Additional Requirements.
57.403.2.5. Exit Locations.
57.403.2.6. Posting of an Emergency Exit Plan.
57.403.3. Reserved.
57.403.4. Reserved.
57.403.6. Reserved.
57.403.7. Reserved.
57.403.8. Reserved.
57.403.9. Reserved.
57.403.11. Reserved.
57.403.12. Reserved
57.404. Fire Safety and Evacuation Plans.
57.404.1. Reserved.
57.404.2. Reserved.
57.404.2.1. Reserved.
57.404.2.2. Reserved.
57.404.2.3.2.1. Emergency Lockdown Training.
57.404.3. Reserved.
57.404.4. Reserved.
57.405. Emergency Evacuation Drills.
57.406. Reserved.
57.407. Hazard Communication.
57.408. Emergency Planning and Evacuation Requirements for High-rise Buildings.
57.408.1. Requirements for High-rise Buildings.
57.408.2. Creation and Filing of Emergency Plan.
57.408.2.1. Submission of Plans.
57.408.2.2. Changes to the Lists of Private First Responders.
57.408.2.3. Emergency Plan Availability.
57.408.2.4. Hotel Guest Exemption.
57.408.3. Fire Department Approval Required.
57.408.4. Building Inventory Form.
57.408.5. Required Designated Personnel.
57.408.5.1. Fire Safety Director and Assistant Director.
57.408.5.1. Responsibility for Fire Safety Director.
57.408.5.1.1. Fire Safety Director Responsibility for Emergency Plan.
57.408.5.1.2. Fire Safety Director Responsibility for Security Personnel.
57.408.5.1.3. Fire Safety Director Responsibility for Renewal of Their Certificate.
57.408.5.1.4. Responsibility for Payment of the Fees.
57.408.5.2. Floor Wardens.
57.408.5.3. Private First Responders.
57.408.5.4. Essential Building Personnel.
57.408.6. Required Designated Personnel – On-site Presence.
57.408.7. Emergency Response Duties of Designated Personnel.
57.408.7.1. Minimum Duties.

57.408.7.1.1. Responsibilities of the Fire Safety Director or Assistant Fire Safety Director.

57.408.7.1.2. Floor Warden Responsibilities.
57.408.7.1.3. Private First Responder Responsibilities.
57.408.7.1.4. Essential Building Personnel Responsibilities.
57.408.8. Emergency Plan – Minimum Requirements.
57.408.8.1. Procedures.
57.408.8.2. Evacuation Roles and Duties.
57.408.8.3. Emergency Evacuation Signs.
57.408.8.4. Emergency Assistance Center.
57.408.8.5. Special Needs Requirements.
57.408.8.6. Occupant Instruction and Training.
57.408.8.7. Emergency Evacuation Plans, Signs, and Procedures.
57.408.8.8. Filing of the Emergency Plan.
57.408.9. Fire Drills.
57.408.9.1. Commercial High-rise Buildings less than 35 Stories in Height.
57.408.9.1.1. Mandatory Drill.
57.408.9.1.2. Conduct During the Annual Fire Drill.
57.408.9.2. Commercial High-rise Buildings, 35 or More Stories in Height.
57.408.9.2.1. Mandatory Drill.
57.408.9.2.2. Conduct During the Annual Fire Drill.
57.408.9.2.3. Total Building Evacuation.
57.408.9.3. Residential High-rise Buildings.
57.408.9.3.1. Mandatory Drill.
57.408.9.3.2. Conduct During the Annual Fire Drill.
57.408.9.4. Buildings That Have Locked Stair Shaft Doors.
57.408.9.5. Coordination of Total Building Evacuation.
57.408.9.6. Documentation of All Fire Drills.
57.408.10. Fees.
57.408.10.1. Responsibility for Fees.
57.408.10.2. Due Dates.
57.408.10.2.1. Initial Payment.
57.408.10.2.2. Annual Renewal.
57.408.10.2.3. Total Building Evacuation Oversight Fee Payment.
57.408.10.2.4. Delinquency.
57.408.10.3. Computation – Manner of Determining Cost.
57.408.10.4. Manner of Assessing Fees.
57.408.11. Violations.
57.408.11.1. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.501. General.
57.501.1.1. Los Angeles City – Scope.
57.502. Definitions.
57.502.1. Definitions.
57.503. Fire Apparatus Access Roads.
57.503.1. Where Required.
57.503.1.4. Building Structure More than 150 Feet from the Edge of the Roadway.
57.503.1.5. Dead-end Access.
57.503.1.6. Easements.
57.503.4.2. Fire Lane Maintenance.
57.503.4.3. Obstructions on Fire Roads and Firebreaks.
57.503.5.3. Tampering with Established Locks or Barriers.
57.504. Access to Building Openings and Roofs.
57.505. Premises Identification.
57.505.1.1. Size.
57.505.1.2. Location.
57.506. Key Boxes.
57.507. Fire Protection Water Supplies.
57.507.3. Fire-flow.
57.507.3.1. Fire-flow Requirements.
57.507.3.2. Fire Hydrant Spacing.
57.507.3.3. Land Use.
57.507.5. Fire Hydrant Systems.
57.507.5.4.1. Obstructions of Fire Protective Equipment.
57.507.5.4.2. Obstruction by Vehicle.
57.507.5.4.3. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.507.5.7. Fire Hydrant Identification.
57.508. Fire Command Center.
57.508.1.1.1. Fire Command Center Sign.
57.508.1.5.1. Other Uses.
57.509. Fire Protection and Utility Equipment Identification and Access.
57.509.3. Fire Protection Equipment Access.
57.510. Emergency Responder Radio Coverage.
57.511. Hearings to Be Held in Connection with Construction of Fireroads.
57.511.1. Duties of the Chief.
57.511.2. Public Hearings.
57.511.3. Notice of the Time, Place, and Purpose of a Public Hearing.
57.511.4. Firebreaks.

57.512. Response Distances That If Exceeded Require the Installation of an Automatic Fire Sprinkler System.

57.512.1. Response Distances.
57.512.2. Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems Required.
57.513. Supplemental Fire Protection.
57.513.1. Where Required.
57.513.2. Supplemental Fire Protection Equipment or Systems.
57.601. General.
57.602. Definitions.
57.603. Electrical Equipment, Wiring and Hazards.
57.603.6.4.1. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.604. Elevator Operations, Maintenance and Fire Service Keys.
57.605. Fuel-Fired Appliances.
57.605.5.3. Heating Appliances.
57.605.5.3.1. Location.
57.605.5.3.2. Guarding.
57.605.10. Heating and Lighting Equipment.
57.605.10.1. Open Flame in No Smoking Areas.
57.605.10.2. Heating or Lighting Apparatus.
57.605.10.3. Open Flame for Lighting and Décor.
57.606. Commercial Cooking Equipment and Systems.
57.607. Commercial Cooking Oils – Storage.
57.608. Mechanical Refrigeration.
57.609. Hyperbaric Facilities.
57.610. Clothes Dryers Exhaust Systems.
57.701. General.
57.702. Definitions.
57.703. Penetrations.
57.704. Joints and Voids.
57.705. Doors and Window Openings.
57.705.2.4.1. Obstructions to Fire Assemblies.
57.705.2.4.2. Removing Wedges.
57.705.2.4.3. Fire Assembly Labels.
57.705.2.4.4. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.706. Duct and Air Transfer Openings.
57.707. Concealed Spaces.
57.708. Exterior Walls.
57.801. General.
57.801.2. General Use of Combustible Decorations and Restrictions on Wearing Apparel.
57.801.2.1. Prohibited Use of Decorative Material.
57.801.2.2. Sale of Combustible Decorations and Wearing Apparel.
57.801.2.2.1. Rendered Flame-retardant.
57.801.2.2.2. Prohibited Sell, Rent, Lease, or Give Away of Wearing Apparel.
57.802. Definitions.
57.803. Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish in Existing Buildings.
57.804. Interior Wall and Ceiling Trim in New and Existing Buildings.
57.805. Upholstered Furniture and Mattresses in New and Existing Buildings.
57.806. Natural Decorative Vegetation in New and Existing Buildings.
57.806.1.4. Christmas Trees and Decorations.
57.806.1.4.1. Christmas Trees.
57.806.1.4.2. Flame-retardant.
57.806.1.4.3. Decorations.
57.806.1.4.4. Field Test for Fire Resistance.
57.806.1.4.5. Location.
57.806.1.4.6. Permit.
57.806.1.5. Christmas Tree Sales.

57.807. Decorative Materials and Artificial Decorative Vegetation in New and Existing Buildings.

57.807.1. Reserved.
57.807.2. Reserved.
57.807.3. Reserved.
57.807.5. Occupancy-based Requirements.
57.807.5.1. Reserved.
57.807.5.1.1. Reserved.
57.807.5.1.2. Reserved.
57.807.5.2. Reserved.
57.807.5.4. Reserved.
57.807.5.5. Reserved.
57.807.5.6. Reserved.
57.807.6. Reserved.

57.808. Furnishing Other than Upholstered Furniture and Mattresses or Decorative Materials in New and Existing Buildings.

57.901. General.
57.901.4.1.1. Testing.
57.901.6.4. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.901.8.1.1. Systems and Equipment.
57.901.8.3. False Alarm.
57.901.8.4. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.902. Definitions.
57.903. Automatic Sprinkler Systems.
57.903.1.2. Spare Sprinkler Heads.
57.903.1.2.1. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.903.3.10. Access Aisles and Operating Clearances.
57.903.3.10.1. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.903.3.11. Sprinkler Piping.
57.903.3.12. Inlet Connection Signs.
57.903.3.12.1. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.903.3.13. System Identification Signs.
57.903.3.13.1. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.903.4.4. Security.
57.903.4.4.1. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.903.5.1. Damaged Heads.
57.903.5.2. Use of Sprinkler System for Hanging or Support.
57.903.5.3. Sprinkler Guards Required.
57.903.5.4. Sprinkler Heads in Spraying Areas.
57.903.5.5. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.904. Alternative Automatic Fire-extinguishing Systems.
57.904.1.2. Permits Required.
57.904.1.3. Prohibition on Use Prior to Final Inspection.
57.905. Standpipe Systems.
57.905.2.1. Standpipe Hose Outlets.
57.906. Portable Fire Extinguishers.
57.906.1.1. Portable Fire Extinguishers for Assembly Occupancies.
57.906.1.1.1. Additional Class 10B:C Extinguisher Required.
57.906.1.2. Fire Extinguishers for Institutional Occupancies.
57.906.2.2. Maintained Ready for Use.
57.906.2.3. Accessibility.
57.906.2.4. Installation.
57.906.2.5. Mounting Height.
57.906.2.6. Temperature.
57.906.2.7. Required Service Inspections.
57.906.2.8. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.907. Fire Alarm and Detection Systems.
57.907.2.8.4. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.907.2.9.4. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.907.2.11.9. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.907.2.13.2.1. Fire Department Voice Communication System.
57.907.2.13.2.1.1. Phone Jacks.
57.907.2.13.2.1.2. Exterior Phone Jacks.
57.907.2.13.2.1.3. Approval.
57.907.2.13.2.1.4. Design.
57.907.2.13.2.1.5. Minimum Number of Phone Sets.
57.907.5.2.1.5. Audibility.
57.907.5.2.2.3. Alternate Uses.
57.907.6.1. Wiring.
57.907.6.6.5. Permits Required.
57.907.8.5. Maintenance of Equipment.
57.907.8.5.1. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.908. Emergency Alarm Systems.
57.909. Smoke Control Systems.
57.910. Smoke and Heat Removal.
57.911. Explosion Control.
57.912. Fire Department Connections.
57.913. Fire Pumps.
57.914. Fire Protection Based on Special Detailed Requirements of Use and Occupancy.
57.915. Carbon Monoxide Detection.
57.916. Gas Detection Systems.
57.917. Mass Notification Systems.
57.918. Fire Watch.
57.918.1. Scope.
57.918.2. Authority to Require Fire Watch.
57.918.2.1. Authority of the Chief to Assign Department Members.
57.918.2.2. Fire Watch Maintained until Safe.
57.918.2.3. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.918.3. Responsibility for Instruction.
57.918.4. Log Book.
57.918.5. Specific Duty Requirements.
57.1001. Administration.
57.1002. Definitions.
57.1003. General Means of Egress.
57.1004. Occupant Load.
57.1004.5.1.1. Determination of Occupant Load.
57.1004.5.1.1.1. Chief’s Approval Required.
57.1004.5.1.1.2. Plans Required.
57.1004.5.1.2. Occupant Load Responsibility.
57.1004.9.1. Multiple Uses.
57.1004.9.2. Maintaining Occupant Load Signs and Floor Plans.
57.1004.9.3. Compliance with Occupant Load.
57.1004.9.4. Required Signage.
57.1004.9.5. Size of Letters.
57.1004.10. Overcrowding.
57.1004.10.1. Overcrowded Condition.
57.1004.11. Exits.
57.1005. Means of Egress Sizing.
57.1006. Number of Exits and Exit Access Doorways.
57.1007. Exit and Exit Access Doorway Configuration.
57.1008. Means of Egress Illumination.
57.1008.4. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.1009. Accessible Means of Egress.
57.1010. Doors, Gates, and Turnstiles.
57.1010.1.2.2. Double-acting Doors.
57.1010.1.2.2.1. View Panel.
57.1010.2.7.1. Locks on Penthouse Doors.
57.1010.6. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.1011. Stairways.
57.1012. Ramps.
57.1013. Exit Signs.
57.1013.1.1. Location.
57.1013.1.1.1. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.1014. Handrails.
57.1015. Guards.
57.1016. Exit Access.
57.1017. Exit Access Travel Distance.
57.1018. Aisles.
57.1019. Exit Access Stairways and Ramps.
57.1020. Corridors.
57.1021. Egress Balconies.
57.1022. Exits.
57.1023. Interior Exit Stairways and Ramps.
57.1023.9.2. Stairway Identification System.
57.1023.9.3. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.1024. Exit Passageways.
57.1025. Luminous Egress Path Markings.
57.1026. Horizontal Exits.
57.1027. Exterior Exit Stairways and Ramps.
57.1028. Exit Discharge.
57.1029. Egress Courts.
57.1030. Assembly.
57.1030.6.4. Displays.
57.1030.13.1.3. Spacing of Tables.
57.1031. Emergency Escape and Rescue.
57.1032. Maintenance of the Means of Egress.
57.1032.2.1.4. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.1032.3.2. Use.
57.1032.3.3. Obstructions to Fire Assemblies.
57.1032.3.4. Removing Wedges.
57.1032.3.5. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.1101. General.
57.1102. Definitions.
57.1103. Fire Safety Requirements for Existing Buildings.
57.1103.3.3. Medical Emergency Elevator.
57.1104. Means of Egress for Existing Buildings.
57.1104.16. Fire Escape Stairs.
57.1104.16.4. Access.
57.1104.16.7.1. Use of Fire Escape.
57.1104.16.8. Protection of Exterior Openings.
57.1104.16.9. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.1105. Reserved.
57.1106. Requirements for Outdoor Operations.
57.1107. Group a Public Address System.
57.1108. Reserved.
57.1109. Reserved.
57.1110. Reserved.
57.1111. Reserved.
57.1112. Reserved.
57.1113. Existing Group R-1 and Group R-2 Occupancies [SFM].
57.1114. Existing High-rise Buildings [SFM].
57.1115. Existing Group I Occupancies [SFM].
57.1116. Existing Group L and Group H-8 Occupancies [SFM].
57.1201. General.
57.1202. Definitions.
57.1203. Emergency and Standby Power Systems.
57.1203.1.1.1. Engine Fuel Tank.
57.1203.2.2.1. Window Washing Equipment.
57.1204. Portable Generators.
57.1205. Solar Photovoltaic Power Systems.
57.1206. Stationary Fuel Cell Power Systems.
57.1207. Electrical Energy Storage Systems.

[Chapters 13 - 19 Reserved]

57.2001. General.
57.2001.2.1. Standard.
57.2001.3.1. Permits Required.
57.2002. Definitions.
57.2003. General Precautions.
57.2003.1.1. Welding and Cutting Operations.
57.2003.6.1. Combustible Storage.
57.2003.8. Drip Pans.
57.2003.9. Pesticides.
57.2004. Aircraft Maintenance.
57.2004.8. Aircraft Fuel System Maintenance.
57.2004.8.1. Fuel Tank Atmosphere.
57.2004.8.2. Open Flame.
57.2004.8.3. Electrical Equipment.
57.2004.8.4. Grounding and Bonding.
57.2004.8.5. Electrical Circuits.
57.2004.8.6. Warning Signs.
57.2005. Portable Fire Extinguishers.
57.2006. Aircraft Fueling.
57.2007. Helistops and Heliports.
57.2101. General.
57.2102. Definitions.
57.2103. Classifications.
57.2104. General Requirements.
57.2105. Operating Requirements.
57.2106. Spotting and Pretreating.
57.2107. Dry Cleaning Systems.
57.2108. Fire Protection.
57.2201. General.
57.2202. Definitions.
57.2203. Precautions.
57.2203.3.1.3. Dust Collection Systems for Rooms or Buildings.
57.2203.5.1. Housekeeping and Maintenance.
57.2204. Dust Explosion Screening Tests.
57.2205. Standards.
57.2205.1.2. Dust-tight Enclosures.
57.2301. General.
57.2302. Definitions.
57.2303. Location of Dispensing Devices.
57.2304. Dispensing Operations.
57.2305. Operational Requirements.
57.2305.8. Transfer Between Tanks.
57.2306. Flammable and Combustible Liquid Motor Fuel-dispensing Facilities.
57.2307. Liquefied Petroleum Gas Motor Fuel-dispensing Facilities.
57.2307.9. Filling of Mobile Fuel Tanks.
57.2308. Compressed Natural Gas Motor Fuel-dispensing Facilities.
57.2309. Hydrogen Motor Fuel-dispensing and Generation Facilities.
57.2310. Marine Motor Fuel-dispensing Facilities.
57.2310.6.1.1. Standpipes Required Intervals.
57.2311. Repair Garages.
57.2401. General.
57.2401.3.1. Special Permit.
57.2402. Definitions.
57.2403. Protection of Operations.
57.2403.3.5.3. Cleaning Solvents.
57.2403.3.7. Handling of Class I, II and IIIA Liquids.
57.2403.4.5. Repair.
57.2404. Spray Finishing.
57.2404.3.2.3.1. Floor Covering.
57.2404.6.3. Heating Spray Booths and Spray Rooms.
57.2404.7.9. Exhaust Ducts.
57.2404.7.9.1. Gauge of Metal.
57.2404.7.9.2. Seams.
57.2404.7.9.3. Insulating.
57.2404.7.9.4. Separation from Combustible Material.
57.2404.7.9.5. Branch Ducts.
57.2404.7.9.6. Duct Velocity.
57.2405. Dipping Operations.
57.2405.2.1. Location.
57.2405.12. Protection of Floors.
57.2406. Power Coating.
57.2407. Electrostatic Apparatus.
57.2408. Organic Peroxides and Dual-component Coatings.
57.2409. Indoor Manufacturing of Reinforced Plastics.
57.2410. Floor Surfacing and Finishing Operations.
57.2501. General.
57.2601. General.
57.2603. Fire Safety Requirements.
57.2603.3.6. Warning Agent.
57.2603.3.7. Fire Department Notification.
57.2701. General.
57.2702. Definitions.
57.2703. General Safety Provisions.
57.2704. Storage.
57.2705. Use and Handling.
57.2801. General.
57.2802. Definitions.
57.2803. General Requirements.
57.2803.8. Yard Storage.
57.2804. Fire Protection.
57.2805. Plywood, Veneer and Composite Board Mills.
57.2806. Log Storage Areas.

57.2807. Storage of Wood Chips and Hogged Material Associated with Timber and Lumber Production Facilities.

57.2808. Storage and Processing of Wood Chips, Hogged Material, Fines, Compost, Solid Biomass Feedstock and Raw Product Associated with Yard Waste, Agroindustrial and Recycling Facilities.

57.2809. Exterior Storage of Finished Lumber and Solid Biofuel Products.
57.2810. Outdoor Storage of Pallets at Pallet Manufacturing and Recycling Facilities.
57.2901. General.
57.2902. Definitions.
57.2903. General Precautions.
57.2904. Electrical Equipment and Protection.
57.2905. Process Structures.
57.2906. Process Mills and Kettles.
57.2907. Process Piping.
57.2908. Raw Materials in Process Areas.
57.2909. Raw Materials and Finished Products.
57.3001. General.
57.3002. Definitions.
57.3003. Location.
57.3004. Fuel Piping.
57.3005. Interlocks.
57.3006. Fire Protection.
57.3007. Operation and Maintenance.
57.3101. General.
57.3102. Definitions.
57.3103. Temporary Tents and Membrane Structures.
57.3104. Temporary and Permanent Tents and Membrane Structures.
57.3104.11.1. Responsibility of Owner or Manager.
57.3104.17.3. Fire Safety Officer.
57.3105. Temporary Special Event Structures.
57.3106. Outdoor Assembly Events.
57.3107. Operational Requirements.
57.3108. Inflatable Amusement Devices.
57.3201. General.
57.3202. Definitions.
57.3203. Commodity Classification.
57.3204. Designation of High-piled Storage Areas.
57.3205. Housekeeping and Maintenance.
57.3206. General Fire Protection and Life Safety Features.
57.3207. Solid-piled and Shelf Storage.
57.3208. Rack Storage.
57.3209. Automated Storage.
57.3210. Specialty Storage.
57.3301. General.
57.3302. Definitions.
57.3303. Owner’s Responsibility for Fire Protection.
57.3304. Temporary Heating Equipment.
57.3305. Precautions Against Fire.
57.3306. Flammable and Combustible Liquids.
57.3307. Flammable Gases.
57.3308. Explosive Materials.
57.3309. Portable Generators.
57.3310. Fire Reporting.
57.3311. Access for Fire Fighting.
57.3312. Means of Egress.
57.3313. Water Supply for Fire Protection.
57.3314. Standpipes.
57.3315. Automatic Sprinkler System.
57.3316. Portable Fire Extinguishers.
57.3317. Motorized Construction Equipment.
57.3318. Safeguarding Roofing Operations.
57.3401. General.
57.3402. Definitions.
57.3403. Tire Rebuilding.
57.3404. Precautions Against Fire.
57.3405. Outdoor Storage.
57.3406. Fire Department Access.
57.3407. Fencing.
57.3408. Fire Protection.
57.3409. Indoor Storage Arrangement.
57.3501. General.
57.3501.2. Permits.
57.3502. Definitions.
57.3503. General Requirements.
57.3504. Fire Safety Requirements.
57.3505. Gas Welding and Cutting.
57.3506. Electric Arc Hot Work.
57.3507. Calcium Carbide Systems.
57.3508. Acetylene Generators.
57.3509. Piping Manifolds and Hose Systems for Fuel Gases and Oxygen.
57.3510. Hot Work on Flammable and Combustible Liquid Storage Tanks.
57.3601. Scope.
57.3602. Definitions.
57.3603. General Precautions.
57.3604. Fire Protection Equipment.
57.3605. Marine Motor Fuel-dispensing Facilities.
57.3701. General.
57.3702. Definitions.
57.3703. General Precautions.
57.3703.8. Automotive Equipment.
57.3704. Loose Fiber Storage.
57.3705. Baled Storage.

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57.3901. General.
57.3902. Definitions.
57.3903. Processing and Extraction.
57.3904. Systems and Equipment.
57.3905. Safety Systems.
57.4001. General.
57.4002. Definitions.
57.4003. Precautions Against Fire.
57.4004. Storage.
57.4005. Fire Protection.
57.4006. Signage.

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57.4701. Assemblage Occupancies.
57.4701.1. General.
57.4701.2. Permit Required.
57.4701.2.1. Business Operating a Place of Assemblage.
57.4701.2.2. Temporary Place of Assemblage.
57.4701.2.3. Failure to Comply.
57.4701.3. Management Responsibility.
57.4701.3.1. Minimum Requirements for Temporary Place of Assemblage.
57.4701.4. Exit & Access Facilities.
57.4701.4.1. Obstruction of Exit Facilities.
57.4701.4.1.1. Obstruction of Exits.
57.4701.4.1.2. Obstruction of Lobbies and Foyers.
57.4701.4.1.3. Obstruction of Exits by Persons.
57.4701.4.1.4. Waiting Spaces.
57.4701.5. Open Flame.
57.4701.6. Live Theatrical Productions.
57.4701.7. Unvented Portable Heaters.
57.4701.8. Compressed Gases and Liquefied Flammable Gases.
57.4701.8.1. Special Permit Required.
57.4701.8.1.1. Conditions.
57.4701.8.2. Liquefied Flammable Gases.
57.4701.8.3. Regulating Devices.
57.4701.9. Standing Concert Attendance Inside Structures.
57.4701.10. Standing Concert Attendance Not in Structures.
57.4701.11. Crowd Management.
57.4701.12. Medical Plan.
57.4702. Day Care and Educational Occupancies.
57.4702.1. Permit Required.
57.4702.2. Management Responsibility.
57.4702.3. Space Heating Appliance Location.
57.4702.4. Classroom Aisles and Seats.
57.4702.4.1. Educational Occupancies Not Regulated by Title 19, C.C.R.
57.4702.5. Day Care Facility Fire Clearance Pre-inspection.
57.4703. Institutional Occupancies.
57.4703.1. Permit Required.
57.4703.2. Management Responsibility.
57.4703.3. Fire / Life Safety Program.
57.4703.3.1. Emergency Plans, Procedures, and Evacuation Signs.
57.4703.3.2. Fire Drills.
57.4703.3.3. Evacuation Plan Posted.
57.4703.3.4. Emergency Planning.
57.4703.4. Heating Appliances.
57.4703.4.1. Approval Required.
57.4703.4.2. Metallic Guards Required.
57.4703.4.2.1. Cabinet Type Appliances.
57.4703.5. Lamp Guards.
57.4703.6. Grounding Safeguards.
57.4703.7. Fire Clearance Safety Inspections.
57.4703.7.1. Pre-inspection.
57.4703.7.2. Final Clearance.
57.4704. Residential Occupancies.
57.4704.1. Permit Required.
57.4704.2. Management Responsibility.
57.4704.3. Responsible Resident Requirements.
57.4704.3.1. Resident on the Premises.
57.4704.3.2. Manager Contact Information.
57.4704.3.3. Owner Contact Information.
57.4704.3.4. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.4704.4. Posting or Distribution of Fire Safety Information.
57.4704.4.1. Posting in Guest Rooms in Hotels and Motels.
57.4704.4.2. Distribution in Dwelling Units in Apartment Houses and Condominiums.
57.4704.4.3. Fire Safety Information Required.
57.4704.4.3.1. Smoke Detector Information.
57.4704.4.4. Modification.
57.4704.4.5. Format.
57.4704.4.6. Language.
57.4704.4.7. Removal.
57.4704.4.8. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.4704.5. Smoke Detector Maintenance.
57.4704.5.1. Testing.
57.4704.5.2. Notification.
57.4704.5.3. Entry.
57.4704.5.4. No Refusal to Permit Entry Following Reasonable Notice.
57.4704.5.5. Tampering.
57.4704.5.6. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.4704.6. Flammable and Combustible Liquids.
57.4704.6.1. Class IA.
57.4704.6.2. Class IB, IC, or Class II.
57.4704.6.3. Approved Uses.
57.4704.6.4. Maximum Quantities.
57.4704.6.5. Basement Storage.
57.4704.6.5.1. Class II or Class III Liquids.
57.4704.7. Flammable and Combustible Liquids in Dwellings.
57.4704.7.1. Class IA in Dwellings.
57.4704.7.2. Maximum Quantities.
57.4704.8. Unvented Portable Heaters.
57.4704.8.1. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.4704.9. Compressed Gases and Liquefied Flammable Gases.
57.4704.10. Spark Arresters.
57.4704.10.1. Installation.
57.4704.10.2. Fire Hazard.
57.4705. New High-rise.
57.4705.1. Elevator System.
57.4705.1.1. Construction.
57.4705.1.2. Vestibule Openings.
57.4705.1.3. Smoke Detector.
57.4705.1.3.1. Alternate Floor Recall.
57.4705.1.4. Elevator Keys.
57.4705.1.5. Sign.
57.4705.1.6. Fire Control Elevator.
57.4705.1.7. Emergency Elevator.
57.4705.1.8. Permit.
57.4705.2. Special Requirements.
57.4705.3. Vertical Exit Enclosure.
57.4705.4. Emergency Helicopter Landing Facility.
57.4705.4.1. Definitions.
57.4705.4.2. Minimum Requirements.
57.4705.5. Portable Fire Extinguisher Required.
57.4705.5.1. Penalties and Minimum Fines.
57.4705.6. Standby Power for Window Washing Equipment.
57.4801. General.
57.4802. Occupancy Classification.
57.4803. Required Permits.
57.4804. General Requirements.
57.4805. Fire-extinguishing Systems.
57.4806. Fire Detection Equipment.
57.4807. Fire Safety Officers.
57.4808. Electrical Requirements.
57.4809. Mechanical Equipment.
57.4810. Design Requirements.
57.4811. Production Locations.
57.4811.1.1. Motion Picture Locations – Television Remotes.
57.4901. General.
57.4902. Definitions.
57.4903. Plans.
57.4904. Fire Hazard Severity Zones.
57.4905. Wildfire Protection Building Construction.
57.4906. Vegetation Management.
57.4906.5. Specific Requirements for Hazardous Vegetation.
57.4906.5.1. General Brush Clearance.
57.4906.5.1.1. Specific Requirements.
57.4906.5.1.1.1. Vegetation Within 100 Feet of Buildings.
57.4906.5.1.1.2. Trees Within 100 Feet of Buildings.
57.4906.5.1.1.3. Chimney Clearance.
57.4906.5.1.1.4. Overhanging Branches.
57.4906.5.1.1.5. Roof Maintenance.
57.4906.5.1.1.6. Road and Fence Clearance.
57.4906.5.1.1.7. Second 100-foot Modification.
57.4906.5.1.1.8. Landscape Vegetation.
57.4906.5.1.1.9. Greater Fire Protection Measures.
57.4906.5.1.1.10. Additional Brush Clearance Requirements.
57.4906.5.1.1.10.1. Penalty.
57.4906.5.2. Inspection and Fees.
57.4906.5.2.1. Public Nuisance.
57.4906.5.2.1.1. Notice to Owner.
57.4906.5.2.1.2. City Abatement of Nuisance.
57.4906.5.2.1.3. Report of Nuisance Abatement.
57.4906.5.2.1.4. Public Hearing Request.
57.4906.5.2.1.4.1. Written Objections.
57.4906.5.2.1.4.2. Hearing Procedures.
57.4906.5.2.1.4.3. Hearing Report Preparation.
57.4906.5.2.1.4.3.1. Contested Assessment Review by City Council.
57.4906.5.2.1.4.3.2. Final Decision.
57.4906.5.3. Additional Authority to Recover Costs.
57.4907. Defensible Space.
57.4908. Fire Safe Development Regulations.
57.4909. Subdivision Review Survey.
57.4910. Subdivision Review Survey.
57.4911. Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone – Requirements Specific to Los Angeles.
57.4911.1. Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone Established.
57.4911.1.1. Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone Ordinance and Map.
57.4911.1.2. Modified Boundary Lines.
57.4911.1.3. Legal Description.
57.4911.2. Posting of Signs Prohibiting Smoking and Burning.
57.4911.3. Authority to Construct.
57.4911.3.1. Authority to Secure.
57.4911.4. Authority in State and Federal Forests.
57.4911.5. Open Flame Prohibited.
57.4911.6. Smoking Prohibited.
57.4911.7. Clearance of Vegetative Growth from Electrical Transmission Lines.
57.4911.8. Restricted Entry or Presence in the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone.
57.4911.8.1. Notice.
57.4911.8.2. Trespass.
57.4911.8.3. Special Permit.
57.4911.8.4. Unauthorized Parking.
57.4911.9. Tampering with Established Locks, Signs, Barriers or Water Tanks.
57.4911.9.1. Defacing Signs.
57.5001. General.
57.5001.5. Permits.
57.5002. Definitions.

57.5002.1.

57.5003. General Requirements.
57.5003.2.2.1. [Design and Construction].
57.5003.2.2.3. Hazardous Materials Storage Tanks Inside Buildings.
57.5003.2.4.1.1. Secondary Containment.
57.5003.2.4.1.2. Underground Piping.
57.5003.2.4.1.3. Fill Pipes.
57.5003.2.4.2.2. Insulation.
57.5003.2.4.3. Pressures above Ambient.
57.5003.2.4.3.1. Installation of Above-Ground Containers.
57.5003.2.4.3.2. Installation of Underground Storage Containers.
57.5003.2.4.3.2.1. Buried Containers.
57.5003.2.4.3.2.2. Burial Depth.
57.5003.2.4.3.2.3. Corrosion Resistance.
57.5003.2.4.3.2.4. Installation.
57.5003.2.4.3.2.5. Piping Connections.
57.5003.2.4.3.2.6. Pits.
57.5003.2.4.3.2.7. Collision Barriers.
57.5003.2.4.3.2.8. Inspection.
57.5003.2.4.3.3. Filling Terminals.
57.5003.2.4.3.4. Indirect Fired Vaporizers.
57.5003.2.4.3.5. Direct Fired Vaporizers.
57.5003.2.4.3.6. Operations of Process Vessels.
57.5003.2.6.3. Manifold Systems and Piping.
57.5003.2.10. Repair of Underground Tanks.
57.5003.3.1.5. Reporting.
57.5003.5.2. Additional Signage.
57.5003.5.2.1. Warning Placards and Signs.
57.5003.5.2.2. Warning Placards and Signs.
57.5003.9. General Safety Precautions.
57.5003.9.11. Handling.
57.5003.13. Harbor Facilities.
57.5003.14. Transferring by Pumps.
57.5003.15. Tank Vehicles.
57.5003.15.1. Prohibited Locations.
57.5003.15.2. Transfer Hoses.
57.5004. Storage.
57.5005. Use, Dispensing and Handling.
57.5005.1.13. Filling or Transferring Hazardous Materials in Portable Containers.
57.5101. General.
57.5102. Definitions.
57.5103. Classification of Aerosol Products.
57.5104. Inside Storage of Aerosol Products.
57.5105. Outside Storage.
57.5106. Retail Display.
57.5107. Manufacturing Facilities.

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57.5301. General.
57.5301.2. Permits.
57.5301.2.1. Design and Installation Permit Required.
57.5302. Definitions.
57.5303. General Requirements.
57.5304. Storage of Compressed Gases.
57.5305. Use and Handling of Compressed Gases.
57.5306. Medical Gas Systems.
57.5307. Compressed Gases Not Otherwise Regulated.
57.5401. General.
57.5401.2. Permits.
57.5402. Definitions.
57.5403. General Requirements.
57.5403.3. Warning Placards and Signs.
57.5403.4. Water Shields.
57.5403.5. Open Tanks and Vats.
57.5403.5.1. Heat or Agitate.
57.5403.5.2. Controls.
57.5403.5.3. Gauges.
57.5403.6. Dikes and Drains.
57.5403.7. Dilution and Neutralization.
57.5403.8. Special Equipment.
57.5403.9. Tank Cars.
57.5404. Storage.
57.5404.3. Drum and Carboy Storage.
57.5404.4. Tank Storage.
57.5405. Use.
57.5405.3. Working Supply.
57.5501. General.
57.5502. Definitions.
57.5503. General Requirements.
57.5504. Storage.
57.5505. Use and Handling.
57.5601. General.
57.5601.9. Sources of Ignition.
57.5601.10. Vegetation.
57.5601.11. Fire Protection Portable Fire Extinguishers.
57.5601.12. Warning Placards and Signs.
57.5601.12.1. Posting.
57.5602. Definitions.
57.5603. Recordkeeping and Reporting.
57.5604. Explosive Materials Storage and Handling.
57.5604.1.1. Blasting Agents – General.
57.5604.12. General Provisions.
57.5604.12.1. Enclosed and Encased.
57.5604.12.2. Outside Of, or About, the Containers.
57.5604.12.3. Storage While Not Being Transported.
57.5604.12.4. Cut off of Escape.
57.5604.12.5. Storage of Black Blasting Powder.
57.5604.12.6. Explosive Vaults.
57.5604.12.6.1. When Stored.
57.5604.12.6.2. Maximum Quantity.
57.5604.12.6.3. Construction and Isolation.
57.5604.12.6.4. Signage.
57.5604.12.6.5. Source of Ignition.
57.5604.12.6.6. Opening of Package or Container.
57.5604.12.6.7. Igniters.
57.5604.12.6.8. Order of Removal from Vault.
57.5604.12.6.9. Maintenance of Explosives Vault.
57.5604.12.6.10. Keys or Combinations.
57.5604.12.7. Portable Magazines.
57.5604.12.7.1. Use.
57.5604.12.7.2. Maximum of Explosive Material.
57.5604.12.7.3. Magazine Color and Signage.
57.5604.12.7.4. Location.
57.5604.12.7.5. Igniters, Detonators, Fuses, Boosters.
57.5604.12.7.6. Securing When Not in Constant Attendance.
57.5604.12.7.7. Kept Closed and Securely Locked.
57.5604.12.8. Black Sporting Powder.
57.5604.12.8.1. Approved Containers.
57.5604.12.8.2. Storage Requirements.
57.5604.12.8.3. Product Display.
57.5604.13. Transportation of Explosive Materials.
57.5604.13.1. Exceptions.
57.5604.13.1.1. Rail Common Carriers.
57.5604.13.1.2. Within a Building.
57.5604.13.1.3. Signaling Devices.
57.5604.13.1.4. Small Arms Ammunition.
57.5604.13.1.5. Chemicals in the Form of Medicine.
57.5604.13.1.6. U.S. Department of Defense, or by Police or Fire Departments.
57.5604.13.1.7. Common Carriers.

57.5604.13.1.8. Compliance with California Vehicle Code and the California Health and Safety Code.

57.5604.13.2. Permits and Fees.
57.5604.13.3. Vehicles for Transporting Explosives.
57.5604.13.3.1. Requirements for Vehicles Used for the Transportation.
57.5604.13.4. Equipment Required.
57.5604.13.4.1. Secure Lashing.
57.5604.13.4.2. Warning Placards.
57.5604.13.4.3. Portable Fire Extinguishers.
57.5604.13.5. Maintenance of Vehicles.
57.5604.13.6. Prohibited Acts.
57.5604.13.6.1. Flame-producing Device.
57.5604.13.6.2. Trailers.
57.5604.13.6.3. Smoking or Use of Matches.
57.5604.13.6.4. Blasting Caps or Detonators.
57.5604.13.6.5. Unattended Vehicle.
57.5604.13.7. Special Operating Requirements.
57.5604.13.7.1. Routes of Travel.
57.5604.13.7.2. Hours of Transportation.
57.5604.13.7.3. Parking or Stopping.
57.5604.13.7.4. Constant Attendance.
57.5604.13.7.5. Load Limit.
57.5604.13.7.6. Repairs.
57.5604.13.8. Emergency Action.
57.5604.13.9. Packing and Labeling.
57.5604.13.9.1. Labeling.
57.5604.13.9.2. Packing.
57.5604.13.9.2.1. Reasonable Care.
57.5604.13.9.2.2. Unsafe Containers.
57.5604.13.9.2.3. Statement Signed by the Shipper.
57.5604.13.9.2.4. Closed or Sealed.
57.5604.13.9.2.5. Other Materials.

57.5605. Manufacture, Assembly and Testing of Explosives, Explosive Materials and Fireworks.

57.5605.10. Manufacturing of Explosive Materials Prohibited.
57.5605.10.1. Manufacturing, Processing, Assembling, or Fabricating Articles.
57.5605.10.2. Manufacture of Articles Containing Explosive Materials.
57.5605.10.2.1. General Requirements.
57.5605.10.2.2. Processing Safeguards.
57.5605.10.2.3. Test Areas.
57.5605.10.2.4. Special Requirements.
57.5606. Small Arms Ammunition and Small Arms Ammunition Components.
57.5606.5.1.1.1. Containers.
57.5606.5.1.1.2. Display of Smokeless Powder.
57.5606.5.2.1. Smokeless Propellant.
57.5606.5.2.3. Small Arms Primer.
57.5606.5.3. Transportation or Storage of Small Arms Primers.
57.5606.7. Small Arms Ammunition.
57.5606.7.1. Incendiary or Signaling Ammunition.
57.5606.7.2. Storage of Small Arms Ammunition.
57.5606.7.3. Separation of Small Arms Ammunition.
57.5606.7.4. Approval of Storage.
57.5607. Blasting.
57.5607.16. Additional Blasting Requirements.
57.5607.16.1. Permit Required.
57.5607.16.2. Certificate of Fitness Required.
57.5607.16.3. Blasting General Precautions.
57.5607.16.3.1. Source of Ignition.
57.5607.16.3.2. Storage.
57.5607.16.3.3. Opening Tools.
57.5607.16.3.4. Rubbish.
57.5607.16.3.5. Electric Lights or Power Circuits.
57.5607.16.3.6. Electrical Storms.
57.5607.16.3.7. Blasting Operator Notification of Blasting.
57.5607.16.3.8. Blasting in Proximity of Loaded Hole.
57.5607.16.3.9. Materials Left over after Loading.
57.5607.16.4. Loading Explosive Materials.
57.5607.16.4.1. Machines and Metal Tools.
57.5607.16.4.2. Number of Persons Present.
57.5607.16.4.3. Amount Estimated by the Blasting Operator.
57.5607.16.4.4. Stacking of Explosive Materials.
57.5607.16.4.5. Explosive Materials Containers.
57.5607.16.4.6. Simultaneous Drilling and Loading.
57.5607.16.4.7. Power Lines and Portable Electric Cables.
57.5607.16.4.8. Drill Holes.
57.5607.16.4.9. Detonators Used in Firing Blasts.
57.5607.16.4.10. Detonators Encased.
57.5607.16.4.11. Funnel.
57.5607.16.4.12. Wooden Rods Used for Tamping.
57.5607.16.4.13. Tamping Shall Be by Pressure or Light Blows.
57.5607.16.4.14. Stemmed to the Collar.
57.5607.16.4.15. Mechanical Tamping Devices.
57.5607.16.5. Blasting Inspection.
57.5607.16.5.1. Notification to Department of Detonation Time.
57.5608. Fireworks Display.
57.5608.1.1.1. Additional – General.
57.5608.1.1.2. Additional Scope.
57.5608.1.2. Fireworks.
57.5608.1.2.1. Control and Supervision.
57.5608.1.2.2. Fireworks Display – Additional License Requirement.
57.5609. Temporary Storage of Consumer Fireworks.
57.5609.2. Shipping Fireworks.
57.5609.3. Storage.
57.5609.3.1. Storage in Hazardous Materials Storage Cabinet.
57.5609.3.2. Storage in Explosive Rooms.
57.5610. Experimental Rockets / Unlimited.
57.5611. Model Rockets.
57.5612. Experimental High-Power Rockets and Motors.
57.5613. Emergency Signaling Devices.
57.5701. General.
57.5702. Definitions.
57.5703. General Requirements.
57.5703.7. Transporting Class I or II Liquids Within Buildings.
57.5703.8. Special Limitations.
57.5703.9. Other Emergency Features.
57.5704. Storage.
57.5704.3.1.2. Maximum Allowable Container Size.
57.5704.3.5.1. Basement Storage.
57.5704.5. Separation of Storage.
57.5705. Dispensing, Use, Mixing and Handling.
57.5705.6. Class I or II Liquids at Point of Use.
57.5705.6.1. Safety Cans.
57.5706. Special Operations.
57.5706.3.1.4. Bulk Distribution Stations.
57.5706.3.1.5. Hazardous Materials.
57.5706.3.1.6. Operating Unit – Defined.
57.5706.3.1.6.1. Operating Unit.
57.5706.3.7.1. Identification Signs.
57.5706.3.9. Oil Well Cellars.
57.5706.3.9.1. Construction.
57.5706.3.9.2. Two or More.
57.5706.3.9.3. Stairs and Ladders.
57.5706.3.9.4. Guardrails.
57.5706.3.10. Rubbish, Junk, and Combustible Waste.
57.5706.3.11. Extraordinary Fire Hazard.
57.5706.3.12. Fire Protection for Oil Wells.
57.5706.3.13. Security Fences.
57.5706.3.14. Collision Barriers.
57.5706.3.15. Safeguarding Non-operating Oil Wells.
57.5706.3.15.1. Storage.
57.5706.3.15.2. Gas Free.
57.5706.3.15.3. Well Head.
57.5706.3.16. Abandonment of Oil Wells.
57.5706.3.16.1. Non-operating Oil Wells.
57.5706.3.16.2. Written Notice.
57.5706.3.16.3. Failure to Abandon Wells.
57.5706.3.16.4. Method of Abandonment.
57.5706.3.16.4.1. Plug and Cap.
57.5706.3.16.4.2. Site Restoration.
57.5706.3.16.4.3. Notice of Abandonment.
57.5706.3.17. Oil Well Venting.
57.5706.3.18. Natural Gasoline Plants and Refineries.
57.5706.3.18.1. Location.
57.5706.3.18.2. Process Units.
57.5706.4. Bulk Plants or Terminals.
57.5706.4.1.1. Permit Required.
57.5706.4.7.6. Piping, Valves and Fittings.
57.5706.4.7.8.1. Repairs to Vessel or Wharf.
57.5706.4.7.9. Terminal Superintendent.
57.5706.4.7.10. Competent Assistant.
57.5706.4.7.11. Competence of Persons.
57.5706.4.7.12. Refusal to Comply.
57.5706.4.7.13. Mooring and Cargo Connections.
57.5706.4.7.14. Commencement of Cargo Transfer.
57.5706.4.7.15. Transfer Across Deck.
57.5706.4.7.16. Hatches and Ullage Plugs.
57.5706.4.7.17. Ports and Doors to Quarters.
57.5706.4.7.18. Miscellaneous Hazards.
57.5706.4.7.19. Gas-Free Inspection.
57.5706.4.7.20. Obstructions.
57.5706.4.7.21. Hazard Abatement.
57.5706.4.7.22. Conditions Requiring Summary Action.
57.5706.4.7.23. Duties of the Terminal Superintendent.
57.5706.4.7.24. Docking.
57.5706.4.7.25. Scuppers and Sea Valves.
57.5706.4.7.26. Responsibility for Handling Valves.
57.5706.4.7.27. Responsibility for Personnel.
57.5706.4.7.28. Signals.
57.5706.4.7.29. Signs at the Gangplank.
57.5706.4.7.30. Warning for Small Craft.
57.5706.4.7.31. Crewed Barges.
57.5706.4.7.32. Uncrewed Barges
57.5706.4.7.33. Gangway.
57.5706.4.7.34. Marine Oil Terminals and Transfers.
57.5706.4.7.35. Notification by Terminal Superintendent.
57.5706.4.7.36. Master Certification.
57.5706.4.8.1. Smoking and Open Flame Aboard Vessels.
57.5706.4.10.5. Standpipe Locations.
57.5706.4.10.6. Standpipe Water Supply.
57.5706.4.10.7. Fire Equipment Arrangement.
57.5706.4.10.8. Fire Protection on the Vessel.
57.5706.5.1.6.1. Fire Protection System.
57.5706.5.1.6.2. Portable Fire Extinguishers.
57.5706.5.1.19. Backing of Vehicles Prohibited.
57.5706.5.4.6. Transferring of Flammable and Combustible Liquids.
57.5706.6.1.6.1. Dome Covers.
57.5706.6.1.10.2. Discharge Hoses.
57.5706.6.5. Time Limit.
57.5706.6.6. Unloading Procedure.
57.5706.6.7. Asphalt Tank Vehicles.
57.5706.6.7.1. Overflow Protection.
57.5706.6.7.2. Piping above Grade.
57.5706.6.7.3. Access to Public Way.
57.5707. On-demand Mobile Fueling Operations.
57.5801. General.
57.5802. Definitions.
57.5803. General Requirements.
57.5804. Storage.
57.5805. Use.
57.5806. Flammable Cryogenic Fluids.
57.5807. Metal Hydride Storage Systems.
57.5808. Hydrogen Fuel Gas Rooms.
57.5809. Mobile Gaseous Fueling of Hydrogen-fueled Vehicles.
57.5901. General.
57.5901.1.1. Combustible Metals.
57.5902. Definitions.
57.5902.1. Definitions.
57.5903. General Requirements.
57.5904. Storage.
57.5905. Use.
57.5906. Magnesium.
57.5907. Titanium and Zirconium.
57.5907.1. General Storage Requirements.
57.6001. General.
57.6002. Definitions.
57.6003. Highly Toxic and Toxic Solids and Liquids.
57.6004. Highly Toxic and Toxic Compressed Gases.
57.6005. Ozone Gas Generators.
57.6101. General.
57.6101.2.1. Filling Without Permits.
57.6102. Definitions.
57.6103. Installation of Equipment.
57.6104. Location of LP-Gas Containers.
57.6105. Prohibited Use of LP-Gas.
57.6106. Dispensing and Overfilling.
57.6106.4. Filling Cylinders or Tanks.
57.6106.5. Transferring on Public Thoroughfare.
57.6106.6. Attendance During Transfer Operations.
57.6107. Safety Precautions and Devices.
57.6108. Fire Protection.
57.6109. Storage of Portable LP-Gas Containers Awaiting Use or Resale.
57.6110. LP-Gas Containers Not in Service.
57.6111. Parking and Garaging of LP-Gas Tank Vehicles.
57.6112. Bulk Distribution Stations.
57.6112.1. Fences Required.
57.6112.2. Backing Vehicles Prohibited.
57.6112.3. Filling Transportation Tanks.
57.6112.4. Remote Control Switch.
57.6201. General.
57.6202. Definitions.
57.6203. General Requirements.
57.6203.3. General Requirements.
57.6204. Storage.
57.6204.1.12. Storage of Organic Peroxides.
57.6204.1.13. Hazardous Materials Cabinet – Construction and Use.
57.6204.1.14. Refrigerators and Freezers.
57.6205. Use.
57.6205.2. Handling and Use of Organic Peroxides.
57.6301. General.
57.6302. Definitions.
57.6303. General Requirements.
57.6304. Storage.
57.6305. Use.
57.6306. Liquid Oxygen in Home Health Care.
57.6401. General.
57.6402. Definitions.
57.6403. General Requirements.
57.6403.3. General Storage Requirements.
57.6404. Storage.
57.6405. Use.
57.6501. General.
57.6502. Definitions.
57.6503. General Requirements.
57.6504. Storage and Handling.
57.6601. General.
57.6602. Definitions.
57.6603. General Requirements.
57.6603.3. Stabilization.
57.6603.4. Inert Gas.
57.6603.4.1. Decomposition.
57.6603.4.2. Polymerization.
57.6604. Storage.
57.6605. Use.
57.6701. General.
57.6702. Definitions.
57.6703. General Requirements.
57.6704. Storage.
57.6704.3. Container Covers.
57.6705. Use.

[Chapters 68 - 79 Reserved]

57.8001. Referenced Standards.

Appendix.

1. Special Provisions for Licensed 24-hour Care Facilities in a Group R-2.1, R-3.1, R4.
1. Group I-4.
1. School Facilities for Kindergarten Through 12th Grade and Group E Day Care.
1. Large Family Day-care Homes.

Appendix D. Fire Apparatus Access Roads.

Appendix H. Hazardous Materials Management Plan and Hazardous Materials Inventory Statements.

Appendix O. Temporary Haunted Houses, Ghost Walks and Similar Amusement Uses.

SEC. 57.101. SCOPE AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.¶

Chapter 1 of the 2021 edition of the International Fire Code (IFC) and the 2022 edition of the California Fire Code (CFC) are hereby adopted by reference with the following exceptions, modifications, and additions.

TYPE	QUANTITY
1. Air-Reactive Materials	No exemption
2. Water-Reactive Materials	No exemption
3. Unstable Materials	No exemption
4. Explosive Materials
Class A	No exemption
Class B	10 Lbs.
5. Fireworks	No exemption
6. Smokeless Powder	20 Lbs.
7. Black Sporting Powder	5 Lbs.
8. Small Arms Ammunition	1,000 Lbs. (Net Weight)
9. Flammable Gases	3,000 Cu. Ft.
10. Liquified Flammable Gases	60 Gal.
11. Flammable Liquids
Class IA	60 Gal.
Class IB	120 Gal.
Class IC	180 Gal.
Combination of Flammable Liquids with not more than the exempt amount of Class IA, IB, or IC Liquids	240 Gal.
12. Combustible Liquids
Class II	240 Gal.
Class III	500 Gal.
13. Combustible Metals	500 Lbs.
14. Flammable Fibers
Loose	100 Cu. Ft.
Baled	1,000 Cu. Ft.
15. Flammable Solids	500 Lbs.
16. Toxic Materials
Class 3, 4	No exemption
Class 1, 2 Gases	400 Cu. Ft.
Solids or Liquids	100 Lbs.
Etiologic Agent	No exemption
17. Oxidizing Materials
Gases	504 Cu. Ft.
Liquids	50 Gal.
Solids	500 Lbs.
18. Organic Peroxides
Class I, II, III	No exemption
Class IV	10 Lbs.
19. Corrosive Materials
Liquids	200 Gal.
Solids	2,000 Lbs.

Minimum Fine	Offense	Sections Referenced	Fine Reference
$500.00	Authority to Install, Test, and Require Maintenance of Fire Protection Systems and Equipment	57.108.7 through 57.108.7.3	57.108.7.4
$500.00	Fire Due to Carelessness or Negligence	57.305.5.1.1 through 57.305.5.1.3	57.305.5.1.4
$300.00	Vacant Premises	57.311.1 through 57.311.1.2 57.311.2 through 57.311.2.3 57.311.3 57.311.4	57.311.1.3 57.311.2.4 57.311.3.1 57.311.4.1
$200.00	Obstructions to roofs and openings	57.316.4.2	57.316.4.2.1
$100.00	Emergency Planning and Evacuation Requirements for High-rise Buildings	57.408	57.408.11.1
$200.00	Fire Protection Water Supplies	57.507.5.4.1 through 57.507.5.4.2	57.507.5.4.3
$150.00	Electrical Extension Cords	57.603.6 through 57.603.6.4	57.603.6.4.1
$150.00	Fire Assemblies	57.705.2.4.1 through 57.705.2.4.3 57.1032.3.1 through 57.1032.3.4	57.705.2.4.4 57.1032.3.5
$500.00	Fire Protection Systems Maintenance, Testing and Tampering	57.901.6, 57.901.8 through 57.901.8.3	57.901.6.4 57.901.8.4
$100.00	Spare Sprinkler Heads	57.903.1.2	57.903.1.2.1
$100.00	Automatic Sprinkler Systems Access Aisles and Operating Clearance	57.903.3.10	57.903.3.10.1
$100.00	Signs (Sprinkler & Standpipe)	57.903.3.12 57.903.3.13	57.903.3.12.1 57.903.3.13.1
$100.00	Security, Automatic Sprinklers and Standpipes	57.903.4.4	57.903.4.4.1
$100.00	Maintenance of Sprinkler Heads	57.903.5 through 57.903.5.4	57.903.5.5
$200.00	Portable Fire Extinguisher General Requirements Service Installation and Use	57.906.2 through 57.906.2.6	57.906.2.8
$100.00	Portable Fire Extinguisher General Requirements Service Required	57.906.2.7	57.906.2.8
$200.00	Smoke Alarms Requirement R Occupancies	57.907.2.8 57.907.2.9 57.907.2.11 through 57.907.2.11.8	57.907.2.8.4 57.907.2.9.4 57.907.2.11.9
$300.00	Maintenance of Fire Alarm Equipment	57.907.8.5	57.907.8.5.1
$500.00	Fire Watch	57.918.2 through 57.918.2.2	57.918.2.3
$200.00	Means of Egress Illumination	57.1008.1 through 57.1008.3	57.1008.4
$500.00	Exit Doors	57.1010.1.1, 57.1010.1.2, 57.1010.1.2.1, 57.1010.2 57.1010.2.4 57.1010.2.7.1 57.1032.2 57.1032.3.3 57.1032.4	57.1010.6 57.1032.2.1.4 57.1032.3.5
$300.00	Locks on Penthouse Doors	57.1010.2.7.1	57.1010.6
$100.00	Exit Signs	57.1013.1.1	57.1013.1.1.1
$200.00	Floor Identification Signs	57.1023.9 through 57.1023.9.2	57.1023.9.3
$100.00	Fire Escapes Stairs	57.1104.16	57.1104.16.9
$200.00	Responsible Resident Required	57.4704.3	57.4704.3.4
$200.00	Posting Fire Safety Information	57.4704.4	57.4704.4.8
$100.00	Smoke Detector Maintenance	57.4704.5	57.4704.5.6
$100.00	Unvented Portable Heaters	57.4704.8	57.4704.8.1
$50.00	Portable Fire Extinguisher Required (High-rise Residential)	57.4705.5	57.4705.5.1

Hazardous Materials Categories	Hazardous Materials Categories	CUPA Permit Amount
PHYSICAL HAZARDS	1. Explosives and Blasting Agents: i. High Explosives ii. Low Explosives iii. Blasting Agents	Any amount
PHYSICAL HAZARDS	2. Compressed Gases i. Flammable ii. Oxidizing iii. Corrosive iv. Highly Toxic v. Toxic vi. Inert (Chemically Unreactive) vii. Pyrophoric viii. Unstable (Reactive)	(*1)
PHYSICAL HAZARDS	3. Flammable and Combustible Liquids i. Flammable Liquids Class I-A, Class I-B, Class I-C ii. Combustible Liquids Class II, Class III-A, Class III-B	(*1)
PHYSICAL HAZARDS	4. Flammable Solids i. Organic solids ii. Inorganic solids iii. Combustible metals (except dusts and powders) iv. Combustibles dusts and powders (including metals)	100 Pounds
PHYSICAL HAZARDS	5. Oxidizers i. Liquids (Gal) ii. Solids (Lbs) Class 4 Class 3 Class 2 Class 1	Any Amount 1 Gallon/10 Pounds 10 Gallons/100 Pounds 55 Gallons/500 Pounds
PHYSICAL HAZARDS	6. Organic Peroxides i. Liquids (Gal) ii. Pastes iii. Solids (Lbs) Unclassified Class I Class II Class III Class IV Class V	Any Amount Any Amount Any Amount 1 Gallon/10 Pounds 2 Gallons/20 Pounds 55 Gallons/500 Pounds
PHYSICAL HAZARDS	7. Pyrophoric Materials: i. Liquids, ii. Solids	(*1)
PHYSICAL HAZARDS	8. Unstable (Reactive) Liquids (Gal); Solids (Lbs) i. Class 4 ii. Class 3 iii. Class 2 iv. Class 1	Any Any 10 Gallons/100 Pounds 55 Gallons/500 Pounds
PHYSICAL HAZARDS	9. Water-reactive Liquids (Gal); Solids (Lbs) i. Class 3 ii. Class 2 iii. Class 1	Any 10 Gallons/100 Pounds 55 Gallons/500 Pounds
PHYSICAL HAZARDS	10. Cryogenic Fluids i. Flammable ii. Oxidizing iii. Corrosive iv. Inert v. Highly toxic	(*1)
HEALTH HAZARDS	1. Highly Toxic and Toxic Materials i. Highly Toxic Liquids (Gal), Solids (Lbs) ii. Toxic Liquids (Gal), Solids (Lbs)	(*1)
HEALTH HAZARDS	2. Radioactive Materials i. Common Radiation Source Materials ii. Fissile Materials	(*1) Any Amount
HEALTH HAZARDS	3. Corrosive Liquids (Gal); Solids (Lbs) i. Acids ii. Bases (Alkalis) iii. Other Corrosives	(*1)
HEALTH HAZARDS	4. Other Health Hazards Liquids (Gal); Solids (Lbs) i. Carcinogens or Suspect Carcinogens ii. Target Organ Toxins iii. Irritants iv. Sensitizers	(*1)

Type of Land Development	Fire-Flow in Gallons Per Minute
Low Density Residential	2,000 G.P.M. from three adjacent fire hydrants flowing simultaneously
High Density Residential and Neighborhood Commercial	4,000 G.P.M. from four adjacent fire hydrants flowing simultaneously
Industrial and Commercial	6,000 to 9,000 G.P.M. from four to six fire hydrants flowing simultaneously
High Density Industrial and Commercial (Principal Business Districts or Centers)	12,000 G.P.M. available to any block (where local conditions indicate that consideration must be given to simultaneous fires, and additional 2,000 to 8,000 G.P.M. will be required).

SEC. 57.101. SCOPE AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.¶

SEC. 57.101.1. TITLE.¶

SEC. 57.101.2. SCOPE.¶

SEC. 57.101.3. INTENT.¶

SEC. 57.101.5.1. VALIDITY OF OTHER LAWS.¶

SEC. 57.101.5.2. OTHER LIMITATIONS.¶

SEC. 57.101.6. REVIEW OF ARTICLE.¶

SEC. 57.101.7. FIRE CODE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.¶

SEC. 57.101.8. BADGE AMENDED.¶

SEC. 57.101.8.1. USE AND WEARING OF THE BADGE.¶

SEC. 57.101.8.2. FACSIMILES AND COUNTERFEIT BADGES.¶

SEC. 57.101.8.3. HONORARY BADGES.¶

SEC. 57.101.8.4. OWNERSHIP OF BADGES AND INSIGNIA.¶

SEC. 57.101.8.5. MANUFACTURER’S OBLIGATION.¶

SEC. 57.101.8.6. PRESENTATION OF BADGE AS A MEMORIAL TO REGULAR FIRE DEPARTMENT MEMBER…¶

SEC. 57.101.8.6.1. PRIOR TO THE PRESENTATION.¶

SEC. 57.101.8.7. REMOVAL FROM THE PLAQUE OR FRAME.¶

SEC. 57.101.9. CONTINUING OFFENSES.¶

SEC. 57.102. APPLICABILITY.¶

SEC. 57.102.13. EXISTING CONDITIONS.¶

SEC. 57.103. FIRE PREVENTION.¶

SEC. 57.103.1.1. DUTIES OF THE CHIEF.¶

SEC. 57.103.1.2. INSPECTIONS AND REPORT OF FINDINGS.¶

SEC. 57.103.1.3. SIGNING OF CERTIFICATES AND NOTICES.¶

SEC. 57.103.1.4. ENFORCEMENT OF STATE FIRE MARSHAL RULES AND REGULATIONS.¶

SEC. 57.103.2. APPOINTMENT.¶

SEC. 57.103.3.1. OFFICE AND DUTIES OF THE FIRE MARSHAL.¶

SEC. 57.103.3.1.1. DESIGNATION OF FIRE MARSHAL.¶

SEC. 57.103.3.1.2. CONTROL OF MATTERS.¶

SEC. 57.103.3.2. BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY.¶

SEC. 57.103.3.2.1. COMPOSITION OF BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY.¶

SEC. 57.103.3.2.2. FUNCTION.¶

SEC. 57.103.4.2. NONRESPONSIBILITY OF CITY.¶

SEC. 57.104. GENERAL AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITIES.¶

SEC. 57.104.1.1. AUTHORITY TO MAKE RULES.¶

SEC. 57.104.1.1.1. RULE AUTHORIZATION BY THE BOARD.¶

SEC. 57.104.1.1.2. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF LEGALLY AMENDED RULES.¶

SEC. 57.104.9.2.1. AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE TESTS.¶

SEC. 57.104.9.3. AUTHORITY TO APPROVE ALTERNATE MATERIALS OR METHODS OF COMPLIANCE.¶

SEC. 57.104.10.2. AUTHORITY TO INVESTIGATE FIRES OR OTHER EMERGENCIES.¶

SEC. 57.104.11.1. BARRICADES.¶

SEC. 57.104.11.4. AUTHORITY AT EMERGENCY.¶

SEC. 57.104.12. AUTHORITY TO RECOVER INVESTIGATIVE COSTS.¶

SEC. 57.104.12.1. NONCOMPLIANCE INSPECTION FEES.¶

SEC. 57.104.12.1.1. NONCOMPLIANCE FEE.¶

SEC. 57.104.12.1.2. BILLING OF NONCOMPLIANCE FEE.¶

SEC. 57.104.12.1.3. PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL TO THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS.¶

SEC. 57.104.13. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE PARKING NOTICES.¶

SEC. 57.104.14. AUTHORITY TO RECOVER COSTS FOR ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES.¶

SEC. 57.104.15. AUTHORITY TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS.¶

SEC. 57.104.15.1. NOTICE OF A VIOLATION – ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION.¶

SEC. 57.104.15.2. SUBSEQUENT TO EMERGENCY – ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION.¶

SEC. 57.104.16. AUTHORITY OF PEACE OFFICERS.¶

SEC. 57.104.17. AUTHORITY TO GRANT VARIANCES AND WAIVERS.¶

SEC. 57.104.17.1. POWER TO WAIVE.¶

SEC. 57.104.17.2. APPLICATION FOR A VARIANCE OR WAIVER.¶

SEC. 57.104.17.3. INVESTIGATION.¶

SEC. 57.104.18. AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE FIRE SAFETY OFFICERS.¶

SEC. 57.104.18.1. UNIFORMED FIRE SAFETY OFFICER.¶

SEC. 57.104.18.2. CERTIFIED FIRE SAFETY OFFICER.¶

SEC. 57.104.18.3. REQUEST.¶

SEC. 57.104.19. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE PASSES AND CREDENTIALS.¶

SEC. 57.104.19.1. AT THE SCENE OF EMERGENCY.¶

SEC. 57.104.19.2. ABUSE OF PASS.¶

SEC. 57.104.19.3. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.¶

SEC. 57.104.20. AUTHORITY TO ASSIGN APPARATUS, SUPPLIES, AND PERSONNEL.¶

SEC. 57.104.21. AUTHORITY TO REQUEST POLICE ASSISTANCE.¶

SEC. 57.104.22. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE COPIES OF EDUCATIONAL FILMS AND TAPES.¶

SEC. 57.104.22.1. TAPES PRODUCED AS A PART OF THE PUBLIC FIRE SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAM.¶

SEC. 57.104.22.2. ESTABLISHMENT OF FEES.¶

SEC. 57.104.22.3. MONEYS DERIVED FROM THE SALE.¶

SEC. 57.104.22.4. CONTRACTS.¶

SEC. 57.105. PERMITS.¶

SEC. 57.105.1.2. TYPES OF PERMITS.¶

SEC. 57.105.1.2.1. ACTING WITHOUT A PERMIT PROHIBITED.¶

SEC. 57.105.1.3.1. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED.¶

SEC. 57.105.3.5.1. OPERATIONAL PERMITS – POSTING AND KEEPING.¶

SEC. 57.105.3.9. OPERATIONAL PERMITS.¶

SEC. 57.105.3.9.1. APPLICATION FOR OPERATIONAL PERMITS.¶

SEC. 57.105.3.9.1.1. FILING.¶