HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 2023-048RESOLUTION NO. 2023-048
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
DESERT, CALIFORNIA, ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF A REPORT
MADE BY THE FIRE CHIEF OF THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY FIRE
DEPARTMENT REGARDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE ANNUAL
INSPECTION OF CERTAIN 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 January 1, 2019; and
WHEREAS, California Health & Safety Code Section 13146.4 requires all fire
departments, including the Riverside County Fire Department, that provide fire protection
services to report annually to its administering authority on its compliance with Health &
Safety Code sections 13146.2 and 13146.3; and
WHEREAS, California Health & Safety Code Section 13146.2 and 13146.3
requires all fire departments, including the Riverside County Fire Department, that provide
fire protection services to perform annual inspections in every building used as a publ ic
or private school, hotel, motel, lodging house, apartment house, and certain residential
care facilities for compliance with building standards, as provided; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Palm Desert intends this Resolution to fulfill
the requirements of the California Health & Safety Code 13146.4 regarding
acknowledgment of the Riverside County Fire Department’s compliance with California
Health and Safety Code Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Palm
Desert, California, expressly acknowledges the measure of compliance of the Riverside
County Fire Department with Health and Safety Code Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 in
the City of Palm Desert for the time period of July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023, as follows:
SECTION 1. Educational Group E occupancies, for the purposes of this
Resolution, are generally those public and private schools, used by more than six persons
at any one time for educational purposes through the 12th grade. The Riverside County
Fire Department completed 100% of the annual inspections of the identified Group E
occupancies, buildings, structures and/or facilities in the City of Palm Desert.
SECTION 2. 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
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impairments, cognitive disabilities, etc. The residents may also be non -ambulatory or
bedridden. The Riverside County Fire Department completed 100% of the annual
inspections of the identified Group R occupancies, buildings, structures and/or facilities
in the City of Palm Desert.
ADOPTED ON OCTOBER 26, 2023
KATHLEEN KELLY
MAYOR
ATTEST:
ANTHONY J. MEJIA
CITY CLERK
I, Anthony J. Mejia, City Clerk of the City of Palm Desert, hereby certify that
Resolution No. 2023-048 is a full, true, and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a
regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Desert on October 26, 2023, by
the following vote:
AYES: HARNIK, NESTANDE, QUINTANILLA, TRUBEE, AND KELLY
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
RECUSED: NONE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the
City of Palm Desert, California, on ______________.
ANTHONY J. MEJIA
CITY CLERK
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