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Home My WebLink AboutORD 223ORDINANCE NO. 223 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, LEVY- ING A SPECIAL TAX FOR UPGRADING FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION SERVICES. The City Council of the City of Palm Desert, Cali- fornia, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN as follows: Section 1: Pursuant to the authority contained in Chapter 397 of the Statutes of 1979 (Government Code Section 53978) and in accordance with the provisions -of said section, a special tax for upgrading fire protection and prevention ser- vices, has been approved by at least two-thirds of the voters in the City of Palm Desert on April 8, 1980. Section 2: Title 16 is hereby added to the Palm Desert Municipal Code to read: TITLE 16 FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION 16.01.010: Pursuant to the authority contained in Chapter 397 of the Statutes of 1979 (Government Code Section 53978), a special tax for upgrading fire protection and prevention is hereby levied within the City of Palm Desert, California. 16.01.020: The special tax shall be levied on a class of improvement to property or use of property basis in accordance with equivalent dwelling unit charges. 16.01.030: The maximum tax that may be levied pursuant to this ordinance shall not exceed five (5) dollars per month for each dwelling unit and two and one-half dollars ($2.50) per month for each vacant lot. 16.01.040: The amount of the special tax hereby established shall be imposed upon each subject property in accordance with. Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof this ordinance. 16.01.050: The special taxes levied pursuant to this ordi- nance shall be collected by the County of Riverside on behalf of the City of Palm Desert in the same manner and subject to the same penalties for delinquencies as other taxes which are fixed and collected by the County of Riverside. The County of Riverside may deduct from the special taxes collected, its reasonable costs ORDINANCE NO. 227 page Two - incurred for such service before remittal of the balance to the City of Palm Desert. 16.01.060: All of the revenues derived from the special tax levied by this ordinance shall be paid into a special fund in the City of Palm Desert, to be expended for the sole purpose of obtaining, furnishing, operating, and maintaining fire suppres- sion equipment or apparatus, paying salaries and benefits to firefighting personnel, and for such other necessary fire pro- tection and prevention expenses of the City for such services. Said revenues shall be used for no other purpose than the service for which the special tax was imposed. 16.01.070: All Federal, State, City, County and District owned property shall be exempt from the special tax levied by this ordinance. 16.01.080: Definitions: Except as specifically defined in this section, words and phrases used in this chapter shall be interpreted to give them the meaning they have in common usage. A. Equivalent Dwelling Unit - Shall include a single family residence, each unit in a duplex or triplex, a dwelling unit in a planned unit development, a mobile home located within a mobile home subdivision. For purposes of this special tax, fire flow require- ments of all such dwelling units is hereby estab- lished at 1,250 gpm. Each mobile home located within a mobile home park and each rental apartment unit within a complex of four units or more will be considered to be a .75 (seventy-five hundredths) equivalent dwelling units. B. Fire -Resistive Construction - Any structure that is considered fire -resistive by National Fire Protection Association Standard Number 251. C. Sprinkler Adjustment - The adjustment allowed if a 1.0 structure charged under this ordinance meets or exceeds the requirements of the National Fire Pro- tection Association Standard Number 14 for fully sprinkled buildings. 'ORDINANCE NO. 2" /111% Page Three D. Wood Frame Construction - Any structure in which the structural members are wholly or partly of wood or other combustible material. E. Vacant Lot - Shall include a vacant parcel less than one acre in area. Vacant property larger than one acre will be taxed according to rates set forth in Table II of Exhibit "A". 16.01.090: The special tax for structures other than equivalent dwelling units shall be based on a ratio of structural fire flow requirements in direct relationship to the fire flow requirements of an equivalent dwelling unit and shall be computed in accordance with Section 16.01.100. 16.01.100: The type of structure shall be classified as either wood frame or fire resistive. An equivalent tax shall be computed by determining the total floor area of the structure. The square foot area shall be used in accordance with the Fire Flow Require- ments by area table in Exhibit "A" to determine the appropriate structure fire flow. For all fully sprinklered structures, a downward adjustment up to twenty-five percent (25%) of the required fire flow shall be allowed. Section 3: Because there is an urgent need for better fire protection, and because of the necessity of protecting the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City of Palm Desert, this Ordinance is deemed to be of an emergency nature and shall take effect upon its adoption. Section 4: The City Clerk shall certify to the pass- age and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published once in the Palm Desert Post, a newspaper of general cir- culation, printed, published and circulated within the City of Palm Desert, and the same shall be in full force and effect as of this date. PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 24th day of July , Ic 1980, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: McPherson, NOES: None ABSENT: Newbrander ABSTAIN: None Puluqi, Snyder & Wilson ATTEST: keg�:� kCItYSHE R. LL AN, CL RK CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA ORDINANCE NO. 223 16.01.110: EXHIBIT "A" - •Page Four Table 1 FIRE FLOW REQUIREMENT BY AREA STRUCTURE WOOD FIRE FIRE FRAME RESISTIVE FLOW (area-sq.ft.) (area-sq.ft.) (gPm) 500 500 3,300 750 1,100 6,600 1000 1,700 10,900 1250 2,600 16,200 1500 3,600 22,700 1750 4,800 30,200 2000 6,200 38,700 2250 7,700 48,300 2500 9,400 59,000 2750 11,300 70,900 3000 13,400 83,700 3250 15,600 97,700 3500 18,000 112,700 - 3750 20,600 128,700 4000 23,300 145,900 4250 26,300 164,200 4500 29,300 183,400 4750 32,600 203,700 5000 36,000 225,200 5250 39,600 247,700 5500 43,400 271,200 5750 47,400 295,900 6000 51,500 295,900 6250 55,700 295,900 6500 60,200 295,900 6750 64,800 295,900 7000 69,600 295,900 7250 74,600 295,900 7500 - 79,800 295,900 7750 85,100 295,900 8000 FIRE FLOW REQUIREMENT FORMULA 1. Total floor area sq.ft. 2. Structural fire flow requirement gpm . 3. Sprinkler Adjustment 25% for wood construction 50% for fire resistive 4. Compute estimated Fire Flow Required 5. Divide amount in No. 4 by 1,250 gpm. Amount in No. 4 1,250 gpm 6. Equivalent Dwelling Units (Result of No. 5) 7. Multiply amount in No. 6 by Equivalent Dwelling Unit charge 8. Amount in No. 7 is availability charged for particular structure computed GkDINANCE NO. 223 Page Five 16.01.120: EXHIBIT "A" Table 2 VACANT PROPERTY ASSESSMENT TABLE ACRES MORE MONTHLY YEARLY THAN UP TO CHARGE CHARGE 0 1 $2.00 $24.00 1 2 $2.25 $27.00 2 3 $2.50 $30.00 3 4 $2.75 $33.00 4 5 $3.00 $36.00 5 6 $3.25 $39.00 6 7 $3.50 $42.00 7 8 $3.75 $45.00 8 9 $4.00 $48.00 For single, unsubdivided parcels over nine acres, the yearly charge shall be limited to $48.00.