AgdaPkt 2015-05-18 Closed and Joint SA and PFA

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7.3.B. - Page 4 amendments all multi-unit residential buildings with four units or more that lack an approved Automatic Sprinkler System to install an approved Automatic Sprinkler System. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Redwood City that the present resolution rescinds and supersedes Resolution 15307 in order to correct a typographical error so that the present resolution contains findings relevant to "geological" conditions instead of "geographic" condition; and FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council that it makes the following findings in support of modifications, amendments, additions and deletions to the Fire and Building Standards Codes are amended as follows: FINDINGS: 1. Necessity: These local amendments to the 2013 California Fire Code and Building Standards, have been recognized by the City as tools for addressing the fire and life safety hazard problem, concerns, and future direction by which the City can establish and maintain an environment, which will afford a level of fire and life safety to all who live and work within the City of Redwood City Fire Department jurisdictional boundaries. 2. Local Conditions generally: Local conditions have an adverse effect on the prevention of (1) major loss fires, (2) major earthquake damage , and (3) the potential for life and property loss, making necessary changes or modifications to the state building standards in order to provide a reasonable and appropriate degree of proper security and fire and life safety in this jurisdiction. Below are listed adverse local climactic, geological, and topographic conditions largely articulated in the City's General Plan and associated environmental impact report. Modifications which are necessitated by particular local conditions are delineated below. 3. Climatic: The areas served by the City, on average, experience an annual rainfall between 8 to 18 inches. This rainfall can be expected between October and April of each year and is based on the 100 year weather almanac. However, during the summer and early fall months there is little, if any, measurable precipitation. During this dry period, the temperatures are usually between 70°-90° with light to gusty westerly winds. These drying winds, mixed with the natural vegetation, which is dominant throughout the area, create a hazardous fuel condition, which further ATTY/RESO.3084/CC RESO AMENDING BUILDING CODE FINDINGS REV:05-05-15 VR Page 2 of 5