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7.E. - Page 6 of 43 • Fire sprinklers are allowed as a voluntary alternative to address fire code compliance. Cities may request fire flow tests to show sufficient water service to the site and sufficient hose pull. • The state -mandated cumulative ministerial 60 -day review timeline for ADUs is tolled once staff provides comments and continues again once the applicant resubmits. • City ordinances are considered null and void only to the extent that the existing ADU ordinance conflicts with State law. Cities may continue the compliant provisions of an ordinance and apply the state standards where pertinent until the ordinance is amended or replaced to fully comply with ADU law. Fire and Building Code Compliance In the interests of clarity, the draft ordinance will explicitly state that ADUs must comply with all applicable building and fire code requirements. Consistent with State law, ADUs shall not be required to provide fire sprinklers if they are not required for the primary residence. The ordinance does however permit fire sprinklers to address fire code compliance, as needed. The California Fire Code requires an approved water supply for additions and newly constructed buildings, among other circumstances. Under the Fire Code and local amendments set forth in the City Code, the minimum amount of fire flow for all residential buildings, including ADUs, is 1,000 gallons per minute. The California State Fire Marshal published a bulletin that addresses appropriate options if there is inadequate fire flow available to build an ADU. The bulletin suggests that automatic fire sprinklers are an appropriate option to mitigate deficient fire flows. For technical reasons, buildings with automatic fire sprinklers do not require the same amount of water to extinguish a fire. The other option is to upgrade the water system infrastructure, but that is frequently cost prohibitive when compared to the cost of automatic fire sprinklers. FISCAL IMPACT None ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW Multiple CEQA provisions apply to the proposed ordinance. The adoption of an ordinance to implement State law pertaining to ADUs (Government Code section 65852.2) is a statutory exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21080.17. This applies to State law requirements that would be implemented by the proposed ordinance including the number of ADUs allowed, junior ADUs, ADUs in multifamily structures, setbacks, maximum allowable square footage, and providing for certain "streamlined" ADUs, all as specified in the linked July 13, 2020 staff report. In addition to implementing State law requirements, the proposed ADU ordinance would implement local requirements. Implementation of these additional requirements is not considered a project under CEQA Page 6 of 8 .1A . City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.ore 629