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12/06/2010 <br />Finding 6: That the Port of Redwood City is a major transportation hub <br />for highly toxic and hazardous materials by rail, highway, and water. U.S. <br />Highway 101 is a major north -south traffic corridor through the city. It is a <br />designated route for the transportation of hazardous materials and hazardous <br />waste. In addition, the Union Pacific Railroad has a major north -south rail line <br />traversing the city with a spur line to the port. <br />The potential for release or threatened release of a hazardous materials <br />along one of these routes is highly probable given the volume transported daily. <br />Incidents of this nature will normally require all available emergency response <br />personnel to prevent injury and loss of life and to prevent, as far as practicable, <br />property loss. Emergency personnel responding to such aforementioned <br />incidents may be unduly impeded and delayed in accomplishing an emergency <br />response as a result of this situation, with the potential result of undue and <br />unnecessary risk to the protection of life and public safety and, in particular, <br />endangering residents and occupants in buildings or structures without the <br />protection of automatic fire sprinklers. <br />The aforementioned problems support the imposition of fire - protection and <br />life- safety requirements greater than those set forth in the 2010 Edition of the <br />California Fire Code. <br />SUMMARY: As a result of the finding of facts which identifies the various <br />climatic, geographical, and topographical elements, those additional <br />requirements as specified in the amendments to the adopting ordinance for the <br />2010 Edition of the California Fire Code by the City of Redwood City are <br />considered reasonable and necessary modifications. While it is clearly <br />understood that the adoption of such regulations may not prevent the incidents of <br />fire, the implementation of these amendments to the code may reduce the <br />severity and potential of loss of life and property. <br />Section Number <br />507.1.1 <br />901.1.2 <br />901.4.3.1 <br />901.7.7 <br />903.2.13 <br />903.4.4 <br />903.4.5 <br />903.4.6 <br />3301.1.3.1 <br />3404.3.7.6 <br />Local Climatic, Geographical and Topographical Conditions <br />Finding 1, Finding 2 <br />Finding 1 <br />Finding 1, Finding 2 <br />Finding 1 <br />Finding 3, Finding 4, Finding 5, Finding 6 <br />Finding 1 <br />Finding 1 <br />Finding 1 <br />Finding 3, Finding 4, Finding 5, Finding 6 <br />Finding 2 <br />ATTY /RESO /RESO.2066 8 #15070 <br />111510 MUFF # 305 <br />