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Meeting Date: June 13, 2023
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Scott Chadwick, City Manager
Staff Contact: Randy Metz, Fire Marshal
randy.metz@carlsbadca.gov, 442-339-2661
Subject: Compliance Report for Annual Fire Inspections
Districts: All
Recommended Action
Adopt a resolution accepting a compliance report on the status of all state-mandated annual
fire inspections in the City of Carlsbad.
Executive Summary
Local fire departments are required to perform annual fire inspections of all public and private
schools, hotels, motels, lodging houses and apartment and/or condominium buildings under
California Health and Safety Code sections 13146.2 and 13146.3. In addition, a compliance
report must be provided to its administrating authority each year in accordance with Section
13146.4. This report confirms that all initial annual fire inspections for fiscal year 2022-23 are
complete.
Explanation & Analysis
Annual fire inspections help mitigate known hazards, reduce community risk and ensure
reasonable compliance with the California Fire Code. Inspections confirm proper maintenance
of fire protection systems, effective egress systems, damage to fire protective construction and
sufficient site access for Fire Department personnel.
•State health and safety codes mandate that all hotels, motels and lodging houses are
inspected annually by the local fire department. The Carlsbad Fire Department
inspected 44 hotels and/or motels totaling 164 buildings in fiscal year 2022-23.
•All apartment buildings are also to be inspected annually by the local fire department.
An apartment building consists of three or more attached units and excludes all duplex
buildings. The California Building Code also specifies that condominiums should be
considered apartments. The Fire Department inspected 2,274 apartment buildings with
three units or greater during the fiscal year.
•The Fire Department also inspected 38 public and private schools, totaling 252 buildings.
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In total, the department conducted 2,690 mandated inspections during fiscal year 2022-23 and
completed initial inspections of all known buildings and structures covered by the state
requirement. Accepting this compliance report by approving the proposed resolution fulfills the
city’s statutory requirements.
Fiscal Analysis
There is no fiscal impact in filing and accepting this report.
Next Steps
None.
Environmental Evaluation
This action does not constitute a project within the meaning of the California Environmental
Quality Act under California Public Resources Code Section 21065 in that it has no potential to
cause either a direct physical change or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the
environment.
Exhibits
1. City Council resolution
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RESOLUTION NO. 2023-156
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING A COMPLIANCE REPORT ON THE STATUS OF ALL
STATE-MANDATED ANNUAL FIRE INSPECTIONS IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD
WHEREAS, California Health & Safety Code Section 13146.4 was added in 2018, and became
effective on September 27, 2018; and
WHEREAS, California Health & Safety Code Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 requires all fire
departments that provide fire protection services to perform annual inspections in every building used
as a public or private school, hotel, motel, lodging house, apartment house, and certain residential care
facilities for compliance with building standards, as provided; and
WHEREAS, California Health & Safety Code Section 13146.4 requires all fire departments that
provide fire protection services to report annually to its administering authority on compliance with
Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad intends this Resolutiprt: to fulfill the
requirements of the California Heal.th & Safety Code regarding acknowledgment of the Carlsbad Fire
.. Department's compliance with California Health and & Safety Code Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, that
said City Council expressly acknowledges the measure of compliance of the Carlsbad Fire Department
with California Health and Safety Code Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 in the area encompassed by the
City of Carlsbad, as follows:
A.EDUCATIONAL GROUP E OCCUPANCIES:
Educational Group E occupancies are generally those public and private schools, used by more
than six persons at any one time for educational purposes through the 12th grade. Within the City of
Carlsbad, there are 38 Group E occupancy campuses.
Exhibit 1
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During fiscal year 2022-23, the Carlsbad Fire Department completed the annual inspection of
38 Group E occupancies, with a total building count of 252 structures and/or facilities. This is a
compliance rate of 100 percent for this reporting period.
8.RESIDENTIAL GROUP R OCCUPANCIES:
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. Within the City of Carlsbad, there are 2,438 Group R (and
their associated sub-categories) occupancies of this nature.
During fiscal year 2022-23, the Carlsbad Fire Department completed the annual inspection of
2,438 Group R occupancies, buildings, structures and/or facilities. This is a compliance rate of 100
percent for this reporting period.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE I� RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as
follows:
1.That the above recitations are true and correct.
2.That this Resolution, and all action taken subsequent hereto in connection herewith, is
taken pursuant to the provisions of California Health and Safety Code sections 13146,
et seq. (Article 2, State Board of Fire Services).
3.Words used in this Resolution and its subsequent action in connection herewith shall
be defined as outlined in said code sections.
4.That the City Council of the City of Carlsbad hereby declares that the City of Carlsbad is
compliant with the state-mandated fire inspection requirements contained within
California Health and Safety Code Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3.
5.That the City Council of the City of Carlsbad hereby declares that the Fire Department
has met its mandatory reporting requirements to the administering agency, as
required in California Health and Safety Code section 13146.4.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 13th day of June, 2023, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Burkholder, Luna.
None.
None.
None.
KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor
L SHERRY FREISINGER, City Clerkr"' (SEAL)
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