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Home My WebLink About1978-2210 PRIVATE FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS & ALARM RECEIVING SYSTEMS CONNECTED TO OR INSTALLED WITHIN FACILITIES OWNED OR OPER ORDINANCE NO. A AN ORDINANCE relating to fire protection; authorizing and regulat- ing private fire alarm systems and alarm receiving systems connected to or installed within facilities owned or operated by the City; and enacting Chapter 10.03, "Private Fire Alarm System Connection and 411 Monitoring", and Sections 10.03.010, 10.03.020, 10.03.030, 10.03.040, 10.03.050, 10.03.060, 10.03.070, 10.03.080, 10.03.090, 10.03.100, 10.03.110 and 10.03.120 as a new chapter and new sections of the City of Yakima Municipal Code. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA: Section 1. Chapter 10.03, "Private Fire Alarm System Con- nection and Monitoring", and Sections 10.03.010, 10.03.020, 10.03.030, 10.03.040, 10.03.050, 10.03.060, 10.03.070, 10.03.080, 10.03.090, 10.03.100, 10.03.110 and 10.03.120 thereof are hereby enacted as a new chapter and new sections of the City of Yakima Municipal Code to read as follows: "Chapter 10.03 PRIVATE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM CONNECTION AND MONITORING 10.03.010 Purpose and scope of chapter. The pur- pose of this chapter is to authorize and regulate private fire alarm systems and alarm receiving systems con- nected to or installed within facilities owned by the City; to adopt standards for private fire alarm instal- lation and maintenance; to adopt procedures for authoriz- ing the installation and connection of such systems to City facilities; to require fees for services provided by the City; and to assure a reasonable degree of reliability against equipment failure and false alarms. • 10.03.020 Applicability to existing private fire alarm systems and alarm receiving s stems. This chapter shall apply to all existing private fire alarm systems and alarm receiving systems which continue to be connected to or installed within facilities owned or operated by the City after the effective date of this chapter; and this chapter shall also apply to any future such systems and installations. 10.03.030 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings ascribed to them: 1. 'City Fire Alarm Center' shall mean the muni- cipal fire communications and dispatch control point owned and operated by the City of Yakima. 2. 'Private fire alarm system' shall mean a system installed within a building used for the pur- pose of detecting and/or suppressing a fire 410 condition. 3. 'Alarm receiving system' shall mean a system, either privately owned or municipally owned, used to receive and record electrical signals from a remote location and connected to a pro- tective fire detection and/or fire suppres- sion system used for the purpose of summoning assistance. 10.03.040 Installation authorized. Installation 111 of private fire alarm systems connected to or to be con- nected to alarm receiving systems installed in the City Fire Alarm Center shall be permitted as authorized by a permit for such installation, which permit shall be applied for and obtained in accordance with provisions of this chapter. 10.03.050 Application for permit--Fee. Applications for permits for the connection of private fire alarm systems or installation of alarm receiving systems in the City Fire Alarm Center shall be made to the Office of Code Administration at 129 North 2nd Street, Yakima, Washing- ton. A permit fee of $50 shall be paid to the Yakima City Treasurer for each private fire alarm system con- nection to the municipally owned fire alarm circuit, which fee shall be paid prior to the connection to the municipally owned fire alart circuit. 10.03.060 System plan to be filed. Prior to the installation or modification of a private fire alarm system connected to an alarm receiving system installed in the City Fire Alarm Center, or an alarm receiving system installed in the City Fire Alarm Center, two copies of the system plan, consisting of specifications and wiring diagrams, and two copies of the floor plan of the building or premises to be protected by the private fire alarm system, shall be filed in the City of Yakima Office of Code Administration, and shall be subject to approval as provided by Section 10.03.070 of this chapter , before a permit shall issue. 10.03.070 Alarm system standards. All private fire alarm systems connected to City of Yakima owned facili- ties and all alarm receiving systems installed in the City Fire Alarm Center shall comply with Standards No. 72B, 72C, or 72D, 1975 Edition, and with Standard No. 110 72E including Appendices A and B, 1974 Edition, of the National Fire Protection Association. 10.03.080 Installation costs. The owner shall pay all costs and bear any other expense incidental to the installation of alarm receiving equipment in the City Fire Alarm Center, which shall be accomplished at no expense to the City. 10.03.090 Ownership--Maintenance. A. Owner's responsibility. Private fire alarm systems, including alarm receiving equipment installed in the City Fire Alarm Center, shall remain the property of the pri- vate system owner who shall make, or cause to be made, 411 all repairs to and otherwise perform service on such equipment within twenty-four hours after notification by the Yakima Fire Department of the necessity for any such repair or service. B. Maintenance agreement required. The owner or operator III of each private fire alarm system connected to alarm receiv- ing equipment installed in the City Fire Alarm Center shall -2- • execute a written inspection and maintenance agreement with a person, firm or corporation engaged in the busi- ness of alarm system maintenance, a copy of which agree- ment shall be submitted to the Office of Code Adminis- tration and shall be maintained on file at the Yakima Fire Department. C. Exception to maintenance agreement requirement. II/ The requirement of Subsection B of this section shall not apply to any private fire alarm system which is inspected and maintained by the owner or operator of the system or the occupant of the protected premises in accordance with a program approved by the Yakima Fire Chief or his designate. 10.03.100 Transmitter equipment--Fee. A fee of $3.00 per month for each signal code transmitter device shall be paid to the City of Yakima by the owner or operator of each private fire alarm system connected to alarm receiving equipment in the City FireAlarm Center, which fee shall be paid at such times and in such accumula- tive amounts as may be billed from time to time by the City. 10.03.110 Waiver of liability. The owner of premises protected by a private fire alarm system with alarm receiving equipment in the City Fire Alarm Center, and the occupant of those premises if occupied by some- one other than the owner, and the owner and operator of such private system, shall file with the City Office of. Code Administration a waiver of liability releasing the City of Yakima, its agents, officers and employees from any increased duty or increased standard of care in detecting or suppressing any fire, or in responding to any alarm, where such increased duty or increased standard of care may otherwise result from the instal- lation of a system pursuant to this chapter, which waiver of liability shall further absolve the City of Yakima, its agents, officers and employees from liability for all damages and liability of any nature based or result- ing from the installation of the private fire alarm system and alarm receiving equipment, which waiver shall include a provision absolving the City of Yakima, its agents, officers and employees from liability for all damages and liability arising from any malfunction or failure of the fire alarm circuit or appurtenant equip- ment or devices. The waiver shall be executed on forms provided by the City and shall be submitted to the City Office of Code Administration and maintained on file in the administrative offices of the Yakima Fire Department prior to the installation of the private fire alarm system. 10.03.120 Disconnection of equipment. The Fire Chief or his designate may disconnect or remove any fire alarm receiving equipment from the City Fire Alarm Center or discontinue service to any private fire alarm system in the event the owner or occupant of the premises pro- tected by the system or the owner or operator of the alarm receiving system fails to comply with the require- ments of this chapter." Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty days after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter. -3- PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this ite • day of A - , 1978. mermkin, , Mayor 4110 ATTEST: ,40 Cy Clerk o f • • 40 -4-