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Inspections by the City of Lake Elsinore in Compliance with SB 1205 for Fiscal Year
2023-2024
Adopt A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE,
CALIFORNIA, ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF A REPORT MADE BY THE FIRE CHIEF
OF THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT REGARDING THE INSPECTION OF
CERTAIN OCCUPANCIES REQUIRING ANNUAL INSPECTIONS IN SUCH
OCCUPANCIES PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13145, 13146 and 17921 OF THE
CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE.
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REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL
To:Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From:Jason Simpson, City Manager
Prepared by:Shannon Buckley, Assistant City Manager
Date:September 24, 2024
Subject:Consideration of Annual Reporting of Completed State-Mandated Fire and
Life Safety Inspections by the City of Lake Elsinore in Compliance with SB
1205 for Fiscal Year 2023-2024
Recommendation
Adopt A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE,
CALIFORNIA, ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF A REPORT MADE BY THE FIRE CHIEF OF
THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT REGARDING THE INSPECTION OF
CERTAIN OCCUPANCIES REQUIRING ANNUAL INSPECTIONS IN SUCH OCCUPANCIES
PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13145, 13146 and 17921 OF THE CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND
SAFETY CODE.
Background
On September 27, 2018, SB 1205 became effective and added a new section to the California
Health and Safety Code, which affects every fire department or fire district in the State. Existing
state law requires every fire department or district providing fire protection services to inspect
every building used as a public or private school annually. This same annual inspection
requirement is applicable to hotels, motels, lodging houses, and apartment houses. This bill also
requires every fire department or district to annually report to its administering authority their
compliance with the annual inspection requirements of the California Health and Safety
Code. The bill also requires the administering authority to formally acknowledge receipt of the
compliance report in a resolution or a similar formal document.
SB 1205 Compliance Report
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Discussion
The responsibility for conducting the required inspections falls to the Fire Division as directed by
the Fire Marshal. In performing these inspections, Fire Division staff review compliance with such
items as fire sprinkler and fire alarm maintenance, safe exiting, fire extinguisher maintenance,
conducting fire drills, and safe storage of combustibles. In a review of all completed inspections,
the Fire Marshal has determined that all required inspections have been completed for Fiscal
Year 2023-2024. Adoption of the recommended resolution and transmittal to the appropriate State
Agency will meet the City’s obligation under SB 1205.
Environmental Determination
The proposed resolution is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (Cal. Publ. Res.
Code §§21000 et seq. “CEQA”) and the State CEQA Guidelines (14. Cal. Code Res. §§15000 et
seq.), specifically pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2), 15060(c)(3), and 15061(b)(3) of the State
CEQA Guidelines because it will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical
change in the environment, because there is no possibility that it may have a significant effect on
the environment, and because it is not a “project” as that term is defined in Section 15378 of the
State CEQA Guidelines.
Fiscal Impact
There is no fiscal impact related to this action, and all inspection process costs are included in
the adopted fee resolution.
Attachments
Attachment 1 - Resolution
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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE,
CALIFORNIA, ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF A REPORT MADE BY THE FIRE
CHIEF OF THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT REGARDING THE
INSPECTION OF CERTAIN OCCUPANCIES REQUIRING ANNUAL INSPECTIONS
IN SUCH OCCUPANCIES PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13145, 13146 and 17921 OF
THE CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
Whereas, California Health & Safety Code Section 13146.4 was added in 2018, and
became effective on January 1, 2019; and
Whereas, California Health & Safety Code Section 13146.4 requires all fire departments,
including the Riverside County Fire Department, that provide fire protection services to report
annually to its administering authority on its compliance with Health & Safety Code sections
13146.2 and 13146.3; and
Whereas, California Health & Safety Code Section 13146.2 and 13146.3 requires all fire
departments, including the Riverside County Fire Department, 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, the Council of the City of Lake Elsinore intends this Resolution to fulfill the
requirements of the California Health & Safety Code 13146.4 regarding acknowledgment of the
Riverside County Fire Department’s compliance with California Health and Safety Code Sections
13146.2 and 13146.3.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore,
California: expressly acknowledges the measure of compliance of the Riverside County Fire
Department with Health and Safety Code sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 in the City of Lake
Elsinore for the time period of July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024, as follows:
Section 1. The above recitals are true and correct.
Section 2. Educational Group E occupancies, for the purposes of this Resolution, are
generally those public and private schools, used by more than six persons at any one time for
educational purposes through the 12th grade. The Riverside County Fire Department completed
100% of the annual inspections of the identified Group E occupancies, buildings, structures and/or
facilities in the City of Lake Elsinore.
Section 3. 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 (including a number of
residential care facilities). These residential care facilities have a number of different sub-
classifications, and they may contain residents or clients that have a range of needs, including
those related to custodial care, mobility impairments, cognitive disabilities, etc. The residents
may also be non-ambulatory or bedridden. The Riverside County Fire Department completed
100% of the annual inspections of the identified Group R occupancies, buildings, structures and/or
facilities in the City of Lake Elsinore.
Resolution No.
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Passed and Adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore,
California, this 24th of September 2024.
Steve Manos,
Mayor
Attest:
Candice Alvarez, MMC
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE )
I, Candice Alvarez, MMC, City Clerk, of the City of Lake Elsinore, California, do hereby certify that
Resolution No. 2024- was adopted by the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore, California,
at a regular meeting of September 24, 2024, and that the same was adopted by the following
vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Candice Alvarez, MMC
City Clerk