HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 36-87 Spark ArrestorsORDINANCE NO. 36-87
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN AMENDING ORDINANCE 02-84
ESTABLISHING FIRE HAZARD AREAS AND REQUIRING THE INSTALLATION OF
SPARK ARRESTORS ON EXISTING CHIMNEYS-WHEN ALTERATIONS, REPAIRS OR
ADDITIONS REQUIRING A PERMIT HAVING A VALUE IN EXCESS OF 1,O00.O0 OCCUR
The City Council of the City of Dublin does ordain as follows:
Section I
Section 22.15 of Ordinance 02-84 is amended to read:
Section 3703(f) Height & Termination
Every chimney shall extend above the roof and the highest elevation of any
part of a building as shown in Table No. 37-B. For altitudes over 2000 feet,
the Building Official shall be consulted in determining the height of the
chimney.
All chimneys attached to any appliance or fireplace that burns solid or liquid
fuel. shall terminate in an approved spark arrester. The spark arrester shall
be constructed with 12 gauge minimum welded or woven wire mesh which will not
permit passage of spheres having a diameter larger than ½ inch nor block
passage of spheres having a diameter of less than 3/8 inch. The spark
arrester shall have a net free area of not less than four (4) times the net
free area of the chimney it serves.
When alterations, repair or additions requiring a permit and having a
valuation in excess of $1,000 occur in an existing building that has a chimney
attached to any appliance, fireplace or incinerator that burns solid or liquid
fuel and said chimney does not have a spark arrestor, a spark arrestor shall
be installed.
Section III Effective Date and Posting of Ordinance.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days from and
after the date of its passage. The City Clerk of the City of Dublin shall
cause this Ordinance to be posted in at least three (3) public places in the
City of Dublin in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code of the
State of California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City'Council of the City of Dublin on this
27t6day of July , 1987, by the following votes:
AYES: Cm. Hegarty, Moffatt, Snyder, Vonheeder, ~nd Mayor Jeffery
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: