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~,Z. x,, CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA ORDINANCE NO. 1734 AN ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 9.16 AND 9.18 OF THE PLEASANTON MUNICIPAL CODE AND REENACTING CHAPTER 9.16 OF THE PLEASANTON MUNICIPAL CODE, TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF PLEASANTON TO IMPLEMENT STATE LAW AS THE CERTIFIED UNIFIED PROGRAM AGENCY (CUPA) AND TO AMEND THE UNIFORM FIRE CODE TO ADD ARTICLE 89, A TOXIC GAS ORDINANCE APPLICABLE TO BUSINESSES WHO HANDLE, STORE OR USE TOXIC GASES WHEREAS, Chapter 6.11, Section 25404 of the Health and Safety Code, provides that every county and city, upon certification by CalEPA, implement provisions as a CUPA concerning storage, use or handling of hazardous materials and waste in the county, and authorizes a city, pursuant to Certified Unified Program Agency certification, to assume responsibility by ordinance or resolution for the implementation of CUPA regulations and programs within the city; and WHEREAS, State law provides that in the event a city assumes responsibility for the administration and enforcement of the CUPA program, it shall have exclusive jurisdiction within the boundaries of the city for the purpose of implementing CUPA regulations; and WHEREAS, the City of Pleasanton has two existing ordinances which delegate responsibility for some of the programs administered under CUPA and these ordinances need to be modified to take into account the full range of the CUPA programs; and WHEREAS, the Califorma Environmental Protection Agency has certified the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department to be the CUPA for the cities of Livennore and Pleasanton; and WHEREAS, the City of Pleasanton desires to amend the 1994 Uniform Fire Code to include more specific requirements for the storage, use and handling of toxic gases; and WHEREAS, the existing Hazardous Materials Storage Ordinance allows the Fire Chief to promulgate appropriate regulations for hazardous gases but needs to be revised to provide the specific requirements for these materials; and