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THE CITY OF pL£ASANTONO • Adopt and/or amend, as needed, updated versions of the California Building and Fire Codes so that optimal fire-protection standards are used in construction and renovation projects. LPFD Fire Prevention & Building Division. 2009 California Building Code (2009 UBC) and 2009 International Fire Code as set forth in the California Code of Regulations adopted by Ordinance 2015 (HSNG-g-6); • California Building and Fire Codes and local housing codes require the installation of smoke detectors and/or fire-extinguishing systems by making installation a condition of (a) finalizing a permit for any work on existing properties valued at over a fixed amount, such as $500 or $1000, and/or (b) a condition for the transfer of property if these changes are determined cost-effective strategies. LPFD Fire Prevention & Building Division. 2009 California Building Code and 2009 International Fire Code (as set forth in the California Code of Regulations) (HSNG-g-7); • Work to ensure a reliable source of water for fire suppression in rural-residential areas through the cooperative efforts of water districts, fire districts, and residents. LPFD Fire Prevention, Zone 7 Water, & CalWater. General Plan Public Safety Element Programs 11.1 and 11.2 (HSNG-g-8); • In wild-urban interface fire-threatened communities or in areas exposed to high-to- extreme fire threat, maintain and enforce the weed abatement program and provide educational opportunities to property owners on an as needed basis. LPFD Fire Prevention & Public Works. General Plan Public Safety Element Programs 13.6 and 13.7. (HSNG-g-9); • Establish a Fire Hazard Abatement District to fund reduction in fire risk of existing properties through vegetation management that includes reduction of fuel loads, use of defensible space, and fuel breaks. LPFD Fire Prevention. Weed Abatement Program. (HSNG-g-11); • Require fire sprinklers in new homes located more than 1.5 miles or a 5-minute response time from a fire station or in an identified high hazard wildland-urban-interface wildfire area. LPFD Fire Prevention. General Plan Public Safety Element Programs 13.2 and 13.3 (HSNG-g-13); • Require fire sprinklers in all new or substantially remodeled multifamily housing, regardless of distance from a fire station. LPFD Fire Prevention. General Plan Public Safety Element Programs 13.2 and 13.3 (HSNG-g-14); • Require sprinklers in all mixed use development to protect residential uses from fires started in non-residential areas. LPFD Fire Prevention. General Plan Public Safety Element Programs 13.2 and 13.3 (HSNG-g-15); • Conduct periodic fire-safety inspections of all multi-family buildings, as required by State law. LPFD Fire Prevention. (HSNG-g-17); • Ensure that fire-preventive vegetation-management techniques and practices for creek sides and high-slope areas do not contribute to the landslide and erosion hazard. LPFD Fire Prevention. Weed Abatement Program and working with regional councils such as the Diablo Fire Safe Council. (HSNG-g-18); 2010 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Annex 20 September 1, 2011 City of Pleasanton