Mountain Views News          Saturday, January 29, 2011

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Mountain Views-News Saturday, January 29, 2011 

The City Council of the City of Sierra 
Madre does hereby ordain as follows:

SECTION 1. Municipal Code 
Amendment. Section 15.24.010 of the 
Sierra Madre Municipal Code is hereby 
amended to read as follows:

SECTION 15.24.010 

ADOPTION OF THE 2010 
CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE

There is hereby adopted by the City 
Council of the City of Sierra Madre for 
the purpose of prescribing regulations 
governing conditions hazardous to life 
and property from fire or explosion, 
2009 International Fire Code for the 
2010 California Fire Code, Part 9, 
known as the 2010 Fire Code except 
such portions as are hereinafter 
deleted, modified or amended by 
Section 15.24.070 of the Sierra Madre 
Municipal Code. From the date on 
which this ordinance shall take effect, 
the 2010 California Fire Code shall be 
controlling within the limits of the City 
of Sierra Madre.

SECTION 2. Municipal Code 
Amendment. Section 15.24.070 of the 
Sierra Madre Municipal Code is hereby 
amended to read as follows:

SECTION 15.24.070 AMENDMENTS 
TO THE 2010 CALIFORNIA FIRE 
CODE

All of the following Sections of the 
California Fire Code shall be amended 
to provide as follows:

A. Section 307.4.2 is amended to read 
as follows: 

307.4.2 Recreational fires. Recreational 
fires shall not be conducted within 
25 feet (760mm) of a structure or 
combustible material. Conditions which 
could cause a fire to spread within 25 
feet (7620 mm) of a structure shall be 
eliminated

Discontinuance. The fire code official 
or his representative is authorized 
to require that recreational fires be 
immediately discontinued if such fires 
are determined by the chief to constitute 
a hazardous condition or if atmospheric 
conditions reach critical levels as 
specified in the policies and procedures 
of the fire prevention bureau.

B. Section 503.2.1 is amended to read 
as follows due to local topographical 
conditions as identified in the 2010 
Fire Code Findings of Fact as filed 
with the California Building Standards 
Commission:

503.2.1 Dimensions. Fire apparatus 
access roads shall have an unobstructed 
width of not less than 20 feet (6096 
mm), except for approved security gates 
in accordance with section 503.6, and 
an unobstructed vertical clearance of 
not less than 13 feet 6 inches (4115mm).

1. When fire hydrants are required, fire 
apparatus access roads shall have an 
unobstructed width of not less than 26 
feet (4114 mm) within a linear distance 
of 25 feet (7620 mm) each side of the 
hydrant.

C. Section 903.2.1.1 is amended to read 
as follows due to local topographical, 
geological and climatic conditions as 
identified in the 2010 Fire Code Findings 
of Fact as filed with the California 
Building Standards Commission:

903.2.1.1 Group A-1. An automatic 
sprinkler system shall be provided for 
Group A-1 occupancies in accordance 
with Code section 15.24.120.

D. Section 903.2.1.2 is amended to read 
as follows due to local topographical, 
geological and climatic conditions as 
identified in the 2010 Fire Code Findings 
of Fact as filed with the California 
Building Standards Commission:

903.2.1.2 Group A-2. An automatic 
sprinkler system shall be provided for 
Group A-2 occupancies in accordance 
with Code section 15.24.120.

Section 903.2.1.3 is amended to read 
as follows due to local topographical, 
geological and climatic conditions as 
identified in the 2010 Fire Code Findings 
of Fact as filed with the California 
Building Standards Commission:

903.2.1.3 Group A-3. An automatic 
sprinkler system shall be provided for 
Group A-3 occupancies in accordance 
with Code section 15.24.120.

E. Section 903.2.1.4 is amended to read 
as follows due to local topographical, 
geological and climatic conditions as 
identified in the 2010 Fire Code Findings 
of Fact as filed with the California 
Building Standards Commission:

903.2.1.4 Group A-4. An automatic 
sprinkler system shall be provided for 
Group A-4 occupancies in accordance 
with Code section 15.24.120.

F. Section 903.2.1.5 is amended to read 
as follows due to local topographical, 
geological and climatic conditions as 
identified in the 2010 Fire Code Findings 
of Fact as filed with the California 
Building Standards Commission:

903.2.1.5 Group A-5. An automatic 
sprinkler system shall be provided for 
Group A-5 occupancies in the following 
areas: concession stands, retail areas, 
press boxes, and other accessory use 
areas in accordance with Code section 
15.24.120.

G. Section 903.2.2 is amended to read 
as follows due to local topographical, 
geological and climatic conditions as 
identified in the 2010 Fire Code Findings 
of Fact as filed with the California 
Building Standards Commission:

903.2.2 Group B. An automatic 
sprinkler system shall be provided 
throughout all buildings containing a 
Group B occupancy in accordance with 
Code section 15.24.120.

H. Section 903.2.3 is amended to read 
as follows due to local topographical, 
geological and climatic conditions as 
identified in the 2010 Fire Code Findings 
of Fact as filed with the California 
Building Standards Commission: 

903.2.3 Group E. Except as provided for 
in Sections 903.2 .2 .1 for a new public 
school campus and 907.2 .3.6.1 (fire 
alarm and detection) for modernization 
of an existing public school campus 
building(s), an automatic sprinkler 
system shall be provided for Group E 
occupancies in accordance with Code 
section 15.24.120.

I. Section 903.2.4 is amended to read 
as follows due to local topographical, 
geological and climatic conditions as 
identified in the 2010 Fire Code Findings 
of Fact as filed with the California 
Building Standards Commission:

903.2.4 Group F-1. An automatic 
sprinkler system shall be provided 
throughout all buildings containing a 
Group F-1 occupancy in accordance 
with Code section 15.24.120.

J. Section 903.2.5 is amended to read 
as follows due to local topographical, 
geological and climatic conditions as 
identified in the 2010 Fire Code Findings 
of Fact as filed with the California 
Building Standards Commission:

903.2.5 Group H. Automatic sprinkler 
systems shall be provided in high-
hazard occupancies as required in 
Sections 903.2.5.1 through 903.2.5.3. 
903.2.5.1 General, An automatic 
sprinkler system shall be installed in 
Group H occupancies. in accordance 
with Code section 15.24.120.

K. Section 903.2.6 is amended to read 
as follows due to local topographical, 
geological and climatic conditions as 
identified in the 2010 Fire Code Findings 
of Fact as filed with the California 
Building Standards Commission:

903.2.6 Group I. An automatic sprinkler 
system shall be provided throughout 
buildings with a Group I in accordance 
with Code section 15.24.120.

L. Section 903.2.7 is amended to read 
as follows due to local topographical, 
geological and climatic conditions as 
identified in the 2010 Fire Code Findings 
of Fact as filed with the California 
Building Standards Commission:

903.2.7 Group M. An automatic 
sprinkler system shall be provided 
throughout buildings containing a 
Group M occupancy in accordance with 
Code section 15.24.120.

M. Section 903.2.8 is amended to read 
as follows due to local topographical, 
geological and climatic conditions as 
identified in the 2010 Fire Code Findings 
of Fact as filed with the California 
Building Standards Commission:

903.2.8 Group R. An automatic 
sprinkler system installed in accordance 
with Section 903.3 shall be provided 
throughout all buildings with a Group 
R in accordance with Code section 
15.24.110.

N. Section 903.2.9 is amended to read 
as follows due to local topographical, 
geological and climatic conditions as 
identified in the 2010 Fire Code Findings 
of Fact as filed with the California 
Building Standards Commission:

903.2.9 Group S-1. An automatic 
sprinkler system shall be provided 
throughout all buildings containing a 
Group S-1 in accordance with Code 
section 15.24.120.

O. Section 903.2.9.1 is amended to read 
as follows due to local topographical, 
geological and climatic conditions as 
identified in the 2010 Fire Code Findings 
of Fact as filed with the California 
Building Standards Commission:

903.2.9.1 Repair garages. An automatic 
sprinkler system shall be provided 
throughout all buildings used as 
repair garages in accordance with the 
California Building Code.

P. Section 903.2.9.2 is amended to read 
as follows due to local topographical, 
geological and climatic conditions as 
identified in the 2010 Fire Code Findings 
of Fact as filed with the California 
Building Standards Commission:

903.2.9.2 Bulk storage of tires. 
Buildings and structures with an area 
for the storage of shall be equipped 
throughout with an automatic sprinkler 
system in accordance with Section 
903.3.1.1. 

Q. Section 903.2.10 is amended to read 
as follows due to local topographical, 
geological and climatic conditions as 
identified in the 2010 Fire Code Findings 
of Fact as filed with the California 
Building Standards Commission:

903.2.10 Group S-2. An automatic 
sprinkler system shall be provided 
throughout buildings classified as 
enclosed parking garages in accordance 
with Section 406.4 of the California 
Building Code or where located beneath 
other groups. 

R. Section 903.2.10.1 is amended 
to read as follows due to local 
topographical, geological and climatic 
conditions as identified in the 2010 
Fire Code Findings of Fact as filed 
with the California Building Standards 
Commission:

903.2.10.1 Commercial parking 
garages. An automatic sprinkler system 
shall be provided throughout buildings 
used for storage of commercial trucks 
or buses

 
SECTION 3. Fire Retardant 
Roofs Section 15.24.080 of the Sierra 
Madre Municipal Code is hereby 
amended to read as follows:

15.24.080 Fire Retardant Roofs. Fire 
retardant roofs shall be installed in 
accordance with Section 

SECTION 4. Municipal Code 
Amendment. Section 15.24.120 of the 
Sierra Madre Municipal Code is hereby 
amended to read as follows:

15.24.120 Automatic fire extinguishing 
systems.

An Automatic fire sprinkler systems 
shall be installed in the following 
occupancies:

A. In all new buildings within the 
City of Sierra Madre except group U. 

B. All new Group U as classified 
in the International Fire Code, which 
are located within thirty five (35) feet of 
any exposure.

C. All buildings classified as a 
Group A, B, E, F, H, I, M, S, U when 
renovated over seventy five percent 
(75%) of their existing square footage.

D. All buildings classified as a 
Group A, B, E, F, H, I, M, S, U were an 
addition of fifty percent of their existing 
square footage is being accomplished.

E. All Group R occupancies 
shall install an automatic life safety fire 
sprinkler system in accordance with 
Code Section 15.24.110.

F. All occupancies utilizing 
roof truss framing as part of new or 
renovated building construction shall 
install a fire sprinkler system to protect 
the integrity of the truss components 
during a fire.

SECTION 5. Repeal of Conflicting 
Ordinances. All existing ordinances or 
parts thereof conflicting or inconsistent 
with the provisions of this ordinance or 
the California Fire Code adopted are 
hereby repealed.

SECTION 6. References in 
Documents and Continuing Legal 
Effect. References to prior versions of 
the California Fire Code, or of the Sierra 
Madre Municipal Code that are amended 
or renumbered in this Municipal Code, 
that are cited on notices issued by the 
City or other documents of ongoing 
or continuing legal effect, including 
resolutions adopting or imposing fees 
or charges, until converted, are deemed 
to be references to the new counterpart 
2010 Fire Code or amended Municipal 
Code sections for the purposes of notice 
and enforcement. The provisions 
adopted hereby shall not in any manner 
affect deposits, established fees or other 
matters of record which refer to, or are 
otherwise connected with, ordinances 
which are specifically designated by 
number, code section or otherwise, 
but such references shall be deemed to 
apply to the corresponding provisions 
set forth in the code sections adopted or 
amended hereby. 

SECTION 7. Continuity. To the extent 
the provisions of this Ordinance are 
substantially the same as previous 
provisions of the Sierra Madre 
Municipal Code, these provisions shall 
be construed as continuations of those 
provisions and not as amendments of 
the earlier provisions.

SECTION 8. No Effect on 
Enforceability. The repeal of any 
sections of the Municipal Code, shall 
not affect or impair any act done, 
or right vested or approved, or any 
proceeding, suit or prosecution had or 
commenced in any cause before such 
repeal shall take effect; but every such 
act, vested right, proceeding, suit, or 
prosecution shall remain in full force 
and effect for all purposes as if the 
applicable provisions of the Municipal 
Code, or part thereof, had remained in 
force and effect. No offense committed 
and no liability, penalty, or forfeiture, 
either civil or criminal, incurred 
prior to the repeal or alteration of any 
applicable provision of the 2007 Code 
as amended, shall be discharged or 
affected by such repeal or alteration but 
prosecutions and suits for such offenses, 
liabilities, penalties or forfeitures shall 
be instituted and proceed in all respects 
as if the applicable provisions of the 
2007 Code, as amended, had not been 
repealed or altered.

SECTION 9. Supplementary of 
Existing Law. The City Council intends 
this Ordinance to supplement, not to 
duplicate or contradict, applicable state 
and federal law and this Ordinance shall 
be construed in light of that intent.

SECTION 10. Modifications to 
California Fire Code. All inconsistencies 
between the Municipal Fire Code, as 
adopted by this ordinance, and Part 
9 of Title 24 the California Code of 
Regulations are changes, modifications, 
amendments, additions or deletions 
thereto authorized by California Health 
and Safety Code Sections 17858 and 
17858.7.

SECTION 11. Findings. The City 
Council hereby adopts the findings 
attached hereto as Exhibit A by this 
reference fully incorporated herein. 
These modifications to the 2010 
California Fire Code, incorporating 
the 2009 International Fire Codes are 
reasonably necessary due to the local 
climatic, geological, and topographical 
reasons set forth in Exhibit A. 

SECTION 12. Severability. Should 
any section, subsection, clause, 
or provision of this Ordinance for 
any reason be held to be invalid or 
unconstitutional, such invalidity or 
unconstitutionality shall not affect 
the validity or constitutionality of the 
remaining portions of this Ordinance; 
it being hereby expressly declared 
that this Ordinance, and each section, 
subsection, sentence, clause, and phrase 
hereof would have been prepared, 
proposed, approved, and ratified 
irrespective of the fact that any one or 
more sections, subsections, sentences, 
clauses, or phrases be declared invalid 
or unconstitutional.

SECTION 13. Effective Date. This 
Ordinance shall take effect thirty days 
following its adoption as provided by 
Government Code Section 36937, or 
January 1, 2010 whichever is later.

SECTION 14. Copy with Clerk. The 
City Clerk shall maintain a copy of the 
California Fire Code, 2010 Edition, as 
amended by this ordinance, for use and 
examination by the public.

SECTION 15. CEQA. This Ordinance 
has been determined to be exempt from 
the California Environmental Quality 
Act pursuant to State Guidelines 
§15061 (b) (3) as a project that has no 
potential for causing a significant effect 
on the environment. 

SECTION 16. Certification. The City 
Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this 
ordinance and shall cause the same to 
be processed in the manner required by 
law.

SECTION 17. Filing with State. The 
City Clerk shall file a certified copy 
of this Ordinance with the California 
Building Standards Commission.

PASSED, APPROVED AND 
ADOPTED this 11th day of January, 
2011 

Ayes: Buchanan, MacGillivray, Moran, 
Walsh Noes: None Absent: Mosca

REMEMBRANCE

ORDINANCE NO. 1314

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SIERRA MADRE AMENDING TITLE 15.24 OF THE SIERRA MADRE MUNICIPAL CODE 
RELATING TO THE ADOPTION AND AMENDMENTS TO THE 2009 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE AND THE 2010 CALIFORNIA 
FIRE CODE.


JACK, THANKS FOR 
CHANGING MY LIFE FOREVER

By Hail Hamilton

 Francois Henri “Jack” LaLanne (September 26, 1914 – January 
23, 2011) was an American fitness, exercise, nutritional expert, 
and motivational speaker who had been called “the godfather 
of fitness”. He published 11 books on fitness and hosted a fitness 
television show between 1951 and 1985.

 I met Jack when I was kid in junior high. He invited my family 
over to his house for dinner one night. My father and uncle were 
friends of his when they were classmates at Berkeley High School. 
Then Jack had already begun his fitness regimen and was an all-
start quarterback, one of the best in California. 

 I don’t remember exactly where he lived; it was somewhere out 
in the Valley. I do remember how short he was and how my dad 
-- who was also a Berkeley High football star -- towered over him. 
I remember him showing us his home gym, a huge matted room 
filled with perfectly maintained exercise machines and chrome-
plated free weights. 

 What I remember most, however, was the brief lecture Jack 
gave my brother and I about eating right and the importance 
of exercise. I remember this because soon afterwards I took up 
weight training and running; something I still do today.

 Jack gained recognition for his success as a body builder and 
nutritionist, but for me it was his prodigious, almost superhuman 
feats of strength:

• 1954 (age 40): swam the entire length of the Golden Gate 
Bridge in San Francisco, underwater, with 140 pounds of 
equipment, including two air tanks. A world record.

• 1955 (age 41): swam from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman’s 
Wharf in San Francisco while handcuffed and shackled, 
a distance of 1.3 miles.

• 1956 (age 42): set a world record of 1,033 push-ups in 23 
minutes on Art Baker’s television program “You Asked 
For It.”

• 1957 (age 43): swam the Golden Gate channel while 
towing a 2,500-pound cabin cruiser. The swift ocean 
currents turned this one-mile swim into a swimming 
distance of 6.5 miles.

• 1958 (age 44): paddled a paddleboard nonstop from the 
Farallon Islands to the San Francisco shore. The 30-mile 
trip took 9.5 hours.

• 1959 (age 45): did 1,000 jumping jacks and 1,000 chin-
ups in 1 hour, 22 minutes and “The Jack LaLanne Show” 
went nationwide.

• 1974 (age 60): For the second time, he swam from 
Alcatraz Island to Fisherman’s Wharf. Again, he was 
handcuffed, but this time he was also shackled and 
towed a 1,000-pound boat.

• 1975 (age 61): Repeating his performance of 21 years 
earlier, he again swam the entire length of the Golden 
Gate Bridge, underwater and handcuffed, but this time 
he was shackled and towed a 1,000-pound boat.

• 1976 (age 62): To commemorate the “Spirit of ‘76”, 
United States Bicentennial, he swam one mile in Long 
Beach Harbor. He was handcuffed and shackled, and he 
towed 13 boats (representing the 13 original colonies) 
containing 76 people.

• 1979 (age 65): towed 65 boats in Lake Ashinoko, near 
Tokyo, Japan. He was handcuffed and shackled, and the 
boats were filled with 6,500 pounds of Louisiana Pacific 
wood pulp.

• 1980 (age 66): towed 10 boats in North Miami, Florida. 
The boats carried 77 people, and he towed them for over 
one mile in less than one hour.

• 1984 (age 70): Handcuffed, shackled and fighting strong 
winds and currents, he towed 70 rowboats, one with 
several guests, from the Queen’s Way Bridge in the Long 
Beach Harbor to the Queen Mary, 1 mile.

 I don’t know why some people are surprised at Jack’s death, or 
why they are disappointed that he didn’t live past 100? What is 
remarkable is that Jack lived a long, healthy and productive life. 
He practiced what he preached until the day he died. Some people 
who do not live according to Jack’s credo of healthy choices can 
live long, too, but most suffer and have a very poor quality of life. 

 “I feel you have three ages: your chronological age (your 
actual age), your physical age (how you feel today), and your 
psychological age (how you feel mentally), Jack wrote in one of 
his books. “Like wine, you should be able to improve with age.” 

 Jack was inducted to the California Hall of Fame and has a 
star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He leaves behind his wife 
of 51 years, Elaine, 82, two sons and daughter; a third son died in 
an automobile accident in 1974.

 Jack once quipped: “I can’t die -- it would ruin my image.” 
Fitting words from a man who dedicated his life to promoting 
good health.

City of Sierra Madre

Public Hearing Notice

To: Citywide

From: The City of Sierra Madre

Subject: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The City of Sierra Madre gives notice that the City Council will hold a 
Public Hearing on February 8, 2011, at 6:30 PM, or soon thereafter, to 
hear testimony on the Recreation Centers Rental Fee Schedule.

The City is proposing new and updated fees for the use of recreation 
facilities.

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The copy of the proposed Recreation Centers Rental Fee Schedule is 
available at City Hall and the Sierra Madre Library for the public to 
review.

If you have any questions about this matter please contact Director of 
Community & Personnel Services Elisa Weaver at 626.355.5278. 

 

DATE AND TIME OF HEARING PLACE OF HEARING

City of Sierra Madre City of Sierra Madre

City Council meeting City Council Chambers

Tuesday, February 8, 2011 232 W. Sierra Madre Blvd.

(Hearing begins at 6:30 p.m.) Sierra Madre, CA 
91024

All interested persons may attend this meeting and the City Council 
will hear them with respect thereto.

For further information on this subject, please contact the Community 
& Personnel Services Department at 626.355.5278.

Elisa Weaver

Director of Community & Personnel Services 

City of Sierra Madre

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

To: Citywide

From: The City of Sierra Madre

Subject: PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OF THE LOCAL 
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 
ACT (CEQA) GUIDELINES 

Applicant: City of Sierra Madre

The City of Sierra Madre gives notice, pursuant to State of California 
law, that the City Council will conduct a public hearing to consider 
amendments to the City’s Local California Environmental Quality Act 
(CEQA) Guidelines in compliance with State Senate Bill 97 which requires 
that the Guidelines incorporate analysis and mitigation of greenhouse gas 
emissions. At the January 20, 2011 meeting, the Planning Commission 
recommended approval of the proposed amendments to the City Council.

DATE AND TIME OF HEARING PLACE OF HEARING

City of Sierra Madre City of Sierra Madre

City Council meeting City Council Chambers

Tuesday, February 8, 2011 232 W. Sierra Madre Blvd.

(Hearing begins at 6:30 p.m.) Sierra Madre, CA 

All interested persons may attend this meeting and the City Council will 
hear them with respect thereto.

ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: This project qualifies for a 
Categorical Exemption under Class 8, pursuant to Section 15308 of the 
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

APPEAL: If in the future anyone wishes to challenge the decision of the 
City Council in court, one may be limited to raising the issues that were 
raised or presented in written correspondence delivered to the City Council 
at, or before, the scheduled public hearing. For further information on 
this subject, please contact the Development Services Department at (626) 
355-7135.

By Order of the City Council 

Danny Castro, Director of Development Services