[Preamble, Ord. 801, eff. February 6, 1987]
Chapter 6.95 of the California Health and Safety Code (commencing with § 25500 thereof) establishes a statutory scheme for requiring businesses and local jurisdictions to devise and implement plans to provide a base of information about location, type, quantity and the health risk of hazardous materials handled, used, stored, or disposed of in the state, and to prevent or mitigate the damage to the health and safety of persons and the environment from the release or threatened release of such materials into the work place and environment; and the Health and Safety Code 25502 (b) allows a city, by ordinance, to assume responsibility for the implementation of Chapter 6.95 and thereafter have exclusive jurisdiction within its boundaries with respect to such implementation.
[§ 2, Ord. 801, eff. February 6, 1987]
The Fire Department is hereby designated as the administering agency responsible for administering and enforcing the provisions of Chapter 6.95 within jurisdictional limits of the City.
[§ 3, Ord. 801, eff. February 6, 1987]
The Fire Department shall give notice to the County of Los Angeles Fire Department, Hazardous Materials Section, of the adoption of this chapter and shall consult with, and coordinate its activities with the County Fire Department to avoid duplicating efforts or any misunderstandings regarding the areas, duties and responsibility of each administering agency.
[§ 4, Ord. 801, eff. February 6, 1987]
The Fire Department shall further give immediate notice to the State Office of Emergency Services of the adoption of this chapter.
[§ 5, Ord. 801, eff. February 6, 1987]
The fees to be collected from each business required to submit a business plan pursuant to such Chapter 6.95 shall be established by resolution of the City Council.