[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.
[§ 1, Ord. 801, eff. February 6, 1987]
The City hereby assumes responsibility for implementing the
provisions of Chapter 6.95 of the California
Health and Safety Code.
[§ 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.