The amendments to the California Mechanical Code referred to in Section 9-2 are as follows:

(a) Add a new paragraph to the end of Section 102 that reads as follows:

The City Council may authorize deviations from any provision of this code upon a declaration of a federal, state or local emergency.

(b) Add a new Subsection 917.4 to read as follows:

917.4. Kitchen Ventilation. A ventilation hood with a minimum of forty-eight square inches in area shall be installed over the cooking top of all free-standing or built-in ranges. Such hood shall be connected to a non-corrugated, non-flexible, and noncombustible ventilation duct to the exterior of the building. The ventilation duct shall have a minimum cross-sectional area of 28 square inches. An approved forced-draft system equipped with a back draft damper shall be installed in the ventilation system.

(Ord. No. 1593 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 1657 (NCS), § 1 (2); Ord. No. 1670 (NCS), § 2; Ord. No. 1794 (NCS), § 1(C); Ord. No. 1930 (NCS), § 1(E); Ord. No. 1959 (NCS), § 1(E); Ord. No. 2135 (NCS), § 3; Ord. No. 2276 (NCS), § 2(B); Ord. No. 2410 (NCS), § 1.)