After closing on February 19, due to several Life Safety and Fire Protection violations, the Moreno Valley Mall is now permitted to reopen. Mall tenants have been allowed to reopen their businesses and invite employees to return to work to serve Mall shoppers.
In mid-February, the City’s Building Official issued a notice ordering the Mall to be immediately closed and vacated, due to the nine critical Life Safety and Fire Protection violations identified by the City’s Fire Marshal. The violations included failure to provide inspection, testing, and maintenance documentation for the Mall’s fire sprinkler systems, fire alarm system, smoke control system, fire doors, fire standpipe systems, fire/smoke dampers, emergency generators, emergency lighting, and emergency exit lighting.
The Mall made incremental progress toward resolving the violations since the ordered closure, and the Fire Department made itself available on a daily basis to the Mall’s staff, consultants, and contractors to perform any necessary inspections and provide technical information. This was a joint effort to expedite the reopening of the Mall in a manner that would be safe for the Mall’s tenants, the tenants’ employees, shoppers, students, and other Mall visitors.…