HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 9516 (Housing Elevators Amendment)RESOLUTION NO. 9516
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
RAFAEL MAKING FINDINGS PURSUANT TO HEALTH AND
SAFETY CODE SECTIONS 17958.5 AND 17958.7 RELATIVE TO
THE ADOPTION OF AN AMENDMENT TO TITLE 12 OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL BY
AMENDING CHAPTER 12.12 "UNIFORM BUILDING CODE (1991
ED.) BY ADDING SECTION 5109 - "ELEVATOR
REQUIREMENTS IN HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY AND
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES."
WHEREAS, the City of San Rafael has adopted an amendment to the Uniform
Building Code (1991 ed.) by adding Section 5109- "Elevator Requirements in Housing for the
Elderly and Persons with Disabilities"; and
WHEREAS, the State Health and Safety Code Sections 17958.5 and 17958.7
require that findings be made in order to exceed the requirements found in the California
Building Standards Code; and
WHEREAS, the 1991 Uniform Building Code and the local amendments
thereto made by the City of San Rafael include provisions that are more restrictive than the
California Building Standards Code in that the provisions adopted by the City of San Rafael
require the installation of elevators in housing for the elderly and persons with disabilities.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the City Council of
the City of San Rafael does hereby adopt the following findings pursuant to and in compliance
with Health and Safety Code Sections 17958.5 and 17958.7:
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS:
a) Heat experienced during the summer months would make the use of the ramps or
stairs to reach residential units above the ground floor excessively difficult and potentially
dangerous for the elderly and people with disabilities.
b) Rainfall and damp weather during the winter months would make the use of ramps or
stairs to reach residential units above the first floor excessively difficult and potentially
dangerous for the elderly and people with disabilities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the San Rafael
City Council because of local climatic conditions that impact the ability of the elderly and people
with disabilities to use stairs or ramps hereby adopts these findings pursuant to Health and
Safety Code Sections 17958.5 and 17958.7.
ORIGINAL qio�
I, JEANNE. M. LEONCINI, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify
that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular
meeting of the Council of said City on Monday, the 20th day of November, 1995, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Cohen, Heller, Zappetini & Mayor Borp
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Phillips
JEA &E M. LEONCINI, City Clerk
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