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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1002 (Bulding Code; 1970 Edition)CLERK'S CERTfFfCATE I, MARION A. GRADY, City Clerk of the City pf San Rafael, and Ex -officio, Clerk of the Council of said City do hereby certify that the foregoing Charter Ordinance No. 1002 entitled: An ordinance of the City of San Rafael adopting by reference the Uniform Building Code, Volume 1, 1970 Edition including the appendix thereof, and the se- condary code, Uniform Building Code Standards, 1970 Edition with certain amendments thereto. is a true and correct copy of an ordinance of said City, and was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Rafael, held on.the 1st day of March 19 .71 . Published as re- quired by City Charter in the INDEPENDENT JOURNAL , a newspaper printed and published in the City of Sara Rafael and passed and adopted as an ordinance of said City at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held on the 5th day of APRIL 19 71 by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Councilmen: Barbier, Jensen, Miskimen, Mulryan and Mayor Bettini Noes: Councilmen: None Absent: Councilman: None WITNESS my hand and the official seal of the Ci tyl offSSan Rafael this 0 day of I'/ 19 ->' / MART GRNDY,C��ty Cfer � i RENEE UUR CIosU - I eput City Clerk (q) ORDINANCE N0. 1002 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, VOLUME I, 1970 EDITION INCLUDING THE APPENDIX THEREOF, AND THE SECONDARY CODE, UNIFORM BUILDING CODE STANDARDS, 1970 EDITION WITH CERTAIN AMENDMENTS THERETO. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. SECTION 12.12.010 ENTITLED "ADOPTION OF THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE IS HERE BY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: 12.12.010 ADOPTION OF THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, THERE IS HEREBY ADOPTED, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING MINIMUM STANDARDS TO SAFEGUARD LIFE OR LIMB HEALTH, PROPERTY AND PUBLIC WELFARE, THAT CERTAIN CODE KNOWN AS THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, VOLUME I, AND THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE STANDARD 1970 EDITION, PUBLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BUILDING OFFICIALS, 50 SOUTH LOS ROBLES, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, BEING PARTICULARLY THE 1970 EDITIONS THEREOF AND THE WHOLE THEREOF INCLUDING THE TABLE OF CONTENTS, APPENDIX AND THE INDEX THEREIN, SAVE AND EXCEPT SUCH PORTIONS AS ARE HERE— INAFTER DELETED ADDED THERETO, MODIFIED, OR AMENDED OF WHICH CODE, AMENDMENTS AND SECONDARY CODE, NOT LESS THAN THREE COPIES HAVE BEEN AND NOW ARE FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL, AND THE SAME ARE HEREBY ADOPTED AND INCOR— PORATED AS FULLY AS IF SET OUT AT LENGTH HEREIN, AND FROM AND AFTER May 5th, 1971 THE PROVISIONS THEREOF SHALL BE CONTROLLING WITHIN THELIMITS OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL. SECTION II. SECTION 12.12.020 OF THE SAN RAFAEL MUNICIPAL CODE ENTITLED "AMEND— MENT MADE IN VOLUME I OF THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE" IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS: 12.12.020 AMENDMENT MADE IN VOLUME I OF THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE. THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, VOLUME I, ADOPTED BY SECTION 12.12.010 IS HEREBY CHANGED, ADDED TO AND AMENDED IN THE FOLLOWING RESPECTS. THE SECTION NUMBERS HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO ARE THE SECTION NUMBERS OF VOLUME I OF THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE. SECTION 104(A): SECTION 104(A) IS HEREBY AMENDED BY ADDING THERETO THE FOLLOWING: FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION THE VALUE OF AN EXISTING BUILDING SHALL BE FOUR TIMES THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE BUILDING, EXCLUSIVE OF THE LAND, AS SHOWN ON THE LAST EQUALIZED TAX ASSESSMENT ROLLS. SECTION 204: SECTION 204 IS HEREBY DELETED. SECTION 205: SECTION 205 IS HEREBY DELETED. SECTION 301(A): SECTION 301(A) IS HEREBY AMENDED BY ADDING EXCEPTIONS 1r 2 AND 3 TO READ AS FOLLOWS: —1— i 1. ONE PERMIT MAY BE ISSUED TO CONSTRUCT A DWELLING AND ACCESSORY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHEN THE ACCESSORY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE IS TO BE BUILT IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AT THE SAME TIME AS THE DWELLING, PROVIDED THAT THE PLANS SUBMITTED (AS REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 301(C) INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION DETAILS OF ALL THE STRUCTURES AND THE PERMIT VALUATION IS BASED ON THE VALUATION OF ALL THE STRUCTURES. 2. SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE ZONING REGULATIONS, A BUILDING PERMIT WILL NOT BE REQUIRED FOR DETACHED ACCESSORY BUILDING, PATIO COVERS AND LATH HOUSES ONE HUNDRED SQUARE FEET OR LESS IN AREA, AND ONE SOTRY IN HEIGHT. 3. REROOFING PERMITS. A PERMIT SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR REROOFING STRUCTURES WHERE A VALID BUILDING PERMIT IS NOT IN FORCE; EXCEPT AS FOLLOWS: NO PERMIT WILL BE REQUIRED TO REROOF STRUCTURES OF "H", "I" AND "J" OCCUPANCIES IN FIRE ZONE II AND III. NO PERMIT WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ANY STRUCTURE IF THE AREA TO BE REROOFED IS TWENTY- FIVE PERCENT OR LESS THAN THE AREA OF THE COMPLETE ROOF. NO PERMIT SHALL BE REQUIRED IF THE VALUATION OF THE WORK DOES NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, FEES. WHERE A PERMIT IS REQUIRED FOR REROOFING THE FEE SHALL BE A FLAT RATE OF SEVEN DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS FOR EACH PERMIT. APPLICATION OF THE PERMIT SHALL BE ON FORMS PROVIDED FOR THAT PURPOSE. SECTION 301(D): SECTION 301(D) IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS SHALL BE DRAWN TO SCALE UPON SUBSTANTIAL PAPERS OR CLOTH AND SHALL BE OF SUFFICIENT CLARITY TO INDICATE THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE WORK PROPOSED AND SHOW IN DETAIL THAT IT WILL CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CODE AND ALL RELEVANT LAWS, ORDINANCES, RULES AND REGULATIONS. THE FIRST SHEET OF EACH SET OF PLANS SHALL GIVE THE HOUSE AND STREET ADDRESS OF THE WORK AND THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE OWNER AND PERSON WHO PREPARED THEM. THE PLANS SHALL INCLUDE THREE COPIES OF A PLOT PLAN, MINIMUM SCALE ONE INCH EQUALS TWENTY FEET OR ONE -SIXTEENTH INCH EQUALS ONE FOOT, AND SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: (A) DIMENSIONS OF PLOT AND NORTH POINT, DIMENSIONS OF. FRONT,. REAR AND SIDE YARD, LOCATION AND DIMENSIONS OF ACCESSORY BUILDINGS, LOCATION AND DIMENSIONS OF EASEMENTS; (B) ELEVATIONS AT THE FOLLOWING POINTS; TOP OF CURB AT POINTS OF EXTENSION OF LOT LINES, FINISH AND EXISTINGGRADE ELEVATIONS AT EACH CORNER OF PLOT, FINISH AND EXISTING GRADE AT EACH PRINCIPAL CORNER OF THE STRUCTURE AND POINTS OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGE OF -2- SLOPE. FINAL ELEVATIONS SHALL ALSO SHOW FLOOR LEVELS, DISPOSITION OF SURFACE AND ROOF DRAINAGE AND LOCATION AND GRADES OF PROPOSED DRIVEWAYS. SECTION 307.: SECTION 301 IS HEREBY AMENDED BY ADDING THERETO A NEW SUBSECTION (E) TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (E) SURVEY: WHEN REQUIRED BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, ALL PERSONS, FIRMS OR CORPORATIONS APPLYING FOR A PERMIT FOR THE ERECTION OR CONSTRUCTION OF A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, OR MOVING AN EXISTING BUILDING TO A NEW LOCATION, SHALL FILE WITH THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS, DUPLICATE COPIES OF A MAP OF A SURVEY OF THE PROPERTY PRO- POSED TO BE IMPROVED BY THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: THE MAP SHALL BE DRAWN TO A SCALE OF NOT SMALLER THAN TWENTY FEET TO ONE INCH AND SHALL BE IN PERMANENT MARKING OR COPY. THE MAP SHALL SHOW THE ACCURATE LOCATION OF ALL PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS AND THE GRADES AT WHICH THEY ARE TO BE CONSTRUCTED. CON- TOURS SHALL BE SHOWN AT INTERVALS OF ONE FOOT OR LESS ON SLOPES UP TO FIVE PERCENT, AND NOT MORE THAN FIVE FEET ON SLOPES IN EXCESS OF FIVE PERCENT, AND SHALL EXTEND ACROSS ADJOINING STREETS WHEN THE STREETS ARE UINIMPROVED. ALL GRADES AND CONTOURS SHALL HAVE RELATIVE ELEVATIONS IN REFERENCE TO A CONVENIENT DATUM OR BY GEODETIC REFER- ENCE. ALL DRAINAGE, DRIVEWAYS, SEWERS, EXISTING CURBS, SIDEWALKS, EASEMENTS AND THE EXTERIOR BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPERTY SHALL BE SHOWN ON THE MAP. THE EXTERIOR BOUNDARIES SHALL BE CLEARLY OUTLINED ON THE GROUND BY PERMANENT STAKES OR MONUMENTS. THE SURVEY SHALL HAVE BEEN MADE BY A LICENSED LAND SURVEYOR, OR A REGISTERED CIVIL ENGINEER OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND SHALL BE SIGNED BY HIM AND CERTIFIED WITH HIS LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE NUMBER. SECTION 303(B)" SECTION 303(B) IS HEREBY AMENDED BY ADDING EXCEPTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS: EXCPEPTION: PLAN CHECKING FEES WILL NOT BE REQUIRED FOR PERMITS WHEN A PLAN CHECK FEE HAS BEEN PAID FOR PLANS WHICH INVOLVE REPETITION CFABASIC TYPE STRUCTURE OR BUILDING PROVIDED THERE IS NO CHANGE IN THE PLANS OR RESPECTIVE CONSTRUCTION. SECTION 303: SECTION 303 IS HEREBY AMENDED BY ADDING THERETO NEW SUBSECTION (C) AND (D) TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (C) SPECIAL FEES: WHERE MORE THAN ONE REINSPECTION OF ANY ITEM REQUIRING INSPECTION HAS TO BE MADE BECAUSE WORK HAS NOT BEEN READY OR DEFECTS HAVE NOT BEEN CORRECTED A FEE OF SEVEN DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS WILL BE CHARGED OR EACH ADDITIONAL REINPSECTION, AND MUST BE PAID BEFORE FINAL APPROVAL OF WORK. WHERE ANY SPECIAL INSPECTION IS REQUESTED, SUCH AS TO DETERMINE HOW AN EXISTING -3- STRUCTURE MAY BE MADE TO CONFORM TO PRESENT CODE REQUIREMENTS, OR OTHERWISE WHERE NO CURRENT PERMIT IS INVOLVED, A CHARGE WILL BE MADE AT THE RATE OF SEVEN DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS PER HOUR OF THE INSPECTOR'S TIME, INCLUDING TRAVEL TIME, WITH A MINIMUM CHARGE OF FIVE DOLLARS, WHEN THIS CODE IS APPLICABLE TO A COUNTY, CITY, PUBLIC DISTRICT OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, INSPECTION MAY BE PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC AGENCY INVOLVED ON A "NO FEE" BASIS. (D) REFUNDS: IF A PROJECT UNDER ANY PERMIT IS ABANDONED WITHOUT ANY WORK HAVING BEEN DONE, EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE PERMIT FEES PAID MAY BE REFUNDED ON WRITTEN APPLICATION AND SURRENDER OF THE PERMIT WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF THE DATE OF ISSUANCE. IF A PERMIT IS ISSUED IN ERROR, REFUNDS OF THE FULL FEE MAY BE MADE. CHECKING FEES FOR PLANS WHICH HAVE BEEN REVIEWED OR CORRECTED ARE NOT SUBJECT TO REFUND, SECTION 306(C): SECTION 306(C) IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: AFTER FINAL INSPECTION WHEN IT IS FOUND THAT THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE AND THE LAND ON WHICH IT IS LOCATED COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE APPROVALS, CONDITIONS, AND RESTRIC- TIONS GIVEN OR IMPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE BUILDING, STRUCTURE, OR LAND BY THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL, AND ALSO THAT SUCH COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CODE AND THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY, THE BUILDING INSPECTOR SHALL ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WHICH SHALL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING: (1) THE BUILDING PERMIT NUMBER; (2) THE ADDRESS OF THE BUILDING OR LAND; (3) THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE OWNER; (4) A DESCRIPTION OF THAT PORTION OF THE BUILDING, STRUCTURE, OR LAND FOR WHICH THE CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED; (5) A STATEMENT THAT THE DESCRIBED PORTION OF THE BUILDING, STRUCTURE, OR LAND COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CODE AND THE APPROVALS, CONDITIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND ORDIANCES OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL FOR GROUP OF OCCUPANCY IN WHICH THE PROPOSED OCCUPANCY IS CLASSIFIED; AND (6) THE NAME OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. CHAPTER 44. CHAPTER 44 IS HEREBY AMENDED BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 4410 WHICH SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS: SEC. 4410: MUD OR LOOSE DIRT ON PUBLIC STREETS. "NO PERSONS, FIRM, OR CORPORATION WHO ERECTS, CONSTRUCTS, ENLARGES, ALTERS, REPAIRS, MOVES, IMPROVES, REMOVES, CONVERTS, -4- OR DEMOLISHES ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE IN THE CITY SHALL PERMIT ANY MUD OR LOOSE DIRT TO BE REMOVED FROM THE JOB SITE AND DEPOSITED ON ANY PUBLIC STREET". SEC. 7002: SEC. 7002 IS HEREBY AMENDED BY ADDING THERETO THE FOLLOWING: WHEREVER THE TERM "BUILDING OFFICIAL SHALL APPEAR IN THIS CHAPTER IT SHALL BE CON— STRUED TO MEAN "CITY ENGINEER". SECTION III SECTION 12.12.022 IS HEREBY DELETED. SECTION IV. THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE PUBLISHED ONCE IN FULL BEFORE ITS FINAL PASSAGE IN THE INDEPENDENT JOURNAL , A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION, PRINTED, PUBLISHED AND CIRCULATED IN SAID CITY, AND SHALL BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER ITS FINAL PASSAGE. ATTEST: C. PAUL BETTINI, MAYOR MARION A.GRADY, CITY ERK THE ABOVE AND FOREGOING CHARTER ORDINANCE N0. 1002 WAS READ AND INTRODUCED AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL, HELD ON Monday THE lst DAY OF March 1971, AND ORDERED PASSED TO PRINT BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE TO WIT: AYES: COUNCILMEN: Jensen, Miskimen, Mulryan and Mayor Bettini NOES: COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT: COUNCILMEN Barbier AND WILL COME UP FOR ADOPTION AS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL TO BE HELD ON Monday THE 5th DAY OF April 1971. MARION A. GRADY, CITY CLERK —5—