HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1266 (Amend Various Codes)CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
I, JEANNE M. LEONCINI, City Clerk of the City of
San Rafael, and Ex -officio Clerk of the Council of said
City do hereby certify that the foregoinq Charter
Ordinance No. 1266 entitled:
An Ordinance Amending Title 12 of the San Rafael
Municipal Code by deleting Chapter 12.08, Board
of Examiners and Appeals and Amending Chapter
12.12 Uniform Building Code, and Amending Chapter
12.16 Uniform Plumbing Code, and Amending Chapter
12.32 Uniform Swimming Pool Code
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 August. 1977 Published as re-
quired by City Charter in the Independent Journal ,
a newspaper printed and published in the City of San 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 15th day of August, 1977 by the
following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Councilmen: Jensen, Miskimen and Mayor Bettini
Noes: Councilmen: None
Absent: Councilmen: Mulryan, Nixon
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of
the Cil of San Rafael this day of
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JANNE M. LEOINJCINI, ity Clerk
ORDINANCE NO. 1266
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 12 OF THE SAN RAFAEL
MUNICIPAL CODE BY DELETING CHAPTER 12.08, BOARD
OF EXAMINERS AND APPEALS AND AMENDING CHAPTER
12.12 UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, AND AMENDING CHAPTER
12.16 UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, AND AMENDING CHAPTER
12.32 UNIFORM SWIMMING POOL CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
DIVISION I. Chapter 12.08 entitled "Board of Examiners and Appeals"
is hereby deleted.
DIVISION II. Section 12.12.010 entitled "Adoption of the Uniform
Building Code is hereby amended to read: 12.12.010 Adoption of the Uniform
Building Code. There is adopted for the purpose of providing minimum standards
to safe guard life or limb, health, property and public welfare, that certain
code known as the Uniform Building Code, 1976 Edition and the Uniform Building
Code Standards, 1976 Edition, published by the International Conference of
Building Officials, 5360 South Workman Mill Road, Whittier, California, 90601,
and the whole thereof, including the Table of Contents, Chapters 13, 23, 35, 38, 48,
49, 51 and 70 of the Appendix, and the index therein, save and except such portions
as are hereafter deleted, added thereto, modified or amended of which code, amend-
ments and secondary code, not less than three copies have been and are now on file
in the office of the City Clerk, and the same are adopted and incorporated as fully
as set out at length herein, and from and after September 14, 1977 the pro-
visions thereof shall be controlling with the city limits.
DIVISION III. Section 12.12.020 entitled "Amendments made in the
Uniform Building Code" is amended as follows:
There is hereby added the following:
1. Section 303(g) is amended by changing sixty (60) days of date of
issuance to one hundred -twenty (120) days.
2. Section 304 is amended by adding a new sub -section (g) to read as
follows: (g) no utilities shall be authorized to be connected until such time as
a final building inspection is approved and all other city department requirements
have been completed.
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3. Occupancy Designation Changes. Occupancy groups referred to
within Section 12.12.020 are changed as follows:
Occupancy Designation A is changed to A-1
Table 33-A is amended by adding to footnote 2 the following: The
Building Official may grant relief from compliance to this section
when, in his opinion, said compliance would be impractical or im-
pose an undue hardship.
5. The reference to Section 1710 is hereby deleted.
6. Section 506-4 is changed to read as follows:
4. Unlimited Areas. The area of any building other than group E
occupancy shall not be limited if the building is provided with
an approved fully supervised automatic fire extinguishing system
throughout, as specified in Chapter 38, and entirely surrounded by
yards of not less than 60 feet in width and by fire access roads
not less than 20 feet in width.
7. Section 3305(j) is added to read as follows:
Section 3305(j) is hereby amended by adding the following to the
exception "Stairways less than four risers need not have handrails".
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Table 33-A is amended by adding to footnote 2 the following: The
Building Official may grant relief from compliance to this section
when, in his opinion, said compliance would be impractical or im-
pose an undue hardship.
5. The reference to Section 1710 is hereby deleted.
6. Section 506-4 is changed to read as follows:
4. Unlimited Areas. The area of any building other than group E
occupancy shall not be limited if the building is provided with
an approved fully supervised automatic fire extinguishing system
throughout, as specified in Chapter 38, and entirely surrounded by
yards of not less than 60 feet in width and by fire access roads
not less than 20 feet in width.
7. Section 3305(j) is added to read as follows:
Section 3305(j) is hereby amended by adding the following to the
exception "Stairways less than four risers need not have handrails".
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DIVISION IV. Chapter 12.16 is hereby amended as follows:
Section 12.16.010 is amended to read as follows:
12.16.010 Adoption of Uniform Plumbing Code. There is adopted
for the purpose of providing minimum requirements for the protection
of life, limb, health, property, safety and the general welfare of
the general public, that certain code known as the Uniform Plumbing Code
1976 Edition including the appendix thereof, adopted by the Inter-
national Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials at the
Forty-sixth Annual Conference, September, 1975, save and except
such portions as are hereinafter deleted, added thereto or amended
not less than three copies of the Uniform Plumbing Code, 1976
Edition including the appendix thereof, are now on file and have
been on file in the office of the City Clerk for at least fifteen
days prior to Auqust 1, 1977 , and the Uniform
Plumbing Code, including the appendix thereof, are adopted and in-
corporated herein by reference as though set forth in full.
DIVISION V. Chapter 12.32 is hereby amended as follows:
Section 12.32.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 12.32.010 Adoption of Uniform Swimming Pool Code, 1976
Edition. There is adopted for the purpose of providing minimum re-
quirements for the protection of life, limb, health, property, safety
and general welfare of the general public by prescribing minimum
standards for the design, construction or installation, repair or
alteration of swimming pools, public or private, and equipment re-
lated thereto, that certain code known as the Uniform Swimming
Pool Code, being the 1976 Edition and published by the Inter-
national Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, 5032
Alhambra Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90032, save and except
such portions as are hereinafter deleted, added, modified or
amended, of which code not less than three copies have been and
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are now on file in the office of the City Clerk for at least
fifteen days, and the same is adopted and incorporated herein by
reference as though set forth in full herein.
DIVISION VI. Chapter 12.36 is hereby amended as follows:
Section 12.36-050 Delivery of Report. Change "Certified Mail" to
"Regular Mail". Delete "Return Receipt Requested".
DIVISION VII. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of
this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The Council hereby declares
that it would have adopted the ordinance and each section subsection, sentence, clause
or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsection,
sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
DIVISION VIII. 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 the City of San Rafael, and shall be in full force and
effect thirty (30) days after its final passage.
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C. PAUL BETTINI, Mayor
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J NE M. LEONCINI, City Clerk
The above and foregoing Ordinance No. 1266 was read and introduced at a
regular meeting of the Council of the City of San Rafael, held on the first day of
August 1977, and ordered passed to print by the following vote, to -wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Jensen, Miskimen and Mayor Bettini
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: Mulryan, Nixon
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 the 15th day of August 1977.
NE M. LEONCINI, City Clerk
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