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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 343J ORDINANCE N0. � 3 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AZUSA, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING CERTAIN RULES AILD REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PER1ITS FOR CERTAIN KINDS APTD TYPES OF STRUCTURES AND FIXING PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. The City Council of the City of Azusa does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Each application for a building permit filed with or made to the Building Inspector shall be accompanied by plans and specifications for the work. Such application, plans and specifications shall be checked by the Building Inspector, and if found by him to be in conformity with the requirements of the Building Code and of all other laws or ordinances covering or regulating the work, the Building Inspector shall upon the receipt of the required permit fee, issue a permit therefor; provided however, that when said application or the plans and specifications call for (a) galvanized iron or sheet metal exterior covering for all or any part of the building or structure, or (b) a structure or building of an unusual or un- orthodox or novel architectural design, or (c) the erection of a structure substantially different in appearance, materials used on method of con- struction from other structures utilized for the same purpose for which the"proposed structure is to be utilized, or (d) a structure which does not conform in size, type of construction or location on the premises to the general character of the structures in the particular zone in which the proposed new structure is to be located as such zone is described in the Zoning Ordinance or Zoning Hap of the City of Azusa or does not conform to the general character in comparable areas or zones in said city, or (e) a structure which do -s not conform to the provisions in the Zoning Ordinance or Fire District Ordinance or other ordinance or regulation of the Oity of Azusa, or (f) astructure to be used for residential purposes in which the total ground floor areas is less than 1000 square feet, or (g) a structure which in the opinion of the Building Inspector may be detrimental to the public interest, welfare, comfort and safety or may adversely affect substantial rights of adjoining property owners or of other property owners or residents of the City of Azusa, or (h) moving a structure into the city from outside the city or from one part of the city to another part, when such structure is of a type or character referred to in sub -paragraphs (a) to (g) inclusive hereof, the Building Inspector shall immediately require duplicate sets of plans and specifications to be filed with him and shall refer said application to the Planning Commission, which body shall make such investigation and shall hold such hearings in connection with said application as it may deem necessary, and shall report to the City Council and recommend the approval or disapproval of said application and shall thereupon mail a postcard or other notice to the applicant of thefact of the rendition of said report and recommendation. i If the report and recommendation of the City Planning Commission be against the applicant, the applicant may appeal to the City Council by written notice of appeal filed with the City Clerk within twenty (20) days immediately following the date of mailing of the postcard or other notice by the City Planning Commission and 'hereinbefore mentioned. The granting or refusal of a building permit coming within the purview of this ordinance shall becetermined by the City Council after due hearing thereon, notice of which hearing shall have been given the applicant not less than ten (10) days immediately prior to the date set for hearing of the matter by the City Council. At any hearing on applications before the Planning Commission or before the City Council, the applicant shall be given the opportunity to testify and to otherwise present evidence in support of application. In the event that it appears to the City Council that the granting of the permit is necessary dr proper for the preservation and enjoyment of any substantial rights of the applicant and is not materially detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to the property or improvements in the zone or district affected or in other zones or districts, the City Council may grant such application upon such terms and conditions as the City Council may deem proper under the special circumstances shown to exists and direct the Building Inspector to issue the building permit therein applied for, otherwise Council may deny such application. In determining matters arising under this section, the City Council may act by vote of three or more members of the Council. The decision of the City Council as to the granting or refusal of such application and as to the procedure in the hearing of same in conformity with the provisionfof this ordinance shall be final and conclusive. SECTION 2. Whenever the Building Inspector issues a permit under the terms of this ordinance, he shall endorse the word "Approved " on both sets of plains and specifications filed in connection with the application for such permit, one of which such sets shall be retained by the Building In - spector for his files and the other set returned to the applicant. The applicantts set of plans and specifications so marked "Approved" shall be kept on the job at all times while the work is in progress and available for inspection by public officials. Such plans and specifications so approved shall not be changed, modified or altered without written authority from the Building Inspector over his own signature and all work on the job shall be done in accordance with such approved plans and specifications and modifications thereof which shall have been previously approved in writing as aforesaid by the Building Inspector. SECTION 3. Should any section, sub -section, paragraph or provision of this ordinance be declared by a court of compet- ent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any other part thereof. SECTION 4. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall, for each violation thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction by any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $200.00 or by imprisonment in the Azusa City Jail or in the County Jail of the County of Los Angeles for a period of not exceeding sixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each separate day or any portion thereof during which any violation of this ordinance occurs or continues S/Yu// 7/e dPL 177 ed to coil 3i/t"f o-nd S//o// eu),$tot�te_ a separate offense. SECTION 5. All ordinance and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance and heretofore passed and adopted by the City of Azusa or by the City Council or by any Board of Trustees thereof, shall be, and the same are, hereby repealed insofar as said other ordinances or parts of ordinances conflict or are inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance, which repeal shall be effective as of the effective date of this ordinance. SECTION 6. The Mayor shall sign this ordinance and the City Clerk shall attest and certify to the passage, adoption and publication of the same, and shall cause same to be published once within 15 days after its passage in the Azusa Herald and Pomotropic, a weekly newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the City of Azusa, which said newspaper is hereby designated for that purpose, and thereupon and thereafter thirty days after its passage this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force. Ro . ACr'nold P Y , y f the City of Azusa. Passed, adopted and approved this 17th day of April,1939 ATTEST: Daae A. Hyn s, --Ci —t Clerk of the City of Azusa. STATE OF CALIFORNIA } ) SS COU11 Y OF LOS ANGELES ) I hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Azusa, County of Los Angeles, State of California, duly and regularly held on the 3rd day of April,1939, in the regular Council Chambers in said City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California; that said ordinance was regularly passed and adopted by said City Council, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk of said City at a regular meeting of saidCity Council so held in the regular Council Chambers on the 17th day of April, 1939, and that the same was passed and adopted by the following vote of Council: Ayes: Councilmen! c�� / ��/",e� (�u�✓ I ,� Noes: Councilmen',Q Absent: Councilmen; hh'C- I, City Cleric of the City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, State of California, do further certify that I caused said Ordinance to be published on the 20th day of April,1939, in the Azusa Herald and Pomotropic, a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated in said City of Azusa, and that the same was published in accordance with. law. �.� Mae A. Hynes, City Clerk of the City of Azusa.