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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 941 • ORDINANCE NO. 941 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA AMENDING THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT THE "COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES UNIFORM BUILDING LAWS, 1968 EDITION" CONSISTING OF THE "COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES BUILDING CODE", THE SAME BEING ORDINANCE NO. 2225 AS AMENDED THROUGH AND INCLUDING MARCH 12, 1968; AND THE "PLUMBING CODE OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES", THE SAME BEING ORDINANCE NO. 2269 AS AMENDED THROUGH AND INCLUDING, MARCH 12, 1968; AND THE "MECHANICAL CODE OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES", THE SAME BEING ORDINANCE NO. 9544 AS AMENDED THROUGH AND INCLUDING, MARCH 12, 1968; AND THE "ELECTRICAL CODE OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES", THE SAME BEING ORDINANCE NO. 2252 AS AMENDED THROUGH AND INCLUDING, MARCH 12, 1968 WHICH IN TURN ADOPTS AS SECONDARY CODES THE ELEC- TRICAL SAFETY ORDERS, 1963 EDITION, ISSUED BY THE DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY OF THE STATE OF CAL- IFORNIA, AND THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, 1965 EDITION, AS APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STANDARDS INSTITUTE; AND TO MAKE CERTAIN CHANGES THEREIN. The City Council of the City of Azusa does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Section 8100 of the Azusa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "CHAPTER 1 - BUILDING, PLUMBING, MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL CODES. SECTION 8100. ADOPTING CODES. Subject to the changes and amendments hereinafter set forth in this Chapter, that certain code entitled 'County of Los Angeles Uniform Building Laws, 1968 Edition' , con- sisting of a published compilation of rules, regulations and standards adopted by said County, an agency of the State, set forth therein in four parts, to wit, the "County of Los Angeles Building Code" , the same being Ordinance No. 2225, as amended through and including, March 12, 1968; and the "Plumbing Code of the County of Los Angeles", the same being Ordinance No. 2269, as amended through and including, March 12, 1968; and the "Mechanical Code of the County of Los Angeles", the same being Ordinance No. 9544, as amended through and includ- ing, March 12, 1968; and the "Electrical Code of the County of Los Angeles", the same being Ordinance No. 2252 as amended through and including, March 12, 1968, three full printed copies of which, printed as a code in book form, were by the City Council ordered filed and which have been actually filed in the office of the City Clerk, and which as so on file are hereby referred to and by this reference expressly incorporated herein and made a part hereof as fully and for all intents and purposes as though set forth herein at length, shall be and the same is hereby adopted and established as the rules, regu- lations, standards, provisions and conditions to be -1- observed and followed in the construction, erection, enlargement, razing, alteration, repairing, demolition, conversion, occupancy, removal, maintenance, moving, use, area and height of buildings and structures and certain equipment therein, in the installation, arrangement, alteration, repair, use and operation of electric wiring, connections, fixtures and other electri- cal appliances, in the erection, installation, alteration, repair, relocation, replacement, addition to, use, or maintenance of any heating, ventilating, comfort cooling, refrigeration systems, incinerators, or other miscellaneous heat-producing appliances, and in the regulation of sani- tary plumbing and drainage systems, house sewers and pri- vate sewage disposal systems within the City, and the various parts of said Code shall constitute the Building Code, Electrical Code, Mechanical Code and Plumbing Code, respectively, of and for the City. Whenever any provi- sion of said Codes conflicts with other provisions of the Azusa Municipal Code, such other provisions shall apply. " SECTION 2. Section 8101 of the Azusa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "SECTION 8101. CITY REFERENCES IN THE COUNTY BUILDING LAWS. Wherever in said County of Los Angeles Uniform Building Laws, reference is made to the unincorporated territory of the County of Los Angeles, or similar phrases referring to said unincorporated territory, these phrases shall be con- strued to refer to the incorporated territory of the City of Azusa. Whenever in said County of Los Angeles Uniform Building Laws, reference is made to the Division of Building and Safety or the Bureau of Public Safety, the same shall be deemed and construed to refer to the Building Department of the City of Azusa. Whenever reference is made in said County of Los Angeles Uniform Building Laws to the County Engineer or to the Chief Electrical Inspector or to the Chief Plumbing Inspector, the same shall be deemed to refer to the person employed by or under contract with the City of Azusa to act as the Building Inspector of theCity or as the head of the Building Department of the City. " SECTION 3. Section 8103.3 of the Azusa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "SECTION 8103.3 SAME. UNSAFE BUILDINGS. ABATEMENT. Subsection (b) of Section 203 of said Building Code is hereby amended to read as follows: (b) Notice to owner. The Building Official shall examine or cause to be examined every building or structure or portion thereof reported as dangerous or damaged and, if such is found to be an unsafe building as defined in this Section, the Building Official shall give to the owner of such building or structure written notice stating the defects thereof and giving notice that a public hearing will be held -2- before the City Council at a date, hour and place specified in said notice at which time and place the City Council will hear the owner and any other person interested and will deter- mine whether or not said building or structure is an unsafe building as defined by this Section and whether the same shall be abated by repair, rehabilitation, demolition or removal in accordance with the procedure prescribed in this Section. Such notice shall be served in the manner hereinafter speci- fied and shall also be published once in the official news- paper of the City, and such service and publication shall be completed at least ten days before the hearing. The City Council shall conduct a public hearing at the time and place specified at which it shall afford the owner and all persons interested in such building or structure an opportunity to be heard, and shall determine from the evidence and declare by resolution whether or not said building or structure is an unsafe building as herein defined and whether the same shall be abated by repair, rehabilitation, demolition or removal in accordance with the procedure prescribed in this Section. If the City Council determines and declares by resolution that the building or structure is an unsafe building as herein defined, the Building Official shall serve upon the owner of such building or structure written notice of such determina- tion by the City Council which notice shall require the owner or person in charge of the building or premises, within 48 hours, to commence either the required repairs or improvements or demolition or removal of the building or structure or por- tions thereof, and all such work shall be completed within 90 days from date of notice, unless otherwise stipulated by the Building Official. If necessary, such notice shall also require the building, structure, or portion thereof to be vacated forthwith and not reoccupied until the required repairs and improvements are completed, inspected, and approved by the Building Official. Proper service of the notice required by this subsection shall be by personal service upon the owner of record, if he shall be found within the city limits. If he is not found within the city limits such service may be made upon said owner by registered or certified mail; provided, that if such notice is by registered or certified mail, the designated period within which said owner of person in charge is required to comply with the order of the Building Official shall begin as of the date he receives such notice. " SECTION 4. Section 8103.4 of the Azusa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "SECTION 8103.4 SAME. DELETIONS. Said Building Code so adopted is hereby amended by deleting therefrom Sections 204, 205, 206, 208, 209 and 307, and Chap- ters 70 and 99. " SECTION 5. Section 8104 of the Azusa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "SECTION 8104. PENALTY PROVISIONS. No person, firm or corporation shall violate or fail to -3- a comply with any of the provisions of this Chapter or of the County of Los Angeles Uniform Building Laws adopted by reference herein. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter or of the codes adopted hereby shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment in the City Jail or in the County Jail for not more than six months or by both such fine and imprisonment in the City Jail or in the County Jail for not more than six months or by both such fine and imprison- ment. Each person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any such violation is committed, continued or per- mitted." SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall publish the same as required by law. Passed and approved this 3rd day of September , 1968. Mayor I STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS. CITY OF AZUSA I I, DEAN F. KLARR, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 941 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 5th day of August , 1968. That thereafter, said ordinance was duly ado ed an passe at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 3rd day of September , 1968, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Councilmen: Rubio, Decker, Cooney, Calvert, Solem NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: None • C v er I do further certify that I caused said ordinance to be published prior to the expiration of fifteen days from the passage thereof in the Azusa Herald and Pomotropic, a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated in the City of Azusa, on the 11th day of September , 1968, and that the same was published in accordance with law. 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