HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance NO. 589 ORDINANCE NO. 589
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
AZUSA ADOPTING THE "LOS ANGR FS COUNTY BUILDING
LAWS, 1958 EDITION" AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES
FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
The City Council of the City of Azusa does ordain as
follows :
SECTION 1. Subject to the changes and amendments herein-
after set forth in this ordinance that certain code entitled "Los
Angeles County Building Laws, 1958 Edition", consisting of a published
compilation of rules, regulations and standards adopted by the County
of Los Angeles, an agency of the State of California, set forth
therein in three parts, to-wit, Building Code, Electrical Code and
Plumbing Code, 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, regulations,
standards, provisions and conditions to be observed and followed in
the construction, erection, enlargement, razing, alteration, repair-
ing, removal, maintenance, moving, use, area and height of buildings
and structures and certain equipment therein, and grading, in the
installation, arrangement, alteration, repair, use and operation of
electric wiring, connections, fixtures and other electrical appliances,
and in the regulation of sanitary plumbing and drainage systems, house
sewers and private sewage disposal systems within the City of Azusa,
and the various parts of said code shall constitute the Building Code,
Electrical Code and Plumbing Code, respectively, of and for the City
of Azusa.
SECTION 2. Wherever in said Los Angeles County 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 construed to refer to the incorpo •
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rated territory of the City of Azusa.
Whenever in said Los Angeles County 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 Los Angeles County
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 the City or as
the head of the Building Department of the City.
SECTION 3. Paragraph (a) of Sec. 1601 of said Building
Code is deemed to be amended to read as follows :
"(a) Fire Zones Defined. For the purpose of this Code,
the entire territory of the City of Azusa is hereby declared
to be a Fire District and said Fire District shall be divided
into and shall be designated as Fire Zones Nos. 1, 2 and 3,
and each of said zones shall include such territory or portions
of said City as set forth in Ordinance No. 352 of said City
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entitled 'AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
AZUSA, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, CREATING AND ESTAB-
LISHING FIRE ZONES IN THE CITY OF AZUSA AND REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH'
as amended from time to time. Whenever in said ordinance
or any amendment thereof reference is made to Fire Zone
No. 1, 2 or 3, it shall be construed to mean the Fire Zone
of the same number designated and referred to in this
Chapter."
SECTION 4. A new paragraph (d) is hereby added
to Sec. 1603 of said Building Code reading as follows:
"(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Code, all exterior walls less than three feet distant
from any property line shall be of not less than four-
hour fire resistive construction in Fire Zone No. 2."
SECTION 5. No person, firm or corporation shall violate
or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance or of
the Los Angeles County Building Laws adopted by reference herein.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance or of the code 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
of the City of Azusa or in the County Jail of the County of Los
Angeles for not more than six months or by both such fine and imprison-
ment. Each such person, firm or corporation 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 permitted.
SECTION 6. Ordinance No. 529 passed and approved the
21st day of January, 1957, Ordinance No. 530 passed and approved the
4th day of February, 1957, and Ordinance No. 544 passed and approved
the 15th day of July, 1957, are hereby repealed.
SECTION 7. 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 November , 1958.
Mayor of -1 e ity f Azusa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS.
CITY OF AZUSA
I, JAMES MILLER, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 589 was regularly
introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of
the City Council on the 6th day of October , 1958. That, there-
after, said ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting
of the City Council on the 3rd day of November , 1958, by the
following vote, to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen: Fawcett, Ortuno, Johnson, Teasley, Memmesheimer
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT:Councilmen: None
City Clerk of the City of Azusa
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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 10th day of November , 1958, and that the same was published
in accordance with law.
Xty Clerk, City of Azusa
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