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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 • - 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 -1- 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 -2- 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 • -3-