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ôÎ À ORDINANCE NO- 7
AN ORDINANCE OP THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BALDWIN PARK AMENDING SECTION
8501 OF THE BALDWIN PARK XJNICIPAL CODE,
RELATING TO THE ADOPTION OF THE 1965
UNIFORM WIRING CODE^ AND AMENDING SECTIONS
8200 AND 8201 OF THE BALDWIN PARK MUNICIPAL
COOE.^ RELATING TO THE ADOPTION OF THE 1964
UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE AND THE 964 U^IFORflT.
HEATING AND COMFORT COOLING CODE, AND AMEND-
ING SECTIONS 8100 AND 8101 OF THE BALDWIN
PARK MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO THE ADOPTION
OF THE 1964 UNIFORM BUILDING CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOA/S
SECTION That Section 8301 of the Baldwin Park ntcfpal
Code is hereby amended to read, respectively, as follows:
8501- ADOPTION OF T^E UNIFORM WIRING COP^. That the
Uni form Wiring Code, 1965 Edition", pursuant to Section 50022.1 of
the Government Code of the State of California is hereby adapted by
this reference as the Wiring Code for the City of Baldwin Park,
Whenever in said code, reference is made to the Electrical
Safety Engineer", said phrase shall mean the City's Building Official."
SECTION 2. That Sections 8200 and 8201 of the Baldwin Park
Municipal Code are hereby amended to read, respectively, as follows:
200. ADOPTION OF THE UNIFORM PLJ/^ING CODE- 1964 EDITION"
The 964 Uniform Plumbing Code, pursuant to Section 50022.1 of the
Government Code of the State of California, is hereby adopted, by this
reference, as the Plumbing Code for the City of Baldwin Park."
8201 APPmW OF THE UNIFORM HEATING AND COHORT COOLING
COpEj. 1964 H) IT ION". The 1964 Uniform Heating and Comfort Cooling Code,
pursuant fo Section 50022.1 of the Government Code of the State of Calif-
ornia s hereby adopted by this reference as the Heating and Comfort
Cooling Cod^ for the City of Baldwin Park.
Whenever in said Code, reference is made to the Administrative
Authority", said phrase shall mean the City»s BuNding Official."
SECTION 3. That Sections 8100 and 8101 of the Baldwin Park
Municipal Code are hereby amended to read, respectively, as follows:
8100. ADOPTION QF_THg NIfQRM EU I LD^CL CODE. 964_EpJT>0^
Subject to certain changes and amendments, as hereinafter set forth, the
City Council of the Ctty of Baldwin Park does hereby adopt, except for
Chapter 70 thereof consisting of Section 7001 through 7020, inclusive)
as the bunding) regulations for said City the Uniform Building Code,
1964 Edition, Volume I" I, copyrighted and adopted by the International
Conference of Building Officials}, which said Code consists of a published
compilation of rules, regulations and standards, pertaining to the
erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving, demolition,
conversion and maintenance of all buildings and structures, and declaring
and establishing the types of buildings which may be constructed in
established fire zones. Said Uniform Building Code is made a part hereof
as if set forth in full in this Chapter."
8»01. SAfiE. AME^ghfrS TO CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE UN^RM
BUUDING qgQE- The following sections of the Uniform Building Code,
hereafter Code11), adopted by Section 8(00 hereof, are hereby amended
to read as follows:
a) Section 202 a) Gep^r^. The Supertendent of Building
Inspection is hereby designated as the enforcement officer with reference
to the provisions of this Code. i
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ôÎ À b) Section 202 f) Occupancy Violations. Vi/henever any building
or structure is being used contrary to the provisions of this Code, the
Building Official shall order such use discontinued and the structure, or
any portion thereof, shall be vacated by the person so using it. Such
order shall be in writing, and shall be served upon such person by United
States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, addressed to such
person at his last known address. Such person shall discontinue the
objectionable use within a period of not to exceed ten days after the
mailing of such notice; or in the alternative, such person shall take
the action necessary to insure that the said building or structure or
portion thereof, complies with the requirements of this Code.
c) Section 203 b) Notice to Owner- When theBuildingOfficia*
shall determine that a building or structure, or portion thereof, is an
unsafe building as defined in this Code, he shall thereupon give written
notice to the owner of such building or structure, stating the reasons
which in his opinion constitute the same as an unsafe building. Said
notice shall be in writ ing and shall be served by United States mail,
postage prepaid, return receipt requested, addressed to the owner at
his last known address. Said notice shall require the owner, or person
in charge of the said building or premises, to commence either the
required repairs or improvements, or the demolition and removal of said
building or structure or portion thereof, and shall designate a period
of time within which such activity shall take place, not ess than 48
hours in cases of extreme emergency, nor a period of longer than 90 days
from the date of mailing of such notice. If an emergency situation occurs,
with respect to an unsafe building, the building official, as part of the
notice hereinabove referred to, shall require the building, structure or
portion thereof, to be vacated forthwith and not reoccupied until the
repairs and improvements are completed, inspected and approved by the
ButIding Official.
Any person aggrieved by the decision of the BuUdingOfficial,
with reference to an unsafe building, shall have the right of appeal to
the City Council. Said appeal shall be in writing and shall be submitted
to the City Clerk, who shall thereupon set the matter upon the Council's
agenda for hearing thereupon. The City Clerk shall give ten days' notice
to the applicant, and any person requesting such notice, in writing, by
United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested at said
individual's last known place of residence,
The City Council at the time set for said hearing, shall determine
whether the decision of the Building Official was reasonable and proper
in view of the provisions of this Code and the provisions of the Baldwin
Park Municipal Code. The Council shall afford the applicant and any other
interested party a reasonable opportunity to present evidence bearing upon
the question of the building or structure being an unsafe building.
d) Section 204 Jnteroret^t i qn of Cpde. The City Council, upon
the recorrmendation of the Building Official, shall determine the suitability
of alternate materials, and types of construction, and shall provide any
interpretation of any of the provisions of this Code which may be required
in the interest of clarity. Decision of the City Council with respect to
any matter of interpretation or suitability of alternate materials and
types of construction shall be made by majority vote of the Council and
shall be final and conclusive,
fe^ Section 502 e) Denial R^Yft^'^fIr The Building Official
shall have the authority to deny the issuance of building permit or to revoke
a building permit under the following circumstances:
1) Whenever a building permit has been issued in error, or upon
the basis of incorrect information supplied by the applicant, or
in violation of any provision of this Code or of the Baldwin Park
Municipal Code, the Building Official shall revoke the same.
Revocation shall be accomplished by written notice to the licensee
by United States Mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested,
addressed to the licensee at his last known address. Said notice
shall contain the basis for the action taken.
2) The Building Official shall deny any application for a building
permit where the issuance would or could result in the violation of
any provision of the Code or of the Baldwin Park Municipal Code, or
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ôÎ À if he should find that such issuance would be detrimental to the
public welfare or safety. Any person aggrieved by the action of the
Building Official in denying the application for a building permit
or in revoking an existing building permit shall have the right of
appeal to the City Council, such appeal shall be made in writing
and filed with the City Clerk. Upon receipt of such appeal to the
City Clerk the matters shall be set for hearing before the City
Council as soon as is practical. The City Clerk s^iail Notify
the applicant and all other persons requesting such notice of the
time and place of such hearing. At such time and place of hearing
the City Council shall review the action of the Building Official
and shall afford the applicant or any other interested person a
reasonable opportunity to be heard in connection therewith. If
the City Council finds that the action of the Building Official
is reasonable and in conformity with the provisions of this Code,
and the Baldwin Park Municipal Code, it shall uphold tho decision
of the Building Official. If such finding is not made it shall
reverse the decision of the Building Official and the action of
the City Council shall be final and conclusive.
f) Section 305 a) 9ji i I n i go Pprmj t Feqg. A fee for each buNd-
ing permit shall be paid to the Building Official as set forth in Table No.
3-A.
The determination of value or valuation under any of the provisions
of this Code shall be made by the Building Official.
nhere work for which a permit is required by this Code
is started or commenced without obtaining a permit and when this is discovered,
as a result of an i nvest igat ion by the But Idi ng Official the fee as speci tied
shall be doubled, provided however, that any penalty shall not be less
than $10.00 or exceed $200.00. The payment of such double fee or maximum
penalty shall not relieve any person from fully complying with the require-
ments of this Code in the execution of the work or from any other penalties
prescribed herein. When inspection is requested for which no fee is
established in this Code the fee shall be $15.00 for each building inspected.
g) Section 303 b) Plan Check i no Fees. When the valuation of the
proposed construction exceeds $1000.00 and a plan is required to be submitted
by subsection c" of Section 301, a plan checking fee shall be paid to the
Building Official at the time of submitting plans and specifications for
checking. Such plan checking fee shall be equal to one-half of the but I ding per
fee as set forth in Table No. 3A. Where plans are of such complexity are
incomplete or are changed as to require additional plan checking time, addi-
tional plan checking fees shall be paid at the rate of $10.00 per hour for
the amount of time expended.
When an applicant uses an approved standard plan on which the pre-
scribed plan checking fee has been paid, for identical structures elsewhere,
the plan checking fee for each such duplicate structure, shall be equal to
one-half of the full plan checking fee as set forth in above. Standard
Plans" shall be compared stamped and kept on the Job as required by subsection
b), d) of Section 302 of this Code. Any deviation from an approved standard
plan shall require the payment of the full plan checking fee. A Standard
Plan" shall be valid for one year from the date of approval; this date may
be extended by the Building Official when said plans are continuaIly in use,
but not for a period of not to exceed 18 months from the d$te of approval
of the original.
h) Section 304 d) 5) th nspfctiQn. To be made after ail.
lathing interior and exterior is in place and all plaster materials are
delivered on the job, but before any plaster is applied. For the purpose
of determining compliance with Chapter 47, gypsum wallboard shall be
inspected at this phase.
i) Section 304 f) ytfrJtten ARpI caj-ion and Fees. Any application
for final inspection shall be made in writing, upon a form to be prescribed
by the Building Official. No final inspection shall be conducted untiI such
wri tten appiicat ion has been f>led with the BuiI ding Official. After any
project has been Inspected twice for the same purpose, and still shall not
have been In such condition so as to permit the approval thereof, an addi-
tional inspectiofi fee in the sun of $5.00 shal'l be paid to the Byilding Official
in advance, for each additional inspection required over and above the first
two such inspections. When the particular phase of construction is not ready
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ôÎ À for an inspection at the time that the applicant calls for the same, an
additional fee of $2,50 shall be paid to the Building Official before
said inspection shall be made.
J) Section 506 a) Use or Qccupanpv, No building or
structure in Group A and H occupancy inclusive shall be used or occupied
and no change in the existing occupancy, classification or character of
occupancy or use of a building or structure or portion thereof shall be
made until the Building Official has issued a certificate of occupancy
therefor as provided herein. Changes in the character or use of a building
shall not be made except as specified in Section 502 of this Code.
k) Section 306 b) AppIJcatign. Said certificate of
occupancy shall be obtained from the Building Official upon completion
of an application for the certificate stated under penalty of perjury
and payment of fee thereof of $15.00 for other than an original certificate
of occupancy for a new building. \Vhere a change in the existing occupancy
classification is made an inspection of the premises as deemed necessary
by the Building Official to determine that the provisions of subsection
c" are met shall be made before issuance of said certificate; said applica-
tion form shall contain the following:
I) Building permit number, 2) Address of building, 5) A des-
cription of that portion of building for which the certificate is issued,
4) V/hatever other information the Building Official deems necessary to
determine proper occupancy.
U Section 306 c) Certificate Issued- When it is found
that the building or structure complies with the provisions of this Code
the Uniform Plumbing Code, the Uni form Wiri ng Code, and the Code of the
City of Baldwin Park, California. The comprehensive zoning ordinance of
the City of Baldwin Park, as aforesaid codes have been amended by the City
of Baldwin Park, and with State Law, the Building Official shall is^e
the certificate of occupancy.
m) Section 306 d) T^P0'"3^ cerf' cafe, A temporary
certificate of occupancy may be issued by the Building Official for the use
of a portion or portions of a building or structure prior to the comp.'etion
of the entire building or structure upon the application for a 50-day
temporary clearance of connection of the utilities and a payment for the
additional inspections of $15.00 therefor. In the event the building
is not completed and ready for final inspection in the time prescribed
by the BuiIdi ng Official the bui I ding shalI be vacated and utN it ies
disconnected unti1 such time that the building is completed and final
inspection is made and a certificate of occupancy is issued as set forth
above,
n) Section 306 e) JPasting- The certificate of occupancy
shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises, and shall not be
removed except by the Building Official.
o) Section 506 f) CompIi^nce. No certificate of occupancy
shall be issued, nor shall any approval be given for the connection of any
utility, to any building or structure until the owner or contractor shall
have removed all-debris from the premises and shall have constructed and
installed any required driveways and parking areas in accordance with
City standards,
p) Section 601 i(«) Fijre Zones Hstqlpl ished. For the purposes
of this Code, atl properties within the City are hereby declared to be in the
fojlowing;
1) All properties zoned C-P, C-I, C-2, C-M, M-l and M-2 shall
be deemed to be in Fire Zone No. 2; and
2} All other properties in the City shall be deemed to be in
Fire Zone No. 3,
q) Section 503 cl 2) All openings in floors.forming a
3-hour fire-resistive occupancy separation shall be protected by various
enclosures extending above and below such openings; the walls of such
vertical enclosures to be of not less than 2-hour f?re resistive construc-
tion and all openings therein shall be protected with a li-hour fire
assembly,
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ôÎ À r) Section 1102 b) Speqi^t Provisions. Atotor /ehic^e
service stations shall be of incombustible or one^hour fire-resistive con-
struction, i including canopies and supports over pumps.
In storage garages and motor vehicle service stations, floors
shall be entirely protected against saturation.
Storage areas in excess of one thousand square fe?^ i'^W sq.
ft.), in connection with wholesale or retaN sales, shall tf t-o-r^^ed
from the public areas by a One-Hour Fire-Resistive Occupanc / /v,)ar3t ion as
defined in Chapter 5,
For attic space partitions and draft stops see S^c^'on 5205.
All service stations, gasoline pumps or o^-her f?ctt>i"'^s for
filling automobiles with gasoline and pump islands upon wh.ch th^y ot'e
placed shall be back twelve 12) feet from the property line. However,
if the pumps or the island upon which the pL'^ps are locate are set in
a perpendicular position to any street or pr^pc-ry i'"e or if the pn^p^
are at any other position other than parclloi t^o a property liiis tho
setbacks shall be twenty 20) feet, so that d!I hicular traffic by
the pumps shall be far enough away from the propcrry line so ihar they
will be no hazard to pedestrians walking or traveling upon the sidewalk
adjacent to the subject property.
s) Section 1711 a) Floors nd 7a: Is, The floors and v-'aPs
of public toilet comportments in Groi-os A orc<;uh H Occupancies, a^ those
within two feet 21) op the front anc: p'J?- v'rinsis, sh<-J be f^n^hyj
with a smooth hard nona^sorbent sur^C2 n-'/ t"N£/ r approved qual.
Walls shall be so finished to a height of c-r fee^ 4^1 ab^ve the fix'r.
Materials other than structural elements use^. in such walls shall be of a
type which is not adversely affected by moisture.
Each water closet compartment shall be not less than thirty
inches 30") in width.
For the purpose of this section a public toilet" cornF"?rJmer^ s
defined as any room housing toilet fed litres except those rocr-i serv'-.g
residential occupancies that are available to a single family, a single
apartment or suite of rooms for other than transit guests. Such rooms
falling within this definition shall be subject to the requirements
of Section 1711.
t) Section 2105 a) g^F^'P"3 2 and 3, 2) h F;ro Z^e No.
2 a one-hour fire-resistive time period wilt requt-rea for an exi-er^or
wall of type IV, building or group of bu ridings housing a Group F,G, or
J occupancy, when such buNding or group of buildings exceed 2900 square
feet of f loor area.
3) In Fire Zone No, 2 or No. 5 a fire-resistive time period
will not be required for an exterior wall of a one-story Type IV building
housing a Group F, G, or J occupancy provided the floor area cf the building
does not exceed one thousand 1000) square feet and such wall is located
not less than five 5) feet from a property line.
u) Section 5005- AH shafts, ducts, chutes and other vertical
openings not covered in Section 3002 shall have enclosing walls conforming
to the requirements specified under the type of construction of the build-
ing in which they are located.
Rubbish and linen chute openings shall not be located in required
exit enclosures. Such chutes shall terminate in rooms separated from the
remainder of the building by 1-hour fire-resistive occupancy separations.
v) New Section 3104 Concrete Floors. Minimum thickness of
concrete slab floors supported directly on the ground shall be not less
than 5^". Fills and base soils supporting such slabs shall be consolidated
by puddling, tamping, or other means.
w)} New Subparagraph 5) to Section 3302 a) For the purpose
of this Section exit doors not otherwise regulated by this code shall have
a minimum width of 28" clear opening, a minimum height of 72 inches,
revolving, sliding or overhead doors shall not be used as required exits."
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ôÎ À SECTION 4. That three 3i copies of each said Code, above des-
cribed are, and have been,. fifteen 15) days prior to the public hecring
relating to this Ordinance, on file in the Office of the City Clerk of
the City of Baldwin Park, open for public inspection.
SECTION 5. Violation^ a Misdemeanor. No person sh^ 1 I v*ola1-e
any provision, or fail to comply with any of the requirements f rps Ordinance
Any person violating any of the provisions or failing to comf../ ir:. any
of the mandatory requirements of this Ordinance, shall be guilty c^
misdemeanor. Any person convictetf of a misdemeanor under the provisions
of th?s Ordinance shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred
Dollars, or by imprisonment in the City or County Jai* for a period ho*-
exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonmeni. Ea<"h uch
person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and eve.y u^/
during any portion of which any violation of any provision of this Ordinance
is cowiitted, continued, or permitted by such person and shall be punishable
accordingly,
n addition to the penalties hereinabove provided, any condition
caused or permitted to exist in violation of any of the provi^on,. uf this
Ordnance shall be deemed a public nuisance and may be/ by this City,
summarily abated as such, and each day such condition continues shall be
regarded as a new and separate offense,
SECTION 6. That the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this Ordinance, and cause the same to be published n the manner" pre-
scribed by law.
PASSED and APPROVED t-his day of.
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August
196 R
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Iwry /ldr*tes. Mayor
ArrEST:^^^7^ L^^
Thelma L. Balkus, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUWY OF LOS ANGCLES) SS:
CITY CF BALDWIN PARK
1^ TH£L/^ L. BALMyS, City Clerk of the City of Baldwin Par^,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No.ALL.was regularly
introduced and placed upon its first reading at a__^
regular meeting of the City Council on the 7th day of____I^IL——
W^ That, thereat^er^ said ordinance was duly adopted and passed
at a__ regular meeting of the City Council on the
th v of August *96JL. by the following wte:
AYES: COJ^CtLMEH GREGORY. MOREHEAD, ADAIR AND MAYOR CRITES
W£S: COUNCILS NONE_____________________________
ABSENT; COIMCU^EN MCCARON
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