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11374 - ORDINANCE NO. 11_ 3? AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM ADOPTING VOLUMES I AND III, 1955 A EDITION OF THE PACIFIC COAST BUILDING OFFICIALS CONFERENCE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE WITH AMENDMENTS THE�iETO AND AHEND- ING SECTIONS 8100 AND 8100.1 OF THE ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE. C. ANAHEIM DOES ORDAIN THE CITY COUNCIL OF Tru, CIT1 0. AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Aoproval of Code. The City Council does hereby find and determine,' as tie result of 1;,vestigation and tests conducted by the City anc its building official, that Volumes I and III of the Uniforat Building; Code, 1955 Edition of the Pacific Cflaet Builaing; Officials Conference is an auproved Code for adoption by reference witi.in the meaning of Section 50022.1 of the (rovernment Code of the State of California. SECTIc:N 2. Adoption of Code. Thc:t ?pursuant to the provisions of Sections 50022.1 to 5Uc22.8, botii _;iclusive, of t::e Government Code of the State` 0 4a :.ifcr:ala, tae City Council of the City of Anaheim does here- by adopt by reference Volumes I and III, 1955 Edition of the Pacific Cost Bui1d.`_u; Officials Conference Uniform Building Code witi: awena,.ients thereto; that three copies or said code shall be filed in the office of the City Cler:c of the City of Anaheim at` leaLt fifteen days precedin~ tl,e hearing- hereinafter provided for and stall be kept Caere for public inspection while said Code is ii force, ail of which copies scall be certified to be true copies by the City Cleric; that following the adoption of said Code the City Cleric shall at all times maintain a reasonable supply of cq_oies of saia Code available for purchase by the public at a moceraz.e price not to exceed the actual cost thereof to the City of Ans._...eim. S CT. UN 3. Public He&rinc, anc Tht after the first reading; of this ordinance and the bwilai::;; code to be adopted by reference there shall be a"public ::eurir u,.ereon on the lith aa� of 'Lne 1957• Notice o- the net.ring; shall be pubsr.li'ed by t7le �y Clerk twine in the Anaheim Bulietin, a ne*sspaper of general circulation printed, pub- 1�saed and circulated within the City of Anaheim, the first of wtacn .)ubl cation shall be at least fifteen days, and the second 01' wrLici: ublication shall be at least eight days preceding the date of :,aic hearing. Said notice shall state the time and place o+' Saki herring and shall state that copies of said, building code oe'_.ng- considered for adoption are on file with the City Clerk of the City of Anaheim and are open to public inspection. Said notice shall contain a descript'_on sufficient to give notice to Interested persons of tine ourpose of the Code to be 'adopted by reference and, the subject mn.tter thereof. The City Council does -1- hereby find and determine that the follbwing is a sufficient } description to be incorporated in said notice to give notice to interested persons of the purpose of the code and the sub- ject miatter thereof: A buildi:: • code entitled: "Uniform Building; Code, 1955 Edition Volume I and Volume III of the Pacific Coast Building Officials Conference" regulating the erection, c.nstruction, enlargement, alteration, re- pair, moving, removal, conversion, demolition, occu pansy, equipment, use, height, area and maintenance of buildings or structures and providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor ana declaring and establishing Fire Districts. SECTION 4. Aodifications. The City Council reserves the power and right at its own discretion or u.)on the recommendation of the Building nsoector, to modify any of the provisions of said building code ohen ti:e_•e are practical difficulties in the way of ca:rryir. out the strict letter thereof, provided that the s-.;irit o: said code small be observed, public safety secured and substantial justice done. SECTION 5. Violation and Penalties. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corpora- tier. to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, re:ove, convert or demolish, equip, use, occupy or maintain any bulls' .:• or structure in the city or cause the same to be done co.ltrar;, to or in violation of any of the provisions of the code x.e:•eb;: .do ted. Any person, -firm or corporation violating any of the I- d d ilt :,rovisions os tais code hereby adopted shall a eeme e y of a misdemeanor ana each such Gerson shall be deemed guilty of a se:)arate offense for each and every day or portion thereof aurin.- wilier. any viola.ti-_n of any of the provisions thereof is comaA,:ted, continued or permittee and upon conviction o: any sucii viola -.Lon such pers:n shall be punishable by a fine of not aore tri,.n 4,00.00 or by imprisonment of not more than 90 days or b,,- both such fine cna imprisonment. o. Amendments to Anaheim iunicipal Code. Tiu.t Sections 8100 and 8100.1 o Article VIII, CrY. ter 1 of ti:�, An, -a eim dunicioal Code be, ana the same are i.ereb:. ,.mendedto read as :olloti-rs: " Sect --on 8100. Ado; -.t or. of Building, Code. " The Cit;; adopts Volumes I :enc: III, 1955 Edition of tr.e pE-ciric Coast Building Cfficials Conference Uniform Buildint, Code a fully a � ti,.ouf,h the came were set forth t:erein ane nereoy refers to three copies of said Code on rile in the office of the City Clerk, eacr: of ur.ich said co-,ies is designated i'Jniorkuilc__ Code 19;` Edition of the pacific Co..,----, Su`lainf- Officials Conference.' " Section 8100.1. Buildin ; Sode Amenciz.ents. 111. Section 104(b) of saic. code is amended to read as follows: -2- '(b) Buildings or structures moved into or within the city shall comply with and be governed by Chapter 5 of ,Article VIII of the Anaheim Municipal Code, as amended..' 112.Saction 201 0-f said code is amended to read an follows: 'Section 201. There is hereby established in the City, the Department of Building Safety and Housing, Whici. si:all be under the jurisdiction of tie Building Official designated by the a000inting authority.' "3.3ect on 301(b of said code is amended to read as follows: (b) Plan-Checkin,; Fees. ,then the valuation of the -)rocosed construction exceeds five thousand dollars (i33000.00) anL *:, plan is required to be submitted b Subsect'on (c) of Sect -on 301, a plan -checking fee s_ -all bo ;aicCj, to the Buildinh Officialat the time of sub;nitting plans ana specifications for Said plan-c.iecl)tin;r, fee shall be equal to one -hale of ti.e buildi;i­• :jermit fee as set forth is Tabla ','rO. ;-A. 2rovi tied, however, no ct.<.rge shall ;b� made for chleekii-i,; duplicate glans submitted at the sa;ne time.' " 4. Tae fourth paragraoh of Section 420 of said Uniform Buil(is:: ; Code is amended to read as7ollows: 'Stairway. Four or more risers shall constitute a stEirway.' "j. That Section 1008 of said Code is amended by adain:: thereto a new parat ra )h to read as follows: "Eaci: build Ln, shali be providea with an a: -.)proved outside ;as si:ut-off valve co.,soicuously marked. 6. T11 Sect`_.o:. 1! 08 of said Code is amended by ad4inE_ ti_crato a neo; nara::,raph to read as follows: "Each bui!d`n.- small be provided with an a -,proved outside cas s:out-o valve conspicuously marked. "7. That Section 1208 of said Code is amended by avidin,-- thereto a new o raj.,aph to read as follows: °:.act: buj ..^: s..all be nrovide1 wi i� an approved. outside -as s:.u,-of valve cc::s icuously marked. Section 1308 of sa°.0 'Code is amended by t.>er eto a new c -r: ;_ rs to read as follows: "Eacoui'_c' n,; be Jrovicea t:ito an a)proved out :' <Ce . •aL s:.ut-of, valve co::; olcuouely r�r rhed.' t Section 1408 Of sa`_u Code is .mended by ;nodi:~ t..creto La net: :ra ra: h to real, as follows: build n:_ shall be -rovidea with an ap:zroved oat,side .,a.,7 shut-off vz:.lve cons oicuousl :2 ^ked. t "10. That Section 1505 of said Code is amended by aadin�,• thereto a new paragraph to read as folloVa: "Each building shall be provided with an.approved conspicuously, marked;.? outside gas shut-off valve Nil. Section 1.7.09 of said Uniform Code Is amender to read as follows`: "Paraoet walls not less than eighteen 1aches,.(18") in height shall be'provided on exterior galls of , buildings when the walls are required to be fire- resistant due" to their 'location on the property. "d aaraoet wall shale have the same fire resist- ance as required for 'the wall itself.' "12. Tho t Section of said Code is amended by addin,- a new Subsection to read as follows: "(d) Infected Lumber. All wood used in any structure small be free from fungus, dry rot, termites 'arid all otner disease or growth detrimental tolumber. 019. The fifth paragra-)h of Subsection (b) 1. of Section 2 of said Code is amended to reed as follows: "Studding, posts, Joists, rafters, planks, beams, ~ere, and similar load-bearing members shall be stringy, Southern � not less in grade than 1100 f Douglas fir or pine. Ni4. Subsection 2 of Section 2512 of said Code is w a:;ended to read as follows: "2. In all stud walls and partitions, including furred. spaces,, so placed that the maximum dimension , feet (61). o: any concealed space is not over six 015. That the first division in Fable. No. 25-:3 o:' Section 2515(a) of said Code is amended to read as follows: Size S )acing -Center Maximum Allowable -22an ncies) To Center lastered WVGWut Ceiling Plastered Below Ceiling Below 12 9-0 10-0 6 16 7-0 8-0 24 6-0 7-0 1116. Subsection (b)' of Section 2515 of said Code is`. amended to read as follows: "(b) Floor Joists. there t:.e floor Joists are not JWW a.ws a i- wa to a sizes as set forth in U.�+6 No. 25-1, and ,based on a live l6i of 40 Pound* per square foot uniformly distri*t . Joists of,"other grades and other raises bay bo used, in which case they shall not be atreas6d to exceed the maximum allowable unit`strest as spool- Pled in this Chapter. 017. That the first and second paragraphs of Seo%*ob 2 d of said Code is amended "to read; as tiller "(d) Rafters and Ceiling Joists. Where the rafwt and ceiling joists are not designed as specified.Ao this Chapter, Table No. 25-0 Bete iorwh mei allowable spans for ceiling Joirts and r1ta of a grade not less than 1100 f iI uglas fir e' Southern pine, surfaced four sides to the sites as set forth in U.P.C. Standard No. 25-1 and bteod cis the, live loads specified in Section 2305. "Joists or rafters of other grades and other slssa may, be used, in which case ,they shall not be atraaieid to exceed the maximum allowable unit at as as sneoified in this Chapter. 018. Section 3102 of said Code is amended to read' as follows: "Sec. 3102. Concrete slab floors `shall be not 1661 than three and one-half inches (340) thick. Topping when poured monolithic with the slab may be inoliided or as 'a structural part of the slab. Sleepers for- nailing of a wood floor shall not deorease the re- nailing qured structural deptki of the slab unless placed in the dire ction "of span and then shall not be plaoed more than one-half inch (JI) into the slab.> *Beds under slab floors for inhabited dwellings shall be gravel, cinders, crushed rock or water proof membrane. 019-. Subsection (f)1 of Section UO of said Coda is amended to read as follows: "(f) Ordinary Roofings. 'Ordinary' roofing shall be any roof covering which meets the requirements specified for the following roofings: 01. Any composition roofing or any built-up composition roofing consisting of layers of roof - Ing felt, roll roofing, feltmembrane,' or gravel, the sum of whose fire -retardant values as set forth In liable' No. 112-A equals not lose than 13 -5- "20. That Section 2302(bl, of said Cod* is read as follows; "(b) Number of Exits. Buildin�8 OrIPOrtlions tkwkLa t an occupant load of more thaft 2n shill hem not lose than two exits. 0 Buildingsi or portions thisrsof,'i-AVIA91 antpat load of 500,to 999 shall have not lttt� exits. 1- Buildings, or portions thereof, b0l - load of 1000 or more shall have not 116A's thein .fes exits. Basements or cellars used for other than strti4i' of the building, shall have not less than "Ll. That paragra-,)h 2 of Chapter 23 In the npe464, of said CodLe Is amended to read as follows: o2. All wood members used to support permanently load of any kind, 'I In buildings over four hunk square feet (400 sq.ft.) in area, 'shall —6 this grade and kind of lumber specified In Sootln 2805' 1 1 �6 when any part of such member Is Placed within $,I'! inches(60) of any earth, either natural ground or- earth fill-' SECTION 7. Validity. Tile Anaheim City Council hereby declares that StWA4", any Section, naragraph, sentence or word of this Ordlnafto*a n' the Code hereby adopted. be declared for any reason to be I—VT It is the intent of tie Council that it would have p*ibeer Nal o t.aer portions of this ordinance independent of the oll''IW 'P, A&^1gj%aA invalid. ..evefrom of any such portion as may STATE OF CALIFORNIA) COUNTY OF ORANGE $a. CITY OF ANAHEIM DEME M. WILLIAMS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, aR do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance wa,*inttoduted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the diy Of Anaheim, hold on the 23rd day of April, 1957, and that the so" Wet passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council, held on the 11th day of June, 1957, by the following votes I iij I AYES: COUNCILMEN: Coons, Fry, Schuttst and Wisser. NOES: COUNCILMEN: None. ABSENTs COUNCILMAN: Pearson. AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor Pro Tom of the City of Anaheim signed and approved said Ordinance on the 11th day of June, 1957. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the City of Anaheim this 11th day of June, 1957. _0 CITY CLRRK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM (SEAL) M. WILLIAMS, CITU CLF aK nF Iff '�ITY OF ANAHEIM DO Ito I "t ONCE NO. IN 1HE ANAHEIV, OULU—