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ORDINANCE NO. `1377
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
ADOPTING VOLUMES I AND III, 1955
EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
OF BUILDING.OFFICIALS UNIFORM BUILDING
CODE WITH AI�MNDIENTS THERETO AND
AMENDING'SECTIONS 5100 and 5100.1 OF
THE ANAHEIM 'MUNICIPAL CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. APPROVAL OF CODE.
The City Council does hereby find and determine,as the
result of investigation and tests conducted by the City and its building
official, that Volume I and III of the Uniform Building Code, -1955 Edition
of the International Conference of Building Officials is an approved Code for
adoption by reference within the meaning of Section 50022.1 of the Govern-
ment Code of the State of California.
SECTION 2. ADOP`T'ION OF CODE.
That pursuant to the provisions of Sections 50022.1 to
50022.5, both inclusive, of the Government Code of the State of California,
the City Council of the City of Anaheim does hereby adopt by reference
Volumes I and III, 1955 Edition of the International Conference of Building
Officials Uniform Building Code with amendments thereto; that three copies
shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Anaheim at
least -fifteen days preceding the hearing hereinafter provided for and shall
be kept there for public inspection while said code is in force, all of which
copies shall be certified to be true copies by the City Clerk; that following
the adoption of said Code the City Clerk shall at all. times maintain a reason-
able supply of copies of said"Code available for purchase by the public at a
moderate price not to exceed the actual cost thereof. to the City of Anaheim.
SECTION 3. PUBLIC HEARING AND NOTICE.
That after the first reading of this ordinance and the
building code to be adopted by reference there shall be a public hearing
thereon on the 1st day of September-, 1959• Notice of the hearing shall be
published by the City Clerk twice in the Anaheim Bulletin, a newspaper of
general circulation printed, published and circulated within the City of "
Anaheim, the first of which publication shall be at least fifteen days, and
the second of which -publication shall -be at least eight daya preceding the
date of said hearing. Said notice shall state the time and place of said.
hearing and shall state that copies of said building code being 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 description sufficient
to give notice to interested persons of the purpose of the Code to be adopted
by reference and the subject matter thereof. The City Council does hereby
find and determine that the following is a sufficient descriptionto be in-
corporated in said notice to give notice to interested persons -of the purpose"
of the code and the subject matter thereof.
A building code entitled: "Uniform Building Code, 1955
Edition, Volume .I and III of the International Conference of Building.Officials"
regulating the -erection, construction, enlargement, n
alteratio, repair, moving,"
removal, conversion, demolition, occupancy, equipment, use, height, area and
maintenance of buildings or structures and providing for the issuance of
permits and collection of fees therefor and declaring and establishing Fire
Districts.
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SECTION 4. MODIFICATIONS.
The City Council reserves the power and right at its own
discretion or upon the recommendation of the Building Inspector, to modify
any of the provisions of said building code when there are practical diffi-
culties in the way of carrying out the strict letter thereof, provided that
the spirit of said code shall be observed, public safety secured and
substantial justice done.
SECTION 5. VIOLATION AND PENALTIES.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move., -improve,, remove, convert,
or demolish, equip, use,occupy or maintain any,building or structure in the
City or cause the same to be done contrary to or in violation of any of the
provisions of the code hereby adopted..
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of .the
provisions of this code hereby adopted shall be deemed guilty of.a misdemeanor
and each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offence for each
and every day or.portion thereof during which any violation of any of the
provisions thereof is committed, continued or permitted and upon conviction
of any such violation such person shall be punishable by a fine,of not more
than $50.00 or by imprisonment of not more than six days or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 6. AIENDIC-NTS TO ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE.
-That Sections 8100 and 5100.1 of -Article VIII, Chapter 1
of the Anaheim Municipal Code be, and the same are hereby amended to read as
follows:
TSection 8100. Adoption of Building Code.
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"The City adopts Volume I and III, 1958 Edition of the.
International Conference of Building Officials Uniform
Building Code as fully as though the,same were set forth
herein,and hereby refers to three copies -of said code on
file in the office of the City Clerk, each of which said
copies is designated as 'Uniform Building Code 1958 Edition
of the International Conference of Building Officials.t
''Section 8100.1 Building Code Amendments.
111. Section 104(h) of said code is amended to read as.
follows:
'(h) Building or structure 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.'
"2. Section 201. of .said Code -is amended to read as follows:
11section 201. There is hereby established in the City, the
Department of Building Safety and Housing, which shall be
under the jurisdiction'of the Bu ilding Official designated
by the appointing authority.t
lr3. Section -303(b) 'of said code is amended to read as
follows:.
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'(b) Plan -Checking Fees. When the valuation of the.'pro-
posed'construction exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)
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 speci-
fications for.checking. Said plan -checking fee shall be
equal to one-half of the building permit fee as set forth
in Table No. 3-A. Provided, however, no charge shall be
made for checking duplicate plans submitted at the same
time. .1
"4. The fourth_. paragraph of Section 420 of said code is
amended to read as follows:
-'Stairway. Four or more risers shall constitute a stairway.'
1t5. Section 1501, Division 2, of said code is amended to
read as follows:
'Division 2. Fences over three feet (31) high, tanks,
and towers.
'For Occupancy separations see Table No. 5=B.
'For Occupant Load see 'Section 3301.
116. Section 1602 (a) EXCEPTION, is amended by adding a
new paragraph to read as follows:
'Fences six feet (61) and less in height need not be con-
structed of incombustible material.
117. :Section 1709, Second Paragraph,.of said code is amended
to read as follows:
tParapet walls not less than eighteen inches (1811) in height
shall be provided on exterior walls of.buildings located
in Fire Zone No. 3 when the walls are required to be fire-
resistant due to their location on the property. A parapet
wall shall have the same fire resistance -as required for
the wall itself.
trg. Section 2501 of said code is hereby amended by adding
a new sub -section to be denominated as subsection (d) and
to read as follows:
t(d) Grade and Species. The species and grade of'all
wood used shall be shown on the plans filed with the Build-
ing Department.
"All lumber shall be grade marked with an approved stamp
by an approved grading agency.
"All lumber that is remanufactured in any form shall have
all such resawn or remanufactured lumber graded according
to the rules for the new size of the material, including
pieces with an existing stamp, by a representative of an
approved grading agency, and that all grade marking shall
be by means of an approved stamp.
"All lumber used in any structure shall be free from fungus,
dry rot, pile burn, termite and all other disease or
growth detrimental to lumber.
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119, Section 2504 (b) Fifth Paragraph is amended to read
as follows:
'Studs, joists, rafters, planking, beams, stringers, posts,
and'sim-ilar load=hearing members shall be of 'at least the
.minimum grades set forth in_Table No. 25-A and in groups
I. II,,and-III set forth in Table No. 25 E
"EXCEPTION: White Fir'and Balsam -Fir lumber set forth -'in
Group `II and III ._of. Table- No. 25-B shall not be used in
locations other than the followings
1. Bridging, blocking, and interior non-bearing cripples.
2. One -inch nominal subflooring where such subflooring
is covered with a finished flooring having a
thickness of not less than three eights (3/8) inch
providing the floor joist spacing does not exceed
ri sixteen,(16) inches on center.
3. Two (2) inch T & G nominal subflooring where such
subflooring is covered with a finished flooring
and providing the two,(2)inch nominal subflooring
does not exceed a span -of four (4).feet on'center.
IaLumber set forth in Group IV of Table No. 25-E may be used
in -the following locations:.
.1. Bridging, blocking, and interior non-bearing cripples.
2.` On' (1) inch nominal subflooring where such sub -
,4 flooring is covered with,a finished flooring having
a thickness of not less than three eights (3/8)
inch providing the floor joist spacing does not
exceed sixteen (16) inches on center.
"10. Section 2504 be further amended by adding a new sub-,
section to be denominated as subsection.(j)•and to read as
follows:
-Joists beams and 'other.members shall be so proport-:
ioned that their deflection under twice the dead load -shall
not exceed one two hundred and fortieth,.of-the span length.
"11. Section. 2507 (b), Paragraph. 6 of said code is' hereby
amended by adding at -the .end therecf._and. as a part of the
last sentence thereof, the following, to,wit:
'tprovided, however, that no plate shall be cut for the in-
stallation of any pipe two inches (221) or less in outside
diameter, but for the installation.of.such pipe the plate
shall be bored with a hole of.a size not more than sufficient
topermit-the installation of said pipe.
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1112. Section 2508, Subsection2 of said Code is amended
to read as follows:
112. In all stud walls and partitions, including furred
spaces, so placed that the maximum dimension of any con-
cealed space is not over six -feet
"13. ;Section 3102"of said Code is amended to read.as
f olloas :
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"Section 3102. Concrete- slab floors shall.be not less
than three and.one-half inches (3011') thick. Topping when
poured monolithic with the slab may be included as a
structural-part-of the-slab. Sleepers_for.,the;nailing
- of" a„wood. floor. shall 'not, decrease "the required structural
depth of the slab unless placed in the direction of span
and then shall, not_ be placed_ more than one-half inch (2'►)
into the slab.
"Beds underslab floors..for inhabited dwellings shall be
gravels cinders, crushed rock or .an approved..water-proof
membrane..-,_ _
i171,. Section 3203, Subsection. (f) 1. of said Code” is
amended to .read as follows:-
11(f) -Ordinary 400fings. 'Ordinary' roofing shall be any
roof-covering which meets the requirements specified for
the following roofings:;
y 111.E Any composition roofing o-r-.any : built-up composition
roofing consisting oflayers of roofing felt, roll roofing,
-felt ,membrane, or gravel' ' the :stun of whose fire-retardant
:values as set. forth in Table-No.-32_ A equals,,not less than '
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SECTION. 7..._ VALIDITY. Y.
The Anaheim-City C.ouhcil hereby declares that should any
Section, paragraph, sentence or word-of this Ordinance,or of the;"Code hereby
adopted be declared for any reason to be invalid, it is- th:e - intent of 'the
Council that'it would have passed,all other-portions of-this-Ordinance"
e tbe"
declaredindependent of theio'77n_ as may.invalid.
SECTION S. PUBLICATION.
The City,Clerk shall certify to-the passage of this
ordinance and shall cause the same to be printed and,published once in the
Anaheim•.Gazette, a newspaper of-general circulation., printed and published
within the City, of Anaheim, California, and thirty (30) days after its
t final passage, it shall take . effect and be-in full force.
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE IS approved and signed by me
this 6th day LL-.of... October __1959. ..
MAYOR CV THE CITY OF ANAHKM
ATTEST:
CITY _CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )'
I, DENE'M. WILLIAMS, City Olerk-of„the,City of Anaheim, do
hereby certify that the foregoing -Ordinance No. 1377 was introduced
at a regular,meeting of the City Council of the City of Anaheim held
on the 11th day of -August, 1959, and that.the same was duly passed
and adopted at an adjourned '-regular meeting of said City.Council held
on -the 6th day of October, 1959, by the following vote of the members
thereof:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Coons; Fry, Pearson and Schutte.
NOES: COUNCILMEN: -None.
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN-: None.
' ABSTAINED FROM VOTING: COUNCILMEN: Thompson.
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY That the Mayor'of the City of Anaheim
approved and siijned.said Ordinance:No,. 1377 on -the 6th day of October,
1959.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF', I have'hereunto-set-my hand and affixed the
official seal of the City of Anaheim this 6th day of October, 1959.
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY-OF'ANAHEIM
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