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4637FOLLOWS: ORDINANCE NO. 4637 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEM REPEALING CHAPTER 15.06 OF TITLE 15 OF THE ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE UNIFORM CODE FOR THE ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS, 1982 EDITION, AS PROMULGATED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BUILDING OFFICIALS, WITH CERTAIN AMENDMENTS THERETO, AND AMENDING TITLE 15 OF THE ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING NEW CHAPTER 15.06 THERETO. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES ORDAIN AS SECTION 1. That Chapter 15.06 of Title 15 of the Anaheim Municipal Code be, and the same is hereby, repealed. SECTION 2. That new Chapter 15.06 be, and the same is hereby, added to Title 15 of the Anaheim Municipal Code to read as follows: "CHAPTER 15.06 CODE FOR ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS 15.06.001 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, or by reason of the accepted principles or tests by recognized national or state authorities, technical or scientific organizations, that the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, 1982 Edition, as promulgated by the International Conference of Building Officials, is an approved Code for adoption by reference within the meaning of Section 50022.1 of the Government Code of the State of California. 15.06.010 ADOPTION OF CODE Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 50022.1 to 50022.8, inclusive, of the Government Code of the State of California, the City of Anaheim does hereby adopt by reference the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, 1982 Edition, as promulgated by the International Conference of Building Officials, as amended herein. Three (3) copies of said Code shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Anaheim at least fifteen (15) 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. Following the Adoption of said Code, the City Clerk shall at all times maintain a reasonable supply of copies of said Code available for purchase by the public. 15.06.201 ADMINISTRATION Section 201(a) of the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 201(a) Administration. The Building Official of the City of Anaheim, as designated pursuant to Section 15.04.201 of the Anaheim Municipal Code, is hereby authorized to enforce the provisions of this Code. 15.06.205 BOARD OF APPEALS Section 205 of the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 205 In order to provide for final interpretation of the provisions of this Code and to hear appeals provided for hereunder, there is hereby established a Board of Appeals. The Board of Appeals shall be the City Council of the City of Anaheim. The Building Official shall be an ex officio member of and shall act as Secretary to said Board. The Board may adopt reasonable rules and regulations for conducting its business and shall render all decisions and findings in writing to the Building Official with a duplicate copy to the appellant and may adopt such new legislation as is consistent therewith. Appeals to the Board shall be processed in accordance with the provisions of Section 501 of this Code. Copies of any rules or regulations adopted by the Board shall be delivered to the Building Official who shall make them freely accessible to the public." SECTION 3. PENALTY It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to violate any provision or to fail to comply with any of the requirements of this ordinance. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this ordinance or failing to comply with any of its requirements shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such person, firm or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day during any portion of which any violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance is committed, continued or permitted by such person, firm or corporation, and shall be punishable therefor as provided for in this ordinance. -2- SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY The City Council of the City of Anaheim hereby declares that should any section, paragraph, sentence or word of this ordinance, hereby adopted, be declared for any reason to be invalid, it is the intent of the Council that it would have passed all other portions of this ordinance independent of the elimination herefrom of any such portion as may be declared invalid. SECTION 5. SAVINGS CLAUSE Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any other ordinance of this City shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violations of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as a waiver of any license or penalty or the penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof. The provisions of this ordinance, insofar as they are substantially the same as ordinance provisions previously adopted by the City relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations, and not as new enactments. SECTION 5. CERTIFICATION The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be printed once within fifteen (15) days after its adoption in the Anaheim Bulletin, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated in said City, and thirty (30) days from and after its final passage, it shall take effect and be in full force. THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE is approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Anaheim this 10th day of September, 1985. WOOA MAYOR OF THE CTTVJDF ANAHEIM ATTEST:, CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM JLW:fm 4016M 080285 W910 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss. CITY OF ANAHEIM ) I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 4637 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Anaheim, held on the 13th day of August, 1985, and that the same was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 10th day of September, 1985, by the following vote of the members thereof: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Kaywood, Bay, Pickler, Overholt and Roth NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said Ordinance No. 4637 on the 10th day of September, 1985. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the Citv of Anaheim this 10th day of September, 1985. CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM (SEAL) I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original Ordinance No. 4637 and was published once in the Anaheim Bulletin on the 20th day of September, 1985. CITY CLERK