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4807ORDINANCE NO. 4807 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM REPEALING CHAPTERS 15.24 AND 15.50 OF TITLE 15 OF THE ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADOPTING THE 1985 EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BUILDING OFFICIALS, UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE, WITH AMENDMENTS THERETO, AND AMENDING TITLE 15 OF THE ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING THERETO A NEW CHAPTER 15.50. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That Chapters 15.24 and 15.50 of Title 15 of the Anaheim Municipal Code be, and the same are hereby, repealed. SECTION 2. That Title 15 of the Anaheim Municipal Code be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding thereto a new Chapter 15.50 to read as follows: "CHAPTER 15.50 MECHANICAL CODE SECTION 15.50.001 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 Mechanical Code, 1985 Edition, of the International Conference of Building Officials and the International Conference of Plumbing and Mechanical 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. SECTION 15.50.010 ADOPTION OF CODE Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 50022.1 to 50022.8, both inclusive, of the Government Code of the State, the City of Anaheim does hereby adopt by reference the Uniform Mechanical Code, 1985 Edition, of the International Conference of Building Officials and the International Conference of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the "Uniform Mechanical Code,") with amendments thereto and the Appendices; at least one copy of said Code shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Anaheim and shall be kept there for public inspection while said Code is in force. The City Clerk shall at all times maintain a reasonable supply of copies of said code available for purchase by the public. SECTION 15.50.203 BOARD OF APPEALS Section 203 of the Uniform Mechanical Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 203. In order to determine the suitability of alternate materials and methods of construction and to provide for reasonable interpretations of the provisions of this Code, there shall be, and is hereby, created a Board of Appeals. The Building Official shall be an ex officio member and shall act as Secretary of the Board. The Board of Appeals shall be the City Council. The Board shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations for conducting its investigations 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. SECTION 15.50.304 PERMIT FEES Section 304(a) of the Uniform Mechanical Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 304(a) Permit Fees. Every applicant for a permit to do work regulated by this Code shall state in writing on the application form provided for that purpose, the character of work proposed to be done and the amount and kind in connection therewith, together with such information, pertinent thereto, as may be required. The fees which shall be paid to the Building Official as the cost of permit shall be as determined and set forth by resolution of the City Council. Any reference in this Code to Table No. 3-A shall be deemed to refer to the fee schedule as established by resolution of the City Council and Table No. 3-A as set forth in this Code shall be deemed superseded by the fee schedule as set forth in said resolution. SECTION 15.50.512 SCREENING Chapter 5 of the Uniform Mechanical Code is hereby amended by adding thereto Section 512, to read as follows: orz Section 512. Prohibited Locations. Equipment regulated by this Code shall not be located in any front or side yard as established by the zoning ordinances. SECTION 15.50.513 SCREENING Chapter 5 of the Uniform Mechanical Code is hereby amended by adding thereto Section 513, to read as follows: Section 513. Screenin . Equipment regulated by this Code, when located on the roof or outside of the building, shall be screened from public view. Such screening shall conform to the architecture of the building. EXCEPTION: Window air conditioners SECTION 15.50.514 NOISE ABATEMENT Chapter 5 of the Uniform Mechanical Code is hereby amended by adding thereto Section 514, to read as follows: Section 514. Noise Abatement Equipment regulated by this Code shall be installe so that it will not produce a sound level above the limits set forth in Chapter 6.70 of the Anaheim Municipal Code. SECTION 15.50.1202 INSTALLATION Section 1202 of the Uniform Mechanical Code is hereby amended by adding thereto the following paragraph: Air cooled condensers or cooling towers located within a building or confined space shall have the air discharge directly to the outside of the building. SECTION 15.50.1901 RANGES Section 1901 of the Uniform Mechanical Code is hereby amended by adding thereto the following paragraph (c): (c) Residential Kitchen Ventilation. When a range ,_. hood is installed over domestTc ree-standing or built-in ranges the exhaust shall be ducted directly to the outside of the building. SECTION 15.50.2100 STEAM AND HOT WATER BOILERS Chapter 21 of Appendix B of the Uniform Mechanical Code is hereby amended by deleting therefrom Section 2124, Section 2125, and Section 2126." MIC 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. SECTION 4. 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 S. 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. -4- THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE is approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Anaheim this 24th day of March, 1987. MAYOR OF -THE CITY OF A HEIM ATTEST: t CITY CLERK OF TH CITY OF ANAHEIR JLW:ct 1660L 020487 -5- CLERK 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. 4807 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Anaheim, held on the 24th day of February, 1987, and that the same was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 24th day of March, 1987, by the following vote of the members thereof: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: VACANCY: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Pickler, Hunter, Kaywood and Bay None None One AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said Ordinance No. 4807 on the 24th day of March, 1987. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Anaheim this 24th day of March, 1987. 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. 4807 and was published once in the Anaheim Bulletin on the 3rd day of April, 1987. CITY CLERK