4808ORDINANCE NO. 4808
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM REPEALING
CHAPTER 15.55 OF TITLE 15 OF THE ANAHEIM
MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE
... UNIFORM SOLAR ENERGY CODE, 1985 EDITION, OF
THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PLUMBING AND
MECHANICAL OFFICIALS, WITH CERTAIN AMENDMENTS
THERETO, AND ADDING NEW CHAPTER 15.55 TO TITLE
15 OF THE ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE.
FOLLOWS:
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES ORDAIN AS
SECTION 1.
That Chapter 15.55 of Title 15 of the Anaheim Municipal
Code be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
SECTION 2.
That new Chapter 15.55 be, and the same is hereby, added
to Title 15 of the Anaheim Municipal Code to read as follows:
"CHAPTER 15.55
SOLAR ENERGY CODE
SECTION 15.55.001 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 Solar Energy Code, 1985 Edition, as
promulgated by the International Association 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 15.55.010 ADOPTION OF CODE
A--- 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 Solar Energy Code, 1985 Edition,
as promulgated by the International Association of
Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (hereinafter in this
chapter referred to as the "Uniform Solar Energy Code"),
as amended herein; 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 15.55.20.1 ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY
Section 20.1 of the Uniform Solar Energy Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 20.1. Administrative Authority. The
Administrative Authority as such term is used in this
Code shall mean the Building Official of the City of
Anaheim, California.
SECTION 15.55.20.3 VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES
Section 20.3 of the Uniform Solar Energy Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 20.3 Violations and Penalties. The penalty for
violation of any provision of this code shall.be as
specified in Section 1.01.370 of the Anaheim Municipal
Code. The issuance or granting of a permit or approval
of plans and specifications shall not be deemed or
construed to be a permit for, or an approval of, any
violation of any of the provisions of this Code. No
permit presuming to give authority to violate or cancel
the provisions of this Code shall be valid, except
insofar as the work or use which it authorized is lawful.
The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of
plans shall not prevent the Administrative Authority
from thereafter requiring the correction of errors in
said plans and specifications or from preventing
construction operations being carried on thereunder when
in violation of this Code or of any other ordinance or
from revoking any certificate of approval when issued in
error.
Every permit issued by the Administrative Authority
under the provisions of this Code shall expire by
limitation and become null and void, if the work
authorized by such permit is not commenced within
one -hundred twenty (120) days from date of issuance of
such permit, or if the work authorized by such permit is
suspended or abandoned at any time after the work is
commenced for a period of one hundred twenty (120)
days. Before such work can be recommenced, a new permit
shall be first obtained, and the fee shall be one-half
the amount required for a new permit for such work,
provided no changes have been made, or will be made in
the original plans and specifications for such work; and
provided, further, that such suspension or abandonment
has not exceeded one(1) year.
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SECTION 15.55.20.6 COST OF PERMIT
Section 20.6 of the Uniform Solar Energy Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
,—^.. 20.6 Cost of Permit. 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.
Such applicant shall pay for each permit at the time of
issuance, a fee in accordance with the following
schedule, and at the rate provided for each
classification shown herein.
Any person who shall commence any work for which a
permit is required by this Code without first having
obtained a permit therefor shall, if subsequently
permitted to obtain a permit, pay double the permit fee
fixed by this section for such work, provided, however,
that this provision shall not apply to emergency work
when it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the
Administrative Authority that such work was urgently
necessary and that it was not practical to obtain a
permit therefor before the commencement of the work. In
all such cases, a permit must be obtained as soon as it
is practical to do so, and if there be an unreasonable
delay in obtaining such permit, a double fee as herein
provided shall be charged.
The fee for each permit shall be as set forth and
established by resolution of the City Council.
SECTION 15.55.20.13 BOARD OF APPEALS
Section 20.13 of the Uniform Solar Energy Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 20.13 Board of Appeals. The City Council of
the City of Anaheim is hereby appointed as the Board of
Appeals and shall make a determination of any appeal
arising from actions of the Administrative Authority.
Appeals shall be made in writing and the appellant may
appear in person before the Board or be represented by
an attorney and may introduce evidence to support his
claims. Appeals shall be heard at reasonable times at
the convenience of the Board but not later than 30 days
after receipt thereof. The appellant shall cause to be
made at his own expenses any tests or research required
by the Board to substantiate his claims. The decision
of the Board of Appeals shall be final and conclusive."
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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 is 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 5. - 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.
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE is approved and adopted by the
City Council of the City of Anaheim this 24th day of Marah,
1987.
LHE=Y OF 'TSI
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City C1e4808fwaseintroduced atAnaheim,
regularhereby
meetingcertify
thethat
the foregoing Ordinance No. of February, 1987,
City Council of the City of idadoptedat aregular meeting of said
held
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and that the same was duly passedanb the following vote of the
City Council held on the 24th day of March, 1987, y
members thereof:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Pickler, Hunter, Kaywood and Bay
None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
VACANCY: COUNCIL MEMBERS: One
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that
t2the4th Mayor of the City
1987of Anaheim signed said
Ordinance No. 4808 on
the official seal
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
of the City of Anaheim this 24th day of March, 1987.
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)
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I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk ° City
No.o4808 andmwasohereby publishedeonceyin the
the foregoing is the original Ordinance
Anaheim Bulletin on the 3rd day of April, 1987.
CITY CLERK