2976ORDINANCE NO. 2976
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM ADOPTING
VOLUME I, 1970 EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE OF BUILDING OFFICIALS UNIFORM
BUILDING CODE, WITH AMENDMENTS THERETO; AND
AMENDING TITLE 15, CHAPTER 15.04 OF THE
ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
That Title 15, Chapter 15.04 of the Anaheim Municipal
Code be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"CHAPTER 15.04 BUILDING CODE.
SECTION 15.04.001 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, that Volume I of the Uniform Building
Code, 1970 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 Government Code of the
State of California."
"SECTION 15.04.010 ADOPTION OF CODE.
That 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 Volume I,
1970 Edition, of the International Conference of Building
Officials Uniform Building Code with amendments thereto; that
three copies of said Code shall be filed in the office of the
City Clerk of the City of Anaheim at least fifteen days Pre-
ceding 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 reasonable supply of copies of said
code available for purchase by the public."
"SECTION 15.04.020 PUBLIC HEARING AND NOTICE.
That after the first reading of this ordinance and
the Building Codes to be adopted by reference, there shall be
a public hearing thereon November 16, 1971 Notice
of the hearing shall be pubis e y t e City C er 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 ten (10) days, and the
second of which publication shall be at-Teast five (5) days
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
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thereof. The City Council does hereby find and determine that
the following is a sufficient description to be incorporated
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, 1970
Edition, Volume I of the International Conference of
Building Officials' regulating the erection, construc-
tion, enlargement, alteration, 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."
"SECTION 15.04.030 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 difficulties in the way of carrying
out the strict letter thereoff provided that the spirit of said
Code shall be observed, public safety secured and substantial
justice done."
"SECTION 15.04.040 VIOLATION AND PENALTIES.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corpora-
tion to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve,
remove, convert or demolish, equip, use, occupy or maintain any
building or structure in the City of Anaheim 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 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of
not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment
in the City or County Jail not to exceed six (6) months, or by
both such fine and imprisonment. In addition thereto, this chapter
may be enforced by injunction or any other appropriate civil
remedy. Each separate day or any portion thereof during which
any violation of this Code occurs or continues shall be deemed
to constitute a separate offense, and upon conviction thereof
shall be punishable as herein provided."
°'SECTION 15.04.050 AMENDMENTS TO ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE.
That Sections 15.04.060 and 15.04.070 of Title 15,
Chapter 15.20 of the Anaheim Municipal Code be, and the same
are hereby amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 15.20,060 ADOPTION OF BUILDING CODE.
The City adopts Volume I, 1970 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, 1970 Edition, of the International Conference of
Building Officials."
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"SECTION 15.04.070 BULDING CODE AMENDMENTS.
Section 105 of said Code is amended to read as follows:
"Building or structure moved into or within the City
shall comply with and be governed by Title 15, Chapter 15.32
of the Anaheim Municipal Code, as amended.:
Section 201 of said Code is amended to read as follows:
"Section 201. There is hereby established in the
City, the Division of Building, Safety and Housing of the
Development Services Department, which shall be under the juris-
diction of the Building Official designted by the appointing
authority."
Section 202(b). Change the wording 'Building Department'
to 'Building Division'.
Section 202(c), Change the wording "Department' to
'Division'.
Sections 204 and 205. Delete.
Section 303 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 303. BUILDING PERMIT AND PLAN -CHECKING FEES.
"The fees which shall be paid to the Building Official
for building permits and for plan -checking fees shall be as
determined and set forth by resolutions of the City Council."
SECTION 407, FRONT OF LOT, of said Code is amended to
read as follows!
"SECTION 407, FRONT OF LOT, is the front boundary line
of a lot bordering on the street, and in the case of a corner lot
the narrow portion of said lot will constitute the frontage."
SECTION 420 is hereby amended by adding thereto the
following paragraph:
"SECTION 420, SWIMMING POOL. A swimming pool is
defined as any body of water, created by artificial means to
be used for swimming or bathing, any portion of which exceeds
eighteen (18) inches in depth."
SECTION 1105. Delete fourth paragraph of said Code
and amend to read as follows:
"Such water closet rooms in connection with food
establishments where food is prepared, stored, or served, shall
have a nonabsorbent interior finish on floors, walls and
ceilings, shall be separated from such food establishments with
closefitting, tight doors with a vestibule between, shall have
hand washing facilities therein or adjacent thereto."
SECTION 1501,
to read as follows:
Division 2, of said Code is amended
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"Division 2. Fences over three feet (3) high, swimming
pools, tanks and towers. For occupancy separations, see Table
No. 5--B.
For Occupant Load, see Section 3301."
SECTION 16.02(a). EXCEPTION, is amended by adding a
new paragraph to read as follows:
"Fences six (6) feet and less in height need not be
constructed of incombustible material.:
SECTION 17.09 of said Code is amended by deleting
(a-4) and adding the new section (c).
"SECTION 17.09(c). Buildings having not more than
1000 square feet of floor area, on property line, shall have a
minimum of 18 inch parapet."
SECTION 2417(c) of said Code is hereby amended by
adding a new paragraph to read as follows:
"The selection of six (6) inch reinforced concrete
block shall require special continuous inspection during grouting."
SECTION 2501(e). The last sentence of the fifth
paragraph of said Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"White fir, hemlock, larch, cedar, redwood and spruce
lumber classified in Groups I, II, III and all lumber set forth
in Group IV of Group Classifications in Table No. 25-1, shall
not be used unless specifically approved in writing by the
Building Official."
SECTION 2508(f-1) of said Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"In all exterior stud walls and on each side of
openings in interior wall, the maximum space shall be six (6) feet
and the balance of all other walls and/or partitions shall be a
maximum of eight (8) feet."
SECTION 2518(f-8). Paragraph 3 of said Code is
hereby amended by adding at the end thereof and as a part of the
last sentence thereof, the following, to wit:
"Provided, however, that no plate shall be cut for
the installation of any pipe two (2) inches 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 to permit
the installation of said pipe."
SECTION 2629 of said Code is hereby amended by adding
a new sentence at the end to read as follows
"An approved waterproofed membrane or two (2) inches
of crushed rock, three-fourths (3/4) inch maximum size shall
be under slab floors for D, H & I occupancy. to
SECTION 2.
The Anaheim Citv Council hereby declares that should
any Section, paragraph, sentence or word of this Ordinance or of
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the Code 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 3.
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 Bulletin, a newspaper of general circulation,
printed and published within the City of Anaheim, California,
and thirty (30) days after its final passage it shall take
effect and Be in full force.
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE is approved and signed by me
this 23rd day of November , 19 71.
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CITY CLE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, DENE M. DAOUST, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2976 was introduced
at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Anaheim, held
on the 26th day of October, 1971, and reintroduced as amended at a
regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Anaheim, held on
the 16th day of November, 1971, and that the same was duly passed and
adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 23rd
day of November, 1971, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: COUNCILMEN:
NOES: COUNCILMEN:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN:
Pebley, Thom and Dutton
None
Roth and Stephenson
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim
approved and. signed said Ordinance No. 2976 on the 23rd day of November,
1971.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the official seal of the City of Anahei this 23rd day of November, 1971.
CITY CL RK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL) I, DENE M. DAOUST, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby
certify that the foregoing is the original Ordinance No. 2976 and was
published once in the Anaheim Bulletin on the 3rd day of December, 1971.
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