2562ORDINANCE NO. 2562
-- AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM ADOPTING
VOLUME I AND STANDARDS, 1967 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 and Standards of the
Uniform Building Code, 1967 Edition of the International
Converence 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
of California, the City Council of the City of Anaheim does
hereby adopt by reference. Volume I and Standards, 1967
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
(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; 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 pur-
chase 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 on sentember 3, ig68 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 14 days,
and the second of which publication shall be at least 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
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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 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, 1967
Edition, Volume I and Standards of the International Con-
ference of Building Officials' regulating the erection,
construction, 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 thereof, 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 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 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 pro-
visions 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 imprison-
ment 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 supon conviction thereof shall be punishable as herein
provided.
"SECTION 15.04.050. AMENDMENTS TO ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE.
"That Sections 15.04D60 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 and Standards, 1967 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, 1967 Edition,
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of the International Conference of Building Officials.
"SECTION 15.04.070. BUILDING 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 jurisdiction of the Building Official
designated 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(b) of said Code is amended to read as follows
and add a new Section (c):
(b) Plan -Checking Fees. When the valuation of the
proposed 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 specifications for checking. Said
plan -checking fee shall be equal to one-half (1/2) of
the building permit fee as set forth in Table No. 3-A,
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no charge shall be made for
checking duplicate plans submitted at the same time.
(c) A fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) shall be charged for
the preliminary inspection of any existing building
where a permit to change the character of occupancy or
use of said building is applied for or to make prelimi-
nary inspections on a building where no permit has been
issued.
"The fourth paragraph of Section 420 of said Code is amended
and add a new paragraph to read as follows:
STAIRWAY. Four or more risers shall constitute
a stairway.
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 (1.8) inches in depth.
"Section 1105. Delete fourth paragraph of said Code and
amend to read as follows:
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Such toilet rooms in connection with food establish-
ments where food is prepared, stored, or served, shall
have a nonabsorbent interior finish on floors, walls,
and ceilings, shall be separated from such food estab-
lishments'with closefitting, tight doors with a vesti-
bule between, shall have hand washing facilities
therein or adjacent thereto.
"Section 1501, Division 2, of said Code is amended to read
as follows:
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 1602(a) EXCEPTION, is amended by adding a new para-
graph to read as follows:
Fences six (6) feet and less in height need not be
constructed of incombustible material.
"Section 1709, Second Paragraph, of said Code is amended to
read as follows:
Parapet Walls not less than eighteen (1.8) inches in
height shall be provided on exterior walls of build-
ings 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.
EXCEPTIONS. Delete No. 3.
"Section 2417(b) 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 2504(b). 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-I, shall not be used unless specifically
approved in writing by the Building Official.
"Section 2507(b). Paragraph 6 of said Code is hereby amended
by adding at the end thereof and as a part of the last sen-
tence 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.
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"Section 2508 is hereby amended to read as follows:
In all exterior stud walls and on each side of
openings in interior walls, 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 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 inhabited dwell-
ings, convalescent homes, and apartment houses.
"Section 3201 of said Code is hereby amended by adding the
following sentence:
Roofs having a pitch of less than one-half (1/2)
inch to twelve (12) inches shall be classified as
dead level and shall meet the requirements of a
Class A or B built-up roofing assembly, or the
equivalent, as approved by the Building Official.
SECTION 2.
The Anaheim City Council 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 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 3rd day of September , 19 68.
MAY OFTHE CITY OF _ANA7
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF-MAHEIM )
I, DM M. WILLIAMS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2562 was.introduced at
a regular meeting of the City Council of the City'of Anaheim held on the
13th day of August, 1968, and that the same was duly passed and adopted
at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 3rd day of
September, 1968, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: COUNCILMENs Dutton, Krein, Schutte, Clark and Pebley
NOES: ODUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMENs None
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim
approved and signed said Ordinance No. 2562 on the 3rd day of $Optembe¢;1968.
IN WITNESS WHEREDF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the official seal of the City of Anaheim this 3rd day of 90tenbeF, 1968.
r.,
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)
I, DENS M. WILLIAMS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do
hereby certify that the foregoing is the original Ordinance No. 2562 and
was published once in the Anaheim Bulletin on the lft-h day of September,
1968.
City Clerk