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CIty CouncIl MeetIng 4-9-85 Santa MonIca, CalIfornIa
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STAFF REPORT APR 0 9 1985
TO: Mayor and CIty CouncIl
FROM: CIty Attorney
SUBJECT: OrdInance AdoptIng Current UnIform TechnIcal Codes
and the Santa MonIca Amendments to the 1982
UnIform TechnIcal Codes
At Its meetIng on March 26, 1985, the CIty CouncIl
Introduced for fIrst readIng an ordInance adoptIng the
current UnIform TechnIcal Codes and the Santa MonIca
amendments to the 1982 UnIform TechnIcal Codes The
ordInance IS now presented to the CIty CouncIl for adoptIon.
RECOMMENDATION
It IS respectfully recommended that the accompanYIng
ordInance be adopted.
PREPARED BY: Robert M. Myers, CIty Attorney
Jonathan S. Horne, Deputy CIty Attorney
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CIty CouncIl MeetIng 3-26-85 Santa MonIca, Califot'nla
STAFF REPORT g--A.
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TO: Mayor and CIty CouncIl
FROM: CIty Attorney
SUBJECT: Ot'dInance AdoptIng Current UnIform TechnIcal Codes
and the Santa Monrca Amendments to the 1982
UnIform TechnIcal Codes
ThIS Staff Report transmits an ordInance amending the
MunIcIpal Code to adopt the most recent edItions of the
unIform technJ.cal codes. At the present time, the CIty is
applYIng the 1979 EdItIons of the codes pursuant to
OrdInance Number 1177 (GCS) adopted on October' 10, 1980.
The pr'oposed ordInance would adopt the 1982 edItIons of the
~nl form AdminIstrative code,vUnlform Code for' the Abatement
of Dangerous BUIldIngs, Uniform Bulldlng Code, Uniform
PlumbIng Code, Uniform MechanIcal Code, Uniform Flr'e Code,
.-6n 1 form HOUSIng Code and the 1984 edition of the NatIonal
ElectrIcal Code.
The proposed ordinance wIll not Increase current
permIt proceSSIng fees. The CIty Will continue to apply the
fee schedules contaIned In the 1976 editIons of the uniform
technIcal codes as adopted pursuant to OrdInance Number 1055
(CCS) on January 25, 1977. The CIty IS In the process on
conductIng necessary cost/revenue studIes In antICIpation of
a separate ordInance updatIng these fees.
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The delay In adopting the 1982 edItIons of the unIform
technIcal codes IS due to the fact that state law requIres
that the codes be revIewed and approved by the State
BUIlding Standards CommIssIon prIor to adoptIon by local
agenCIes. The State BuIldIng Standards CommIssion dId not
complete theIr approval of the 1982 edItions of the
technIcal codes until mld-1984.
In conJunctIon WI th adoptIng the unIform teChnIcal
codes State law authorIzes the CIty to supplement the
technIcal codes by local amendments based on local
topographIcal, geolologlc or climatologIcal condItIons. The
CIty currently has codIfIed these local amendments in a
document entItled "Santa MonIca Amendments to the UnIform
ConstructIon and FIre Codes ("1979 Amendmen t s " ) .
The 1982 Amendments WIll reIncorporate the prOVISIons
of the 1979 Amendments IncludIng three CIty CounCIl
ordInances adopted SInce 1979:
1 The Supplemental SeIsmIC Safety RehabIlitatIon
ReqUIrements prevIously adopted by OrdInance Number 1201
(CeS) on April 14, 1981. These prOVISIons WIll appear in
SectIon 206(c), DIVISIon 1. 00 of the 1982 Amendments.
2. The ReqUIrements for AutomatIC FIre ExtIngUIshIng
and ProtectIon Systems prevIously adopted by OrdInance
Number 1217 (eeS) on August 25, 1981. These reqUIrements
were modIfIed by OrdInance Number 1279 (CCS) adopted on
AprIl 12, 1983. These prOVISIons WIll appear In SectIon
206(a) , DIvlsIon 3.00 of the 1982 Amendments.
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3. The RequIrements for EXlstlng ResidentIal
Structures prevIously adopted by OrdInance Number 1217 (GCS)
on August 25J 1981. These provIsIons WIll appear in SectIon
206(a), DIVISIon 7 00 of the 1982 Amendments.
The 1982 Amendments wIll also adopt three new
provIsIons not prevIously consIdered by the CIty Council:
1- ProhIbIt the use of untreated wood roofIng and
sIdIng for new or replacement roofIng or sIding. S~~
SectIon 206(a) , DIVISIon 9,00 of the 1982 Amendments. ThIS
prOVIsIon IS in response to a resolutIon dIrected to the
Mayor's Office In May 1982 from the Los Angeles County FIre
ServIces CommlssIon.
2. ReaffIrm ResolutIon Number 2536 (CCS) adopted In
November 1961 regardIng CIty responslblllty for code
enforcement In mobllhome parks. See SectIon 206Ce) J
DIVISIon 9.00 of the 1982 Amendments. ThIs reaffIrmatIon
was requested by the state HOUSIng and CommunIty Development
Department In 1981 and does not Involve any change 10
eXIstIng CIty POlICY or practIces.
3. Expand the BUIldIng and Safety CommISSIon by the
addItIon of two physIcally handIcapped persons so It may
also functIon as the AccesSlbIllty Appeals Board. See
SectIon 204(1) of the 1982 Amendments. Health and Safety
Code SectIon 19957.5 prOVIdes that the CIty may appoint an
appeals board for interpretatIons of state law regardIng
complIance wlth handIcapped requlrements. The statute
requIres that at least two members of thIs optIonal board be
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phys1cally hand1capped, two members must be exper1enced In
constructIon and one member shall be a public member. It IS
proposed that two handIcapped members be added to the
eX1st1ng BUIld1ng and Safety CommissIon Wh1Ch wIll then
functIon as the AcceSSibility Appeals Board. Three members
of the eXistIng BUIlding and Safety CommISSion WIll become
members of the Access1bIlIty Appeals Board and the remaining
two members WIll become alternates ThIS actIon wIll
prov1de an approprlate forum to address and resolve
technical code problems affectlng hand1capped requ1rements.
A complete set of the uniform technlcal codes has been
placed 1n the Clty CounCIl off1ce.
RECOMMENDATION
It 1S respectfully recommended that the accompanYIng
ordinance be Introduced for fIrst readIng.
PREPARED BY: Robert M. Myers, Clty Attorney
Jonathan S. Horne, Deputy City Attorney
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