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CA:RMM:rmd431/ca
City Council Meeting 3-10-87
Santa MonIca, California
STAFF REPORT
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MAR 1 0 1987
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City Attorney
SUBJECT: Ordlnance Amending Supplemental Construction
and Property MaIntenance Standards
At Its meetIng on February 24, 1987, the CIty Council
Introduced for first reading an ordinance to extend the time
perIod
that temporary trailers may occupy a lot.
The
ordinance is now presented to the Clty CouncIl for adoptIon.
RECOMMENDATION
It IS respectfully recommended that the accompanying
ordInance be adopted.
PREPARED BY: Robert M. Myers, CIty Attorney
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CA:RMM:rmd431/ca
City Council Meeting 3-10-87
Santa MonIca, CalifornIa
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1403 (CCS)
(Clty Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING SUPPLEMENTAL
CONSTRUCTION AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
STANDARDS
WHEREAS, OrdInance Number 1334 (CCS), adopted on AprIl
9, 1985, adopted the Supplemental Construction and Property
Malntenance Standards as part of the adoption of local
amendments to the 1982 TechnIcal Code; and
WHEREAS,
the
CIty
CouncIl desIres to amend the
Supplemental ConstructIon and Property Maintenance Standards
to extend the tIme perIod In which temporary trallers may a
lot,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 206{e) of the UnIform AdminIstrative
Code, 1982 EdltIon, adopted by SectIon 14 of Ordinance Number
1334 (CCS), 15 amended to read as follows:
Division
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Ele~trlcal Code
"m~n~rn~nts
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~l~ctrical Aooliances.
Devices,
t1~terlals
and
Eauioment
Reaulations.
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(aJ Electrlcal Code Amendments:
1. Add Section 300.0 to Artlcle
300 of the National Electrical Code~ 1984
Edition
as
follows:
WIrIng methods
permitted by the National Electrical Code
may be installed provided that any wIring
not having metal protection over the
conductors shall be entIrely concealed
within the bUllding structure to prevent
and inhIbit tampering.
2. Add Section 310.0 to Article
310 of the National Electrical Code, 1984
EdltIon,
as
follows:
Conductors for
general wlring made of alumInum alloys
containIng more than 50\ alumInum base
metal shall not be permItted In dIameters
smaller than No 6.
(b) Electrlcal Appllances~ DeVIces,
Materials and Equipment Regulations:
No person, fIrm or corporatIon shall
sell, offer for sale, loan, rent, dlspose
of by 91ft or premium, give or otherWIse
furnlsh~ provide or make available for use
any electrical material, deVIce, appliance
or equipment, designed or intended for
attachment, directly or indirectly to any
electrical system, clrcuit or electrIcal
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service for light. heat or power In the
CIty
unless such electrIcal materIal,
deVIce, appliance or eqUIpment compIles
with the proviSIons of thIS ordinance.
The BUlldlng Official and Chief ElectrIcal
Inspector are hereby empowered to enforce
the prOVIsions of this ordinance.
1. Ratina. All electrical
materials, devices, appliances, or
equipment deSIgned or Intended for
attachment, dIrectly or indIrectly to any
electrIcal system, CIrCUIt or electrIcal
serVIce for light, heat or power, shall be
only
those
which
conform
WIth the
requirements of thIS ordinance. Each such
article shall bear or contaIn the maker's
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name, trademark or IdentifIcatIon symbol,
together
WIth
such
rating
by
the
manufacturer
as
may be necessary to
determine the intended use. The correct
operating
voltage, amperage and total
watts shall be stated and no person shall
remove, alter, deface or oblIterate any
such marking.
2. A!>!Jroval~.
All
electrIcal
materials,
deVIces,
applIances,
or
eqUIpment covered by and intended to be
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regulated by thIs ordInance shall conform
wIth
the
published
NatIonal
Safety
Standards for such materials, devIces,
appliances or equipment on file in the
offIce of the United State Bureau of
Standards.
CopIes of such standards on
file In the office of the Chief Electrical
Inspector shall be open to inspection by
the publIC.
Listing or labeling by the
Underwriter's LaboratorIes Inc., or other
recognized
testing
laboratory
whose
standards are on file with the UnIted
States Bureau of Standards shall be prIma
facie eVIdence of conformIty wIth these
reqUIred
standards.
Where
no
such
standards eXIst for any materIal, deVIce,
appliance
or
equipment,
the
Chief
Electrical
Inspector
may deSignate a
standard for each artIcle submItted, which
shall
specify the tests necessary to
prOVIde the degree of safety to lIfe and
property as is generally reqUIred by the
National Standards for approved materials,
deVIces,
appliances
and equipment of
similar or related character or nature.
3. RevocatIon.
Any
approval
granted by the Chief Electrical Inspector
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may be revoked if the electrical material,
device, appliance or equipment IS found to
be hazardous, unsuitable for the purpose
used or intended, or does not conform with
the standards under which it was approved
for use.
4. Exceotions. The provISions of
this Code shall not be deemed to apply to:
(a) Safe, substantial, used or
second-hand
deVices
or
appliances,
prOVided that all parts or equipments used
In rebUilding or reconstruction shall
conform
In
all particulars with the
National Standards for such article, and
provided further that such articles when
offered for sale shall have the same
degree of safety to life and property as
may then be required in a new article of
the same type.
(b) Electrical
materials,
deVices, appliances and equipment which
are safe and suitable for the purpose used
or intended, provided such materials,
devices,
appliances and equipment are
already fully covered and regulated by
existing
laws
and ordinances now In
effect.
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(e) Vehicles or motor vehIcle
equipment.
(d) IndustrIal or commercial
applIances WhICh are to be used in a
specIfic location, and which have been
submitted to a recognized laboratory for
approval as conforming to the standards
required hereof but on which final
approval IS still pending, provided
however, that such exemption from the
provisions of thIS Code shall be granted
separately for each appliance only when
satisfactory written eVIdence has been
flIed that laboratory approval has been
applIed for, and shall continue In force
only during such tIme as the ChIef
Electrical Inspector has reason to believe
that the testIng laboratory Will grant
final approval certifying compliance to
the prescribed standards.
(e) GeneratIng, transforming or
converting devices or appliances nor any
device or appliance for measuring or
recording current voltage or power.
S. Used Materials. Previously used
materials shall not be re-used in any work
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without the advance approval of the ChIef
ElectrIcal Inspector.
Division 2.00. House Numberlna.
(a) Frontage to be Numbered. All
lands and lots within the City now platted
or which hereafter be platted shall have
numbers assIgned to each space of twenty
feet frontage on any street within or
bordering upon the same and such number
shall be affixed to all bUIldings thereon
or which may hereafter be erected thereon.
(b) System
of
NumberIng.
One
hundred numbers shall be assIgned to each
and
every
block between streets and
avenues and wherever such streets and
avenues do not extend through any platted
or unplatted lands, the number shall be
assigned
to
the spaces between such
streets If extended through such lands.
(c) InformatIon. The CIty EngIneer
shall assign the numbers to all lands now
platted and all lands which may hereafter
be platted, and shall indIcate the same
upon an official city map1 and file a copy
of the same with the BUIlding Official.
The owners of property within the City
shall apply to saId BUIldIng OffICIal and
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be
f~nlShed with
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appropriate asslgned
numbers, without charge therefor.
Dlvision
3.00.
DralnaQe
Reaulations.
The roof of every bUlldIng
and structure shall be kept waterproof,
and all storm or casual water therefrom
shall be properly draIned and conveyed to
a street, sewer, storm drain, street
gutter or other approved location.
All portIons of a developed property
includlng yards, areaways, courts, pools,
parkIng and other areas shall be properly
graded and draIned. All draIns, gutters,
baSins, pumps and other devices requIred
to properly draIn a property shall be
maintalned in good worklng order.
DIvision
4.00.
Pool - FencInq
Regu1atlops.
Every
person,
flrm or
corporatIon ownlng land on which there IS
situated a SWImmIng pool, pond or other
body of water WhICh contaIns water 18
inches or more 1n depth at any point shall
completely surround such body of water or
property with a fence, wall or other
structure not less than 4 1/2 feet above
the underlYIng ground at all places and
WIth no openIng thereln more than 4 inches
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1n maXImum dImenSIons. Any gate in such
fence shall have a latch at least 4 1/2
feet above the underlYIng ground and such
gate shall be secured when adults are not
present.
Division 5.00.
OualiflcatIon and
MaIntenance Certlfl~&te$.
(a) Qualification CertIficates for
Workmen.
1. General.
BUIldIng and Safety
Deparment shall examine applicants on code
reqUIrements
to
assess
theIr
qual1fIcat1ons for work In specIalIzed
technIcal areas. ApplIcants paSSIng such
examinatIons shall be Issued a certIfIcate
of
qualIfIcatIon.
Not more than one
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examinatIon shall be gIven to an applIcant
In any 30 day period 1n the same technIcal
area.
2. ReCIprocals.
In
l1eu
of
dIrect examInation} BuildIng and Safety
Department
may
accept
an
unexpired
qual1fIcatIon
certificate
issued
by
another city, county or state as evidence
of competency.
(b) Maintenance Certificates. Upon
applicat1on, a maIntenance certifIcate may
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be issued to any person, firm or
corporatIon regularly emploYIng one or
more qualifIed workmen for the purpose of
maintenance, repair or repetItIve minor
alterations
to eXIstIng bUIldIngs and
utIlity
systems
owned,
operated
or
occupied by the applIcant. Payment of the
maIntenance
certifIcate fee shall not
exempt any person, fIrm or corporatIon
from complying wIth all safety codes or
from payment of indIVIdual inspectIon fees
for substantial new work.
The owner or
responsIble party shall certIfy once every
year in wrItIng that the premises covered
have been maintained In compliance WIth
city codes or that no work was done
ComplIance
WIth
prOVISIons
of
a
maIntenance certifIcate shall not exempt
any person from compliance WIth prOVISIons
of the State Contractors LIcense Law and
the BUSIness and ProfeSSIons Code.
DiviSIon 6.00.
Temoorarv TraIler
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Permits.
(a) House-Tvoe Trailer~. Whenever
the eXpreSSIon "house-type trailers" IS
used In this division, it shall mean house
trailers, traIler coaches, mobile homes,
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and ~Ch type vehlcles
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as are defined In
Section 18000 ~ sea. of the Health and
Safety Code.
(b) Reaulations.
The
folloWIng
regulatIons
shall apply to house-type
trailers other than mobile homes located
in mobile home parks for uses other than
as livIng accomodatIons. No person, fIrm
or corporatIon shall use, store, or place
a house-type traIler for any purpose or in
any manner except as In these regulations
provIded:
1. No person, fIrm or corporatIon
shall use a house-type traIler for any
purpose or in any manner without first
obtaInIng
a
wrItten permit from the
BUIlding OffICIal authorizing such use,
storage, or placement.
2. No person, firm or corporatIon
shall use, store or place a house-type
traIler for any purpose or in any manner
in violatIon of or in non-conformance WIth
any of the terms provided in a permit
issued by the Building OffICIal for use,
storage, or placement of said house-type
trailer.
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3. The BU1ld1ng Off1c1al shall be
guided by the following standards 1n the
1ssuance of perm1ts for the use, storage,
and placement of house-type trailers:
No house-type tra1ler shall be used
in any residential zone for any purpose
other than storage thereof, except when
used in connection with the erection of
new structures.
No house-type trailer or house-type
tra1lers slngly, 1n connect1on groups, or
otherw1se shall be used for any purpose on
any lot or parcel, as defIned in Art1cle
IX of th1S Code, for a cumulat1ve time of
more than six months 1n any twelve
consecut1ve months, except as here1nafter
provided for any purpose other than
storage thereof.
Except in connect1on with the
erection of new structures, no house-type
traller shall be used for any purpose not
directly connected and associated w1th a
business or activity conducted w1thin an
enclosed building on the lot or parcel
upon Wh1Ch 1t 1S used or upon a lot or
parcel immed1ately adjacent or contlguous
thereto WhlCh is under the ownership
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oper~on,
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or
dlrect control of the
person, f1rm or corporat1on to whom the
permit is 1ssued.
No permit shall be Issued for the
use of a house-type trailer unless there
are legally provided t01let facilities
located within a reasonable distance not
to exceed 200 feet from the closest pOint
of said house-type trailer, which toilet
facilities are owned, operated, or under
the direct control of the permittee.
The
total
space occupied by a
house-type trailer or trailers used under
such permit shall not exceed one percent
(1\) of the total square footage of the
enclosed portion of the bU1ldlng described
above for the activity, provided-that the
space occupIed by the house-type tra1ler
may be limited to one house-type trailer
use 1n connectIon Wlth any bUSiness or
businesses whlch are related to each other
and are, d1rectly or 1nd1rectly, under a
common ownership or management,
if the
space which would be occupled by any
house-type trailers in excess of one 1S
normally used for parking of automobiles
or has been so used within three months of
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the time of the applIcatIon for the
permit, and only If the automobIles so
displaced may be accomodated on other off
street
parkIng
facIlitIes
owned
or
controlled by permIttee.
The permit issued hereunder may be
extended for a period not to exceed one
year, provided that in the event of such
an extension, no further permit shall be
issued for use on the same or adjacent
premises or on premIses owned, operated,
or controlled by the permIttee or his
successor or successors in interest for a
perIod of two years succeedIng eXpIratIon
of the extended permIt.
DIVISIon
7.00.
SandblastIna
Reaulations.
(a) Permit
Reauired.
No person
shall do any exterior sandblasting withIn
the CIty without first obtainIng a permIt.
A permit shall be reqUIred for each
separate work location or contractor.
(b) ADolIcation.
To
obtain
a
permit
the
applIcant
shall file an
application with the Building and Safety
Department.
Each application shall state
the
location,
name
and
address or
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responsIble
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party,
estImated times
sandblasting will take place, amount of
Insurance for property damage and publIC
liabIlity that the applIcant carries and
the name of the company issuing the
policy.
(c) Restrictions.
No sandblasting
shall be permitted before 7:00 a.m., after
7:00 p.m. of any days nor on a Sunday or
legal holIday unless a special permIt for
such work IS issued under MuniCIpal Code
Section 4204(d)(1). No dry sandblasting
shall be permItted except upon special
permIssion
of
the BuildIng OffICial.
PermIssion shall be granted only In those
situations where wet sandblastIng cannot
be done due to unIque circumstances. Any
application for dry sandblasting shall
state
thereon
the
reasons
why wet
sandblastIng
cannot
be used and the
addItIonal precautIons that WIll be taken
to protect the public. A minimum of 3
days notice shall be given to owners,
tenants and occupants of all structures
within 150 feet of the site on WhICh
sandblasting is to be done.
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Division
8.00.
PlumbInQ
and
Mechanical Code Amendments. The approval
of the use of "MedIum Pressure Gas" as
defIned in Section 1220 of the Uniform
Plumbing
Code, 1982 Edition, for any
building or bUIldIng serVIce eqUIpment as
defIned in Section 105 of the Uniform
Administrative
Code, 1982 Edition, is
hereby
specifically
reserved
to the
PlumbIng and MechanIcal Board of Appeals.
Approval of the use of "MedIum Pressure
Gas" shall be In writIng for each speCIfIC
use or applIcatIon and shall IndIcate any
condItIons
or
requirements
for
the
installation.
A copy of the wrItten
approval
shall be transmItted to the
applIcant and the BUIldIng OffiCIal.
DIVISIon 9.00.
R~sponSIblllty for
Code Enforcement In MobIle Home Parks.
The
City
CounCIl
hereby
reaffIrms
Resolution
Number
2536 (CCS) adopted
November
11,
1961, whereby the City
assumes responsibIlity for enforcement of
State
of
Cali fornla
regulations and
requirements for mobIle home parks.
SECTION 2. Any provision of the Santa MonIca Municipal
Code or appendices thereto inconsistent with the prOVIsions of
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this ordinance, is hereby repealed or modified to that extent
necessary to affect the provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION
3.
If any section, subsection, sentence,
clause, or phrase of thiS ordinance IS for any reason held to
be invalid or unconstitutional by a deciSion of any court of
competent jurlsdlctlon, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remainIng portions of the ordInance. The City
Council hereby declares that It would have passed thIS
ordinance and each and every section, subsectlon, sentence,
clause, or phrase not declared invalId or unconstltutlonal
WIthout regard to whether any portion of the ordInance would
be subsequently declared invalld or unconstltutional.
SECTION 4.
The Mayor shall SIgn and the City Clerk
shall attest to the passage of this ordInance. The Clty Clerk
shall cause the same to be publIshed once In the offlcial
newspaper within 15 days after Its adopt!on. The ordInance
shall become effective 30 days from itS adoptIon.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT H. HYERS
City Attorney
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Adopted and app~oved-~ loth daY,)f March, 1987,
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I hereby certify that~? foregoing Ordinance No.
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Mayor
1403(CCS)
was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the City
Council on the 24th day of February 1987; that the said Ordinance
was thereafter duly adopted at a meeting of the City Council on
the lOth day of March 1987 by the following Council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers:
Finkel, Jennings, A. Katz, H.
Katz, Reed, Zane and Mayor Conn
Noes: Councilmembers:
None
Abstain: Councilmembers:
None
Absent: Councilmembers:
None
ATTEST:
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City Clerk