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ORDINANCE NO. 129
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF IRWINDALE
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 59 O'F THE CITY
OF IRWINDALE RELATING TO BUILDING
REGULATIONS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IRWINDALE DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 59 entitled "Building Code" adopted
November 18, 1958 is hereby amended by adopting, except as hereinafter
provided, that certain building code known and designated as the Los
Angeles County Building Code, 1962 Edition, as published in the 1962
Edition of the Los Angeles County Building Laws, pages 19 through 435
inclusive, and such code shall be and become the Building Code of the
City of Irwindale, regulating the erection, construction, enlargement,
alteration, repair, moving, removal, demolition, conversion, occupancy,
use, height, area, maintenance of all structures and certain equipment
therein specifically regulated and grading within the City of Irwindale, and
providing for the issuance of permits and the collection of fees therefor,
providing penalties for violation of such code, declaring and establishing
fire zones.
Three copies of said Los Angeles County Building Laws have
been deposited in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Irwindale,
and shall be at all timers maintained by said Clerk for use and examination
by the Public. I
Said edition of the Los Angeles County Building Code, except as
provided hereinafter, is hereby substituted for, and shall take the place
of, the Building Code set forth in said Ordinance No. 59, and such amend-
ing ordinances previously adopted.
SECTION 2. Whenever any of the following names or terms are
used in said Los Angeles County Building Code or in this ordinance, each
such name or term shall be deemed and construed to have the meaning
ascribed to it in this section as follows:
"Building Department" shall mean the "Building and Safety Division"
of the Department of County Engineer.
"Building Official" shall mean County Engineer ofrthe County of
Los Angeles.
"City" shall mean the City of Irwindale except in Section 103 of
said Building.Code.
"County", "County of Los Angeles" or "unincorporated territory
of the County of Los Angeles" shall mean the City of Irwindale.
"General Fund" shall mean the City Treasury of the City of
Irwindale.
"Health Officer" shall mean the Health Officer of the City of
Irwindale.
"Ordinance No. 7583, an ordinance adopting a Health Code"
shall mean Ordinance No. 88 of the City of Irwindale.
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Section 3. Section 207 of said Los Angeles County Building
Code is amended to read:
Section 207. Rehabilitation Board. In order to hear
appeals provided for in Chapter 99 regarding substandard
buildings, there shall be and is hereby created la'Rehabilitation
Board consisting of five members who are qualified to pass upon
matters pertaining -to substandard burl ings. The members of the
Rehabilitation Board shall be appointed by the City Council of.
the City of Irwindale, and shall hold office at its pleasure. The
Board shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations for conducting
its investigations. ,The hearings ,for demolition or repair of
substandard buildings shall be heard by the Rehabilitation Board
and shall follow the procedure set forth in this Chapter for
Unsafe Buildings. The Board shall render all ,decisions and
findings in writing to the Building Official with a duplicate
copy to the appellant and may recommend to the City Council
of the City of Irwindale such new legislation as is consistent
therewith.
SECTION 4. Section 208 of the Building Code of the City of
Irwindale shall read as follows:
Section 208 (a) Compliance with Code. 'a person shall not
erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove,
co convert, demolish, equip, use, occupyor maintain any building
or structure or perform any grading in the City, or cause the
same to be done, contrary to, or in violation of any of the
provisions of this code.
(b) Penalty. Any. person, firm or corporation
violating any of the provisions of this Code shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and each such person shall be deemed guilty
of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof
during which any violation of any of the provisions of this Code
is committed, continued or permitted, and upon conviction of
any such violation such person shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than $500, or by imprisonment for not more than six
months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION S. Said Los Angeles County Building Code is amended
by deleting Section 307 therefrom.
SECTION 6. Section 5105(f) of said Los Angeles County Building
Code is amended by deleting paragraphs 4 and 5 therefrom.
SECTION 7. Section 5109 of said Los Angeles County Building
Code is amended to read as follows:
Section 5109 . Miscellaneous Domestic Appliances.
(a) Clearances. 1. Vertical clearance above cooking top.
Domestic free -standing or built-in ranges shall have a vertical
clearance above the cooking top of not less than thirty inches
(30") to combustible material or metal cabinets. When the
underside of such combustible m4terial.or'metal cabinets is
protected.with asbestos millboard at least one-fourth inch (1/4")
thick covered with sheet metal of not less than No. 28 U. S. gauge,
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the distance shall be not less than twenty-four inches (24:).
The protection shall extend nine inches (9") beyond the sides
of the range. When combustible material or metal cabinets
above the cooking top of domestic free-standing or build -in
ranges are protected by a metal ventilating hood, the top of
which. -is more than twenty-four inches (24") above the cooking
top and is insulated with at least one-fourth inch (1/4") thick
asbestos millboard, such.protection need not extend beyond
the sides of the range.
2. Horizontal clearance of built-in top cooking
units. The minimum horizontal distance from the center of
the burner head(s) of a top (or surface) cooking unit to
vertical combustible walls extending above the top panel shall
be not less than that distance specified by the permanent
marking on the unit.
(b) Ranges and Hot Plates, Ranges or hot plates shall
not be installed in rooms intended to be used for sleeping
purposes.
(c) Kitchen Ventilation. There shall be installed in the
wall or ceiling, approximately over the cooking facilities,
a ventilating opening with a minimum area of eight inches by
six inches (8" x 6"), connected by an incombustible ventilating
duct free to the outside of the building. The ventilating duct
for,each kitchen shall have a minimum cross-sectional area
of twenty-eight square inches (28 sq. in. ). An approved forced -
draft system of ventilation may be substituted for the natural -
draft ventilating system.
Combination -type gas and solid -fuel ranges with trash -
burner ranges must be vented to a Type A chimney constructed
in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter for use by
trash burners. Solid -top -type gas ranges and built-in gas
circulator -type ranges shall be vented to an approved Type B
gas vent or Type A chimney. Gas ranges having a griddle and
open -type top burners are not classed as solid -top ranges.
(d) Domestic Clothes Dryers
1. Prohibited locations. Clothes dryers shall not be
installed in bathrooms or rooms used for sleeping purposes.
2. Moisture exhause, ducts. Where a clothes dryer is
connected to a moisture exhause duct, it shall be installed in accordance
with manufacturer's instructions and recommendations.
A clothes dryer moisture exhause duct shall not be
connected into any vent connector, gas vent, or chimney.
Ducts fbr exhausting clothes dryers shall not be put
together with sheet metal screws or other fastening means which extend
into the duct. <
In no case shall the moisture exhause terminate beneath
the building or in the attic area.
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SECTION 8. The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the City
Clerk shall attest to same, and the same shall be posted immediately
thereafter in three (3) public places vithin the City -Limits of the City
of Irwindale, as prescribed by Resolution.,N
Adopted this 6th day of May, 1963.
ATTEST:
STATE C
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF IRWINDALE
ss.
City of Irwindale, Ca
I, LEE B. YOUNG, City Clerk of the City of Irwindale, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 129 was regularly introduced and
placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on
the 15th day of April, 19633. That, thereafter, said Ordinance was duly
adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 6th day
of May, 1963, by the following vote of the Council:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Breceda,
NOES: COUNCILMEN: Miranda.
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF IRWINDALE )
Martinez, Sulzer and Diaz.
LEE B. YOUNG, being first duly sworn, deposes and says;
That she is the duly appointed and Acting City Clerk of the City
of Irwindale, California, and is and was at all times herein mentioned
a citizen of the United States over the age of eighteen (18) years and
competent to be a witness herein.
On May 7, 1963, she securely and conspicuously posted at
each of the public places in said city, to -wit;
(1) 16034 Calle de Norte;
(2) Post Office on Irwindale Avenue; and
(3) At or near the door of the Council Chambers,
5050 No. Irwindale Avenue.
a copy of Ordinance No. 129 of the City of Irwindale, being in all
respects the same as that attached hereto and made a part hereof.
Dated: May 7, 1963.
of the City Wncil of
City of Irwindale, Ca'