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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12957 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. 58 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, 5� 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. '60 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'