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ORDINANCE NO. 321
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 289 OF
THE CITY OF IRWINDALE BY ADOPTING BY REFERENCE
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MECHANICAL CODE AS
CONTAINED IN THE 1977 EDITION OF THE LOS ANGELES
COUNTY BUILDING LAWS PUBLISHED-� BY TfM BUILDING
NEWS, INC. AND INCLUDING.THE APPENDIX THERETO
AND MAKING OTHER AMENDMENTS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IRWINDALE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 289 entitled "Mechanical Code" adopted
August 14, 1975 is.hereby amended by adopting by reference, except as
hereinafter provided, that certain Mechanical Code known and designated
as the Los Angeles County Mechanical Code as contained in the 1977
edition of the Los Angeles County Building Maws published by the
Building News, Inc. and including the appendix to said Los Angeles
County Mechanical Code and such code, except as herein provided, shall
be and become the Mechanical Code of the City of Irwindale, paoviding
for the issuance of premits and the collection of fees therefor and
providing penalties for violation of such code.
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 times maintained by said Clerk for use and examination
by the public.
SECTION 2. Whenever any of the following names or terms are used
in said Los Angeles County Mechanical Code, each such name or term
shall be deemed and construed to have the meaning ascribed to it in
this section as follows:
"Board of Appeals" or "Board of Examiners of Plumbers" shall mean
the Board of Examiners of Plumbers, Gas Fitters and Sewerage
Contractors of the County of Los Angeles established by Section 73 of
the Los Angeles County Plumbing Code as published in the -1977 edition
of the Los Angeles County Building Laws previously referred to in this
ordinance.
"Buildigg Department" shall mean the "Building and Safety
Division" of the Department of the County Engineer.
"Buildin§ Code", "Uniform Building Code" or "Los Angeles County
Building Code shall mean Ordinance No. 319 of the City of Irwindale
entitled Building Code.
"Building Official" shall mean County Engineer of the County of
Los Angeles.
"City" shall mean the City of Irwindale.
"Electrical Code" shall mean Ordinance No. 322 of the City of
Irwindale, entitled Electrical Code.
"Fire Code" or "Los Angeles County Fire Code" shall mean
Ordinance No. 236 of the City of Irwindale, entitled Fire Code.
"General Fund" shall mean the City Treasury of the City of
Irwindale.
"Health Code", or "Los Angeles County Health Code" shall mean
Ordinance No. 218 of the City of Irwindale, an ordinance adopting a
Health Code.
"Mechanical Code" shall mean the Mechanical Code of the City of
Irwindale.
"Plumbing Code" shall mean Ordinance No. 320 of the City of
Irwindale, entitled Plumbing Code.
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Ordinance No. 321
SECTION 3. Section 108 of said Los Angeles County Mechanical
Code is amended to read:
Section. 108. Violations and Penalties. It shall be unlawful
for any person, firm or corporation to erect, install, alter repair,
relocate, add to, replace, use or maintain heating, ventilating,
comfort cooling, or refrigeration equipment in the jurisdiction or
cause the same to be done, contrary to or in violation of any of the
provisions of this Code. Maintenance of equipment which was
unlawful under this Code if installed after the effective date of
this Code, shall constitute a continuing vidilation of this Code.
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, 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 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adaption of
this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be processed in the
manner prescribed by law.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of January, 1978.
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� arg�xret S. Barbosa, ity er
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) ss.
CITY OF IRWINDALE )
I, Margaret S. Barbosa, City Clerk of the City of Irwindale,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 321 was
approved on first reading on the 12th day of January, 1978,
approved and adopted at a regular meeting held on the 26th day of
January, 1978, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Barbosa, Breceda, Michael Miranda,
Pat Miranda and Mayor Tapia;
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None.
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