ORDINANCE 176ORDINANCE NO. 1760
AN FINANCE OF TM CITY OF EL SEGUNDJ,
CALIFORNIA, SING ORDINANCE NO. 174
OF $A Z CI TY ADOP RED Off THE 19 TH DAY OF
N0VMWR9 1980, AND ZE UNIFORM BUILDING
COB ADOPTED BY SAID ORDINANCE NO. 174
BY R3F$REN OE, BY BERIALING AM ELIMINATING
SECTION 440E OP SAID UNIFORM BUILDING CODE,
AND BY AWI DIRG SECTION 3701 THEREOF.
The City Council of the City of 31 Segundo,
Califomia, do ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That Ordinance No. 174, entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE 08' ME CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, BSTABLISHING RULES AND RSGU-
LATItN3 RELATING TO AM) IMGULLTING TR
ERECTION, CONSTRUCTION, ENLARG T,
ALTERATION, IMPAIR, MOVING, REMOVAL, 33-
MOLITION, COMRSION, OCCUPANCY, ERUIPMTO
USE, HEIGHT A ARD MAINTENANCE, OF
BUILDINGS A�� STRDCTMMS IN WE SAID
CITY; PROVIDOM FOR ME ISSUANCE OE'
PERMITS THER3ffi $: DECL&RING AND ESTABLISH-
ING FIRE DISTRICTS; PROVIDING F E8 MIA
FOR '"E VIMATroy THEREOF, AND BEPlIUING ALL
ORDINANCES AND/OR PARTS CAF ORDINA303B IN
CONFLICT THE TH; BY ADOPTING CERTAIN
PORTIONS CN' A CERTAIN CODE (DESIGNATED
THEREIN AS R1930 EDITION OF THE PACIFIC
COAST CONFEESNOE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE'),
RELATING TO SUCH MLTTERS PRINTED IN BOOK
FORE An FILED AS PRO VHk BY LAW IN WE
OFFFIC$ OF THE CITY CLLRK OF SAID CITY. "
adopted on the 19th day of November, 1980, be, and the
same is hereby amended, and the "1930 Edition of the
�^ Pacific Coast Conference Miform Building Codelt, adopted
by said Ordinance No. 174 by reference, shall be and the
same is hereby amended as follows, to-wit: That :section
440E of said uniform building code, so adopted by said
Ordinance No. 174, be and the same is hereby eliminated
from said uniform building code, and said Section 44489
as same now exists, is hereby repealed.
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SECTION 2. That Section 3701 of said Code,
as so adopted by said Ordinance No. 174, shall be and
the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows;
"Sec. 3701. Chimneys shall be ¢onstraoted
t� in c on.fo rmance with 'd Standard Ordinance for
.Chimney Construction* reoommended by the National
Board of Fire Miderwriters, Third Edition, revised
1927, except as specified in this Chapter.
The walls. of all chimney's whether used for
appliances using coal, coke, vood, gas or oil shall
be built of brick, concrete, stone, hollow tile of
clay or concrete or of concrete blocks; provided
that a metal smokestack as specified in Section
3702 may be used.
Flue linings shall be made of fire clay or of
other suitable refractory clays adapted to withstand
reasonably high temperatures and flue gases and shall
have a softening point not tower than nineteen
hundred and ninety -four (1994) degrees Fahrenheit.
Flue linings shall be not less than five - eights (5/8)
of an inch in thickness and shall be built in as the
outer walls of the chimney are constructed. All
joints and spaces between the masonry and lining shall
be thoroughly slushed and grouted frill as each course
of masonry is laid. Cracked, broken or otherwise defeo-
tine linings
shall
not
be used.
Flue
linings shall
start from a
point
not
less than
eight
(8) inches
below the center line of smoke pipe intakes or in
the case of fireplaces from the apex of the smoke
chamber and shall be continuous to a point not less
than four (4) inches above the enclosing walls. Flue
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lining may be omitted in brick chimneys for residence
buildings provided the walls of the chimneys are
not lose than eight (8) inches thick and that the
inner course shall be of fire brick with a fire
resistance equal to that required for flue linings.
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The walls of brick chimneys shall be not lose
than three and three- fourthe (3-4/4) inches thick
and shall bDe lined except as provided above. All
brick work shall be laid with full mortar joints
and shall be struck smooth where exposed to the
weather. No mortar lining shall be permitted.
Concrete chimneys cast in place shall be
suitably reinforced vertically and horizontally.
The walls shall be not lose than three and thre e-
fourthe ( 3-3/4) inches thick and shall have a flue
lining as specified in this Section; provided,
that flue linings may be omitted in reinforced
concrete chimneys for private dwellings when the
walls of such chimneys are not less than six (6)
inches thick.
Hollow blocks or building tile of clay or con-
crate shall not be used for the walls of an independent
chimney but may be used Ibr chimneys built in connection
with exterior party walls of hollow units for build-
ings not exceeding three stories in height. The outer
eight (8) inches of such a wall may serve an the
outside wall of the chimney,
Chimneys shall extend at least two feet above
the ridge of gable, hip roof, high point of mansard,
or fire -wall of the story of which said chimney is
a part, and shall extend at least two feet above the
highest point of any other portion of the building
within six feet
of the
center
of said chimney.
Chimneys
shall be
built
upon solid masonry
or reinforced concrete :Mundations properly propor-
tioned to carry the weight imposed without settle-
Mont or cracking. The chimney shall carry no load
except its ova weight and such load shall be
transmitted to the foundation in such manner as to
prevent the shearing or falling off of say part of
the chimney. The footing for an exterior chimney
shall start below the frost line.
Flues shall be built as nearly vertical as
possible and in no case at an angle greater than
thirty (30) degrees from the vertical.
When any single flue has an effective area
exceeding two hundred (200) sgmare inches the wall
shall be not less than eight (8) inches thick and
shall have flue lining as specified in this Section,
except that when flues become too large for fire
clay flue lining such flues shall be lined with
fire brick for a distance at least twenty -five (25)
feet from the point of intake.
There shall be but one connection to a fine
irrespective of whether the fuel used be coal, coke,
wood, oil or gas. Ordinary and low pressure heating
devices burning solid fuels shall have a minimum
effective flue area of not less than the following,
and such area shall be provided by a flue having its
.. short dimension not less than two - thirds (2/3) the
long dimension.
Small special stoves and heaters ...
28
aq.
inches
Stoves, ranraot and roc heaters ....
40
sq.
inches
Fireplaces least 1712 the
fireplace opening) ....
50
sq.
inches
Warm air funaaoes, steam and hot
water boilers .........
70
eq.
inches
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All flues to ehioh large ranges, heating
furnaces, boilers, automatic gas water heaters
or fireplaces are to be oonnsoted, shall be
'- subjeoted to a smoke test before acceptance
but the test ehall not be made until the mortar
has thoroughly seasoned. Such test shall be
made by the mason contractor in the presence
of the Building Inspector."
SECTION 3, That said Ordinance No. 194 is
hereby amended as herein.above in Sections i and 2 set
forth.
SECTION 4. That the City Clerk shall certify
to the passage and adoption of this ordinam a and shall
cause the same to be published once in the official paper
of said City, to -wit, the El Segundo Herald, a weekly
newspaper published and circulated within said City and
,which is hereby designated for that purpose.
SECTION 5, This ordinance shall take effect
thirty days from and after the date of the final passage
and adoption thereof.
Passed, approved and adopted this lot day of
July, A. D. , 1931.
Mayor of the City of
El Segundo, California*
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
I. Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of
the City of E1 Segundo, California, do hereby certify
that the whole number of members of the City Council
of the said City is five; that the foregoing ordinance,
being Ordinance No, 176 , was duly passed and adopted
by the said City Council, approved and signed by the
Mayor of said City and attested by the City Clerk of
said City, all at a regular meeting of the said Council
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held on the lst day of July , A. D., 1931, and
-- that the same was so passed and adopted by the following
vo to:
'A 3: Councilmen GOrOR, Selby and Love.
NOES: Councilmen None
ABSENT: Councilmen Mader and Nrimel
ity Clerk of e
El Segundo, California.
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CLERK *S CERTIFICATE.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
I. Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the
City of E1 Segundo, California, do hereby certify that
the whole number of members of the City Council of the
said City is five; that the foregoing ordinance, being
Ordinance No. 176,-is a fall, true and
oorreot original of Ord me No. 176, Of the said
City of El Segundo, California, entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO$
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ORDINAME NO. 174
- OF SAID CITY ADOPTED ON THE 19TH DAY OF
NOVEMBER, 19309 AND TSE UNIFORM BUILDING
CODE ADOPTED BY SAID ORDINANCE NO. 174
BY REFERENCE, BY REPEALING AED ELIMINAT-
ING SECTION 4402 OF SAID UNIFORM BUILDING
CODE, AND BY AMENDING SECTION 3701 TH ERE OF . "
which was duly passed and adop.ed by the said City
Council, approved and signed by the Mayor of said City,
and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a
regular meeting of the said Council held on the lot
day of duly, 1931, and that the same was so passe- and
adopted by the following ve to :
Aye a: Councilmen Gerow, Selby and Love
Noes: Councilmen Bone
Absent: Councilmen Blinder and xriemeel
I do hereby further certify that pursuant to
the provisions of Seotion 878 of Act 5233 of the General
Laws of the State of California, (Deering 1923 Edition),
as amended to date, that the foregoing ordinance No. 176
was duly and regularly published according to the law and
the order of the City Council of said City in the El
Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of general c i rcjtl, at ion
printed, published and circulated within the said City,
and that the same was so published therein on the
following date, to-wit: July 9th, 1931
WITNESS my hand and the seal of said City this
10th day of July, A. D., 1931.
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21 Segundo, California.
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