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ORDINANCE 6944'-qn ORDINANCE NO. 694 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING WITH CERTAIN AMENDMENTS THAT CERTAIN CODE ENTITLED "UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE, 1967 EDITION," (UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, VOLUME II). THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. MECHANICAL CODE ESTABLISHED. The Uniform Mechanical Code (Building Code), 1967 Edition, together with the Appendix thereof, promulgated and published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials and the International Conference of Building Officials, three (3) copies of which have been filed and are on file in the office of the City Clerk, for public inspection, hereby are adopted with the same force and effect as though set out therein in full. SECTION 2. CHANGES AND ADDITIONS TO THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE. Said Uniform Mechanical Code is amended by changing and adding the following designated chapters, sections and portions of chapters. (A) Section 203 of said Code is amended to read: "Sec. 203 - MODIFICATIONS. The Building Official may make slight modifications for individual cases in the provisions of this Code providing that in each such modification the Building Official shall first find that a special individual reason makes the strict letter of this Code impractical and that the modification is in conformity with the spirit and purpose of this Code. In granting such modification the Building Official may impose such conditions as he deems reasonable to carry out the purpose and intent of this Code." 43n,5 (B) Subsection (b) of Section 302 of said Code shall be amended by adding subheading 4 to the first paragraph to read: 11(4) Any H occupancy consisting of four (4) or more apartments." (C) Subsection (c) of Section 302 of said Code shall be amended to read: "(c) ISSUANCE. The application, plans and specifications filed by an applicant for a permit shall be checked by the Building Official. Such plans may be reviewed by other departments of the City to check com- pliance with the laws and ordinances under their jurisdiction, including all provisions of the E1 Segundo City Code, heretofore or hereafter adopted. If the Building Official is satisfied that the work described in an application for permit and the plans filed therewith conform to the requirements of this Code, and other pertinent laws and described in an application for permit and the plans filed therewith conform to the requirements of this Code, and other pertinent laws and ordinances, including any and all provisions of the E1 Segundo City Code hereto- fore or hereafter adopted, including without limitation, the provisions of the zoning regulations, and that the fees specified in Section 304 have been paid, he shall issue a permit therefor to the applicant. "When the Building Official issues the permit, he shall endorse in writing or stamp on both sets of plans and specifications 'APPROVED.' Such approved plans and specifi- cations shall not be changed, modified or altered without authorization from the Building Official, and all work shall be done in accord- ance with the approved plans." (D) Subsection (d) is added to Section 302 of said Code to read: "(d) WHO MAY OBTAIN A PERMIT. No permit shall be issued to a person to do or cause to be done any work for which a permit is required by this Code unless the work to be performed is under the direct supervision of a person holding a valid, unexpired, and unrevoked contractor's license issued by the State of California. irm 4336 "EXCEPTION: In the case of single- family dwelling used exclusively for living purposes, including the usual accessory buildings and structures, a natural person, but not a firm or corporation, who is the bona fide owner of such existing or proposed dwelling or accessory building or structure may obtain permits for such buildings or structures when such buildings or structures are occupied by or designed to be occupied by such owner. Such work must be performed by or under the direct supervision of said owner, and such owner may be required to prove his familiarity with construction terms, requirements, and materials before being issued a permit." (E) Chapter 3 of said Code is amended by adding Section 304.1 to read: "Sec. 304.1 - PLAN CHECKING FEES. When a plan is required to be submitted under sub- section (b) of Section 302, a plan checking fee shall be paid to the Building Official at the time of submitting plans and specifications for checking. Such plan checking fee shall be equal to one -half (2) the Mechanical Permit Fee, as set forth in Section 304." (F) Section 708 of said Code shall be amended by adding the following paragraph: "An approved ladder permanently fastened to the building or access space shall be pro- vided directly to the furnace access opening." (G) Subsection (h) of Section 710 of said Code shall be amended by adding item number 7 to read: "(7) Scuttle lids or trap doors shall not weigh more than thirty -five (35) pounds." (H) Chapter 7 of said Code shall be amended by adding Section 712 to read as follows: "Sec. 712 - ELECTRIC DUCT HEATERS. ,,(a) SCOPE. These provisions apply to electric heaters used for comfort heating and installed in ducts. These provisions do not apply to those electric heaters which are an integral part of, or are installed within four (4) feet of -3- 4.3n? unitary appliances that are required by pro- visions of the Electric Code to be tested and listed as units by a recognized testing laboratory. Such unitary appliances include: Electric central heating furnaces. Heat pumps including outdoor and indoor sections. Central cooling air conditioners including outdoor and indoor sections. Electric heaters designed for factory or field installation in conjunction with large heat pumps or air conditioning systems that are not within the scope of laboratory stan- dards need not be listed as part of the appliance. Such heaters shall be installed to comply with all applicable provisions of subsection (c) of this section. The heaters shall be located to minimize heat transfer from heating elements to other electrical components or to combustible materials, and the heaters shall be located on the discharge side of the fan motor if the motor is in the duct. "(b) SPECIAL APPLICATIONS. Electric duct heaters for use in ducts supplied by heat pumps, central cooling air conditioners or other air cooling equipment which may result in condensa- tion of moisture in the duct shall be specifically approved for use with heat pumps or central air conditioning units. Electric duct heaters shall be installed to provide a minimum of four (4) feet between the duct heater and the nearest surface of the heat pump, central cooling air conditioner or other air moving appliances. Example listing: HEATERS, DUCT (1 65 E4) John Doe Mfg. Company, New York 10, New York. Duct Heaters, Cat. No's. 10A, 12A, 13B, 14. For use with heat pumps or central air conditioners. "(c) DUCT HEATER INSTALLATIONS. The following requirements are applicable to the installation of all duct heaters: (1) Duct heaters shall only be installed in accessible locations where testing, clean- ing and inspection can be done without dis- turbing the building or fixed appurtenances thereto, such as piping, electric wiring and the like. Duct and duct heater design shall be arranged to provide uniform and adequate air flow over all parts of the heater element. (2) An inspection panel with an area of not less than 140 square inches and a minimum dimension of five (5) inches shall be provided !M 4:3n8 in the duct immediately adjacent to, and on the upstream side of each electric duct heater. The panel shall provide access for cleaning dust and debris from the heater and means for checking concealed heat limiters. The panel shall be marked 'Disconnect heater before removing this panel.' (3) Controls for duct heaters and asso- ciated blowers shall be arranged so that the blower motor supply circuit is energized on the load side of the blower motor controller whenever the duct heater is energized. (4) Each duct heater shall incorporate two (2) thermally actuated limiting devices (factory installed and laboratory listed) which will disconnect the supply circuit under predetermined limits of temperature. a. One device shall be of the automatic re- setting type set to limit the temperature of the output air to 2000 F. (930C.) and the temperature on the heater enclosure and out- side duct surface to 1940 F. (900C.). This service shall open the supply circuit directly or may open the holding coil circuit of the heater operating contactor. NOTE: Standards of Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., require the automatic resetting limiting device and contactor (if any) to be capable of 100,000 cycles of operation. b. The second limiting device shall be one of the types described in the following and arranged to interrupt the current to the heater when the temperature on the exterior of the duct exceeds 2120 F. (1000C.). 1. A heat limiter of the fusible link type in series with each ungrounded supply con- ductor; or 2. A thermally activated protector of a type requiring manual resetting in each ungrounded supply conductor; or 3. A heat limiter of the fusible link type or a thermally activated protector of a type requiring manual resetting, which is con- nected in series with the holding coil of a normally open 'safety contactor' that is in series with, and independent of the con- tactor used to operate the heater. The 'safety contactor' shall open all ungrounded conductors of the supply circuit. c. The operating points of the high -limit devices shall be determined with the duct heater installed in a test enclosure complying with Paragraph No. 288 of the U.L. Standard for Electric Space- Heating Equipment (U.L.No.573). The temperature limits specified in 4 -A and B -5- 4 309 above may be exceeded by not more than 300C (540F.) during the first thirty (30) minutes of the abnormal tests listed in Paragraphs 304 to 308, inclusive, of the U.L. Standard for Electric Space- Heating Equipment. (5) The frame or enclosure of a duct heater shall be designed to provide a minimum clearance of one -half (2) inch between the heating elements or element sheaths and the wall or liner of any duct in which it can be installed." "(d) DUCT PROVISIONS. Duct heaters may only be installed in metal ducts. No portion of such ducts shall be lined unless the lining material is suitably retained in a manner satisfactory to the Building Official to prevent it from separating from the duct wall and obstructing the air flow over the heating elements. "Nonmetallic ducts shall not be used within twenty -four (24) inches of the duct heater in each direction of air flow." (I) Section 804 of said Code shall be amended by adding subsection (d) to read: "(d) ROUGH INSPECTION. In existing dwellings, the floor furnace shall not be placed until the rough opening to receive the furnace has been inspected and approved by the Building Official." (J) Section 805 of said Code shall be amended by adding subsection (d) to read: "(d) ROUGH INSPECTION. In existing dwellings, the wall furnace shall not be installed until the rough opening to receive the furnace has been inspected and approved by the Building Official." (K) Section 1901 of said Code is amended by adding subparagraph (c) to read: "(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 (8) inches by six (6) inches connected to 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 (28) square inches. An approved forced - draft system of ventilating may be substituted for the natural - draft ventilating system." im 43t() SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY. If any section, sub- section, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each section, sub- section, clause, or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, and phrases be declared unconstitutional. SECTION 4. VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the pro- visions of this Code shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punish- able by a fine or not to exceed $500 or by imprisonment in the City Jail of the City of El Segundo, California, or in the County Jail of the County of Los Angeles, California, for not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each separate day or any portion thereof during which any violation of this Code occurs or continues shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable as herein provided. The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans and specifications shall not be deemed or construed to be a permit for, or an approval of, any violation of any of the provisions of this Code. No permit presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of this -7- 431-1 Code shall be valid, except insofar as the work or use which it authorizes is lawful. The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans shall not prevent the Building Official from thereafter requiring the correction of errors in said plans and specifications or from preventing construction operations being carried on thereunder when in violation of this Code or of any other ordinance or from revoking any Certificate of Approval when issued in error. SECTION 5. EXPIRATION OF PERMIT. Every permit issued by the Building Official under the pro- visions of this Code shall expire by limitation and become null and void, if the work authorized by such permit is not commenced within sixty (60) days from the date of issuance of such permit, or if the work authorized by such permit is suspended or abandoned at any time after the work is commenced for a period of sixty (60) days. Before such work may be recommenced a new permit shall be first obtained to do so. SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. That this Ordinance shall become effective at midnight on the thirtieth day from and after the final passage and adoption thereof. SECTION 7. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoptioncf this Ordinance; shall cause the same to be entered in the book of original ordinances of said city; shall make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted; and shall within M :a fifteen days after the passage and adoption thereof, cause the same to be published once in the El Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated within said City of El Segundo and which is hereby designated for that purpose. PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 8th day of July , 1968. ATTEST: EUNICE U. CREASON City Clerk (SEAL) B y: _Qt, & dv Deputy Mayor of the City of E1 Segundo, California. 4311 -A STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, CiTY OF EL SEGUNDO, � i, o EUNIC U aCREASON. o a . o 0 0 0 , City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, Cal ..fornia, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the CFty Ccurcil cf the said C ty is five; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordir+ance No. is a fu'rl, true and correct origiraE of Ordinance Noo a o 0 0 a o 0��f +e stied City of El Segundo, Cal ',fcrr ,o, entitled-. "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING WITH CERTAIN AMEND- MENTS THAT CERTAIN CODE ENTITLED'UNI- FORM MECHANICAL CODE, 1967 EDITION,' (UNI- FORM BUILDING CODE, VOLUME II). "; which was duly Passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor of saad City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City, o6 at a !egulor meeting of the said Council held on the_ Mh � o a a day of, o Jay o � o 0 0 � a � o o, 19000... , and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote-. AYES-. Councilmen. oBalmerao Fredericka Nagel, Stephens° and o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0000° ......... � o o o and. 0 o1�/I,ayor parr; 0000�oo���oo��o���oo��0000�000�0000000 NOES- Cconcilmer.. .Nonea, 0 0 000 00000 0 0000......000___ ABSENT-. Cognq Ngpp! ..0000............ _ .... ........ ......o000 I do hereby farther certify that pursuant to the provisions of Section 36933 cf the Goverrrnent Code of the State of Cal aforria, that the foregoirg Ordinance No, o 0 0 R94 was duly and regularly published according to law and the o,-der of the City Ccu'7..cil of said City 'n the El Segundo Herold, a weekly :newspaper of general ci- rculation, printed, published and circulated within the sold City and that the same was so pub — I4ed therei, on the fo ►lowing date, to wit,-, 0 0 (0 70 X o a. o 0 0.0 0„ o 0 0 o a a o EUNICE U. CREASON �000000ao�000000�00000000 ao�oa000000000 City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, Cal ifornia. (SEAL) � By00000ao oA_ . 0000000a000000 Deputy 431 -13 Affidavit of Publication STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) ss CITY OF EL SEGUNDO ) ............. ..............................: `:.:... ............................... ........_................. being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is, and at all of the times hereinafter mentioned was, a citizen of the United States of America, over the age of eighteen years, and a resident of the County of Los Angeles, State of California; that he was, at, and during all of the time of the publication of the instrument hereunto attached the ............ L �` - - V_. J _ _.._ Editor of EL SEGUNDO HERALD, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated weekly in the City of El Segundo, in said County and State; that said newspaper has been so published and circulated at regular intervals of one week for more than one year immediately preceding the publication of the instrument hereunto annexed; that said newspaper is, and was, at all of the times herein mentioned, a newspaper of general circulation within the meaning of Section 4460 of the Political Code of the State of California; that as provided by said section, said newspaper is published for the dissemination of local or telegraphic news and intelligence of a general character, having a bona fide subscription list of paying subscribers; that said newspaper is not and was not at any of the times herein referred to, devoted to the interests, or published for the entertainment or instruction of a particular class, profession, trade, calling, race or denomination, or for any number of such classes, pr ofessions, trades, callings, races or denominations, and that said newspaper is not devoted to or published for, nor was it at any of the times herein mentioned devoted to or published for the purpose, whether avowed or otherwise, of entertaining or instructing such classes, professions, trades, eallings, races or denomin- ations, or any of such clz.sses, professions, -trades, callings, races or denominations. That the notice, order, ordinance, resolution or instrument hereunto attached on page .... ........ nummbered ............... .. .... .............. ............. ..._................................................................ - -- --------.._.. ............................... hereof in all respects, including subject matter, and size and arrangement of type, is a full true and correct copy of the said notice, ordinance, resolution or instrument, in words and figures exactly as published; that the same was set and printed in type not smaller than nonpareil and that the body of the same was preceded with words printed in black -face type not smaller than nonpareil, describing and expressing in general terms the purpose and character of the notice, order, ordinance, resolution or instrument intended to be published, as will appear from an inspection of the said annexed instru- ment; that the `.. ' " ................. _........ .....- .....- ..- ........- ....... ..........._.__.... of which the annexed is a printed copy as hereinabove stated, was published and printed in said news- paper at least ..D.... .. week - ,;..., by -- - - - - -- �.:`. ......... publication ... commencing on the ..... _consecutive ' . �. L....... day of .............u.: - -!- ............. � ` . �` g on the ............. �'- ...............I A. D.....n and endin day of u. >... :' `' A. D. 19..:::x. and as often during said time as said newspaper was regu- .................... -..J............._.. larlyissued. to -wit: ........ J.'.7..,::,; .....— ..s.....:.... '.' ...._._.......... .... ....... . .. ............ ......... ............................... Subscribed anSh sworn to before me this ............../f/ day of ........ ....................... A. D. 19...k... 'IALI .....v City clerk of the City of El Segundo, County of Los Angeles, Stab* of California. 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