ORDINANCE 889ORDINANCE NO. 889
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE "UNIFORM BUILD-
ING CODE, 1973 EDITION "; INCLUDING THE
APPENDIX THEREOF, AND THE "UNIFORM
BUILDING CODE STANDARDS, 1973 EDITION ";
REPEALING IN ITS ENTIRETY CHAPTER 16.04
OF, AND ADDING CHAPTER 16.04 TO, THE
"EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE" RELATING TO
THE BUILDING CODE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 16.04 of the "El Segundo Municipal
Code" is repealed.
SECTION 2. Chapter 16.04 is added to the "El Segundo
Municipal Code" to read as follows:
"CHAPTER 16.04
"BUILDING CODE
"16.04.010 ESTABLISHED. The 'Uniform Building Code
197:3 Edition,' including the Appendix thereof, and the
'Uniform Building Code Standards, 1973 Edition' which are
promulgated and published by the International Conference
of Building Officials, three copies of each of which have
been filed, and are on file in the office of the City Clerk
for public inspection, are adopted with the same force and
effect as though set out herein in full.
"16.04.020 CHANGES AND ADDITIONS TO THE UNIFORM
BUILDING CODE. The 'Uniform Building Code' is amended by
changing, adding, or deleting the chapters, sections and
portions of sections designated in Sections 16.04.030
through 16.04.280.
"16.04.030 SECTION 204 AMENDED - BOARD OF EXAMINERS
AND APPEALS CREATED. Section 204 is amended to read as
follows:
'Sec. 204. Board of Examiners and Appeals Created.
In order to determine the suitability of alternate
materials and construction and to provide for reasonable
interpretations of the provisions of this Code and for
reasonable variances therefrom where same are found
necessary in order to provide for unusual or extraordinary
conditions which may arise, there shall be and there is
hereby created a Board of Examiners and Appeals, consisting
of :five members. The membership of said Board of Examiners
and Appeals shall be composed of the Mayor and the other
members of the City Council. Said members shall hold their
respective memberships on said Board of Examiners and
Appeals by reason of, and concurrently with their terms of
service in their respective city offices above referred to.
"'and shall cease to be such members upon their ceasing
to be such officers. The Building Official shall be the
Secretary to the Board. The Board may adopt reasonable
rules and regulations for conducting its investigations
and shall render all its decisions and findings on
contested matters, in writing to the Building Official,
with a duplicate copy thereof to any appellant or contestant
affected by any such decision or finding, and may recommend
to the City Council such new legislation, if any, as is
consistent therewith.
'The Board of Examiners and Appeals may interpret
the provisions of this Code to cover a special case, if
it appears that the provisions of this Code do not definitely
cover the point raised or that a manifest injustice might
be done or unnecessary hardship or inconvenience be
suffered by a strict adherence to the provisions hereof;
provided that every such decision shall be by at least a
two - third's vote of all of the members of the Board of
Examiners and Appeals who are present at the meeting at
which any such matter is considered and decided.
'Three members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.
The Mayor shall be the presiding officer of the Board and
in his absence the Board shall select a temporary chairman.
Notices of meetings of the Board shall be given by at
least three hours notice delivered to each member personally
or by registered mail; provided, however, that any meeting
of the Board shall be legal for any purpose if the written
consent of all of the members of the Board to such meeting
is executed and filed in the records of the Board.
'The Board shall have the right, subject to such limits
as the City Council may prescribe by resolution, to employ
at the cost and expense of the City, such practicing
architects, competent builders, attorneys and structural
engineers as the Board, in its discretion, may deem
reasonably necessary in order to assist it in its
investigations and in making its findings and decisions.'
"16.04.040 SECTION 205 AMENDED - VIOLATIONS AND
PENALTIES. Section 205 is amended to read as follows:
'Sec. 205. Violations and Penalties. It shall be
unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to erect,
construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove,
convert or demolish, equip, use, occupy, or maintain any
building or structure in the city, or cause the same to
be done, contrary to or in violation of any of the provisions
of this Code.
'Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of
the provisions or failing to comply with any of the mand-
atory requirements of the ordinances of El Segundo shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person convicted of a mis-
demeanor under the ordinances of El Segundo shall be punished
by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by
imprisonment not to exceed six months, or by both such fine
and imprisonment. Each such person shall be guilty of a
separate offense for each and every day during any portion
of which any violation of any provision of the ordinances of
El Segundo is committed, continued, or permitted by any
such person, and he shall be punished accordingly.'
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"16.04.050 SECTION 301 (a) AMENDED - PERMITS REQUIRED
Section 301 (a) is amended to read as follows:
'Sec.301 (a) Permits required. No person, firm or
corporation shall erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair,
MOVE!, improve, remove, convert or demolish any building
or structure (or masonry, brick, concrete or concrete
block fence or wall in excess of 42 inches in height or pave
a parking lot) in the city, or cause the same to be done,
without first obtaining a separate building permit for each
such building or structure or each such fence or wall, from
the Building Official.'
EXCEPTION: The provisions of this code shall not apply to
any of the following:
1. A children's playhouse, or garden tool shed, constructed
in the R -1, R -2 and R -3 zones, provided:
(a) The structure does not have more than fifty
square feet of gross floor area;
(b) The structure is not more than six feet six
inches in height;
(c) The structure is located no closer than ten
feet to any building occupied for dwelling
purposes on adjacent property;
(d) The structure is located in a rear yard;
(e) The structure is not located within the required
side yard unless the adjacent property is
separated by a solid fence of a height equal
to the height of the structure, but not to exceed
six feet;
(f) The structure may not be located on any unimproved
lot;
(g) The structure may not contain any heating, plumbing
or electrical installation.
2. Detached private Lath Houses, Glass Houses, and Pergolas
not over 200 square feet provided;
(a) The structure may not be erected on an unimproved
lot.
(b) The structure does not otherwise violate any of
the provisions of Title 20 of this code.
(c) The structure is not attached to any portion
of any habitable building or accessory building
attached to a habitable building.
3. Gantry Cranes, Conveyors, Non - potable piping other than
waste, or vent; boilers, compressors, furnaces, pressure
vessels, other mechanical equipment of a similar nature
not specifically mentioned or regulated by this code.
However, mechanical equipment constructed as an integral
part of a building, imposing additional horizontal or
vertical loading to said building, shall be subject to
a building permit. Foundations, columns, and similar
supporting structures shall be subject to a building
permit.
4. Flag poles not erected on a building and not more than
fifteen feet high.
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" 115. Concrete or asphaltic concrete slab supporting no
superimposed dead load.
6. Notwithstanding the foregoing, exclusion of the
above from regulation under the building code does
not constitute permission to violate any other
ordinance of the city.
"16.04.060 SECTION 301 (e) ADDED - DRIVEWAY PERMITS
REQUIRED. Section 301 (e) is added to read as follows:
'Sec 301 (e) Driveway Permits Required. There shall
be paved access for vehicles from the property line of a
building site to the required parking enclosure and to
the edge of any existing pavement upon any public street,
avenue, way or place adjacent to which any residential
building or structure is located and the Building Official
is hereby instructed to refuse to issue any permit for any
residential building or structure after the effective date
of this subsection (e), unless and until the applicant
shall have first procured a permit from the Street Department
of the City of E1 Segundo for the construction of a Street
Department approved driveway or access way from the property
line of the building site to the edge of any such existing
pavement, and shall have paid the required permit fees and
made the necessary and sufficient deposits to cover the
costs incident thereto.
'Any applicant for any such permit shall have the
right of appeal to the City Council in the event of any
dispute arising with the Building Department or the Street
Department respecting any determination of said Department,
or either of them under this subsection (e) and the decision
of such Council after a hearing of such applicant of such
appeal shall be final and conclusive.
'The gradient and design profile of the driveway
from the required parking structure to the City pavement
shall be according to recognized national standards and
subject to the approval of the Building Official.'
"16.04.070 SECTION 301.1 ADDED - CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD NOTIFIED. Section 301.1 is
added to read as follows:
'Sec. 301.1 California Regional Water Quality Control
Board Notified. The California Regional Water Quality
Control Board, Los Angeles Region, shall be notified of
applications for the following building permits:
1. Dwellings involving five family units or more;
2. Commercial establishments and other developments
which may result in a discharge of waste
exceeding 2,500 gallons per day; and
3. Industrial establishments involved in processing,
manufacturing or producing operations which may
result in a waste discharge other than into an
existing community sewer system.'
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116.04.080 SECTION 303 (e) ADDED - OCCUPANCY
INSPECTION FEE. Section 303 (e) is added to read as follows:
'Sec. 303 (e) Occupancy Inspection Fee. An occupancy
inspection fee in the sum of ten dollars shall be paid to
the Building Department at the time application is made
for an occupancy inspection on forms provided for that
purpose.'
"16.04.090 SECTION 303 (f) ADDED - REFUNDS. Section
303 (f) is added to read as follows:
'Sec. 303 (f) Refunds. In the event any person shall
have obtained a building permit and no portion of the work
or construction covered by such permit shall have been
commenced, and such permit shall have been cancelled as
provided for in subsection (d) of Section 302, or in the
further event there has been a surrender of said permit
because of the abandonment of the contemplated project with
no portion of the work or construction covered by the permit
issued by the Building Official under the provisions of this
code having been commenced, the person to whom such permit
has been issued may deliver such permit to the Building
Official with a written request that such permit be cancelled.
The Building Official shall thereupon stamp or write on the
face of such permit the words "Cancelled at the request of
the permittee," or as in the first part, "Expired by time
limitation." Thereupon such permit shall be null and void
and of no effect. Upon such presentation to said Building
Official of a written request for refund, the permittee shall
be entitled to a refund of eighty percent of the building
permit fee actually paid. When such refund is granted a
subsequent reapplication for the same project will require_
the payment of a full plan checking and building permit fee.
'The Building Official, upon verifying that no work
involving city inspections has been done, shall approve
such claim to be paid as provided by law for the payment of
claims against the City.
'Eighty percent of the plan check fee may be refunded
only if such plans have not been checked.'
"16.04.100 SECTION 303 (g) ADDED - PLAN RETENTION FEES.
Section 303 (g) is added to read as follows:
'Sec. 303 (g) Plan retention fees. Before issuing a
building permit the City shall collect a fee for retaining
building plans and the related documents which the Building
Official determines shall be kept as permanent records by
the City. The amount of the plan retention fee shall be:
Each sheet larger than 8 -1/2 in. x 11 in. . . . $ .50
Each sheet 8 -1/2 in x 11 in. or smaller . . . . .30
In no case shall the charge be less than. . . . 1.00'
"16.04.110 SECTION 307 ADDED - DEPUTY INSPECTOR PROGRAM
Section 307 is added to read as follows:
'Sec. 307 Deputy Inspector Program. The City Council,
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'being mindful that the City of El Segundo has and, in the
future, will have within its boundaries various large
manufacturing and industrial concerns whose intra -plant
operations are complex and extensive and which, almost daily
may involve some feature or features requiring the filing
of applications, the payment of fees, the making of
inspections, the issuance of related orders and approvals,
and of other matters covered by this Code, therefore,
makes the following provisions after careful study and
consideration for deputizing of inspectors by the Building
Official. The provisions herein made for deputizing
inspectors will assist in expediting construction and
business; will materially reduce the burden presently placed
on municipal services to process applications and permits,
and will also provide the necessary safeguards and
protection contemplated by such Code.
'Said Council does, therefore, hereby establish the
following fee therefor as follows, to wit:
'Any person who complies with the rules relating thereto
hereinafter set forth whose subject property owned by him or
in which he is substantially interested as a tenant, is
located in any M -1, M -2 or C -3 zone as established under the
zoning ordinances and regulations of the City, may make
app'ication for and have issued to, such person an "Author-
ization of Deputy Inspection" which shall cover, as to the
subject property or properties, certain limited matters
requiring applications, permits or processing under the
provisions of this Code. Such authorization shall be issued
on a calendar year basis.
'RULES AND FEES RELATING TO AUTHORIZATION OF DEPUTY
INSPECTORS:
1. Written application therefor shall be made to the
Building Official on forms provided by the City.
2. The basis minimum fee must accompany the application.
3. Applicant must agree to furnish the required informa-
tion from its books and records, and to pay the fees herein-
after set forth.
4. Applicant must furnish at its own expense qualified
deputy inspectors to inspect specified building work on
subject property or properties. Such inspectors must be
approved by the Building Official. The approval of such
inspectors is subject to withdrawal at any time, in which
case other deputy inspectors satisfactory to and approved by
the Building Official must be furnished immediately, as in
the first instance.
5. Deputy Inspectors may inspect permitted work on subject
properties requiring municipal inspection to provide
compliance with applicable Code regulations.
6. Deputy Inspectors shall submit to the Building Official
at the end of each quarter, a written statement certifying
that all work performed during such quarter under the
authorization pursuant to which he is acting, conforms to
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'the regulations of the applicable codes, and a description
of the work performed on forms provided for that purpose.
7. The application for the authorization of deputy
inspection shall contain the legal description of the property
that is to be the subject of the authorization for a Deputy
Inspection permit.
8. The authorized Deputy Inspector shall submit all permits
issued to'the regular City Inspector on a predetermined
weekly basis. Plan check, permit and plan retention fees
shall be paid quarterly.
9. Authorized Deputy Inspectors may issue permits and
inspect the following type work only:
(a) Wood frame commercial structures, not over
one story in height, not in excess of 2,500
square feet of gross floor area and where
the clear span between bearing walls does not
exceed twenty -five feet. Additions to existing
structures will be permitted under the Deputy
Inspector Program only when they will not cause
the total floor area of the existing building
together with the new addition, to exceed
the aforementioned 2,500 square feet. Additions
shall not be construed to mean additional
stories to existing structures.
(b) Construction projects such as the erection of
office partitions, revamping existing facilities,
minor additions or alterations, the installation
or removal of mechanical devices.
(c) Erection or alteration of open structures used
to accommodate mechanical equipment peculiar to
the operation of the concern and having no human
occupancy during its normal operation.
(d) Other projects, broadly classified by the Building
Official as minor construction and falling
within the meaning of this section.
EXCEPTION: Authorized Deputy Inspectors shall not be
permitted to inspect work performed by employees on the
permittee's payroll unless specifically approved by the
Building Official in advance of said inspection.
10. Any project requiring engineering calculations shall
not be included within the scope of the Deputy Inspector
Program unless the authorized Deputy Inspector has evidenced
to the satisfaction of the Director of Building Safety
sufficient expertise in the interpretation of engineered
plans and has obtained specific approval from the Director
in advance of the plan check or inspection to perform such
work:.
11. The holder of an Authorized Deputy Inspector permit
will. be held responsible for seeing that all persons or
firms performing services covered by this permit are
properly licensed by the City of El.Segundo.
12. Fees for work performed under the Authorized Deputy
Inspector Program are fixed and established as follows:
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(a) An annual fee of $100.00 shall accompany
each application for the Authorized Deputy
Inspector permit. A separate permit shall
be required for each Deputy. Permits shall
be issued on a calendar year basis; they
shall not be prorated. Annual renewal of
permit may be effected by application accompanied
by payment of the required annual fee.
(b) Additional fees computed pursuant to Chapter 3
of this Code are due and payable before the last
day of January, April, July and October of
each calendar year. Such fees, if not paid
shall be delinquent. In the event of
delinquency, the Building Official shall void
the Authorized Deputy Inspector permit, and
all permits covering work in progress there-
under shall immediately become void and subject
to inspection by City Inspectors through the
normal inspection process. In the event of
delinquency, the $100 basic annual permit fee
shall not be refunded and all work in progress
shall be stopped until full permit fee payment
including the basic Authorized Deputy Inspector
permit fee, is made.
'In making provisions for the Authorized Deputy
Inspector program, the Council wishes to announce that in
the event attempts are made to take any undue advantage of
the convenient methods provided for minimizing the inconven-
ience and time involved under ordinary procedures, the
Council will be disposed in such cases to repeal this
section.
'In the event any such permittee shall refuse or
fail to:
1. Observe, abide by and conform to the conditions,
regulations and provisions, or any of them set forth in,
or contemplated by or under this section; or
2. Cooperate with the Building Official in matters
covered by this section, and with reference to subjects
governed by this Code; then, and in any such event, the
Building Official reserves the right to revoke the permits
held by such permittee under this section. Upon revocation
of any such permit, all rights of the permittee therein
named, granted by such permit, shall immediately cease
and terminate, and such permittee, and the subject premises
referred to therein, shall thereupon be immediately subject
to the provisions of this Code, as fully and for all
intents and purposes as though the permit under this
Section 307, so revoked, had never been issued,'
"16.04.120 SECTION 403 AMENDED - BUILDING OFFICIAL
DEFINITION. Section 403 Building Official Definition
is amended to read as follows:
'Sec. 403 Building Official. Building Official
is the officer or other designated authority charged
with the administration and enforcement of this Code, or
his duly authorized representative. Building Official
shall mean the Director of Building Safety,'
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"16.04.130 SECTION 504 (d) ADDED - REQUIREMENTS
FOR AREAS SUBJECT TO INUNDATION. Section 504 (d) is
added to read as follows:
'Sec. 504 (d) Requirements for areas subject
to inundation. When in the opinion of the Building
Official it is deemed necessary, any foundation or main
floor of any structure to be built in an area subject
to inundation shall be required to be built at an
elevation of at least six inches above street grade as
established by the City Engineer. Whenever the Building
Official deems it to be necessary for purposes of
safety or convenience of ingress or egress, any structure
for which a permit is hereafter sought shall be built
at an elevation which will clearly serve and accomplish
such purposes and the elevation shall be subject to
approval of the Building Official.'
"16.04.140 SECTION 1601 (a) AMENDED - FIRE ZONE
DEFINED. Section 1601 (a) is amended to read as follows:
'Sec. 1601 (a) Fire zone defined. For the purpose
of this Code, the entire City is hereby declared to be
and is hereby established a Fire District and said Fire
District shall be known and designated as "Fire Zone
One, Two, Three and Four" and shall include such territory
or portions of said City with such respective zones as
outlined and determined in an ordinance of said City
entitled ORDINANCE NO. 672 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA AMENDING "THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
EL SEGUNDO CALIFORNIA, 1958," TO ESTABLISH FIRE ZONE NO. 1.
AND, FOR THAT PURPOSE, MODIFY EXISTING FIRE ZONES, AS
HEREINAFTER SET FORTH. Adopted November 13, 1967, as now
exists and may hereafter be amended. Wherever in such
ordinance creating and establishing fire zones, reference
is made to any fire zone, it shall be construed to mean
one of the four fire zones designated and referred to in
this chapter.
'In the event said Ordinance No. 672 is hereafter
amended or repealed, or a new ordinance establishing fire
zones or districts in and for said City, is adopted in
lieu thereof, then and in that event the provisions of
said Ordinance No. 672, as so amended in case of such
amendment, or of said new ordinance in case of a new
ordinance shall prevail, and the fire districts set forth
and established therein shall be the fire districts or
zones established and referred to in this Code, effective
as of the effective date of such amendatory ordinance or
new ordinance, as the case may be.'
"16.04,150 SECTION 1605 ADDED - RESTRICTIONS IN
FIRE ZONE NO. 4. Section 1605 is added to read as follows:
'Sec. 1605 Restrictions in fire zone No. 4. Any
building or structure complying with the requirements of this
Code may be erected, constructed, moved within or into
Fire Zone No. 4 within building areas and conditions as
determined by the Building Official with the concurrence
of the Fire Chief of the City.'
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"16.04.160 SECTION 1715 (f) (g) ADDED - HELISTOPS -
Subsections (f) and (g) are added to Section 1715 to read
as follows:
(f) Application - Permit. Before a building permit
for a helistop or heliport can be issued, approval of
an 'Unclassified Use Permit' for such use must be
obtained from the City Planning Commission.
(g) Standards. In addition to the foregoing require-
ments permits for the operation of a helistop or heliport
facility may be issued pursuant to the following criteria,
regulations and conditions, both as set forth herein and
as deemed necessary by the Planning Commission:
1. Helistop and Heliport Definitions.
A. Classification. Helicopters are classified
by gross weight as follows:
Class I up to 3,500 lbs.
Class II over 3,500 lbs. to 6,000 lbs.
Class III over 6,000 lbs. to 12,500 lbs.
B. Peripheral area. The peripheral area is
an obstruction free area encompassing all
sides of the helistop or heliport.
C. Take -off and landing area. The Take -off
and landing area includes the touchdown
area and the necessary part of the
peripheral area to provide clearance for
take -offs, landings and other maneuvers.
D. Touchdown area (Helipad). A touchdown
area is an area within the take -off and
landing area for a helistop or heliport
where the helicopter alights.
2. Helistop and Heliport Construction Requirements.
Helistops and Heliports erected on buildings must
be constructed in accordance with this section
as follows:
A. Dimensions of a touchdown area. Touchdown
areas shall have the minimum dimensions
shown in the following table.
Class I Helicopters, 20 feet by 20 feet.
Class II Helicopters, 35 feet by 35 feet.
Class III Helicopters, 45 feet by 45 feet.
B. A Clear area surrounding the touchdown
area and at the same elevation shall have
a minimum width of ten feet.
C. All landing areas located on buildings or
structures shall have at least two exits
For landing platforms on roof areas less
than sixty feet in length or less than
two thousand square feet in area, the second
exit may be a fire escape leading to the
floor below.
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D. Guard rails or parapet walls not less than
forty -two inches high shall be provided
around all roofs or decks which are more
than thirty inches above the adjoining
ground or floor level.
E. The numerals of maximum weight allowable
for the use of the touchdown area shall be
painted on the area in conspicuous letters
not less than twenty -four inches high. A
one -foot wide border shall be painted around the
edge of the touchdown area.
3. Helistop and Heliport Roof Top Design.
In addition to design requirements of this Code,
roof top helistops and heliport landings shall
be designed for a maximum stress induced by
consideration of each of the following items:
A. Dead load plus actual weight of the
Helicopter.
B. Dead load plus a single concentrated impact
load covering one square foot of one and
one -half times the fully loaded wieght of
the Helicopter.
C. The dead load plus the uniform live load
of one hundred pounds per square foot.
Required live loads may be reduced in
accordance with the provisions of this Code.
4. Helistop Occupancy Classification. Helistops
shall be considered Group F -1.'
"16.04.170 SECTION 1807 (a) AMENDED - SCOPE. Section
1807 (a) is amended by adding to the second paragraph
thereof the following sentence:
'Fire Department vehicle access is hereby defined as
an accessible area within 25 feet of the wall of a building.
Such access shall be clearly presented on the plans pre-
sented for building permit and shall be subject to approval
of the Fire Chief with concurrence of the Building Official.'
"16.04.180 SECTION 1807 (b) DELETED - COMPARTMENTA-
TION. Section 1807 (b) is hereby deleted.
"16.04.190 SECTION 1807 (e) AMENDED - VOICE ALARM
SYSTEM. Section 1807 (e) is amended to read as follows:
'Sec. 1807 (e) Voice Alarm System. Both the detection
system and the fire alarm system shall activate a voice
alarm system capable of being operated from the Central
Control Station on both a general and selective basis.
The alarm shall be designed to be heard by all occupants
within the building or designated portions thereof, as
specified for public communication system. The elevator
lobby detector required by Chapter 51 shall be connected
to the system.'
"16.04.200 SECTION 1807 (f) AMENDED - VOICE COMMUNI-
CATION SYSTEM. Section 1807 (f) is amended to read as
follows:
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'Sec. 1807 (f) Voice Communication System. There
shall be two separate approved, continuously electrically
supervised, voice communication systems;
_ 'One system for Fire Department two -way communication
between the central control station and the elevators,
elevator lobbies, corridors and each floor level of each
stairway; and
'The other, a public address system between the
central control station and the following areas:
1. Elevators, elevator lobbies, corridors and
stairways.
2. In every office area exceeding 1,000 square
feet in area.
3. In each dwelling unit and hotel guest room.
The Fire Department system may be combined
with the public voice communication system
when approved by the Fire Chief.
"16.04.210 SECTION 1807 (h) AMENDED - SMOKE CONTROL.
Section 1807 (h) is amended by amending paragraph no. 2
thereof to read as follows:
12. Approved tempered glass may be used in lieu
of openable panels. Such glass shall be clearly identified
as required by the Fire Chief.'
"16.04.220 SECTION 1807 (m) AMENDED - FIRE SPRINKLER -
AL'TERNATIVE. The first two lines and Paragraph No. 1.(ii)
of Section 1807 (m) are amended to read as follows:
'Sec. 1807 (m) Fire Sprinkler Requirements. Sprinkler
protection conforming to the following shall be provided:
(ii) The sprinkler system shall be looped between
standpipe risers at the bottom, top and mid - height
of all buildings with a maximum of 20 stories
served by any loop. At each loop level there
shall be check valves.'
"16.04.230 SECTION 3802 (b)8 AMENDED. Automatic
Fire- Extinguishing Systems - Where required. Section
3802 (b)8 is amended to read as follows:
'8. In Group F, Division 2 Occupancies where the floor
area exceeds 12,000 square feet on any floor or 24,000
square feet on all floors; however, the area and height
increases specified in Sections 506(c) and 507 shall be
Permitted.'
"16.04.240 SECTION 3802 (b)12,13,14,15,16 ADDED
AUTOMATIC FIRE - EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS - WHERE REQUIRED.
Items 12,13,14,15 and 16 are added to Section 3802(b)
to read as follows:
12. Throughout all bowling alleys.
13. Throughout eating establishments with a floor
area in excess of 4,000 square feet.
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14. Throughout all
assembly above the first
more than 100 persons.
buildings having a place of public
floor having an occupant load of
15. Throughout all buildings having usable floor area
more than fifty -five feet or five stories above grade, or
buildings attached thereto.
16. Parking garages over 10,000 square feet in area,
incorporated within and part of Group H occupancies and
not otherwise covered by this Code.'
"16.04.250 SECTION 4407(d) AMENDED - LIGHTING OVER
WALKWAY. Section 4407(d) shall have the following paragraph
added after the first paragraph of the subsection.
'The space under the canopy over the walkway and the
approaches thereto shall be kept well lighted with artificial
lighting continuously between sunset and sunrise.
"16.04.260 CHAPTER 55 ADDED - TEMPORARY BUILDINGS,
TRAILERS, AND STRUCTURES. Chapter 55 is added to read
as follows:
'CHAPTER 55
Temporary Buildings, Trailers and Structures
'Sec 5501(a) General.
conform to the requirements
Segundo Municipal Code."
Temporary structures shall
of this chapter and the "El
(b) Defined. Temporary buildings, trailers, and
structures are structures that are installed or constructed
for a period of one year or less.
'Sec.5502(a) Permit Required. A permit shall be
issued for each temporary structure installation subject
to the approval of the Building Official.
'(b) Application for permit; Fees. Any person legally
entitled to apply for and receive a permit shall make such
application on forms provided for that purpose. He shall
give a description of the character of the work proposed
to be done, and the location, ownership, occupancy and use
of the premises in connection therewith. The Building
Official may require plans, specifications or drawings
and such other information as he may deem necessary.
'If the Building Official determines the temporary
structure is in compliance with said Code, he shall issue
the permit applied for upon payment of the required fee
as hereinafter fixed:
For issuing each permit for
three months or less . . . . . . . $25.00 each unit
'(c) Time Extension. A request for an extension of
time beyond one year must be made in writing and thereafter
submitted to the City Council for its consideration,and
approval. The City Council may permit a one -year extension
beyond the first year and may permit an additional one -year
extension beyond the two -year period as heretofore set forth
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'in this section if a valid building permit has been issued
to construct a permanent building to replace such structure.
'Sec. 5504 Permitted Locations; Screening. Temporary
structures may only be permitted in the C -M and M zones.
Temporary structures installed or constructed for a period of
three months or more must be screened from the public view
subject to the approval of the Building Official.
"16.04.270 APPENDIX CHAPTER 51 DELETED - Elevators,
Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Moving Walks. Chapter 51 of
the Appendix is hereby deleted.
"16.04.280 APPENDIX SECTION 7004 - AMENDED - HAZARDS.
Section 7004 of the Appendix is amended by adding a paragraph
to read as follows.
'Construction debris shall not be buried on any residential
construction site. "'
SECTION 2. All changes and modifications in the Uniform
Building Code 1973 Edition, including the Appendix thereof, and
the Uniform Building Code Standards, 1973 Edition, as amended by
this ordinance are reasonably necessary because of local conditions.
This finding is made pursuant to Section 17958.7 of the Health and
Safety Code of the State of California.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall become effective at
midnight on the thirtieth day from and after the date of the final
passage and adoption thereof.
SECTION 4. That the City Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of 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 fifteen days after the passage and adoption thereof, cause
the same to be published once in the E1 Segundo Herald, a weekly
newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated within
said City of E1 Segundo and which is hereby designated for that
purpose.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 16th
ber , 1975.
day of Decem-
Mayor /of the City of E1 Seg do; California
ATTEST: Pro Tempore -
City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Valerie A.. Burrowes ............. City Clerk of the City of El 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. . . . . .
is a full, true and correct original of Ordinance No. ..... 889, , , , of the said City of
.. .
El Segundo, California, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE "UNIFORM BUILD-
ING CODE, 1973 EDITION "; INCLUDING THE
APPENDIX THEREOF, AND THE "UNIFORM
BUILDING CODE STANDARDS, 1973 EDITION ";
REPEALING IN ITS ENTIRETY CHAPTER 16.04
OF, AND ADDING CHAPTER 16.04 TO, THE
"'EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE" RELATING TO
THE BUILDING CODE
which 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
16th
regular meeting of the said Council held on the .. .. day of ... December .....
19..75 ....... and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen .Rockhold- 51eg1!ens1, Vin Vranken .......... .
and Mayor pro tempore Nagel ..... .. .
NOES: Councilmen . None ...... ............................... .
ABSENT: . Council,rnen, kiQ . . . .. ............................... .
NOT VOTING: Mayor Balmer
I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the provisions of Section 36933
of the Government Code of the State of California, that the foregoing Ordinance
No. ...889 .. was duly and regularly published according to law and -the order of
the City Council of said City in the El Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of
general circulation, printed, published and circulated within said City and that the
same was so published therein on the following date, to wit: .. 1'2: 'Z. �.74............
' .....................
. ......
City Clerk of the City of E1 Segundo, California
(SEAL) B y ........... .
Deputy