ORDINANCE 1177ORDINANCE NO. 1177
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL
CODE, 1991 EDITION INCLUDING APPENDICES A,
B, C, AND D, REPEALING IN ITS ENTIRETY
CHAPTER 16.16 OF, AND ADDING CHAPTER 16.12
TO, THE EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING
TO THE MECHANICAL CODE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 16.16 of the E1 Segundo Municipal Code is
repealed in its entirety.
Section 2. Chapter 16.16 is added to the E1 Segundo Municipal
Code to read as follows:
Chapter 16.16
Mechanical Code
16.16.010 ESTABLISHED. The 1991 Edition of the Uniform
Mechanical Code, including Appendices A, B, C and D thereof,
promulgated and published by the International Association of
Plumbing and Mechanical Officials and the International Conference
of Building Officials, one copy of which has been filed, and is 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 herein
in full.
16.16.020 CHANGES AND ADDITIONS TO CODES. The Uniform
Mechanical Code and the Administration portion thereof, is amended
by changing, adding, or deleting the chapters, articles, sections
and portions of sections designated in 16.12.030 through 16.12.050.
16.16.030 SECTION 203(a) AMENDED - BOARD OF APPEALS. In order
to determine the suitability of alternate materials and
construction and to provide for reasonable interpretations of the
provisions of this Code, there shall be and there is hereby created
a Board of Appeals, consisting of five members, composed of the
Mayor and the other members of the City Council. Said members shall
hold their respective memberships on said Board of Appeals by
reason of, and concurrently with, their terms of service as Council
members and shall cease to be such members upon their ceasing to be
such Council members. 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.
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 72 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 qualified individuals as the Board, in
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its discretion, may deem reasonably necessary in order to assist it
in its investigations and in making its findings and decisions.
There shall be a $250.00 charge at the time of filing an
appeal of any orders, decisions, or determinations made by the
Building Official relative to the application and interpretation of
this code. The $250.00 filing fee shall be refundable in full
should the appellant prevail in a decision by the Board. The appeal
shall be taken by filing a written notice of appeal, in letter
form, to the Board of Appeals.
16.16.040 SECTION 303 (a) AMENDED - ISSUANCE. Section 303 (a)
shall be amended to read:
Section 303(a) Issuance. The application, plans and
specifications filed by an applicant for a permit shall be reviewed
by the Building Official. The plans may be reviewed by other
departments of the City to check compliance 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 ordinances,
including any and all provisions of the E1 Segundo City Code
heretofore 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 therefore 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 specifications shall not be
changed, modified or altered without authorization from the
Building Official, and all work shall be done in accordance with
the approved plans.
16.16.050 ADMINISTRATION CHAPTER 3 TABLE No. 3 -A MECHANICAL
PERMIT FEES DELETED. Fees shall be located in City Resolution,
MECHANICAL PERMIT FEES. Any future changes in these fees and the
effective dates thereof, shall be fixed and established by the City
Council from time to time by resolution.
SECTION 3. All changes and modifications in the Uniform
Mechanical Code, 1991 Edition, as amended by this ordinance, are
reasonably necessary because of local conditions. This finding is
made pursuant to Section 17958.5 of the Health and Safety Code of
the State of California.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall become effective at midnight
on the thirtieth day from and after the date of the final passage
and adoption thereof.
SECTION 5. 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 El 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 day',of 1991.
Maypt of the C ty—of E1 Segundo
California
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I, Ronald L. Hart, 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. 1177 is a full, true correct original
of ORDINANCE NO. 1177 of the said City of El Segundo, California, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING
THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE, 1991 EDITION INCLUDING
APPENDICES A,B,C, AND D, REPEALING IN ITS ENTIRETY CHAPTER 16.16
OF, AND ADDING CHAPTER 16.16 TO, THE EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO THE MECHANICAL CODE.
which was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved and signed by the
Mayor or said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of
the said Council held on the 17TH DAY OF MARCH, 1992, and the same was so passed
and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Jacobson, Mayor ProTem Dannen
Councilmembers Cruikshank, West and Wise.
NOES: None
ABSTENTION: None
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. 1177
as duly and regularly published according to law and the order of the City Council of said
City of 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 day, to wit:
Ronald L. Hart
City Clerk of the
City of El Segundo, California
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