ORDINANCE 1179ORDINANCE NO. 1179
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE UNIFORM CODE
FOR THE ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS,
1991 EDITION, AMENDING SECTIONS 16.10.010
AND 16.10.040 OF, THE EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CODE FOR THE
ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. CHAPTER 16.10.010 OF THE EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE
is amended to read as follows:
16.10.010 ESTABLISHED. The Uniform Code for the Abatement of
Dangerous Buildings, 1991 Edition, promulgated and published by 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, is adopted with the same force and effect as
though set out herein in full.
SECTION 2. CHAPTER 16.10.040 OF THE EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE
is amended to read as follows:
16.10.040 CHAPTER 2, SECTION 205 AMENDED - BOARD OF APPEALS.
Section 205. 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
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.
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.
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SECTION 4. 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.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
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. 1179 is a full, true correct original
of ORDINANCE NO. 1179 of the said City of El Segundo, California, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING
THE UNIFORM CODE FOR THE ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS,
1991 EDITION, AMENDING SECTIONS 16.10.010 AND 16.10.040 OF THE
UNIFORM BUILDING CODE FOR THE ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS
BUILDINGS.
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. 1179
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:
onald L. Hart
itv Clerk of the
City of El Segundo, California
(SEAL)