ORDINANCE 1301ORDINANCE NO. 1301
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE UNIFORM HOUSING
CODE, 1997 EDITION, REPEALING IN ITS ENTIRETY
CHAPTER 16.09 OF, AND ADDING CHAPTER 16.09 TO,
THE EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
THE HOUSING CODE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 16.09 of the El Segundo Municipal Code is repealed in its entirety.
Section 2. Chapter 16.09 is added to the El Segundo Municipal Code to read as follows:
Chapter 16.09
HOUSING
16.09.010 ESTABLISHED. The Uniform Housing Code, 1997 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.
16.09.020 CHANGES AND ADDITIONS TO CODES. The Uniform Housing Code is
amended by changing, adding, or deleting the chapters, articles, sections and portions of sections
designated in 16.09.030.
16.09.030 SECTION 203 AMENDED - HOUSING ADVISORY AND BOARD OF
APPEALS. Section 203 is amended to read as follows:
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"Section 203.1 General. 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 members 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 12:01 a.m., July 1, 1999 from and
after the date of the final passage and adoption thereof.
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 (15) 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.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6`' day of April, 1999.
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Mike Gordon, Mayor
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing Ordinance
No. 13 01 was duly introduced by said City Council at a regular meeting held on the 1 e day of
March, 1999, and was duly passed and adopted by said City Council, approved and signed by the
Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk, all at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 6 h day
of April, 1999, and the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Gordon, Jacobs, McDowell, Gaines, Wernick
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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CindyMorteseiU City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
k Hensley, City Attorney
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