ORDINANCE 1302ORDINANCE NO. 1302
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE UNIFORM CODE
FOR THE ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS
BUILDINGS, 1997 EDITION, REPEALING IN ITS
ENTIRETY CHAPTER 16.10 OF, AND ADDING
CHAPTER 16.10 TO, 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 Chapter 16.10 of the El Segundo Municipal Code is repealed in its
entirety.
Section 2. Chapter 16.10 is added to the El Segundo Municipal Code to read as
follows:
Chapter 16.10
ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS
16.10.010 ESTABLISHED. The Uniform Code for the Abatement of
Dangerous Buildings, 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 Code for
the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings is amended by changing, adding, or deleting
the chapters, articles, sections and portions of sections designated in 16.10.030.
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1997 EDITION
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16.10.030 CHAPTER 2, SECTION 205 AMENDED - BOARD OF APPEALS.
Section 205.1 is amended to read as follows:
"Section 205.1 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."
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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.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6th daof April, 1999.
a
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 0 2
was duly introduced by said City Council at a regular meeting held on the 16th day of March, 1999, and
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 61h day of April, 1999, and the same
was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Gordon, Jacobs, McDowell, Gaines, Wernick
NOES: hone
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Cindy rtesen, City Clerk
APPROVED AS
M Hensley, City AttornAy
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