HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC ORD 1996-2113 Amends Ch. 15.14, Uniform Mechanical Code (15.14)ORDINANCE NO. 96-2113
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF NATIONAL CITY ADOPTING THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL
CODE, 1994 EDITION, ADOPTING APPENDIX A, B AND C OF SAID CODE,
AND AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 93-2048 AND CHAPTER 15.14 OF THE
NATIONAL CITY MUNICIPAL CODE
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of National
City as follows:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of National City
hereby adopts the Uniform Mechanical Code, 1994 Edition, and
adopts Appendix A, B and C of said Code.
Section 2. The City Council of the City of National City
hereby amends and deletes certain sections of the Uniform
Mechanical Code, 1994 Edition, and amends Ordinance No. 93-2048
and Chapter 15.14 of the National City Municipal Code to read as
follows:
Sections:
15.14.005
15.14.010
15.14.015
15.14.020
15.14.025
15.14.030
15.14.035
15.14.040
15.14.045
15.14.050
CHAPTER 15.14
UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE
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Mechanical Code adopted.
108.3 amended --Right of Entry.
110.0 amended --Board of Appeals.
111.0 amended --Violations.
114.4 amended --Expiration.
114.6 added --Permit Denial.
115.2 amended --Mechanical Permit Fees.
115.3 amended --Plan Review Fees.
116.6 amended--Reinspections.
. 1-1 deleted --Mechanical Permit Fees.
15.14.005 Uniform Mechanical Code adopted. There is
adopted by the city council, for the purpose of prescribing
regulations governing the installation and maintenance of
heating, ventilating, comfort cooling, and refrigeration systems
within the limits of the city, and providing for the issuance of
permits therefor, that certain document known as the Uniform
Mechanical Code and Appendix A, B and C thereof, as copyrighted
by the International Conference of Building Officials, being
particularly the 1994 Edition thereof, save and except such
portions as are deleted, modified or amended in this chapter, of
which code one copy has been and is now filed in the office of
the city clerk; and the same is adopted and incorporated as if
fully set out at length in this chapter, and from the date on
which the ordinance codified takes effect, the provisions thereof
shall be controlling within the city limits.
15.14.010 Section 108.3--Right of Entry. Section 108.3
of the Uniform Mechanical Code is amended to read as follows:
When necessary to make an inspection to enforce any of the
provisions of this code or when reasonable cause to believe that
there exists in any building or upon any premises a condition or
code violation which makes such building or premises unsafe,
dangerous or hazardous, the Building Official, San Diego County
Health Department and/or their authorized representatives may
request entry as specified in Chapter 1.12 of the National City
Municipal Code.
15.14.015 Section 110.0--Board of Appeals. Section 110.0
of the Uniform Mechanical Code is amended to read as follows:
The Advisory and Appeals Board is established by City
Ordinance No. 1834 adopted October 9, 1984. The Board shall have
jurisdiction to review the items as enumerated in Chapter 15.04
of the National City Municipal Code.
15.14.020 Section 111.0--Violations. Section 111.0 of the
Uniform Mechanical Code is amended to read as follows:
Violation of any provisions of this code shall be punishable
as a misdemeanor and shall carry the penalties as prescribed in
Chapter 1.20 of the National City Municipal Code.
15.14.025 Section 114.4--Expiration. Section 114.4--
Expiration is hereby amended to read as follows:
114.4 Expiration. Every permit issued by the building
official under the provisions of this code shall expire by
limitation and become null and void if the building or work
authorized by such permit is not commenced within six calendar
months from the date of such permit, or if the building or work
authorized by such permit is stopped at any time after the work
is commenced for a period of 6 calendar months, or if the
building or work authorized by such permit exceeds 3 calendar
years from the issuance date of the permit. Work shall be
presumed to have commenced if the permittee has obtained a
required inspection approval of work authorized by the permit by
the building official within six calendar months of the date of
permit issuance.
Work shall be presumed to be stopped if the permittee has
not obtained a required inspection approval of work by the
building official within each 6 month period upon the initial
commencement of work authorized by such permit.
Before such work can be recommenced, a new permit, or a
renewal permit as specified below, shall be first obtained.
1. Permits where work has not commenced. For permits
where work has not commenced in the first six calendar months
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from the date of issuance, a renewal permit may be obtained
provided that:
(A) No changes have been made or will be made in the
original plans and specifications for such work;
(B) The expiration has not exceeded three years from the
original issuance date;
(C) The same edition of the model codes are in effect as
used in the initial plan check;
(D) A fee equal to one-half the amount required for a new
permit is paid.
The renewal permit shall expire three calendar years from
the date of initial permit issuance.
Where later editions of the model codes have been adopted
than used in the initial plan check, such applications for
renewal shall be considered as a new plan check submittal.
Accordingly, plans shall reflect the requirements of the current
codes in effect, a full new plan check is required, and a full
new plan check fee shall be paid. Upon completion of a new plan
check, the permit may be renewed upon payment of a permit fee
equal to one-half the amount required for a new permit. The
renewal permit shall expire three calendar years from the date of
initial permit issuance.
2. Permits where work has commenced. For permits where
work has commenced and was subsequently stopped as defined
herein, a renewal permit may be obtained provided that:
(A) No changes have been made or will be made in the
original plans and specifications for such work;
(B) The expiration has not exceeded three years from the
original issuance date;
(C) A fee equal to one-half the amount required for a new
permit is paid, except that where construction has
progressed and has been approved to the point of
requiring only a final inspection, a fee equal to one -
quarter the amount required for a new permit shall be
paid.
A renewal permit shall expire three calendar years from the
date of initial permit issuance.
3. Permits that have exceeded three years. For permits
that have exceeded three years beyond the issuance date, a
renewed permit may be obtained provided that:
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(A) Construction in reliance upon the building permit has
commenced and has been approved;
(B) No changes have been made or will be made in the
original plans and specifications for such work;
(C) A fee equal to the full amount required for a new
permit is paid, except that where the building official
determines that construction has progressed to the
point that a lesser fee is warranted, such lesser fee
shall be paid.
The maximum life of a permit renewal in accordance with this
subsection shall be one calendar year from the date of renewal.
The permit may be renewed for each calendar year thereafter
provided that all requirements of (A) , (B) , and (C) as stated in
this subsection are met.
4. Extension of an unexpired permit. For an extension of
an unexpired permit, the permittee may apply for an extension of
the time within which work under that permit may be continued
when for good and satisfactory reasons they are unable to
continue work within the time required by this section. The
building official may extend the time for action by the permittee
for a period not exceeding 6 calendar months upon written request
by the permittee showing that circumstances beyond the control of
the permittee have prevented action from being taken. No permit
shall be extended more than once.
15.14.030 Section 114.6--Permit Denial. Section 114.6--
Permit Denial is hereby added to read as follows:
114.6 Permit Denial. The Building Official may deny
the issuance of a building permit on any property where there
exists an unsafe or a substandard building as provided in Chapter
15.10 and 15.16 of the National City Municipal Code, or where
there exists unlawful construction, or where there exists a
violation of the National City Municipal Code.
15.14.035 Section 115.2--Mechanical Permit Fees. Section
115.2 of the Uniform Mechanical Code is amended to read as
follows:
The fee for each permit shall be as set forth in the Fee
Resolution adopted by the City Council.
15.14.040 Section 115.3--Plan Review Fees. Section 115.3
of the Uniform Mechanical Code is amended to read as follows:
When a plan or other data are required to be submitted by
Section 115.3, a plan review fee shall be paid at the time of
submitting plans and specifications for review. The plan review
fees for Mechanical work shall be as set forth in the Fee
Resolution adopted by the City Council. When plans are
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incomplete or changed so as to require an additional plan review
fee, the fee shall be as per the Fee Resolution.
15.14.045 Section 116.6 added--Reinspections. The fourth
paragraph of Section 116.6 of the Uniform Mechanical Code is
amended to read as follows:
To obtain a reinspection, the permittee shall file an
application therefor in writing upon a form provided for that
purpose and shall pay the reinspection fee as set forth in the
Fee Resolution adopted by the City Council.
15.14.050 Table No. 1-1 Mechanical Permit Fees. Table No.
1-1 Mechanical Permit Fees is deleted.
PASSED and ADOPTED this l8th day of June , 1996.
APPRO D :
George }TT Eiser, III, City Attorney
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Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on June 18,
1996, by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Council Members Beauchamp, Inzunza, Morrison, Zarate, Waters.
Nays: None.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY:
GEORGE H. WATERS
Mayor of the City of National City, California
City
Cle k of the Cityof National City, Clifornia
By:
Deputy
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was not finally adopted until seven
calendar days had elapsed between the days of its introduction and the days of its final
passage, to wit, on June 4, 1996 and on June 18, 1996.
I FURTHER CERTIFY THAT said ordinance was read in full prior to its final passage or
that the reading of said ordinance in full was dispensed with by a vote of not less than a
majority of the members elected to the Council and that there was available for the
consideration of each member of the Council and the public prior to the day of its passage
a written or printed copy of said ordinance.
I FURTHER CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
ORDINANCE NO. 96-2113 of the City Council of the City of National City, passed and
adopted by the Council of said City on June 18, 1996.
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
By:
Deputy