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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC ORD 1974-1423j / , + Ge ;-e,e. ,z__ta 4Z/ 1423 -- THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That Ordinance No. 1264, and all other ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION 2. There is hereby adopted by the City Council of the City of National City for the purpose of pre- scribing regulations governing hazards to life and property from substandard (residential) housing conditions, that certain document known as the Uni- form Housing Code published by the International Conference of Building Officials, being particularly the 1973 Edition, save and except such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified, or amended of which code not less than three (3) copies have been and are now on file in the office of the City Clerk of National City and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and from the date on which this Ordinance ° shall take effect, the provisions thereof e shall be controlling within the limits ° of the City of National City. SECTION 3. Section 201 (a) of the s code adopted by this Ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 201 (a) AUTHORITY. bi There is hereby established within the p Department of Building and Housing, a la Bureau of Housing which is hereby b authorized and directed to administer ho and enforce all of the provisions of fe this code, and which shall be operated under the supervision of the Director of P Building and Housing. PI SECTION 4. Section 201 (b) of the th ccde adopted by this Ordinance is here- by deleted. SECTION 5. Section 203 of the code adopted by this Ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 203. ADVISORY AND AP- PEALS BOARD. The Advisory and Appeals Board, established by City Ordinance No. 1324, shall provide reasonable inter- pretations of the provisions of this code and shall hear appeals as pro- vided for in said City Ordinance No. 1324. SECTION 6. A new Section 304 is hereby added to the code adopted by this Ordinance to read as follows: Section 304. ANNUAL HOUSING PERMIT. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, or corporation either for himself or itself to own or operate an apartment house, hotel, or lodging house as defined in Chapter 4 REV of this code without first obtaining an annual Housing Permit therefor. men (b). The annual Housing Permit re- duc quired by this section shall be prorated Sion on a quarterly basis and shall expire by Per limitation on December 31st of the to year in which it is issued. The annual Dire Housing Permit shall not be transfer- S able from one establishment to another ado or from one location to another; how- am ever, the permittee for an annual read Housing Permit may be changed with- H out charge upon notification to the as Department of Building and Housing. rect ORDINANCE NO. 1423 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE UNIFORM HOUSING CODE, 1973 EDITION, AND THE APPENDIX THERETO, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF, AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 1264, AND ALL OTHER ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES OF SAID CITY IN CONFLICT THEREWITH SECTION 7. A new Section 305_ is SECTION 10. Section 401 of the code hereby added to the code adopted by adopted by this Ordinance is hereby this Ordinance to read as follows: amended by adding definitions to read Section 305. HOUSING PERMIT FEES. as follows: (a) FEE SCHEDULE. In adition to APARTMENT HOUSE is any building, the Business License Permit fees re- or portion thereof. which is designed, quired by City Ordinance No. 708, an built, rented, leased, let, or hired out annual fee for a Housing Permit re- to be occupied, or which is occupied as quired by Section H-304 shall be paid the home or residence of three or more to the City Treasurer as follows: families living independently of each 1. For each apartment house, hotel, other and doing their own cookin. or lodging house containing not more the said building, and shall in than six (6) units $10.00 flats and apartments. 2. For each apartment house or HOTEL is any building containing six hotel containing not Tess than seven or more guest rooms intended or de- (7) but no more than ten (10) signed to be used, or which are used, units $12.50 rented or hired out to be occupied, or 3. For each apartment house or hotel which are occupied for sleeping pur- containing not less than eleven (11) poses by guests. but no more than fifteen (15) LODGING HOUSE is any build units $15.00 portion thereof, containing not or plus $0.40 for each unit in excess of than five guest rooms which are use. Fifteen (15) units. For the purpose of by not more than five guests where this section —"UNIT" shall mean each rent is paid in money, goods, labor or otherwise. A lodging house shall comply with all the requirements of this Code for dwellings. partment in an apartment building, ach sleeping room in a lodging house r hotel, and each apartment and each otel sleeping room in a building con- SECTION 11. Section 503 of the aining both apartments and hotel code adopted by this Ordinance is leeping rooms. hereby amended by adding paragraph Separate apartment house buildings (d) to read as follows: nd separate hotel buildings, or a com- nation thereof, located upon a single cite! of land or contiguous parcels of nd under the same ownership shall e treated as one apartment house or tel for the purpose of computing the e prescribed in this section. (b) PENALTY FOR DELINQUENT AYMENT. In any case where the ap- icant has failed for a period of irty (30) days to obtain the required Housing Permit, there shall be added to and collected with the required fee, a penalty equal to ten (10) percent of the fee and for each additional month or fraction of a month after the ex- piration of said 30-day period that the applicant fails to obtain such permit, there shall be collected with the fee an additional penalty equal to ten percent of the fee; provided that, how- ever, in no event shall the total pen- alty fee exceed sixty percent of the Housing Permit fee. The imposition of or payment of the penalty imposed by this section shall not prevent the im- position of any other penalty prescribed by this code or any ordinance or prose- cution for violation of this code or any city ordinance. SECTION 8. A new Section 306 is hereby added to the code adopted by this Ordinance to read as follows: ection 306. SUSPENSION AND °CATION OF HOUSING PERMIT. henever it is found that any apart- t house or hotel is not being con- ted in conformity with the provi- s of this code, the annual Housing 1 HEREBY CERTIFY that the fore- mit to operate same shall be subject going ordinance was not finally adopted suspension or revocation by the until seven calendar days had elapsed ctor of Building and Housing. between the day of its introduction and ECTION 9. Section 401 of the code the day of its final passage, to wit, on pted by this Ordinance is hereby April 2, 1974 and on May 7, 1974. ended by changing a definition to as follows: I FURTHER CERTIFY THAT said or- dinance was read in full EALTH OFFICER. Health Officer, final passage or that the prior nreading g its of used in this Code, shall be the Di- said ordinance in full was dispensed or of Building and Housing. with by a vote of not less than a ma - Section 503 (d) SPECIAL PRO- VISION. Where more than two persons occupy a room used for sleeping pur- poses the required floor area shall be increased at the rate of 50 square feet for each occupant in excess of two. SECTION 12. Chapter 12 of the code adopted by this Ordinance is hereby deleted. SECTION 13. Chapter 13 of the code adopted by this Ordinance is hereby deleted. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of May, 1974. S/KILE MORGAN Mayor ATTEST: S/IONE MINOGUE CAMPBELL City Clerk Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, Califor- nia, on May 7, 1974 by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Councilmen Camacho, Dalla, Pinson, Morgan Nays: Councilmen None Absent: Councilmen Reid Abstain: Councilmen None AUTHENTICATED BY: KILE MORGAN Mayor of the City of National City, California S/IONE MINOGUE CAMPBELL City Clerk of the City of National City, California jority 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. FURTHER CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of ORDINANCE NO. 1423 of the City •f National City, passed and ado f e. by the Council of said City on 4. S/IONE ` OG CAM ELL City (4 rk of the C ty of National City, California AND I HEREBY CERTIFY that the same Its been duly published according to (Seal) City (rk of the Ci of Nati. .l City, California