HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 11,709RESOLUTION NO. 11,709
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY
BUILDING INSPECTORS TO PERFORM DISASTER -RELATED
TASKS
WHEREAS, it is necessary and desirable that adequate
building inspection personnel, resources, and equipment be
available to safeguard health and safety of the citizens of
National City by assuring the competent inspection of buildings,
structures, mechanical equipment, and utility services and
facilities which may be damaged in a disaster or public calamity,
and
WHEREAS, in the event of a disaster or a calamity,
it may be necessary to augment the City's building inspection
staff by qualified persons to perform building damage surveys,
assessments, and related disaster -related tasks, and
WHEREAS, architects, structural engineers, and
licensed building designers are qualified to perform such
disaster -related tasks under emergency conditions, and
WHEREAS, the building design professional associa-
tions have stated that their members desire to serve the
City in time of disaster on a voluntary basis;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that whenever the
City Manager, acting as the City's Director of Emergency
Services, has declared that an emergency exists due to any
disaster or public calamity, the Director of Building and
Housing is hereby authorized to deputize persons licensed
by the State of California to render professional services
relating to the design and construction of buildings and
structures as the Director of Building and Housing deems
necessary to perform building damage surveys, assessments,
inspections and related tasks in accordance with Section
202(b) of the Uniform Building Code.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any such deputy while
performing duties as proposed for him by the Director of
Building and Housing, shall be an agent of the City of
National City and shall have and discharge all the powers
and duties of a City Building Inspector as those powers
and duties are set forth in the Uniform Building Code here-
tofore adopted by the City Council of the City of National
City.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of March, 1975.
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