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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 184ORDINANCE NO. 184 AN OWN"= O! THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OP PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE WITH CERTAIN ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, AND ANENDMENTE♦ THE RULES, REGULATIONS, PROVISIONS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THOSE CERTAIN CODES ENTITLED, "UNIFORM BUILDING 'CODE, 1976 EDITION", "UNIFORM BUILDING CODE STANDARDS, 1976 EDITION'• INCLUDING THE APPENDICES THEREIN CONTAINED AS PROMULGATED AND PUBLISHED BY THE INTER- NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BUILDING OFFICIALS. The City Council of the City of Pala Desert, California, DOES HZRZBY ORDAIN as follows$ SECTION It, AMENDMENT. That Section 15.04.010 of the Code of the City of Palm Desert, California, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 'Section 15.04.010 - Adoption of Uniform Building Code. That the rules, regulations, provisions and conditions set forth in those certain codes entitled 'Uniform Building Code, 1976 Edition' and the 'Uniform Building Code Standards, 1976 Edition', and their appendices, subject to the parti- cular additions, amendments and deletions as contained herein, promulgated and published by the International Conference of Building Officials, three (3) full printed copies of which, printed as a Code in book form, together with additions, amendments and deletions, were by the City Council ordered filed, and have actually been filed in the office of the City Clark, and as to on file are hereby established and adopted as the rules, regulations, provisions and conditions to be observed and followed for the erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving, removal, conversion, demolition, occupancy, equipment, as*, area and maintenance of buildings, structures, and/or improvements, is hereby established and adopted, and the same shall be designated* known and referred to as the Municipal Building Code for the City of Palm Desert, California.• SECTION 2. 62DITION. That Section 15.04.140 be and the saws is hereby added to the Code of the City of Palm -i- iM G Desert• California# to read as foliowst "Notion 15.04.140 - Fences and/or Retaining walls. Division 3 of the uniform Building Code relating to fences and/or retaining wails less than six (6) feet and more than two (2) feet in height, and the footings, steel, post holes, materials# and general construction requirements of the above definitions shall utilise Building Department standards on file for all minimum requirements. All fencing shall be designed to withstand all horizontal forces as outlined in Chapter 23 of the Uniform Building Code, 1976 Edition." SECTION 3. ADDITION. That Section 15.04.1SO be and the same is hereby added to the Code of the City of Palm Desert, California, to read as follows: "Section 1S.04.150 - Horizontal Blocking. Section 2518(d)4 is amended by adding thereto the 1 sentence as follows: 'Stabilizing horizontal blocking i shall be installed in three (3) stud openings from all corners and in two (2) stud openings from all window and openings in all type V construction.'" SECTION 4. REPEAL OF ORDINANCES. That Ordinance No. 118 and Ordinance No. 13S and all amendments thereto, and all other ordinances, or parts of ordinances in conflict therewith, be and the same are hereby repealed. SECTION S. EXPRESS FINDINGS. in accordance with the requirements of Section 17922, 17958.5 and 179S8.7 of the Health and Safety Code, the City Council of Palm Desert, California, makes the following findings A. That the use of asphalt floors as garage surface material deteriorates and becomes unstable due to extreme surface temperatures, common of lower desert areas. Burn -out, cutting and cracking of surfaces creates maintenance problems not common in ether areas. it is the express findings of this Council that short term installations with high maintenance and replacement costs are not in the best interest or welfare -2- of the Viral publLe, b, tt is the express finding that and desert conditions with an annual rainfall of L S inches does not warrant the added expense imposed by metal weep screed installed at the: plateline on exterior walls, nor does it serve the best interests of the general public. C. That all other modifications of the Uniform building Code are administrative and nonsubstantive. SECTION 6. CERTZPICATION. The City Clerk of the City of Pals Desert, California, is hereby directed to cause this Ordinance to be published once within fifteen (1S) days of adoption in the Palm Desert Post, a newspaper published and circulated within the City of Palm Desert, California, and the same shall be in lull force and effect thirty (30) days after adoption. l PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this llth day of 1 1by , 1978, by the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, by the following votes AYESs Brush, McPherson, Newbrander, Wilson b Mullins NOES s None ASSTENTs None ABSTAIN s N yor City of Palm Desert, California AT?EeTs SHZUA Re GILLIGAN• AAty Clerkt City of Palm Desert, California .3.