HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 238ORDINANCE NO. 238
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING BY
REFERENCE WITH CERTAIN ADDITIONS, DELETIONS,
AND AMENDMENTS, THE RULES, REGULATIONS,
PROVISIONS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THOSE
CERTAIN CODES ENTITLED, "UNIFORM BUILDING
CODE, 1979 EDITION", "UNIFORM BUILDING CODE
STANDARDS, 1979 EDITION", INCLUDING ALL
APPENDICE CHAPTERS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
APPENDICE CHAPTER 53, THEREIN CONTAINED AS
PROMULGATED AND PUBLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE OF BUILDING OFFICIALS.
The City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1: 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, 1979 Edition' and the 'Uniform Building Code Standards,
1979 Edition', including all Appendice Chapters with the
exception of Appendice Chapter 53, subject to the particular
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 Clerk, and as so on file are hereby established and
adopted as the rules, regulations, provisions and conditions
to be observed and followed for the erection, construction,
enlargement, alterations, repair, moving, removal, conversion,
demolition, occupancy, equipment, use, 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."
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SECTION 2. ADDITION. That Section 15.04.140 be and the
same is hereby added to the Code of the City of Palm Desert,
California, to read as follows:
"Section 15.04.140 - Fences and/or Retaining Walls.
Division 3 of the Uniform Building Code relating to
fences and/or retaining walls 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 utilize 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, 1979 Edition."
SECTION 3. ADDITION. That Section 15.04.150 be and the
same is hereby added to the Code of the City of Palm Desert,
California, to read as follows:
"Section 15.04.150 - Horizontal Blocking.
Section 2518(d)4 is amended by adding thereto the
sentence as follows: 'Stablilizing horizontal blocking
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. DELETION. That Section 301(b) is hereby
deleted in its entirety.
SECTION 5. REPEAL OF ORDINANCES. That Ordinance No. 184
and all amendments thereto, and all other ordinances, or parts
of ordinances in conflict therewith, be and the same are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 6. EXPRESS FINDINGS. In accordance with the
requirements of Section 17922, 17958.5 and 17958.7 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,
SECTION 6. EXPRESS FINDINGS. continued
A. rutting and cracking of surfaces creates maintenance
problems not common in other areas. It is the express
findings of this Council that short-term installations
with high maintenance and replacements costs are not
in the best interest or welfare of the general public.
B. That all other modifications of the Uniform Building
Code are administrative and nonsubstantive.
SECTION 7. CERTIFICATION.. The City Clerk of the City of
Palm Desert, California, is hereby directed to cause this
Ordinance to be published once within fifteen (15) 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 full force and effect thirty (30) days after
adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 22nd day of
January 1981, by the City Council of the City of
Palm Desert, California, by the following vote:
AYES: McPherson, Newbrander, Puluqi, Snyder & Wilson
NOES: None
ABSTENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Cio f Palm Desert, Cal i fd/rnia
ATTEST:
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