Ordinance No. 671 - Uniform Building CodeORDINANCE NO. 671
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD
ADOPTING BY REFERENCE, THE UNIFORM
BUILDING CODE, 1988 EDITION, CONTAINED IN
FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY TITLE 26; THE
UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, 1988 EDITION,
CONTAINED IN FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY
TITLE 28; THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE,
1988 EDITION, CONTAINED IN FOR
LOS ANGELES COUNTY TITLE 29.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The provisions set forth herein after to be enacted by
reference pursuant to Goverment Code Section 50022.2.
Section 2. Chapter I of Article VIII of the Rosemead Municipal Code
is amended by amending Sections 8100 and 8108 to read:
8100. Adoption of Building Code. Except as hereinafter provided,
Chapters 4 through 60, excluding Chapters 35, 41, and 53 of that certain Building
Code known and designated as the "Uniform Building Code, 1988 Edition, prepared
• by the International Conference of Building Officials and including Chapters 7, 11,
23 (Divisions I and II), 38, 49, and 55 of the Appendix to said Uniform Building
Code, together with all amendments to the Uniform Building Code as set forth in
Title 26, Building Code of the County of Los Angeles as amended and in effect on
April 29, 1990, adopted by Los Angeles County Ordinance No. 90-0045,,are hereby
adopted by reference. Section 8101, et seq. of Article VIII of the Rosemead
Municipal Code are hereby readopted. All of the above-mentioned Codes,
amendments, and Sections shall constitute the Building Code of the City of
Rosemead.
The provisions of the Building Code applying to dwellings, lodgings,
houses, hotels, apartment houses, convents, monasteries, or other uses classified by
the building code as a group R-1 or R-3 occupancy and including Chapters 1, 2, 3,
4, 98, and 99 shall constitute and may be cited as the Housing Code.
• A copy of Title 26, of the Los Angeles County Code, have been
deposited in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Rosemead and shall be at all
times maintained by the Clerk for use and examination by the public.
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8108. Violations.
(a) Compliance with Code. No person shall erect, construct, enlarge,
alter, repair, move, improve, remove, convert, demolish, equip, use, occupy, or
maintain any building or structure or perform any grading in the City of Rosemead,
or cause the same to be done, contrary to or in violation of any of the provisions of
the Building Code.
(b) No person shall maintain, permit, or cause to be maintained or
permitted substandard building conditions or substandard property conditions.
Section 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1 of this
Ordinance, the Building Code is amended as follows:
(a) Section 9905 of Title 26 of the Los Angeles County Code is
amended by adding subsection (s) to read as follows:
_(s . Neglect or maintenance of property in a condition which
contributes substantially to the deterioration and unsightliness of the community, the
neglect includes, but is not limited to, building exteriors, walls, fences, driveway, or
walkways which are defaced due to any writing, inscription, figure, scratches, or other
markings commonly referred to as "graffiti."
• (b) Section 9926 of Title 26 of Los Angeles County Codes is amended
as follows:
Section 9926 (b) Emergency Procedures. When in the opinion of the
county engineer a substandard property, substandard structure, or portion thereof is
an immediate hazard to life and property, and the abatement of such hazard requires
action pursuant to the exception in Section 9910, the county engineer may then
demolish the substandard building, or portion thereof, or may cause such other work
to be done to the extent necessary to eliminate the hazard.
Section 4. Chapter III of Article VIII of the Rosemead Municipal
Code is amended by amending Sections 8300 and 8302 to read:
8300. Adoption of Plumbing Code. Except as hereinafter provided,
• Chapters 1 through 13 and Appendices A, B, C, and I of that certain Plumbing Code
known and designated as the "Uniform Plumbing Code, 1988 Edition", prepared by
the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, together with all
amendments to the Uniform Plumbing Code, as set forth in Title 28, Plumbing Code
of the County of Los Angeles, as amended and in effect on April 29, 1990, adopted
by Los Angeles County Ordinance No. 90-0046 are hereby adopted by reference.
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Sections 8301, et seq., Chapter III of Article VIII of the Rosemead Municipal Code
are hereby readopted. All of the above mentioned codes, amendments, and sections
shall constitute the Plumbing Code of the City of Rosemead.
A copy of Title 28 have been deposited in the office of the City Clerk
of the City of Rosemead and shall be at all times maintained by the clerk for use and
examination by the public.
8302. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to erect,
install, alter, repair, relocate, add to, replace, use, or maintain any plumbing
equipment or system in the jurisdiction or cause the same to be done, contrary to or
in violation of any provisions of the Plumbing Code. Maintenance of plumbing
equipment or system which was unlawful at the time it was installed, and which
would be unlawful under said Plumbing Code, shall constitute violation of said
Plumbing Code.
Section 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4 of this
Ordinance, the Plumbing Code is amended as follows:
(1) Section 113 of the Plumbing Code is amended by adding
Subsection (b) and relettering the remainder of the Section. Subsection (b) shall
read as follows:
(b) Lavatory - A plumbing fixture used for washing the hands, arms,
face, and head.
• (2) Section 117 of the Plumbing Code is amended by adding
Subsection (d) and relettering (d), (e), (f), (g), (i), and the remainder of the
Sections. Subsection (d) shall read as follows:
(d) Personal Service Room - A room which is not directly connected
with the production or service function performed by the establishment. Such
rooms may include, but are not limited to, first aid or medical rooms, toilet
rooms, change rooms, wash rooms, shower rooms, kitchens, and lunch rooms.
(h) Plumbing Code - Plumbing Code is the 1988 Edition of the
Uniform Plumbing Code, including Appendices A, B, C, and I, as published
by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials.
• (3) Section 121 of the Plumbing Code is amended by adding
Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and relettering the remainder of the Section.
Subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall read as follows:
(a) Toilet - A fixture within a toilet room which may be used for
defecation or urination.
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(b) Toilet Room - A room within or on the premises containing at
least one water closet.
(c) Toxic Material- A material is concentration or amount which
exceeds the applicable limit established by a standard, such as Section 5155,
5208, or 5209 of Title 8, CCR, or in the absence of an applicable standard,
which has the capacity to produce personal injury or illness to persons through
ingestion, inhalation, or absorption through any body surface.
Section 6. Chapter IV of Article VIII of the Rosemead Municipal
Code is amended by amending Sections 8400 and 8402 to read:
8400. Adoption of Mechanical Code. Except as hereinafter provided,
Chapters 4 through 17, Chapter 19, Chapter 20, and Appendices A and C of that
certain Mechanical Code known and designated as the "Uniform Mechanical Code,
1988 Edition", jointly prepared by the International Conference of Building Officials
and the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, together
with all amendments to the Uniform Mechanical Code, as set forth in Title 29,
Mechanical Code of the County of Los Angeles, as amended and in effect on April
29, 1990, adopted by Los Angeles County Ordinance No. 90-0047 is hereby adopted
by reference. Sections 8401, et seq., Chapter IV of Article VIII of the Rosemead
Municipal Code are hereby readopted. All of the above mentioned codes,
amendments, and sections shall constitute the Mechanical Code of the City of
Rosemead.
• A copy of Title 29, have been deposited in the office of the City Clerk
of the City of Rosemead and shall be at all times maintained by the clerk for use and
examination by the public.
8402. Violation. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or
corporation to erect, install, alter, repair, relocate, add to, replace, use, or maintain
heating, ventilating, comfort cooling, or refrigeration equipment in the jurisdiction,
or cause the same to be done, contrary to or in violation of any of the provisions of
the Mechanical Code. Maintenance of equipment which was unlawful at the time
it was installed, and which would be unlawful under said Mechanical Code, shall
constitute a continuing violation of said Mechanical Code.
Section 7. Amendments to Mechanical Code. Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 6 of this Ordinance, the Mechanical Code is amended as
• follows:
(1) The Group R Occupancies category of Section 417 of the
Mechanical Code is amended to read:
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Group R Occupancies:
Division 1. Hotels and apartments. Convents and monasteries (each
accommodating more than 10 persons).
Division 2. Not used.
Division 3. Dwellings and lodging houses, large, and small day-care homes.
Section 8. Penalties. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any
of the provisions of said Building Code, Electricial Code, Plumbing Code, and
Mechanical Code shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person
shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion
thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of said Mechanical Code
is committed, continued, or permitted, and upon conviction of any such violations,
such person shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand ($1,000.00)
or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period of not more than six months or
by both such fine or imprisonment.
Section 9. The modifications to the Building Code, Electrical Code,
Plumbing Code, and Mechanical Code that have previously been enacted are merely
a continuation of the Rosemead Building, Electrical, Plumbing, and Mechanical
Codes, and all of the changes and modificaitons to the Building, Plumbing, and
Mechanical Codes, whether previously enacted or enacted in this ordinance, are
reasonably necessary because of local climate, characterized by hot, dry summers,
• followed by strong Santa Ana winds which make the structures in the City
particularly vulnerable to rapidly spreading fires, and heavy winter rains, the location
in Southern California and the relatively flat topography of the City.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 9th day of
October 1990.
Mayor
ATTEST: '
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i ty Clerk -
I.hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 671
was introduced at a regular meeting the City Council
of the City of Rosemead held on the 11th day of
September, 1990, and was duly adopted by said City
Council at their regular meeting held on the 9th
day of October, 1990, by the following vote:
Yes: Taylor,.McDonald, Bruesch, Imperial
No: None Absent: DeCocker, Abstain: None
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