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HomeMy WebLinkAbout98-19 Designation of Building Official PowersORDINANCE NO. 98-19 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SUBSECTION (a) OF SECTION 5-2 AND SECTIONS 5-10, 5-67, 5-109 AND 5-110.1 OF THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF BUILDING OFFICIAL POWERS. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subsection (a) of Section 5-2 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "(a) Enforcement of the Uniform Codes adopted by Section 5-1 shall be the responsibility of the Building Official. All references to the Building Official or Director of Building and Safety shall be deemed to mean the Building Official responsible for the division of building and code enforcement. Section 2. Section 5-10 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: The Building Official or his designee is authorized to issue permits for buildings or structures under the provisions of this title whenever the applicant has complied with all the requirements hereof. Section 3. Section 5-67 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: f Plaster inspection or approval to fill a swimming pool with water shall be withheld by the Building Official, or his or her designee, until there has been compliance with this chapter. Section 4. Section 5-109 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Upon the filing of the application for a relocation permit, the secretary of the Planning Commission shall set the matter for public hearing for the Planning Commission not less than twenty (20) days from the date of the receipt of the application. A copy of the application shall be referred to the Building Official for investigation by the Building Official shall report the result of his investigation, in writing, at the hearing. At least five (5) days before the hearing, the secretary of the Planning Commission shall cause notice thereof to be posted in a conspicuous place on the property to which it is proposed to move such buildings. Such notice shall state the time and place of the public hearing on the application for the relocation permit required in section 5-106. It shall also contain a brief description of the building or structure to be moved. He shall also cause notice of the hearing to be mailed to the owners of all contiguous or adjoining real property, including such real property on the opposite side of any public alley, in all real property situated along either side of the street, upon which the property involved abuts and within one thousand (1,000) feet therefrom, and shall also cause notice of the hearing to be given by one publication in Oq the official newspaper of the City at least five (5) days prior to the hearing. Section 5. Section 5-110.1 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: No relocation permit shall be used to relocate any building or structure upon a building site within the City which does not comply with the following: (a) The building or structure is structurally sound and conforms to applicable provisions of the Uniform Building Code as adopted and amended. (b) The building/structure is free of pests. (c) The building/structure substantially conforms to like improvements within a radius of one thousand (1,000) feet from the proposed building site. (d) The building/structure complies with the zoning laws applicable to the area of the proposed building site. (e) The anticipated use of said building structure complies with the land use regulations applicable to the area of the proposed building site. If said building/structure is in a state of disrepair where presently located, the Building Official shall make a determination if same can be practicably and effectively repaired to comply with the requirements herein, than a permit to relocate may be granted upon 3 such terms and conditions as he, or the Planning Commission, may require. No relocation permit shall be issued by the Planning Commission until the owner causes an inspection of the building or structure to be made by a licensed structural pest control contractor and until the findings of such inspection are submitted to the Building Official. If the report requires extermination or structural repairs, the Planning Department shall not issue a relocation permit until the structural repairs or extermination necessitated by the findings of the inspection are made and a statement from the licensed pest control contractor attesting to such extermination or structural repairs is submitted to the Building Official. Section 6. Publication. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect thirty (30) days from and after its passage and, before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage, shall be published once in the NEWPORT BEACH -COSTA MESA PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, or, in the alternative, the City Clerk may cause to be published a summary of this Ordinance and a certified copy of the text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the office of the City Clerk five (5) days prior to the date of adoption of this Ordinance, and within fifteen (15) days after adoption, the City Clerk shall cause to be published the aforementioned summary and shall post in the office of the City Clerk 4 a certified copy of this Ordinance together with the names of the members of the City Council voting for and against the same. PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of , 1998. ATTEST: q0j City CI k of the City of Costa Mesa 5 We ��16mm •� Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: �� -3d -If City Attorney x STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I, MARY T. ELLIOTT, Deputy City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 98-19 was introduced and considered section by section at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 15th day of June, 1998, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 6th day of July, 1998, by the following roll call vote: AYES: Buffa, Monahan, Erickson, Cowan, Somers NOES: None ABSENT: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this 7th day of July, 1998. T &.&� Deputyi y Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City unci) of the City of Costa Mesa 6