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Home My WebLink About62-04 Adopt 1961 Uniform Building CodeORDINANCE NO. (j m AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE 1961 UNIFORM BUILDING CODE AND MAKING CERTAIN CHANGES THEREIN. The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa does hereby ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Section 8100 of the Municipal Code of the City of Costa Mesa is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 8100 Adoption of Uniform Building Code. Those certain documents, three copies of which an on file in the office of the City Clerk, being marked and designated as Volume I of the Uniform Building Code, 1961 Edition, as revised, and as the same shall be hereafter amended, and Volume III, entitled Uniform Building Code Standards, 1961 Edition, as published by the International Conference of Building Officials, are hereby adopted as the Building Code of the City of Costa Mesa, including the Appendix to Volume I thereof." SECTION 2. Section 8105 of the Municipal Code of the City of Costa Mesa is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 8105 Toilets. :Adjacent Thereto" Defined. Every building or subdivision thereof where persons are employed, as set forth in Sections 1005 (E Occupancies), Section 1105 (F Occupancies, beginning with the third paragraph of said Section), and Section 1205 (G Occupancies, beginning with the second para- graph of said Section), of the Uniform Building Code, shall be provided with access to at least two toilets located within such buildings or conveniently located in a building adjacent thereto. The phrase "adjacent thereto" shall mean on the same lot or premises." SECTION 3. Section 8106 of the Municipal Code of the City of Costa Mesa is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 81o6 Minimum Building Elevation. A new section is hereby added to the Uniform Building Code to be designated as Section 510 and to read as follows: For the purpose of establishing the minimum permissible elevation of the finished floor and/or top of the foundation of any structure not in a shopping center district, the elevation of the finished grade of the earth or pavement at its highest point on the building line shall be considered the am of the following four (4) items: (1� The elevation of the control point. (2 The dimension "A", being the local rise, if any, in the finished grade of the earth or pavement near the control point for contingencies. (3) A rise in the finished grade of the earth or pavement of not less then seventeen hendredths (0.17) per cent of the distance from said control point to the farthest point of the building measured along the flow line to the drainage pattern of the site. (4) Two (2) inches, being local rise in the finished grade of the earth or pavement near the building line. For a lot or portion thereof which will drain directly to a public street, the control point shall be the intersection of the flow line of the drainage pattern of the site with the back edge of the sidewalk,.either exist- ing or proposed as determined by the Building Official. The dimension "A" shall be zero (0) inches. For a lot or portion thereof which will drain directly to a public alley, the control point shall be the intersection of the flow line of the drainage pattern of the site with the edge of the alley pavement, either exist- ing or proposed, as determined by the Building Official. The dimension "A" shall be zero (0) inches unless otherwise determined by the Building Official. For a lot or portion thereof which will drain by way of other pro- perty to a public street or alley, the control point shall be the intersection of the flow line of the drainage pattern of the site with either the property line of said site or some hydraulic control feature such as a curb, wall, drive- way, or berm as determined by the Building Official. The dimension "A" shall be three (3) inches unless reduced by the Building Official. For a lot or portion thereof which will drain either directly or by way of other property to a local inlet structure of a public atom drain, the control point and the dimension "A" shall be determined by the Building Official. The top of the concrete foundation of any structure with stud walls shall be not less than six (6) inches above the highest point of said finished' grade. The finished floor of any dwelling unit shall be not less than six (6) inches above the highest point of said finished grade. The finished floor of a residential garage shall be level with or above the highest point of said finished grade. For structures in which the foundation and/or floor are stepped, the highest point of the finished grade shall be determined for each level. For special cases in which the application of the provisions of this Section would result in undue hardship, the minimi permissible elevation of the finished floor and/or the top of the foundation may be reduced by the Building Official. Actual grading of the site to the finished grade elevations calculated in accordance with this Section shall not be required. Nothing in this Section is intended to permit the top of a concrete foundation to be constructed at an elevation lower than that elevation provided by the Building Code. SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in dull force thirty (30) days from and after its passage and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days from its passage shall be published once in the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, together with the names of the members of the City Council voting for and against the same. PASSED AND ADOPTED, this S th day of /t/al'E,7, 1962. Of Costa Mesa ATTEST: City Clerk of the City of CoOM Mesa STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS. CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I, A. C. SWARTZ, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 62 -Y was introduced and considered section by section at a regular meting of said City Council on the �(o sf day of /Le$aa,i�_, 19f 2, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the .3 day of /Ja ,�,-� , 19_, by the following roll call vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN��.� ��c4 ekf NOES: COUNCILMEN A4H ABSENT: COUNCILMEN A PL , c IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the City of Costa Mesa, this �''� day of /%Q, K c , 19 G Z. City Clerk and ex-officiQPIerk of the (Seal) City Council of the City f Costa Mesa Chief Deputy STATE OF CALIFORNIA SS. COUNTY OF ORANGE 1, Wm.Wineska . being first duly sworn, and on oath depose and say that 1 am the Advertleina Manager of the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, County of Orange, State of California, and that City Ordinance Number 62-4 of which the copy printed hereon is a true and complete copy, was printed and published in the regular issue(s) of said newspaper on Maruti 7 19 62 Subscribed and sworn to before me this z day of 19�� Notary Pu!Fk i nd for the County of Orange, State of California ELAINE LEVAND MY COMMISSION EXPIRES JULY 14, 1964 My Commission expires STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE SS. CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I, A. C. SWARTZ, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that Ordinance No. 62-4 was introduced and considered, section by section, at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, held on the 26th day of Februni y , 1921, , and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 5L= day of March 19-6�', by the following roll -call vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN WILSOty, REA, SMITH, PINKLEY, MEYERS NOES: COUNCILMEN - NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEN - I FURTHER CERTIFY that said Ordinance No. 6�-" was published in the GLOBE -HERALD and PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, on the -Mr, day of City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa r Chief Deputy LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE o..INANCE NO. n - determined by toe Enngmg CIO ORDNANCE. 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Door of ii redWOntud garHge shall he level with qLa,, Ipas TNeIa '.Adiaccnt loee. tee. hlgheat pato of s8[d"flashed h`o RCa Ra g lila mon Dactuses an , is We moa. Option rvvor Roorr 5 tepped. rd, . sectionsf$ pc= the highest punt of the finbhed 0, secCwv 'lion IF Of.- grade s..u. be ...'sired for Inch beginningfit the rigid level. L Of scial $efaovL . For special c which the. 1205 111 Occupancies, begun epi ileatN. of flies eiovlsionsroI this h..t. earned p.,..IPh of sem5un 'would result 1. andae .A), of . Inlbrut hardship, las minimum PermieelWe @DaV be #o n wifb a elevetl.n a£ Me £ini¢hetl fbor sad, lwa bilets ICegtea oc the top at the £ourelf. e4tje.@sst q/hadams. or en.... be reduced Av life- Snddmg OOb in.. a. building adjacent cou. Actual grading of be site to life b "eaacent th aero" drisned grade elevations calculated se,n'/me same I. ri,raee wilds this section snot mbe shaithlr¢ id: i�3. Section 8106 of the Mue. ...I i $ectlon $ ro- In le of life City of Costa Mesa' tootled 1. permit the by he a end. to reaas folio's: crate-iountlatlon to be conAmcted M06 Mtaimom TrWawg EI,.. atorosteal IOwat than. that �pmvidea Ile ` 1 b9'M1he Buflabg. Use Is Few%hy dd. b Cal F RWlal.g CaWI (o bei sECl10V 9 Sms Otd shelf d pectis. SID a d t d tam r I. 011 um at me so Ow g s me. aPAss AND ADOPTED. tb6 SW vztion of she eonmol am a( M nfarm. 1962. A. R. 0 EYERs 'A', being Mayor F ilio Clty . s�if ma o..Ne bf Caata Mesa F the earth gTTESTi Val pd_L1 A. Q $WARTZ City Clerk of the Che of Costa' Mesa l in the FloishN wade STATE Or CALQ•'ORdG I or havelOent 01 nut 1..OF ORANGE... )ss. bobbing, being ...I hised grade of the meait ar the maid - or combo mares, Iiour�nt�.e.. olss2