HomeMy WebLinkAbout06 - OB-1 - Second Reading of Ordinance 11-4 - 3/15/2011CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: MARCH 15, 2011
ITEM NUMBER:
SUBJECT: SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE 11-4 ADOPTING CODE AMENDMENT CO -11-01:
AN AMENDMENT TO TITLE 5, CHAPTER I, OF THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE
REGARDING BUILDING PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR MASONRY WALLS GREATER
THAN THREE FEET IN HEIGHT
DATE: MARCH 2, 2011
FROM: DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT
PRESENTATION BY: KHANH NGUYEN, CBO, BUILDING OFFICIAL
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: KHANH NGUYEN (714) 754-5277
RECOMMENDATION:
Give second reading and waive further reading to Ordinance 11-4, amending Title 5,
Chapter I, of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code related to building permit requirements for
masonry walls greater than three feet in height.
ANALYSIS:
On March 1, 2011, City Council gave first reading to Ordinance 11-4. Staff has no further
information on this item.
KHANH NGUYEN,
Building Official j
ATTACHMENT:
1. Ordinance No. 11-4
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ATTACHMENT 1
ORDINANCE NO. 11-4
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF COSTA MESA,
CALIFORNIA ADOPTING MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT
CO -11-01, AMENDING SECTIONS 5-1.1 AND 5-1.3 OF TITLE 5
OF THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO
BUILDING PERMIT FOR MASONRY WALLS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Section 5-1.1 and 5-1.3 of Chapter I, Title 5, is hereby amended as follows:
Amend Section 5-1.1 by adding the following:
"k) Amend item number 2 under "Building" in Section 105.2, Work exempt from
permit, as follows:
2. Wood, steel, vinyl, or iron fences not over 6 feet high. Stucco, concrete,
brick, masonry, block fences not over 3 feet high."
Amend Section 5-1.3 by adding the following:
"g) Amend item number 2 under "Building" in Section R105.2, Work exempt from
permit, as follows:
2. Wood, steel, vinyl, or iron fences not over 6 feet high. Stucco, concrete,
brick, masonry, block fences not over 3 feet high."
SECTION 2: ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION. The project has been reviewed for
compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the CEQA guidelines,
and the City's environmental procedures, and has been found to be exempt pursuant to
Section 15061 (b) (3) (general rule) of the CEQA Guidelines, in that the City Council
hereby finds that it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the passage
of this ordinance amending the zoning code will have a significant effect on the
environment.
SECTION 3: INCONSISTENCIES. Any provision of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code or
appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance, to the extent of such
inconsistencies and or further, is hereby repealed or modified to the extent necessary to
affect the provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 4: SEVERABILITY. If any provision or clause of this ordinance or the
application thereof to any person or circumstances is held to be unconstitutional or
otherwise invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect
other provisions or clauses or applications of this ordinance which can be implemented
without the invalid provision, clause or application; and to this end, the provisions of this
ordinance are declared to be severable.
SECTION 5: PUBLICATION. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force thirty
(30) days from and after the passage thereof, 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 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 a certified copy of this Ordinance
together with the names and member of the City Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of
2011.
GARY MONAHAN
Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
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COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I, JULIE FOLCIK, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the
City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above foregoing Ordinance No. 11- as
introduced and considered section by section at a regular meeting of said City Council
held on the day of , 2011, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole
at the regular meeting of said City Council held on the day of , 2011,
by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed the Seal of the
City of Costa Mesa this day of , 2011.
City Clerk
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
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