HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1977-1735 ORDINANCE N0. 1735
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING SECTIONS
15.20.010, 15.20.020, 15.20.030, 15.20.040, 15.20.050 OF CHAPTER 15.20
OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO THE ADOPTION OF THE
UNIFORM HOUSING CODE, 1976 EDITION.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I . That Sections 15.20.010, 15.20.020, 15.20.030, 15.20.040,
15.20.050 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code be, and the same are hereby amended to
read as follows :
Section 15.20.010. DOCUMENT ADOPTED BY REFERENCE. There is hereby adopted
by reference that certain document known and designated as the "Uniform Housing Code,
1976 Edition" as copyrighted by the International Conference of Building Officials ,
three (3) copies of �ahich are on file in the office of the City Clerk. Said document is
hereby adopted as the Housing Code of the City of Chula Vista, California, providing
for the issuance of housing permits and providing the minimum requirements for the
protection of life, limb, health, property, safety and welfare of the general public
and the owners and occupants of residential buildings in the City of Chula Vista,
and thefregulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Uniform
Housing Code, 1976 Edition, are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as
thou9fi fully set forth .herein , excepting such portions as are hereinafter deleted,
modified or amended.
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Section 15.20.020. SECTION 203 AMENDED. ADVISORY AND APPEALS BOARD.
Section 203 is hereby amended and shall read as follows:
Section 203. ,ADVISORY AND APPEALS BOARD. In order to provide for final
interpretation of the provisions of this Code and to hear appeals provided for
hereunder, there is hereby established a Building and Housin9 Advisory and Appeals
Board consisting of seven members who are not employees of the City. The Building
Official shall be an ex officio member of and shall act as Secretary to said Board.
The Board shall be appointed by the Mayor and shall hold office at his pleasure.
The Board may adopt reasonable rules and regulations for conducting its business
and shall render all decisions and findings in writing to the appellant with a copy
to the Building Official . Appeals to the Board shall be processed in accordance
with the provisions contained in Section 1201 of this Code. Copies of all rules or
regulations adopted by the Board shall be delivered to the Building Official who
shall make them freely accessible to the public.
Section 15.20.030. SECTION 304 AMENDED. ANNUAL HOUSING PERMIT. Section
304 is hereby amended and shall read as follows :
Section 304. ANNUAL HOUSING PERMIT.
(a) . Housing Permit. It shall be unlawful for any person , firm, partnership,
or corporation, either for himself or itself, or for any other person, firm partner-
ship, or corporation to own or operate an apartment house, lodging house or hotel
without first obtaining a housing permit therefor.
(b) . The annual housing permit provided in this code shall be due and
� payable to the City of Chula Vista on the first day. of January of each year in
advance. The permit fee shall be paid concurrently with the business license fee.
(c) . If any person, firm, partnership or corporation commences the operation
of an apartment house or hotel during the calendar year, his housing permit shall
be prorated on a quarterly prorata basis for the calendar year.
(d) . A permit to operate and maintain an apartment house or hotel is not
transferable.
Section 15.20.040. SECTION 305 AMENDED. HOUSING PERMIT FEES. Section 305
is hereby amended and shall read as follows :
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Section 305. Housing Permit Fees - Apartment Houses , Lodging Houses ,
Hotels and Motels.
(a). Fee Schedule. The fee for a Housing Permit required by Section H-304
of this Ordinance shall be as follows:
1 . For each apartment house, lodging house or hotel containing not more
than six (6) units - $9.00.
2. For each apartment house or hotel containing not less than seven (7)
but no more than ten (10) units - $12.00.
3. For each apartment house or hotel containing not less than eleven (11)
but no more than fifteen (15) units - $14.00.
4. For each apartment house or hotel containing more than fifteen (15)
units - $14.00 plus thirty-five cents (35¢) for each unit in excess of 15.
For the purpose of this section, a "unit" shall mean each apartment in an
apartment house, each sleeping room in a hotel , motel and lodging house, and each
apartment and each hotel , motel sleeping room in a building containing both apartments
and hotel motel sleeping rooms.
Separate apartment house buildings and separate hotel motel buildings, or
combination thereof, located upon a single parcel of land or contiguous parcels of
land, under the same ownership, shall be treated as one apartment house or hotel
for the purpose of computing the fee prescribed by this section.
(b) . Penalty for Delinquent Payment. If the Housing Permit fee is not
paid on or before the thirtieth (30th) day of the month following the date when it
became due, then a penalty in an amount equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the
permit fee due and payable shall be added thereto, and no such permit shall be
issued until such penalty has been paid.
Section 15.20.050. SECTION 307 AMENDED. HOUSING PERMIT SUSPENSION OR
REVOCATION is hereby amended and shall read as follows :
Section 307. SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF HOUSING PERMIT. Whenever it is
found that any apartment house, lodging house, motel or hotel is not bein9 conducted
in conformity with this Code, the annual housing permit to operate same shall be
subject to revocation or suspension by the Building and Housing Inspection Department.
SECTION II . Any person violating any of the provisions of the code adopted
by this ordinance, or who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and each such person shall be deemed guilty
of a separate offense for each day or portion thereof during which any violation of
any of the provisions of said code or this ordinance is cormnitted, continued or per-
mitted, and upon conviction of any such violation , shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION III . If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of
this ordinance or the Uniform Housing Code, 1976 Edition, is for any reason held to
be unconstitutional , such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance or the Unfiorm Housing Code, 1976 Edition, and each
section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof irrespective of the fact
that any one or more sections, subsections , sentences , clauses or phrases be declared
unconstitutional .
SECTION IV. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force on the
thirty-first day from and after its passage and approval .
Presented by Approved as to form by
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E✓J�Grady, Director George D. in erg, City ttorney '
Bui}�tling and Housing
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA, }hls 29� d0y Of -M-arch
197 � , by the following vote, to—wit:
AYES� Councilmen cox, scott, Eqdahl , xobel , xvde
NAYES� Councilmen None
ABSTAIN� Councilmen None
ABSENT: Councilmen None
ayor of ihe Ci y of Chula Vista
ATTEST
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, JENNIE M. FULASZ, CMC, CITY CLERK of the City of Chula Vista, California,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that ihe above and foregoing is a full, irue and correct copy of
,and that the same has not been amendedor repealed.
, DATED
(seal) City Clerk
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