HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2019-3467ORDINANCE NO. 3467
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING
CHAPTER 15.08 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE
ADOPTING THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE, 2019
EDITION
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as follows:
Section I. Amended Chapter 15.08
That Chapter 15.08 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Chapter 15.08
BUILDING CODE
Sections:
15.08.010 California Building Code, 2019 Edition, adopted by reference.
15.08.020 Subsection 705.11 is amended to add an exception to the requirement for parapets.
15.08.030 Subsection 1510.6.4 is added to Section 1510.6 to require equipment enclosures on
roofs.
15.08.010 California Building Code, 2019 Edition, adopted by reference.
There is hereby adopted by reference the California Building Code, 2019 Edition, known as
the California Code of Regulations, Title 24 part 2, including Appendix C and Appendix I, and
excluding Chapter 1, Division II of that document as copyrighted by the International Code
Council, and the California Building Standards Commission. Said document is hereby adopted as
the Building Code of the City of Chula Vista for regulating the erection, construction, enlargement,
alteration, repair, moving, demolition, conversion, occupancy, use, height, and area of all buildings
and structures in the City, excepting such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified, or
amended. Chapter 15.06 shall serve as the administrative, organizational and enforcement rules
and regulations for this Chapter.
15.08.020 Subsection 705.11 is amended to add an exception to the requirement for
parapets.
Exception 7 is hereby added to Subsection 705.11 of the California Building Code, as it
applies in Chula Vista, and shall read as follows:
Exception 7. Conversion of existing Group R occupancies to offices.
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15.08.030 Subsection 1510.6.4 is added to Section 1510.6 to require equipment enclosures
on roofs.
Subsection 1510.6.4 is hereby added to Section 1510.6 of the California Building Code, as
it applies in Chula Vista, and shall read as follows:
Subsection 1510.6.4 Equipment Enclosure. Operating equipment, including piping
and ducts located on the roof of a building, shall be shielded from view from public
thoroughfares, and private and public parking lots. Equipment enclosures shall not
be constructed so as to trap flammable or combustible vapors.
Exception: Solar collectors. Does not include structural supporting members.
Section II. Findings and Declaration
The City Council specifically and expressly finds and declares that adding Section 15.08.020
and 15.08.030 to Chapter 15.08 is necessary due to local topographical conditions. As a result of
the geographical layout of the City the City Council deems it aesthetically important to shield roof
equipment enclosures from public view. Also, exempting conversion of existing Group R
occupancies to offices from Subsection 705.11 of the California Building Code is an important
historical exemption contained in the City Code from years past and the City Council deems this
exemption necessary to preserve local topographical conditions.
Section III. Severability
If any portion of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, is for
any reason held to be invalid, unenforceable or unconstitutional, by a court of competent
jurisdiction, that portion shall be deemed severable, and such invalidity, unenforceability or
unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining portions of the
Ordinance, or its application to any other person or circumstance. The City Council of the City of
Chula Vista hereby declares that it would have adopted each section, sentence, clause or phrase
of this Ordinance, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, sentences, clauses
or phrases of the Ordinance be declared invalid, unenforceable or unconstitutional.
Section IV. Construction
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista intends this Ordinance to supplement, not to
duplicate or contradict, applicable state and federal law and this Ordinance shall be construed in
light of that intent.
Section V. Effective Date
This Ordinance will take effect and be in force thirty days after final passage but not before
January 1, 2020.
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Section VI. Publication
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause
the same to be published or posted according to law.
Presented by Approved as to form by
Kelly G. Broughton, FASLA Glen R. Googins
Director of Development Services City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 19th day of November 2019, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Diaz, Galvez, McCann, Padilla, and Casillas Salas
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Mary Casillas Salas, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 3467 had its first reading at a regular meeting held on the 12th day of November
2019 and its second reading and adoption at a regular meeting of said City Counci l held on the
19th day of November 2019; and was duly published in summary form in accordance with the
requirements of state law and the City Charter.
Dated Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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