HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990/11/12 Board of Appeals & Advisors Agenda Packet (3)
Item 1/3B (1)
ORDINANCE NO. 2344
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA
REPEALING EXISTING SECTIONS 15.20.010 THROUGH 15.20.050 AND
ADOPTING NEW SECTIONS 15.20.010 THROUGH 15.20.050 OF CHAPTER
15.20 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF CHULA VISTA RELATING TO THE
ADOPTION OF THE UNIFORM HOUSING CODE, 1988 EDITION.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. That Sections 15.20.010 through 15.20.050 of Chapter 15.20 are hereby
repealed, and new Sections 15.20.010 through 15.20.050 of Chapter 15.20 of the Chula Vista
Municipal Code are hereby adopted to read:
SECTION 15.20.010. DOCUMENT ADOPTED BY REFERENCE. There is
hereby adopted by reference that certain document known and des~nated as the Uniform
Housing Code, 1988 Edition as copyrighted by the International onference of Building
Officials. 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 the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Uniform
Housing Code, 1988 Edition, are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as
though fully set forth herein, excepting such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified or
amended.
Section 15.20.020. Section 203 is revised to read:
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seven members who are qualified by experience and training to pass upon matters
pertaining to building construction, use and occupancy of residential structures. The
Director of Building and Housing shall be an ex-officio member who shall not be entitled to
vote and who shall act as Secretary to the Board. The Board of Appeals and Advisors shall
be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council. The Board shall render all
decisions and findings in writing to the Director of Building and Housing with a duplicate
copy to the appellant. Appeals to the Board shall be processed in accordance with the
provisions contained in Section 1201 of this Code or in accordance with such procedures as
may be prescribed by the City Attorney of the City of Chula Vista. The decision of the
Board is final. The Board of Appeals and Advisors shall recommend to the City Council
such new legislation deemed necessary to govern construction, use and occupancy of
residential structures, in the City of Chula Vista.
Item 113B (2)
Section 15.20.030. Section 304 is revised to read:
SECfION 304. ANNUAL HOUSING PERMIT.
Section 304(a). It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, or corporation,
either for himself or itself, or for any other person, firm, partnersh~, or corporation to own
or operate an apartment house, lodging house or hotel without irst obtaining a housing
permit therefor.
Section 304(b). The Annual Housing Permit provided for 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 housing permit fee shall be paid concurrently with the business license fee.
Section 304( c). If any person, firm, partnership or corporation commences the
operation of an apartment house or hotel during the calendar year, the housing permit shall
be prorated on a quarterly prorata basis for the calendar year.
Section 304( d). A permit to operate and maintain an apartment house or hotel is not
transferable.
Section 15.20.040. Section 305 is amended to read:
SECfION 305. HOUSING PERMIT FEES - APARTMENT HOUSES,
LODGING HOUSES, HOTELS AND MOTELS.
Section 305(a). The fee for a Housing Permit required by Section 304 of this
Ordinance shall be as presently designated, or as it may hereafter be amended as set forth in
the Master Fee Schedule of the City of Chula Vista.
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
purposes of computing the fee prescribed by this section.
Section 305(b). Penalty for Delinquent Payment. If the housing permit 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, an no such permit shall be issued until such penalty has been
paid.
Section 305(c). The Director of Building and Housing shall cause to be made such
inspections, at such intervals, as shall be deemed necessary to insure compliance with the
provisions of this Code.
Item 113B (3)
Section 15.20.050. Section 307 is amended to read:
SECfION 307. SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF HOUSING PERMIT.
Whenever it is found that any apartment house, lodging house, hotel or motel is not being
conducted in conformity with this Code, the annual housing permit to operate shall be
subject to evocation or suspension by the Building Official.
SECfION II. FINDINGS AND DECLARATION. The City Council of the City of Chula
Vista specifically and expressly finds and declares that the nature and uniqueness of the
climate, terrain, and location does necessitate and demand Óecific amendments to the
Uniform Housing Code, 1988 Edition, which are noted in the hula Vista Municipal Code
and restated in this Ordinance.
SECfION III. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force on the thirtieth day from
and after its passage and approval.
Presented by: Approved as to form by:
Kenneth G. Larsen, C.B.O. Bruce Boogaard
Director of Building & Housing City Attorney
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