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MINUTES OF A RESCHEDULED REGULAR MEETING
BOARD OF APPEALS AND ADVISORS
CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA
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MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Reynolds, Vice Chairman Welsh, Board Members
Kimball, Boget and Nash
MEr~BERS ABSENT: Board Member Winkelman (Unexcused)
CITY STAFF PRESENT: Acting Director of Building and Housing Hansell
l. CALL MEETING TO ORDER:
Chairman Reynolds called the meeting to order at 5:05 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL: Members present constituted a quorum.
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: MSUC Kimball/Welsh to approve the minutes of
February 9, 1987
4. NEW BUSINESS:
CASE NO. 5 - 559-569 "E" Street
The applicant is requesting an exception to Section 3303(a), Uniform Building
Code, 1985 Edition, to build a 3rd floor unit with only one exit. Section
3303(a) states "Occupied roofs on Group R, Div. 3 occupancies may not have
one exit if such occupied areas are less than 500 square feet located no higher
than immediately above the 2nd story.
Prior to publication of the 1985 UBC, departmental pOlicy was written by the
former Director of Building and Housing as the result of a code change at the
ICBO meeting in 1984. The published code section came out reading differently
from the policy statement. San Diego Chapter of ICBO revealed that they inter-
pret this section to mean occupied decks immediately above the 2nd story. No
intention was meant to exclude the 2nd exit from a 3rd story, regardless of the
size of the occupied unit. The project was brought to the building department
for a preliminary check to rule on this exception and the interpretation was
that the floor area within the unit would be allowed under this exception.
The Acting Director of Building and Housing recommended the Board find an
additional alternate method of egress. The Board found that since the Building
Department gave prior approval for only one exit, they voted to approve the
request. This approval is for this case only and is not to be interpreted as
precedent setting for other requests.
MSUC Nash/Welsh to approve the request as submitted.
BOARD OF APPEALS AND ADVISORS
MINUTES OF March 2, 1987
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CASE NO. 6 - 350 Third Avenue
The applicant requested permission to isolate the 4th floor for security
reasons. Section 3304(c), UBC, states that exit doors shall be openable
from the inside without the use of any special knowledge or effort. The
doors in question would be locked. The appellants proposal to key electrical
release latches to the fire alarm system and provide Knox Boxes for the Fire
Department appears to be a reasonable alternative to meet the code require-
ments and still provide security to the 4th floor. Staff recommends approval.
The Fire Department had no objections but stated the following shall be required:
Knox Boxes at each entry into the building & adjacent to 4th floor stairway
doors; 4th floor exit doors to be keyed with automatic-releasing devices
connected to fire alarm system; elevator access to 4th floor shall be provided
to Fire Department and they should post in elevator "no roof access."
MSUC Kimball/Welsh to approve applicant's request.
5. COMMUNICATIONS (PUBLIC REMARKS/WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE) - None
6. STAFF REPORT - None
7. ADJOURNMENT: Chairman Reynolds adjourned the meeting to the next regular
scheduled meeting for Monday, April l3, 1987.
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PLEASE NOTE: THIS MEETING HAS BEEN TAPED RECORDED. REFER TO TAPE #3-BA-3/2/87.
TAPES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE BUILDING AND HOUSING DEPT., PBS, 276 4TH AVE., CV, CA