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ORDINANCE NO. 3088
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING
CHAPTER 15.08 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE
ADOPTING THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE, 2007
EDITION
The City Council of the City ofChula Vista does ordain as follows:
SECTION I. 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
15.08.070
15.08.080
15.08.100
California Building Code, 2007 Edition, adopted by reference.
Subsection 704. I I is amended to add an exception to the requirement for parapets.
Subsection 903.2 is amended to require installation of automatic fire-extinguishing
system in buildings greater than certain height.
Subsection 1509.6 is added to Section 1509 to require equipment enclosures on
roofs.
15.08.010 California Building Code, 2007 Edition, adopted by reference.
There is hereby adopted by reference the California Building Code, 2007 Edition, known as
the California Code of Regulations, Title 24 part 2, including Appendix C and Appendix I 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 ofChuIa 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. Municipal Code Chapter 15.06
shall serve as the administrative, organizational and enforcement rules and regulations for this
Chapter.
15.08.070 Subsection 704.11 is amended to add an exception to the requirement for
parapets.
Exception 7 is hereby added to Subsection 704.1 I 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.
15.08.080 Subsection 903.2 is amended to require installation of automatic fire-
extinguishing system in buildings greater than certain height.
Subsection 903.2 of the California Building Code is hereby amended, as it applies in Chula
Vista, by the addition of the following:
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In every building regardless of occupancy, group or type of construction, when such building is more
than forty feet or four stories or more in height.
15.08.100 Subsection 1509.6 is added to Section 1509 to require equipment enclosures on
roofs.
Subsection 1509.6 is hereby added to Section 1509 of the California Building Code, as it
applies in Chula Vista, and shall read as follows:
Subsection 1509.6 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 of the City of Chula Vista specifically and expressly finds and declares that each
of the amendments noted above to the 2007 Edition of the California Building Code is necessary
due to local climatic, geological and topographical conditions.
SECTION III. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This ordinance will take effect and be in force thirty days after final passage.
Presented by
Approved as to form by
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Ann Moore ......
City Attorney
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Planning & Building A:ssistant Director/Building Official
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 4th day of December 2007, by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers:
Castaneda, McCann, Ramirez, Rindone, and Cox
NAYS:
Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT:
Councilmembers:
None
ATTEST:
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~ Susan Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
1, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 3088 had its first reading at a regular meeting held on the 13th day of November,
2007 and its second reading and adoption at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the
4th day of December 2007; and was duly published in summary form in accordance with the
requirements of state law and the City Charter.
Executed this 4th day of December 2007.
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f Susan Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk