HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1999-2789-AORDINANCE NO. 2789-A
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA,
ADOPTING A NEW CHAPTER 15.38 OF THE CHULA VISTA
MUNICIPAL CODE ADOPTING THE URBAN-WILDLAND
INTERFACE CODE, 1997 EDITION
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. That a new Chapter 15.38 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is hereby added to
read:
Chapter 15.38
URBAN-WILDLAND INTERFACE CODE
Sections:
15.38.010 Urban-Wildland Interface Code, 1997 Edition, adopted by reference.
15.38.030 Subsection {a) of Section 104.1 amended to Designate Board of Appeals
and Advisors as Board of Appeals.
15.38.010 Urban-Wildland Interface Code, 1997 Edition, adopted by reference.
There is hereby adopted by reference that certain document known and designated as
the Urban-Wildland Interface Code, 1997 Edition as copyrighted by the International Fire Code
Institute. Said document is hereby adopted as the Urban-Wildland Interface Code of the City
of Chula Vista, California for the purpose of prescribing regulations mitigating the hazard to
life and property from intrusion of fire from wildland fire exposures, fire exposures from
adjacent structures and prevention of structure fires from spreading to wildland fuels, that
certain code known as the Urban-Wildland Interface Code, 1997 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.
15.38.030 Subsection(a) of Section 104.1 amended to Designate Board of Appeals
and Advisors as the Board of Appeals.
Subsection (a) of Section 104.1 of the Urban-Wildland Interface Code, and the title
precedent thereto, as it applies in Chula Vista, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Board of Appeals and Advisors,
Section 104.1 General. In order to hear and decide appeals of orders, decisions or
determinations made by the building official relative to the application and interpretations of
this code, there is hereby established a Board of Appeals and Advisors consisting of seven
members who are qualified by experience and training to pass upon matters pertaining to
building construction, use and occupancy. The assistant director of planning and building and
the fire marshal shall be ex-officio members who shall not be entitled to vote. The assistant
director of planning and building shall act as secretary to the Board. The Board of Appeals and
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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 assistant director of planning and building
with a duplicate copy to the appellant. Appeals to the Board shall be processed in accordance
with the provisions contained in Chapter 5 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 structures,
in the City of Chula Vista.
SECTION 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 specific amendments to the Urban-Wildland Interface Code, 1997 Edition which are
noted in the Chula Vista Municipal Code and restated in this Ordinance.
SECTION IlL URGENCY FINDINGS.
The City Council does hereby declare that this ordinance is necessary as an emergency
measure in order to preserve the public peace, health, safety, and general welfare. The
reasons for such urgency are as follows: the State of California has mandated that each
jurisdiction within the State adopt the various 1997 Editions, Uniform codes, including the
Urban-Wildland Interface Code no later than July 1, 1999 The enactment of this ordinance
by July 1, 1999 will ensure compliance with State mandates.
SECTION tV. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Pursuant to the provisions of Charter Section 311 (d) and 312(d)(4), this ordinance shall
take effect and be in full force and effect on July 1, 1999 if passed by at least four (4)
affirmative votes of the City Council as an urgency measure.
The regular ordinances will also be included as they ~resently are.
Presented by
JiHa~rdimat
Fire Chief
Approved as to form by
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 2nd day of June, 1999, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Davis, Moot, Padilia and Salas
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: Horton
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers:
None
ATTEST:
M~t yMayor~~
Susan Bigelow,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
h Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No.2789-A was passed as an urgency measure on the 25'h day of May, 1999.
Executed this 25th day of May, 1999.
Susan Bigelow, City Clerk