HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1999-2789-BORDINANCE NO. 2789-B
AN 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 docurnent 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 budding 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 rnatters 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
Advisors shall be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the city council. The Board shall
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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
Flew legislation deeRled 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. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This ordinance will take effect and be in force on July 1, 1999.
Presented by
Approved as to form by
Jim Hardi h Kaheny
Fire Chief y
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 8th day of June, 1999, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Davis, Moot, Salas and Horton
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ASSENT: Councih'nembers: Padilia
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None
ATTEST:
Shirley Horto~'~ayor
Susan Bigelow, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No.2789-B had its first reading at a regular meeting held on the 25'h day of May,
1999 and its second reading and adoption at a regular meeting of said City Council held on
the 8'~ day of June, 1999.
Executed this 8"' day of June, 1999.
Susan Bigelow, City Clerk