HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1986-2159 ORDINANCE NO. 2159
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA
AMENDING SECTIONS 15.20.010, 15.20.030, 15.20.040 AND
15.20.050 OF CHAPTER 15.20 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL
CODE, RELATING TO THE ADOPTION OF THE UNIFORM HOUSING CODE,
1985 EDITION
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That Sections 15.20.010, 15.20.030, 15.20.040 and 15.20.050 of
the Chula Vista Municipal Code, are hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 15.20.010. DOCUMENT ADOPTED BY REFERENCE. There is hereby
adopted by reference that certain document known and designated as the
"Uniform Housing Code, 1985 Edition" as copyrighted by the International
Conference of Building Officials, three (3) copies of which are on file in the
office of the City Clerk. 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 ter.s of said Uniform
Housing Code, 1985 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 15.20.030. ANNUAL HOUSING PERMIT.
Section 304. ANNUAL HOUSING PERMIT.
(a) Housing Permit. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm,
partnership, or corporation, either for himself or itself, or for any other
person, firm, partnership, or corporation to own or operate an apartment
house, lodging house or hotel without first obtaining a housing permit
therefor.
(b) The annual housing permit provided in this code shall be due and
payaDle to the City of Chula Vista on the first day of January of each year in
advance. The permit fee shall be paid concurrently with the business license
fee.
(c) If any person, firm, partnership or corporation commences the
operation of an apartment house or hotel during the calendar year, his housing
permit shall be prorated on a quarterly prorata basis for the calendar year.
(d) A permit to operate and maintain an apartment house or hotel is
not transferable.
Section 15.20.040. SECTION 305 AMENDED. HOUSING PERMIT FEES. Section
305 is hereby amended and shall read as follows:
Section 305. Housing Permit Fees - Apartment Houses, Lodging Houses,
Hotel s and Motel s.
(a) Fee Schedule. The fee for a Housing Permit required by Section
H-304 of this Ordinance shall be as presently designated, or as it may
hereafter be amended as set forth in the resolution adopting the master fee
schedule of the City of Chula Vista.
For the purpose of this secti on, a "uni t" shal 1 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 purpose of computing the fee prescribed by
this section.
(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, and no such
permit shall be issued until such penalty has been paid.
(c) The Director of Building and Housing shall cause to be made such
inspections as shall be deemed necessary to insure compliance with the
provisions of this code.
Section 15.20.050. HOUSING PERMIT SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION.
Section 307. SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF HOUSING PERMIT. Whenever it is
found that any apartment house, lodging house, motel or hotel is not being
conducted in conformity with this Code, the annual housing permit to operate
same shall be subject to revocation or suspension by the Building and Housing
Inspection Department.
SECTION II. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of
this ordinance or the Uniform Housing Code, 1982 Edition, is for any reason
held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of
the remaining portions of this ordinance or the Uniform Housing Code, 1982
Edition, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections,
sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional.
SECTION III. 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 Uniform Housing Code, 1985 Edition, which are noted
in the Chula Vista Municipal Code and restated in this ordinance.
SECTION IV. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force on the
thirty-first day from and after its passage and approval.
Presented by Approved as to form by
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FIRST READ AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA, HELD June 24 , 19 86 , AND
FINALLY PASSED AND ADOPTED AT A REGULAR MEETING THEREOF HELD July 8
19 86 · BY THE FOLLOWING VOTEj TO-WIT:
AYES: Cour~ilmen: CQx, McCANDLISS, CAMPBELL~ MOORE
NAYES: Councilmen: NONE
ABSTAIN: Councilmen:
ABSENT: Councilmen: MAL C OLM -"
a o ~l~e Citl; of (~lo Vista
ATTEST ~ ~' ~ City Clerk ~"
;rATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, JENNIE M. FULASZ, CMC, CITY CLERK of the City of Chula Vista, Colifornia,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY thor the obove ond foregoing is o full, true ond correct copy of
0RDINANCE NO, ~15~ ,ond thor the some hoe not been omendedor repeoled.
DATED
City Clerk
CITY OF
--'HULA VISTA
CC-660
ORDINANCE NO, 2159
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING
SECTION 15.20,010 OF CHAPTER 15.20 OF THE CHULA VISTA
MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO THE ADOPTION OF THE UNIFORM
HOUSING CODE, 1985 EDITION
By a unanimous vote on July 8, 1986, (Councilman Malcolm was
absent), the City Council placed the ordinance on second
reading and adoption.
This Code has minor changes relative to hazardous electric
wiring, hazardous plumbing, hazardous mechanical equipment
and inadequate exits.
The adoption of the Uniform Housing Code is in conformance with
City Council Policy 500-04 adopted by Resolution 5656 which
endorses the establishment of Uniform Building Regulations in
the jurisdictions of San Diego County,
Copies of the ordinance are available at the office of the
City Clerk, City Hall, 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista, CA.
Dated: 7/9/86
~/' e M. Fulasz, CMC; City CleJ r~