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Home My WebLink AboutOrd 1983-2046 ORDINANCE NO. 2046 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING SECTIONS 15.20.010, 15.20.020, 15.20.030, 15.20.040, 15.20.050 OF CHAPTER 15.20 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO THE ADOPTION OF THE UNIFORM HOUSING CODE, 1982 EDITION THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That sections 15.20.010, 15.20.020, 15.20.030, 15.20.040, 15.20.050 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code, and the same 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, 1982 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 terms of said Uniform Housing Code, 1982 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 15.20.020. SECTION 203 AMENDED. ADVISORY AND APPEALS BOARD. Section 203 is hereby amended and shall read as follows: Section 203. ADVISORY AND APPEALS BOARD. In order to provide for final interpretation of the provisions of this Code and to hear appeals provided for hereunder, there is hereby established a Building and Housing Advisory and Appeals Board consisting of seven members who are not employees of the City. The Building Official shall be an ex officio member of and shall act as Secretary to said Board. The Board shall be appointed by the Mayor and shall hold office at his pleasure. The board may adopt reasonable rules and regulations for conducting its business and shall render all decisions and findings in writing to the appellant with a copy to the Building Official. Appeals to the Board shall be processed in accordance with the provisions contained in Section 1201 of this Code. Copies of all rules or regulations adopted by the Board shall be delivered to the Building Official who shall make them freely accessible to the public. Section 15.20.030. SECTION 304 AMENDED. ANNUAL HOUSING PERMIT. Section 304 is hereby amended and shall read as follows: 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 payable 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, Hotels and Motels. (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 section, a "unit" shall 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. SECTION 307 AMENDED. HOUSING PERMIT SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION is hereby amended and shall read as follows: 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. 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 ~ Buil~Housing rney ' WPC OO15B FIRST READ AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE Y OF CHULA VISTA· CALIFORNIA· HELD August 30 . 19 83 · AND FINALLY PASSED AND ADOPTED AT A REGULAR MEETING THEREOF HELD September 6 · 19 83 , BY THE FOLLOWING VOTEr TO-WIT: AYES: Councilmen: McCandliss, Scott, Malcolm, Cox, Moore NAYES: Councilmen: None ABSTAIN: Cotmcilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: None Cif Chulo Vista '....-,rE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) s s. CITY OF CHULA VISTA ) I, JENNIE M. FULASZ, CMC, CITY CLERK of the City of Chulo Vista, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that fie above and foregoing is o full, true and correct copy of ORDINANCE NO, 2046 ,and that the some has not been amended or repealed. DATED (seal) City Clerk CC-660 ORDINANCE 2046 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING SECTIONS 15.20.010, 15.20,020, 15.20.030, 15.20,040, 15.20.050 OF CHAPTER 15.20 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO THE ADOPTION OF THE UNIFORM HOUSING CODE, 1982 EDITION By a unanimous vote on September 6, 1983, the City Council placed the ordinance on second reading and adoption. The last edition of the Uniform Housing Code adopted by the City of Chula Vista was in 1976. The 1979 Edition did not have any changes; therefore, the City continued to operate under the provisions of the 1976 Edition. The 1982 Edition has no changes; how- ever, the references to the Uniform Building Code refer to the 1982 Edition and as such, needs to be current with the latest edition. The Uniform Housing Code, 1982 Edition has been adopted by the State of California as the State Housing Code. Copies of the ordinance are available at the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista, CA. Dated: 9/7/83 ~ of Chula Vista, California