HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2010-3168ORDINANCE NO. 3168
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING
CHAPTER 15.08 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE
ADOPTING THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE, 2010
EDITION
The City Council of the City of Chula 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 California Building Code, 2010 Edition, adopted by reference.
15.08.070 Subsection 705.11 is amended to add an exception to the requirement for parapets.
15.08.080 Subsection 903.2 is amended to require installation of automatic fire-extinguishing
system in buildings greater than certain height.
15.08.100 Subsection 1509.6 is added to Section 1509 to require equipment enclosures on
roofs.
15.08.010 California Building Code, 2010 Edition, adopted by reference.
There is hereby adopted by reference the California Building Code, 2010 Edition, known as
the Califomia Code of Regulations, Title 24 part 2, including Appendix C and Appendix I, and
excluding Chapter 1, Division II 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 of Chula Vista for regulating the erection, construction, enlazgement,
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 705.11 is amended to add an exception to the requirement for
parapets.
Exception 7 is hereby added to Subsection 705.11 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-
extinguishingsystem 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:
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.
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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
thoroughfazes, and private and public pazking lots. Equipment enclosures shall not
be constructed so as to trap flammable or combustible vapors.
Exception: Solaz 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 2010 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 but not before
January 1, 2011.
Presented by
ary albeit P. ., AICP
Assistant Cit Manager/Development
Services Director
Approved as to form by
. ~ G/
Bart 'esfeld
City Attorney
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 23rd day of November 2010, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Bensoussan, Castaneda, McCann, Ramirez and Cox
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Cheryl Cox, yor
ATTEST:
Donna R. Noms, C C, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
I, Donna R. Norris, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 3168 had its first reading at a regular meeting held on the 9th day of November
2010 and its second reading and adoption at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the
23rd day of November 2010; and was duly published in summary form in accordance with the
requirements of state law and the City Charter.
Dated Donna R. Norris, CMC, City Clerk