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Ordinance 1257ORDINANCE NO. 1257 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE ERECTION, CONSTRUCTION, ENLARGEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, MOVING, REMOVAL, CONVERSION, DEMOLITION, OC- CUPANCY EQUIPMENT, USE, HEIGHT, AREA AND MAINTE- NANCE OF ALL BUILDINGS AND /OR STRUCTURES IN THE CITY OF ALAMEDA; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PER- MITS AND COLLECTION OF FEES THEREFOR; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLA- TION THEREOF AND REPEAL- ING ORDINANCES NOS. 1002, 1114, 1120 AND 1232, NEW SERIES, AND ALL OTHER ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUN- CIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA : SECTION 1. That Ordinance No, 1002, New Series, of the City of Ala- meda, passed August 15, 1950, Ordi- nance No. 1114, New Series, passed January 19, 1954, Ordinance No. 1120, New Series, passed March 16, 1954, Ordinance No, 1232, New Series, passed April 17. 1957, and all other ordinances and parts of ordinances of the City of Alameda in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. SECTION 2. That those portions of a certain document printed as a code in book form, three (3) copies of which document are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Alameda, being marked "Filed Dec. 3, 1957," and designated as "Uniform Building Code, 1955 Edi- tion, Volume I," adopted by the Pacific Coast Building Officials Con- ference and approved at the 32nd Annual Business Meeting of said Conference,. October 5 to 8, 1954, which portions consist of fifty (50 ) chapters numbered from 1 to 50, Parts I to XI, inclusive, excepting therefrom Sections 202 (a), 301 (b), 302 (d), 303 (a), 303 (b), Table No. 3A— Building Permit Fees, Sections 1308, 1405 (b), 1408, 1505, 1601 (a). 1602 (c), 1603 (c.). 1709, 2412 (a), 2512, Table 42 -B--- Minimum Interior Finish Classifications, Section 4711 (c), Ta- ble 47 -H--- Exterior Portland Cement Plaster, be, and the same are, here- by adopted as the Building Code of the City of Alameda. SECTION 3. That that certain doc- ument printed in book form, three (3) copies of which document are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Alameda, marked, "Filed Dec. 3, 1957," and designated as "Uniform Building Code, Volume III, 1955 Edition, Uniform Building Code Standards," adopted by the Pacific Coast Building Officials Con- ference and approved at the 32nd Annual Business Meeting of said Conference, October 5 to 8, 1954, which document consists of 824 pages, be, and the same is, hereby adopted as a part of said Building Code. SECTION 4. That Chapter 2 of said Building Code, Volume I, is hereby amended by adding thereto a new subsection numbered 202 (a), which subsection shall read as follows: Sec. 202 (a). General. The Build- ing Official is hereby authorized and directed to enforce all the pro- visions of this Code except Chap- ters 43 and 49, and maintenance of buildings after permit of occu- pancy has been issued. For such purpose he shall have the powers of a police officer. The determination of the value or valuation under any of the pro- visions of the Code shall be made by the Building Official. SECTION 5. That Chapter 3 of said Building Code, Volume I, is hereby amended by adding thereto a new subsection 301 (b), a new sub- section 302 (d), a new subsection 303 (a), a new subsection 303 (b) and a new Table No. 3- A— Building Permit Fees, which shall read as follows: See. 301 (b). Application. To ob- tain a permit the applicant shall first file an application therefor in writing on a form furnished for that purpose. Every such applica- tion shall: 1. Identify and describe the work to be covered by the permit for which application is made; 2. Describe the land on which the proposed work is to be done, by lot, block, tract, and house and street address, or similar descrip- tion that will readily identify and definitely locate the proposed building or work; 3. Show the use or occupancy of all parts of the building; 4. Be accompanied by plans and specifications as required in sub- section (c) of this section; 5. State the valuation of the pro- posed work; 6. Be signed by the permittee, or his authorized agent, who may be required to submit evidence to indicate such authority; 7. Give such other information as reasonably may be required by the Building Official. 8. Every application shall state the estimated time within which the proposed work shall be com- pleted. Sec. 302 (d). Expiration. Every permit issued by the Building Offi- cial under the provisions of this Code shall expire by limitation and become null and void, if the build- ing or work authorized by such permit is not commenced within sixty (60) days from the date of such permit, or if the building or work authorized by such permit is suspended or abandoned at any time after the work is commenced for a period of sixty (60) days, or if the building or work authorized by such permit is not completed within the time limit specified on the application for such permit, or within any extension thereof as may be granted by the Building Official. Before such work can be recommenced a new permit shall be first obtained so to do, and the fee therefor shall be one -half (1,0 the amount required for a new permit for such work, provided, no changes have been made or will be made in the original plans and specifications for such work. 11 F111111 s r Ordinance No. 1257 New Series Sec. 303 (a). Building Permit Fees. .Before a building permit is issued a permit fee therefor shall be paid to the Building Official as set forth in .Table 3 -A. Sec. 303 (b). Plan - Checking Fees. When a plan is required to be submitted by subsection (c) of Sec- tion 301 and the services of a civil engineer are required to check. said plan, a plan - checking fee shall be paid to the Building Official. Said plan - checking fee shall be equal to one -half (?z) the building permit fee as set forth in Table 3 -A and shall be paid at the time of submitting plans and specifica- tions for checking. TABLE NO. 3- A— BUILDING PERMIT FEES TOTAL VALUATION FEE Less than $50.00 .............................$ 1.00 $50.00 to and including $250.00 $ 2.00 More than $250.00 to and including $500.00 .... ............ .......... $ 4.00 More than $500.00 to and including $750.00 ..........................$ 6.00 More than $750.00 to and including $1,000.00 . ....... - ..............$ 8.00 Each additional $1,000.00 or fraction, to and including $15,000.00 --- ....- ..._....-------- °------------- - $ 4.00 Each additional $1,000.00 or fraction, to and including $20,000.00 --•--... .. ........... .......... _-- - - - -$ 3.00 Each additional $1,000.00 or fraction, to and including $25,000.00 . -- - _ . .. ............ ...................$ 2.00 Each additional $1,000.00 or fraction exceeding $25,000.00 $ 1.00 The City, County, State or the United States of America shall be exempt from paying any fee for any building. Where work for which a permit is required by this Code is started or proceeded with prior to obtaining a permit, the fee above specified shall be doubled but the payment of such double fee shall not relieve any per- sons from fully complying with the requirements of this Code in the ex- ecution of the work nor from any other penalties prescribed herein. SECTION 6. That Chapter 13 of said Building Code, Volume I, is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section 1308, which shall read as follows: Sec. 1308. Chimneys and heating apparatus shall conform to the re- quirements of Chapters 37 and 51. The storage and handling of gas- oline, fuel oil, and other flam- mable liquids shall not be permitted in any Group H occupancy unless such storage and handling comply with U. B. C. Standard No. 9 -1. Doors leading into rooms in which volatile flammable liquids are used or kept shall be pro- tected by Class "C" fire doors and shall be kept normally closed. Every boiler room or room con- taining a central heating plant using solid or liquid fuel shall be separated from the rest of - the building by a "Three -Hour Fire - Resistive Occupancy Separation." Exceptions: 1. Such furnaces may be used without a "Fire- Resistive Occupancy Separation" in build- ings not more than two stories in height. 2. In buildings of Type V con- struction a "One -Hour Fire- Resis- tive Occupancy Separation" may be used. The installation or use of any device capable of generating a glow or flame capable of igniting flammable vapors in any garage located in a Group H occupancy shall not be permitted. A com- partment containing such a device shall have no openings into a pri- vate garage. Exception: Utility rooms or other portions of main dwelling contain- ing such devices may have ap- proved openings into a private garage. SECTION 7. That Chapter 14 of said Building Code, Volume I, is hereby amended by adding thereto a new subsection 1405 (b) and a new section 1408, which shall respectively read as follows: See. 1405 (b). Room Sizes and Cailing Heights. Every room re- quired to have windows by sub- section (a) shall have a ceiling height of not less than eight feet (8') in at least fifty per cent (50 %) of its required area. Rooms used for living, eating or sleeping purposes shall have an area of not less than eighty (80) square feet. Kitchens shall have an area of not less than fifty (50) square feet. Sec. 1408. Chimneys and heating apparatus shall conform to the re- quirements of Chapters 37 and 51. Flammable liquids shall not be stored or used in Group I occupan- cies in quantities in excess of one gallon and all such flammable liq- ids shall be kept in tight or sealed containers when not in actual use. The Installation or use of any device capable of generating a glow or flame capable of igniting flammable vapors in any garage located in a Group I occupancy shall not be permitted. A compart- ment containing such a device shall have no openings into a pri- vate garage. Exception: Utility rooms or other portions of main dwelling contain- ing such devices may have ap- proved openings into a private garage. SECTION 8. That Chapter 15 of said Building Code, Volume I, is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section 1505, which shall read as follows: Sec. 1505. Chimneys and heating apparatus shall conform to the re- quirements of Chapters 37 and 51. Flammable liquids shall not be stored, handled or used in Group J occupancies unless such storage or handling shall comply with U. B. C. Standard No. 9 -1. The installation or use of any device capable of generating .a glow or flame capable of igniting flammable vapors in any garage located in a Group J occupancy shall not be permitted. A com- partment containing such a device shall have no openings into a pri- vate garage. Exception: Utility rooms or other portions of a Group J occupancy containing such devices may have approved openings into a private garage. Alameda City Ordinance No. 125 Ordin '°� New Series SECTION 9. That Chapter 16 of said Building Code, Volume I, is hereby amended by adding thereto a new subsection numbered 1601(x) and a new section numbered 1605, which shall respectively read as follows: Sec. 1601 (a). Fire Zones Defined. For the purposes of this Code the entire city is hereby declared a Fire District and said Fire District shall be known and designated as Fire Zones 1, 2, 3 and 4, and shall include such territory or portions of said city as are established and described in Article 1, Chapter 2, Title XIV, of the Alameda Munici- pal Code, as amended and in effect on the effectiveness of. this ordi- nance, or as said Code may be amended thereafter. Whenever, in this Code, reference is made to any Fire Zone, it shall be con- strued to mean one of the four fire zones designated and referred to in said Alameda Municipal Code. Sec. 1605. Restrictions in Fire Zone No. 4. (a) No building or structure of Type V construction shall be erected in Fire Zone No. 4 with an area in excess of four thousand square feet (4,000 sq, ft.) of floor area on any one floor. (b) Any building in Fire Zone No. 4 whien is enlarged, altered, raised or built upon to an extent exceeding an expenditure of fifty per cent (50%) of the value of such structure shall be made to comply with the requirements of a Type I, II, III, IV or V building, except that floors in the first story of such building need not comply with such requirements. (c) Any building or structure moved into or within fire Zone No. 4 shall comply with all re- quirements for new buildings in Fire Zone No. 4. (d) Buildings of Type V con- struction may be built in excess of four thousand square feet (4,000 sq. fit.) providing such buildings are divided by "special fire separa- tions," as specified in Section 503, into areas not exceeding four thou- sand square feet (4,000 sq, ft.). SECTION 10. That Chapter 17 of said Building Code, Volume I, is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section numbered 1709, which shall read as follows: See. 1709. Parapet walls not less than thirty inches (30 ") in height shall be provided on exterior walls of buildings when the walls are re- quired to be fire- resistant due to their location on the property. A parapet wall shall have the same fire resistance as required for the wall itself. Exceptions: Parapets shall not be required on the following walls: 1. When the roof construction is entirely incombustible. 2. When the roof has an angle of more than twenty (20) degrees with the horizontal. 3 On buildings twenty feet (20') or less in height. SECTION 11, That Chapter 24 of said Building Code, Volume I, is hereby amended by adding thereto a new subsection numbered 2412 (a), which shall read as follows: Sec. 2412 (a). General. Plain solid masonry is that form of construc- tion made with brick, solid load - bearing concrete masonry units, or stone in which the units are all laid and set in mortar placed with a trowel; if used for load - bearing shall be reinforced with steel. SECTION 12. That Chapter 25 of said Building Code, Volume I, is hereby amended by adding a new section numbered 2512, which shall read as follows: Sec. 2512. Fire- stopping shall be provided to cut off all concealed draft openings (both vertical and horizontal), and form an effective barrier between stories, and be- tween a top story and roof space. It shall be used in specific loca- tions, as follows. 1. In exterior or interior stud walls, at ceilings and floor levels. 2. In all stud walls and partitions, including furred spaces, so placed that the maximum dimension of any concealed space is not over seven feet W). 3. Between stair stringers at least once in the middle portion of each run, at top and bottom, and be- tween studs, along and in line with run of stair adjoining stud walls and partitions. 4. Around top, bottom, sides and ends of sliding door pockets. 5. In spaces between chimneys and wood framing, loose incom- bustible materials shall be placed in incombustible supports, or a metal collar tightly fitted to the chimney and nailed to the wood framing may be used. 6. Any other locations not specifically mentioned above, such as holes for pipes, shafting, be- hind furring strips and similar places which could afford a pas - sapre for flames. Fire stops when of wood shall be two - inch (2 nominal thickness. If width of opening is such that more than one piece of lumber is necessary, there shall be two thick- nesses of one -inch (1 material with joints broken. SECTION 13. That Chapter 42 of said Building Code, Volume I, is hereby amended by adding a new table entitled Table No. 42- B —Mini- mum Interior Finish Classifications, which table shall read as follows: TABLE NO. 42 -B MINIMUM INTERIOR- FINISH CLASSIFICATIONS Enclosed Rooms Occupancy Vertical Other or Group Exitways Exitways Areas A I II III B I 11 III C I II III D I II II* E I II III ** F I II III G I II III H I II III ** I III III III J No restrictions *In rooms in which personal lib- erties of inmates are forcibly re- strained, Class I material only may be used. * *Over two stories shall be of Class II. Alameda City Ordinances Ordinance No. 1257 New Series NOTE: Any material not in Class 1, II or III shall not be used in any room or space subject to human occupancy, except to such an ex- tent as is specifically permitted by the enforcing authority on the basis of a finding that it does not increase the life hazard, but shall at no time exceed 10% of the aggregate interior surface of the walls and ceilings of the room wherein this material is located. SECTION 14. That Chapter 47 of said Building Code, Volume 1, is hereby amended by adding a new subsection numbered 4711 (c) and by adding a new table entitled "Table No. 47- H— Exterior Portland Cement Plaster," which shall respectively read as follows: Sec. 4711 (c). Application. 1. Gen- eral. Except when applied to con- crete or masonry, and except as otherwise provided for pneumati- cally applied plaster, exterior ce- ment plastering materials shall be mixed by machine methods for not less than two minutes, and shall be applied as set forth in Table No. 47 -H. The first coat shall be forced through all openings in the rein- forcement so as solidly to fill all spaces. It shall then be scored hor- izontally with a scrather having one - eighth inch ('% °)) clipped teeth and grooves not more than one - half inch deep. The second coat shall be rodded and water floated, with no varia- tion greater than one - quarter inch ( 1 , 1 1") in any direction under a five- foot (5') straightedge. The third coat, if plaster, shall be applied with trowel. TABLE NO, 47 -H— EXTERIOR PORTLAND CEMENT PLASTER First or Scratch Coat -- Maximum Volume of Sand Per Volume of Cement, 3 Minimum Thickness, *?z ", (1st and 2nd coats to be W' if 3rd coat is plaster); Minimum Period Moist Curing, 48 hours; Minimum Tnterval Before Applica- tion of Succeeding Coat, 7 days. Second or Brown Coat -- Maximum Volume of San Per Volume of Cement, 412.; Minimum Thickness (1st and 2nd coats to be ?s" if 3rd coat is paint. sealer); Minimum Period Moist Curing, 48 hours; Minimum Interval Before Applica- tion of Succeeding Coat, 7 days. Third or Finish Coat: Alternate 1— Portland Cement Plaster, Maxi - mum Volume of Sand Per Volume of Cement, 1 `2; Minimum Thick- ness, 1 / ". Alternate 2—Approved Exterior Sealer Paint Coat or Stucco Wash. *Measured from backing to crest of scored plaster. "Approved prepared finished coats containing not less than 1 ,3 by weight of Portland Cement may be used. SECTION 15. Whenever in said Building Code the words "City," "Building Inspector," "Fire Marshal," "Building Official" or other desig- nation of an officer, board or de- partment occur, the word "City" shall mean the City of Alameda and the words "Building Inspector," "Fire Marshal," "Building Official" or other designation of an officer, board or department shall mean re- spectively the Building Inspector, the Fire Chief or such officer, board or department of the City of Ala- meda. SECTION 16. Validity. If any sec- tion, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of said Building Code or of this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said Code or of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each sec- tion, subsection, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsec- tions, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared unconstitutional. SECTION 17. Violations and Penal - ties. The provisions and penalties contained, and provided in Section 205 of Chapter 2 of said Building Code are hereby specifically incor- porated and adopted as a part of this ordinance. In addition to the penalties herein provided, any build - ing, structure, or portion thereof, or any condition existing or permit- ted to exist in violation of any pro- vision of said Building Code, or any actual or threatened violation of said Code, may be abated, restrained or adjoined in any manner provided by law; provided, further, that the pen- alties set out in Section 1-411 of the Alameda Municipal Code are specifi- cally applicable herein and may be applied cumulatively, consecutively, or in the alternative with any pen- alty set out herein. SECTION 18. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of its final passage. WILLIAM M. McCALL, Presiding Officer of the Council. ATTEST: SHIRT EY H. TENNIER, City Clerk. I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in replular meeting as- sembled on the 17th day of Decem- ber, 1957, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Councilmen Collischonn, Freeman, Petersen, Schacht and President McCall, (5). NOES: None. ABSENT: None. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this 18th day of December, 1957. SHIRLEY H. TENNIER, (SEAL) City Clerk of the City of Alameda. Publish Dec, 20, 1957.