Ordinance 1388ORDINANCE NO. 1388
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDI-
NANCE NO. 1257 N. S. (ADOPTION
OF UNIFORM BUILDING CODE,
1955 EDITION) RELATING TO
BLAST AND /OR FALL -OUT SHEL-
TERS (AMENDMENT NO. 2 —
EMERGENCY MEASURE).
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUN-
CIL. OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA:
SECTION 1. That Ordinance No.
1257 N. S. of the City of Alameda
which adopts the Uniform Building
Code, 1955 Edition Volume 1, as the
Building Code of the City of Ala-
meda, among other thing's, is hereby
amended by adding thereto Section
14.2, which shall read as follows:
SECTION 14.2, That the Uniform
Building Code, 1955 Edition, Volume
1, as adopted by the City of Ala-
meda, is hereby amended by add-
ing thereto a new Section which
shall read as follows:
SECTION 107
NOTWITHSTANDING, anything
to the contrary contained within
the Uniform Building Code, blast
and /or fall -out shelters intended as
protective structures or devices
against the effects of nuclear war
may be constructed subject only to
the following requirements:
1. Adherence to sppecial rules and
regulations relating to said con-
struction as promulgated by the
City Engineer of the City of
Alameda which will not be
detrimental to public health and
safety, and are substantially in
conformance with current and
existent specifications and plans
of such structures or devices as
promulgated by the Office of
Civil and Defense Mobilization.
2. That such structures or devices
shall be constructed, utilized,
and maintained primarily for
the purpose of blast and /or
fall-out shelters and not as ad-
ditional area for normal human
habitation.
3. The permits required by the
Uniform Building Code shall be
acquired, and the necessary fees
paid. Normal inspections pur-
suant to the Uniform Building
Code shall be made to certify
adherence to the rules and reg-
ulations of the City Engineer.
4. For the purposes of this section
a blast and /or fall -out shelter
is defined as any structure or
device within or without a
building designed, constructed,
utilized, and maintained as a
protective structure or device
against the effects of fire, heat,
blast, concussion, or the fall-
out of radioactive elements re-
sulting from nuclear or other
explosions or any similar de-
vice.
5. Adherence shall be made to
zoning laws, and other laws.
rules, and regulations of the
City of Alameda.
SECTION 2. That this ordinance is
hereby declared to be an ordinance
enac'ed in great urgency and neces-
sity for the public. peace, health, and
safety. This declaration is based upon
the fact that the City of Alameda is
immediately threatened with the
danger of a nuclear war, and that
for the preservation of the public
peace, health, and safety it is neces-
sary that provisions for the construe -
Lion of blast and /or fall -out shelters
be immediately incorporated into the
Building' Code of the City of Ala-
meda in order that the construction
of such protective structures or de-
vices may proceed without delay.
SECTION 3. This ordinance being
enac for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public peace, health, and
safety is being introduced and passed
at one and the same meeting', and
shall become effective immediately.
FR.ANZ S. COLLISCHONN
Presiding Officer of
the Council
Attest:
SHIRLEY H. TENNIER
City Clerk
1, the undersigned, hereby certify
that the foregoing Ordinance was
duly and regularly adopted and
passed by the Council of the City of
Alameda in regular meeting assem-
bled on the 3rd day of October, 1961,
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Godfrey, Mc-
Call, Schacht and President Colli-
schonn, (4).
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Councilman Dungan, (1).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the official seal of said City this 4th
day of October, 1961,
SHIRLEY H. TENNIER
(SEAL) City Clerk of the
City of Alameda
Publish Oct. 5, 1961.