Ordinance 1730ORDINANCE 1730
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING BY
REFERENCE THE UNIFORM
BUILDING CODE, 1973 EDITION,
COPYRIGHT 1973 BY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BUILDING OFFICIALS, WITH AMEND MENTS,.ADDITIONS AND DELE-
TIONS THEREOF AS THE PRIMARY
CODE, APPENDIX; CHAPTER 13,35,
49 AND 57 THEREOF, AND UNIFORM
BUILDING CODE STANDARDS,
EACH REFERRED TO IN SAID
PRIMARY CODE AS THE SECONDARY CODE: REGULATING THE
ERECTION, CONSTRUCTION,
ENLARGEMENT, ALTERATON,
REPAIR, MOVING, REMOVAL, CONVERSION, DEMOLITION, OC-
CUPANCY, EQUIPMENT, USE,
HEIGHT, AREA, AND
MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS OR
STRUCTURES IN THE CITY OF
ALAMEDA; PROVIDING FOR THE
ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND
COLLECTION OF FEES THEREFOR;
DECLARING AND ESTABLISHING A
FIRE DISTRICT; PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION
THEREOF, AND REPEALING OR-
DINANCE NO. 1659 NEW SERIES,
AND ALL OTHER ORDINANCES AND
PORTIONS OF ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT THEREWITH.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA:
Section 1. Title. Uniform Building
Code. This Ordinance shall be known as
the "Alameda Building Code," may be
cited as such, and will be referred to
herein as "this Ordinance" or "this
Code," or "Building Code."
The Uniform Building Code, as the
Primary Code, and Appendix, Chapter
13, 35, 49 and 57, and Uniform Building
Code Standards as the Secondary Code,
Copyright 1973 by International
Conference of Building Officials,
copies of which have been placed on
file with the City Clerk for use and
examination by the public and by
Resolution No. 8255 declared to be
Public records, as said copies have
been deleted, changed and
supplemented with the approval of this
Council, and each and all of the regula-
tions, provisions, conditions,
requirements and terms thereof are
hereby adopted as the Alameda Build-
ing Code for regulating the erection,
construction, enlargement, alteration,
repair, moving, removal, demolition,
conversion, occupancy, equipment,
use, height, area, and maintenance of
all buildings and structures in the City
of Alameda, and by this reference are
incorporated herein and made a part
hereof to the same effect as though set
forth herein in full.
Section 2. General Standards. All
materials and assemblies of materials;
appliances and installation of
appliances; arrangements of occupan-
cies; all exits, aisles, stairs; doors and
appurtenances thereto in buildings or
structures shall be so arranged, as-
sembled and of such size and so pro-
tected as to hold to a minimum all exit,
fire and health hazards.
The quality of all materials, method
of connecting or assembling such
materials, stresses allowed and live
and dead loads assumed in the design
and construction of all buildings or
structures shall be in accord with no-
tionally recognized standards of
quality and with generally recognized
and well established methods of struc-
tural design and construction.
me reductiin of fire and exit hazards,
acceptable quality of materials and
generally recognized and well es-
tablished methods of structural design
and construction.
Section 3. Changes, Additions and
Deletions. The changes, additions and
deletions of said Uniform Building
Code, placed on file with the City Clerk,
hereinafter set forth and designated are
hereby approved and adopted as
follows:
Section 101 is changed to read as
follows:
"Sec. 101. This Ordinance shall
be known as the'Alamedn Building
Code,' may be cited as such, and
will be referred to herein as 'this
Ordinance' or 'this Code,' or
'Building Code.'
"The Uniform Building Code,
Copyright 1973, by International
Conference of Building Officials,
copies of which have been placed
on file with the City Clerk for use
and examination by the public and
by Resolution No. 8255 declared to
be public records, as said copies
have been deleted, changed and
supplemented with approval of this
Council, and each and all of the
regulations, provisions, conditions,
requirements and terms thereof are
hereby adopted as the Alameda
Building Code for regulating the
erection, construction,
enlargement, alteration, repair,
moving, removal, demolition, con-
version, occupancy, equipment,
use, height, area, and maintenance
of al I bui (dings and structures in the
City of Alameda, and by this
reference are incorporated herein
and made a part hereof to the same
effect as though set forth herein in
full."
The following paragraph is added to
Section 303 (a) to read as follows:
"Permit fee for demolishing
buildings or structures shall be
S5.00 for each permit."
"Permit fee for reroofing shall be
S5.00 for each permit."
The following paragraph is added to
Section 303 (b) to read as follows:
"Plan- checking fee shall be
$10.00 for identical buildings as in a
subdivision or tract. This is
applicable only when each building
is to be constructed from identical
plans and specifications as
approved for the original struc-
ture."
Alameda City ® Ordinance No. 17,3 P
New Series
Section 4. Whenever in said Building
Code the words "City," "Building Ins-
pector," "Fire Marshal," "Building
Official" or other designation of an of-
ficer, board or department occur, the
word "City" shall mean the City of
Alameda and the word "Building Ins-
pector," "Fire Marshal," "Building
Official" or other designation of an of-
ficer, board or department, shall mean
respectively the Building Inspector,
the Fire Chief, or such officer, board or
department of the City of Alameda.
Section 5. Validity. If any section,
subsection, sentence, clause or phrase
of said Building Code or of this Or-
dinance is for any reason held to be un-
constitutional, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining .
portions of said Code or of this Or-
dinance. The City Council hereby
declares that it would have passed this
Ordinance and each section, subsec-
tion, clause or phrase thereof irrespec-
tive of the fact that any one or more
sections, subsections, sentences,
clauses and phrases be declared un-
constitutional.
Section 6. Violations and Penalties.
The provisions and penalties contained
and provided in Section 205 of Chapter 2
of said Building Code are hereby
specifically incorporated and adopted
as part of this Ordinance. In addition to
the penalties herein provided, any
building, structure, or portion thereof,
or any condition existing or permitted
to exist in violation of any provision 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 penalties set out in
Section 1 -411 of the Alameda Municipal
Code are specifically applicable herein
and may be applied cumulatively, con-
secutively, or in the alternative with
any penalty set out herein.
Section 7. That Ordinance No. 1659
New Series, of the City of Alameda,
passed January 18, 1972, and all other
ordinances and parts of ordinances of
the City of Alameda in conflict
herewith be, and the same are, hereby
repealed.
Section 8. 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.
TERRY LA CROIX, JR.
Presiding Officer
of the Council
Attest:
ETHEL M. PITT
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
regular meeting assembled on the 17Th
day of September, 1974, by the follow-
ing vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Beckam, Corica,
Hurwitz, McCall and President La
Croix, Jr., (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
September, 1974.
(SEAL)
FTHFI M PITT