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Ordinance 1876CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. 1876, NEq SERIES AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, 1976 EDITION, COPYRIGHT 1976 BY THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BUILDING OFFICIALS WITH AMENDMENTS, ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS THEREOF AS THE PRIMARY CODE, APPENDIX: CHAP'T'ER 13, 35, 49 AND 57 THEREOF, AND UNIFORM BUILDING CODE STANDARDS, EACH REFERRED TO IN SAID PRIMARY CODE AS THE SEC=ARY CODE; REGULATING THE ERECTION, CONSTRUCTION, ENLARGEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, MOVING, REMOVAL,CONVERSION, DEMOLITION, OCCUPANCY, 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 ORDINANCE NO. 1730 NEW SERIES, AND ALL OTHER ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA that: 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 1976 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. 8697 declared to be public records, as said copies have been deleted, changed and supple- mented with the 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,_enla clement, alteration, repair, roving, removal, demolition, conversion, occupancy, -1- 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 assem- blies of materials; appliances and installation of appliances; arrangements of occupancies; all exits, aisles, stairs, doors and appurtenances thereto in buildings or structures shall be so arranged, assembled and of such size and so protected 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 nationally recognized standards of quality and with generally recognized and well established methods of structural design and construction. Compliance with all the provisions of the Alameda Building Code referred to and adopted by the provisions of Section 1 here- of shall be and is hereby declared to be prima facie evidence of the reduction of fire and exit hazards, acceptable quality of materials and generally recognized and well established methods of construction and structural design. Section 3 Chancres, 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 t`ic: -2- '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, Copyright 1976, 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. 8697 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 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." The following paragraph is added to Section 303(a) to read as follows: "Permit fee for demolishing buildings or structures shall be $10.00 for each permit." "Permit fee for reroofing shall be $10.00 for each permit." The following paragraph is added to Section 303 (b) to read as follows: -3- "Plan- checking fee shall be $15.00 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 structure." Section 4 . Whenever in said Building Code the words "City ", "Building Inspector ", "Fire Marshal ", "Building Official" or other designation of an officer, board or department occur, the word "City" shall mean the City of Alameda and the word "Building Inspector ", "Fire Marshal ", "Building Official" or other designation of an officer, 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 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 chat it would have passed this Ordinance and each section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared unconstitutional. Section 6 . Penalties It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to erect, construct, enlarge, alter repair, move, improve, remove, convert or demolish, equip, use occupy or maintain any building or structure in the City, or cause or permit the same to be done, contrary to or in violation of any providions of this Code. -4- Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Code shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this Code is committed, continued, or permitted, and upon conviction of any such violation such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) or by imprisonment for not more than NINETY (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section 7 . That Ordinance No. 1730 New Series, of the City of Alameda, passed September 17, 1974 and effective October 18, 1974 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 c� effect from and after November 1, 1977_ 7- Attest; Pre ing Officer of the Council City Cleric __r_ I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly and regularly adopted and passed, as amended, by the Council of the City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the 19th day of July, 1977, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Councilmen Diament, Sherratt and President Corica, (3). NOES: None. ABSENT: Councilmen Beckam and Tillman, (2). IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this 20th day of July, 1977. City Clerk of the City of Alameda