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Ordinance 2382CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. 2382 New Series AMENDING TITLE V, SECTION 5-152, OF THE ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL CODE; SECTION 4 OF ORDINANCE NO 2250 N.S.; AND SECTION 304(e)2 OF THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE PROVIDING QUADRUPLE PENALTIES FOR WORKING WITHOUT PERMITS BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Alameda that: Section 1. The Alameda Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending Subsection (b) of Section 5-152 (Permit) thereof to read: (b) Permit Fee and Penalty. (1) Prior to and as a condition of the issuance of a permit under the terms of this Chapter, the applicant shall pay a sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00) per address for which a permit is issued. (2) Where work is started without a permit, the applicant shall pay an additional penalty fee of $40.00 per address for which a permit is issued. Section 2. Section 4 of Ordinance No. 2250 N.S. is hereby amended thereof to read: Section 4. Penalties. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to install, alter, repair, relocate, add to, replace, use or maintain plumbing or drainage systems in the jurisdiction, or cause the same to be done, contrary to or in violation of any of the provisions of this Code. Maintenance of systems which were unlawful at the time installed and which would be unlawful under this Code if installed after the effective date of this Code, shall constitute a continuing violation of the Code. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provisions of this Code shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine as established by the Alameda Municipal Code for misdemeanors and infractions. Each separate day or any portion thereof during which any violation of this Code occurs or continues shall be 1 deemed to constitute a separate offense, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable as herein provided. Any person who shall commence any plumbing work for which a permit is required by this Article without first having obtained a permit therefor shall, if subsequently permitted to obtain a permit, pay Ten Dollars ($10.00) plus quadruple the permit fee fixed by this Article for such work; provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to emergency work when it is proved to the satisfaction of the Plumbing Inspector that such work was not practical to obtain a permit therefor before the commencement of the work. In all such cases a permit must be obtained as soon as it is practicable to do so, and if there is any unreasonable delay in obtaining such permit, Ten Dollars ($10.00) plus a quadruple fee as herein provided shall be charged. Section 3. The Uniform Building Code is hereby amended by amending Section 304(e)2 of Ordinance No. 2265 N.S. thereof to read: 2. FEE. An investigation fee, in addition to the permit fee, shall be collected whether or not a permit is then or subsequently issued. The investigation fee shall be quadruple to the amount of the permit fee required by this code. The minimum investigation fee shall be the same as the minimum fee set forth in Table No. 3-A. The payment of such investigation fee shall not exempt any person from compliance with all other provisions of the code nor from any penalty prescribed by law. Section 4. 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. Presiding Office-t of the Council 2 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 of May, 1988, by the following vote to wit: AYES: Councilmembers Camicia, Haugner, Monsef, Thomas and President Corica - 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 May, 1988. City clerk of the City of Alameda