HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #1628 ORDINANCE NO. 1628
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE
BY AMENDING ARTICLE 831 OF CHAPTER 83 TO PRO-
VIDE FOR THE ADOPTION BY REFERENCE OF THE
UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE, BEING VOLUME II OF
THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, 1970 EDITION
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain
as follows :
SECTION 1. The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby
amended by amending Sections 8311 and 8312 to read as follows :
8311. ADOPTION OF THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE (UNIFORM
BUILDING CODE, VOLUME II, 1970 EDITION) . There is hereby adopted
by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach for the pur-
pose of protecting public health and safety by prescribing mini-
mum standards for the use , design and installation of heating,
ventilating, . comfort-cooling equipment and refrigeration systems ,
and requiring a permit and inspection for the installation, al-
teration and replacement of said equipment, providing for the ad-
ministration and enforcement of such requirements and prescribing
penalties for violations thereof, the Uniform Mechanical Code,
being Volume II of the Uniform Building Code , 1970 edition, com-
piled by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical
Officials and International Conference of Building Officials, and
repealing all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
therewith EXCEPT Sections 8313 and 8314 thereof, by reference,
of which code not less than three (3 ) copies have been and now are
filed in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Huntington
Beach, and the same and the whole thereof, including the appendix
of the Uniform Mechanical Code standards and fees specified there-
in, is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as though set out
at length herein, as provided by Section 50022 . 2 et seq. of the
Government Code of the State of California, and from the date of
this ordinance shall take effect and the provisions thereof shall
be controlling within the corporate limits of the City of Hunting-
ton Beach.
8312 . PERMIT FEES . Section 304 of the Uniform Mechanical
Code , 1970 edition, is hereby amended by adding thereto the fol-
lowing words and figures :
1 .
NEW CONSTRUCTION, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE OR MULTI-
FAMILY . Every applicant for a permit to install, add to, alter,
relocate or replace a heating system, appliances , comfort-cooling
system or any part thereof, shall state in writing on the appli-
cation form provided for that purpose , the character of work pro-
posed to be done and the amount and kind in connection therewith,
together with such information pertinent thereto as may be required.
Such applicant shall pay for each permit , at the time of is-
suance , a fee in accordance with the above schedule, and at the
rate provided for each classification shown therein.
Fees for new construction, residential, single or multi-
family, including all heating and comfort-cooling installations ,
shall be determined by applying the following formula to the square
footage of the area.
FORMULA: one-half cent (Z ) per square foot
of dwelling area plus $3 for each
permit .
Where duct work is being done under separate contract then the
permit fee for duct work shall be One Dollar ( $1) for residential
unit plus Three Dollars ($3) for each permit .
Fees for special inspection or investigation to determine code
compliance on any items in the above schedule shall be charged per
hour, or fraction thereof, at the rate of Five Dollars ( $5 ) per
hour .
The fees for any installation for which a permit is required
but for which no fee is herein provided, shall be based on the
valuation of the proposed work and shall be as stated in Table 3A
of the Uniform Building Code , 1970 edition, as amended. The fee
for plan checking shall be one-fourth (4) of total heating and
comfort-cooling permit and shall be paid at the time the plans are
submitted to the Building Official .
Any person who shall commence any warm-air heating, ventila-
tion, comfort-cooling work or refrigeration for which a permit is
required by this code without first having obtained a permit there-
for, if subsequently permitted to obtain a permit , shall pay double
the permit fee fixed by this section for such work, with an addi-
tional charge of Ten Dollars ($10 ) . Provided, however, that this
provision shall not apply to emergency work when it shall be proved
to the satisfaction of the Administrative Authority that such work
was urgently necessary and that it 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 practical to do
so, and if there be an unreasonable delay in obtaining such permit ,
shall pay a double fee as herein provided with an additional charge
2 .
of Ten Dollars ($10 ) .
REFUND OF FEES . When construction authorized by a
permit is not begun and no inspections have been made , the Director
of Building and Safety shall, upon written request from the per-
mittee , make refund of fees subject to the following limitations :
No refund of fees shall be made of the basic permit fee cost
of Three Dollars ($3 ) .
No refund of fees or any part thereof shall be made unless ap-
plication for refund shall be made within 120 days from date of is-
suance of such permit .
SECTION 2 . This ordinance shall take effect thirty days after
its adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
ordinance and cause same to be published within fifteen days after
adoption in the Huntington Beach News , a weekly newspaper of
general circulation, printed and published in Huntington Beach,
California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Hunt-
ington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 16th day of
February 1971 .
Mayor PRO TEM
ATTEST:
City erk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorne
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Ord. N,o. 1628
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss :
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I , PAUL C. JONES, The duly elected, qualified, and
acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-
officio Clerk of the City Council of the said City, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing
ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 1st day of February
1971 and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 16tway of February ,
19 71 , and was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of
more than a majority of all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
McCracken, Bartlett, Gibbs, Coen, Green, Matney
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Shipley
I• PAUL C. JONES, CITY CLERK of the Ci er an -officio Clerk
city of of the City Co ncil of the City
HunTmgton Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City
Council, do hereby certify that this ordinance has of Huntington Beach, California
bee published in the Hunting 8 n Beach News on
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in accordance wit h197• _.
e City Charter of said City
----._PAUL_C.•JONES
' City Clerk
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