HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #2505 ORDINANCE NO. 2505
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
BY AMENDING SECTIONS 17 . 16.100 AND 17. 16.120
REGULATING BUILDINGS IN GRADE I, EARTHQUAKE
HAZARD
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does
ordain as follows :
SECTION 1. The Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended by amending sections 17.16.100 and 17. 16.120 to read
as follows :
17. 16 . 100 Corrective action. Owners of buildings that
have been graded shall be given notice of the need for correc-
tive action. Such notification shall be by a form approved by
the building official.
Owners of buildings that have been graded Grade I -Excessive
hazard , shall, within six (6 ) months from the date of certifica-
tion of the local coastal plan, file with the building official a
plan of action for reducing the earthquake hazard associated with
such buildings to an acceptable level. Owners of buildings that
have been graded Grade II - High hazard, shall file such plan of
action within thirty (30) months from the date of the notice.
Owners of buildings that have been graded Grade III - Intermediate
hazard , shall file such plan of action within fifty-four (54)
months from the date of notice.
17. 16 . 120 Hazard classification--Removal from. Buildings
that have been graded Grade I - Excessive hazard shall be re-
moved from that hazard classification not later than one year
from the date of certification of the local coastal plan.
Buildings that have been graded Grade II - High hazard shall be
removed from that hazard classification not later than three years
from the date of the notice. Buildings that have been classified
Grade III - Intermediate hazard shall be removed from that clas-
sification not later than five years from the date of the notice.
Removal of the building from the hazard classifications may be
accomplished by appropriate repair, rehabilitation, increasing the
lateral force resistance to the required level , demolition and
removal or other methods permitted by this chapter.
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SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
after its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 8th
day of September 1981.
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Mayor
ATTEST : APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Clerk Ci Attorne
REVIEWED AND APPROVED : INITIATED AND APPROVED:
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i y Admini trator D rector of Development
Services
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Ord. No. 2505
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified 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 17th day of August
19 81 and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 8th day of September 19 81 and
was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of
all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
MacAllister, Finley, Mandic, Kelly
NOES: Councilmen:
Thomas. Pattincon
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Bailey
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
i, Alicia M. Wentworth CITY CLERK of the City of
Hunting-yn Beach and ex-offibo Clerk of the City
COunc:. 'to hwehy certify ttsat a synopsis of this
ordinance has been puiAished in the Ftunti Wton
Beach ar.+ endent on
in ac .r. the ..............Cty Cha,tcr of said City.
City Clerk
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