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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #2787 ORDINANCE NO. 2787 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE BY REPEALING CHAPTER 17.48 AND SECTION 17. 60.010; BY AMENDING SECTION 17.04.080, RELATING TO BUILDING SECURITY; AND ADDING NEW CHAPTER 17.48 AND NEW SECTION 17.60.010, ADOPTING THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, 1984 EDITION AND THE UNIFORM SOLAR ENERGY CODE, 1982 EDITION The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Chapter 17.48 and section 17. 60.010 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code are hereby repealed.- SECTION 2. The Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending section 17.04.080 to read as follows: 17.04.080 The Uniform Building Code is hereby amended by adding thereto new Chapter 41 entitled, " Building Security, " to read as follows: "Sec. 4101 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish minimum standards of construction for protection against unlawful entry. "Sec. 4102 Scope. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all new construction for which building permits are issued after February 294, 1976. "Sec . 4103 Limitations. No provision of this chapter shall impose or be construed as imposing any requirements con- trary to those contained in Chapter 33 of the Uniform Building Code. "Sec. 4104 Alternative security provisions. When approved by the chief of police, the fire chief and the building offi- cial site security systems may be provided in lieu of the spe- cific security provisions of section 4111, 'Garages--Multiple dwellings. ' 1. I "Sec. 4105 Definitions . For the purpose of this chapter, certain terms used herein are defined as follows: " 'Cylinder guard ' means a hardened ring surrounding the exposed portion of the lock cylinder or other device which is so fastened as to protect the cylinder from wrenching, prying, cutting or pulling by attack tools. " 'Deadlocking latch ' means a latch in which the latch bolt is positively held in the projected position by a guard bolt, plunger or auxiliary mechanism.- " 'Dead bolt ' means a bolt which has no automatic spring action and which is operated by a key cylinder, thumb turn, or level, and is positively held fast when in the projected pos- ition. " 'Latch' means a device for automatically holding a door shut after being closed. "'Light ' means any glazed opening whether glazed with glass, plastic, metal, wood or composition sheets or panels, or similar materials, and shall include windows, skylights, view ports or view panels and similar openings.- Sec. 4106 Tests. (a) Sliding Glass Doors. Panels shall be closed and locked. Tests shall be performed in the fol- lowing order: " (1 ) Test 'A. ' With the panels in the normal position, a concentrated load of three hundred (300) pounds shall be ap- plied separately to each vertical pull stile incorporating a locking device, at a point on the stile within six (6) inches of the locking devices, in the direction parallel to the plane of glass that would tend to open the door. " (2) Test ' B. ' Repeat above Test 'A' while simultaneously adding a concentrated load of 150 pounds to the same area of the same stile in a direction perpendicular to the plane of glass toward the interior side of the door. " (3) Test ' C. ' Repeat above Test 'B' with 150 pound force in the reversed direction toward the exterior side of the door. " (4) Tests 'D, ' 'E' and 'F. ' Repeat Tests 'A, ' 'B' and 'C ' with the movable panel lifted upwards to its full limit within the confines of the door frame. " (b) Sliding Glass Windows. Sash shall be closed and locked. Tests shall be performed in the following order: 2. " (1) Test 'A: ' With the sliding sash in the normal posi- tion; a concentrated load of 150 pounds shall be applied sep- arately to each sash member incorporating a locking device; at a point on the sash member within six (6 ) inches of the locking device; in the direction parallel to the plane of glass that would tend to open the window. " (2) Test 'B. ' Repeat above Test 'A' while simultaneously adding a concentrated load of seventy-five (75) pounds to the same area of the same sash member in the direction perpendic- ular to the plane of glass toward the interior side of the window. " (3 ) Test ' C: ' Repeat above Test ' B' with the seventy-five (75) pound force in the reversed direction toward the exterior side of the window. " (4) Tests 'D; ' 'E' and 'F. ' Repeat above Tests 'A, ' ' B ' and ' C ' with the movable sash lifted upwards to its full limit within the confines of the window frame: "Sec: 4107: Entry vision. All main or front entry doors to R occupancies shall be arranged so that the occupant has a view of the area immediately outside without opening the door: Such view may be provided by a door viewer or view port or by window or other opening located and constructed as required by this chapter. Such area shall be provided with a light. "Sec. 4108: Doors. (a) General. A door forming a part of the enclosure of a dwelling unit or of an area of a building occupied by one tenant shall be constructed, installed, and secured as set forth in this section: " (b) Swinging doors: " (1) Swinging wooden doors which can be opened from the inside without using a key shall be of solid core construc- tion or shall be covered on the inside face with sixteen (16) gauge sheet metal attached with screws at six (6) inch maximum centers around the perimeter or equivalent. Lights in doors shall be as set forth in this chapter: " (2) A single swinging door, the active leaf of a pair of doors; and the bottom leaf of Dutch doors shall be equipped with a dead bolt and deadlocking latch The dead bolt and latch may be activated by one lock or by individual locks: Dead bolts shall contain hardened inserts, or equivalent; de - signed to repel cutting tool attack. The lock or locks shall be key operated from the exterior side of the door and engaged or disengaged from the interior side of the door by a device 3: which requires no key, special knowledge or effort. " (3) A straight dead bolt shall have a minimum throw of one (1) inch and the embedment shall be not less than five-eighths (5/8) inch into the holding device receiving the projected bolt, a hook shape or expanding lug dead bolt shall have a minimum throw of three-fourths ( 3/4) inch: All dead bolts of locks which automatically activate two (2) or more dead bolts shall embed at least one-half (1/2) inch but need not exceed three-fourths ( 3/4) inch into the holding devices receiving the projected bolts. "EXCEPTION: "Locks may be key, or otherwise, op- erated from the inside when not pro- hibit by Chapter 33 of the Uniform Building Code or other laws and regulations. " (4) A deadlocking latch shall be provided with a bolt projecting not less than five-eighths (5/8) inches from the edge of the door in which it is installed. " (5) The inactive leaf of a pair of doors and the upper leaf of Dutch doors shall be equipped with a dead bolt or dead bolts as set forth in subsection (b) (2) above. "EXCEPTIONS: "l) The bolt or bolts need not be key operated but shall not be otherwise activated, from the exterior side of the door. "2 ) The bolt or bolts may be engaged or dis- engaged automatically with the dead bolt or by another device on the active leaf or lower leaf. "3) Manually-operated hardened bolts at the top and bottom of the leaf and which embed a minimum of one-half (1/2) inch into the device receiving the pro- jected bolt may be used when not prohibited by Chapter 33 of the Uniform Building Code or other laws and regulations. " (6) Doorstops on wooden jambs for in-swinging doors shall be of one piece construction with the jamb or joined by a rabbet. 4. " (7) Nonremovable pins shall be used in pin-type hinges which are accessible from the outside when the door is closed, " (8) Cylinder guards shall be installed on all mortise or rim-type cylinder locks installed in doors whenever the cyl- inder projects beyond the face of the door or when otherwise accessible to gripping tools: " (9) Unframed glass doors shall be of fully tempered glass not less than one-half (1/2) inch thick. " (10) Narrow-framed glass doors shall be of fully tempered glass not less than one-quarter (1/4) inch thick. " (c) Sliding glass doors. Sliding glass doors shall be equipped with locking devices and shall be so installed that they remain intact and engaged when subjected to tests speci- fied in this chapter. Movable panels shall not be rendered easily opened or removed from the frame during or after the tests. Cylinder guards shall be installed on all mortise or rim-type cylinder locks installed in doors whenever the cyl- inder projects beyond the face of the door or is otherwise accessible to gripping tools. "Sec. 4109. Windows and similar openings. (a) General.- Windows., skylights; or other similar openings in which glass is utilized in dwelling units or portions of buildings, designed for occupancy by one person only, shall be constructed, in-- stalled and secured as set forth in this section when located less than sixteen (16) feet above any surface available for use by the public. " (b) Materials. Only fully-tempered glass, of approved burglar-resistant material, or approved metal bars, screens, or grills shall be used for any opening in which glass is utilized which is located within forty (40) inches of the locking device on a door. " (c) Locking devices. Locking devices which cannot be disassembled or disengaged when subjected to the tests pre- scribed in this chapter shall be provided on all sliding glass windows. Sliding glass panels shall not be easily opened or removed from the window frame during or after the tests. " (d) All windows which are designed to be opened shall be provided with locking devices as required by this section to make the building as secure as possible. " (e) Louvers. Louvered windows (except those in R occu- pancies, located more than twelve (12) feet above any surface 5. which is available for use by the public) shall be protected by approved metal bars, grills or screens, and when closed, can only be opened from the inside by means of a mechanical device.- "Sec.- 4110. Other openings. (a) General. Openings other than doors and windows which are utilized ni dwelling units or portions of buildings designed for occupancy by one person only, the bottoms of which are less than sixteen (16) feet above a surface available for use by the public, shall be con- structed as set forth in this section. " (b) Hatchways, scuttles and similar openings. (1) Solid wooden hatchways less than one and three-fourths 1 3/4) inches thick shall be covered on the inside with sixteen (16) gauge sheet metal attached with screws at six (6 ) inch maximum cen- ters around the perimeter, shall be secured from the inside with a slide bar, slide bolts, and/or padlock with hardened steel shackle, and non-removable pins shall be used in all out- side pin-type hinges. " (2) All other openings in excess of ninety-six (96) square inches with a dimension in excess of eight (8) inches shall be secured by metal bars, screens, or grills in an ap- proved manner.- "Sec. 4111. Garages--Multiple dwellings. Whenever a de- velopment includes three (3 ) or more dwelling units, all cov- ered parking required by other provisions of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code shall be provided by fully-enclosed ga- rages. Garage space for each tenant shall be separated by par- titions of three-eighths (3/8) inch plywood or any approved equivalent with studs set not more than twenty-four (24) inches apart on one side. Doors and windows in such garages shall be constructed, equipped and secured as required by this chapter. " SECTION 3. The Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding thereto new Chapter 17.48 and section 17. 60.010 to read as follows: 17.48.010- `Adoption. There is hereby adopted by the city council of the city of Huntington Beach that certain code known as the National Electrical Code, 1984 edition, published by the National Fire Protection Association, of which code not less than one (1) copy has been and is now on file in the office of the city clerk of the city of Huntington Beach. Such code is hereby adopted and incorporated pursuant to Government Code sec- tions 50022.2 et seq. and Health and-Safety -Code section 17958, for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing the in- stallation, alteration, repair and maintenance of all electri- cal installations in the city of Huntington Beach, and re- 6. pealing all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict therewith. From the date on which this chapter takes effect, the provisions of said code, together with amendments thereto, shall be controlling within the corporate limits of the city of Huntington Beach. 17.48.020 Title. This chapter shall be known as the "Huntington Beach Electrical Code, " may be cited as such, and will be referred to herein as "this code. " 17.48.030 Permit--Issuance. No permit to do or cause to be done any work regulated by this code shall be issued to any person other than a person holding a valid contractor ' s license as provided in Chapter 9 of the California Business and Professions Code. 17.48.040 Permit issuance exceptions. (a) Any permit required by this code may be issued to any person to do work regulated by this code in a single-family dwelling used ex- clusively for living purposes, including the usual accessory buildings and quarters in connection with such buildings pro- vided such person is the bona fide owner of such dwelling and accessory 9 P Y buildings that the same is occupied b said owner, and that said owner shall purchase all material and shall not hire anyone in violation of the workers ' compensation laws of the state of California. (b) Any permit required by this code may be issued to an owner of property, building or improving structures thereon or appurtenances thereto, who does such work himself or through his regular employees with wages as their sole compensation; provided such owner of property or his employees is found by the building official to be qualified to supervise and direct electrical installations. 17.48.050 Section 110-5 amended--Aluminum' conductors. All articles and sections of this code allowing the use of aluminum conductors shall be subject to the limitation that aluminum conductors smaller than No. 6 A.W.G. shall not be used. 17.48.060` -Section 250-83-amended-=Made-and-Other Electrodes. Electrodes described in section 250-83 shall not be used except for temporary power construction poles. 17.48.070 Section 310-15(a) amended--Ampacity. Section 310- a is hereby amended to read asfollows: "310-15(a) Applications Covered by Tables. Ampacities for conductors rated 0-2000 volts shall be as specified in Tables 310-6 through 310-19 and their accompanying notes. 7. Tables 310-20 through 310-30 and their accompanying notes are hereby deleted.- " 17.48.080 Sections 331-3, 336-3 and 339-3 amended. Sec - tions 331-3, 336-3 and 339-3 are amended to read as follows: "Uses Permitted or Not Permitted. Electrical nonmetallic tubing, Type NM or NMC cable, and Type OF cable shall not be used in any building(s) except in oneand two-family dwellings, and in multifamily dwellings where the multifamily dwellings do not exceed three ( 3) stories in height, as described in section 336-3 . " 17:48.090 Section 348-1 amended--Use of electrical metal- lic ubi-ng. Section 348-1 is hereby amended to read as follows: "348-1. Use. The use of electrical metallic tubing shall be permitted for both exposed and concealed work. Electrical metallic tubing shall not be used: (1 ) where, during instal- lation or afterward, it will be subject to severe physical dam- age; (2) where protected from corrosion solely by enamel; (3 ) in cinder concrete or cinder fill where subject to per- manent moisture; (4) where exposed to the earth or in the earth. Where practicable, dissimilar metals in contact any- where in the system shall be avoided to eliminate the possibil- ity of galvanic action. Where exposed to the weather, electri- cal metallic tubing fittings shall be approved for the atmos- phere. The tubing and fittings shall comply with section 300-6. " 17.48.100 Articles 345 and 346--Intermediate Metal Conduit and Rigid Metal Conduit. Intermediate metal conduit and rigid metal—conduit shall nod be used in the earth or ground except when the conduit(s) and its or their associated fitting(s) are triple half-lapped with 40 mil weatherproof tape or its equiv- alent. 17. 60010 Adoption. There is hereby adopted by the city_ council of the city of Huntington Beach that certain code known as the Uniform Solar Energy Code, compiled by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, being partic- ularly the 1982 edition thereof and the whole thereof, ex- cluding the Appendix, of which code not less than one (1) copy has been and is now on file in the office of the city clerk.- Such code, and amendments thereto, is hereby adopted and incor- porated pursuant to California Government Code sections 50022.2 et seq. as fully as though set out at length herein for the purpose of protecting public health and safety by prescribing minimum standards for the use, design and installation of solar energy systems; by requiring a permit and inspection for in- 8. stallation, alteration and replacement of said equipment; by providing for administration and enforcement of such require= ments; and prescribing penalties for violations thereof: From the date on which this chapter takes effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the corporate limits of the city of Huntington Beach.- SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decisions shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, and amendments thereto, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sec- tions, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases or portions, or amendments be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 5. The provisions of this ordinance insofar as they are substantially the same as existing provisions of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code relating to the same subject matter shall be construed as restatements and continuations and not as new enactments. SECTION 6. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days after its passage. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 19th day of August 1985. ATTE T: Mayor City Clerk 9. REVIEWED AND APPROVED: APPROVED AS TO FORM: GAIL HUTTON, City Attorney By City Administr torj DeputyCity rney INITIATED AND APPROVE7 D. (-7 irector of Development Services ahb; 7/19/85 0666L/3651 10 '. Ord. No. 2787 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 Adjourned meeting thereof held on the 6th day of August 19 85 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 19th day of August 19 B5 and was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of all the members of said City Council. AYES: Councilmen: Kelly, macAllister, Mandic, Bailey, Finley, Green, Thomas NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: None 621� 41 City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California 4 tab bk Mlv**Qrth CITY CLERK of the City of lQN000*91ach and ex-offido Clerk of the City tOwAwk ft hoeby certiry that a synopsia of this A~oe hw, been published in the Huntington 10dwendent on ..............:... RR�' n ccorcbrice with the City Charter of said 4;ty. ALICIA M, WMTW0fJtH . .................. City Clerk ...1................ ., ».....»... aputy City Cleric