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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #2975 ORDINANCE NO. 2975 I AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE BY REPEALING SECTIONS 17.20 . 020 ; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 17 .20 . 060, 17 .24 . 010, 17 . 28 . 030, 17 . 28 . 070, 17 . 28 . 080, 17 .28 . 090, 17 . 28-. 100, 17 . 28 . 110, 17 . 64 . 020, AND 17 . 64 . 160, RELATING TO DRIVEWAYS AND PARKING AREAS, SUNDECKS, MOVING OF BUILDINGS AND UNDERGROUNDING UTILITIES The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain as follows : SECTION 1 . Section 17 . 20 . 020 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby repealed. SECTION 2 . The Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending sections 17 . 20 . 060, 17 . 24 . 010 , 17 . 28 . 030, 17 . 28 . 070 through 17 . 28 . 110, 17 . 64 . 020, and 17 . 64 . 160 to read as follows : 17 . 20 . 060 Concrete pavement . The following shall apply to concrete pavement : (a) Minimum thickness shall be four (4) inches actual ; (b) Provide an expansion joint at public walk and at garage or carport slab; (c) Provide contraction joints at approximately ten ( 10) foot intervals; (d) Finished to provide smooth surface true to cross section and grade; (e) Concrete shall be kept moist for a period of three (3) days to insure proper curbing . 17. 24 . 010 Construction. Decks projecting beyond the bulkhead shall meet the following design requirements : (a) Decks shall be designed to sustain a minimum live load of one hundred ( 100) pounds per square foot . (b) There shall be no moment connection between the deck -1- r and the bulkhead. (c) When constructed of concrete, lightweight aggregate shall be used. (d) Projecting decks shall be designed to sustain all dead loads plus the required live load within the stresses permitted for the particular materials by the Uniform Building Code. In no case shall the resultant load on the bulkhead, from dead loading, exceed 750 pounds per lineal foot . In addition, a maximum equivalent uniform live load of 50 pounds per square foot is permitted. This live load shall be used to account for all ancillary features incorporated into the deck/patio structure including but not limited to overlayment, windscreens, and planters . (e) Projecting decks are permitted along the bulkhead provided the total length of the deck along the bulkhead does not exceed 80 percent of the length of the bulkhead abutting the lot. No deck segment shall exceed 50 feet in length. There shall be a minimum 10 foot separation between adjacent deck segments except where the combined total deck segments and intervening space does not exceed 50 feet. (f) The elevation of the top of the deck shall not be higher than the height of the slab of the ground floor of the dwelling unit nor be more than 18 inches above the top of the bulkhead, whichever is less . 17. 28 . 030 Moving notice cards posted. When such applica- tion is filed with all the information required, the building shall be inspected to determine if the structures can be made to conform with applicable state of California and Huntington Beach building regulations . If the structure can be made to conform, the moving notice cards shall be made and posted by the city. If the building cannot be made to conform with the minimum requirements of the Huntington Beach Building Code, the application shall be denied . 17 . 28 . 070 Determination of effect of move . If, following initial inspection of the building, it is determined that the structure would have an adverse effect on the characteristics of the neighborhood to which it is proposed that the building be moved, the deputy director/city planning shall refer the matter to the zoning administrator . 17 . 28 . 080 Review by zoning administrator . The zoning administrator shall review the matter as an administrative act to determine whether the movement of the building to its pro- -2- 2975 posed location will adversely affect the neighborhood based on the following criteria : (a) The age of the building compared with the age of those already in the neighborhood; (b) Architectural design of the building compared with those in the neighborhood and the effect upon same; and (c) The size of the structure in comparison to those in the neighborhood. 17 . 28 . 090 Decision of zoning administrator. The zoning administrator may approve, conditionally approve or disapprove the application for a permit to relocate. 17. 28 . 100 Protest and hearing . Any protest with respect to a decision of the zoning administrator against the moving of a building or structure shall be in writing, signed by one or more persons owning real property within three hundred (300) feet of the relocation to which it is proposed such building or structure be moved, and filed in the office of the city clerk within the time specified on the moving notice card . The city council shall hear such protest at its first regu- lar meeting after the time for filing protests has expired . 17. 28 . 110 Relocation permit--Bond required. (a) No re- location permit shall be issued unless the applicant has first posted a cash bond. (b) The bond shall, in form joint and several, name the city of Huntington Beach as obligee, and shall be in an amount equal to the cost, plus 50 percent of the work required to be done, in order to comply with all of the conditions of such relocation permit as estimated by the building official . (c) No bond, however, need be posted in any case where the building official shall determine that the only relocation in- volved is that of moving a building temporarily to a regularly occupied business premises of a house mover or that of moving a building to adjacent property of the same owner; but the excep- tions herein made shall not apply unless the building official finds that no such security is necessary in order to assure compliance with the requirements of this section. 17. 64 . 020 Underground utilities coordinating committee--Established. There is hereby established an underground utilities coordinating committee, appointed -3- 2975 by the city council, which said committee shall consist of five (5) members as follows : (a) Director of public works; (b) Director of community development; (c) One city employee appointed by the city administrator; (d) District representative, Southern California Edison Company; and (e) Senior engineer, Public Improvements, General Telephone Company. 17 64 160 Director of community development--Authority of . The director of community development shall have the au- thority to waive the on-site requirements, as set out in sec- tion 17 . 64 . 140, when, in his judgment, it is determined to be in the best interest of the city so to do, based upon the following criteria : (a) Where existing improvements would have to be removed and replaced. (b) The location of existing overhead facilities . (c) The location of existing structures . (d) The condition of existing improvements . (e) The amount of lineal footage of CATV facilities involved. (f) The interface of the new development to the existing development on the site. (g) The interface to similar facilities required off site . 2975 -4- SECTION 3 . 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 5th day of December , 198 8 . Mayor ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: 4*� IA-2( City Clerk City ttor \" REVIEWED AND APPROVED: INITIATED AND APPROVED: City Administrator Dir ctor of Community Development -5- 2975 Ord. No. 2975 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ss: CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, 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 therof held on the 7th day of November 19 88 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular meeting therof held on the 5th day of December , 19 88 , and was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council . AYES: Councilmembers: MacAllister, Green, Winchell , Bannister, Mays, Silva, Erskine NOES: Councilmembers: NnnP ABSENT: Councilmembers: None 1, Connie Brockway, CITY Clerk of the City of HixOgfon Beach and ex-otfido Clerk of the City Cankill, do hereby ow*ftiat a s rq*s of tlfs ordna m has bean in the[3ai13►riot on ,19 City Clerk and ex-officio Jerk 11 � W of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California