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Municipal Code is hereby repealed.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
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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-
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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
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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 .
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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:
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City Clerk City ttor \"
REVIEWED AND APPROVED: INITIATED AND APPROVED:
City Administrator Dir ctor of Community
Development
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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
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of Huntington Beach, California