Editor's Note: Prior ordinance history includes, Ordinance Nos. 454, 480, 487, 492, 505, 524, 556, 605, 644, 646, 710, 725, 744, 777, 818, 826, 852-U, 861, 874-92, 884-U-92; 922-95, 946-97, 1055-07, 1066-08, 1103-10 and 1128-14.
[1-7-2020 by Ord. No. 1181-20, effective 2-6-2020[1]]
The California Building Code, 2019 Edition ("CBC"), shall be the City's Building Code for the erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, movement, removal, demolition, occupancy, equipment, use, height, area, and maintenance of all buildings and other structures in the City, except as modified herein. The Building Code shall be on file in the City's Planning and Building Department.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance repealed former Chapter 8-1, Building Code, most recently adopted by Ord. No. 1155-17, effective 3-23-2017.
[1-7-2020 by Ord. No. 1181-20, effective 2-6-2020]
The provisions of Chapter 1 of the CBC are hereby adopted as the administrative provisions for all of the state building standards adopted in Title 8 of the Avalon Municipal Code, and shall be the administrative, organization, and enforcement rules and regulations for the technical codes set forth in Title 8, and shall be kept on file in the City's Planning Department.
[1-7-2020 by Ord. No. 1181-20, effective 2-6-2020]
The Building Official shall be appointed by the City Manager, or by the City Council if an independent contractor. The Building Official and his or her authorized representatives that enforce the codes set forth in this title may be employees of the City or independent contractors.
[1-7-2020 by Ord. No. 1181-20, effective 2-6-2020]
Any person, entity, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of the Building Codes as set forth in this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each separate day or any portion thereof during which any violation of the Building Codes occurs or continues shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable as herein provided.
[1-7-2020 by Ord. No. 1181-20, effective 2-6-2020]
CBC Section 109.4, Work Commencing Before Permit Issuance, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Any person who commences work on a building, structure, electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system before obtaining the necessary permits shall be subject to a penalty equal to double the permit fees. In addition, when required by the Building Official, a special investigation shall be performed at a cost established by separate resolution."
[1-7-2020 by Ord. No. 1181-20, effective 2-6-2020]
CBC Section 109.6, Refunds, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"The Building Official or Planning Director may authorize refunding of any fee paid hereunder which was erroneously paid or collected.
The Building Official or Planning Director may authorize refunding of not more than 80% of the permit fee when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this Code.
The Building Official or Planning Director may authorize refunding of not more than 80% of the plan review fee when an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or canceled before the plan is reviewed.
The Building Official or Planning Director shall not authorize refunding of any fee paid except on written application filed by the original permittee not later than 90 days after the date of fee payment."
[1-7-2020 by Ord. No. 1181-20, effective 2-6-2020]
CBC Section 903.2 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Where required, automatic fire sprinklers shall be provided as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding any provision in Section 903.2 of the CBC and Section 903.2 of the California Fire Code, approved automatic fire sprinklers shall be installed and maintained in accordance with the National Fire Protection Association's ("NFPA") Standard 13 throughout all new buildings as set forth herein.
(b) All buildings and structures constructed after the effective date of Ordinance No. 1155-17, or March 23, 2017, regardless of when permitted or approved, shall be provided with an automatic sprinkler system installed in accordance with the applicable standards of the NFPA, of the rules and regulations of the State Fire Marshal and of this Code. In addition, an automatic sprinkler system shall be installed throughout an entire building or structure upon: 1) the rehabilitation, remodeling or reconstruction of 25% or more of the gross square footage of an existing commercial or multiple unit residential building or structure, whether done at one time or through successive projects approved at any time after March 23, 2017; 2) the rehabilitation, remodeling or reconstruction of 50% or more of the gross square footage of an existing single-family dwelling, whether done at one time or through successive projects approved at any time after March 23, 2017, except where the cost of the rehabilitation, remodeling or reconstruction is $10,000 or less as determined by the Building Official using City-approved construction cost estimates; and 3) upon a change in the use of any building or structure, except in the case of a change in the use of a single-family residence to use as a family day care home, in which case the provisions of Health and Safety Code Section 1596 et seq. shall apply. Where a property owner constructs changes to an existing building without first obtaining permits for such work and no readily available, reliable source of information exists to verify whether the unpermitted work triggers the provisions of this section, a rebuttable presumption that the installation of fire sprinklers is required under this section shall arise. The property owner may request a hearing before the Building Official, whose decision shall be appealable to the City Manager, for the purpose of rebutting the presumption. The City Council shall promulgate rules and regulations by resolution setting forth examples and guidance for the application of this ordinance."
[1-7-2020 by Ord. No. 1181-20, effective 2-6-2020]
Table 1505.1 is hereby amended to read as follows:
TABLE 1505.1a
MINIMUM ROOF COVERING CLASSIFICATIONS TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION
IA
IB
IIA
IIB
IIIA
IIIB
IV
VA
VB
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
For SI: 1 foot = 304.8 mm, 1 square foot = 0.0929 m2.
a
Unless otherwise required in accordance with Chapter 7A.
[1-7-2020 by Ord. No. 1181-20, effective 2-6-2020]
(a) 
CBC Section 1505.1.3 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"1505.1.3 Roof Coverings Within All Other Areas.
(a) The entire roof covering of every existing structure where more than 50% of the total roof area is replaced within any one-year period, the entire roof covering of every new structure, and any roof covering applied in the alteration, repair or replacement of the roof of every existing structure, shall be a fire-retardant roof covering that is at least Class B."
(b) 
Section 1505.5 is amended by the deletion of the entire section
(c) 
Section 1505.7 is amended by the deletion of the entire section.