The 2022 California Building Code, based on the "International Building Code, Volumes 1 and 2," 2021 Edition, including all appendices thereto; the 2022 California Residential Code, based on the "International Residential Code," 2021 Edition, including all appendices thereto; the 2022 California Mechanical Code, incorporating the "Uniform Mechanical Code," 2021 Edition, including all appendices thereto; the 2022 California Plumbing Code, incorporating the "Uniform Plumbing Code," 2021 Edition, including all appendices thereto; the 2022 California Electrical Code, incorporating the "National Electrical Code," 2020 Edition, including all annexes thereto; the 2022 California Green Building Standards Code; the 2022 California Historical Building Code; the 2022 California Referenced Standards Code; the 2021 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code; and the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code; are hereby adopted by reference in their entirety and amended in Chapters 15.04, 15.12, 15.14, 15.16, 15.20, 15.24, 15.26, 15.28, 15.30, 15.32, and 15.34 herein, shall comprise the Building and Construction Regulations of the City of Rancho Cucamonga.
(Code 1980 § 15.04.010; Ord. No. 311 § 4, 1987; Ord. No. 412 § 3, 1990; Ord. No. 497 § 3, 1992; Ord. No. 603 § 3, 1999; Ord. No. 693 § 3, 2002; Ord. No. 784 § 3, 2007; Ord. No. 834 § 3, 2010; Ord. No. 862 § 3, 2013; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014; Ord. No. 899 § 3, 2016; Ord. No. 956 § 3, 2019; Ord. No. 1011 § 3, 2022)
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Editor's note: The Fire Code in effect in the city is as adopted by the fire district in Ordinance No. FD 58. An excerpt from that ordinance is as follows: "The Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District (hereinafter District or Fire District) hereby adopts by reference as the District's Fire Code, the 2022 California Fire Code as published by the California Building Standards Commission, with errata, including Appendix Chapter 4; Appendices A, B, BB, C, CC, H, I, N, and O; and Referenced Standards, with the changes, modifications, amendments, additions, deletions, and exceptions prescribed in Section 4 of this ordinance, and the same are hereby adopted for safeguarding of life, property, and the community from injury; fire; explosion; hazardous materials, substances, devices, conditions, processes, activities, operations, practices, and functions; environmental damage; and economic harm, and providing for the issuance of permits and the collection of fees. Each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions, and terms of said Fire Code, a copy of which is on file in the office of the Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Fire District, are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof as if fully set out in this ordinance, subject only to the amendments and deletions herein." See Ordinance No. FD 58 which is on file in the city clerk's office for the amendments to the 2022 California Fire Code adopted and in effect in the city.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership or corporation to violate any provision or to fail to comply with any of the requirements of this Title 15 or the secondary codes adopted hereby. Any person, firm, partnership or corporation violating any provision of this Title 15 or the secondary codes adopted hereby or failing to comply with any of its requirements shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000.00 or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each person, firm, partnership or corporation shall be deemed guilty of separate offense for each and every day or any portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this Title 15 or the secondary codes adopted hereby is committed, continued or permitted by such person, firm, partnership or corporation, and shall be deemed punishable therefor as provided in this section.
(Ord. No. 862 § 10, 2013; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014; Ord. No. 956 § 3, 2019; Ord. No. 1011 § 3, 2022)
The violation of any of the provisions of this Title 15 or the secondary codes adopted hereby shall constitute a nuisance and may be abated by the city through civil process by means of restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or in any other manner provided by law for the abatement of such nuisances.
(Ord. No. 862 § 11, 2013; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014; Ord. No. 956 § 3, 2019; Ord. No. 1011 § 3, 2022)