City of San Dimas, CA RESIDENTIAL CODE

The following portions and sections of Chapter 1, Scope and Application, Division I "California Administration," and Division II "Administration" are hereby amended as follows:

1.8.8 Appeals Board. Section 1.8.8 is hereby deleted in its entirety.

1.8.9 Unsafe Buildings or Structures. Section 1.8.9 is hereby deleted in its entirety.

Section R105.2 "Work exempt from permit" is hereby amended as follows:

Item 2 (fences) under "Building" is hereby amended to read "Fences not over 6 feet high".

Item 9 (window awnings) under "Building" is hereby deleted in its entirety.

Section Rl09 "Inspection" is hereby adopted and amended by adding the following section:

R109.0.1 Workmanship. It is the intention of the City that all construction carried on under the review of the Building Division is of good quality. The Building Official shall be empowered to enforce the installation of work that is straight, level, plumb, square, etc., as the situation requires. All work shall be well fit and of a durable nature. Paint in all cases shall not be below normal standard for the use applied. The proper grading of walks, drives, and yards shall be required when being installed with the work requiring a building permit. A minimum thickness of 3½ inches for flat concrete work and 2 inches for asphalt paving shall be required. All exterior flat concrete work shall include such breaks for expansion as deemed necessary by the Building Official.

Section R109.1.5 "Other inspections" is hereby amended by adding the following language:

A reinspection fee may be assessed for each inspection or reinspection when such portion of work for which inspection is called is not complete or when corrections called for are not made. This section is not to be interpreted as requiring reinspection fees the first time a job is rejected for failure to comply with the requirements of the technical codes but as controlling the practice of calling for inspections before the job is ready for such inspection or reinspection. To obtain a reinspection, the applicant shall file an application therefor in writing upon a form furnished for that purpose and pay the reinspection fee in accordance with a fee schedule adopted by this jurisdiction. In instances where reinspection fees have been assessed, additional inspection of the work will not be performed until the required fees have been paid.

Appendix AX ("Swimming Pool Safety Act") of the California Residential Code, 2022 Edition, is hereby amended to read as follows:

115922 Construction permit; safety features required.
(a)	Except as provided in section 115925, when a building permit is issued for the construction of a new swimming pool or spa or the remodeling of an existing swimming pool or spa at a private single-family home, the respective swimming pool or spa shall be equipped with item 1 below and at least one additional of the following seven drowning prevention safety features:
	1.	An enclosure that meets the requirements of section 115923 and isolates the swimming pool or spa from the private single-family home. Any walls of the residential structure or accessory structures used to complete the isolation enclosure must have its door openings equipped with protection as required in item 4 or 5 of section 115922(a). Any such door protection device provided for this purpose may not be used to comply with the second drowning prevention feature requirement.
	2.	Removable mesh fencing that meets American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Specifications F2286 standards in conjunction with a gate that is self-closing and self-latching and can accommodate a key lockable device.
	3.	An approved safety pool cover, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 115921.
	4.	Exit alarms on the private single-family home's doors that provide direct access to the swimming pool or spa. The exit alarm may cause either an alarm noise or a verbal warning, such as a repeating notification that "the door to the pool is open."
	5.	A self-closing, self-latching device with a release mechanism placed no lower than 54 inches (1372 mm) above the floor on the private single-family home's doors providing direct access to the swimming pool or spa.
	6.	An alarm that, when placed in a swimming pool or spa will sound upon detection of accidental or unauthorized entrance into the water. The alarm shall meet and be independently certified to the ASTM Standard F2208 "Standard Safety Specification for Residential Pool Alarms," which includes surface motion, pressure, sonar, laser and infrared type alarms. A swimming protection alarm feature designed for individual use, including an alarm attached to a child that sounds when the child exceeds a certain distance or becomes submerged in water, is not a qualifying drowning prevention safety feature.
	7.	Other means of protection, if the degree of protection afforded is equal to or greater than that afforded by any of the features set forth above and has been independently verified by an approved testing laboratory as meeting standards for those features established by the ASTM or the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
(b)	Before issuance of a final approval for the completion of permitted construction or remodeling work, the local building official shall inspect the drowning safety prevention features required by this section and, if no violations are found, shall give final approval.

The above amendments and referenced appendices are necessary due to the unique geology and topography and climate of San Dimas that can produce, significant lateral movement due to earthquakes as well as the climate that can produce high wind loads.

(Ord. 1295 § 1, 2022)