The purpose of Title 16 is to provide minimum standards to safeguard
life, health, property, and the public welfare by regulating and controlling
the design, construction, quality of materials, use and occupancy,
location, and maintenance of all buildings and structures within the
unincorporated areas of the county; to encourage and instruct people
to build safely and economically, rather than to discourage building;
and to provide a minimum of restrictive enforcement and a maximum
of good building information and encouragement.
(Ord. CS 625 §2, 1996)
The provisions of this title are to operate in conjunction with
the provisions of the
California Building Code 2022 Edition Part 2,
Volumes 1 and 2; the
California Building Code Appendices as adopted;
the California Residential Code 2022 Edition Part 2.5; the California
Residential Code Appendices as adopted; the California Plumbing Code,
2022 Edition Part 5; the California Electrical Code, 2022 Edition
Part 3; the California Mechanical Code, 2022 Edition Part 4; the California
Energy Code 2022 Edition Part 6; California Historical Building Code
2022 Edition Part 8; the California Existing Building Code 2022 Edition
Part 10; the California Green Building Standards Code 2022 Edition
Part 11; the California Referenced Standards Code 2022 Edition Part
12 and the International Property Maintenance Code 2021 Edition. Whenever
any provision of this chapter is in conflict with the provisions of
the
California Building Code, 2022 Edition; the California Building
Code Appendices as adopted; the California Residential Code 2022 Edition;
the California Residential Code Appendices as adopted; the California
Plumbing Code, 2022 Edition; the California Electrical Code, 2022
Edition; or the California Mechanical Code, 2022 Edition, the provisions
of this title shall govern.
(Ord. CS 1333 §1, 2022)
Whenever the following words appear in the California Building
Code, they shall be deemed to mean as follows:
A. "Chief
of the fire department" means the county fire warden.
B. "City"
means the unincorporated portions of the county.
C. "City
attorney" means district attorney, save and except where the duties
provided to be performed are those of the county counsel, in which
event the words city attorney means county counsel.
D. "City
council" means board of supervisors.
E. "Mayor"
means chair of the board of supervisors.
F. "Municipality"
means county.
G. "State"
means the state of California.
(Ord. CS 625 §2, 1996; Ord. CS 1017 §2, 2007)
The chief building official is authorized and directed to enforce
all the provisions of this title in accordance with the provisions
of 2022
California Building Code Chapter 1, Scope and Administration,
Division I, California Administration, Section 1.8.3 and Division
II, Scope and Administration Section 104.
(Ord. CS 1333 §2, 2022)
Where any adopted codes or appendices contain references to
the California Fire Code, such reference shall mean the current adopted
edition of the California Fire Code.
(Ord. CS 625 §2, 1996; Ord. CS 1017 §4, 2007)
Any person, firm, or corporation, whether as principal, agent, employee, or otherwise, violating or causing the violation of any of the provisions of this title, shall be guilty of misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by Section
1.36.010. Pursuant to
Health and Safety Code Section 17995.1, any person who is convicted for a second or subsequent time within a five-year period for violations at the same property shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both such fine and imprisonment.
(Ord. CS 625 §2, 1996; Ord. CS 705 §25, 1999)
Any building or structure set up, erected, constructed, altered,
enlarged, converted, moved, or maintained contrary to the provisions
of this title, and any use of land, building, or premises established,
conducted, operated, or maintained contrary to the provisions of this
title, shall be and the same is declared to be unlawful and a public
nuisance and may be enjoined, abated and prevented in the manner provided
for the abatement of a public nuisance by the laws of the state or
by local ordinance.
(Ord. CS 625 §2, 1996; Ord. CS 705 §26, 1999)
The remedies provided for in this chapter shall be cumulative
and not exclusive.
(Ord. CS 625 §2, 1996)