The purposes of this chapter are to provide minimum standards to safeguard life or limb, 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 City of Newman; 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; by enhancing the design and construction of buildings through the use of building concepts having and encouraging sustainable construction practices in the following categories:
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Planning and design;
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Energy efficiency;
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Water efficiency and conservation;
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Material conservation and resource efficiency;
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Environmental quality.
(Ord. 2010-7 § 1 (Att. A), 10-12-2010; Ord. 2013-3 § 1 (Att. A), 11-12-2013; Ord. 2016-4 § 1 (Att. A), 10-11-2016; Ord. 2019-5 § 1 (Att. A), 10-8-2019; Ord. 2022-3 § 1 (Att. A), 2022)
Those certain documents in book form entitled "California Green Code 'CALGreen' – 2025 Edition of Title 24 Part 11," as approved and copyrighted by the International Code Council (ICC), 4051 West Flossmoor Road, Country Club Hills, IL 60478, one copy of which document is now on file in the Building Department of the City of Newman, except as to portions thereof which are herewith specifically amended, deleted and added to, are hereby adopted by reference together as the "California Green Code of the City of Newman," and from the date on which the ordinance codified in this chapter shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the corporate limits of the City of Newman.
(Ord. 2010-7 § 1 (Att. A), 10-12-2010; Ord. 2013-3 § 1 (Att. A), 11-12-2013; Ord. 2016-4 § 1 (Att. A), 10-11-2016; Ord. 2019-5 § 1 (Att. A), 10-8-2019; Ord. 2022-3 § 1 (Att. A), 2022; Ord. 2025-3 § 1 (Att. A), 2025)
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The name "Newman" and/or "California" shall be inserted in the appropriate places provided therefor in each and every section of this Code wherever the City or the State is left blank.
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The term "Building Official" shall include the term "Chief Building Official," and means the authority having jurisdiction/Director of the Building Department within the Community Development and Services Agency, and his or her deputies or designees.
(Ord. 2010-7 § 1 (Att. A), 10-12-2010; Ord. 2013-3 § 1 (Att. A), 11-12-2013; Ord. 2016-4 § 1 (Att. A), 10-11-2016; Ord. 2019-5 § 1 (Att. A), 10-8-2019; Ord. 2022-3 § 1 (Att. A), 2022)
Section 114.4 of the California Building Code, Part 2 as set forth in said Code is omitted, but in lieu thereof a new Section 114.4 is added to read as follows:
Section 114.4.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove, convert or demolish, equip, use, occupy, or maintain any building or structure in the City of Newman, or cause or permit the same to be done, contrary to or in violation of any of the provisions of this Code.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Code shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this Code is committed, continued, or permitted, and upon conviction of any such violation, such person shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than one hundred eighty (180) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any violation of this chapter may be alternatively charged as an administrative citation.
(Ord. 2010-7 § 1 (Att. A), 10-12-2010; Ord. 2013-3 § 1 (Att. A), 11-12-2013; Ord. 2016-4 § 1 (Att. A), 10-11-2016; Ord. 2019-5 § 1 (Att. A), 10-8-2019; Ord. 2022-3 § 1 (Att. A), 2022)
The City Council of the City of Newman hereby declares that should any section, paragraph, sentence or word of this chapter or of the Codes hereby adopted be declared for any reason to be invalid or unconstitutional, it is the intent of the City Council of the City of Newman that it would have passed all other portions of the ordinance codified in this chapter independently of the elimination herefrom of any such portion as may be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
(Ord. 2010-7 § 1 (Att. A), 10-12-2010; Ord. 2013-3 § 1 (Att. A), 11-12-2013; Ord. 2016-4 § 1 (Att. A), 10-11-2016; Ord. 2019-5 § 1 (Att. A), 10-8-2019; Ord. 2022-3 § 1 (Att. A), 2022)
Section 113 of the California Building Code, Part 2 is hereby added to read as follows:
Section 113.4 Board of Appeals.
The City Council is hereby designated as a Board of Appeals to make correct determination of any appeal arising from actions of the Administrative Authority. Any person dissatisfied with any decision of the building official may appeal in writing to the City Council of the City of Newman, which statement shall specify the ground of such dissatisfaction and shall set forth the address of appellant to which notice may be sent by mail. At the next regular meeting after filing of such appeal, the City Council shall set the same for hearing for a time not later than the next regular meeting of the Council and shall notify the appellant by mail of the time and place of such hearing, and such hearing may take such evidence as it shall deem proper, and shall render all decisions and findings in writing to the building official with a duplicate copy to the appellant. The appellant shall cause to be made at his own expense any tests or research required by Council to substantiate his claims. The decision of the City Council on such appeal shall be final.
(Ord. 2010-7 § 1 (Att. A), 10-12-2010; Ord. 2013-3 § 1 (Att. A), 11-12-2013; Ord. 2016-4 § 1 (Att. A), 10-11-2016; Ord. 2019-5 § 1 (Att. A), 10-8-2019; Ord. 2022-3 § 1 (Att. A), 2022)