HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1091 (1992) ORDINANCE NO. 1091
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUSTIN AMENDING SPECIFIED SECTIONS OF ARTICLE 8 OF
THE TUSTIN CITY CODE ADOPTING 1991 CODES AS THE
BUILDING REGULATIONS OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN
The City Council of the City of Tustin does hereby ordain as
follows:
Section 1: Sections 8100, 8101, 8~02, 8103 of Chapter 1
of Article 8 of the Tustin City Code are hereby repealed in
their entirety, and new Sections 8100, 8101, 8102 and 8103 of
Chpater 1 of Article 8 are hereby added in place thereof to
read as follows:
8100 - Adoption of 1991 Uniform Administrative Code
Except as provided in this chapter, that certain
administrative code known and designated as the Uniform
Administrative Code, 1991 Edition, published by the
International Conference of Building Officials, shall be and
become the administrative code of the City, providing for the
administration and enforcement of the technical codes adopted
by the City. One copy of the Uniform Administrative Code has
been filed in the office of the City Clerk, and shall be at
all times maintained by the City Clerk for use and examination
by the public.
8101 Amendment of the 1991 Uniform Administrative Code
The 1991 UniformAdministrative Code is hereby amended as
follows:
(a) Section 104(b) is amended by the addition of a paragraph
at the end thereof to read as follows:
"'Notwithstanding ~he ordinances effective on the date of
the construction ~f a building, conditions requiring
subsequent alterations, additions or repairs to such
buildings included in and required by subsequent
resolutions of the City Council, City Planning Commission
or City Planning Agency, or by the Statutes of the State
of California, shall be enforceable through the
provisions of Section 106 of the Uniform Administrative
Code."
(b) Section 202 is amended by adding Subsection (k) to read
as follows:
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"k. Infractions. As a law enforcement officer (as
authorized by) Section 202(a) and (b), and as
authorized by the State Penal Code Sections 17,
19c, 19d, 836.5, 840, 841, 853.6 and 1042, the
Building Official of this City is authorized to
issue citations. These citations (may be) issued to
persons who have committed an infraction in
violation of:
(1) A state statute of the California
Administrative Code in which the statute or CMA
requires enforcement by the local building
official; (2) City Council adopted editions of the
Uniform Administrative Code, Uniform Building Code,
Uniform Mechanical Code, Uniform Plumbing Code,
Uniform Swimming Pool, Spa 'and Hot Tub Code,
Uniform Solar Energy Code, National Electrical
Code, Uniform Sign Code, Uniform Housing Code,
Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous
Buildings; and (3) current zoning code as adopted
by ordinance by the City Council which"provides for
enforcement by the Building Official. The Building
Official or his authorized representative shall
issue citations for infractions."
(c) Section 204(a) is dunended to read as follows:
"In order to determine the suitability of alternate
materials and methods of construction and to provide for
reasonable interpretations of the provisions of these
Codes, there shall be and there is hereby created a Board
of Appeals, consisting of five members, comprised of
members of the Planning Commission. Said members shall
hold their respective membership on said Board of Appeals
by reason of, and concurrently with their terms of
service as Planning Commissioners and shall cease to be
such members upon their ceasing to be such Commissioners.
The Building Official shall be the Secretary of the
Board. The Board may adopt reasonable rules and
regulations for conducting its investigations and shall
render all its decisions and findings on contested
matters, in writing to the Building Official, with a
duplicate copy thereof to any.appellant or contestant
affected by any such decision or findings, and' may
recommend to the City Council such new legislation, if
any, as is consistent therewith.
Three members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.
The Chairperson of the Planning Commission shall be the
presiding officer of the Board and in the Chairpersons's
absence the Vice Chairman of the Commission shall serve
as the presiding officer. Notices of meetings of the
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Board shall be given by at least three days notice
delivered to each member personally or by registered
mail; provided, however, that any meeting of the Board
shall be legal for any purpose if the written consent of
all of the members of the Board to such meeting is
executed and filed in the records of the Board. The
Board shall hold meetings at its pleasure.
The Board shall have the right, subject to such limits as
the Building Official may prescribe to employ at the cost
and expense of the City, such qualified individuals as
the Board, in its discretion, may deem reasonably
necessary in order to assist it in its investigations and
in making its findings and decisions."
(d) Section 205 is Mended to read as follows:
"Section 205. No person, firm, or corporation shall
violate any provision, or fail to comply with any of the
provisions of this Code, or of any Code adopted herein by
reference. Any person violating any of the provisions or
failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements
of this Code, or any Code adopted by reference herein,
unless otherwise specified in this Code, shall be guilty
of an infraction or misdemeanor as set forth in Part 2 of
the Tustin City Code, entitled "Penalty Provisions',.
Each such person, firm, or corporation violating any
provision or failing to comply with any of the
requirements shall be guilty of a separate offense, and
each day during any portion of which any violation of any
provision of this Code, or any Code adopted by reference
herein, is committed, continued or permitted by such
person, shall constitute a separate offense, and shall be
punishable accordingly. Provided further that each such
person violating a provision which limits the time an act
may be permitted or continued, each such period or
portion thereof of which any violation of such provision
is committed, continued or permitted by such person shall
constitute a separate offense, and shall be punishable
accordingly.
In addition to the penalties hereinabove provided, any
condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of
any of the provisions of this Code, or of any Code
adopted by reference herein, shall be deemed a public
nuisance and may be summarily abated as such by the City,
and each day such condition continues shall be regarded
as a new and separate nuisance and offense."
(e) Section 301 (b) iS amended by changing subsection 1. to
read as follows:
"1. Building Permits - A building permits shall not be
required for the following:
A. One-story detached accessory buildings used as tool
and storage sheds, playhouses and similar uses,
provided the projected roof area does not exceed
one hundred twenty (120) square feet.
B. Fences not over five (5) feet high and all
block/brick walls not over thirty-six (36) inches
in height above grade.
C. Oil derricks.
D. Moveable cases, counters and partitions not over
five feet nine inches (5 feet 9 inches) high.
E. Retaining walls which are not over four (4) feet in
height measured from the bottom of the footing to
the top of the wall unless supporting a surcharge
or impounding Class I, II or III-A liquidS.
F. Water tanks supported directly upon grade if the
capacity does not exceed five thousand (5,000)
gallons and the ratio of height to diameter or
width does not exceed two to one.
G. Platforms and walks which are not more than thirty
(30) inches above grade, not over any basement or
story below and are not at variance with the
provisions of Section 2516(c) 2 through 7, Section
2907(a), (b) Exception 2: Section 3304(i) Exception
1B; Section 3305(i): and Section 3306(c) and (n) of
this Code.
H. Painting, papering and similar finish work.
Io Temporary motion picture, television and theater
stage sets and scenery.
J. Window awnings supported by an exterior wall of
Group R, 9ivision 3, and Group M Occupancies when
projecting not more than 54 inches, and not subject
to the provisions of Section 504(a) and (b) of this
Code.
K. Other incidental structures and improvements of a
minor nature may be exempt from the provisions of
this Code upon the determination of the Building
Official.
Unless otherwise exempted by this Code, separate
plumbing', electrical and mechanical permits shall be
required for the above exempted items as applicable.
Exemption from the permit requirements of'this Code shall
not be deemed to grant authorization for any work to be
done in any manner in violation of the provisions of this
Code or any other laws or ordinances of this
jurisdiction."
(f) Section 30'1 is amended by adding subsection (c), (d) and
(e) to read as follows:
"(c) The Building Official shall issue building permits
for construction, demolition, addition, alteration
and installation of required on-site improvements
such as, but not limited to, curbing, walks,
stairs, ramps, parking lots, drainage devices,
irrigation systems, lighting systems and
landscaping. These permits will be issued when the
on-site work does not otherwise require a building
permit. All such above work shall be as authorized
and/or required as a condition of approval' by the
City Council, City Planning Agency, City Planning
Commission, Director of Community Development
and/or City.
EXCEPTION: Single 'family (R-3) residences are
excluded from this section unless they are within a
new residential tract being constructed within the
City.
(d) 1. Relocation of Building: No building or
structure shall be moved or relocated unless
and until the necessary permits to relocate
the building or structure have been issued by
the Building Official.
2. Upon request to relocate a building or
structure, the Building Official shall collect
fees from the owner or his representative for
an investigative inspection as established by
resolution of the City Council. The Building
Official shall determine if the building is
capable in his judgment of being moved. In
addition, if the building is to be moved into
the City, or relocated within the City, the
investigative inspection shall determine if
the building will satisfy the zoning and
building code requirements. He shall then
report in writing, all facts, judgments and
information, to advise the owner or his
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representative, the requirements and
conditions to relocate the building.
3. A permit to relocate the building shall be
issued only to a building, moving, wrecking
contractor, C-21 license, to move the
building. Concurrent with the relocation
permit, grading, building, electrical,
plumbing and mechanical permits, as necessary,
shall be issued for necessary site work and/or
building rework. Permits shall be issued
after the Building Official has approved
drawings describing the scope of work to be
constructed, altered, repaired, and such other
work, to place the relocated building in such
conditions that it conforms to the
requirements of the state ordinances, and the
City Building and Zoning Codes.
4. If the relocated building or structure would
be unlawful, dangerous or defective and there
is no practical remedy or correction which can
effectively be made in the judgment of the
Building Official, or the Building Official's
conditions have not been complied with, the
relocation permit shall be denied.
5o The Building Official shall, in issuing any
relocation permit, impose therein such terms
and conditions including a cash bond deposit
or surety bond, as may be necessary to ensure
compliance with the requirements of all state
laws, City ordinances and of the City Building
and Zoning Codes. The terms and conditions
upon which each permit is granted shall be
specified in writing in the permit, or
appended in writing thereto.
6. If the relocation permit is not issued within
ninety (90) days after notice to the applicant
by the Building Official, a new investigation
fee shall be paid and an additional inspection
and written report be made before the
relocation permit may be issued.
7. Prior to permit issuance, a refundable cash'
deposit shall be collected to reimburse the
expense to the City for the Building Official
to demolish the building or structure, and
dispose of the debris in a public dump or
other action as required of the Building
Official as stated elsewhere. The cash
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deposit or surety bond (to be only issued by
companies which are 'A' rated or better in the
"Best Rating Guide" or the "Key Rating Guide
to Property Casualty Companies") shall be Two
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00);
plus One Dollar and Twenty-five cents ($1.25)
per square foot over one thousand (1,000)
square feet. In addition, the valuation of
the improvement permits shall be added to the
cash deposit.
8. The building relocation permittee shall take
out and maintain during the life of the
permit, such public liability and property
damage insurance as shall protect the City of
Tustin, its elective and appointive boards,
officers, agents and employees, contractors
and any subcontractors, from claims for
damages to public and private property, and
for personal injury, including death,
resulting from the operations under the permit
for building relocation, whether such
operations are by the permittee, or by anyone
directly or indirectly employed by the
permittee. The amounts of said insurance
shall be as follows:
a. Public Liability Insurance. In an amount
not less than Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($500,000.00) for injuries,
including, subject to the same limit for
each person, in an amount not less than
One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) on
account of any one occurrence.
b. Property Damage Insurance. In an amount
of not less than Two Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($200,000.00) for damage to City
property, or the property of each person
on account of any one occurrence.
9. Contractor shall furnish satisfactory proof of
carriage of the insurance required, a
certificate of insurance by his insurance
carrier naming the City of Tustin and its
employees as additional insureds, and legal
assurance that each carrier will give the City
at least thirty (30) days prior written notice
of the cancellation of any policy during the
effective period of the permit. The insurance
certificate shall be as prescribed by the City
of Tustin.
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10. Bond Condition. Every cash bond or surety
bond in the amount determined by the Building
Official deposited pursuant to this Section,
shall be .conditioned as follows:
a. That each and all of the terms and
conditions of the relocation permit shall
be completed as approved by the Building
Official.
b. That all of the work required to be done
pursuant to the conditions of the
relocation permit, shall be fully
performed and completed within the time
limit specified in the relocation permit;
or if no time limit is specified, within
ninety (90) days after issuance of
permit. The time limit herein specified,
or the time limit specified in any
permit, may be extended for good and
sufficient cause beyond the control of
the permittee, by the Building Official.
No such extension shall be a release from
any cash bond or insurance policy. There
shall.be no additional extension.
11. Default in Performance.
a. Whenever the Building Official shall find
that a default has occurred in the
performance of any term or condition of
any permit, written notice (certified
mail, return receipt requested) thereof
shall be given to the owner and/or
permittee.
b. Such notice shall specify the work to be
done, the estimated cost thereof, and the
period of time deemed by the Building
Official to be reasonably necessary for
the completion of such work.
c. After receipt of such notice, the owner
and/or permittee thereof specified shall
cause the required work to be performed.
Should the owners refuse or fail therein,
the Building Official shall, with no
liability to the City or its employees,
proceed by such method as the Building
Official deems appropriate to cause the
building to be demolished or completed.
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d. Should the building, while being moved,
be wrecked or abandoned in the public
right-of-way and the Chief of Police
declare the building to be dangerous to
the public, the Building Official, in the
interest of public safety shall, without
delay, and with no liability to the City
or its employees, proceed by such method
as the Building Official deems
appropriate to cause the building to be
removed from the public right-of-way,
including demolition.
e. Should the building, while being moved,
be abandoned on public or private
property and the property owner request
the Building Official to remove or
dispose of the building, the Building
Official shall endeavor to have the
building owner and/or permittee move or
dispose of the building. The Building
Official shall, after reasonable time
(but no less than thirty (30) days), and
with no liability to the City or its
employees proceed by such mode as the
Building Official deems convenient to
cause the building to be demolished or
the required work to be performed and
completed.
(e) 1. Demolition of building or structure: No
building or structure shall be demolished
unless and until the necessary permits to
demolish the building or structure have
been issued by the Building Official.
2o Prior to issuing any permits, in addition
to the requirement~ of Section 4409 of
the Uniform Building Code, the Building
Official will ensure life and property is
reasonably protected. A refundable cash
deposit or surety bond shall be
collected, to reimburse the expenses to
the City should the Building Official be
required to demolish the building or
structure or any portion remaining
thereof, and dispose of the debris in a
public dump and/or to repair or clean
public property damaged or not cleaned by
the permittee.
3. The cash deposit or surety bond (to only
be issued by companies which are rated
'A' or better in the "Best Rating Guide"
or the "Key Rating Guide to Property
Casualty Companies") shall be Two
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00)
plus One Dollar and Twenty-five cents
($1.25) per square foot for each square
foot over one thousand (1,000) square
feet.
4. The Building Official shall, in issuing
any demolition permit, impose therein
such terms and conditions, including a
cash bond deposit or surety bond, as may
be necessary to ensure compliance with
the requirements of all state laws, City
ordinances, and of the City Building .and
Zoning Codes. The terms and conditions
upon which each permit is granted shall
be specified in writing in the permit, or
appended in writing thereto.
5. Default in Performance.
a. Whenever the Building Official shall
find that a default has occurred in
the performance of any term or
condition of the demolition permit,
or has soiled or damaged public
property, written notice thereof
shall be given to the owner and/or
permittee.
b. Such notice shall specify the work
to be done, the estimated cost
thereof, and the period of time
deemed by the Building Official to
be reasonably necessary for the
completion of such work.
c. After receipt of such notice, the
owner and/or permittee thereof
specified shall cause the required
work to be performed. Should the
owner refuse or fail therein, the
Building Official shall proceed by
such mode as he deems convenient, to
cause the building to be demolished
but no liability shall be incurred
therein, other than for City
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expenses deducted from the cash
deposit.
d. Upon completion of the demolition
work, the cash deposit shall be
refunded or surety bond shall be
released, less that portion required
to reimburse the City for
demolition, repairs, or clean-up
expenses due to the default of the
permittee."
(g) Section 303(d) is amended to read as follows:
"(d) Expiration. Every permit issued by the Building
Official under the provisions of this code shall expire
by limitation and become null and void if the building or
work authorized by such permit is not commenced within
180 days from the date of such permit, or if the building
or work authorized by such permit is suspended or
abandoned at any time after the work is commenced for a
period of 180 days. The length of time of suspension or
abandonment shall be determined by the time lapsed from
the filing of a request for inspection with the Building
'Official or by the documentation of the last inspection
in the City's inspection records. Before such work can
be recommenced, a new permit shall be first obtained to
do so, and the fee shall be one half the amount required
for a new permit for such work, provided no changes have
been made or will be made in the original plans and
specifications for such work; and provided further that
such suspension or abandonment has not exceeded one year.
In order to renew action on a permit after expiration,
the permittee shall pay a new full permit fee.
Any permittee holding an unexpired permit may apply for
an extension of the time within which work may commence
under that permit when the permittee is unable to
commence work within the time required by this section
for good and satisfactory reasons. The Building Official
may extend the time for action by the permittee for a
period not exceeding 180 days upon written request by the
permittee prior to expiration showing that circumstances
beyond the control of the permittee have prevented action
from being taken. No permit shall be extended more than
once."
(h) Section 303 is amended by adding subsection (f) to read
as follows:
"(f) Change of Contractor or of Ownership. A permit
issued hereunder shall expire upon a change of
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ownership or a change of contractor regarding the
building, structure or grading for which said
permit was issued if the work thereon has not been
completed, and a new permit shall be required for.
the completion of the work. if the provisions of
section (d) above are not applicable and if no
changes have been made to the plans and
specifications last submitted to the Building
Official, no charge, other than the permit issuance
fee, shall be made for the issuance of the new
permit under such circumstances. If, however,
changes have been made to the plans and
specifications last submitted to the Building
Official, a permit fee based upon the valuation of
the work to be completed as provided for in section
304(a) hereof shall be charged to the permit
applicant."
(i) Section 304(b), the first paragraph, is amended to read
as follows:
"(b) Permit Fees. Permit fee schedules for each
technical code adopted by the City shall be that
schedule which the City Council may from time to
time adopt by resolution. No fees will be required
for work financed by the City of Tustin."
(j) Section 304(c) is amended to read as follows:
"(c) Plan Review Fees. When a plan or other data are
required to be submitted by Subsection (c) of
Section 302, a plan review fee shall be paid at the
time of submitting plans and specifications for
review. Plan Review Fees schedules for each
technical code adopted by the City shall be that
schedule which the City Council may from time to
time adopt by resolution."
(k) Section 304(e) is amended as follows:
"(e) Investiqation Fees: Work without a permit.
1. Investigation. Whenever any work for which a
permit is required by this Code has been
commenced without first obtaining said permit,
a special investigation shall be made before a
permit may be issued for such work.
2. Fee. An investigation fee, in addition to the
permit fee, 'shall be required and collected
whether or not a permit is then or
subsequently issued. The investigation fee
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shall be equal to the amount of the permit
required by this Code. The minimum
investigation fee shall be in no case less
than sixty dollars ($60.00). The payment of
such investigation fee shall not exempt any
person from compliance with all of the
provisions of either this Code or the
technical codes or from any penalty described
by law."
(1) Section 306(a) 13. is amended to read as follows:
"13. Special Grading, Excavation & Filling: During
earthwork excavations, grading and filling operations
inspection to satisfy requirements of Chapter 29 and the
City of Tustin Grading and Excavation Code and Grading
Manual."
(m) Section 308(b) iS amended to read as follows:
"Temporary Connections. The Building Official will
authorize energy connection only after all work for the
project, as shown on the approved drawings, is completed
as required by various applicable state laws, ordinances,
and codes; and as required by the City Council, the City
Planning Commission, City Planning Agency, the Director
of Community Development, the City Engineer, the Director
of Public Works, and/or the Fire Marshal.
EXCEPTION: The Building Official may authorize the
temporary energy connection of the building service
equipment for the purpose of testing building service
equipment, or for use with a temporary certificate of
occupancy only after the owner or permittee has made a
written request therefore, showing justification for the
connections if the Building Official finds that no
substantial hazard will result. The Building Official
may also require a cash deposit in the case of a
temporary certificate of occupancy. The cash deposit
shall be in the amount of the valuation of the
uncompleted work. Should the work not be completed prior
to the date approved by the Building Official, the
Building Official will order the work completed. All of
the expenses to the City for completing the work shall be
deducted from this cash deposit.
(n) The Uniform Administrative Code is amended by deleting
Table Numbers 3-A, 3-B, 3-C, 3-D, 3-E, 3-F, 3-G and 3-H.ee
8102 - ADOPTION OF THE 1991 UNIFORM BUILDING CODE AND 1991
UNIFORM BUILDING CODE STANDARDS
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Except as provided in this chapter, those certain building
codes known and designated as the Uniform Building Code 1991
Edition including Appendix, Chapter 1, Division 1, Chapters
1~, 32, 41, 49 and 51 the Uniform Building Code Standards,
1991 Editions, published by the International Conference of
Building Officials, shall become the building codes of the
City for regulating the erection, construction, enlargement,
alteration, repair, moving, removal, demolition, conversion,
occupancy, equipment, use, height, area and maintenance of all
buildings and/or structures in the City. One copy each of the
Uniform Building Code, its appendix and the Uniform Building
Code Standards, has been filed in the office of the City
Clerk, and shall be at all times maintained by the City Clerk
for use and examination by the public.
8103 - AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE
The 1991 Uniform Building Code is hereby amended as follows:
(a) Part I. Part I is deleted from the Uniform Building Code
in its entirety.
(b) Section 508 is amended to read as follows:
"Section 508. When an approved automatic sprinkler system
is not required throughout a building by other sections
of this code, it may be used in a building of Type II
One-Hour, Type III One-Hour and Type V One-Hour
construction to substitute for the required one-hour fire
resistive construction.
EXCEPTIONS: 1) An approved automatic sprinkler required
by Section 3802 (b) 5. may be substituted. 2) Such
substitution shall not waive nor reduce required fire-
resistive construction for:
1. Occupancy separatiohs (section 503[c]).
2. Exterior wall protection due to proximity of
property lines (Section 504[b]).
3. Area separations (Section 505[e]).
4. Dwelling unit separations (Section 1202 [b]).
5. Shaft enclosures (Section 1706).
6. Corridors (Section 3305 [g] and [hi).
7. Stair enclosures (Section 3309).
8. Exit passageways (Section 3312[a]).
9. Type of construction separation (Section 1701).
10. Boiler, central heating plant or hot water supply
boiler room enclosures.
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(c) Section 513 is amended to read as follows:
"Section 513. Approved numbers or addresses shall be
placed on all new and existing buildings in such a
position as to be plainly visible and legible from the
street or road fronting the property. Said numbers shall
contrast with their background. Any commercial building
occupied by more than one business shall have numbers or
addresses placed on or immediately adjacent to all doors
that would allow fire department access in an emergency.
In no case shall the numbers be less than four (4) inches
for residential and six (6) inches for commercial with a
one (1) inch stroke.
Multiple units (i.e. apartments, condominiums,
townhouses, businesses, etc.) having entrance doors not
visible from the street or road shall have approved
numbers grouped for all businesses within each structure
and positioned so as to be plainly visible from the
street or road. Said numbers may be grouped on t~e wall
of the structure or on a substantial mounting post
independent of the structure."
(d) Section 1210(a) is amended by adding subsection (a) 6 to
read as follows:
"6. Installation and Maintenance. It shall be the
responsibility of the owner to supply, install and
maintain all required smoke detectors. Th~ owner
shall be responsible for annually testing all
required smoke detectors."
(e) Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 13216, Section
1807 (a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (i) and (j) are amended and
Section 1807 (1) is added to read as follows:
"Section 1807. (a) Scope. In addition to other
applicable requirements of these regulations, the
provisions of this section shall apply to every new
building of any type of construction or occupancy having
floors used for human occupancy located more than fifty-
five (55) feet above the lowest level having building
access. Such buildings shall be provided with an
automatic sprinkler system installed in accordance with
Section 1807(c) of this Code.
EXCEPTION: The following structures, while classified as
high-rise buildings, shall not be subject to the
provisions of this Section but shall conformto all other
applicable provisions of these regulations.
1. Buildings used exclusively as open parking garages.
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2. Buildings where all floors above the fifty five
(55) foot level are used exclusively as open
parking garages.
3. Floors of buildings used exclusively as open
parking garages and located above all other floors
used for human occupancy."
4. Buildings such as power plants, lookout towers,
steeples, grainhouses and similar structures with
non-continous human occupancy, when approved by the
Fire Chief.
For purposes of this subsection, "building access" shall
mean an exterior door opening conforming to all of the
following:
1. Suitable and available for fire department use.
2. Located not more than two (2) feet above the
adjacent ground level.
3. Leading to a space, room or area having foot
traffic communication capabilities with the
remainder of the building.
4. Designed to permit access through the use of the
Orange County Fire Department's emergency access
lock program."
"(c) Automatic Sprinkler System.
1. System design. The automatic sprinkler system
o shall be provided throughout the building. The
sprinkler system shall be designed using the
parameters set forth in U.B.C. Standard No. 38-1
and the following:
A. Shutoff valves and a water-flow device shall
be provided for 'each floor. The sprinkler
riser may be combined with the standpipe
riser.
B. In Seismic Zone Nos. 2, 3 and 4, in addition
to the main water supply, a secondary on-site
supply of water equal to the hydraulically
calculated sprinkler design demand plus 100
gallons per minute additional for the total
standpipe system shall be provided. This
supply shall be automatically available if the
principal supply fails and shall have a
duration of 30 minutes.
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2. Modifications. The following modifications of
code requirements are permitted:
A. The fire-resistive time periods set forth in
Table No. 17-A may be reduced by one hour for
interior bearing walls, exterior bearing and
nonbearing walls, roofs and the beams
supporting roofs, provided they do not frame
into columns. Vertical shafts other than
stairway enclosures and elevator shafts may be
reduced to one hour when sprinklers installed
within the shafts at alternate floors. The
fire-resistive time period reduction as
specified herein shall not apply to exterior
bearing and nonbearing walls whose fire-
resistive rating has already been reduced
under the exceptions contained within Section
1803(a) or 1903(a).
B. Except for corridors in Group B, Division 2
and Group R, Division 1 Occupancies and
partitions separating dwelling units or guest
rooms, all interior nonbearing .partitions
required to be one-hour fire-resistive
construction by Table No. 17-A may be of
noncombustible construction without a fire-
resistire time period.
C. Travel distance from the most remote point in
the floor area to a horizontal exit or to an
enclosed stairway may be 300 feet.
D. Fire dampers, other than those needed to
protect floor-ceiling assemblies to maintain
the fire resistance of the assembly, are not
required.
E. Emergency windows required by Section 1204 are
not required.
3. Sprinkler Control Valves. Sprinkler control
valves, shutoff valves and a waterflow device shall
be provided at the lateral connection to the riser
for each floor. Such valves and devices shall be
electrically supervised to automatically sound an
appropriate signal transmitted to locations in
accordance with Section 1807(e)."
"(d) Smoke Detection Systems. At least one approved
smoke detector suitable for the intended use shall be
installed:
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1. In every mechanical equipment, electrical,
transformer, telephone equipment, elevator
machine or similar room.
2. In the main return-and exhaust-air plenum of
each air-conditioning system and located in a
serviceable area downstream of the last duct
inlet.
3. At each connection to a vertical duct or riser
serving two or more stories from a return-air
duct or plenum of an air-conditioning system.
In Group R, Division 1 Occupancies, an
approved smoke detector may be used in each
return-air riser carrying not more than 5,000
cfm and serving not more than 10 air inlet
openings.
The actuation of any smoke detector required by this
Section shall operate the voice alarm system and shall
place into operation all equipment necessary to prevent
the recirculation of smoke.
All smoke detectors connected to the alarm system shall
have a light that indicates the status of the detector.
When a detector is located in a space above a drop
ceiling, the indicating light shall be located on or
below the ceiling grid."
"(e) Alarm and Communication Systems. Every high-rise
building shall be provided with a State Fire
Marshall approved and listed fire alarm system.
The alarm and communication systems shall be
designed and installed so that damage to any one
(1) speaker will not render any paging zone of the
system inoperative.
The voice alarm and public address system may be a
combined system. When approved by the fire
department, a communications system may be combined
with the voice alarm system and the public address
system.
The fire alarm system shall include visual
indicators for'the hearing impaired, in all public
areas of the building including but not limited to
elevators, elevator lobbies, rest rooms, corridors,
exit stairways, rooms and tenant spaces exceeding
one-thousand (1,000) square feet in area.
1. Voice Alarm System. The operation of any
smoke detector, sprinkler, water flow device
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or manual fire alarm station shall
automatically sound an alert signal to the
desired areas followed by voice instructions
giving appropriate information and direction
to the occupants.
Upon activation of the automatic sprinkler
system, any automatic fire-detection device
required by this section or any special hazard
fire-protection or .extinguishing system, an
automatic voice alarm signal shall sound on
the floor where activated and on the floor
above and below. An audible and visual signal
shall be transmitted to the central control
station and the fire department central
control station status board. The contact of
the voice alarm in each instance shall be
determined by the fire department in
cooperation with the building owner or
manager.
The central control station shall contain
controls for the voice alarm system so that a
selective or general voice alarm may be
manually initiated.
The system shall be supervised to cause the
activation of an audible trouble signal in the
central control station upon interruption or
failure of the audio path including
amplifiers, speaker wiring, switches and
electrical contacts and shall dete~t opens,
shorts and grounds which might impair the
function of the system.
The alarm shall be designed to be heard
clearly by all occupants within the building
or designated portions thereof, as is required
for the public address system.
EXCEPTION: In lieu of a voice alarm signal
and when approved by the fire department, the
local alarm system may employ any sounding
device or devices which are approved and
listed by the State Fire Marshal. The
sounding devices of such alternate systems
shall have a distinctive tone and shall be
arranged to emit intermittent, prolonged or
continuous sound signals for a full period of
ten (10) seconds, to be immediately followed
by an intermission or period of silence of
five (5) seconds, before the signal is
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repeated. Such signal shall continue to sound
until manually terminated at the central
control station but in no case shall such
manual operation be arranged to cause
termination in less than three (3) minutes.
2. Public Address System. Speakers or signaling
devices used to sound the voice or fire alarm
shall be so located as to be clearly heard on
the floor where activated, except as may be
otherwise found necessary or acceptable by the
enforcing agency.
A public address communication system designed to
be clearly heard by all occupants of the building
shall operate from th~ central control station. It
shall be established on a selective or general
basis, as approved by the Fire Chief, to the
following paging areas:
A. Elevators.
B. Elevator lobbies.
C. Corridors.
D. Exit stairways.
E. Rooms and tenant spaces exceeding one-thousand
(1,000) square feet in area.
F. Dwelling units in apartment houses.
G. Hotel guest rooms or suites.
3. Fire Department Communication System. A two-way
fire department communication system shall be
provided for fire department use. It shall operate
between the central control station and elevators,
elevator lobbies, emergency and standby power rooms
and at entries to every enclosed exit stairway.
The communications system shall 'also comply with
the following:
A. Alarm transmission. Unless the central
control station is constantly manned by
competent and experienced operating personnel
conforming to Chapter 9 of NFPA 72 where
adopted in the Uniform Fire Code, voice or
fire alarm and trouble signals shall be
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automatically retransmitted to one of the
following:
1) An approved central station conforming to
NFPA 71 where adopted in the Uniform Fire
Code.
2) A supervisory station or an approved
remote station conforming to NFPA where
adopted in the Uniform Fire code.
B. Special provisions. In Group R, division 1
occupancies:
1) When a building conforms to the
provisions of this section, the manually
operated fire alarm system otherwise
specified by Section 1807 (g) shall not
be required.
2) Single-station detectors installed in
dwelling units and hotel or lodging house
guest rooms need not~be interconnected to
the fire alarm system required by this
section."
"(f) Central Control Station. A central control station for
fire department operations shall be provided in a
location approved by the fire department. The central
control station shall be separated from the remainder of
the building by not less than one-hour fire resistive
construction with all openings protected by assemblies
having a fire-resistive rating of not less than forty-
five (45) minutes. It shall have a minimum of one (1)
door which is accessible directly from the exterior
portion of the building and shall be openable with a fire
department master key. The central control station shall
have a minimum of ninety-six (96) square feet with a
minimum dimension of eight (8) feet. It shall contain
the following as a minimum:
1. The voice alarm and public address system panels.
2. The fire department communications panel, a cabinet
containing eight (8) portable fire fighter phones
and one (1) headset with sufficient cord to reach
all portions of the room.
3. Fire detection and alarm system annunciator panels.
4. Annunciator visually indicating the location of the
elevators and whether they are operational.
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5. Status indicators and controls for air-handling
systems.
6. Controls for unlocking all stairway doors
simultaneously.
7. Sprinkler valve and water-flow detector display
panels.
8. Emergency and standby power controls and status
indicators.
9. A wall-mounted telephone for exclusive fire
department use shall be installed in the fire
control room and shall have an outside dedicated
private line.
10. Elevator control switches for switching of
emergency power.
11. Fire pump status panel and controls.
12. Other fire protection equipment systems controls as
required by the Fire Department.
13. Schematic building plans in clearly labeled
approved containers, indicating the typical floor
plan and detailing the building core, fire
resistive separations, exit facilities, on-site
water supply, fire protection systems, fire-
fighting equipment and fire department access.
14. One three (3) foot by four (4) foot table and one
chair.
15. An approved locked and labeled cabinet, containing
labeled keys for emergency access and elevator
control.
All control panels in the central control station shall
be permanently identified as to function.
Alarms, supervisory and trouble signals as required by
Items 3 and 7 above shall be annunciated in compliance
with this code in the central control station by means of
an audible and visual indicator. For purposes of
annunciation, zoning shall be in accordance with the
following:
1. When the system serves more than one building, each
building shall be considered separately.
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2. Each floor shall be considered a separate zone.
When one (1) or more sprinkler risers serve the
same floor, each riser shall be considered a
separate zone.
EXCEPTION: When more than one (1) riser serves the
same system on the floor.
3. Each section of floor separated by area separation
walls or by horizontal exits shall be considered as
a separate zone.
Central control stations shall not be used for the
housing of any boiler, heating unit, generator,
combustible storage, or similar hazardous equipment
or storage."
"(i) Standby Power, Light and Emergency Systems. 1. Standby
power. A standby power-generating system conforming to
the Uniform Building Code Standard 18-1 as adopted in
this City Code, shall be provided. The system shall be
equipped with suitable means for automatically starting
the generator set upon failure of the normal electrical
supply systems and for automatic transfer of all
functions required by this section at full power within
sixty (60) seconds of such normal service failure.
System supervision with manual start and 'transfer
override features shall be provided at the central
control station.
An on-premises fuel supply sufficient. for not less than
six (6) hours at full-demand operation' of the system
shall be provided. Where fire pumps are required, an
eight (8) hour fuel supply shall be provided.
The standby system shall have a capacity and rating that
would supply all equipment required to be operational at
the same time. The generating capacity need not be sized
to operate all the connected electrical equipment
simultaneously.
All power, lighting, signal and communication facilities
specified in Subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) and
(j) of the section, as applicable; fire pumps, required
to maintain pressure, stair pressurization fans, standby
lighting and normal circuits supplying exit signs and
exit illumination shall be transferable to the standby
source.
2. Standby lighting. Standby lighting shall be
provided as follows:
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A. Separate lighting circuits and fixtures
sufficient to provide light with an intensity
of not less than one (1) footcandle measured
at floor level in all exit corridors,
stairways, smokeproof enclosures, elevator
cars and lobbies and other areas which are
clearly a part of the escape route.
B. All circuits supply lighting for the central
control station and mechanical equipment room.
3. Emergency systems. The following are classified as
emergency systems and shall operate within ten (10)
seconds of failure of the normal power supply:
A. Required exit sign and exit illumination.
B. Elevator car lighting.
C. Fire alarm system.
D. Fire-detection system.
E. Sprinkler alarm system.
When the standby power-operation system reaches
full operating capacity, the emergency electrical
systems and equipment shall be transferred
thereto."'
"(j) Exits. Exits shall comply with other requirements of
this code and th~ following:
1. All stairway doors which are locked from the
stairway side shall have the capability of being
unlocked simultaneously without unlatching upon a
signal from the central control station. Upon
failure of electrical power, the locking mechanisms
shall be retracted to the unlocked position.
2. When stairway doors are locked from the stairway
side, a telephone or other two way communications
system, connected to an approved emergency service
which operates continuously shall be provided at
not less than every fifth floor in each required
stairway.
3. All enclosed exit stairways shall be equipped with
a barometric dampered relief opening at the top.
The stairway shall be supplied mechanically with
sufficient air to discharge a minimum of two
thousand five hundred (2,500) cubic feet per minute
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through the relief opening; while maintaining a
minimum positive pressure of 0.15-inch water column
in the stairway relative to atmospheric pressure
with all doors closed. Activation of the
mechanical equipment shall be initiated by a smoke
detector installed outside the stair enclosure and
within five (5) feet of the enclosure door. Such
equipment shall also be activated by actuation of
the automatic sprinkler system. Operation of
ventilating equipment shall also be in accordance
with the Uniform Building Code, Section 3310 .(g)
"(1) Emergency Access and Evacuation Facility. This
subsection (1) shall apply to any Group B, Division 2 or
Group R occupancies having floors used for human
occupancy located more than seventy-five (75) feet above
the lowest level of fire department access. Such
structures shall be equipped with a fire department
approved emergency helicopter landing pad for use by
police, fire and emergency medical helicopters only.
1. The roof area shall include an emergency access and
evacuation facility for helicopters of not less
than 15,000 pounds gross weight. This facility
shall have a touchdown pad of at least fifty (50)
feet by fifty (50) feet and a clear unobstructed
landing and takeoff area with a minimum dimension
of one hundred (100) feet by one hundred (100)
feet.
2. The landing pad shall be designed per Section
2308(c) of the Uniform Building Code. Helicopter
landing areas and supports shall be of non-
combustible construction.
3. The emergency evacuation facility shall have two
(2) approach-departure paths at a slope of no
greater than eight (8) to one (1).
4. Any use of this emergency access and evacuation
facility for purposes other.than emergency access
and evacuation shall require prior Federal Aviation
Administration (F.A.A.), Community Development
Department and Fire Department approval.
5. A wind indicating device shall be provided.
6. The roof shall be marked by an emergency marker as
required by the Fire Chief.
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7. The building emergency communication system shall
extend to the roof."
(f) Section 3203 is amended to read as follows:
"Section 3203. Roof Covering Requirements. The roof
covering on any structure regulated by this Code shall be
as specified in Table No. 32-A and as classified in
Section 3204.
EXCEPTION: Group R and M occupancies shall have a
minimum. roof covering of class C or better, except in
hillside areas where a minimum Class A roof covering
shall be used.
The roof covering assembly includes the roof, deck,
underlayment, interlayment, insulation and covering which
is assigned a roof-covering classification."
(g) Section 3703(h) shall be amended to read as follows:
"(h) Chimney Spark Arrestors. In all new occupancies in
which is installed any chimney, flue, or stovepipe
attached to any fireplace, stove, or other device
that burns any solid or liquid barbeque fuel shall
have such chimney, flue or stovepipe equipped with
a spark arrester. A spark arrester is defined as a
device constructed of non-flammable materials,
twelve-guage minimum welded or woven wire mesh,
with one-half inch openings, or cast-iron plate,
three sixteenth (3/16") inch minimum thickness or
other material found satisfactory by the
enforcement agency and having one-half (1/2") inch
perforations for arresting burning carbon or sparks
installed in such a manner as to be visible for the
purposes of inspection and maintenance. The net
free area of the spark arrestor shall not be less
than four (4) times the net free area of the outlet
of the chimney. All incinerator chimneys shall
terminate in a substantially constructed spark
arrester having an iron, heavy wire mesh with
openings not exceeding one-half (1/2") inch."
(h) Section 3802 (a) is amended to read as follows:
"Section 3802.(a) Where Required. An automatic fire-
extinguishing system shall be installed in the
occupancies and locations as set forth in this section.
For provisions on special hazards and materials, see the
Fire Code.
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Automatic fire-extinguishing systems shall be installed
in accordance with the NFPA standards where adopted in
Appendix V of the Fire Code amendments.
When a residential sprinkler system is provided where
specified in NFPA 13R, as adopted in Appendix V of the
Fire Code amendments, exceptions to, or reductions in,
code requirements allowed because of the installation of
an automatic fire-extinguishing system are not permitted.
(i) Section 3802(b) is amended by adding subsection 5 to read
as follows:
"5. In all new or enlarged buildings or structures when
the gross square footage thereof exceeds six
thousand (6,000) square feet or more than two (2)
stories in height regardless of area separation
walls.
EXCEPTION: Open parking structures classified as a
B-3 occupancy.
For the purposes of subsection 5, area separation
walls shall not define separate buildings.
An approved automatic sprinkler system required by
subsection 5 may be used for fire-resistive
substitution as specified in the provisions of
Section 508 of the Uniform Building Code."
(j) Section 3802(h) is amended to read respectively as
follows:
"(h) Group R Occupancies. All new Group R, Division 1
and Group R, Division 3 occupancies, other than detached
one- and two-family dwellings, shall be equipped with an
automatic sprinkler system. Residential or quick-
response standard sprinkler shall be used in the dwelling
unit and guest room portions of the building, For the
purposes of this section, area or occupancy separation
walls shall not define separate buildings."
(k) Section 3804(b) is amended to read as follows:
"b. Sprinklers shall not be installed when the
- application of water or flame and water to the
contents may constitute a serious life or fire
hazard, as in the manufacture or storage of
quantities of aluminum powder, calcium carbide,
calcium phosphate, metallic sodium and potassium,
quicklime, magnesium powder and sodium peroxide.
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Other fire-extinguishing systems compatible with
the hazardous materials being stored or used shall
be installed to protect special hazards or
occupancies in lieu of automatic sprinklers."
(1) Section 3805(b) is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(b) Where Required. Standpipe systems shall be
provided as set forth in Table No. 38-A and the
provisions of this section.
Every new .building with any horizontal dimension
greater than three hundred (3003 feet shall be
provided with either access doors or hose outlets
located so that all portions of the building can be
reached with one hundred .fifty 150 feet of hose
from an access door or hose outlet.
Required access doors shall be located in the
exterior wall of the building and shall be
accessible without the use of a ladder. The door
dimensions shall be not less than three (3) feet in
width nor less than six (6) feet eight (8) inches
in height.
The hose outlets shall be two and one-half (2 1/2)
inches in size with an approved valve. The water
supply for the hose outlets shall be supplied as
follows:
1. By a separate main from the system side of the
check valve at the fire department connection;
or
2. From an adjacent section of the sprinkler
system arranged to allow the hose outlets to
deliver water when the sprinkler system, or
portion of the system that protects the area
served by the hose outlet, is shut off.
The water supply shall be sized to deliver a
minimum of 300 gpm at a minimum of 150 psi and a
maximum of 175 psi from the hydraulically most
remote hose outlet; and 300 gpm (flowing) from each
additional outlet up to a maximum of 600 gpm
(flowing)."
(m) Chapter 41 is amended to read as follows:
"For the purposes of establishing minimum standards to
make buildings resistant to unlawful entry, all
provisions of the 1991 Edition, Uniform Building Security
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Code, adopted and published by the International
Conference of Building Officials, of which one (1) copy
has been and now is filed in the office of the City Clerk
of the City of Tustin, are hereby adopted and
incorporated herein as fully as though set forth in full
herein, save and except'such portions as are hereinafter
deleted, modified or amended.
(1) Section 4101 is amended as follows: The purpose of
this Code is to establish minimum standards to make
all buildings resistant to unlawful entry.
(2) Section 4102 is amended as follows: The provisions
of this chapter shall apply to openings into all
buildings~ including dwelling units within
apartment houses of Group R, Division 1 Occupancies
and Group R, Division 3 Occupancies, and to
openings between attached garages and dwelling
units. Except for vehicular access, door openings
in enclosed attached garages shall be in accordance
with the provisions of this Chapter.
EXCEPTIONS:
1. An opening in an exterior wall when all portions of
such openings are more than twelve (12) feet
vertically or six (6) feet horizontally from an
accessible surface of any adjoining yard, court,
passageway, public way, walk, breezeway, patio,
planter, porch or similar area.
2. An opening in an exterior wall when all portions of
such openings are more than twelve (12) feet
vertically or six (6) feet horizontally from the
surface of any adjoining roof, balcony, landing,
stair tread, platform or similar structure or when
any portion of such surface is itself more than
twelve (12) feet above an accessible surface.
3. Any opening in a roof when all portions of such
roof are more than twelve (12) feet above an
accessible surface.
4. Openings where the smaller dimension is six (6)
inches or less, provided that the closed edge of
such openings is at least thirty-six (36) inches
from the locking device of the door or window
assembly.
5. Openings protected by required fire door assemblies
having a fire endurance rating of not less than
forty-five (45) minutes..
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(3) Section 4110, Garage Type Doors: Rolling Overhead,
Solid Overhead, Swinging, Sliding or Accordion
Style, is added to read as follows:
The above described doors shall conform to the
following:
1. Fiberglass doors shall have panels a minimum
density of six (6) ounces per square foot from
the bottom of the door to a height of seven
(7) feet. Panels above seven (7) feet and
panels in residential structures shall have a
density of not less than five (5) ounces per
square foot.
2. Overhead doors shall be equipped with bolts
which shall be capable of utilizing padlocks
with a minimum nine-thirty-seconds-inch
shackle.
3. Doors utilizing a cylinder lock shall have a
minimum five-pin tumbler operation with the
bolt or locking bar extending into the
receiving guide a minimum of one (1) inch.
4. Doors that exceed sixteen (16) feet in width
shall have two (2) lock receiving points, or
if the door does not exceed nineteen (19)
feet, a single bolt may be used if placed in
the center of the door with the locking point
located either in the floor or door frame
header.
5. Slide bolt assemblies shall have a frame a
minimum of .120 inches in thickness, a bolt
diameter a minimum of one-half (1/2) inch and
protrude at least one and one-half (1 1/2)
inches into the receiving guide~ A bolt
diameter of three eights (3/8) inch may be
used in a residential building.
6. Slide bolt assemblies shall be attached to the
door with bolts which are nonremovable from
the exterior. Rivets shall not be used to
attach such assemblies.
7. Padlocks used with exterior mounted slide
bolts shall have a hardened steel shackle a
minimum of nine thirty-seconds (9/32) inch in
diameter with heel and tow locking and a
minimum five-pin tumbler operation. The key
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shall be nonremovable when in an unlocked
position.
(4) Section 4111, Special Residential Building
Provisions, is added to read as follows:
The following special provisions shall apply to all
residential dwellings (R-I, R-3 and M-I):
1. Except for vehicular access doors, all
exterior swinging doors of any residential
building and attached enclosed garages,
including the door leading from the garage
area into the dwelling unit, shall be equipped
as follows:
a. All wood doors shall be of solid core
construction with a minimum thickness of
one and three fourths (13/4) inches, or
with panels not less than nine-sixteenths
(9/16) of an inch thick.
b. A single or double door shall be equipped
with a double or single cylinder deadbolt
having a minimum protection of one (1)
inch and an embedment of at least three-
fourths (3/4) inch into the strike
receiving the bolt. The bolt shall be
constructed so as to resist cutting tool
attacks. The .cylinder shall have a
cylinder guard, a minimum of five (5) pin
tumblers, and shall be connected to the
inner portions of the lock by connecting
screws of at least one-fourth (1/4) of an
inch in diameter. (The provisions of the
preceding paragraph do not apply where
panic hardware is required or an
equivalent device is approved by the
enforcing authority. Further, a dual
locking mechanism, constructed so that
both the deadbolt and latch can be
retracted by a single action of the
inside door knob or lever, may 'be
substituted provided it meets all other
specifications for locking devices.)
c. The inactive leaf on metal frame double
doors shall be equipped with flush bolts
having a minimum protection of five-
eighths (5/8) of an inch at the top and
bottom of the leaf. On wood frame double
doors, the projection shall be a minimum
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of one ( 1 ) inch.
d. Glazing in exterior doors or within forty
(40) inches of a door locking mechanism
shall be of fully tempered glass or rated
burglary resistant glazing, except where
double cylinder deadbolts are installed.
e. All front exterior .doors shall be
equipped with a wide angle (one hundred
eighty [180] degrees) door viewer, except
where clear vision panels are installed.
2. Street numbers and other identifying data
shall be displayed as follows:
a. Every dwelling unit shall display a street
number in a prominent location on the street
side of the residence in such a position that
the number is easily visible to approaching
emergency vehicles. The numerals shall be no
less than four (4) inches in height and shall
be of a contrasting color to the background to
which they are attached and illuminated during
hours of darkness.
b. There shall be positioned at each entrance of
each R-1 occupancy complex an illuminated
diagraphic representation of the complex which
shows the location of the viewer and the unit
designations within the complex. In addition,
each individual unit within the complex shall
display a prominent identification number
which is easily visible to approaching
vehicular and/or pedestrian traffic.
3. Lighting in R-1 type occupancies shall be as
follows:
a. Aisles, passageways and recesses related to
and within the building complex shall be
illuminated with an intensity of at least
twenty-five hundredths (.25) of a footcandle
at the ground level during the hours of
darkness. Lighting devices shall be protected
by weather and vandalism resistant covers.
b. Open parking lots and carports shall be
provided with a maintained minimum of one (1)
footcandle of light on the parking surface
during hours of darkness. Lighting devices
shall be protected by vandal resistant covers.
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These lighting devices shall be automatically
energized during hours of darkness.
c. Each residential unit of R-1 type occupancies
shall have an enclosed parking space with a
garage door equipped as in Section 4106 of
this Chapter.
(5) Section 4112, Special Commercial Building
Provisions other than Type R-l, R-3 and M-l,
added to read as follows:
The following special provisions shall apply to
commercial buildings:
1. All exterior swinging doors shall be equipped
with a double or single cylinder deadbolt.
The bolt shall have a minimum projection of
one (1) inch and will have an embedment of at
least three-quarters (3/4) of an inch into the
strike receiving the bolt. The bolt shall be
constructed so as to resist cutting tool
attacks. The cylinder shall have a cylinder
guard, a minimum of five (5) pin tumblers and
shall be connected to the inner portion of the
lock by connecting screws of at least one-
quarter-inch (1/4") diameter. (The provisions
of the preceding paragraph do not apply where
panic hardware is required or an equivalent
device is approved by the enforcing
authority.)
2. Wood doors shall be of solid core construction
and have a minimum thickness of not less than
one and three-fourths (13/4) inches.
3. Hollow metal doors shall be constructed of a
minimum sixteen (16) U.S. gauge steel and have
sufficient reinforcement to maintain the
designed thickness of the door when any
locking device is installed; such
reinforcement being able to resist collapsing
of the door around the locking device.
4. The inactive leaf on metal frame double doors
shall be equipped with flush bolts having a
minimum projection of five-eighths (5/8) of an
inch at the top and bottom of the leaf. On
wood frame doors, the projection shall be a
minimum of one (1) inch.
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5. Double doors shall have an astragal
constructed of steel a minimum of .125 of an
inch thick which will cover the opening
between the doors. The astragal shall be a
minimum of two (2) inches wide and extend a
minimum of one (1) inch beyond the edge of the
door to which it is attached. The astragal
shall be attached to the outside of the active
door by welding or nonremovable bolts spaced
apart on not more than ten-inch (10") on
center.
6. Any glazing utilized within forty (40) inches
of any locking mechanism on a door, other than
a double cylinder deadbolt, shall be secured
as follows:
a. Fully tempered glass or rated burglary
resistant glazing; or
b. Iron or steel bars of at least one-half-
inch round or one-inch by one-fourth-inch
flat metal spaced not more than five (5)
inches apart and secured on the inside of
the building; or
c. Iron or steel grills of at least one-
eighth-inch (1/8") metal with a maximum
two-inch (2") mesh, secured on the inside
of the building.
Items a. and b. above shall not interfere
with the operation of opening windows if
such windows are required to be openable
by this Code.
7. Aluminum frame swinging doors shall conformto
the following:
a. The jamb shall be so constructed or
'protected to withstand sixteen hundred
(1600) pounds of pressure in both a
vertical distance of three (3) inches and
a horizontal distance of one (1) inch
each side of the strike, so as to provide
violation of the strike.
b. The bolt projection shall be a minimum of
one and one-half (1 1/2) inches; or, a
hook shaped or similar bolt may be used
as long as it engages the strike
sufficiently to resist jamb spreading.
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8. In multiple occupancy office buildings, all
entrance doors to individual office suites
shall meet the requirements for exterior
doors.
9. Where panic hardware is required by this Code,
or Title 19, California Administrative Code,
it shall be equipped and installed as follows:
a. There shall be a minimum of two (2)
locking points on each door; or
b. On single doors, panic hardware may have
one (1) locking point which is not to be
located at either the top or bottom rails
of the door frame. The door shall have
an astragal constructed of steel .125
inches thick which shall be welded or
attached with nonremovable bolts to the
outside of the door. The astragal shall
extend a minimum of two '(2) inches wide
and extend a minimum of one (1) inch
beyond the edge of the door; or
c. Double doors containing panic hardware
shall have an astragal attached to the
doors at their meeting point which will
close the opening between them but not
interfere with the operation of either
door.
10. Exterior transoms or windows shall be deemed
accessible if less than twelve (12) feet above
ground or adjacent to any pedestrian walkway.
Accessible windows and transoms not visible
from a public or private thoroughfare and
having a pane or opening exceeding ninety-six
(96) square inches shall be constructed or
protected as follows:
a. Fully tempered or rated burglary
resistant glazing shall be used; or
b. Interior steel or iron bars of at least
one-half-inch (1/2") round or one-inch by
one-quarter-inch (1" x 1/4") flat steel
or iron may be used if spaced not more
than five (5) inches apart and secured by
bolts which are nonremovable from the
exterior; or
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c. Interior iron or steel grills of at least
one-eighth-inch (1/8") metal having a
mesh of not more than one (1) inch may be
used if secured with bolts which are
nonremovable from the exterior.
Items a. and b. above shall not interfere with
the operation of windows if such windows are
required to be operable by this Code. The
bars or grillwork shall be capable of quick
opening from the inside only.
11. All hatchway openings on the roof of any
building used for business purposes shall be
secured as follows:
a. If the hatchway is of wooden material it
shall be covered on the inside with a
minimum sixteen (16) gauge sheet metal or
its equivalent, attached with screws.
b. The hatchway shall be secured from the
inside with a slide bar or slide bolt.
The slide bar or slide bolt shall
automatically release when actuated by
smoke or heat from a fire.
c. Outside hinges on all hatchway openings
shall be provided with nonremovable pins
and shall use nonremovable screws for
mounting.
12. All exterior air duct or air vent openings
exceeding ninety-six (96) square inches shall
be secured by one of the following means:
a. Iron or steel bars of at least one-half-
inch (1/2") round or one-inch by one-
fourth-inch (1" x 1/4") flat metal,
spaced no more than five (5) inches apart
and secured by bolts which are
nonremovable from the exterior; or
b. Iron or steel grills having a minimum
thickness of one,eighth-inch, a mesh of
net not more than one-inch, and secured
by bolts which are nonremovable from the
exterior.
c. The above must not interfere with any
venting requirements.
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13. Permanently affixed ladders leading to roofs
shall be covered with sheet metal to a height
of ten (10) feet. If the ladder protrudes
more than six (6) inches from the building,
the sides must also be covered with sheet
metal. The covering shall be locked against
the ladder by means of a case hardened hasp,
secured with nonremovable bolts or screws. If
hinges are of the pin type, they shall be
equipped with nonremovable pins. Padlocks
shall have hardened steel shackles, heel and
toe locking, a minimum of five (5) pin
tumblers in its operation and a nonremovable
key when in an unlocked position.
14. All exterior commercial doors shall be
illuminated with a minimum of one (1)
footcandle of light. Such lights shall be
maintained during hours of darkness and be
protected by vandal resistant covers.
15. Open parking lots providing more than ten (10)
parking places and for use by the general
public shall be provided with a maintained
minimum of one (1) footcandle of light on the
parking surface from dusk until the
termination of business every operating day.
16. Every commercial building shall display an
address number in a prominent position so that
it shall be easily visible from the street.
The numerals in these numbers shall be no less
than six (6) inches in height, of a color
contrasting to the background and located so
that they may be clearly seen and read. Any
business which affords vehicular access to the
rear of the building through any driveway,
alleyway or parking lot shall also display the
same numbers on the rear of the building.
Additional requirements of Section 503 of the
Building Code shall also apply.
(6) Section 4113, Definitions, is added to read as
follows:
1. "Approved" means approved by the Building
Official as meeting the requirements of this
Chapter with regard to a given material, mode
of construction, piece of equipment or device.
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2. "Auxiliary Locking Device" is a secondary
locking system added to the primary locking
system to provide additional security.
3. "Bolt" is a metal bar which, when actuated, is
projected (or thrown) either horizontally or
vertically into a retaining member, such as a
strike plate, to prevent a door from moving or
opening.
4. "Part" as distinguished from component, is a
unit for subassembly, which Combines with
other units to make up a component.
5. "Primary Locking Device" is the single locking
system on a door or window Unit whose function
is to prevent unauthorized intrusion.
6. "Single Cylinder Deadbolt" is a deadbolt lock
which is activated from the exterior by a key
and from the interior by a knob, thumb-turn,
lever or similar mechanism.
7. "Solid Core Door" means a door composed of
solid wood construction.
8. "Stile" is a vertical framing member of a
window or door. A meeting stile is one which
mates with a stile of another sash or a
vertical framing member of a door or window
frame when the sash is in the closed position.
9. "Strike" is a metal plate attached to or
mortised into a door jamb to receive and to
hold a projected latch bolt and/or deadbolt in
order to secure the door to the jamb.
10. "Swinging Door" means a door hinged at the
stile or at the head and threshold.
11. "U.L. Listed" means tested and listed by
Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc.
(7) Section 4114, Keying Requirements, is added to
Chapter 41 to read as follows:
Upon occupancy by the owner or proprietor,
each single unit 'in a tract or commercial
development, constructed under the same
general plan, shall have locks using
combinations which are interchange free from
locks used in all other separate dwellings,
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proprietorships or similar distinct
occupancies. This is intended to prohibit
master keying."
(n) Section 4701 is amended by adding subsection (e) to read
as follows:
"(e) Suspended Acoustical Ceiling Systems. Suspended
acoustical ceiling systems shall be installed in
accordance with the 1988 edition of U.B.C. Standard No.
47-18."
(o) Section'6001 is amended by adding three (3) items to read
as follows:
"38.1 UBC Standard 38-1 is not adopted and whenever
it is referenced in this code it shall mean
NFPA 13, 1989 Edition, as specified in the
Fire Code amendments as adopted in the Tustin
City Code.
38.2 UBC Standard 38-2'is not adopted and whenever
it is referenced in this code it shall mean
NFPA 14, 1990 Edition, as specified in the
Fire Code amendments as adopted in the Tustin
City Code.
38.3 UBC Standard 38-3 is not adopted and whenever
it is referenced in this code it shall mean
NFPA 13R, 1989 Edition, as specified in the
Fire Code amendments as adopted in the Tustin
City Code.
(p) Division III of Appendix 12 is amended in its entirety to
read as follows:
"Sec. 1241. General. The provisions of this section
apply to the design and 'construction of barriers for
swimming pools located on the premises of Group R,
Division 3 Occupancies.
Sec. 1242. Definitions. For the purpose of this
section, certain terms, words and phrases are defined as
follows:
ABOVEGROUND/ON.GROUND POOL. See definition of swimming
pool.
BARRIER is a fence, wall, building wall or a combination
thereof, which completely surrounds the swimming pool and
obstructs access to the swimming pool.
GRADE is the underlying surface such as earth or a
walking surface.
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HOT TUB. See definition of swimming pool.
IN-GROUND POOL. See definition of swimming pool.
SPA, NON-PORTABLE. See definition of swimming pool.
SPA, PORTABLE is a nonpermanent structure intended for
recreational bathing, in which all controls, water
heating and water circulating equipment are an integral
part of the product and which is cord connected (not
permanently electrically wired).
SWIMMING POOL is any structure intended for swimming or
recreational bathing that containswater over twenty four
(24) inches deep. This includes in-ground, above-ground
and on-ground swimming pools, hot tubs and spas.
SWIMMING POOL, INDOOR, is a swimming pool which is
totally contained within a residential structure and
surrounded on all four (4) sides by walls of said
structure.
SWIMMING POOL, OUTDOOR, is any swimming pool which is not
an indoor pool.
Requirements
Sec. 1243. (a) Outdoor Swimming Pool. An outdoor
swimming pool, including an in-ground, above-ground or
on-ground pool, hot tub or spa shall be provided with a
barrier which shall comply with the following:
1. The top of the barrier shall be at least sixty (60)
inches above grade measured on the side of the
barrier which faces away from the swimming pool.
The maximum vertical clearance between grade and
the bottom of the barrier shall be two (2) inches
measured on the side of the barrier which faces
away from the swimming pool. Where the top of the
pool structure is above grade, such as an
aboveground pool, the barrier may be at ground
level, such as the pool structure, or mounted on
top of the pool structure. Where the barrier is
mounted on top of the pool structure, the maximum
vertical clearance between the top of the pool
structure and the bottom of the barrier shall be
four (4) inches.
2. Openings in the barrier shall not allow passage of
a four-inch-diameter (4") sphere.
3. Solid barriers which do not have openings, such as
masonry or stone walls, shall not contain
indentations or protrusions except for tooled
masonry joints.
4. Where the barrier is composed of horizontal members
is less than forty five (45) inches, the horizontal
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members shal.1 be located on the swimming pool side
of the fence. Spacing between vertical members
shall not exceed one and three fourths (1 3/4)
inches in width. Where there are decorative
cutouts within vertical members, spacing within the
cutouts shall not exceed one and three fourths (1
3/4) inches in width.
5. Where the barrier is composed of horizontal and
vertical members and the distance between the tops
of the horizontal members is forty five (45) inches
or more, spacing between vertical members shall not
exceed four (4) inches. Where there are decorative
cutouts within vertical members, spacing within the
cutouts shall not exceed three fourths (3/4) inches
in width.
6. Maximum mesh size for chain link fences shall be a
one and one quarter inch (1-1/4") square unless the
fence is provided with slats fastened at the top or
the bottom which reduce the openings' to no more
than one and three fourths (1 3/4) inches. The
wire shall not be less than nine (9) gauge.
7. Where the barrier is composed of diagonal members
shall be no more than one and three fourths (13/4)
inches.
8. Access gates shall comply with the requirements of
Items 1 through 7 and shall be equipped
accommodate a locking device. Pedestrian-access
gates shall open outward away from the pool and
shall be self-closing and have a self-latching
device. Gates other than pedestrian access gates
shall have a self-latching device. Where the
release mechanism of the self-latching device is
located less than fifty four (54) inches from the
bottom of the gate, the release mechanism shall be
located on the pool side of the gate at least three
(3) inches below the top of the gate and the gate
and barrier shall have no opening greater than one
half (1/2),inch'within eighteen (18) inches. of the
release mechanism.
9. Where a wall of a dwelling serves as part of the
barrier, doors with direct access to the pool
through that wall shall be equipped with an alarm
which produces an audible warning when the door and
its screen, if present, are opened. The alarm
shall sound continuously for a minimum of thirty
(30) seconds immediately after the door is opened,
and be capable of being heard throughout the house
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during normal household activities. The alarm
shall automatically reset under all conditions.
The alarm system shall be equipped with a manual
means, such as a touchpad or switch, to temporarily
deactivate the alarm for a single opening. Such
deactivation shall last for no more than 15
seconds. The deactivation switch shall be located
at least fifty four (54) inches above the threshold
of the door. Other means of protection, such as
self-closing doors with self-latching devices
approved by the building offical, shall be
acceptable so long as the degree of protection
afforded is not less than the protection afforded
by the alarm system described above.
EXCEPTIONS: The alarm may be deleted if a locking
device is installed fifty four (54) inches above
the walking surface and automatically engages when
closed. The alarm may be deleted when a fence of
not less than four (4) feet in height is provided
in addition to the perimeter barrier described in
this section. The additional fence must comply
with all perimeter fence criteria except for height
requirements.
10. Where an aboveground pool structure is used as a
barrier or where the barrier is mounted on top of
the pool structure, and the means of access is a
ladder or steps, then the ladder or steps shall be
capable of being secured, locked or removed to
prevent access or the ladder or steps shall be
surrounded by a barrier which meets the
requirements of Items 1 through 9. When the ladder
or steps are secured, locked or removed, any
opening created shall not allow the passage of a
four (4) inch diameter sphere.
(b) Indoor Swimming Pool. Doors with direct access to
an indoor swimming pool shall' comply with Section
1243(a)9.
(c) Withholding Approval. Plaster inspection or
approval to fill a pool or spa with water shall be
withheld by the building official until there has been
compliance with all fencing and other requirements of
this section."
(q) Section 5110, Chapter 51 of the Appendix, entitle8
Permits-Certificate of Inspection, is amended to read as
follows:
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"Section 5110
a. Permits Required. It shall be unlawful to
hereafter. install any new elevator, moving walk,
escalator, or dumbwaiter, to make major alterations
to any e~isting elevator, dumbwaiter, escalator or
moving walk as defined in Part XII of the ANSI
Code, without having first obtained a permit for
such installation from the State of California
Division of Industrial Safety. Permits shall not
be required for maintenance or minor alterations.
b. Certificates of Inspection Required. It shall be
unlawful to operate any elevator, dumbwaiter,
escalator or moving walk without a current
certificate of inspection issued 'by the State of
California Department of Industrial Safety. Such
certificate shall be issued-annually upon payment
of prescribed fees and the presentation of a valid
inspection report i~dicating that the conveyance is
safe and that the inspections and tests have been
performed in accordance with Part X of the ANSI
Code. Certificates shall not be issued when the
conveyance is posted as unsafe pursuant to Section
5114.
EXCEPTION: Certificates of Inspection shall not be
required for conveyances within a dwelling unit.
co Application for Permits. Application for a permit
to install shall be made on forms provided by the
State of California Division of Industrial Safety
and the permit shall be issued-to an owner upon
payment of prescribed permit fees.
d. Application for Certificates of Inspection.
Application for a Certificate of Inspection shall
be made by the owner of an elevator, dumbwaiter,
escalator or moving walk. Applications shall be
accompanied by an inspection report as described in
Section 5113."
(r) Section 5113 of Chapter 51 of the Appendix, entitle~
Requirements for Operation and Maintenance, is amended by
amending Section 5113(b) and (e) to read as follows:
"(b) Annual Inspections and Tests. Except in dwelling
units, elevators, escalators and moving walks shall
be inspected at least once every twelve (12) months
by an inspector for the State of California
Division of Industrial Safety. Such inspections
shall include tests of the car and counterweight
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safeties, governors and oil buffers to be made in
accordance with Rule 1001.1b of the ANSI Code.
Inspections and tests shall be made as required by
Part X of the ANSI Code."
"(e) Inspection Reports. After each required
inspection, a full and correct report of such
inspection shall be filed with the State of
California Division of Industrial Safety."
(s) Section 5114, Chapter 51 of the Appendix, entitled Unsaf~
Conditions, is amended to read as follows:
"When an inspection reveals an unsafe condition, the
inspector for the State of California Division of
Industrial Safety shall immediately file with the owner
and the Building Official a full and true report of such
inspection and such unsafe condition. If the inspector
for the State of California Division of Industrial Safety
finds that the unsafe condition endangers human life, he
shall cause to be placed. on such elevator, escalator or
moving walk in a conspicuous place, a notice Stating that
such conveyance is unsafe. The owner shall see to it
that such notice of unsafe condition is legibly
maintained where placed by the inspector. The State
Inspector shall also issue an order in writing to the
owner requiring the repairs or alterations to be made to
such conveyance which are necessary to render it safe and
may order the operation thereof discontinued until the
repairs or alterations are made or unsafe conditions are
removed. A posted notice of unsafe conditions shall be
removed only by the State Inspector when he is satisfied
that the unsafe conditions have been corrected.
Section 2: Chapter 2 of Article 8 of the City of Tustin
is hereby repealed in its entirety and a new Chapter 2 is
hereby added in place thereof to read as follows:
CHAPTER 2
MECHANICAL CODE
8200 ADOPTION OF 1991 UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE
Except as provided in this chapter, that certain
Mechanical Code known and designated as the UniformMechanical
Code, 1991 Edition including Appendix C published by the
International Conference of Building Officials and the
International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical
Officials, shall be and become the Mechanical Code of the
City, regulating and controlling the design, construction,
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installation, quality of materials, location, operation and
maintenance of heating, ventilating, cooling, refrigeration
systems, incinerators and other miscellaneous heat producing
appliances. One (1) copy of the Uniform Mechanical Code has
been filed in the office of the City Clerk and shall be at all
times maintained by the City Clerk for use and examination by
the public.
8201 AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE
The 1991 Uniform Meohanical Code is hereby amended as
follows:
"Part I: Part I is deleted from the Uniform Mechanical
Code in its entirety.,,
Section 3: Chapter 3 of Article 8 of the Tustln City Code
is is repealed in its entirety, and a new Chapter 3 is hereby
added in place thereof to read as follows:
CHAPTER 3
PLUMBING CODE
8300 ADOPTION OF 1991 UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE
Except as provided in this chapter, that certain plumbing
code known and designated as the Uniform Plumbing Code, 1991
Edition, including Appendix A, B, C, D, H and I only to the
Uniform Plumbing Code, published by the International
Association of PlUmbing and Mechanical Officials, shall be and
become the Plumbing Code of the City, regulating erection,
installation, alteration, repair, relocation, replacement,
maintenance or use of plumbing systems within the City. One
(1) copy of the Uniform Plumbing Code has been filed in the
office of the City Clerk and shall be at all times maintained
by the City Clerk for use and examination by the public.
8301 AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE
The 1991 Uniform Plumbing Code is hereby amended as
follows:
a) Part I. Part I is deleted from the Uniform Plumbing
Code.
b) Section 315 is amended by adding a new subsection (g) to
read as follows:
"(g) All earth within the City of Tustin is corrosive,
unless the permittee proves to the satisfaction of
the Building Official the specific earth is not
corrosive to the plumbing, piping, fittings,
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fixtures and/or equipment for installation to
contact with or buried in the ground. Steel or
galvanized steel shall be protected by at least
double spiral wrapping, half overlapping with ten
(10) mil plastic tape (total forty (40) mils cover)
or approved equal."
(c) Section 1004(a) Amended - Water Distribution Materials.
Section 1004 of the Uniform Pl~m~ing Code is amended to
read as follows:
"(a) Water pipe and fittings shall be of brass, copper,
cast iron or other approved materials. Asbestos-
cement, CPVC, PB, PE, or PVC water pipe
manufactured to recognized standards may be used
for cold water distribution systems outside a
building only. All materials used in the water
supply-system, except valves and similar devices
shall be of a like material, except where otherwise
approved by the Administrative Authority.
(b) Piping and tubing-which has previously been used
for any purpose other than for portable water
systems shall not be used.
(c) Prohibited materials: Galvanized malleable iron,
galvanized wrought iron, or galvanized steel are
prohibited materials.
(d) Approved plastic materials may be used in water
service piping, provided that where metal water
service piping is used for electrical grounding
purposes, replacement piping therefore shall be of
like materials.
(e) Solder shall conform to the requirements of Section
802(d).
EXCEPTION: Where a grounding system, acceptable to the
Administrative Authority, is installed, inspected and
approved, metallic pipe may be replaced with non-metallic
pipe."
(d) Section 100S(c) (1) is amended to read as follows:
"c) Water piping installed within a building and in or
under a concrete floor slab resting on the ground
shall be installed in accordance with the following
requirements:
(1) Ferrous piping shall be prohibited."
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(e) Section 1212(a) is amended to read as follows:
"(a) All pipe used for the installation, extension,
alteration, or repair of any gas piping shall be
standard weight wrought iron or steel (galvanized
or black), yellow brass (containing not more than
seventy-five percent (75%) copper), or internally
tinned or equivalently treated copper of iron pipe
size. Approved PVC or PE pipe shall be used in
exterior buried piping systems."
(f) Section 1213(d) iS amended to read as follows:
"(d) Ferrous gas piping installed underground shall be
prohibited. Plastic gas. piping shall have at least
eighteen (18) inches (0,Sm) of earth cover or other
equivalent protection. Risers shall be metallic
and shall be wrapped to a point at least six (6)
inches (152.4mm) above grade or protected in an
approved manner. When a riser connects underground
to plastic pipe, the underground horizontal
metallic portion of the riser shall extend at least
thirty (30) inches before connecting to the plastic
pipe by means of an approved transition fitting or
adapter."
"(g) Appendix C "Minimum Plumbing Facilities is amended
to permit the following:
"Restaurants classified as a B-2 occupancy
with an occupant load up to 49 persons may
have one unisex toilet room for the public.
Access to the public toilet room shall not
pass through the kitchen.
Take-out restaurants with no sit down eating
areas shall not be required to provide a
toilet room for the public."
8302 -- ADOPTION OF 1991 UNIFORM SOLAR ENERGY CODE
For the purpose of prescribing regulations for the erection,
construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving,
removal, conversion, demolition, occupancy, equipment, use,
height and area of building structures, except as provided in
this chapter, all of the provisions of the 1991 Edition of the
Uniform Solar Energy Code including the appendix thereto,
adopted and published by the International Association of
Plumbing and Mechanical Officials shall be and become the
solar energy code of the City. One (1) copy of the code has
been filed in the office of the City Clerk, and shall be at
all times maintained by theCity Clerk for use and examination
by the people.
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8303 AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFORM 8OLAR ENERGY CODE
The 1991 Uniform Solar Energy Code is hereby amended as
follows:
(a) Part I. Part I is deleted from the Uniform Solar Energ~
~ Code.
(b) Section 306 is amended by adding a new subsection (g) to
read as follows:
"(g) All earth within the City of Tustin is corrosive,
unless the permittee proves to the satisfaction of
the Building Official the specific earth is not
corrosive to the plumbing, piping, fittings,
fixtures and/or equipment for installation in
contact with or buried in the ground. Steel or
galvanized steel shall be protected by at least
double, spiral wrapping, half overlapping with ten
(10) mil plastic tape (total forty (40) mlls cover)
or approved equal.
Section 4: Subsections 8401(d) and (e) of Chapter 4 of
Article 8 of the Tustin City Code are amended to read as
follows:
"(d) Article 310 is amended by adding article 310-16 to
read:
"310-16. Continuous inspection of aluminum wiring.
Aluminum conductors of No. Six (6) or smaller used
for branch circuits shall require continuous
inspection by an independent testing agency
approved by the Building Official for proper
torquing of connections at their termination
point."
(e) Article 336-3 is amended to read as follows:
"336-3. Permitted uses. Type NM and Type NMC
cables are permitted to be used only in wood frame
residential construction, not exceeding three (3)
stories above grade."
(FPN): See Section 310-10 for temperature
limitation of conductors.
(a) Type NM. Type NM cable shall be permitted for
both exposed and concealed work in normally dry
locations. It shall be permissible to install or
fish Type NMcable in air voids in masonry block or
tile walls where such walls are not exposed or
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subject to excessive moisture or dampness.
(b) Type NMC. Type NMC cable shall be permitted:
(1) for both exposed and concealed work in dry,
moist, damp, or corrosive locations; (2) in
outside and inside walls of masonry block or tile;
(3) in a shallow chase in masonry, concrete, or
adobe protected agains nails or screws by a steel
plate at least one sixteenth (1/16) inch (1.59 mm)
thick and covered with plaster, adobe, or similar
finish."
Section 5: Chapter 5 of Article 8 of the Tustin City Code is
hereby repealed in its' entirety and new Chapter 5, Article 8
is hereby added to read as follows:
8500 ADOPTION OF THE 1991 UNIFORM SWIMMING POOL, SPA AND HOT
TUB CODE
Except as provided in this chapter, that certain Swimming
Pool Code known and designated as the Uniform Swimming Pool,
Spa and Hot Tub Code, 1991 Edition, published by the
International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical
Officials, shall be and become the Swimming Pool Code of the
City, regulating erection, installation, alteration, repair,
replacement, maintenance or use of swimming pools, spas and
hot tubs within the City. One (1) copy of the Uniform
Swimming Pool, Spa and Hot Tub Code has been filed in the
office of the City Clerk and shall be at all times maintained
by the Clerk for use and examination by the public.
8501 AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFORM SWIMMING POOL, SPAS AND HOT TUB
CODE
The 1991 edition of the Uniform Swimming Pool, Spa and Hot Tub.
Code is hereby amended as follows:
(a) Deleting Part i with the exception of Sections: 1.0, 1.1,
1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.8, 1.9, 1.11, 1.12 and 1.14.
(b) Section 1.11 is amended to read as follows:
,,Permit Fees. The fees for swimming pools, spa and hot
tubs shall be those which the City Council may from time
to time adopt'by resolution.,,
(c) Section 310 is amended to read as follows:
"Section 310 Waste Water Disposal. No direct or
indirect connection shall be made between any storm
drain, sewer, drainage system, seepage pit, underground
leaching pit, or subsoil drainage line, and any line
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connected to a swimming pool, unless approved by the
Building Official.
Waste water from any filter, scum filter, scum gutter,
overflow pool emptying line or similar apparatus or
appurtenance shall discharge into an approved type
receptor by air gap and subsequently into public sewer.
The flood leveI rim of such receptor shall be at least
six (6) inches above the flood level of the adjacent
ground. Each such receptor, when permitted to be
connected to any part of a drainage system shall be
provided with an approved three (3) inch trap.
Plans and specifications for any deviaeion from the above
manner of installation, shall first be approved by the
Building Official before any portion of any such system
is installed."
(d) Section 320 is added to read as follows:
"Section 320. The design and construction of barriers
for swimming pools shall be consistent with amendments to
Division III of Appendix 12 of the Uniform Building Code
as adopted as part of the Tustin City Code."
(e) Section 321 Construction Requirements is added to read as
follows:
"Section 321. Construction Requirements."
(a) All pool construction shall be in conformance with
engineered design for expansive soils, unless a
soils report by a registered engineer approved by
the Building Official indicates otherwise.
(b) The pool shall be constructed not less than seven
(7) feet from the top of a cut, fill or natural
earth slope, less than five (5) feet from toe of a
cut, fill or natural earth slope not less than five
(5) feet from the property line (measured from
water line).
(c) A swimming pool constructed of reinforced concrete
or pneumatically placed concrete is not described
as an exception in Uniform Administrative Code
Section 305(a). A continuous inspection by a
special inspector shall be required on all pools
constructed of reinforced 9unite, or reinforced
cast in place concrete. Said special inspector
shall insure all electrical bonding is properly
installed; ensure all required reinforcing steel
and diving board or slide anchor bolts are properly
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in place, ensure concrete is cast to the thickness
required for expansive soil, ensure the concrete is
properly placed; and take test samples during the
placing of concrete and such samples shall be
tested by an approved testing laboratory to attain
a strength exceeding two thousand (2,000) psi, or
as required by the design engineer at twenty-eight
(28) days. Should such test show the concrete to
fail or to be of questionable quality or strength,
the special inspector may require core tests to be
taken upon approval of the Building Official.
Special inspectors shall submit to the Building
Official a written report showing the dates of
inspection, and the result of the laboratory tests.
The report shall indicate the reinforcing steel is
per the approved drawings and per Chapter 26, UBC,
expansive soil details' were followed, the work
complies with the approved drawings, this Code and
footings and anchor bolts of diving boards and
other pool accessories are"adequate."
(f) Section 322 Clean-Up Bond is added to read as follows:
"Section 322. Clean-Up Bond. The Building Official
shall, prior to issuing a permit for a swimming pool,
require clean-up bonds as follows:
(1) Each applicant for a swimming pool permit shall
provide before issuance, an agreement and cash bond
for the purpose of insuring a) that all sand,
cement, dirt and any other debris is removed from
streets, gutters, curbs, parkways, sidewalks and
other public property, b) that the public property
shall be left in clean and undamaged condition and
c) that adequate barricades have been installed and
maintained. Said bond shall be in the amount of
fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) for the
construction of a swimming pool or other
construction related thereto requiring the use of
heavy equipment.
(2) Said agreement and bond may be reduced to not less
than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the
issuance of a spa, jacuzzi, and other small pool
permit not intended for swimming, when in the
determination of the Building Official the scope of
the project will have a minimal impact on public
improvements; by reason of not requiring the use of
heavy construction equipment over curbs, sidewalks
or public streets.
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(3) Said bond shall terminate and be returnable to the
applicant at the time and provided that a) debris
and other materials have been properly removed, b)
the public property has been left clean and
undamaged.
All damage to public curbs, gutters, sidewalks,
driveway and light standards during the
construction of pool, shall be repaired prior to
preplaster inspection. A written signed release
from the City Engineer shall be filed with the
Building Official to ensure damages have been
repaired.
A letter stating that excess dirt, debris, trash
and other materials from the pool construction have
been disposed of at the Orange County disposal
station or other authorized location, must be
delivered to the Building Official by the permittee
prior to preplaster inspection.
(4) If the public property has not been left in a clean
and undamaged condition and/or adequate barricades
required by the City Engineer have not been
installed and maintained, the City shall cause the
necessary work to be done and shall deduct the cost
thereof from the bond."
(g) Section 323 Public Encroachment is added to read as
follows:
"Section 323. Public Encroachment. Construction
materials, debris, trash containers (dumpsters), and
other hon-vehicle materials shall not be deposited on
public property without the written approval of the City
Engineer and only under such conditions as he/she may
impose. Any barricading required by the City Engineer
shall be provided by the contractor at his expense.
The Building Official shall advise at permit issuance,
and he/she shall enforce the requirement of this Section
by stop order if necessary."
(h) Section 324 Modification of Requirements, is added to
read as follows:
"Section 324. Modification of Requirements.
(a) Following written request by the owner, the
Building Official may modify or eliminate the
requirements of this Code where, in the judgment of
the Building Official, pursuant to Section 108 of
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the Uniform Administrative Code, such request is
justified and will not result in unsafe conditions.
The Building Official may require that evidence or
proof in the form of affidavits, recorded easements
or other documents be submitted to substantiate or
justify such requests and may apply reasonable
conditions to ensure ultimate compliance with the
spirit of the Section in the event of a change of
conditions.
(b) The pump/filter may be located anywhere in a side
yard setback as required by the Tustin Zoning Code
provided it is at least one (1) foot away from the
dwelling exterior wall and four (4) feet away from
the property line and at least ten (10) feet away
from an existing adjacent on-site or off-site
dwelling window and/or enclosed patio. This
provision is to attenuate noise to a reasonable
level. A pump/filter may be located anyWhere
within a side yard or rear yard setback area
provided it is at least ten (10) feet away from an
off-site dwelling window,
(c) The gas fuel fired water heater may be located'
within the side yard setback, as required bY the
Tustin Zoning Code, provided it is located at least
one (1) foot away from an exterior wall of the
dwelling, four (4) feet from a window or door, ten
(10) feet from an HVAC air intake, window,
greenhouse or enclosed patio (on- or off-site). A
gas fuel fired water heater may be locate anywhere
within a side yard setback or a rear yard area, if
said heater is within five (5) feet of the property
line,. and provided said property line contains a
non-combustible wall. The heater shall also be
installed with clearance as listed by the American
Gas Association or Underwriters' Laboratories."
Section 6: Chapter 6 of Article 8 of the Tustin City
Code is hereby repealed in its' entirety and a new'Chapter 6
is hereby added in place thereof to read as follows:
CHAPTER 6
8600 ADOPTION OF 1991 UNIFORM SIGN CODE
For the~ purpose of prescribing regulations for the
erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair,
moving, removal, conversion, demolition, occupancy, equipment,
use, height and a~ea of building structures except as provided
in this Chapter, all of the provisions of the 1991 edition of
the Uniform Sign Code including the Appendix thereto, adopted
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and published by the International Conference of Building
Officials shall be and become the Sign Code of the City. One
copy of the Uniform Sign Code has been filed in the office of
the City Clerk and shall be at all times maintained by the
City Clerk for use and examination by the public.
8601 AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFORM SIGN CODE
The 1991 edition of the Uniform Sign Code is Mended by
deleting Section 1401.
8602 CONFLICTS WITH SECTION 9400, SIGNING REGULATIONS
Nothing in this Section 8600 shall be construed to be in
conflict with Section 9400 of the Tustin City Code, Signing
Regulations, Tustin City Code and guidelines and standards
..."regarding..." the character of signs and sign structure
· ..". The purpose of Section 8600, Sign Code, Tustin City
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Code, .... is to provide minimum standards to safeguard life,
health, property and public welfare by regulating and
controlling the design, quality of materials, construction
location, electrification and maintenance of all signs and
sign structure not within a building." In the event of any
conflicts ~etween Section 9400 and Section 8600, Building
Regulations, Tustin City Code, regarding enforcement of
adopted codes and amendments, the provisions and requirements
of Section 9400 shall govern.
Section 6: Chapter 7 of Article 8 of the Tustin City
code is repealed in its entirety and a new Chapter 7, Article
8 is hereby added in place thereof to read as follows:
CHAPTER 7
8700 ADOPTION OF 1991 UNIFORM HOUSING CODE
Except as provided in this chapter, that certain housing
code known and designated as the Uniform Housing Code, 1991
Edition, published by the ~nternational Conference of Building
Officials, shall become the Housing Code of the City,
regulating and controlling the use and occupancy, location and
maintenance of all residential buildings and structures within
this City. One (1) copy of the Uniform HousingCode has been
filed in the office of the City Clerk and shall be at all
times maintained by the City Clerk for use and examination by
the public.
Section 8 of Article 8 of the Tustin City Code is
repealed in its entirety and a new Chapter 8, Article 8 is
hereby added in place thereof to read as follows:
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CHAPTER 8
8800 ADOPTION OF 1991 UNIFORM CODE' FOR THE ABATEMENT OF
DANGEROUS BUILDINGS
Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, that
certain building code known and designated as the Uniform Code
for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, 1991 Edition,
published by the International Conference of Building
Officials, shall be and become the Code of the City for the
Abatement of Dangerous Buildings; providing for a just,
equitable and practical method, to be cumulative with and in
addition to, any other remedies provided by the Building Code,
Housing Code, or otherwise available at law, whereby buildings
or structures which from any cause endanger the life, limb,
health, morals, property, safety or welfare of the general
public or their occupants, may be requested to be repaired,
vacated or demolished. One (1) copy of the Uniform Code for
the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings has been filed in the
office of the City Clerk, and shall be at all times maintained
by the City Clerk for use and examination by the public.
Section 9:
SEVERABILITY OF PARTS OF THIS ORDINANCE AND THE ADOPTED CODES
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council
that thesections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases
of this Ordinance and the adopted Codes are severable, and if
any phrase clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this Code
shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or
decree of court of competent jurisdiction, such
unconstitutionally shall not affect any of the remaining
phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this
Ordinance and the adopted Codes.
Section 10: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
thirty days after its passageand the City Clerk shall certify
to the passage and adoption-of this Ordinance by the City
Council of the City of Tustin and shall, within fifteen (15)
days after its final passage, post certified copy of the full
text of the Ordinance at City 'Hall and cause a summary of the
Ordinance to be published once in theTustin News, a newspaper
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of general circulation which is hereby designated for that
purpose.
PASSEDAND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of
the City of Tustin, held on the 6th day of July, 1992.
LESLIE ANNE PONTIOUS
Mayor
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City of Tustin
ORDINANCE CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF TUSTIN )
ORDINANCE NO. 1091
Mary E. Wynn, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of
the City of Tustin, California, does hereby certify that the whole
number of the members of the City Council of the City of Tustin is
five; that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 1091 was duly and
regularly read and introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council
held on the 15th day of June, 1992, and was given its second reading
and dulypassed and adopted at a regular meeting held on the ~th day of
July, 1992, by the following vote:
COUNCILMEMBER AYES: Pontious, Potts, Puckett, Saltarelli, Thomas
COUNCILMEMBER NOES: None
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED: None
COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT: None
Published Tustin News: