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Ordinance No. 887.U1 G ORDINANCE NO. 887 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS AMENDING SECTIONS 5 -1 AND 5 -2 OF CHAPTER 5 OF THE CYPRESS CITY CODE, THEREBY ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE FOLLOWING CODES WITH CERTAIN AMENDMENTS THERETO: THE 1991 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, THE 1991 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE, THE 1991 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM HOUSING CODE, THE 1991 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM CODE FOR THE ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS, THE 1991 EDITION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND THE 1991 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE STANDARDS. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I: Sections 5 -1 and 5 -2 of the Cypress City Code hereby is amended to read as follows: "SECTION 5 -1 Uniform Building Codes - Adopted; where filed. The following hereby are adopted by reference, as amended by Section 5 -2 of this Chapter, as the Building Codes of the City of Cypress, one (1) copy of each which is on file in the Office of the City Clerk: (a) Uniform Building Code, 1991 edition, with appendices; (b) Uniform Mechanical Code, 1991 edition, with appendices; (c) Uniform Housing Code, 1991 edition; (d) Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, 1991 edition; (e) Uniform Administrative Code, 1991 edition; and (f) Uniform Building Code Standards, 1991 edition." SECTION II: Section 5 -2 of Chapter 5 of the Cypress City Code hereby is amended to read as follows: "SECTION 5 -2 Uniform Building Codes - Amendments, additions and deletions. (A) The following amendments are made to the Uniform Building Code, 1991 edition adopted by this Chapter: (1) Section 203(c) is hereby amended to add the following: At such time as a building, structure of construction project has been deemed a public nuisance by the Building Official, the entire lot shall be fenced along its perimeter with a minimum six foot (6') high chain link fence. The enclosure shall contain gates to allow construction traffic through. When not in use, such gates shall be closed and locked. 137 (2) Section 301(b) is amended to read as follows: (b) Exempted work. A building permit shall not be required for the following: 1. One - story, detached accessory buildings used as tool or storage sheds, playhouses or similar uses, provided the projected roof area does not exceed one hundred twenty (120) square feet. 2. Blockwalls three (3) feet, five (5) inches or less. 3. Oil derricks. 4. Movable cases, counters and partitions not over five (5) feet, nine (9) inches high. 5. 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 flammable liquids. 6. 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 (2:1). 7. Platforms, walks and driveways not more than thirty (30) inches above grade and not over any basement or story below. 8. Painting, papering and similar finish work. 9. Temporary motion picture, television and theater stage sets and scenery. 10. Window awnings supported by an exterior wall of Group R, Division 3 and Group M Occupancies, when projecting not more than fifty -four (54) inches. 11. Prefabricated swimming pools accessory to a Group R, Division 3 Occupancy in which the pool walls are entirely above the adjacent grade and if the capacity does not exceed five thousand (5,000) gallons. Unless otherwise exempted, separate plumbing, electrical and mechanical permits may be required for the above exempted items. 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. (4) Section 508 is hereby adopted by reference. (4.a)Section 513 is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 513. Approved numbers or addresses shall be provided for all new 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 situation. In no case shall the numbers be less than 4 (four) inches for residential and 6 (six) inches for commercial with a 1 (one) 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 the wall of the structure or on a substantial mounting post independent of the structure. - 2 - (5) i3 Section 1210(a) is hereby amended by adding thereto a new paragraph to read as follows: Section 1210(a)7. Installation and Maintenance. It shall be the responsibility of the owner to supply, install and maintain all required smoke detectors. The owner or individual in possession of the property shall be responsible for annually testing all required smoke detectors. (6) Section 1807(a) is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 1807(a). Scope. In addition to other applicable requirements of these regulations, and Section 2 -1807 of C.C.R., Title 24, the provisions of this section shall apply to all Group B, Division 2 office and Group R, Division 1 Occupancies each having any area where the public might gain access to await rescue, located more than 55 feet above the level of Fire Department vehicle access. Such buildings shall be provided with an approved automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Section 1807(c). (7) EXCEPTION: The following structures, while classified as high -rise buildings, shall not be subject to the provisions of this section but shall conform to all other applicable provisions of these regulations: A. Buildings used exclusively as open parking garages. B. Buildings where all floors above the 55 -foot level are used exclusively as open parking garages. C. Floors of buildings used exclusively as open parking garages and located above all other floors used for human occupancy. D. Buildings such as power plants, lookout towers, steeples, grain houses and similar structures with noncontinuous human occupancy, when so determined by the enforcing agency. E. Buildings used exclusively for jails and prisons. Section 1807(d) is hereby amended by adding thereto a new paragraph to read as follows: Section 1807(d)4. Indicating Lights. 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. (8) Section 1807(e)1., is hereby amended to read as follows: 1. Voice alarm system. The operation of any smoke detector other than the single station detectors located within the dwelling units in a Group R, Division 1 occupancy, sprinkler, water flow device 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. The central control station shall contain controls for the voice alarm system so that 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 audiopath including amplifiers, speaker wiring, switches and electrical contacts and shall detect opens, shorts and grounds which might impair the function of the system. 3 129 (9) 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. The 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, corridors, rest rooms, exit stairways, and rooms or tenant spaces exceeding 1000 square feet in area. Section 1807(1) is hereby amended to read as follows: 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 50 (fifty) feet by 50 (fifty) feet and a clear unobstructed landing and takeoff area with a minimum dimension of 100 feet by 100 feet. 2. The landing pad shall be designed per Section 2308 (c) of the Uniform Building Code as adopted in this Municipal Code. Helicopter landing areas and supports shall be of noncumbustible construction. 3. The emergency evacuation facility shall have 2 (two) approach - departure paths at a slope of no greater than 8 (eight) to 1 (one) . 4. Any use of this emergency access and evacuation facility for purposes other than emergency access and evacuation shall require prior Federal Aviation Administration, as well as local building and fire department approval. 5. A wind indicating device shall be provided. 6. The roof top shall be marked by an emergency marker as required by the Chief. 7. The building emergency communication system shall extend to the roof. (m) All required exit stairways shall be equipped with a barometric dampered relief opening at the top and the stairway supplied mechanically with sufficient air to discharge a minimum of 2500 cubic feet per minute through the relief opening column in the stairway, relative to atmospheric pressure, with all doors closed or shall be in a smokeproof enclosure in accordance with Uniform Building Code, 1991 edition, Section 3310. Activation of the mechanical equipment shall be in accordance with Uniform Building Code, 1991 edition, Section 3310(g) 6. (11) Section 2604(c) is hereby amended by adding the following: Exception 1. Type V cement complying with table No. 26 -A -3 for severe sulfate exposure or equal is required for use in all R -1, R -3, and M -1 occupancies footings and slabs on grade. Slabs on grade shall be protected from exposure to moisture by not less than a 10 mil. thick moisture barrier. 4 140 (12) Section 3203 is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 3203. 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, except that no roof covering shall be less than a Class C roofing assembly. The roof - covering assembly includes the roofdeck, underlayment, interlayment, insulation and covering which is assigned a roof - covering classification. Exception: 1. Re- roofing. Roof covering for all re- roofing shall conform to applicable provisions of Uniform Building Code, 1991 edition, Section 3204 as amended herein, except that the roof covering shall not be a lower classification than the existing roof, and also except that roof covering for the re- roofing of less than ten percent (10 %) of the area of a roof in any one -year period may consist of material comparable to the remainder of the roof, provided the same conforms to the requirements of Chapter 32 (appendix) of said Code. (13) Section 3204 is hereby revised by amending subsection (c) and deleting subsection (d). Section 3204 (c) is hereby amended to read as follows: Class C Roof Covering. Class C shall be any Class C roofing assembly, including the following: 1. Any mineral aggregate surface built -up roof for application to roofs having a slope of not more than 3 inches in 12 inches, applied as specified in Section 3208(b)4, consisting of not less than the following: Roofing Plies: Three layers of felt, and Surfacing Material: 300 pounds per roofing square of gravel or other approved surfacing material, or 250 pounds per roofing square of crushed slag. 2. Wood shingles - fire retardant. 3. Wood shakes - fire retardant. Appendix Section 3211(b)2. is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 2. - Over gravel- surfaced roof coverings. Over gravel- surfaced roof coverings, the roof shall be cleaned of all loose gravel and debris. All blisters, buckles and other irregularities shall be cut and made smooth and secure. Minimum one -half inch (1/2 ") insulation board shall be nailed or securely cemented to the existing roofing with hot bitumen over which a new roof complying with Section 2303 shall be installed. When insulation board is to be attached with hot bitumen, the existing surface shall be primed. Appendix Section 3212(b) is hereby amended by adding the following: 1. Not more than one (1) overlay of asphalt shingles shall be applied over an existing asphalt shingle roof. 2. Not more than one (1) overlay of asphalt shingle roofing shall be applied over wood shingles. Asphalt shingles applied over wood shingles shall have an overlay under - layment of not less than type 30 non - perforated felt. 14 (14) Section 3802(b) is hereby amended by adding Item 5 as follows: 5. In all new buildings or structures, when the gross square footage thereof exceeds 6,000 square feet, or more than two (2) stories in height. EXCEPTION: Open parking structures, B -3 occupancy, are exempted. For the purposes of this section, area separation walls shall not define separate buildings. (15) Section 3802(h) is hereby amended to read as follows: (h) Group R, Division 1 Occupancies. An automatic sprinkler system shall be installed throughout apartment houses three (3) or more stories in height or containing 16 or more dwelling units, in congregate residences three (3) or more stories in height and having an occupant load of fifty (50) or more and in hotels three (3) or more stories in height or containing twenty (20) or more guest rooms. Residential or quick- response standard sprinklers shall be used in the dwelling units and guest room portions of the building. All other Group R, Division 1 Occupancies shall have an approved modified automatic sprinkler system installed. 2. An approved modified automatic sprinkler system shall be installed throughout all Group R, Division 3 occupancies. For the purposes of this section, area separation walls shall not define separate buildings. (18) Fees not Adopted Any and all fees established in Chapter 3 and Chapter 70 of the Uniform Building Code, 1991 edition, adopted by this Chapter, are hereby deleted. (19) Part III, Section 47.1813 of the 1988 Uniform Building Code Standards is hereby adopted as part of the 1991 code change amendments. (B) The following amendment is made to the Uniform Mechanical Code, 1991 edition, adopted by this Chapter: (1) Section 501 is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph: Equipment regulated by this Code shall not be located in any required front yard as established by the building code or zoning ordinances. Equipment may be located in a required sideyard subject to Section 9.3(a) of the Cypress Zoning Ordinance. (C) The following amendment is made to the Uniform Housing Code, 1991 edition, adopted by this Chapter: (1) Chapter 2 is hereby amended by adding thereto the following sections: Section 201(a) Authority. The Building Official and the health officer are hereby authorized and directed to administer and enforce all of the provisions of this Code. For such purposes, they shall have the powers of law enforcement officers. 142 Section 201(b) Right of Entry. Whenever necessary to make an inspection to enforce any of the provisions of this code and the technical codes, or whenever the Building Official or health officer or their authorized representatives have reasonable cause to believe that there exists in any building, or upon any premises, any condition or code violation which makes such building or premises unsafe, dangerous or hazardous, the Building Official, the health officer or their authorized representatives may enter such building or premises at all reasonable times, to inspect the same or to perform any duty imposed upon the Building Official or the health officer by such codes, provided that if such building or premises be occupied, the Building Official, the health officer or their authorized representatives, shall first present proper credentials and demand entry; and if such building or premises be unoccupied, they shall first make a reasonable effort to locate the owner or other persons having charge or control of the building or premises and request entry. If such entry is refused, the Building Official, the health officer or their authorized representatives shall have recourse to every remedy provided by law to secure entry. No owner or occupant or any other person having charge, care or control of any building or premises shall fail or neglect, after proper request is made as herein provided, to promptly permit entry therein by the Building Official, the health officer or their authorized representatives for the purpose of inspection and examination pursuant to this Code. Any person violating this subdivision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject to punishment in accordance with Section 1 -7 of the Code of the City of Cypress. (D) The following amendments are added to the Uniform Administrative Code, 1991 edition, adopted by this Chapter: (1) Section 202(c) is amended to read as follows: (c) Right of Entry Whenever necessary to make an inspection to enforce any of the provisions of this code and the technical codes, or whenever the Building Official or health officer or their authorized representatives have reasonable cause to believe that there exists in any building, or upon any premises, any condition or code violation which makes such building or premises unsafe, dangerous or hazardous, the Building Official, the health officer or their authorized representatives may enter such building or premises at all reasonable times, to inspect the same or to perform any duty imposed upon the Building Official or the health officer by such codes, provided that if such building or premises be occupied, the Building Official, the health officer or their authorized representatives, shall first present proper credentials and demand entry; and if such building or premises be unoccupied, they shall first make a reasonable effort to locate the owner or other persons having charge or control of the building or premises and request entry. If such entry is refused, the Building Official, the health officer or their authorized representatives shall have recourse to every remedy provided by law to secure entry. No owner or occupant or any other person having charge, care or control of any building or premises shall fail or neglect, after proper request is made as herein provided, to promptly permit entry therein by the Building Official, the health officer or their authorized representatives for the purpose of inspection and examination pursuant to this Code. Any person violating this subdivision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject to punishment in accordance with Section 1 -7 of the Code of the City of Cypress." 143 SECTION III: Severability If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court or competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Cypress hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsections, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION IV: Findings Resolution No. 4083 , dated June 22 ,1992 is incorporated herein by reference and the City Council makes the findings contained therein. FIRST READ at the regular meeting of the City Council of said City on the 22nd day of June , 1992, and finally adopted and ordered posted at a regular meeting held on the 13th day of July 1992. MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS ATTEST: CITY CLERK A-Yree429-/5-:) H E ITY OF CYPRESS STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the said City Council held on the 13th day of July 1992, by the following roll call vote: AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Age, Bowman, Kerry, Nicholson and Partin NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None CITY CLERK OF THF� CITY OF CYPRESS