Brawley Municipal Code Ch. 7 Building Regulations

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 2011-06, § 2, adopted Oct. 18, 2011, amended Ch. 7 in its entirety and enacted the provisions set out herein. The former Ch. 7 derived from Ord. No 87-05, §§ 2—4; and Ord. No. 2009-04, § 1.

Cross reference— Dogs in multiple-family dwellings, § 4.3.

The California Building Standards Code, 2022 edition ("code"), as adopted by the California Building Standards Commission, is hereby adopted as the Building Code of the City of Brawley. Said code is comprised of the following elements:

• 2022 California Administrative Code;

• 2022 California Building Code;

• 2022 California Residential Code;

• 2022 California Electrical Code;

• 2022 California Mechanical Code;

• 2022 California Plumbing Code;

• 2022 California Energy Code;

• 2022 California Historic Building Code;

• 2022 California Fire Code;

• 2022 California Existing Building Code;

• 2022 California Green Building Code.

The code shall also include the following appendices:

• Appendix Chapters A, B, C, D, F, G, H, I, J, and K of the 2022 California Building Code;

• Appendix Chapter E of the California Residential Code;

• Appendix Chapters BB and CC of the California Fire Code.

(Ord. No. 2011-06, § 2, 10-18-2011; Ord. No. 2017-07, § 1, 9-19-2017; Ord. No. 2022-09, § 3, 11-15-2022)

The purpose and intent of adoption of the code is to regulate and govern the conditions and maintenance of all property, buildings and structures by providing the standards of supplied utilities and facilities and other physical things and conditions essential to ensure that structures are safe, sanitary and fit for occupation and use; provide for the condemnation of buildings and structures unfit for human occupancy and use and demolition of such structures as herein provided; provide for the issuance of permits and collection therefore. Each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said code on file are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully set forth in this chapter, subject to revisions set forth herein.

(Ord. No. 2011-06, § 2, 10-18-2011)

The following sections of the code are hereby revised:

(a) Section 101.1 is hereby amended to read:

"Section 101 Title. The California Building Code, as amended by this Chapter, shall be known as the Building Code of the City of Brawley." The provisions contained in this Chapter are adopted and together with the amended Code are referred to hereafter as "these regulations", "these building standards" or "this Code".

(b) In the event of conflict between this code and any other provision of the Brawley Municipal Code or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, the provisions of this code shall prevail.

(c) In the event any section, subsection sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter is, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional or otherwise unenforceable, such circumstance shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this chapter. The City hereby declares that it would have passed this chapter and each section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase be declared unconstitutional or otherwise unenforceable.

(d) Nothing in this chapter or in the code hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding pending in any court, rights acquired, liability incurred or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing under any act or ordinance repealed by this ordinance; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character by lost, impaired or affected by this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2011-06, § 2, 10-18-2011)