Article 3 — LOCAL BUILDINGS

4-243. General.

(a) The provisions of Article 1 and Article 3 of these regulations shall apply to essential services buildings owned or leased by a city, city and county or county or a special fire district within these jurisdictions. The Division of the State Architect shall observe the implementation and administration of the provisions of the Essential Services Buildings Seismic Safety Act and these regulations pertaining to local jurisdictions under the authority granted in the Act.

(b) Local jurisdictions shall establish such administrative procedures as they deem necessary and proper for the enforcement of the provisions of the Act so long as those procedures do not conflict with the requirements of Articles 1 and 3 of these regulations. The enforcement of these regulations is the responsibility of an authorized official of the local enforcement agency. Authority: Health and Safety Code Section 16022.

Reference: Health and Safety Code Section 16001.

4-244. Approval of drawings and specifications.

(a) The required written approval of drawings and specifications may consist of either a building permit or other document as established by the enforcing agency.

(b) Written notification by the local enforcement agency to DSA shall be required when the written approval of the drawings and specifications is issued by the local enforcement agency. The written notification shall contain a project name and location for the essential services building, the name of the architect or registered engineer in general responsible charge of the work, the estimated cost of the project, the name of the qualified plan reviewer (the licensed architect or registered engineer responsible for the design review) and if available the name of the Project Inspector. The written notification shall also include a statement signed by an official of the enforcement agency that the plans and specifications and the review thereof has been accomplished in compliance with the provisions of the Act and of these regulations.

Authority: Health and Safety Code Section 16022.

Reference: Health and Safety Code Sections 16001 and 16011.

Any change, erasure, alteration or modification of any plans or specifications bearing the identification or approval stamp of th

4-245. Voidance of application. Any change, erasure, alteration or modification of any plans or specifications bearing the identification or approval stamp of the enforcement agency may result in voidance of the approval of the application. However, the “written approval of the plans” may be extended by the enforcement agency to include revised plans and specifications after documents are submitted for review and approved.

Authority: Health and Safety Code Section 16022.

Reference: Health and Safety Code Sections 16009, 16011 and 16013.

Construction work whether for a new essential services building, or for a reconstruction, alte

4-246. Time of beginning of construction and partial construction. Construction work whether for a new essential services building, or for a reconstruction, alteration or addition project for an essential services building, shall not be commenced nor shall any contract be let until the owner has applied for and obtained from the enforcement agency the required written approval of plans and specifications.

All work done and materials used and installed must be in accordance with and in conformity to the approved plans and specifications. The enforcement agency shall be notified whenever work is being carried on and failure to give such notice may result in voidance of the approval of the plans and specifications.

An uncompleted building shall not be considered as having been constructed under the provisions of the Essential Services Buildings Seismic Safety Act.

Authority: Health and Safety Code Section 16002.

Reference: Health and Safety Code Section 16016.

The architect or registered engineer responsible for the project shall give written notification to the enforcement agenc

4-247. Notice of start of construction. The architect or registered engineer responsible for the project shall give written notification to the enforcement agency before construction is to be started. The architect or registered engineer shall furnish the name of the contractor, the contract price and the date of starting of construction.

Authority: Health and Safety Code Section 16022.

Reference: Health and Safety Code Section 16016.

4-248. Approval of the Project Inspector, Assistant Inspector and special inspectors by the enforcement agency.

(a) The enforcement agency shall review, for each individual project, the qualifications of the Project Inspector, any Assistant Inspector, and special inspectors proposed for an essential services buildings projects to determine the inspector’s competency to do the inspection required for that particular project. The qualification review shall include, for the Project Inspector and any Assistant Inspector, an appraisal of the candidate’s education and experience and a personal interview, which may include a written examination if deemed appropriate by the enforcement agency.

(b) The approval of the Project Inspector by the enforcement agency shall include information to the Project Inspector of the “personal knowledge” provisions of the Act and of the additional requirement that the Project Inspector shall not assume other duties that would preclude the inspector from obtaining personal knowledge required of all work of construction.

(c) Representatives of the enforcement agency shall from time to time visit the construction site to observe the work of construction and to monitor the performance of the Project Inspector. The construction work is subject to any inspections required by the enforcement agency.

Authority: Health and Safety Code Sections 16017 and 16022.

Reference: Health and Safety Code Sections 16017 and 16021.

The verified reports required by the Act to be filed by any architects, engineers, inspectors and contractors having responsibility for

4-249. Verified reports. The verified reports required by the Act to be filed by any architects, engineers, inspectors and contractors having responsibility for all or any portion of the construction work of the project shall be filed on a form prescribed by the enforcement agency. Original manual signatures of the architect, engineer, inspector and contractor are required on the verified report. Refer to Section 4-214 of these regulations for verified report requirements.

Authority: Health and Safety Code Sections 16020, 16021 and 16022.

Reference: Health and Safety Code Sections 16020 and 16021.

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