Section K109 — California Building Code (Title 24, Part 2)

K109.1 Request for approval of alternate means of protec-tion.¶

tion. Requests for approval to use an alternative means of protection shall be made in writing to the building official by the owner or the owner’s authorized representative. The request shall be accompanied by a full statement of the condi- tions and sufficient evidence that the proposed alternate means of protection provides reasonable protection to occu- pants. The building official shall require the owner to obtain a written statement from the applicable emergency manage- ment authority regarding plans and processes related to noti- fication of anticipated conditions of flooding, warnings, evacuations and other pertinent conditions relative to the proximity of nearby levees. The building official shall also require the owner to obtain a written statement and findings from the entity that has jurisdiction over the management, maintenance, monitoring and control of flood protection works in the vicinity of the location of the owner’s property; such statement shall comment on the viability of the proposed alternate means of protection. The building official may request written statements from the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, the California Department of Water Resources, and the California Emergency Management Agency.

Approval of a request for use of an alternative means of protection made pursuant to these provisions shall be limited to the particular case covered by the request and shall not be construed as establishing any precedent for any future request except in substantially equivalent situations.

Note: Contact information for the California Department of Water Resources and the Department’s Directory of Flood Officials, which includes levee and reclamation dis- trict boundary maps, is available on-line at the following web site: www.water.ca.gov/BuildingCodes. The Depart- ment of Water Resources Building Code Project Engineer can be contacted at 916-574-1451. The Central Valley Flood Control Board Chief Engineer can be contacted at 916- 574-0609. The California Emergency Management Agency Inland Region Program Manager can be con- tacted at 916-845-8488.

K109.2 Appeals.¶

When a request for an alternate means of protection has been denied by the building official, the appli- cant may file a written appeal with the board of appeals. In considering such appeal, the board of appeals may provide additional information to, and request additional written statements from, the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, the California Department of Water Resources, and the Cali- fornia Emergency Management Agency. If such additional written statements are provided, the board of appeals shall consider those statements.

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APPENDIX K

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CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE – MATRIX ADOPTION TABLE APPENDIX L – EARTHQUAKE RECORDING INSTRUMENTATION

(Matrix Adoption Tables are nonregulatory, intended only as an aid to the code user.

See Chapter 1 for state agency authority and building applications.)

Adopting agency	BSC	BSC- CG	SFM	HCD			DSA			OSHPD						BSCC	DPH	AGR	DWR	CEC	CA	SL	SLC
Adopting agency	BSC	BSC- CG	SFM	1	2	1/AC	AC	SS	SS/CC	1	1R	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Adopt entire chapter											X	X			X
Adopt entire chapter as amended (amended sections listed below)										X			X	X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below
Chapter / Section
L101										X				X
L102										X			X	X
L103										X

APPENDIX L

EARTHQUAKE RECORDING INSTRUMENTATION

The provisions contained in this appendix are not mandatory unless specifically

adopted by a state agency, or referenced in the adopting ordinance.

User notes:

About this appendix: The purpose of Appendix L is to foster the collection of ground motion data, particularly from strong-motion earth- quakes. When this ground motion data is synthesized, it may be useful in developing future improvements to the earthquake provisions of the code.

Code development reminder: Code change proposals to this appendix will be considered by the IBC—Structural Code Development Com- mittee during the 2019 (Group B) Code Development Cycle. See explanation on page ix.