Ceres Municipal Code Ch. 03 Existing Building Code

This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Ceres Existing Building Code" and may hereinafter be referred to as "Ceres Existing Building Code." Chapter, division, part, section, subsection, and appendix numbers used in sections 15.03.010 through 15.03.040 are those of the California Existing Building Code or codes adopted therein by reference.

(Ord. No. 2020-1058, § 1, 3-23-2020)

This chapter is to be administered in accordance with section 15.01.040, Administration, unless more specific requirements are given in this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2020-1058, § 1, 3-23-2020)

Enforcement of Ceres Existing Building Code shall be in accordance with section 15.02.020, California Building Code Administration, unless more specific requirements are provided in this Municipal Code.

(Ord. No. 2020-1058, § 1, 3-23-2020)

In order to provide minimum standards to safeguard life, limb, health, property, and public welfare by regulating and controlling the design, construction, installation, quality of materials, location, operation, maintenance, and use of existing buildings while reducing the risk of death or injury that may result from the effects of earthquakes on existing unreinforced masonry bearing wall buildings within the City of Ceres, the 2022 California Existing Building Code, title 24, part 10, published by the International Code Council (ICC), in the California Code of Regulations, except as specifically repealed or amended by ordinance of the City of Ceres, is hereby adopted and made part of this chapter as though set forth in full. A true and correct copy of the 2022 California Existing Building Code as adopted by this section shall be on file in the office of the City of Ceres Building Division for inspection by the public.

(Ord. No. 2020-1058, § 1, 3-23-2020; Ord. No. 2024-1083, § 1, 7-22-2024)