Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 8 — BUILDING REGULATIONS
Coalinga Municipal Code Ch. 5 Unsafe Buildings
Coalinga Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-05 · Coalinga
Cite as: Coalinga Municipal Code Chapter 5 · Text as of 2026-10-05
Sec. 8-5.01. - Building defined.¶
For the purposes of this chapter, "building" shall mean structures of any kind.
(§ 8, Ord. 228)
Sec. 8-5.02. - Buildings damaged by fire: Investigations.¶
It shall be the duty of the Fire Chief, after each fire occurring in the City, to investigate the condition of any building partially or totally destroyed by fire.
(§ 3, Ord. 228)
Sec. 8-5.03. - Public nuisances: Determinations.¶
The Fire Chief shall have the power to act upon, define, determine, and adjudge any building which has been partially or totally destroyed by fire to be a nuisance and to require such nuisance to be abated.
(§ 4, Ord. 228)
Sec. 8-5.04. - Public nuisances: Notices to abate.¶
After investigation, it shall be the duty of the Fire Chief to notify the owner of any building partially or totally destroyed by fire which the Fire Chief has adjudged to be a nuisance that such building is a nuisance and that such nuisance shall be abated. The owner shall, within ninety (90) days after receiving such notice, reconstruct, repair, or remove such building or the remains thereof. Such notice shall be mailed by registered mail to the last known address of the owner and shall also be posted on the property.
(§ 5, Ord. 228)
Sec. 8-5.05. - Public nuisances: Notices to abate: Failure to comply.¶
If the owner of any building partially or totally destroyed by fire fails to comply with the notice provided for in Section 8-5.04 of this chapter by failing to reconstruct, repair, or remove any such building as directed by such notice within ninety (90) days after the date of the receipt of such notice, such owner will be guilty of an infraction.
(§ 6, Ord. 228, as amended by § 15, Ord. 452, eff. June 2, 1976)
Sec. 8-5.06. - Public nuisances: Abatement by City: Costs: Liens.¶
Any building destroyed to the extent of fifty (50) percent or more by fire, and adjudged to be a nuisance by the Fire Chief as set forth in Section 8-5.03 of this chapter, which building shall not have been reconstructed, repaired, or removed within ninety (90) days after the date of the receipt of the notice by the owner, as set forth in Section 8-5.05 of this chapter, shall be abated by the order of the Fire Chief at the expense of the City. The cost of abating such nuisance shall become a lien on the property.
(§ 7, Ord. 228)
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