Colusa Municipal Code Art. XI Administrative Code

The Uniform Administrative Code, 1991 edition, prepared and published by the International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO), except as specifically repealed or amended by ordinance of the city, is adopted and made part of this chapter as though set forth in this chapter at length.

(Ord. No. 391 § 2.)

The following definitions are amended or added with all other definitions in section 105 remaining unchanged:

CITY is the City of Colusa.

CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION is the fire chief of the City of Colusa.

FIRE CODE is the Uniform Fire Code as promulgated by the Western Fire Chiefs Association (WFCA), and the International Conference of Building officials (ICBO).

HOUSING ACT is the State Housing Act, Section 17910, et seq., and amendments of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California.

JURISDICTION is the City of Colusa.

TECHNICAL CODES refer to those codes adopted by the city council containing the provisions for design, construction, alteration, addition, repair, removal, demolition, use, location, occupancy, fire and life safety, maintenance of building and structures and building service equipment as herein defined.

UNIFORM FIRE CODE STANDARDS is the Uniform Fire Code Standards promulgated by the Western Fire Chiefs Association (WFCA), and the International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO), as adopted by the City of Colusa.

(Ord. No. 391, § 2.)

Section 205 of the Uniform Administrative Code is hereby amended as follows:

Section 205

(a).

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, convert, demolish, equip, use, occupy or maintain any building, structure or building service equipment or cause or permit the same to be done in violation of this code and the technical codes as amended and adopted by the City of Colusa.

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this code or the technical codes amended and adopted by this jurisdiction or fails to comply with any order made thereunder, or who builds in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted or approved thereunder, or any certificate or permit issued thereunder, and from which no appeal has been taken, or who fails to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the board of appeals or by a court of competent jurisdiction within the time fixed herein is severally for each violation or noncompliance respectively guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars or by imprisonment not to exceed one hundred eighty days, or both fine and imprisonment. Each separate day or any portion thereof during which any violation occurs or continues is a separate offense, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable as provided in this section; provided, however, that any such violation or offense may be deemed an infraction as defined by section 19C of the California Penal Code and charged as such in the discretion of the prosecuting attorney in which event the punishment thereof shall not be imprisonment but a fine not to exceed the amounts specified in Government Code Section 36900 as then in effect for such infraction. The imposition of a penalty for any violation or noncompliance shall not excuse the violation or noncompliance or permit it to continue; and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time; and when not otherwise specified, each five days that prohibited that conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.

(b) The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of the prohibited conditions.

(c) The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans and specifications shall not be deemed or construed to be a permit for, or an approval of, any violation of any of the provisions of these codes and shall not prevent the administrative authority from thereafter requiring the correction of errors in said plans or specifications or from preventing construction operations being carried on thereunder when in violation of these codes or of any other ordinance or from revoking any certificate of occupancy or approval when issued in error. No permit presuming to give authority to violate or cancel provisions of this chapter shall be valid, except insofar as the work or use which it authorized is lawful.

(d) The use or occupancy of any building in violation of any of the provisions of this code or the technical codes as adopted by the City of Colusa is declared to be a public nuisance and may be abated in the manner provided by law.

(Ord. No. 391, § 2.)

Section 303(d) of the Uniform Administrative Code is amended as follows:

Expiration: Every permit issued by the building official under the provisions of this code shall expire one year after the date of issuance and become null and void, or if the building or work authorized by such permit is not commenced within one hundred eighty days from the date of such permit, or if the building or work authorized by such permit is suspended or abandoned at any time after the work is commenced for a period of one hundred eighty days. Before such work can be recommenced, a new permit to do so, and the fee therefor shall be one half the amount required for a new permit for such work, provided no changes have been made or will be made in the original plans and specifications for such work; and provided further that suspension or abandonment has not exceeded the one year life of the permit.

Any permittee holding an unexpired permit may apply for an extension of time within which he or she may commence work under that permit when he or she is unable to commence work within the time required by this section for good and satisfactory reasons. The building official may extend the time for action by the permittee for a period not exceeding one hundred eighty days upon written request by the permittee showing that circumstances beyond the control of the permittee have prevented action from being taken. No permit shall be extended more than once. In order to renew action on a permit after expiration, the permittee shall pay a new full permit fee.

Any permittee holding an unexpired permit for which work has not been suspended or abandoned may renew the permit no later than the expiration date, by paying a renewal fee equal to one half of the building permit fee plus the administrative fee, if any.

(Ord. No. 391, § 2.)

Section 304(b) of the Uniform Administrative Code is amended as follows:

"Permit fees shall be established by City Resolution."

(Ord. No. 391, § 2.)

Section 304(c) of the Uniform Administrative Code is amended as follows:

"Plan Review Fees shall be established by City Resolution."

(Ord. No. 391, § 2.)

Section 309(a) of the Uniform Administrative Code is amended as follows:

Delete exception.

(Ord. No. 391, § 2.)