Article II — California Building Standards Code.

Pursuant to Sections 50022.1 through 50022.10 inclusive of the Government Code, the city council adopts and enacts the 2013 California Building Standards Code, Title 24 - Part 1 - Administrative Code, Part 2.5 Residential Code, Part 6 - Energy Code, Part 8, Historical Code, Part 10 Existing Building Code, Part 11 - Green Building Standards Code, and Part 12 - Referenced Standards Code, as adopted by the California Building Standards Commission. This article is adopted under the authority of Government Code Subsection 50022.2 and Health and Safety Code Section 18941.5.

(Ord. No. 495, § 2, 11-19-2013)

The 2013 California Building Code (California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 2 including all state- adopted Appendices), except as otherwise amended in Section 6-5.2 below, as the Building Code of the City of Colusa, for regulating and governing the conditions and maintenance of all property, buildings and structures; by providing the standards for supplied utilities and facilities and other physical things and conditions essential to ensure that structures are safe, sanitary and fit for occupation and use; and the condemnation of buildings and structures unfit for human occupancy and use and the demolition of such structures as herein provided; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefore; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said building code on file in the office of the city clerk are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this article, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in this chapter.

(Ord. No. 495, § 2, 11-19-2013)

The following sections of the 2010 [2013] California Building Code are amended as follows:

Section 101.1 Title is amended to read as follows:

Section 101.1. Title. These regulations shall be known as the Building Code of the City of Colusa, hereinafter referred to as "this code."

Section 903.2 is amended to read as follows:

Section 903.2. An automatic sprinkler fire extinguishing system shall be installed in the occupancies and locations as set forth in this section. For provisions on special hazards and hazardous materials, see the California Fire Code. An automatic sprinkler system shall be installed:

1. In all new construction in excess of 3,599 square feet.

2. In every existing building, except existing single-family dwellings, when:

(a) There are new alterations or repairs within to any existing buildings or structure that would increase the size over 25% and cause the size of the building or structure to exceed 3,599 square feet; or

(b) The building is in excess of 3,599 square feet, and there are alterations or repairs within any period which would cumulatively increase the building size by twenty five percent (25%) from it's existing size at the time of the adoption of this code; or

(c) The building is over 3,599 square feet and where major renovations are being made that are not necessarily increasing the size. Major renovations include movement of walls, ceilings heights, addition of rooms, combining two separated sections of a single building into one non separated use.

Installers of residential automatic sprinkler systems shall hold a C-16 license.

Residential Automatic Sprinkler system external audible flow alarm shall be accompanied by an external visual notification appliance that is readily visible from the street or road fronting the property.

Section 903.4.2 is amended by adding the following language to the end of the section, and shall read as follows:

903.4.2 ...In addition to when required by Section 907, Visual alarm notification shall be installed and visible from the primary road fronting a residential property with sprinklers. This requirement is in addition to the audio alarm device on residential sprinklers.

Section J101.1.1 is added to read as follows:

Section J101.1.1 Scope. All references to the "Building Official" within this appendix are hereby amended to read "City Engineer." All grading operations within the City of Colusa shall be performed in accordance with the provisions of this Code and any other regulations of the City pertaining to grading operations.

Section J101.2 is amended to read as follows:

Section J101.2. Flood hazard areas. The provisions of this Appendix shall not apply to grading, excavation and earthwork construction, including fills and embankments, in floodways within flood hazard areas where design flood elevations are specified. All grading in flood hazard areas shall be performed in accordance with the City of Colusa Flood Ordinance and any other regulations pertaining to grading operations.

Section J101.3 is added to read as follows:

Section J101.3. Other hazards. Whenever the City Engineer determines that any existing excavation or embankment or fill on private property has become a hazard to life and limb, or endangers property, or adversely affects the safety, use, stability or capacity of a public way or drainage channel, the owner of the property upon which the excavation or fill is located, or other person or agent in control of said property, upon receipt of notice in writing from the City Engineer, shall within the period specified therein repair or eliminate the hazard and be in conformance with the requirements of the California Building Code and any other grading regulations of the City of Colusa. The City Engineer or his designee shall have the authority to issue a "Stop Work Notice" for violations of the grading provisions of this code.

Section J101.4 is added to read as follows:

Section J101.4. Grading designation. If the City Engineer determines that special conditions or unusual hazards exist, grading shall conform to the requirements for engineered grading.

Section J103.1 is added to read as follows:

Section J103.1 Permits required. Except as specified and amended in Section J103.2 of this chapter, no person shall perform and grading without first having obtained a grading permit from the City Engineer, Department of Public Works. A separate permit shall be obtained for each site, and may cover both excavations and fills. Any site disturbance/grading over five (5) acres in size requires an additional storm water permit from the State Water Resources Department (National Pollutants Discharge Elimination System, NPDEDS). In the event of any conflict between this code and any law, rule or regulation of the State of California, that requirement which established the higher standard of safety shall govern. Failure to comply with such standard of safety shall be a violation of this code.

Section J103.3 is added to read as follows:

Section J103.3. Fees. Fees shall be assessed in accordance with the applicable schedule established by the City of Colusa and this section.

Section J103.4 is added to read as follows:

Section J103.4. Plan review fees. When a plan or other data are required to be submitted, a plan review fee shall be paid at the time of submitting plans and specifications for review. Said plan review fee shall be 1% of the contractor's cost for the grading project. Separate plan review fees shall apply to retaining walls or major drainage structures as required elsewhere in this code.

Section J103.5 is added to read as follows:

Section J103.5. Grading permit fees. A fee for each grading permit shall be paid to the City Engineer. Said permit fee shall be 2% of the contractor's cost for the grading project. Separate permits and fees shall apply to retaining walls or major drainage structures as required elsewhere in this code. There shall be no separate charge for standard terrace drains and similar facilities.

Section J104.5 is added to read as follows:

Section J104.5. Preparation of ground. The preparation of ground shall be determined at the time of plan review by the City Engineer.

Section J106.1 is amended to read as follows:

Section J106.1. Maximum slope. Except as specified elsewhere in this section, cut and fill slopes shall be set back from site boundaries in accordance with this section. Setback dimensions shall be horizontal distances measured perpendicular to the site boundary. All setbacks shall be approved by the City Engineer.

Section J110.1.1 is added to read as follows:

Section J110.1.1 General.

Erosion control shall be in accordance with the Erosion and Sediment Control Guidelines of the High Sierra Resource Conservation District and the City of Colusa Erosion Control grading requirements. Storm Water Protection Plans shall be enforced in accordance with the Department of Public Works regulations and all other Federal and State requirements.

Section B101. Entire Appendix B, of Section B101, entitled "Board of Appeals", is repealed and replaced with the following language:

Appendix B City of Colusa Building Board of Appeals

Section B101.1. Establishment. In order to determine the suitability of alternate materials and types of construction and to provide for reasonable interpretations of the provisions of this code, there is established a City of Colusa Building Board of Appeals, consisting of five members, who shall be qualified by experience and training to pass upon matters pertaining to building construction and code enforcement matters.

Section B101.2. Terms. The terms of each board member shall be four years except for the initial appointments, and shall run concurrently with the term of the City Council member who nominated that board member.

Section B101.3. Powers and duties-appeals. The City of Colusa Building Board of Appeals shall have the authority as provided in Section 112 of this code and shall hear appeals from the decisions of the Building Official, including the denial of a variance from the provisions of this chapter, and shall also hear requested for variances from any provision of this chapter referred to it by the Building Official or community development director. Upon such references, or upon appeal, it shall have the same power as the Building Official to grant such variances and impose conditions thereon.

Section B101.4. Appeals to the City of Colusa Building Board of Appeals shall be in writing and shall be filed with the City Clerk no later than ten days from the date of the decision of the Building Official.

Section B101.5. Members of the City of Colusa Building Board of Appeals shall serve without compensation; however, the City Council may reimburse said members for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

Section B101.6. Any person, including city staff, may appeal a decision of the City of Colusa Building Board of Appeals to the City Council. The appeal shall be in writing and filed with the City Clerk no later than ten days from the date of the decision of the board and shall be accompanied by a fee in an amount established by resolution of the City Council.

Delete entire Appendix D entitled "Fire District", and replace with "Appendix D "Moving Of Buildings" which shall read in its entirety as follows:

Appendix D Moving of Buildings

Section D101.1. Permit required. Any person who desires to move a building into the city from other localities, or who desire to move buildings within the city, shall first apply for and receive a permit to do so from the Building Official.

Section D101.2. Hearings-approval or disapproval.

A. Upon the filing of an application for permission to move a building into or within the city, the secretary of the planning commission shall set the same for hearing before the planning commission and give notice of the hearing of the application by causing notice thereof to be published in at least one regular issue of a newspaper of general circulation in the city at least ten days before the hearing on the application. The notice shall contain the name and post office address of the applicant, the type of buildings sought to be moved, street address or block location where the building is proposed to be permanently located and the date, hour and place of the hearing. At least seven days before the hearing of the application by the planning commission and the secretary shall mail a coy of the notice to the applicant and to owners of property any part of which lies within a radius of five hundred feet of the exterior boundaries of the property on which the building will be permanently located.

B. Upon receipt of each recommendation of the planning commission regarding the moving of buildings into or within the city, the city council shall set the same for hearing by the city council and give notice of

hearing by a notice thereof to be published in at least one regular issue of a newspaper of general circulation within the city at least ten days before the first hearing on the recommendation prior to the adoption of a resolution of approval or disapproval of the recommendation.

Section D101.3. Information required; bond; inspection.

A. Anyone who moves a building on a public street shall have a valid C-21 contractors license.

B. As a condition to the filing of an application with the Building Official for permission to move a building into or within the city, the applicant shall furnish the Building Official with a correct description of the building, and a complete set of plans. Applicant shall also furnish the Building Official with three current photographs of the building, the photographs to be not more than ninety days old and to be of a size not less than five inches by eight inches; one shall show the front view, another a side view and the other a rear view of the building.

C. At the time of the filing of an application with the Building Official, the applicant shall post a bond in the amount of three thousand to five thousand dollars ($3,000—5,000) or deposit cash in the amount of one thousand to two thousand five hundred dollars ($1,000—2,500) with the city clerk to guarantee that he will comply with all regulations of the City of Colusa.

D. The applicant shall furnish the Building Official with the present location of the building proposed to be moved into or within the city prior to their being moved. The applicant shall deposit with the city clerk a cash deposit sufficient to defray all expenses of the Building Official necessarily incurred in making this inspection at the present location of the building proposed to be moved, such as travel and other incidental expenses.

Section D101.4. Report by Building Official. The Building Official shall make a detailed report to the planning commission regarding any application for the moving of a building into or within the city.

Section 3109.1.5 is added to read as follows:

Section 3109.1.5. Abandonment of swimming pools. For the abandonment of such pools, the following minimum requirement shall be observed:

A. A demolition permit is required prior to the abandonment of a pool structure.

B. The sides of the pool structure must be completely removed, including all debris.

C. The remaining pool area must be filled with suitable material in accordance with this code for soils compaction and grading requirements.

D. If the filled pool area will be used to support a structure, a soils engineer must provide a soils report to the Building Official prior to obtaining a demolition permit.

Section 3109.4.1 is amended to read as follows:

Section 3109.4.1 Barrier height and clearances. An outdoor pool shall be provided with a barrier that is to be installed and inspected prior to filling with water. The top of the barrier shall be at least sixty inches above grade measured on the side of the barrier, which faces away from the pool. The maximum vertical

clearance between grade and the bottom of the barrier shall be two inches measured on the side of the barrier, which faces away from the swimming pool. The maximum vertical clearance at the bottom of the barrier may be increased to four-inches when grade is a solid surface. Where the top of the pool structure is above grade, such as an aboveground pool, the barrier may be at ground level or mounted on top of the pool structure. Where the barrier is mounted on top of the pool structure and the bottom of the barrier shall be four inches.

Isolation fencing (fencing that completely encloses the pool and separates the pool from the house and remaining yard) shall meet the requirements of this section and Section 3109.4.1.1 through 3109.4.1.7, where applicable.

(Ord. No. 495, § 2, 11-19-2013)