Cupertino Municipal Code Ch. 16.56 Uniform Housing Code Adopted

The Housing Code for the city shall be the 1997 Edition of the Uniform Housing Code. Chapters 1 to 16 inclusive, except Section 203, as compiled and published by the International Conference of Building Officials, one copy of which has been filed for use and examination by the public in the office of the Building Department, is referred to, and except as to omissions, amendments and additions hereinafter noted, is adopted and made a part hereof, the same as if fully set forth in this chapter.

(Ord. 1829, 1999; Ord. 1710, Exh. A (part), 1995)

Section 203 of the Uniform Housing Code is amended to read as follows:

In order to provide for reasonable interpretation of the provisions of this code, to mitigate specific provisions of this code which create practical difficulties in their enforcement and to hear appeals provided for hereunder, there is hereby established a Housing Advisory and Appeals Board consisting of five members who are qualified by experience and training to pass upon matters pertaining to construction and who are not employees of the jurisdiction. The building official shall be an ex officio member of and shall act as secretary to said board. The board may be appointed by the governing body and shall hold office at its pleasure. The board shall adopt rules of procedure for conducting its business and shall render all decisions and findings in writing to the appellant with a copy to the building official. Appeals to the board shall be processed in accordance with the provisions contained in Section 1201 of this code. Copies of all rules of procedure adopted by the board shall be delivered to the building official, who shall make them accessible to the public. The same personnel of the Board appointed under this code may act as the Board of Appeals under the other building construction uniform codes. In the event, a Housing Advisory and Appeals Board is not appointed by the legislative body, the Council shall serve as said appeals board.

(Ord. 1710, Exh. A (part), 1995)

Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or copartnership who willfully violates any of the provisions or fails to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this chapter is guilty of an infraction except when the violation of any such provision is specifically declared by the Uniform Housing Code to be a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable as provided in Chapter 1.12 of the Cupertino Municipal Code, except that nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to bar any legal, equitable, or summary remedy to which the City of Cupertino or other political subdivision, or any person, firm, corporation or partnership may be otherwise entitled, and the City of Cupertino or any other political subdivision, or person, firm, corporation or partnership may file a suit in the Superior Court of the County of Santa Clara, or restrain or enjoin any attempted or proposed subdivision or acts in violation of the chapter.

(Ord. 1710, Exh. A (part), 1995)