Delano Municipal Code Ch. 14.40 Building Appeals

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 2025-1367, § 16, adopted Dec. 15, 2025, repealed the former Ch. 14.40, §§ 14.40.010—14.40.040, and enacted a new Ch. 14.40 as set out herein. The former Ch. 14.40 pertained to Board of Building Appeals and derived from Ord. 1131 § 1—4, adopted 2005.

The city council shall act as the board of building appeals (hereinafter referred to as "board") to resolve all appeals relating to the building code, including but not limited to, the suitability of alternate materials and methods of construction arising under the code. During an appeals process pursuant to this chapter, the board shall have no authority relative to interpretation of the administrative provisions of the code nor shall the board be empowered to waive requirements of the code. The board shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations, consistent with the purposes of such code, for conducting its hearings and investigations; it shall render written findings and decisions and serve a copy on the appellant.

(Ord. No. 2025-1367, § 16, 12-15-2025)

The board shall hear and decide appeals of any interpretations of the rules made by the building official for resolving decisions made by the building official in connection with the building code, including but not limited to, the approval of equipment and materials, and for resolving any questions concerning the granting of the special permission contemplated in a number of rules or suitability of alternate methods, abatement of nuisances, and matters pertaining to the moving of dwellings and buildings accessory thereto.

The board shall have the following duties and powers:

A. Provide for final interpretation of the provisions of the code and conduct hearings on the abatement of nuisances, where applicable, as provided in Chapter 14.40, Title 14 of the Delano Municipal Code;

B. Hear appeals from decisions of the building official on matters pertaining to the moving of dwellings and buildings accessory thereto in the interpretation of Chapter 14.32, Title 14 of the Delano Municipal Code;

C. Adopt such rules and regulations consistent with laws as it sees fit to conduct all business that may come before it;

D. Conduct hearings on matters pertaining to the standards for reinforcing of unreinforced masonry bearing wall buildings contained within Senate Bill 547. In the conduct of such hearings, the building official shall retain a structural engineer (selected in rotation from a list recommended by the Structural Engineers Association of California Hazardous Building Subcommittee) to review each appeal and shall submit a written report to the board for its consideration at the hearing.

(Ord. No. 2025-1367, § 16, 12-15-2025)