El Centro Municipal Code Art. XII Uniform Administrative Code

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 25-09, § 1, adopted Dec. 2, 2025, repealed the former Art. XII, § 7-80, and enacted a new Art. XII as set out herein. The former Art. XII pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. No. 18-11, § 1, adopted Dec. 4, 2018 and Ord. No. 23-02, § 2, adopted July 18, 2023.

(a) Adoption. There is hereby adopted by reference the Uniform Administrative Code, 1997 edition, copyrighted by the International Conference of building officials, including tables 3-A thru 3-H inclusive, one (1) copy of which is on file for public view at the community development department marked and designated as the Uniform Administrative Code, 1997 edition, of the El Centro Code, which contains the administrative provisions relating to site preparation, construction, alteration, moving, repair and use and occupancies of building or structures and building service equipment, including plumbing, electrical and mechanical. Each and all such regulations, provisions, penalties additions and terms of the Uniform Administrative Code, 1997 edition, copyrighted by the International Conference of building officials, including tables 3-A through 3-H are made a party hereof as though fully set forth herein.

(b) Amendments.

(1) Sec. 202, Powers and duties of building official, is hereby amended by adding subsection 202.1.1, to read as follows:

Section 202.1.1 Additional Authority.

The building official shall have authority to adopt rules and regulations to clarify and interpret the provisions of this Code. The building official may also approve variations when such variations are not inimical to the life, safety or welfare of the public.

(2) Sec. 203, Unsafe buildings, structures or building service equipment, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 203 Unsafe buildings, structures or building service equipment.

All buildings or structures regulated by this is Code and the technical codes that are structurally inadequate, have inadequate egress, constitute a fire hazard or are otherwise dangerous to human life are, for the purpose of this section, unsafe.

Building service equipment regulated by such codes which constitute a fire, electrical or health hazard, unsanitary condition or is otherwise dangerous to human life is, for the purpose of this section, unsafe. Any use of buildings, structures or building service equipment constituting a hazard to safety, health or public welfare by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, obsolescence, fire hazard, disaster, damage or abandonment is, for the purpose of this section, an unsafe use.

Parapet walls, cornices, spires, towers, tanks, statuary and other appendages or structural members which are supported by, attached to, or part of a building and which are in deteriorated condition or otherwise unable to sustain the design loads which are specified in the building code are hereby designated as unsafe building appendages.

All such unsafe buildings, structures or appendages and building service equipment are hereby declared to be public nuisances and shall be abated by repair, rehabilitation, demolition or removal all in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, 1997 edition, the California Existing Building Code, 2025 edition, and the Uniform Housing Code, 1997 edition, including the recovery of costs incurred by the city pursuant to said procedure. As an alternative, the building official or other employee or official of this jurisdiction designated by the governing body may institute any other appropriate action to prevent, restrain, correct or abate the violation.

(3) Sec. 304, Fees, is hereby amended to read as follows.

Sec. 304.2 Permit fees.

The fee for each permit shall be as set forth in Table Nos. 3-A through 3-H. Where a technical code has been adopted by the jurisdiction for which no fee schedule is shown in this Code, the fee required shall be in accordance with the schedule established by the legislative body. No increase in fee or new fee established pursuant to amendment of Table Nos. 3-A through 3-H shall become effective unless imposed pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with section 66012) of Division 1 of Title 7 of the California Government Code. The determination of value or valuation under any of the provisions of these codes shall be made by the building official. The value to be used in computing the building permit and building plan review fees shall be the total value of all construction work for which the permit is issued as well as all finished work, painting, roofing, electrical, plumbing, heating, air- conditioning, elevators, fire-extinguishing systems and other permanent alteration and repairs, shall be calculated in accordance with the building valuation data (less regional modifiers) as published in the current issue of "Building Safety Journal." However, the valuation for new construction shall not become effective unless imposed pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with section 66012) of division 1 of Title 7 of the California Government Code.

(Ord. No. 25-09, § 1, 12-2-25)