Huntington Beach Municipal Code Ch. 17.08 Housing Code

Note: § 17.08.030 repealed by Ord. 3022-12/89; § 17.08.040 repealed by Ord. 3035-3/90.

This Uniform Housing Code shall be known as and referred to as the "Huntington Beach Housing Code."

(1935-11/74, 2431-7/80, 2474-2/85, 3022-12/89)

There is hereby adopted by the City Council by reference that certain code known as the 2016 California Housing Code, and the whole thereof except as hereafter provided. The purpose of such code is to arrest, remedy and prevent the decay and deterioration of places of habitation and to eliminate slums and blighted neighborhoods by providing minimum requirements for places of habitation for the protection of life, health, welfare, safety and property of the general public and of the owners and occupants of places of habitation in the City; and to provide penalties for the violation thereof, and repealing all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith. Such code is adopted and incorporated as fully as though set out at length herein, as provided by California Government Code Section 50022.2 et seq., and Health and Safety Code Section 18941.5. From the date on which this chapter takes effect, the provisions of said code together with amendments thereto shall be controlling within the corporate limits of the City of Huntington Beach.

(1424-7/68, 1627-2/71, 2431-7/80, 2747-2/85, 2976-12/88, 3022-12/89, 3147-7/92, 3423-7/99, 3996-12/13, 4109-12/16)

Chapter 9 is hereby amended to add Section 902 to read as follows:

§ 902 Smoke Detectors.

As originally provided by Ord. 3006-6/89, all Group R Division 3 occupancies shall have smoke detectors installed in conformance with the requirements of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code.

(3423-7/99)