Montclair Municipal Code Ch. 10.04 Administrative Code

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 25-1016, § I(Exh. A), adopted Dec. 15, 2025, repealed the former Ch. 10.04, § 10.04.010, and enacted a new Ch. 10.04 as set out herein. The former Ch. 10.04 pertained to uniform codes for the abatement of dangerous buildings and derived from [list Ords, (#, §, date), separated by semicolons].

Note— Prior code history: Prior code Section 8-14.02.

That certain document in book form entitled California Administrative Code, 2025 Edition, as published by the International Code Council, is adopted as a supplement to the Building Code of the City. One copy of the California Administrative Code is kept on file for use and examination by the public in the office of the Building Official, and can also be viewed online at https://www.dgs.ca.gov/bsc/codes.

(Ord. No. 25-1016, § I(Exh. A), 12-15-25)

The following portions and sections of the Administrative Code are amended as follows:

Subsection 101.3, "Scope," is hereby amended by adding the following language:

In order to properly maintain and safeguard healthful living conditions and comply with all provisions of the latest adopted codes, It is declared unlawful to use any streetcars, boxcars, house cars, motor bus bodies, or similar means of conveyance, or structures of similar nature of construction, for places of habitation, residence, or place of business in this City provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall prohibit the use of any house trailer or mobile home for places of abode or habitation in an approved mobile home park, provided such structures comply with all other conditions and requirements of this Code.

Subsection 301.2.1, "Building permits," is hereby amended as follows:

Item 2 is hereby deleted in its entirety.

Item 5 is amended to read as follows:

Retaining walls that are not over three feet in height, measured from the bottom of the footing to the top of the wall, unless supporting a surcharge or impounding Class I, II, or III-A liquids.

Item 11 is hereby deleted in its entirety.

Subsection 304.1, "General," is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced as follows:

Fees shall be assessed in accordance with the Development Review Fee Schedule as established by resolution of the City Council of the City of Montclair. For buildings, structures, electrical, plumbing, mechanical gas or alterations requiring a permit, a fee for each permit shall be paid in accordance with said fee schedule.

Subsection 304.2, "Permit Fees," is hereby deleted in its entirety.

Subsection 304.3, "Plan Review Fees," paragraph one, is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced as follows:

When submittal documents are required by Subsection 302.2, a plan review fee shall be paid at the time of submittal of documents for plan review. The plan review fee shall be established in the Development Review Fee Schedule as established by resolution of the City Council of the City of Montclair.

Subsection 304.3, "Plan Review Fees," paragraph two, is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced as follows:

The plan review fees for electrical, mechanical and plumbing work shall be established in the Development Review Fee Schedule as established by resolution of the City Council of the City of Montclair.

Subsection 304.3, "Plan Review Fees," paragraph three, is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced as follows:

When a plan for grading work is required to be submitted, a plan review fee shall be paid at the time of submitting plans and specifications for review. Said grading plan review fees are established by resolution of the City Council of the City of Montclair. Separate plan review fees shall apply to retaining walls of major drainage structures as required elsewhere in this Code.

Subsection 304.3, "Plan Review Fees," is hereby amended by adding the following language:

When the City retains a private entity or person to perform plan review, the plan review fee shall be in an amount sufficient to defray the cost of such services, plus a 15 percent fee to cover the cost of administration, but in no case shall the plan review fee be less than the amount specified in this Section.

Subsection 304.5.2, "Fee," is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced as follows:

Whenever the same person or entity is found to have performed work for which a permit is required without first obtaining said permit four or more times, said investigation fee shall be ten times the fee amount set forth in the adopted Development Review Fee Schedule.

Section 305, "Inspections," is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:

305.9 Workmanship. It is the intention of the City that all construction carried on under the review of the Building Division be of good quality. The Building Official shall be empowered to enforce the installation of work which is straight, level, plumb, square, etc., as the situation requires. All work shall be well fit and of a durable nature. Paint in all cases shall not be below normal standard for the use applied. The proper grading of walks, drives and yards shall be required when being installed with the work requiring a building permit. A minimum thickness of 3½ inches for flat concrete work and 2 inches for asphalt paving shall be required. All exterior flat concrete work shall include such breaks for expansion as deemed necessary by the Building Official.

Section 309, "Certificate of Occupancy," is hereby deleted in its entirety.

Table 3-A, "Building Permit Fees," is hereby deleted in its entirety.

Table 3-B, "Electrical Permit Fees," is hereby deleted in its entirety.

Table 3-C, "Mechanical Permit Fees," is hereby deleted in its entirety.

Table 3-D, "Plumbing Permit Fees," is hereby deleted in its entirety.

Table 3-E, "Elevator Permit Fees," is hereby deleted in its entirety.

Table 3-F, "Elevator Annual Certificates of Inspection Fees," is hereby deleted in its entirety.

(Ord. No. 25-1016, § I(Exh. A), 12-15-25)