505B.1 Service of Notice.

505B.1 Service of Notice. The ordinance enacting Chapters 5B and 5C that the Building Official, not later than February 15, 1993, issue a notice to comply with Section 504B.1 to the owner of each building known by the Department to be within the scope of these chapters. The notice shall be accompanied by an informational letter or brochure and a sample inventory form. The enacting ordinance further provided that if, on or before February 15, 1993, an owner of an unreinforced masonry bearing wall building had knowledge that he or she owns such a building, then failure of the Building Official to issue a notice or failure of the owner to receive such a notice would not relieve the owner of the obligation to comply with the provisions of Chapters 5B and 5C within the time limits set forth in Table 5B-A. An owner is presumed to have knowledge that he or she owns an unreinforced masonry bearing wall building if the building is on the inventory list of potential hazardous unreinforced masonry bearing wall buildings required by Section 8877(a) of the California Government Code.

For buildings not known to the Department to be unreinforced masonry bearing wall buildings and whose owners had no knowledge that the buildings are unreinforced masonry bearing wall buildings, the ordinance provided that the time limits set forth in Table 5B-A shall commence upon the owners having actual or constructive knowledge that their buildings are unreinforced masonry bearing wall buildings.

The time limits for compliance with the provisions of this Chapter 5B and Chapter 5C have passed, however the compliance requirements are still in effect. As provided above, for those buildings within the scope of Chapters 5B and 5C not known to the Department to be unreinforced masonry bearing wall buildings, and whose owners did not have actual or constructive knowledge that their buildings are unreinforced masonry bearing wall buildings, the time limits set forth in Table 5B-B commences upon the owners having such actual or constructive knowledge. Those owners who had actual knowledge on or before February 15, 1993, or are presumed to have had such knowledge, are in violation of this Code and are subject to enforcement action by the Department pursuant to Section 102A of the Building Code.