Santa Ana Municipal Code § 8-2000 Adoption by reference

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Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2810, § 45, adopted November 15, 2010, changed the title of article XI from "Earthquake hazard reduction in existing buildings" to "Property maintenance code."

There is adopted by the city that certain code known as the 2024 International Property Maintenance Code (hereinafter referred to as the "Property Maintenance Code"), together with subsequent supplements, amendments, or editions, which shall become effective, adopted, and incorporated by reference into this Code on each new official publication date of the International Property Maintenance Code, of which not less than one (1) copy of said Code has been and is now on file in the office of the city clerk of the city pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 18942(d)(1) and are made available for public inspection. The said Code is adopted and incorporated as fully as if set forth at length herein as provided for in section 419 of the Charter of the city, except for the changes to the property maintenance code set forth in this chapter of this Code that specifically amends the property maintenance code. Any previously enacted, unrepealed provision of this Code that amended a pre-2024 edition of the "Property Maintenance Code" shall also be construed as amending the applicable provision of the 2024 or later edition of the property maintenance code. The property maintenance code, as thus amended, together with all other provisions of this article, shall be known as the city property maintenance code.

(Ord. No. NS-1518, 2-19-80; Ord. No. NS-2273, § 46, 12-18-95; Ord. No. NS-2522, § 66, 2-3-03; Ord. No. NS-2760, § 46, 12-3-07; Ord. No. NS-2810, § 45, 11-15-10; Ord. No. NS-2851, § 34, 11-18-13; Ord. No. NS-2905, § 12, 12-6-16; Ord. No. NS-2981, § 10, 12-17-19; Ord. No. NS-3032, § 8, 12-20-22; Ord. No. NS-3088, § 10, 1-20-26)

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2273, § 47, adopted Dec. 18, 1995, repealed § 8-2001, which pertained to scope and derived from Ord. No. NS-1518, adopted Feb. 19, 1980.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2273, § 47, adopted Dec. 18, 1995, repealed § 8-2002, which pertained to definitions and derived from Ord. No. NS-1518, adopted Feb. 19, 1980; Ord. No. NS-1598, § 1, adopted Sept. 8, 1981; Ord. No. NS-1673, § 1, adopted March 14, 1983; and Ord. No. NS-1909, § 1, adopted June 1, 1987.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2273, § 47, adopted Dec. 18, 1995, repealed § 8-2003, which pertained to rating classification and derived from Ord. No. NS-1518, adopted Feb. 19, 1980, and Ord. No. NS-1673, § 2, adopted March 14, 1983.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2273, § 47, adopted Dec. 18, 1995, repealed § 8-2003.1, which pertained to alternative determination of rating classification and derived from Ord. No. NS-1673, § 3, adopted March 14, 1983.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2273, § 47, adopted Dec. 18, 1995, repealed § 8-2003.1, which pertained to pre-notice and derived from Ord. No. NS-1673, § 4, adopted March 14, 1983.

(a) Notification. The building official shall serve notice ordering the owner of each building within the scope of this article to cause a structural analysis to be made of the building by a licensed civil or structural engineer or licensed architect. If the building is found to be deficient under the standards established by this article, the owner shall cause said building to be structurally altered so as to conform to those standards or cause it to be demolished.

The notice or order shall be in writing and shall be served either personally or by first class mail, return receipt requested, upon the owner as shown in the last equalized assessment roll, and upon each tenant, if any, who is occupying the building, or any portion thereof, on the date such notice is mailed or served. Failure of any tenant to receive such order or notice shall not in any manner invalidate any of the proceedings taken by the building official pursuant to the provisions of this article.

The aforesaid order shall direct that the structural analysis together with the necessary plans and calculations be submitted to the building safety division for review within two hundred and seventy (270) days after service of the order. The order shall specify that permits required to accomplish the necessary structural alterations shall be obtained not later than one (1) year after the service of the order, and that the building be corrected to meet the minimum requirements of this article, or be demolished, not later than three (3) years after such service. The necessary alterations shall commence within one hundred and eighty (180) days of the date that the permit was issued.

(b) Recordation. At the time when the building official serves the aforesaid order, the building official shall file with the office of the county recorder of the County of Orange a certificate stating that the subject building is within the scope of Santa Ana Municipal Code, Article XI of Chapter 8, "Earthquake Hazard Reduction in Existing Buildings." The certificate shall also state that the owner thereof has been notified and ordered to structurally analyze the building and to structurally strengthen or demolish it where compliance with Article XI is not exhibited.

If the building is either demolished, found not to be within the scope of this article, or is found to be structurally capable of resisting minimum seismic forces required by this article, the building official shall file with the office of the county recorder a certificate terminating the status of the subject building as being classified within the scope of Santa Ana Municipal Code, Article XI of Chapter 8, "Earthquake Hazard Reduction in Existing Buildings."

(c) Appeal from order. Any owner or tenant of the building may appeal the building official's initial order and determination so long as such appeal is filed within one hundred and eighty (180) days of the service of the aforesaid order. The filing and form of appeal, the processing of the appeal, the scheduling and noticing of said appeal for hearing, the effect of a failure to appeal, the scope of hearing of said appeal, and the procedure for conducting the hearing of any such appeal, shall be governed by the provisions of Chapters 5 and 6 of the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, as said Uniform Code is adopted by reference pursuant to the provisions of Article IX of Chapter 8 of this Code. In case of any inconsistency between the provisions of this subsection and the provisions of Chapters 5 and 6 of the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, the provisions of this subsection shall control.

(d) Enforcement. If the owner or tenant fails to comply with any order issued by the building official within any of the time limits set forth in subsection (a) of this section, or with any order or decision rendered by the planning commission, the building shall be deemed to constitute a dangerous building and the provisions of Chapters 7, 8, and 9 of the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, as said uniform code is adopted by reference in Article IX of Chapter 8 of this Code, shall be applicable. Any person found guilty of a misdemeanor shall be punished in the manner set forth in section 1-8 of this Code.

(Ord. No. NS-1518, 2-19-80; Ord. No. NS-1598, § 2, 9-8-81; Ord. No. NS-2273, § 48, 12-18-95)

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2273, § 49, adopted Dec. 18, 1995, repealed § 8-2004.1, which pertained to partial repairs and derived from Ord. No. NS-1673, adopted March 14, 1983.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2273, § 49, adopted Dec. 18, 1995, repealed § 8-2004.5, which pertained to extensions by adjoining building owners and derived from Ord. No. NS-1598, § 3, adopted Sept. 8, 1981.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2273, § 49, adopted Dec. 18, 1995, repealed § 8-2005, which pertained to analysis and design of structures and derived from Ord. No. NS-1518, adopted Feb. 19, 1980, and Ord. No. NS-1598, § 4, adopted Sept. 8, 1981.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2273, § 49, adopted Dec. 18, 1995, repealed § 8-2006, which pertained to materials of construction and derived from Ord. No. NS-1518, adopted Feb. 19, 1980; Ord. No. NS-1598, § 5, adopted Sept. 8, 1981; Ord. No. NS-1673, § 6, adopted March 14, 1983; and Ord. No. NS-2182, § 33, adopted Jan. 19, 1993.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2273, § 49, adopted Dec. 18, 1995, repealed § 8-2007, which pertained to information required on plans and derived from Ord. No. NS-1518, adopted Feb. 19, 1980, and Ord. No. NS-1673, § 7, adopted March 14, 1983.