Shasta County Municipal Code Ch. 16.08 Uniform Codes Adopted

The building standards, rules and regulations contained in the most recent edition of those codes specified in Sections 17922 and 18938 of the California Health and Safety Code, and in Appendix Chapter 1 of Title 24, Part 2, of the California Code of Regulations, as may be amended from time to time, are adopted by reference.

(Ord. 2007-2 § 8, 2007: Ord. 95-8 § 2 (part), 1995)

The board of supervisors finds and declares that there are special geologic and groundwater conditions in the county which require special considerations for the placement, inspection, installation and operation of sewage disposal systems; that the threat of septic contamination of the ground and surface waters is greater in the county than in other portions of California; that the director of resource management and his staff have from time to time consulted with the staff of the Regional Water Quality Control Board regarding acceptable standards for sewage disposal; that the sewage disposal standards and requirements adopted by resolution of this board and published in the county development standards are amended from time to time as reasonably necessary because of local conditions and experience and further declares that the development standards shall therefore prevail over any conflicting provisions of the Uniform Plumbing Code.

(Ord. 95-8 § 2 (part), 1995)

Work begun pursuant to any permit first issued pursuant to one or more of the uniform codes in effect in the county immediately prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter may be completed under the provisions of those codes. All work begun after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter pursuant to a permit reissued after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter is subject to all requirements of the uniform codes adopted by Chapter 16.08. However, the building official may apply to such work the provisions of any uniform code in effect immediately prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter if the building official determines that it is unreasonable to apply one or more provisions of the uniform codes adopted by the ordinance codified in this chapter, due to the nature of extent of lawful construction, alteration or conversion of any structure prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter. It is the intent of the board of supervisors in enacting this section to apply the current uniform codes, as adopted by this chapter, to all new work subject to these codes, but also to authorize the building official to exercise discretion as to preexisting work, lawfully done but incomplete as of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter.

(Ord. 95-8 § 2 (part), 1995)