St. Helena Municipal Code Ch. 15.32 California Existing Building Code

Sections:

• 15.32.010 California Existing Building Code—Adopted.

• 15.32.020 California Existing Building Code—Amendments.

The 2025 Edition of the California Existing Building Code, known as the California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 10, incorporating the 2024 International Existing Building Code, published by the International Code Council, with amendments set forth in Section 15.32.020, is adopted. (Ord. 26-3 § 3 (Exh. A); Ord. 22-12 § 3 (Exh. A); Ord. 19-10 § 3 (Exh. A); Ord. 16-15 § 3 (Exh. A); Ord. 13-4 § 3 (Exh. A); Ord. 10-7 § 2; Ord. 07-2 § 2; Ord. 03-1 § 1; prior code § 4.23)

• A. Section 1401.3, Moved Structures, is added to read as follows:

Buildings, structures and their building service equipment moved into or within this jurisdiction shall comply with the provisions of the technical codes for new building or structures and their building service equipment.

A. Permits required. Before any building or structure is moved on or along any street within the city, a permit shall first be obtained from the Building Official for such moving. The permit application shall describe the streets and route over which the building will travel, the location of final installation if within the city, and the hours during which building will be moved. The Building Official will collect a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for required investigations and inspections. This fee shall be separate from any construction permit related fees.

B. Prior to issuance of permit, the applicant shall obtain an encroachment permit from the city engineer. The Building Official shall notify all affected city officials and, in the event that any such officials object to route or time of travel, changes shall be made to meet such objections.

C. Bond Required. In addition to all other requirements of the building code relating to the moving of buildings and structures, no permit for such moving shall be issued until the applicant shall have filed with the Building Official a corporate surety bond in favor of the city or a cash deposit in lieu of such bond. The bond shall be conditioned that the applicant will strictly comply with all provisions of the Building Code relating to the moving of buildings and structures and that the applicant will pay for any and all damage which may result by reason of such moving to any fence, hedge, tree, pavement of streets or sidewalks, pipes, poles and wires, or to any public or private property, and to hold harmless the city against any costs or expense which may accrue in consequence of such moving. The bond shall be in such amount as determined by the Building Official and approved by the city attorney, but in no case less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). At the option of the applicant, a cash deposit in the same amount may be deposited with the city treasurer.

D. Time limited during which building may be left standing on one city block. No person owning, or having charge of the removal of, any building being moved over any street shall permit such building to be, or stand, on any street within the limits of one block for a period of more than twenty-four hours.

E. Moving buildings—Prevention of injury to street or property. No person owning or having charge of the moving of any building or structure over any street shall allow or cause injury to any fence, hedge, tree, pavement, sidewalk, gas pipe, water pipe, sewer pipe, electric wires or the poles supporting them, or any other public or private property by reason of such removal.

B. Appendix A, Seismic Strengthening Provisions for Unreinforced Masonry Bearing Wall Buildings, is adopted in its entirety with the following amendments:

Section A106.2.3.5, Number of Tests, is amended to read as follows:

A. The minimum number of tests per class for brick or hollow clay tile masonry walls shall be as follows:

1. At each of both the first and top stories, not less than two tests per wall or line of wall elements providing a common line of resistance to lateral forces.

2. At each of all other stories, not less than one test per wall or line of wall elements providing a common line of resistance to lateral forces.

3. In any case, not less than one test per 1,500 square feet of wall surface and not less than a total of eight tests.

• B. The minimum number of tests for stone masonry walls shall be as follows:

1. One test per wall per story, except that storefront walls not used to resist lateral forces, need not be tested.

2. Not less than one test per 2,500 square feet (232.3m² ) of wall surface.

(Ord. 26-3 § 3 (Exh. A); Ord. 22-12 § 3 (Exh. A); Ord. 19-10 § 3 (Exh. A); Ord. 16-15 § 3 (Exh. A); Ord. 13-4 § 3 (Exh. A); Ord. 10-7 § 2; Ord. 07-2 § 2; Ord. 03-1 § 1; prior code § 4.24)