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Chapter 7 — BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS[1]

Sec. 7-250. - Guidelines adopted.

West Covina Building Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-07-25 · West Covina

Except as otherwise provided in this article, the 1991 Edition of "Guidelines For Manufactured Housing Installations," prepared and copyrighted in Whittier, California, by the International Conference of Building Officials, which on October 1, 2002, were made a public record of the city, is hereby adopted and made part hereof as if fully set out in this section. One (1) file of this code shall be kept on file in the office of the city clerk for public inspection. In the event of any conflict or ambiguity between any provision contained in such codes set forth above and any amendment thereto contained in this article or other provision of the Municipal Code, the amendment or addition shall control.

(Ord. No. 1666, § 1, 4-22-85; Ord. No. 1771, § 1, 3-14-88; Ord. No. 2033, § 2, 6-1-99; Ord. No. 2083, § 2, 10-1-02)

Sec. 7-251. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2033, § 2, adopted June 1, 1999, repealed in their entirety the provisions of § 7- 251 which pertained to definitions regarding the guidelines for manufactured housing installations. For a detailed history of the provisions of former § 7-251, please refer to the Code Comparative Table.

Sec. 7-252. - Section 252 amended.

Section 252 of the code adopted by section 7-250 of this Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Section 252. VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES.

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove, convert, relocate, demolish, equip, use, occupy or maintain any building or structure in the city, or cause the same to be done, contrary to or in violation of any of the provisions of the building code. Maintenance of a building or structure which was unlawful at the time it was constructed and which would be unlawful under the building code if constructed after the effective date of such code, shall constitute a continuing violation of such code.

Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Code shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this Code is committed, continued or permitted, and upon conviction of any such violation such person shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment."

(Ord. No. 1666, § 1, 4-22-85; Ord. No. 1771, § 1, 3-14-88)

Secs. 7-253—7-259. - Reserved.

ARTICLE XVI. - WASTE REDUCTION, REUSE AND RECYCLING OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS[[11]]

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 2447, § 3 (Att. 1), adopted Dec. 18, 2018, repealed former Art. XVI, §§ 7-260—7268, and enacted a new Art. XVI as set out herein. Former Art. XVI pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. No. 2209, § 2, 6-15-10.

Sec. 7-260. - Title.

The ordinance codified in this chapter shall be known and designated as the "Waste Reduction, Reuse and Recycling of Construction and Demolition Debris Ordinance."

(Ord. No. 2447, § 3 (Att. 1), 12-18-18)

Sec. 7-260.1. - Purposes of chapter.

The purpose of this chapter is to reduce landfill waste by requiring an applicant for every "covered project" to divert construction and demolition debris resulting from that project in compliance with the current edition of the California Green Building Standards Code and local statutory goals and policies and to create a mechanism to secure compliance with the stated diversion requirements.

(Ord. No. 2447, § 3 (Att. 1), 12-18-18)

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