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AN ORDINANCE AMENDTNG CHAPTER 26 (Buildings) OF THE BUTTE COUNTY CODE.
The Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte do ordain as follows:
Section 26-1 of the Butte County Code is amended to read as follows:
Section 26-I. Building Code - Adopted by reference.
In order to provide minimum standards for the proper regulation
of building construction, the Uniform Building Cade, 1973 Edition,
with appendices thereto, prepared and published by the International
Conference of Building Officials,is hereby adopted, incorporated,
and made a part of this chapter by reference without further publica-
tion as though set forth at length herein and is hereby declared tq
be the building code for the County and shall apply to and govern
all building construction in the unincorporated areas of the County
except as hereinafter provided.
Section 26-3 of the Butte County Code is amended to read as follows:
Section 26-3. Same - Amendments, additions and deletions.
The Uniform Building Code as adopted by Section 26-1 is amended
as follows:
Section 204 of the Uniform Building Code is hereby deleted.
The local appeals board of the County which was established
by Resolution No. 64-3 by the County Board of Supervisors
shall hear any and all appeals regarding the application and
enforcement of this chapter.
Section 30i(a) of the Uniform Building Code is hereby amended
by the addition of the following paragraphs:
"No permits shall be required for any agricultural building.
Agricultural buildings are defined as follows: 'Agricultural
building is a building located on agricultural property and
used to shelter farm implements, hay, grain, poultry, livestock,
or other farm produce, in which there is no human habitation,
is not used commercially and which is not used by the public."'
"No permits shall be required for detached structures which
have a total net area, including additions, of not more than
1 two hundred (200} square feet, which would have an occupancy
2 classification of Type J as defined in the Uniform Building
3 Code, and which would be detached a minimum of six (6) feet
¢ from any building requiring a building permit. This exemption ~'
~ shall apply to tool sheds, wood sheds, and pump houses. This
g exemption shall not apply to carports and garages."
7 Section 302(d) of the Uniform Building Code is amended as
$ follows:
g "Every building permit issued under the provisions of this
10 code shall expire by limitation and become null and void after
11 one (1) year from date of issuance of said permit. If building
12 is under construction, before work can continue, a new permit
lg shall be first obtained and the fee therefor shall be one-half
14 (1/2) the amount required for the original permit; provided,
i5 no changes have been made in the original plans."
16 Section 303(a) of said Uniform Building Code is hereby amended
17 as follows:
lg Section 303(a) Building Permit Fees. A fee for each building
19 permit shah be paid to the Building Official as set forth in
20 Table No. 3-A.
21 The determination of value or valuation under any of the provi-
22 sions of this Code shall be made by the Building Official. The
23 valuation to be used in computing the permit and plan-check
g¢ fees shall be the total value of all construction work for
2g which the permit is issued, as well as all finish work, paint-
gg ing, roofing, electrical, plumbing, heating, air conditioning,
27 elevators, fire-extinguishing systems, and any other permanent
2$ work or permanent equipment.
Qg Where work for which a permit is required by this Code is
30 started or proceeded with prior to obtaining said permit, the
31 fees specified in Table No. 3-A shall be tripled, but the gay-
32 went of such triple fee shall not relieve any persons £rom
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fully complying with the requirements of this Code in the execu-
tion of the work nor from any other penalties prescribed herein.
Table No. 3-A -- Building Permit Fees
Total Valuation Fee
$1.00 to $500.00 $5.00
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$501.00 to $2,000.00 $5.00 for the first $500.00 plus
g $1.00 for each additional $100.00
or fraction thereof, to and includ-
7 ing $2,000,.
$ $2,001.00 to $25,000.00 $20.00 for the first $2,000.00 plus
$4.00 for each additional $1,000.00
9 or fraction thereof, to and includ-
ing $25,000.00.
10 $25,001.00 to $50,000.00 $112.00 for the first $25,000.00
plus $3.00 for each additional
lj, $1,000.00 or fraction thereof, to
and including $50,000.00.
12 $50,001.00 to $100,000.00 $187.00 for the first $50,000.00
.plus $2.00 for each additional
13 $1,000.00 or fraction thereof, to
and including $100,000.00.
14 $100,001,00 to $500,000.00 $287.00 for the first $100,000.00
plus $1.50 for each additional
15 $1,000.00 or fraction thereof, to
and including $500,000.00.
lg $500,001.00 and up $887.00 for the first $500,000,00
plus $1.00 for each additional
17 $1,000.00 or fraction thereof.
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Section 303(b) of said Uniform Building Code is hereby amended as
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follows:
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(b) Plan-checking Fees. When the valuation of the proposed
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construction exceeds $1,000.00 and a plan is required to be
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submitted by Subsection (c) of Section 301, a plan-checking fee
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shall be paid to the Building Official at the time of submitting
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plans and specifications for checking.
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Plan-checking fees shall be one-half (1/2) the building permit
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fee except that plan-checking fees will not be required on single
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family residences, duplexes, and appurtenant structures.
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Where plans are incomplete, or changed so as to require additiona
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plan checking, an additional plan-check fee shall be charged at
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a rate established by the Building Official.
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(c) Expiration of Plan Check. Applications for which no permit
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~ is issued within 180 days following the date of application shall
2 expire by limitation and plans submitted for checking may there-
3 after be returned to the applicant or destroyed by the Building
~ Official. The Building Official may extend the time for action
~ by the applicant for a period not exceeding 180 days upon
6 written request by the applicant showing that circumstances
7 beyond the control of the applicant have prevented action from
8 being taken. In order to renew action on an application after
g expiration, the applicant shall resubmit plans and pay a new
10 plan-check fee.
11 Section 303 of said Uniform Building Code is hereby amended by
12 adding sub-section (e) as follows:
13 The building permit fees for factory-built housing shall be
14 computed in the same manner as for regular building construction
15 except that the fee shall be one-half (1/2) of the building
lg permit fee determined by Table 3-A of said Uniform Building Code.
17 Section 303 of said Uniform Building Code is hereby amended by
,1g adding sub-section (f) as follows:
19 Where an owner or contractor desires an additional set of
20 approved building plans, the fee for this service shall be
21 five dollars ($5.00) for residential buildings, and ten dollars
22 ($10.00) for commercial buildings.
23 Section 303 of said Uniform Building Code is hereby amended by
2¢ adding sub-section (g) as follows:
2g Where an owner desires an inspection of a building on which
2g there is not an active building permit, for financing or other
27 purposes, the inspection fee shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.OD
28 per building. This fee shall be paid prior to the inspection.
29 This fee is to cover the cost of inspection and related admini-
30 strative costs only. Any erection, construction, enlargement,
3 1 alteration, repair, movement, improvement, removal, conversion,
32 or demolition required as a result of the inspection will require
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separate building permit fees and inspections.
Chapter 15 and Chapter 70 of the appendix of the Uniform Buildin
Gode are hereby deleted.
Sections 26-2 (as enacted by Butte County Ordinance 886), 26-4 (as enacted
by Butte County Ordinance 970), 26-4.1 (as enacted by Butte County Ordinance
1159), 26-5 (as enacted by Butte County Ordinance 886), and 26-6 (as enacted
by Butte County Ordinance 886) shall remain in effect.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force at the expiration of
thirty (30) days from and after its passage and before the expiration of
Fifteen (15) days after its passage shall be published once with. the names of
the members voting for and against the same in a newspaper of general circula-
tion printed and published in the County of Butte.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of _ a December ,19 74__,
by the following vote:
Ayes: Supervisors Cameron, Cilman, Ladd, McKillop and Chairman Madigan
Noes: None
Absent: None
airman of the Boar f Supervisors,
ounty of Butte
ATTEST:
Clark A. Nelson, County Clerk and
ex-offic~io/C~~lerk~o£~`the Board
By ~~_u~c 7
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