HomeMy WebLinkAbout1535ORDINANCE N0. 1535
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AN ORDINANCE REPEALIIAG SECTION 26-7 OF THE BUTTE COUNTY CODE
AND ENACTING CHAPTER 2bA OF THE BUTTE COUNTY CORE
The Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte do ordain as follows:
SECTION .1~. Section 26-7 of the Butte County Code is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. The Board of Supervisors do enact Chapter 2bA to the
Butte County Code which reads as follows:
Section 26~ Uniform Mechanical Code adapted; amendments.
In order to provide minimum standards for the proper regulations
of building construction, the Unifor~- Mechanical Code, 1973 Edition,
with appendices thereto, prepared and published by the Tnternatianal
Conference of Building Officials, is hereby adopted, incorporated,
and made a part of this section by reference without further publica-
tion as though set forth at length herein and is hereby declared to
be the mechanical code for the County of Butte and shall apply to and
govern all building construction in the unincorporated areas of the
County except as hereinafter provided.
Section 2fA-2 Definitions.
Whenever any of the following names or terms are used in said
Uniform Mechanical Code, such. name or term shall have the meaning
ascribed to it by this section as follows:
Building official shall mean the Director of Public Works of
the County of Butte.
City shall mean the County of Butte.
City Clerk shall mean County Clerk. Ex-officio clerk of the
Board of Supervisors shall mean County Clerk.
City Council shall mean the Board of Supervisors of the County of
Butte.
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Housing Act shall mean the State Housing Act (Section 17910
et seq., of the Health and Safety Code of the State of
California) .
Mayor shall mean the chairman of the Board of Supervisors of
the County of Butte.
Section 26A-3 Amendments, additions and deletions.
The Uniform Mechanical Code as adogted by Section 26A-1 is
amended as follows:
Section 203 of said Uniform Mechanical Code is hereby deleted.
Section 301 of said Uniform Mechanical Code is hereby amended
by the addition of the following paragraphs:
"9. 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 two
hundred (200} square feet, which would have an occupancy classi-
fication of Type J as defined in the Uniform Building Code, and
which would be detached a minimum of six (6) feet from any
building requiring a building permit. This exemption sha11
apply to tool sheds, wood sheds, and pump houses. This exemp-
tion shall not apply to carports and garages."
Section 303(b) of said Uniform Mechanical Code is amended to
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read as follows:
Bvery mechanical permit issued under the provision of this
ordinance sha11 expire by limitation and become null and void
for one (1) year from the date of issuance of said pewits;
provided, however, if said mechanical permit is issued in
con3unction witkz a building permit, said mechanical permit
wi11 remain active as long as the building permit is active.
Section 303(d) of said Mechanical Cade is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Section 303(d) Penalty ~'ee. Where work for which a permit is
required by this Code is started or commenced without obtaining
a permit, the fees specified in Section 304 sha11 be tripled,
but the payment of such triple fee shall not relieve any persons
from fu11y complying with the requirements of this Code in the
execution of the work, nor from any other penalties prescribed
herein.
Section 304 of said Mechanical Code is amended by the addition
of the following:
22. A mechanical permit may be transferred from the original
permittee to another person due to a change in ownership or
contractor, and the transfer fee shall be three dollars ($3.00).
Section 26A-4 Appeals.
The local appeals board of the County of Butte which was
established by Resolution No. 64-3 by the Butte County Board of
Supervisors sha11 hear any and all appeals regarding the application
and enforcement of this chapter.
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~ 5ecti.on 2bA-5 Violations and Penalties.
2 It shall be unlawful for any person, firm,or corporation to erect
3 construct, alter, repair, move, remove, improve, convert, or 'demolish,
¢ equip, use, occupy, or maintain any building or structure in the
5 unincorporated areas of the county or to cause the same to be done
g contrary to or in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.
+r Any person, firm, or corporation violating or causing or per-
,g miffing the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall
g be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be
10 punished by a fine of not more Phan five hundred dollars yr by
11 imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding six months
12 or by both such fine and imprisonment.
13 This ordinance shall fake effect and be in force at the expiration of
7.4 thirty (30) days from and after its passage and before the expiration of
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15 fifteen (15) days after its passage shall be published once with the names of
lg the members voting for and against the same in a newspaper of general circula-
17 tion printed and published in the County of Butte.
Zg PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of December 19 74 ,
lg by the following vote:
20 AYES: Supervisors Cameron, Gilman, Ladd, McKillop and Chairman Madgan
21 NOES: None
22 ABSENT: None
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24 Chairman of the Boa of Supervisors,
County of Butte
2~ ATTEST:
2g Clark A. Nelson, County Clerk and
ex-officio Clerk of the Board
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