ORD 193 ORDINANCE NO.193
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY
CODE, TITLE 26, BUILDING CODE, TITLE 28, PLUMBING
CODE AND TITLE 29, MECHANICAL CODE MAKING AMENDMENTS
TO SAID CODES AND AMENDING THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES
MUNICIPAL CODE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Chapter 15.04 of Title 15 of the Rancho Palos Verdes
Municipal Code is amended by amending Sections 15.04.010, 15.04.030 and
15.04.040 to read:
15.04.010. Adoption of Building Code. Except as hereinafter provided,
Title 26, Building Code of the Los Angeles County Code, as amended and in effect
on December 9, 1984, adopting the Uniform Building Code, 1984 Edition prepared
by the International Conference of Building Officials and including Chapters 7
(Parts I and II), 11, 38, 48, 49 and 55 of the Appendix to said Uniform Building
Code, except as otherwise provided in said Title 26 is hereby adopted by
reference as the Building Code of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes.
The provisions of said Building Code applying to dwellings, lodgings,
houses, hotels, apartment houses, convents, monasteries or other uses classified
by said Building Code as a Group R-1 of R-3 occupancy and including Chapters 1,
2, 3, 4 and 98 and 99 shall constitute and may be cited as the Housing Code.
A copy of title 26 of the Los Angeles County Code has been deposited in
the office of the City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes and shall be at
all times maintained by said Clerk for use and examination by the public.
15.04.030. Violations and Penalties. No person shall erect,
construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove, convert, demolish,
equip, use, occupy or maintain any building or structure or perform any grading
in the City, or cause the same to be done, contrary to, or in violation of, any
of the provisions of the Building Code.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of
Section 301(a) of the Building 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
said Section 301(a) is committed, continued or permitted, and upon conviction of
any such violation such person shall be punishable by a fine of not more than
$500, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
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Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of said
Building Code other than Section 301(a) shall be deemed guilty of an infraction,
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 said Building Code is committed, continued or permitted, and upon conviction
of any such violation such person shall be punishable by (1) a fine of not
exceeding $50 for a first violation; (2) a fine not exceeding $100 for a second
violation of the same provision within one year; (3) a fine not exceeding $250
for each additional violation of the same provision within one year.
15.04.040. Fees. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 15.04.010,
the Building Code is hereby amended by increasing the amount of each and every
fee set forth in Sections 303(a) , 303(b), 303(d), 303(e), and 303(f), including
Tables 3-A and 3-B of said Building Code to be the fee set forth in the most
current resolution of the City Council establishing fees pursuant to said
Building Code. In the event no such resolution has been adopted, said fees
shall be fifty percent greater than those set forth in Sections 303(a), 303(b) ,
303(d), 303(e) and 303(f), including Tables 3-A and 3-B of said Building Code.
Section 2: Chapter 15.12 of Title 15 of the Rancho Palos Verdes
Municipal Code is amended by amending Sections 15.12.010, 15.12.030, and
15.12.040 and by adding Sections 15.12.060 and 15.12.070 to read:
15.12.010. Adoption of Plumbing Code. Except as hereinafter provided,
Title 28, Plumbing Code, of the Los Angeles County Code, as amended and in
effect on December 9, 1984, adopting the Uniform Plumbing Code, 1982 Edition,
prepared by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials
and including Appendices, A, B, C, G, and I of Title 28, Plumbing code, except
as otherwise provided in said Title 28, is hereby adopted by reference as the
Plumbing Code of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes.
A copy of Title 28 of the Los Angeles County Code has been deposited in
the office of the City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes and shall be at
all times maintained by said Clerk for use and examination by the public.
15.12.030. Fees. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 15.12.010,
the Plumbing Code is hereby amended by increasing the amount of each and every
fee set forth in Sections 59 including Tables No. 1 and 2 and Section 60 of said
Plumbing Code to be the fee set forth in the most current resolution of the City
Council, establishing fees pursuant to said Plumbing Code. In the event no such
resolution has been adopted, said fees shall be fifty percent greater than those
set forth in Section 59 including Tables No. 1 and 2 and Section 60 of said
Plumbing Code.
15.12.040. Penalty for Violation. Any person, firm or corporation
violating any of the provisions of the Plumbing 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 said Plumbing 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 $500, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by
both such fine and imprisonment.
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15.12.060. Table No. 1 - Repiping Fee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 15.12.010 and 15.12.030, the
Plumbing Code is amended by adding to Table No. 1 the following:
For Repiping .. . .Fees for repiping a part or an entire system of hot and/or cold
water service shall be $16.00 for permit issuance and $7.00 for each reconnected
fixture or device. The maximum fee for a single family residence or each
dwelling unit of multi-family residence shall be $60.00 The fee for replacement
of outside service of equivalent size or larger shall be $7.00 plus $16.00
issuance charge if not installed at the same time as interior replacement work
or $7.00 if installed at the same time as interior work for which a permit is
issued and fee paid.
15.12.070. Sections 51.1 and 119(d) - Repiping.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 15.12.010, the Plumbing Code
is amended by adding Section 51.1, renumbering Sections 119(d) through (f) as
119(e) through (g) and adding a new Section 119(d) as follows:
51.1 PERMIT.,- EMERGENCY EXCEPTION
Emergency replacement of equivalent size service outside a building is
exempt from prior permit issuance but is subject to inspection, post-emergency
permit application and fee payment.
119. . . . . . . . . .
(d) REPIPING. Repiping is the replacement of individual runs of pipe
or entire pipe systems between existing fittings, fixtures or devices connected
to hot or cold potable water lines.
Section 3: Chapter 15.16 of Title 15 of the Rancho Palos Verdes
Municipal Code is amended by amending Sections 15.16.010, 15.16.030 and
15.16.040 to read:
15.16.010. Adoption of Mechanical Code. Except as hereinafter pro-
vided, Title 29, Mechanical Code, of the Los Angeles County Code, as amended and
in effect on October 14, 1984, adopting the Uniform Mechanical Code, 1982
Edition, jointly prepared by the International Conference of Building Officials
and the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials and
including Appendix to said Title 29, Mechanical Code, except as otherwise pro-
vided in said Title 29, is hereby adopted by reference as the Mechanical Code of
the City of Rancho Palos Verdes.
A copy of Title 29 of the Los Angeles County Code has been deposited in
the office of the City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes and shall be at
all times maintained by said Clerk for use and examination by the public.
15.16.030. Fees. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 15.16.010,
the Mechanical Code is hereby amended by increasing the amount of each and every
fee set forth in Sections 302(b) and 304 of said Mechanical Code to be the fee
set forth in the most current resolution of the City Council, establishing fees
pursuant to said Mechanical Code. In the event no such resolution has been
adopted, said fees shall be fifty percent greater than those set forth in
Section 302(b) and 304 of said Mechanical Code.
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15.16.040. Penalty for Violation. No person, firm, or corporation
shall erect, install, alter, repair, relocate, add to, replace, use or maintain
heating, ventilation, comfort cooling, or refrigeration equipment in the juris-
diction, or cause the same to be done, contrary to or in violation of any of the
provisions of the Mechanical Code. Maintenance of equipment which was unlawful
at the time it was installed, and which would be unlawful under said mechanical
Code if installed after the effective date of said Mechanical Code, shall
constitute a continuing violation of said Mechanical Code.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of the
Mechanical 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 said Mechanical
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 $500, or by
imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED April 2, 1985.
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I, JO PURCELL, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, do hereby certify
that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that
the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 193, passed first reading on
March 19, 1985, was duly and and regularly adopted by the City Council of said
City at a regular meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of April and that the
same was passed and adopted by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: HINCHLIFFE, BACHARACH, RYAN, HUGHES, & McTAGGART
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
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ORDINANCE/Man/RN NO 193 FILE# #.40 )SUBJECT: ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE LOS . i • I I ► OS
28, PLUMBING CODE AND TITLE 29, MECHANICAL CODE _MAKING AMENDMENTS TO Skin CODES AND.
AMENDING THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE.
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