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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS 15.41
OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO SEISMIC SAFETY ANALYSES
OF UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDINGS.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield
as follows:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 15.41 is hereby amended to the Bakersfield
Municipal Code to read as follows:
SEISMIC SAFETY ADMINSTRATION OF
UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDINGS
Sections:
15.41.010
15.41.020
15.41.030
Scope.
Compliance with standards.
Mandatory requirements.
15.41.010 Scope.
The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to all
buildings which, on the effective date of this Chapter, have
unreinforced masonry bearing walls as defined in Section 15.40.030.
This Chapter provides for strengthening standards for
unreinforced buildings as defined in this Chapter. This Chapter
shall not require existing electrical, plumbing, mechanical, fire
safety systems, parking, disabled access or other existing non-
conforming uses to be altered as a result of seismic strengthening
unless they constitute a hazard to life.
Exceptions: This Chapter shall not apply to detached one
or two family dwellings and detached multi-unit dwellings
containing less than five (5) dwelling units and used solely for
residential purposes, nor shall it apply to single story warehouse
buildings used solely for storage purposes and occupied by fewer
than three persons less than three (3) hours per day.
ORIGINAL
15.41.020 ComDliance with standards.
Unreinforced masonry buildings shall be made to comply
with provisions of Chapter 15.40. Should an owner elect to
strengthen a building beyond the requirements set forth in Chapter
15.40, such additional strengthing work shall comply with Appendix
Chapter 1 of Uniform Code for Building Conservation, 1991 Edition,
which is hereby adopted for that purpose.
15.41.030
Mandatory requirements.
A. Each owner, as shown on the latest equalized
assessment roll of the County of Kern, of an unreinforced masonry
building shall undertake structural alterations of said building or
demolish it by December 31, 1998, where it is not found to comply
with Chapter 15.40 of Bakersfield Municipal Code.
B. If said owner fails to comply with the provisions as
required by this Chapter by December 31, 1998, then the subject
building shall be declared a dangerous building. The City Building
Official may then initiate proceedings in accordance with the
Uniform Code for Abatement of Dangerous Buildings.
SECTION 2.
This Ordinance shall be posted in accordance with
provisions of the Bakersfield Municipal Code and shall become
effective thirty (30) days from and after the date of its passage.
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ORIGINAL
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed
and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular
meeting thereof held on A[~ ~1 ~q~, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS McDERMOTT, EDWARDS. DeMOfiO, ~vlITH, BRUNNI, ROWLE$, 8ALVAGGIO
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS ~/~? .,a,2 ~:
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ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS A3dn3 ~
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED
MAYOR of the City of
Bakersfield
APPROVED as to form:
LAURENCE LUNARDINI
CITY ATTORNEY of the City of Bakersfield
LCM/KG
URM-15.41
7-14-93
ORIGINAL
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
) SS.
County of Kern )
CAROL WILLIAMS, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That she is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of
the City of Bakersfield; and that on the 13th day of August, 1993
she posted on the Bulletin Board at City Hall, a full, true and
correct copy of the following: Ordinance No.
Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held
August, 1993, and entitled:
3553, passed by the
on the 11th day of
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15.41 OF THE BAKERSFIELD
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SEISMIC SAFETY ANALYSES OF
UNREIFORCED MASONRY BUILDINGS.
By:
/s/ CAROL WILLIAMS
City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield