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Home My WebLink About1456 - Uniform Housing Codeiq ORDINANCE NO. 1 4 56 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH • AMENDING CHAPTER 15.06 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT THE UNIFORM HOUSING CODE, 1970 EDITION The City Council of the City of Newport Beach does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Chapter 15.06 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code is amended to read: "Chapter 15.06 HOUSING CODE -1- Sections 15.06.010 Adoption of Uniform Housing Code. 15.06.020 Deletion of Chapter 10 from the Housing Code., 15.06.030 Deletion of Appendix from the Housing Code. 15.06.040 Amendment to Section H- 103(c) of the Housing Code. 15.06.050 Addition of Section H -104 to the Housing Code. 15.06.060 Amendment to Section H -203 of the Housing Code. 15.06.070 Amendment to Section H -204 of the Housing Code. 15.06.080 Amendment to Section H -401 of the Housing Code. 15.06.090 Amendment to Section H- 501(b) of the Housing Code. 15.06.100 Amendment to Section H- 502(b) of the Housing Code. 15.06.110 Amendment to Section H- 502(d) of the . Housing Code. 15.06.120 Amendment to Section H- 503(b) of the Housing Code. 15.06.010 Adoption of Uniform Housing Code. Subject to the particular additions, deletions and amendments herein- after set forth in this Chapter, the rules, regulations, pro- visions and conditions set forth in that certain Code, entitled "Uniform Building Code, Volume III - Housing, 1970 Edition," which Code is promulgated and published by the International Conference of Building Officials, three full printed copies of which, printed as a Code in book form, were by the City Council ordered filed and which have been actually filed in the office of the City Clerk and which, as so on file are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as fully and for all intents and purposes as though set forth herein at length, shall be and the same are hereby established and adopted as the rules, regulations, provisions and conditions to be observed and fol- lowed in the erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, -1- repair, maintenance, moving, improving, remodeling, conver- sion, demolition and occupancy of all buildings or portions thereof used, designed or intended to be used for human habitation within the City; and subject to said additions, deletions and amendments hereinafter set forth, said Code is hereby established and adopted and the same shall be designated, known, and referred to as the 'Housing Code' of and for the City of Newport Beach. 15.06.020 Deletion of Chapter 10 from the Housing Code. Chapter 10, entitled 'Substandard Buildings,' is hereby deleted from the Housing Code, hereinbefore adopted in Section 15.06.010. 15.06.030 Deletion of Appendix from the Housing Cod The appendix consisting solely of cross - references to the Uniform Building Code, Volume I, is hereby deleted from the Housing Code, hereinbefore adopted in Section 15.06.010. 15.06.040 Amendment to Section H- 103(c) of the Code. Section H- 103(c) of the Housing Code, hereinbe in Section 15.06.010, is amended to read: Sec. H -103 '(c) Relocation. Existing residential buildings which are moved or relocated shall be considered as new buildings and shall comply with all the requirements of Chapter 15.04 of Title 15 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code. No building permit shall be issued for, and no person shall erect, construct or move into the City, any dwelling unit which contains less than 600 square feet of floor area. In computing the area, garage space shall not be included therein.' 15.06.050 Addition of Section H -104 to the Housing Code. Section H -104 is added to the Housing Code, hereinbefore adopted in Section 15.06.010, to read: 'Sec. H -104 All references to the "Mayor and Council" contained within the Housing Code shall mean the Mayor and City Coun- cil of the City of Newport Beach. All references to the "City" shall mean the incorporated area of the City of Newport Beach.' The provisions of the Housing Code of the City of Newport Beach shall apply to and affect all of the in- corporated territory of Newport Beach, except work located primarily in a public way, public utility towers and poles, mechanical equipment not specifically regulated in this Code, hydraulic floor control structures, facilities for the production, generation, storage or transmission of water or electrical energy by a local agency, and the buildings and structures of administration and instruc- tion of public schools.' 15.06.060 Amendment to Section H -203 of the Housing Code. Section H -203 of the Housing Code hereinbefore adopted in Section 15.06.010, is amended to read: 'Sec. H -203 In order to provide for final interpretation of the -2- provisions of this Code and to hear appeals provided for herein, there is established a Housing Advisory and Ap- peals Board which shall be the Planning Commission of • the City of Newport Beach. Appeals to the Board shall be processed in accordance with the provisions of Sec- tion H -1201 of this Code.' 15.06.070 Amendment to Section H -204 of the Housing Co Section H -204 of the Housing Code, hereinbefore adopted in Sec 15.06.010, is amended to read: 'Sec. H -204 Penalty for Violations. Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or co- partnership who wilfully violates any of the provisions or fails to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this Title is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- viction thereof, shall be.punishable by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in the City Jail, not to exceed six (6) months or by both a fine and imprisonment. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to bar any legal, equitable, or summary remedy to which the City of Newport Beach or other politi- cal subdivision, or any person, firm, corporation, partner- ship or copartnership may otherwise be entitled. The City of Newport Beach or any other political subdivision or person, firm, corporation, partnership or copartnership, may file a suit in the Superior Court of the County of Orange..to restrain or enjoin any attempted or proposed subdivision or sale in violation of this title.' it • 15.06.080 Amendment to Section H -401 of the Housing Code. Section H -401 of the Housing.Code, hereinbefore adopted in Section 15.06.010 is amended to change the definitions of the following terms only: All words, phrases or terms not hereinafter defined by amendment, shall have the same meaning as set forth in Section H -401. Sec. H -401 'FAMILY. Family is an individual or two or more persons related by blood, marriage or adoption or a group of not more than five persons who are not related by blood, marriage or adoption or a combined group of related and unrelated persons where the number of un- related persons does .not exceed five living together as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit. UNIFORM BUILDING CODE. Uniform Building Code shall mean the Building Code of the City of Newport Beach as contained in Chapter 15.04 of Title 15 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code, including all deletions, modifica- tions and amendments made thereto.' 15.06.090 Amendment to Section H -501( Code. Section H- 501(b) of the Housing Code, • in Section 15.06.010, is amended to read: Sec. H -501 '(b) Occupancy Space. Occupancy space of a lot shall -3- • be regulated by the Zoning Code, Title 20, of the Newport Beach Municipal Code.' 15.06.100 Amendment to Section H- 502(b) of the Hous Code. Section H- 502(b) of the Housing Code, hereinbefore in Section 15.06.010, is amended to read: Sec. H -502 '(b) Yards. Yards of a residential lot shall be as regulated by the.Zoning Code, Title 20 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code.'. 15.06.110 Amendment to Section H -502( Code. Section H- 502(d) of the Housing Code, in Section 15.06.010, is amended to read: Sec. H -502 '(d) Projection into yards. Eaves and cornices may project into any required yard as regulated in the Zoning Code, Title 20 of the-Newport Beach Municipal Code, pro- vided further that no such_projection shall obstruct a required exitway.' 15.06.120 Amendment to Section H- 503(b) of the Housing Code. Section H- 503(b) of the Housing Code, hereinbefore adopted in Section 15.06.010, is amended to read: Sec. H -503 • '(b) Superficial Floor Area. Each dwelling unit shall have at least one room which shall have not less than 120 square feet of superficial floor area. Every room which is used for both cooking and living or both living and sleeping purposes shall have not less than 150 square feet of superficial floor area. Every room used for sleeping purposes shall have not less than 90 square feet of superficial floor area. Where more than two persons occupy a room used for sleeping purposes the required superficial floor area shall be increased at the rate of 50 square feet for each occupant in ex- cess of two. The minimum floor area of a dwelling unit shall be 600 square feet. "' • SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be published once in the official newspaper of the City, and the same shall be effective 30 days after the date of its adoption. This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held on the 10th day of July of July • • • ATTEST: City Clerk —1 1972, and was adopted on the 24th , 1972, by the following vote, to wit: CERTIFIED AS THE ORIGINAL AND CERTIFIED AS TO PUBLICATION ®AT ._JUL.__24 ---- 1972 61iY ClE K OF THE CIN OF NEWP BEACH -5- day AYES, COUNCILMEN: McInnis, Rogers, Croul , Dostal , Ryckoff, , Store NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT COUNCILMEN: Kymla DRB dm 6/28/72