HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-6 - Approving an Amendment to Section 15.60.010 (Site Cleanup Fee - Purpose), Section 15.60.020 (Amount of Deposit), Section 15.60.50 (Notice) of Title 15 of the NBMC Pertaining to Construction Site Cleanup Deposit.• ORDINANCE NO. 2000- 6
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH APPROVING AN
AMENDMENT TO SECTION 15.60.010 (SITE CLEANUP FEE - PURPOSE),
SECTION 15.60.020 (AMOUNT OF DEPOSIT), SECTION 15.60.050 (NOTICE) OF
TITLE 15 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO
CONSTRUCTION SITE CLEANUP DEPOSIT.
WHEREAS, the Newport Beach City Council adopted a fee resolution 98 -45
on June 22, 1998; and
WHEREAS, adopted resolution 98 -45 contained schedules of construction
cleanup deposit amounts; and
WHEREAS, NBMC Section 15.60.020 contains duplicate construction
cleanup deposit schedules; and
• WHEREAS, NBMC Section 15.60.010 contains reference to these duplicate
schedules; and
WHEREAS, an editorial change to Section 15.60.040 is necessary; and
The City Council of the City of Newport Beach DOES ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 15.60.010 (Site Cleanup Fee - Purpose), Section
15.60.020 (Amount of Deposit), Section 15.60.040 (Notice) of Title 15 of the Newport
Beach Municial; Code shall be revised to read as follows:
• Sections:
15.60.010
Chapter 15.60
CONSTRUCTION SITE CLEANUP
Site Cleanup Fee — Purpose
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15.60.020 Amount of Deposit
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15.60.030 Type of Deposit
15.60.040 Notice
15.60.050 Action by City
15.60.060 Refund of Deposit
15.60.070 Appeal to City Council
15.60.010 Site Cleanup Fee -- Purpose.
Prior to the issuance of any building permit or grading permit, the Building
Official shall require a site cleanup deposit to be deposited with the City Finance
Director in a sum as set forth in the City Council fee resolution. This site cleanup
deposit is intended to ensure the removal of construction and demolition debris from
construction sites and public property adjoining the construction sites to ensure
isthat the permittee installs and maintains erosion control and desilting basins as
required by ordinance, and to ensure that inspections are requested at the
appropriate time, thereby ensuring the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of
the City of Newport Beach.
15.60.020 Amount of Deposit.
The amount of the site cleanup deposit shall be determined either in
accordance with the valuation of the proposed construction or in accordance with
the extent of the grading to be undertaken prior to construction. The Building
Official shall have the discretion to choose the site cleanup deposit from one, but not
both, of the schedules given due regard to the extent of the proposed grading and
construction. The site cleanup deposit schedules are as set forth in the City Council
fee resolution.
• 15.60.030 Type of Deposit.
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• The applicant for a building permit or grading permit shall deposit cash or
other instrument of deposit in a form satisfactory to the City Attorney in the
amount required by the Building Official pursuant to the provisions of Section
15.60.020.
15.60.040 Notice.
Written notice shall be given to the applicant/permittee when any of the
following conditions exist:
1. When, in the opinion of the Building Official or any building inspector,
there is an unnecessary or excessive accumulation of construction debris or
material on or off site;
2. When, in the opinion of the Building Official or any building inspector,
• the applicant/permittee has failed to properly install and maintain erosion
control devices such as desilting basins;
3. When, in the opinion of the Building Official or any building inspector,
material or debris relating to the construction or grading constitutes a threat
or danger to the health, safety or welfare of any person; or
4. When, in the opinion of the Building Official or any building inspector,
construction or grading is in violation of any ordinance of the City of Newport
Beach or is in violation of any of the conditions imposed by the City at the
time of the approval of the permit. Such written notice shall be deemed to
have been given to the applicant/permittee when written notice is posted at
the construction site. Such notice shall describe the action to be taken by the
applicant/permittee and the period of time within which that action must be
• taken.
15.60.050 Action by City.
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• In the event that the applicant/permittee fails to take action in accordance
with the provisions of Section 15.60.040, the City of Newport Beach or its agents or
employees at its option may enter the construction or grading site and take the
action required of the contractor pursuant to the provisions of Section 15.60.040.
The actual expense incurred by City as a result of taking this action shall be
deducted from the cash deposit and paid over to the City, and the remainder, if any,
returned to the applicant/permittee at such time as the final discretionary action is
taken by the Building Official. In the event the cost of the action taken by the City
exceeds the amount of the deposit, work on the project shall be stopped until such
time as an additional sum is placed in deposit by the applicant/permittee as
provided in Section 15.60.010.
15.60.060 Refund of Deposit.
• At such time as the final approval of the project has been given by the
Building Official, and in the event that all of the action has been taken by the
applicant/permittee required of it pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and
pursuant to the instructions of the Building Official, then the full amount of the
deposit remaining shall be refunded to the applicant/permittee upon final approval
of the structure by the Building Official.
15.60.070 Appeal to City Council.
The City Council shall have the power to hear and decide appeals based on
the enforcement or interpretation of the provisions of this chapter.
SECTION 2. That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of
this ordinance is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such
• decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of
this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this
ordinance, and each section, subsection, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the
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• fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be
declared unconstitutional.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall be published once in the official
newspaper of the City, and the same shall be effective thirty (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 14th day of March , 2000, and was adopted
on the 28th day of March , 2000, by the following vote to wit:
AYES, COUNCIL
Thomson, Glover, Adams, Debay,
• Ridgeway, O'Neil, Mayor Noyes
NOES, COUNCIL MEMBERS
None
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ABSENT COUNCIL MEMBERS
None
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, LAVONNE M. HARKLESS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing
ordinance, being Ordinance No. 2000 -6 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the
City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 28th day
of March, 2000, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Thomson, Glover, Adams, Debay, Ridgeway, O'Neil and Mayor Noyes
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 29th day of March 2000.
(Seal)
City Clerk
City of Newport Beach, California
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, LAVONNE M. HARKLESS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby
certify that Ordinance No. 2000 -6 has been duly and regularly published according to law and the
order of the City Council of said City and that same was so published in The Daily Pilot, a daily
newspaper of general circulation on the following date, to wit: April 1, 2000.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this (0-tx day of
2000.
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City Clerk
City of Newport Beach, California