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ta APPEAL BY ALAN KUNSKI , EUGENE EPHRAT ET AL Background An engineering field survey of the building at-501 South Main was compl6ted as i part of a comprehensive study of all unreinforced masonry buildinqs in Santa Ana as required by the Earthquake Hazard Reduction 0rdinince (Article XI, Chadter I, SMC). As a result of this survey the building was determined to be subiect to the ordi- nance. The ordinance requires that the occupant capacity be calculated usino floor area as well as the current use of the building based on Tible 33A, uBC (Attachment #1). Our initial engineering field survev of th; buildinq estimated an occupant capacity greater than 170 (l\ttachment #2). -Based on the occupant capacity the building was classified as Class II (high risk) building (Attachment #3). 0n March 30, Mr. Steponovich representing Mr. Kunski submitted a dimensioned-sketch o? the building with a request for reclassifi- cation to Class III (medium risk), (Attachments #4 & #5). The request was based on a belief that the occupant capacity of the builaing is less than 100. An analysis of the occupant capacity - was mad6 on April 1, 1981 using the djmensions and descriptions of use submitted by the owner. The submitted sketch contained an area indicated io be warehouse-showroom. For the purpose of de- termining the occupant capacity by this departfient, this area was assigned-the Iower' use clissification of warehouse. If the analysis had iesulted in the necessity to reclassify the building, a field inspection would have been completed to confirm dimens'ions and use. tn ttris case our analysis resuited in a confjrmation of our previous iinainq tlat the building was properly classified as Class II (high risk),-(Attachment #6). -The owner and his attorney were adv'ised of our decision by the letter dated Aprit 17, 1981 (Attachment #7). A field inspection of the subject building was completed on May 28' 1981 in ordbr to verify the data submitted by the owner and the use of the various areas oi the building. one of the findings of this investigation was that an area previously calculated as warehouse was det6rmined to be a showroom. The resul ting occupant capacity for the building is 133, (Attachment #8). The correct risk classi- fication is Clais II (high risk). Ga Ac ti ng GC /nrn l,,lopscha Di rec to r eL June 16, 1981