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Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br />Page 3 of 30 <br />Section 4. Section 8-85 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to <br />read as follows: <br /> <br /> Sec. 8-85. - Seismic loads (California Existing Building Code, Chapter 5, <br />Section 506.5.3). <br /> <br />Chapter 5, Section 506.5.3 of the California Existing Building Code is amended <br />by adding the following paragraph thereto: <br /> <br />The conversion of any portion of an existing building to residential use <br />shall be analyzed for 75 percent of the Design Earthquake Ground motion, <br />as defined in Section 1613.2 of the California Building Code, but in no <br />event shall there be a reduction in the capacity of the seismic force <br />resisting system where such system provides a greater level of protection <br />than the minimum requirements established by this code. Performance- <br />based engineering analysis and design procedures may be used to <br />evaluate the existing structure and the design of strengthening elements <br />when approved by the Building Official. All new structural elements shall <br />meet current detailing requirements of Section 1604 of the California <br />Building Code. <br /> <br />Section 5. Section 8-290 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended <br />to read as follows: <br /> <br /> Sec. 8-290. - Adoption by reference. <br /> <br />There is adopted by the city that certain code known as the California <br />Plumbing Code, 2022 Edition, including the following appendices thereto: <br />A, B, D, I and J, (hereinafter referred to in this article as the "Plumbing <br />Code"), together with subsequent supplements or amendments, which <br />shall become effective, adopted and incorporated by reference into this <br />Code on the date specified by the state building standards commission, <br />unless otherwise specified. The plumbing code is adopted and <br />incorporated by reference as fully set forth at length herein as provided for <br />in section 419 of the Charter of the city, except for the changes to the <br />plumbing code set forth in this chapter of this Code that specifically amend <br />the plumbing code. Any previously enacted, unrepealed provision of this <br />Code that amended a pre-2022 edition of the "Plumbing Code" shall also <br />be construed as amending the applicable provision of the 2022 or later <br />edition of the plumbing code. The plumbing code as amended, together <br />with all other provisions of this article, shall be known as the city plumbing <br />code. <br /> <br />Section 6. Section 8-556 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended <br />to read as follows: <br /> <br /> Sec. 8-556. - Adoption by reference.