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Oi~DINANCE NO. NS-238 .~NDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF TME UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, 1955 EDITION THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That those sections of the Uniform ~uilding Code, 1955 Edition, adopted by Ordinance No. NS-147al~$ hereby amended in those particulars only as next heretnbelow set out. (a) The first paragraph of subdivision (c) of Section 301 is here- by amended Ko read as follows: .(c) Plans and SDecifications. With each application for a building permit, and when required by the Building Official for enforcement of any pro- visions of this Code, two sets of plans and specifications shall be submitted. The Building Official may require Plans and Specifications to be prepared and designed by an engineer or architect licensed by the State to practice as such." (b) Paragraph 9 of Section 402 is hereby amended to read as follows: (c) "ASSEMBLY BUILDING is a building used, in whole or in part, for the gaShering together of ~rsons for such purposes as deliberation, worship, entertair~ment, amusement, or awaiting transportation and restaurants with an occupant load over 200." Exception~l of SectiOn 507 is hereby amended to read as follows: EXCEPTIONS: 1. ~Towers, spires and steeples, erected or a part of a building and not used for habitation or storage, are limited as to height only by structural design if completely of'uncombusti~le materials, or may extend not to exceed twenty feet (20') above the height limit in Table No. 5D if of combustible materials. ~ (d) Division 2 of Section ll01 is hereby amended to read as follows: "DIVISION 2. Wholesale and retail stores, office buildings, restaurants, undertaking parlors, printing plants, municipal police and fire stations, factories and workshops using materials not highly flammable or combustible, storage and sales rooms for combustible goods, paint stores without bulk handling. (See Section 402 under assembly buildin~s for a definition of restaurants with an occupant load over 200). (e) That the second paragraph, subdivision (a) of Section 1405 is hereby amended to read as follows: "The window area in bathrooms, water-closet compartments, and other similar rooms shall be not less than three square feet (3 sq. ft.), and may open on a vent shaft which has a least dimension open and unobstructed to the sky of not less than three feet (3'). In lieu of the foregoing requirement a mechanical ventilation system capable of producing a change of air every five 1.