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ORDINANCE NS-793 ADOPTING BY REFERENCE CERTAIN CODES KNOWN AS THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, 1964 EDITION, VOLUME I AND VOLUME III, THE WESTERN PLUMBING OFFICIALS UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, 1964 EDITION, THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE 1962, UNIFORM HOUSING CODE, 1964 EDITION, AND WESTERN PLUMBING OFFICIALS UNIFORM HEATING AND COMFORT COOLING CODE, 1964 EDITION, REPEALING CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE, AND READOPTING CHAPTERS 1, 2, AND 3 OF ARTICLE VIII OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO AMEND CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE CODES HEREBY ADOPTED AND TO MAKE CERTAIN ADDITIONS THERETO THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That Section 3816 of Part 1, Chapter 8, of Article III and Chapters 1, 2, and 3 of Article VIII of the Santa Aha Municipal Code are hereby repealed. SECTION 2: That Article VIII of the Santa Aha Municipal code is hereby amended by adding Section 8000 and new Chapters 1, 2, and 3 at the beginning thereof to read as follows: SECTION 8000. Application and Scope. Under the provisions of Section 19825(a), Chapter 9, Part 3, Division 13, Health and Safety Code, State of California, the regulations adopted in the following chapters are determined to provide restrictions equal to or greater than those promulgated by and pursuant to Division 13, Health and Safety Code, State of California, relating to apartment houses, hotels and dwellings. CHAPTER 1 - BUILDING CODE SECTION 8100. Adoption of the Uniform Buildinq Code, 1964 Edition. There is hereby adopted by the City that certain code known as the UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, 1964 EDITION - VOLUME I and VOLUME III and the whole thereof, save and except such portions as are herein- after amended, of which Code not less than three (3) copies have been and are on file in the office of the Clerk of the Council of the City, and said Building Code is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set forth at length herein as provided for in Section 419 of the Charter of the City of Santa Ana, and frc~a the date on which this Chapter shall take effect the provisions thereof, subject to the amendments hereinafter set forth, shall be in effect within the City Limits, and this Code shall be known as the BUILDING CODE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA. SECTION 8101. Fire Zones Created. The entire incorporated area of the City is hereby established as a Fire District, and said Fire District is hereby divided into three zones to be designated as Fire Zones 1, 2, and 3. Fire Zone No. 1 and Fire Zone No. 2 shall contain territory as set out in Sections 8101.1 and 8101.2, respectively, and Fire Zone No. 3 shall include all territory within the City which lies outside of Fire Zones No. 1 and No. 2. The City Council hereby officially adopts that certain map entitled FIRE ZONES OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, and the Clerk of the Council is hereby directed to file the same with the original copy of this Ordinance for public inspection and reference. Said map and the descriptions of Fire Zones No. 1 and No. 2 are established and shall regulate the type of buildings permitted within their respective areas and shall have the restrictions as provided for in the Uniform Building Code in effect within the City and shall have application wherever any ordinance of the City shall refer to the Fire Zones of the City.