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ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1909
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
AMENDING SECTION 8-2002 OF THE SANTA ANA
MUNICIPAL CODE REDEFINING CERTAIN DEFINI-
TIONS REGARDING EARTHQUAKE HAZARD REDUCTION.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That Section 8-2002 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 8-2002. Definitions.
For the purpose of this article, the following terms
shall be construed as follows:
(a)
Abbreviations: Ail numbers, letters, symbols,
abbreviations and words used in this article,
which are not otherwise defined herein, shall
have those meanings ascribed to them as found in
Chapter 23 of the Uniform Building Code.
(b) Building: Any structure used or intended for
supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy.
(c) Department: The department of building safety.
(d)
Director: The director of the department of
building safety who is the building official or
his designated representative.
(e)
Essential building: Any structure or building
which is used for emergency purposes after an
earthquake in order to preserve the peace, health
and safety of the general public. Such
facilities shall include the following:
Hospitals and other medical facilities having
surgery or emergency treatment areas; fire and
police stations; municipal government disaster
operation centers; and public utility and
communication buildings deemed to be vital in
emergencies.
(f)
High risk building: Any building, other than an
essential building, having an occupant load of
one hundred (100) occupants or more as determined
pursuant to Table No. 33-A of Chapter 33 of the
Uniform Building Code.
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EXCEPTION:
following:
A high risk building shall not include the
(1)
Any building used for its intended purpose,
determined by the department, for less than
twenty (20) hours per week.
as
(2)
Any building having exterior walls braced with
masonry cross walls or wood frame cross walls
spaced less than forty (40) feet apart in each
story. Cross walls shall be full story height
with a minimum length of one and one-half (1-1/2)
times the story height.
(g)
Lot: A parcel of real property shown on an
approved final subdivision map or record of
survey subdivision map or a recorded parcel
described by metes and bounds.
(h)
Low risk building: Any building, other than an
essential building, having an occupant load of
less than twenty (20) occupants, as determined
pursuant to Table No. 33-A of Chapter 33 of the
Uniform Building Code.
(i)
Medium risk building: Any building, other than a
high risk building or an essential building,
having an occupant load of twenty (20) occupants
or more, as determined pursuant to Table No. 33-A
of Chapter 33 of the Uniform Building Code.
(j)
Owner: Any individual, individuals, partnership,
firm or corporation who is the owner of record of
the building as shown on the equalized assessment
role of the office of the county assessor of the
County of Orange.
(k)
Unreinforced masonry wall: A masonry wall
containing less than one-half (1/2) the
reinforcing steel required for reinforced masonry
walls in accordance with Chapter 24 of the
Uniform Building Code.
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SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to
be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City
Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would
have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the
fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentence,
clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
SECTION 3: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the
repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the
prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were
committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed
as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating
to the collection of any such license or penalty or the penal
provision applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect
the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof,
required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any
ordinance and all rights and obligations thereunder
appertaining shall continue in full force and effect.
ADOPTED this ]st day of June , 1987.
ATTEST:
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COUNCILMEMBERS:
Young
McGuigan
Acosta
Griset
Hart
May
Pulido
Aye
aye
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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