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HomeMy WebLinkAbout90-034 - Resolutions RESOLUTION NO. 90-034 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, MAKING EXPRESS FINDINGS OF NEED FOR LOCAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE STATE BUILDING STANDARDS CODE A. Recitals. (i) Health and Safety Code Sections 17958.5 and 17958.7 allow a city to make such modifications to the requirements of the regulations adopted pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section. 17922 as it determines to be reasonably necessary because of local conditions; (ii) The City of Rancho Cucamonga is primarily located in an alluvial fan formed from erosion of the San Gabriel mountains, said alluvial fan consisting largely of rocky, granular, and highly erodeable soil formations; " (iii) The City of Rancho Cucamonga is located in a piedmont area at the base of the San Gabriel mountains, said location characterized by a warm and dry climate; (iv) The City of Ranoho Cucamonga is subjected on a regular basis to high-intensity dry winds; (v) The topography of the City of Rancho Cucamonga is such that the major portion of the community is located on slopes that hinder timely fire protection response by reason of gradient; (vi) The Uniform Building Code, as adopted by the State Building Standards Commission, has no requirements for anchorage of small detached accessory buildings against wind forces, and has inadequate requirements for anchorage of certain roofing materials; (vii) The Uniform Building Code as adopted by the State Department of Housing and Community Development is adopted on a statewide basis without specific consideration for the above stated geologic, topographic and climatic conditions. (viii) All legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Resolution have occurred. B. Resolution. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga does hereby find, determine, and resolve as follows: 1. In all respects as set fourth in the Recitals, Part A, of this Resolution. Resolution No. 90-034 Page 2 2. This Council does hereby expressly find and determine that the amendments set forth in Ordinance No. 412, as are more fully described below, are reasonably necessary because of local climatic, geological or topographic conditions. This express finding is supported by and based upon the following specific findings and determinations. a. Modifications of Sections 3204(d), 3204(e), and Table 32-A of the Uniform Building Code, 1988 Edition, are necessary due to local climatic and topographic conditions of warm, dry, intense winds tending to propagate and extend fires into surrounding structures and grasslands, and to make access for fire fighting apparatus difficult. b. Modifications of Figure 29-1, Figure A of Chapter 70, and , ~ Sections 7004, 7008, 7010, and 7013 of the Uniform Building .~'~ Code, 1988 Edition, are necessary due to geological conditions of rocky, granular soils which subject cut and fill slopes to rapid erosion. c. Modification ef Sections 2907{b), 3208{b)3, 3208{b}5, and Tables 32-D-1 and 32-D-2 Uni(erm Building Code, 1988 Edition is necessary due to the local climatic condition of periodic high winds making anchorage of small buildings and certain roofing materiQls imperative. 3. The City Clerk shall attest to the passage of this resolution and shall forward an executed copy of same and a copy of Ordinance No. 412 adopted herewith to the Department of Housing and Community Development, State of California, as required by Section 17958.7 of the California Health and Safety Code. PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 17th day of January, 1990. AYES: Alexander, Buqu~t, Stoul~, Wright NOES: None ABSENT: Brown , yO Resolution No. 90-034 Page 3 ATTEST: I, DEBRA J. ADAMS, CITY CLERK of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 17th day of January, 1990. Executed this 18th day of January, 1990 at Rancho Cucamonga, Cal i forni a. era J. A~ms, City Clerk !