HomeMy WebLinkAbout403 - OrdinancesORDINANCE NO~ 403
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 15.08.130 OF THE
RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADDING SECTION
15.08.135 TO THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE
PERTAINING TO REINSPECTIONS AND REPEATED INSPECTIONS AND
DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF
A. Recitals.
(i) The City of Rancho Cucamonga has experienced the completion of
residential housing projects which have resulted in the discovery of inferior
workmanship and building code violations subsequent to the residences being
occupied.
(ii) The occurrences indicated in Recital (i) above are not
uniformly distributed throughout residential building projects in the City of
Rancho Cucamonga but, rather, are concentrated in particular projects where
requests for inspections, reinspections and repeated inspections are numerous
and still do not prevent the later discovery of code violations and inferior
workmanship.
(iii) The situation described in Recitals (i) and (ii) above are
generating financial hardship on the City of Rancho Cucamonga by generating
requests for services on inspections and reinspections on particular projects
which far exceed the amount of income generated to the City of Rancho
Cucamonga through the collection of building permit fees related to those
projects.
(iv) The occurances referenced above in these Recitals are causing a
manpower shortage in the Building Department of the City of Rancho Cucamonga
due to the demand put on that Department by certain projects through repeated
requests for inspections and reinspections.
(v) The occurances described in Recitals (i) through (iv) above
constitute a continuing and immediate threat to the public health and safety
and require the application of an imnediate remedy through the adoption of
this Ordinance as an Urgency Ordinance.
B. Ord i nance.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga does
hereby find, determine and ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: This Council hereby finds that all of the facts set forth
in the Recitals, Part ~, of this Ordinance are true and correct.
SECTION 2: Section 15.08.130 of the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code
hereby is amended to read as follows:
"Section 305 (h) of said Uniform Administrative Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
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Section 305 (h) Reinspections. A reinspection fee as set forth in a
City Council Resolution may be assessed for each reinspection made necessary
due to work not being ready at the requested time of inspection, or for
reinspection of work not corrected after the issuance of a prior written
correction notice or for a reinspection made necessary because of faulty or
deficient workmanship or materials of construction regulated by this code or
the technical codes adopted hereby."
SECTION 3: Section 15.08.135 hereby is added to the Rancho Cucamonga
Municipal Code to read as follows:
"Section 305 of said Uniform Administrative Code is hereby amended by
adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
Section 305 (i) Repeated Reinspections In the event that, as
related to any single family dwelling unit or any ~uilding permit issued for a
mul tipl e-family building, an initial reinspection has been performed in
accordance with Subsection (h) above, and a further reinspection is determined
to be necessary by the Building Official to achieve the performance of
accepted construction practices related thereto; or in the event that such
reinspections are ultimately required on three or more dwelling units within
any final tract map, the Building Official shall require posting of a cash
deposit to be drawn upon to cover costs of providing inspection and
reinspection on a full time basis.
Further, all inspections for the project shall be suspended until
such time as the deposit is received and judged by the Building Official to be
sufficient to complete the project.
The estimated costs of providing this increased level of inspection
shall be determined by the Building Official in accordance with a Resolution
of this Council establishing hourly charges. Additionally, the deposit shall
be based upon a reasonable determination of the time necessary to complete the
entire phase, project or subdivision of which the dwelling unit or multiple
family building is a part.
The expenses incurred by the City in providing additional inspection
shall be deducted from the deposit posted and any remaining balance shall be
returned to the depositor upon completion of the project. Upon determination
by the Building Official that the original deposit is insufficient for any
remaining inspection costs, an additional cash deposit shall be provided for
completion of all anticipated inspections."
SECTION 4: Based upon the fi ndi ngs set forth above i n this
Ordinance, this Council hereby finds and concludes that the immediate adoption
of this Ordinance as an Urgency Ordinance is necessary for the protection of
the public health and safety and, accordingly, this Ordinance shall take
effect immediately upon-its adoption.
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SECTION 5: The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the City Clerk
shall cause the same to be published within fifteen (15) days after its
passage at least once in The Daily Report, a newspaper of general circulation
published in the City of Ontario, California, and circulated in the City of
Rancho Cucamonga, California.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 18th day of October, 1989.
Alexander, Brown, Buquet, Stout, Wright
AYES:
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Dennis L. Stout, Mayor
ATTEST:
Debra J. Adams, City Clerk
I, DEBRA j. ADAMS, CITY CLERK of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced and
passed as an urgency measure at the regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 18th day of October, 1989.
Executed this 19th day of October, 1989 at Rancho Cucamonga,
California.
Debra J.~}kdams, City Clerk'