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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 0506ORDINANCE NO. 506 A,Ni ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ORDINANCE CODE OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAhE BY REPEALING THE EXISTING ARTICLE 55 DEALING WITH BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND ADOPTING A NEVA ARTICLE 55 PROVIDING FOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE CITY AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH. The City Council of the City of Burlingame does ordain as follows: SECTION 1: Article 55 of the Ordinance Code of the City of Burlingame dealing with building construction is hereby repealed. SECTION, 2: There is hereby established a new Article 55, adopting the Uniform Building Code of 1949 and local amendments thereto, which shall read as follows: SEC. 2400. ADOPTION OF' 1949 BUILDING CODE: EXCEPTIONS. The Uniform Building Code, 1949 Edition and appendix thereto, as adopted by the Pacific Coast Building Officials" Conference, published January 1, 1949, is and hereby shall be a part of this Ordinance Code and shall establish and declare the rules, regulations and law of the City of Burlingame pertaining to and governing the erection, construction, en- largement, alteration, repair, moving, removal, demolition, conversion, occupancy, equipment, use, site, area, and maintenanc of buildings and structures in the City; the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor, providing, however, that the following sections of the Uniform Building Code are not so adopted and shall not be a part of this Ordinance, to wit: Paragraph E of Section 1602; Paragraph E of Section 1603; Provided, further that wherever in said Uniform Building Code the words "this code" appear they shall be construed to mean the said Uniform Building Code only and not to mean or to refer to the Ordinance Code of the City of Burlingame as a whole, excepting, however, that the definitions set forth and specified in Chapter 4, Part 2, of said Uniform Building Code shall be applicable to the entire Ordinance Code of the City. The exceptions to the provisions of the Uniform Building Code and which are herein adopted are as follows: (a) Section 1601A of said Building Code shall read as foll Sec. 1601A. For the purposes of this code the entire City shall constitute a fire district, which district shall be divided into three zones to be known as Zone No. 1, Zone No. 2, and Zone No. 3, each of which shall include, respectively, the territory specified and delineated in Article 51 of the Ordinance Code. (b) Section 2206 of the Uniform Building Code shall read as follows: Sec. 2206. Interior partitions may be of any material permitted for exterior walls. If of wood, the interior par- titions shall be constructed, framed, and fire -stopped as required for exterior walls as specified in Chapter 25, except that interior non-bearing partitions shall have a double top plate, and except that where non-bearing partitions are approximately parallel and not more than four (4) feet apart, two-inch by three-inch (2" x 311) studs sixteen (16) inches on centers may be used. (c) Sub -section 6 of Section 3801 of said Building Code shal read as follows: 6. In Group B and C occupancies. In any enclosed occupied space below or over a stairway, except when the entire construction is as required for Type 1 buildings, and in all portions of basements or cellars used for storage or maintenance workrooms. Exceptions: The above provisions shall not apply in any of the following places: - 2 - Automatic sprinklers shall not be required in the cellar of dwellings or apartment houses having four (4) or less apartments, nor in the cellars of Group C, D, E, F, G. and H occupancies when the ceiling of such cellar or basement is three (3) feet or more above grade. Sec. 2401. ADDITIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION REQUIREIENTS: In addition to those contained in said Uniform Building Code as provided in the preceding sections, the following rules, regulations, and laws are established and declared and may be deemed to be additions to or parts of said Uniform Building Code and placed therein at the places indicated by section numbers hereinafter applied to said provisions, to wit: SECTION 302 E. Before issuing any building permit, except it be for a single family dwelling, the Building Inspector shall first submit the building application with plans and specifica- tions to the Fire Chief and the Health Officer who shall examine the same and endorse thereon their approval or disapproval,. thereof. No building permit shall ever be issued except it be for a single family dwelling without the approval of the Fire Chief and the Health Officer. SECTION 306A. In the case of a proposed occupancy and use, except it be for a single family dwelling, the Building Inspector before issuing a Certificate of Occupancy, shall first submit the application to the Fire Chief and to the Health Officer, who shall examine the same and endorse their approval or disapproval thereof. In such cases no Certificate of Occupancy shall be issued, except it be for a single family dwelling, without the approval of the said Fire Chief and the Health Officer. SECTION 301A. The Fire Chief and the Health Officer shall have concurrent jurisdiction, respectively, with the Building Inspector in the enforcement of all those provisions of this Code relating to or involving protection against fire or the mainten- ance of public health. The Building Inspector, Fire Chief, or - 3 - Health Officer, or their authorized representatives, may enter any building or premises for the purpose of inspection or en- forcing the provisions of this Code. -Whenever any building work_ is being done contrary to the provisions of this Code, the Building Inspector, or his authorize( representative, may order the work stopped by notice in writing served on the contractor, or his representative, or on any persons engaged in doing or causing such work to be done, and any such persons shall forthwith stop such work until authorized to resume the same. In case the work is being done in such a manner as to increase the fire hazard or jeopardize the public health the Fire Chief and the Health Officer shall have concurrent juris- diction with the Building Inspector to stop said work as in this section provided. Section 508. Rat Proofing. Every building or portion thereof shall be made rat proof in accordance with the speci- fications set forth. in Farmers Bulletin No. 1638, of the United States Department of Agriculture, which requires an earth cover of concrete a minimum of one and one-half inches thick within the foundation walls. Section 509. whenever any proposed use or occupancy is not specifically mentioned in any classification and the proper classification of such use is in doubt for any reason, the question of classification shall be referred to the Building Inspector, the Fire Chief, and the Health Officer, and the decision of any two of them shall be final and conclusive so far as the proper classification is concert!Pd. Section 1509. Garages for Multiple Dwellings. Covered accomodations for parking or storing automobiles and space therefor on the premises for tenants or dwellers therein must be provided for use in all apartment houses, flats, duplex - 4 - apartments, bungalow courts, automobile hotels and other struct- ures used for multiple dwellings, commercial hotels excepted. Section 2204A. Wood Mudsill. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing section, no building of any kind shall be designed or used where the foundation consists of a wood mudsill resting directly on the ground. Section 2205A. Underpinning and Sheathing. Notwithstanding any provisions of Section 2205 to the contrary or in conflict herewith the following provisions shall control. Underpinning shall not be less in size than two (2) inches by six (6) inches or its equivalent. All such underpinning shall be effectively braced. All Type V buildings shall have the exterior walls thoroug covered with solid sheathing of wood not less than twenty-five thirty-seconds (2532) of an inch thick, of approved fibreboard not less than seven -sixteenths of an inch thick, or approved incombustible sheathin; not less than one-half inch thick; provided where shingles or shakes are used the wall shall be tight sheathed. All exterior walls shall be covered on the outside with weatherboarding, shingles, stucco, or masonry as specified in this section or by other similar approved materials. STUCCO. Stucco shall be applied with sheathing or similar backing. In all cases except in back -plastered construction an approved waterproof paper or asphalt saturated felt weighing not less than fourteen (14) pounds per one hundred (100) square feet or any substantial waterproof paper vL ich successfully passes a 60 -pound Mullen test shall be applied weatherboard fashion directly over the studs or sheathing. Horizontal joints shall be lapped not less than tvio (2) inches. -5- KI Section 2523A. Clearance above Ground. The minimum clear - ante between the bottom of the floor joists and the ground beneath shall be twenty-four (24) inches, and access to the under side of all buildings shall be provided with an entrance not less than twenty-four (24) inches by thirty (30) inches in the ex- terior wall. CREOSOTE. Creosote or other effective .product must be used on the mudsills and for six (6) inches above the mudsills on the studding and underpinning. Section 3301A. Fire Escapes. Instead of a smokeproof tower.fire escapes may be provided. .All buildings having a height of forty (40) feet or more shall be equipped with a fire escape and a stand pipe. For such requirements the height of the building shall be determined by measuring from the adjoining ground level to the top of the roof, in case of a flat roof, and to the center of the gable, in case of a gable roof. FIRE ESCAPE REQUIRED (a) Every building that is occupied or so constructed as to be occupied by one (1) or more families on the third story, not having proper and sufficient Exits or facilities for escapes in case of fire, and every building of four or more stories in height, and every building used or occupied or so constructed as to be used as a theatre, hospital, tenement house, apartment house, lodging house, or for a factory, mill, or manufactory, or for offices, work shop or public entertainments or assemblages above the second story, and every building of more than two (2) stories in height shall be provided and equipped with metallic fire escapes, combined with suitable metallic balconies, platform , and railings; firmly secured to the outer walls and erected and arranged in such a way and in such proximity to one or more - 6 - windows or to take as many windows of each story above the first as may be necessary to make m d render satisfactory fire escapes readily accessible safe, and adequate for the escape of the inma in case of fire. (b) On every building that is occupied or so constructed as to be occupied by one or more .families, that is more than two stories in height and used for the purposes mentioned in Section 19, there shall be provided at least one fire escape, and every building; hereinbefore mentioned wherein the floor area exceeds four thousand (4000) square feet on any one floor above the second floor thereof shall be provided one additional fire escape for each five thousand (5000) square feet of floor area or fraction of a part thereof in excess of the first foul, thousand (4000) square feet of floor area hereinbefore provided. (c) Every dwelling house more than two stories in height hereafter erected shall have at least two means of egress, either by stairway or fire escapes leading from the topmost story to the second story. TYPE OP FrRE ESCAPE (a) Are escapes required by this Bode shall be of the following type: It shall be metallic throughout and fastened securely to the exterior walls of the building. With a balcony at every story above the first story thereof with inclined stairways, connecting all balconies, and a gooseneck ladder connecting the topmost balcony to the roof, and said ladder also extending downward from the uppermost balcony to the lowest balcony of such fire escape. The lowest balcony of such fire escape to be not more than fourteen (14) feet above the street level or ground level directly under the same except it be equipped with a counterbalanced or permanent ladder which reaches the ground. -7. (b) All metallic balconies shall be not less than forty-four (44) inches in width nor less than thirty-three (33) square feet in area, The stairway openings therein shall be not less than twenty-one (21) inches wide and forty (40) inches in length. The balcony balustrade shall be not less than thirty-four (34) inches high, with no opening in such balustrade greater than eight (8) inches in horizontal dimension. There shall be no opening greater than one (1) inch in width in a fire escape balcony platform, except the stair well opening. (e) Every balcony platform shall be fastened to the outside (walls of the building by building in and anchoring to such walls the balcony platform and the balustrade framing, or by securely bolting same thereto. Every balcony shall be supported by brackets, braces or struts fastened to or built in and anchored to the walls. (d) The inclined stairways shall be no less than eighteen (18) inches in width and placed in no part nearer than twenty-one (21) inches from the face of the wall. Such inclined stairways shall have an inclination of not less than four (4) inches and not more than six (6) inches horizontally to each twelve (12) inches of vertical height. The treads shall be not less than four (4) inches wide, placed not more than twelve (12) inches apart. Each side of such stairway shall be provided with a handrail not less than one (1) inch in diameter fastened to the (stair stringers and continued around the well hole openings of the balcony platforms. (e) The goose -neck ladder shall be not less than fifteen (15) inches wide for its entire length and extend vertically from the topmost balcony to three (3) feet above the fire wall or roof above and then be brought down and fastened to the inside face of the fire wall or to the roof. The rungs of the goose- i neck ladder shall be not less than five-eighths (5/8) inch iron or steel round, deformed, placed not more than fourteen (14) inches apart. The goose -neck ladder shall be securely braced and -8- fastened to the outside wall and in no case shall such ladder pass in front of any opening in the wall to the interior of the building. The cornice opening for the passage of such ladder shall be not less than twenty-four (24) inches in width and twenty-four (24) inches in the clear outside of the ladder. (f) Such fire escape shall be framed, and riveted, or bolted together in solid, substantial manner and properly supported, braced, and fastened to the outside walls so as to be rigid, durable, and secure and carry the loads imposed. (g) All Ferrous P;iaterial used in fire escapes shall be galvanized. Section 3807A. Basement Pipes. No basement pipe inlet specified in Section 3807 shall ever be installed until its location and size have first been approved by the Fire Chief or his authorized representative. Such inlets shall be kept readily accessible to the Fire Department at all times. Section 4702F. Wood Laths. All wood lath used in any building shall be equal to Number One grade of Douglas Fir or Fine, and subject to the approval of the Building Inspector as to quality. Section 4710A. Backing. Notwithstanding any conflicting or contrary provisions in Section 4710, in all cases where plastering or stucco is applied to the exterior of a wood frame building, the building paper required shall be applied on the sheathing or similar backing, and never on wires stretched hori- zontally across the stud frame. The use of metal for roof or wall covering is permissible in the industrial and commercial areas as the same are in this code delineated, if in other respects it meets the requirements of the fire restrictions of this code; and provided such metal covering is over a metal or concrete frame, and the architectur design and treatment of the building to be covered with metal, shall receive the approbation of the Planning Commission. - 9 - SECTION 3, All Ordinances and parts of Ordinances, and any amendments thereto existing at the time of the effective date of this ordinance, are hereby repealed. SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall be published once as re- quired by law. Dan R. Love, Jr.,7 Mayor I, HERBERT K. WHITE, City Clerk, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council February 19, 1951, and adopted March 5, 1951, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCITAEN: �,tyrafiPr- rrd-Iinnt-Lwe-Sii onds NOES: COUNCIIII N: nnP ABSENT COUNCIUIEN: Lone Herbert K. White, City Clerk