HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 428-1958 ORDINANCE NO. 428
AN O~DINANC~ OF T~E CITY OF SOWfH SAN FRANCISCO
ADOPTING BY ~EFE~ENCE 1958 EDITION OF THE UNI-
FORN BUILDING CODE b'ITH AMENDMENTS, ESTABLISHING
P/ILES, REGULATIONS AN9 ~ FOR BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION, FItOVIDING PENALTIES FOR TI~ VIOLA'
TION TI~REOF AN9 REPEALING O~DINANCE NO. 392.
WHEREAS, the Uniform Building Code, 1958 Edition, as
approved and adopted by the International Conference of Building
Officials at its Thirty Fifth Annual Business Meeting held on
September 10th to September 13th, 1957, has been printed as a Code
in book form in several vol-roes, and
~E~, three (3) copies of Uniform Building Code, 1958
Edition, Volume I, including Appendix thereto, and Volt~ III
Uniform Building Code Standards, 1958 Edition, hereinafter collec-
tively called ,Building Code", have been filed in the office of
the City Clerk of the City of South San Francisco for inspection,
examination and use by the public, and
I~E~, the City Council of the City of South San
Francisco deems it to be advisable and to be in the best interests
of said City and of the residents and property owners thereof that
said "Building Code" be adopted by said City Council for the purpose
of regulating and controlling the construction of ~uildings in said
City.
NO~, TBEREFORE, the City Council of the City of South San
Francisco d~es ordain as follows:
SECTIO~':.I. ADOFTION OF UNIFORM BUILDING CODE 1958 EDITION:
The rules, regulations and standards printed in two (2) volumes and
published by International Conference of Building Officials under
the title "UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, 1958 EDITION, VOI2JI~ I', including
the~ Appendix thereto, and "VO~,UME III, UNIFORM BUILDING CODE
STANDARDS, 19~8 EDITION", hereinafter collectively called "BUILDING
CODE", and are hereby adopted with the fol[owinS stipulated amend-
ments, deletions and additions as the Official Buildin& Code for
the purpose of res?alatin& and controllinS the construction of build-
inss within said City of South San Francisco. Three (3) copies of
the Buildin$ Code, Volumes I and III, filed in the office of the
City Clerk, shall be kept there for inspection, examination and
use by the public, and for any other purposes required by law.
SECTION II. =ION OF SECTION 20~: Section 204 of
the Uniform Buildin~ Code, 19.58 Edition, Volume I is hereby deleted.
SECTION III. A~E~NT TO TABLE 3-A, SECTION 303(a):
Table No. 3-A of Section 303(a), Buildins Permit Fees of said
Uniform Buildins Code, 19.58 Ed£tion, is hereby amended so that, as
amended, said t&ble shall read as follows:
TOTAL VALUATION FEE
Less than .$10.00 ......................... ~MO Fee
$10,00, to and includin$ $100.00 ......... $2.00
More then $100.00, to and includ:i.n$
$400.00 ................................ 3.00
More than $$00.00, to and £ncludin&
$700. O0 ................................ .5. O0
More than $700.00, to and includins;
$1,000.00 ........... . .................. 6.00
Each additional $1,000.00 or fraction, to
and includin$ $2.5,000.00 ........... .... 4.00
Each additional $1,000.00 or fraction, to
and £nclud£ns $.50,000.00 ............... 3..50
Each additional $1,000.00 or fraction, to
and £nclud£n$ $100,000. O0 ...... - ........ 2.2.5
Each additional $1,000.00 or fraction,
more than $100' 000.00 .................. 1..50
SECTION IV. AI4E~NT OF SECTION 303(b) PLAN CHECi~XNG
FEES: Sect:ion 303(b) of the Uniform Build£ns Code, 19.58 Ed~Ltion,
is hereby amended so that,, as amended, it shall read as follows:
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(b) Plan. Checkin$ Fees: In each case in which plans
and specifications are required to be checked by persons,
[irma or asencies other than City Departments, a plan
checkin$ fee shall be paid to the Buildin$ Official upon
receipt of invoice. Such plan checkin$ fee shell be the
actual cost oE checkin$ the plans, buC in no case shall
exceed one-half of the buildin$ pemit fee as set forth
in Table No. 3-A, as a~ended.
SECTION V. AHE~NT OF SECTXON 1405(a) - MXNDOMS: The
fourth and last parasraph of Section 1405(a) of the Umifom Build-
ins Code, 1958 Edition, is hereby a~ended so that, as amended, it
shall read as follows:
Required windows shell open directly on a court, yard, or
street.
Required windows shall not open throush a roofed porch
(or s~ailar roofed areas) unless the porch:
(a) Abuts a street, yard, or cOUrt.
(b) Has a =/nimua clear height o£ not less then seven
feet (7') s~awa~ed between the floor and the lowest under-
side portion of the roofed porch, and a depth of not ~ore
than seven feet (7') measured at right an$1e fro~ the
window to the edse of roof, and is designed and constructed
with one side or end at least fifty percent (501) open and
unobstructed, except for the usual rails, balustrades or
similar necessary structural features, but such openinss
shall be equal to not less then one-third (1/3) of the
per/~eter of the exterior walls. Opening shall be ~aintain-
ed directly under the roof, and shall be ~aintained within
twelve feet (12') of required windows.
EXCEF~XON: Depth ~ay be increased to ten feet (10')
providin$ one side and one end is at least fifty per-
cent (5OX)open, but such openinSs shall be equal to
not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the peris~ter of the
exterior walls, and depth may be increased to twelve
feet (12') providing one side and one end is one hundred
percent (100~) open or at least fifty percent
3.
open on three sides.
SECTION VI. AMENDHENT OF SECTION 1503 LOCATION ON
PROPERTY: Section 1503 of the Uniform Building Code, 19~8 Edition,
is hereby amended by adding thereto an exception which shall read
as follows:
EXCEPTION: Exterior walls of any structure of a
Group J occupancy in a residential zone, the area of
which structure does not exceed one hundred fifty
(150) square feet and the use of which is not for
garaging of boats or any motor vehicles and which
s~ruc~ure is located on =he rear half portion of the
lo~ need not be of a one-hour fire resistive construc-
tion.
SECTION VII. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 2507(b-11), STUD HALLS
AN9 BEARING PARTITIONS - BRIDGING: All sCud partitions or walls
over seven fee~ (7') in height shall have bridging, not less than
two inches (2") in thickness and of the same width as the stud,
fitted snu$1y and spiked into ~he s~uds at their mid-heigh~, or other
means for giving adequate lateral support to the s~uds. Bridging
meeting the requirements of Section 2508 may serve as required fire-
stopping.
SECTION VIII. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 2516(a), FOUNDATION
VENTILATION: Section 2516(a) is hereby amended by adding ~here~o
a third paragraph, which shall read as fo&lows:
Minimum clearance between bottom of heating ducts and the
ground beneath shall be twelve inches (12").
SECTION IX. AME~NT OF SECTION 2806(a). Section 2806(a)
is hereby amended by:
1. Deleting sub-paragraph 3 of Exception from words,
"A one story building" to and including words at end
of ~:~id paragraph "w~ed foundation plgte#.
2. Adding sub-paragraphs (c) and (d) as follows:
(c) Rat Proofing: Every building or portion ~hereof,
shall be made rat-proof by covering all o~herwise exposed
4.
earth within the foundation walls with a concrete cover-
ing having a minimum thickness of ~wo inches (2").
(d) Reinforcing in Foundation= For Group H and I
Occupancies: A minimum of two (2) half-inch (1/2")
steel reinforcing rods shall be placed in continous
foundation.
SECTION X. AMEN~NT OF SECTION 3102 - CONCRETE FIA)OI~:
Section 3102 is hereby amended by adding thereto the following
provis ions:
Following are the requirements for concrete slabs on ground
used as a finish floor or as a base for other floor finish in dwell-
ings or habitable rooms:
1. A minimum thickness of reinforced concrete, three
and one-half inches (3¥'), with 6" x 6" x l0 g~uge wire
mesh o
2. N~mbrana water-proofing or water proofing acceptable
to the Building Inspector shall be provided so as to
extend to the exterior walls or beyond the limits of
habitable rooms and turn up to top of slab.
3. A granular fill of Proper consistency and thickness
shall be provided directly under concrete slab to retard
capillary action and shall be approved by the ~uilding
Inspector.
4. The elevation of the floor slab shall be maintained
at one foot (1~) above sidewalk level.
EXCEPTION: If one foot (1~) elevation above sidewalk
level cannot be -mintained due to the slope of a lot or
location of the building on a lot, the Building Inspector
shall approve an alternate, provided, however. that in
all cases a one foot (1~) elevation shall be ~lintained
above finished grade level.
5. A method to eliminate water seepage through stucco
walls from flowing in upon concrete slab shall be pro-
vided in every case and shell be approved by the Building
Inspector.
SECTION XI. ANENDI~IFf OF SECTION 3105 - gOOD FLOORS:'
The Third and last parasraph of Section 3105 is hereby amended so
tlmC, as ~mended, it sh~11 read:
An eighteen inch by twenty-four inch (18" x 24") access
crawl opening shall be provided Cq the under floor space and in
an exterior wall.
SECTION XlI. AME~ OF SECTION 4710 - EXTERIOR PLASTER-
lNG, BACKING: Section 4710 is hereby amended so as to add thereto
sub-paragraph (e), Building Paper, providing as follows: Anything
in Section 4710 or elsewhere in this Code to the con~ra~y':no~witho
s~anding, in all cases where plastering or stucco is applied to the
exterior of a wood frame building, the building paper required shell
be applied on sheathing or similar backing, and never on wires
stretched hor£zon~ally across the stud frame.
SECTION XlII. REPEAL OF. PRIOR OKglNANCES: The ~ollowing
ordinance, and any and all other ordinances, or parts of ordinances,
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed: Ordinance No. 392 entitled,
"An Ordinance of the City of South San Francisco Adopting the
Uniform Building Code, 1955 Edition, and Repealing Ordinance No. 253,
No. 317 and No. 338".
SECTION XIV. PEHALTY: Any person, persons, firm or
corporation, who, or which, shall violate any provisions or fail to
comply with any of the requirements of this ordinance or of the
Uniform Building Code shall be &uilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not leas tha~
Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) and not more than Three Hundred Dollars
($300.00), or by ,!mp~isonmene for a period not exceeding three (3)
months, or by ~oth such fine and imprisonment. Each day's viola-
tion of said Uniform Bu£1d£ng Code shall be deemed to be separate
offense and shall be punished accordingly.
SECTION XV. FJBLICATION AN9 EFFECTIV~ 9ATE: This
Ordinance shall be 'published once as required by law and shall take
effect and be in force following the expiration of thirty (30)..days
from and after the date of its 'ad6p.tion.
6.
Introduced this 1st day of December 1958.
FaSsed and adopted as an Ordinance of the C£Cy of Sou~h
San Francisco a~ a regular
C~y~unc~ o[ Sou~h San FrancisCo
~ce~ber 19 58 , by'~he [ollo~n~ vo~e:
A~S, C~CI~N An~ew Rocca, ~li~ Corte~i, Leo J. Ryan
and Patrick E. Ahern
N~S, " None
A~E~' ' G.J. Rozzi
~P~VND:
V~~Yo' ~t uta ~an francisco