The Building and Safety Division shall be under and subject to the control of the Department of Building and Safety of the City of Los Angeles. The Chief of this division shall be the Superintendent of Building and General Manager of the Department. The chief of this division shall have the power and duty to determine the extent of damage to buildings, structures and other installations and soil conditions within the jurisdiction of the Department of Building and safety, to determine imminent and potential hazards to such items, to determine and order the necessary vacating, barricading, demolishing or other abatement of such hazards, to advise individuals or other agencies regarding the condition of buildings or sites and the use of temporary bracing, shoring and other safety measures, to provide liaison and cooperation with other divisions of the Emergency Operations Organization as well as assistance to other City departments, to provide mutual aid, in the form of inspection personnel to other local agencies or municipalities as can be afforded and to supervise volunteer inspection and engineering personnel, who are registered disaster service workers and are assisting Building and Safety Division personnel.
The chief of this division shall also cooperate with other divisions of the Emergency Operations Organization as well as other City departments to develop and recommend to the City Council any appropriate legislation or modifications to existing legislation in order to enhance the safety of buildings and structures or mitigate safety hazards in buildings or structures.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 97,600.
Amended by: Ord. No. 152,427, Eff. 6-29-79; Ord. No. 153,772, Eff. 6-18-80; In Entirety, Ord. No. 165,083, Eff. 9-4-89.