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FOREWORD
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS AND ZONING
CHAPTER 1A CITY OF LOS ANGELES ZONING CODE
CHAPTER II* LICENSES, PERMITS, BUSINESS REGULATIONS
CHAPTER III PUBLIC HEALTH CODE
CHAPTER IV PUBLIC WELFARE
CHAPTER V PUBLIC SAFETY AND PROTECTION
CHAPTER VI PUBLIC WORKS AND PROPERTY
CHAPTER VII TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER VIII TRAFFIC
CHAPTER IX BUILDING REGULATIONS
ARTICLE 1 BUILDINGS [BUILDING CODE]
DIVISION 1 ADMINISTRATION
DIVISION 2 DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS
DIVISION 3 USE OR OCCUPANCY
DIVISION 4 SPECIAL USE AND OCCUPANCY
DIVISION 5 GENERAL BUILDING HEIGHTS AND AREAS
DIVISION 6 TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION
DIVISION 7 FIRE-RESISTANT MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION
DIVISION 8 INTERIOR FINISHES
DIVISION 9 FIRE-PROTECTION SYSTEMS
DIVISION 10 MEANS OF EGRESS
DIVISION 11 ACCESSIBILITY
DIVISION 12 INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT
DIVISION 13 ENERGY CONSERVATION
DIVISION 14 EXTERIOR WALL COVERINGS
DIVISION 15 ROOFS AND ROOF STRUCTURES
DIVISION 16 STRUCTURAL DESIGN
DIVISION 17 STRUCTURAL TESTS AND SPECIAL INSPECTIONS
DIVISION 18 SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS
DIVISION 19 CONCRETE
DIVISION 20 ALUMINUM
DIVISION 21 MASONRY
DIVISION 22 STEEL
DIVISION 23 WOOD
DIVISION 24 GLASS AND GLAZING
DIVISION 25 GYPSUM BOARD AND PLASTER
DIVISION 26 PLASTIC
DIVISION 27 ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
DIVISION 28 MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
DIVISION 29 PLUMBING SYSTEMS
DIVISION 30 ELEVATORS AND CONVEYING SYSTEMS
DIVISION 31 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION
DIVISION 32 ENCROACHMENTS INTO THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
DIVISION 33 SAFEGUARDS DURING CONSTRUCTION
DIVISION 34 EXISTING STRUCTURES
DIVISION 35 REFERENCED STANDARDS
DIVISION 61 SPECIAL HAZARD AREAS
DIVISION 62 SIGNS
DIVISION 63 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR SPECIFIC USES
DIVISION 67 SECURITY PROVISIONS
DIVISION 70 GRADING, EXCAVATIONS AND FILLS
DIVISION 71 METHANE SEEPAGE REGULATIONS
DIVISION 72 FIRE DISTRICT REGULATIONS
DIVISION 81 EXISTING BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
DIVISION 82 CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY, USE AND RATING CLASSIFICATION
DIVISION 83 RELOCATION PERMIT
DIVISION 85 ALTERNATIVE BUILDING STANDARDS FOR JOINT LIVING AND WORK QUARTERS
DIVISION 86 SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS
DIVISION 88 EARTHQUAKE HAZARD REDUCTION IN EXISTING BUILDINGS
DIVISION 89 ABATEMENT OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, PREMISES AND PORTIONS THEREOF WHICH CONSTITUTE A NUISANCE OR ARE HAZARDOUS, OR SUBSTANDARD
DIVISION 90 NUISANCE ABATEMENT AND DISCONTINUANCE OF LAND USE AND DISCRETIONARY ZONING APPROVALS; RELOCATION ASSISTANCE; ENFORCEMENT
DIVISION 91 EARTHQUAKE HAZARD REDUCTION IN EXISTING TILT-UP CONCRETE WALL BUILDINGS
DIVISION 92 VOLUNTARY - EARTHQUAKE HAZARD REDUCTION IN EXISTING WOOD FRAME RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS WITH WEAK CRIPPLE WALLS AND UNBOLTED SILL PLATES
DIVISION 93 MANDATORY EARTHQUAKE HAZARD REDUCTION IN EXISTING WOOD-FRAME BUILDINGS WITH SOFT, WEAK OR OPEN-FRONT WALLS
DIVISION 94 VOLUNTARY - EARTHQUAKE HAZARD REDUCTION IN EXISTING HILLSIDE BUILDINGS
DIVISION 95 MANDATORY EARTHQUAKE HAZARD REDUCTION IN EXISTING NON-DUCTILE CONCRETE BUILDINGS
DIVISION 96 VOLUNTARY - EARTHQUAKE HAZARD REDUCTION IN EXISTING REINFORCED CONCRETE AND REINFORCED MASONRY WALL BUILDINGS WITH FLEXIBLE DIAPHRAGMS
DIVISION 97 EXISTING BUILDINGS ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENCY PROGRAM
ARTICLE 1.2 EXISTING BUILDING CODE
ARTICLE 1.5 LOS ANGELES RESIDENTIAL CODE
ARTICLE 2 ELEVATOR CODE
ARTICLE 3 ELECTRICAL CODE
ARTICLE 4 PLUMBING CODE
ARTICLE 5 MECHANICAL CODE
ARTICLE 6 MISCELLANEOUS
ARTICLE 7 BOILERS, UNFIRED PRESSURE VESSELS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT
ARTICLE 8 GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 9 GREEN BUILDING CODE
CHAPTER X BUSINESS REGULATIONS
CHAPTER XI NOISE REGULATION
CHAPTER XII THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES
CHAPTER XIII THE EMERGENCY ENERGY CURTAILMENT PLAN OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES
CHAPTER XV RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE
CHAPTER XVI HOUSING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER XVII RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE USE OF THE LOS ANGELES AIRPORTS
CHAPTER XVIII EMPLOYEE WAGES AND PROTECTIONS
CHAPTER XIX ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
CHAPTER XX COVID-19 PROTECTION AND RECOVERY*
TABLES
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Table of Amending Legislation for Chapter 1A
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DIVISION 61
SPECIAL HAZARD AREAS
 
(Div. 61 Title Amended by Ord. No. 165,310, Eff. 12/31/89.)
 
 
Section
91.6101   Impact Hazard Glazing in Existing Buildings.
91.6102   Rubbish Rooms.
91.6103   Shafts, Pits and Similar Excavation – Misdemeanor.
91.6104   Fire Districts.
91.6105   Separation from Oil Wells.
91.6109   Swimming Poolsand Other Bodies of Water – Protective Devices Required.
 
 
SEC. 91.6101. IMPACT HAZARD GLAZING IN EXISTING BUILDINGS.
   (Title and Section Amended by Ord. No. 179,324, Eff. 12/10/07, Oper. 1/1/08.)
 
91.6101.1. Impact Hazard Glazing in Existing Buildings. When application is made for a permit for alterations, repairs or additions to real property, the permit shall be withheld until the department receives a sworn affidavit from the real property owner stating that:
 
   1.   Prior to final inspection of the work under the permit, the owner shall replace the glass in every existing sliding glass panel of sliding-type doors, other than wardrobe doors and bathroom shower doors and French-type wooden doors, in the residential portion of the building with approved safety glazing pursuant to CBC Section 2406; or
 
   2.   The owner declares the existing glazing of the glass in every sliding glass panel of sliding-type doors, other than wardrobe doors and bathroom shower doors and French-type wooden doors, in the residential portion of the building complies with the safety glazing requirements pursuant to CBC Section 2406.
 
   EXCEPTION: The owner may install film on the glass in every existing sliding glass panel of sliding-type doors, other than wardrobe doors and bathroom shower doors and French-type wooden doors, in the residential portion of the building with film approved by the department.
 
91.6101.2. Application. The provisions of this section shall apply only in the following circumstances:
 
   1.   To Group R-3 Occupancy, if a permit is issued with a valuation of $10,000 or more per unit for alterations, repairs or additions;
 
   2.   To Group R-1, R-2, R-3.1 or R-4 Occupancy, if a permit is issued for $3,000 or more per dwelling unit and/or guest room for alterations, repairs or additions;
 
   3.   To an individual unit of Group R-1, R-2, R-3.1 or R-4 Occupancy, townhouse or condominium, if a permit is issued for $10,000 or more for alterations, repairs or additions to that individual unit; and
 
   4.   To any Group R Occupancy that is sold or exchanged, including an individual townhouse or condominium unit.
 
 
SEC. 91.6102. RUBBISH ROOMS.
   (Former Sec. 91.6106 Redesignated by Ord. No. 165,310, Eff. 12/31/89.)
 
   Every room, except a room in a Group R, Division 3 Occupancy, appropriated for the storage or treatment of combustible rubbish, shall be of one-hour fire-resistive construction. All openings in interior partitions shall be protected by a fire assembly having a one-hour fire-resistive rating. All openings in exterior walls shall be protected by a fire assembly having a three-fourths hour fire-resistive rating.
 
 
SEC. 91.6103. SHAFTS, PITS AND SIMILAR EXCAVATION – MISDEMEANOR.
   (Sec. 91.6110 Redesignated by Ord. No. 171,175, Eff. 7/25/96.)
 
   Every person owning or having charge of land upon which is located any active or abandoned mining shaft, test hole, well, pit or similar excavation which exceeds six inches in any lateral dimension and three feet in depth shall cover, fence securely or provide some equivalent protection for the hazard and keep it so protected. Failure to do so shall cause such person to be guilty of a misdemeanor.
 
 
SEC. 91.6104. FIRE DISTRICTS.
   (Amended by Ord. No. 185,587, Eff. 7/16/18.)
 
   Buildings located in a fire district shall comply with the provisions of Division 72, Article 1, Chapter IX of the LAMC in addition to the general requirements of this Code.
 
 
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