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99.01.108.1. General. (Amended by Ord. No. 185,587, Eff. 7/16/18.) The powers of the Department are enumerated in LAMC Section 98.0403.1.
The Superintendent of Building shall have the duty to render interpretations of this Code and to adopt and enforce rules and supplemental regulations to clarify the application of its provisions. These interpretations, rules and regulations shall be in conformance with the intent and purpose of this Code.
99.01.108.2. Authority to Require Exposure of Work. (Amended by Ord. No. 185,587, Eff. 7/16/18.) Whenever any work required by this Code is covered and concealed by additional work without first having been inspected, the work shall be exposed for examination upon written notice by the Department. The work of exposing and recovering shall not entail expense to the City.
99.01.108.3. Right of Entry. The authority for right of entry is enumerated in Section 98.0105 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code.
99.01.108.4. Authority to Stop Work. Whenever any construction work is being done contrary to the provision of any law or ordinance enforced by the Department, the Department shall have the authority to issue a written notice to the responsible party to stop work on that portion of the work on which the violation has occurred. The notice shall state that the nature of the violation and no work shall be done on that portion until violation has been rectified and approval obtained by the Department.
99.01.108.5. Modifications. (Amended by Ord. No. 185,587, Eff. 7/16/18.) The Department shall have the power to hear and act upon requests for slight modification in individual cases to the green building ordinances of the City, and regulations under Article 9, Chapter IX of the LAMC.
In granting a request for a slight modification, the Department shall determine that the slight modification is reasonably equivalent to the code requirement involved, that a special individual reason makes the strict letter of the code impractical and the slight modification is in conformity with the spirit and purpose of the code or codes involved.
(Amended by Ord. No. 182,849, Eff. 1/3/14.)
99.02.201.3. Terms Defined in Other Documents. Where terms are not defined in this Code and are defined in the Los Angeles Building Code or other referenced document, such terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them as in those publications.
99.02.201.4. Terms Not Defined. Where terms are not defined as prescribed in this section, such terms shall have ordinarily accepted meanings such as context applies. The definitions in Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged shall be considered as providing ordinarily accepted meanings. (Amended by Ord. No. 184,248, Eff. 6/6/16.)
(Amended by Ord. No. 187,719, Eff. 1/23/23.)
Section 202 of CALGreen is adopted by reference with the following amendments:
The following definitions are added:
ACCESSIBLE. Having access thereto, but which first may require the removal of an access panel door or similar obstruction.
ALL-ELECTRIC BUILDING. A building that contains no combustion equipment, plumbing for combustion equipment, gas piping, or fuel gas serving any use including, but not limited to, space heating (including fireplaces), water heating (including pools and spas), cooking appliances (including barbeques), and clothes drying, within the building or building property lines, and instead uses electricity as the sole source of energy for all lighting, appliances and/or equipment, including, but not limited to, space heating, water heating, cooking appliances, and drying appliances.
COMBUSTION EQUIPMENT. Any equipment or appliance used for space heating, water heating, cooking, clothes drying, lighting, or other type of equipment and/or appliance that uses fuel gas.
COMMERCIAL FOOD HEAT-PROCESSING EQUIPMENT. Any equipment used in a food establishment for heat-processing food or utensils and that produces grease vapors, steam, fumes, smoke, or odors that are required to be removed through a local exhaust ventilation system, as defined in the California Mechanical Code.
ELECTRIC HEATING APPLIANCE. A device that produces heat energy to create a warm environment by the application of electric power to resistance elements, refrigerant compressors, or dissimilar material junctions, as defined in the California Mechanical Code.
ENFORCING AGENCY. The Department of Building and Safety of the City of Los Angeles.
FUEL GAS. Includes, but is not limited to, butane, coal, crude oil, ethane, fossil fuels, hydrogen, kerosene, liquefied petroleum, manufactured petroleum, methane, natural gas, natural petroleum, oil, petrol, propane, and/or any mixture of these.
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