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Title 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
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Title 3 RESERVED
Title 4 BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGULATIONS*
Title 5 HEALTH AND SANITATION*
Title 6 ANIMALS
Title 7 RESERVED
Title 8 TREES AND VEGETATION
Title 9 PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND SAFETY*
Title 10 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC*
Title 11 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT PROCEDURE
Title 12 PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES
Title 13 IMPROVEMENT PROCEDURE*
Title 14 RESERVED
Title 15 FIRE PREVENTION*
Title 16 BUILDING REGULATIONS*
Chapter 16.04 CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE, CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 24, PART 2, VOLUMES 1 &2*
Chapter 16.05 CALIFORNIA MECHANICAL CODE, CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 24, PART 4
Chapter 16.06 2022 CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE, CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 24, PART 2.5
Chapter 16.08 CALIFORNIA PLUMBING CODE, CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 24, PART 5*
Chapter 16.09 SEWER USE ORDINANCE*
Chapter 16.10 PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS
Chapter 16.11 STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION
Chapter 16.12 RECYCLED WATER
Chapter 16.14 CALIFORNIA GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS CODE, CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 24, PART 11
Chapter 16.16 CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL CODE, CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 24, PART 3*
Chapter 16.17 CALIFORNIA ENERGY CODE, CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 24, PART 6 *
Chapter 16.18 2021 INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING POOL AND SPA CODE (ISPSC)
Chapter 16.19 CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL BUILDING CODE, CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 24, PART 8 AND CALIFORNIA EXISTING BUILDING CODE, CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 24, PART 10
Chapter 16.20 SIGNS*
Chapter 16.24 FENCES*
Chapter 16.28 GRADING AND EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL*
Chapter 16.32 MOVING AND RELOCATING BUILDINGS
Chapter 16.36 HOUSE NUMBERING
Chapter 16.38 CERTIFICATE OF USE AND OCCUPANCY FOR COMMUNITY HOUSING
Chapter 16.40 UNSAFE BUILDINGS
Chapter 16.42 SEISMIC HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM
Chapter 16.44 FALLOUT SHELTERS
Chapter 16.45 TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE FOR NEW NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE STANFORD RESEARCH PARK/EL CAMINO REAL CS ZONE
Chapter 16.46 APPROVAL OF PROJECTS WITH IMPACTS ON TRAFFIC IN THE SAN ANTONIO/WEST BAYSHORE AREA
Chapter 16.47 RESERVED*
Chapter 16.48 RESERVED*
Chapter 16.49 HISTORIC PRESERVATION*
Chapter 16.50 RESERVED*
Chapter 16.52 FLOOD HAZARD REGULATIONS
Chapter 16.56 HANDICAPPED ACCESS REGULATIONS - APPEAL
Chapter 16.57 IN-LIEU PARKING FEE FOR NEW NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMMERCIAL DOWNTOWN (CD) ZONING DISTRICT
Chapter 16.58 DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES
Chapter 16.59 CITYWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE
Chapter 16.60 CHARLESTON ARASTRADERO CORRIDOR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST SAFETY IMPACT FEE
Chapter 16.61 PUBLIC ART FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS
Chapter 16.62 EXPIRED PERMITS FOR RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION
Chapter 16.63 SMALL RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOP SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS
Chapter 16.64 DEVELOPMENT FEE AND IN-LIEU PAYMENT ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 16.65 CITYWIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENTS
Title 17 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS STORAGE*
Title 18 ZONING*
Title 19 MASTER PLAN*
Title 20 PRECISE PLANS*
Title 21 SUBDIVISIONS AND OTHER DIVISIONS OF LAND*
Title 22 PARKS*
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16.32.070   Relocation bond.
   Before any such relocation permit is issued, the applicant shall file in the office of the building official a faithful performance bond, commonly designated a relocation bond, in an amount at least ten percent more than the building official's estimated cost of the work required under the terms and conditions imposed by the building official. Such bond shall be in addition to the moving bond.
   Said bond shall inure to the benefit of the city and shall guarantee that the required work shall be completed within ninety days of the date on which the building or structure is moved to its new location; provided, however, that such time may be extended by the building official upon written application showing good cause therefor. In lieu of said faithful performance bond, a cash deposit in the amount may be made with the building official.
(Ord. 2104 (part), 1962: prior code § 34.707)
16.32.080   Combination of moving bond and relocation bond.
   When both a moving bond and a relocation bond are required, they may be combined as one bond and may be filed in the office of the building official.
(Ord. 2104 (part), 1962: prior code § 34.708)
16.32.090   Public hearing - Notice.
   Upon receipt of an application for a relocation permit, the building official shall notify the city manager who shall set a date for a public hearing on said application to be held not less than ten days after the filing of the application.
   The city clerk shall publish a notice of the public hearing, and the building official shall mail a notice of said hearing not less than five days prior to the date thereof to all owners of property within the zone of interest. The zone of interest shall include all property on both sides of the same street or streets as the property to which it is proposed to move the building, any part of which is three hundred feet or less from the nearest corner of the property to which it is proposed to move the building as measured on the centerline of the street. Any property immediately opposite shall be included. Widths of intersecting streets shall be included in the measurements. In case the proposed location is a corner lot, the zone of interest shall include the property on all streets on which said lot fronts, measured as designated in this section.
   At the public hearing, any person may appear to support or protest the granting of the relocation permit.
(Ord. 3709 § 8, 1986: Ord. 2104 (part), 1962: prior code § 34.709)
16.32.100   Grounds for granting or denying permit.
   No permit shall be issued to relocate any building or structure which is so constructed or in such condition as to be dangerous; or which is unsanitary; or which, if it is a dwelling or habitation, is unfit for human habitation; or which is so dilapidated, defective, unsightly or in such a condition of deterioration or disrepair that its relocation at the proposed site would cause appreciable harm to or be materially detrimental to the property or improvements in the district within a radius of three hundred feet from the proposed site; or if the proposed use is prohibited by the Zoning Code, Title 18, or if the structure is of a type prohibited in the fire zone in which it is proposed to be located; provided, however, that if the condition of the building or structure in the judgment of the city manager admits of practicable and effective repair the permit may be issued upon such terms and conditions as the city manager may deem reasonable and proper including but not limited to the requirement of changes, alterations, additions or repairs to be made to or upon the building or structures, to the end that the relocation thereof will not be materially detrimental or injurious to public safety or to public welfare or to the property and improvements, or either, in the district, as hereinbefore limited, to which it is to be moved. The terms and conditions upon which each permit is granted shall be written upon the permit or appended in writing thereto.
   If the unlawful, dangerous or defective condition of the building or structure proposed to be relocated is such that remedy or correction cannot practicably and effectively be made, the relocation permit shall be denied.
(Ord. 2104 (part), 1962: prior code § 34.710)
16.32.110   Permit granted without hearing.
   The city manager may grant a permit without a hearing subject to conditions as he may deem reasonable and necessary in the following cases:
   (a)   Where the parcel upon or to which the move is to be made is two acres or greater in size.
   (b)   Where the relocation of the building has been caused by the exercise of the power of eminent domain by the city or any public agency.
(Ord. 2104 (part), 1962: prior code § 34.711)
16.32.120   Default - Consequences.
   (a)   Notice to Principal - Deposit. Whenever the building official finds that a default has occurred in the performance of any term or condition of any relocation permit issued hereunder, he shall give written notice thereof to the principal and to the surety on the bond. In such notice of default he shall state the work to be done, the estimated cost thereof, and the period of time deemed by him to be reasonably necessary for the completion of such work. After receipt of said notice the surety, within the time therein specified, shall either cause the required work to be performed or shall pay over to the building official the estimated cost of doing the work as set forth in the notice plus an additional sum equal to ten percent of the said estimated cost. Upon the receipt of such money the building official shall proceed by such mode as he deems convenient to cause the required work to be performed and completed but he shall incur no liability other than for the expenditure of the said sum in hand therefor.
   (b)   Noncompliance - Use of Deposit. If a cash bond has been deposited the building official shall give notice of default as provided above, to the principal, and if compliance is not had within the time specified the building official shall proceed without delay and without further notice or proceeding whatever, to use the cash deposit or any portion of said deposit to cause the required work to be done by contract or otherwise in his discretion.
   (c)   Cash Deposit Returned. The balance, if any, of such cash deposit, upon the completion of the work, shall be returned to the depositor or to his successors or assigns after deducting the cost of the work plus ten percent thereof, which ten percent shall be retained by the city to cover administrative costs of the building department. The building official shall return the cash deposit to the depositor or to his successors or assigns upon the satisfactory completion of the work as herein provided, except any portion thereof which may have been used or deducted as in this section provided.
   (d)   Demolition. In lieu of completing the work required, the building official may demolish the building or structure and clear, clean and restore the site, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 9.56 of this code for abatement of nuisances.
   (e)   Permittee Bound. Every permittee accepting a permit hereunder agrees to be bound by the above provision without recourse to his surety, the building official or the city.
(Ord. 2104 (part), 1962: prior code § 34.712)