15.11.040 Scope/Applicability
The Building Safety Enhancement Area Building Standards shall apply to all newly constructed buildings, structures, or appurtenances outside the Foothill Fire Zones (as defined in Chapter 19.15) and located in any of the following areas:
   A.   Those areas of the City designated by Council Resolution after a noticed public hearing as being located within a Building Safety Enhancement Area as follows:
      1.   Four or more abutting (as defined in Chapter 19.02 of the Development Code) parcels with at least four dwellings with each dwelling damaged over 60% by fire or other catastrophe.
      2.   All dwellings and commercial structures damaged over 60% by fire or other catastrophe that are located within a block (as defined in Chapter 19.02 of the Development Code) in which 50% or more of the dwellings and commercial structures have each incurred damage over 60% by fire or other catastrophe.
   B.   Those new residential housing tracts comprised of four or more dwelling units for which building permit applications are submitted after the effective date of this ordinance.
   C.   Those new commercial structures that are 5,000 square feet or larger, for which building permit applications are submitted after the effective date of this ordinance.