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The following amendments, additions, and deletions are hereby made to the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code, as adopted by this subchapter. Paragraph, section numbers refer to the International Energy Conservation Code, 2009 edition numbering system. Code references not amended in this section shall be enforced as published in the reference document.
(A) Section 101.1 Title. Amend first sentence to read, "This code shall be known as the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code of the City of Yuma, and shall be cited as such"
(B) Section 101.5.2 Low energy buildings. Add third exception to section, as follows:
"3. Warehouse and storage portions of buildings in Groups S-l, S-2, and U Occupancies that are not designed as fully conditioned space."
(C) Create new section, "102.1.2. Amend all sections of this code to substitute 'building official' for the term 'code official.'"
(D) Section 107.2 Schedule of permit fees. Amend by adding Building Permit Fee Table 1-A:
TABLE 1-A: BUILDING PERMIT FEES
Schedule of Building Permit Fees | |
Total Valuation | Fee |
Schedule of Building Permit Fees | |
Total Valuation | Fee |
$1 to $500 | $50.00 |
$501 to $2,000 | $50.00 for the first $500 plus $4 for each additional $100, or fraction thereof, to and including $2,000 |
$2,001 to $25,000 | $110.00 for the first $2,000 plus $16 for each additional $1,000, or fraction thereof, to and including $25,000 |
$25,001 to $50,000 | $478.00 for the first $25,000 plus $12 for each additional $1,000, or fraction thereof, to and including $50,000 |
$50,001 to $100,000 | $780.00 for the first $50,000 plus $8 for each additional $1,000, or fraction thereof, to and including $100,000 |
$100,001 to $500,000 | $1,180.00 for the first $100,000 plus $6 for each additional $1,000, or fraction thereof, to and including $500,000 |
$500,001 to $1,000,000 | $3,580.00 for the first $500,000 plus $6 for each additional $1,000, or fraction thereof, to and including $1,000,000 |
$1,000,001 and up | $6,580.00 for the first $1,000,000 plus $4 for each additional $1,000, or fraction thereof |
Other Inspections and Fees: 1. Permit fees for mechanical, plumbing and electrical shall be as indicated per applicable fee tables of the respective ordinances. 2. Inspections outside of normal business hours, $50 per hour* (minimum charge - 2 hours) 3. Reinspection fees of $50 per hour*, for work not ready for inspection. 4. Inspection fees for which no fee is specifically indicated, $50 per hour* (minimum charge - one-half hour) 5. Additional plan review required by changes, additions or revisions to plans, $50 per hour* (minimum charge - one-half hour) 6. For use of outside consultant. For plan checking and inspections, or both Actual Costs** | |
* Or the total hourly cost to the jurisdiction, whichever is the greatest. This shall include supervision, hourly wages and fringe benefits of the employee involved. ** Actual costs include administrative and overhead costs. | |
(E) Add new section, "107.2.1 Plan review fees. When submittal documents are required by Section 103.1, a plan review fee shall be paid at the time of submitting the submittal documents for plan review. Said plan review fee shall be 65 percent of the building permit fee as shown in Table 1-A.
The plan review fees specified in this section are separate fees and are in addition to the permit fees.
When submittal documents are incomplete or changed so as to require additional plan review, an additional plan review fee shall be charged at the rate shown in Table 1-A."
(F) Section 107.3 Work commencing before permit issuance. Add to end of section, "An investigation fee, in addition to the permit fee, shall be collected whether or not a permit is then or subsequently issued. The investigation fee shall be determined by the building official, based on the circumstances, nature, and severity of the infraction. The minimum investigation fee shall be $50.00 and the maximum shall be an amount up to the same as the fee set forth in Table 1-A."
(G) Section 107.5 Refunds. Amend to read, "The building official shall authorize the refunding of fees as follows:
1. The full amount of any fee paid hereunder that was erroneously paid or collected.
2. Not more than 80 percent of the permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this code.
3. Not more than 80 percent of the plan review fee paid when an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or canceled before any plan review effort has been expended.
The building official shall not authorize the refunding of any fee paid except upon written application filed by the original permittee not later than 180 days after the date of fee payment."
(H) Section 108.4 Failure to comply. Amend to read, "Any person who shall continue any work after having been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be subject to the penalty and fine described in this ordinance."
(I) Create new section, "[A] 108.5 Violation penalties. Any person who violates a provision of this code or fails to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who erects, constructs, alters or repairs a building or structure in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the building official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code, shall be subject to the penalty and fine described in this ordinance."
(J) Section 109.1 General. Add to end of section, "The membership of the Building Advisory Board, as prescribed in Section 150-016 of the Yuma City Code, will be the board of appeals."
(K) Section 109.3 Qualifications. Delete section in its entirety.
(L) Section 401.1 Scope. Amend to read, "This chapter applies to residential buildings as defined in Section 202. Energy efficiency provisions for Group R-3 One- and Two-Family Dwellings are contained in the International Residential Code."
(M) Section 504.7.3 Pool Covers. Add second exception to section, as follows:
"2. Pools utilizing variable speed pump motors."
(Ord. O2013-15, passed 4-3-13)
Adobe Building Code
(A) This subchapter is applicable to:
(1) All new construction.
(2) Remodeling and damage repairs to existing buildings as follows:
(a) Fifty percent: Entire building shall comply.
(b) Twenty-five percent: Only portion remodeled or repaired.
(c) Less than 25%: May use the existing method of construction, providing there are no life safety hazards in the method of construction.
(B) This subchapter is not applicable to architect/engineer-designed buildings but shall serve as a design guide equal or exceed the safety limits.
('80 Code, § 7-57) (Ord. 2021, passed 7-1-81)
(A) Wall height and length.
(1) Adobe masonry of unburned clay units shall be classified as natural (raw) adobe or stabilized adobe and shall not be used in any building more than one story in height. The unsupported height or length of every wall of these units shall be not more than ten times the thickness of such walls; provided, however, when the wall is laterally supported at the ceiling line by means of ceiling joists or rafters, the length may be increased to 24 times the thickness of such walls.
(2) Exterior walls shall in no case be less than 14 inches thick and interior adobe walls shall not be less than ten inches thick. Foundation (stem) walls which support masonry of unburned clay units shall extend to an elevation of not less than six inches above the adjacent ground at all points and shall be of the same thickness as the wall they support. Frame interior walls shall be of standard construction and anchored to the exterior walls by use of “gringo” blocks or other approved methods.
(3) Adobe shall not be used for foundation (stem) or basement walls. Footing shall be of a continuous concrete design. The footing width and depth shall be governed by the allowable bearing pressure of the soil and allowable concrete' stresses.
(B) Classes of adobe.
(1) The term
STABILIZED ADOBE UNIT(S) is defined as adobes made of soil to which certain admixtures, emulsified asphalt, or other approved material is added in the manufacturing process in order to limit the adobe's water absorption capacity to comply with the Uniform Building Standard.
(2) Natural (raw) or untreated adobes are adobes which do not meet the water absorption specifications. This shall hold even if some water absorption protective agent has been added.
(C) Material.
(1) Adobe is defined as clay masonry units made from a suitable mixture of soil, day and stabilizing agent. The soil used shall contain not more than ten-hundredths percent of soluble salts and shall contain not less than 25% and not more than 45% of material passing a No. 200 mesh sieve and 100% shall pass through a one-fourth-inch mesh sieve and be free from deleterious matter. The soil shall contain sufficient clay to bind the particles together and be mixed with clean potable water to the proper working consistency.
(2) Units shall be protected from moisture while curing, be sun-baked for at least one week and stacked for another two weeks before being laid in the wall. Weather conditions may require a longer curing period.
(D) Testing.
(1) All units shall be tested in accordance with Uniform Building Code Standard 24-14.
(a) Compressive strength. The units shall have an average compressive strength of 300 pounds per square inch. One sample out of five may have a compressive strength of not less than 200 pounds per square inch.
(b) Modulus of rupture. The unit shall average 50 pounds per square inch.
(c) Moisture content. The moisture content of each unit shall be not more than four percent by weight.
(d) Absorption. A dried four-inch cube cut from a sample of a stabilized adobe unit shall absorb not more than two and one-half percent moisture by weight. If the sample absorbs more than two and one-half percent moisture by weight, the material shall be classified as natural (raw) adobe.
(e) Shrinkage cracks. No unit shall contain more than three shrinkage cracks, and no shrinkage crack shall exceed three inches in length or one-eighth inch in width.
(2) Sample testing shall be made daily by the manufacturer. A minimum of monthly random tests shall be made for the manufacturer by an independent testing laboratory. Test reports shall be maintained a minimum of three years.
(E) Construction. At the time of laying, all units shall be clean and damp at the surface. All joints shall be solidly filled with mortar. Units may be laid with adobe mortar made of the same materials as the units or with Type M or S mortar. In all cases bond must be achieved between the mortar and the adobe units. No more than seven courses per day shall be laid when using adobe mortar. Units shall be laid in a running bond with a 50% lap. Use of natural (raw) adobes is prohibited within four inches above the finish floor grade.
(F) Plastering.
(1) Natural (raw) adobe shall have all exterior walls plastered on the outside with Portland cement plaster, minimum thickness three-fourths inch in accordance with Chapter 47, Uniform Building Code, current edition. Protective coatings other than plaster are allowed, provided such coating is equivalent to Portland cement plaster in protecting the untreated adobes against deterioration and/or loss of strength due to water. Plaster screens shall be used around the bottom row of adobe to prevent water wicking.
(2) Natural (raw) adobes may be left exposed on the exterior walls if the following protection or other approved methods are provided against any flow of water on, or upon those walls, other than falling rain:
(a) A cap or cornice of brick or concrete units, or equal, or parapet walls, laid to drain water onto the roof.
(b) Canals or scruppers, properly flashed, of sufficient length to drain water from the roof so that it will not fall against the wall.
(c) Window sills of brick or concrete units, or equal, sloped and with sufficient lip, to drain water so that it will not fall against the wall.
(G) Lintels. Members supporting unburned clay masonry units shall be reinforced concrete, masonry, steel or pressure treated heavy timber. The adobe units may overhang the lintel a maximum of two inches on each face. Heavy timber lintels shall be limited to eight-foot openings.
(H) Bond beams and anchorage. Bond beams shall be provided to support and anchor all roof construction. Bond beams utilizing adobe shall have continuous rows of joint reinforcing between the required member of courses to resist uplift forces. Ledger and partition bolts shall extend through exterior and interior adobe walls and the attaching member. It shall be required to provide plate washers on the exterior face of the adobe wall. Plate washers shall be a minimum of one-eighth inch thick by four inches by four inches in size or equivalent anchorage. Top wall plates and anchor bolts shall be designed to resist the uplift forces (minimum one-half inch in diameter and 20 inches embedment, 24 inches on center spacing) and provided with washers at least one-eighth inch by four inches by six inches in size embedded in the adobe. Oversize washers, minimum two inches in diameter, shall be used on the wood top plate.
(I) Stresses. Unburned clay masonry (adobe) units shall conform to the stresses set forth in Table I (§ 150-033).
(J) Joint control. Joint control shall be maintained as follows:
(1) Raw adobe: All joints shall be struck smooth or concave to allow stucco.
(2) Stabilized adobe: All style joints are permitted.
(K) Wood appendage. Wood appendage, including vigas, latillas and corbels, shall be permitted.
('80 Code, § 7-59) (Ord. 2021, passed 7-1-81) Penalty, see § 150-999
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