HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 92-049 02/18/1992Resolution No. 92-49 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
RESOLUTION DIRECTING STAFF TO PURSUE LEGISLATIVE
CLARIFICATION OF STATE SEISMIC STRENGTHENING REQUIREMENTS
1 WHEREAS, the City of Petaluma has adopted a mandatory program for seismic
2 strengthening of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings:
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4 WHEREAS, the City of Petaluma convened a citizens' committee whose
5 mission it was to prepare such a program; and
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7 WHEREAS; the committee labored for approximately 2 years to bring forward
8 said program; and
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10 WHEREAS, the thrust of that program is an ordinance which is in keeping with
11 the basics of the standards developed by the State of California Seismic Safety
12 Commission; and
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14 WHEREAS, the potential for overlapping application of State requirements in
15 communities which have adopted mandatory programs jeopardizes the efforts of
16 individual property owners who wish to implement seismic strengthening improvements
17 in compliance with local ordinances; and
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19 WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council of the City of Petaluma to
20 protect said property owners from this possible jeopardy of application of State
21 regulations and to permit these owners to address the most serious life safety hazards in
22 a manner which is fiscally sound and recognizes the basic needs of their tenant and
23 community constituencies;
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25 NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
26 Petaluma hereby directs its staff to pursue legislative clarification "that the building
27 standards in Appendix Chapter 1 of the Uniform Code for Building Conservation of the
28 International Conference of Building Officials, as published in the California Building
29 Standards Code, shall not apply to a city that has adopted a mandatory local program
30 for seismic strengthening of Unreinforced Masonry Bearing Wall Buildings on or
31 before June 30, 1993".
Under the power and authority conferred upon this Council by the Charter of said City.
REFERENCE: I hereby certify the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted by the Ap roved as to
Council of the City of Petaluma at a (Regular) ~i~~ meetifig ~~ ,
on the .1.8th ............... day of .......Erb.I:u.ary....................-...._....,-., 1~2..-., by the `
following vote:
Ci y ttorney
AYES: Read, Davis, Sobel, Nelson, Vice Nlayor Woolsey
NOES: None
ABSENT: , Ca ;Mayo
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