§ 9405. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

The owner of each building within the scope of this Chapter shall, upon service of an Inspection and Repair Compliance Order, cause a structural inspection of certain welded steel moment frame connections that resist seismic lateral loading in the building to be made by a structural engineer licensed in the State of California. The number and location of connections to be inspected shall be selected by the structural engineer and approved by the building official prior to inspection. The structural engineer shall prepare and submit an inspection report stating whether or not the building has damage to these connections. The inspection report shall include the results of any ultrasonic tests or the results of other approved methods of testing connections. If the inspection report indicates there are damaged connections, the report shall state the number of damaged connections and the owner shall either obtain a demolition permit and demolish the building or submit plans and procedures prepared by a structural engineer for repair of connections, obtain a permit for the repair and perform the repair work.

The owner shall submit the required structural analysis, obtain any necessary permits and commence and complete the required construction or demolition within the time limits set forth in Table 94-A. These time limits shall run from the date the Inspection and Repair Compliance Order is served.

Once an Inspection and Repair Compliance Order has been served, buildings within the scope of this Chapter may not be structurally altered, remodeled or added to without first complying with the provisions of this Chapter unless the Building Official determines that the alteration is minor in nature.

(Ord. 2007-0108 § 29 (part), 2007; Ord. 2002-0076 § 144, 2002; Ord. 99-0040 § 73 (part), 1999.)

TABLE 94-A

TIME LIMITS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH INSPECTION
AND REPAIR COMPLIANCE ORDER ^1,2

SUBMIT INSPECTION REPORT WITHIN	OBTAIN PERMIT WITHIN	COMMENCE REPAIR OR DEMOLITION WITHIN	REPAIR COMPLETE OR DEMOLITION WITHIN
12 months	18 months	24 months	36 months

 

 All dates are measured from the date the inspection and repair compliance order is served pursuant to Section 9404.

 For any work required by this Chapter, the time limits shown herein shall supersede the time limits specified in Section 106.5.4.

 These time limits may be extended by 12 months at the discretion of the Building Official provided the owner has demonstrated a good faith effort to meet the requirements of this Chapter. A maximum of two such extensions may be granted.

(Ord. 2013-0048 § 79, 2013; Ord. 2002-0076 § 145, 2002: Ord. 99-0040 § 73 (part), 1999.)