Ordinance - 6106
ORDINANCE NO. 610
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE UNIFORM
BUILDING CODE, 1958 EDITION, AND PRESCRIBING
PENALTIES FOR. THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. That a certain document, three copies of which
are on file in the office of the City Clerk. of the City of West Covina,
being marked and designated as "Uniform Building Code, 1958 Edition",
published as Volumes I and III by International Conference of Building
Officials, be and the same is hereby adopted as the building code of
the City of West Covina for regulating the erection, construction,
enlargement, alteration, repair, moving, removal, demolition, con-
version, occupancy, equipment, use, height, area and maintenance of
all buildings and/or structures in the City of West Covina, providing
for issuance of -permits and collection of fees therefor, declaring
and establishing fire zones, and each and all of the regulations,
provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of the "Uniform Building
Code, 1958 Edition", published as Volumes I and III`by the International
Conference of Building Officials, on file in the .office of the City
Clerk are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof as if
fully set out in this ordinance.
SECTION 2. Subsection 2 of Sec. 2508 is hereby amended
to change the "eight (81) feet" referred to therein to"seven (71) feet".
SECTION 3. The entire incorporated area of the City of
West Covina shall be and is hereby declared to be and is hereby estab-
lished as a Fire District and said Fire District shall be known and
designated as Fire Zones 1, 2 and 3. The boundaries of the respective
Fire Zones or the territories or portions of said City to be included
in the respective Fire Zones shall be as follows:
FIRE ZONE NO.1
All property in the City of West Covina which is from
time to time zoned C-2 and C-3 under the provisions of the 'Compre-
hensive Zoning Ordinance" of the City of West Covina and the "Official
Zoning Map" of the City of West Covina.
FIRE ZONE N0. 2
All property in the City of West Covina which is from.
time to time zoned C-1 under the provisions of said Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance and said Official Zoning Map.
.FIRE ZONE NO. 3
All the remaining area of land in the City of West Covina
not included in Fire Zone No. 1 and Fire Zone No. 2 shall constitute
Fire Zone No. 3.
SECTION 4. No person, firm or corporation shall violate
or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance or of
the code adopted by reference herein. Any person, firm or corporation
violating any of the provisions of this ordinance or of the code adopted
hereby shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof,
shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment in
the City Jail of the City of West Covina or in the County Jail of the
County of Los Angeles for not more than six months or by both such fine
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and imprisonment. Each such person, firm or corporation shall be
deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion
thereof during which any such violation is committed, continued or per-
mitted.
SECTION 5. Ordinance No. 554, passed the 25th day of
0 November, 1957, is hereby repealed.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and shall publish the same as required by law.
Passed and approved the 12th day of January , 1959.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS
CITY OF WEST COVINA
I, ROBERT FLOTTEN, City Clerk of the City of West Covina,
do hereby certify that the above Ordinance No. 610 was regularly
introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of
the City Council on the 22nd day of December , 1958. That,
thereafter, said ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular
meeting of the City Council on the 12th day of January , 1959,
by the following vote, to -wit:
AYES: Councilmen: Heath, Brown, Barnes, Pittenger, Mayor Mottinger
• NOES: Councilmen: Done
ABSENT:Councilmen: None
City Clerk
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