Item 39 - Resolution and Ordinance Adopting the Updated California and International Building Standars Code Adoption

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Ordinance No. NS-XXX Page 11 of 26 Section 16. Section 14-1 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 14-1. Adoption by reference. There is adopted by the city that certain code known as the California Fire Code 2025 Edition, based on the 2024 International Fire Code as published by the International Code Council, (hereinafter referred to in this article as the “California Fire Code” or “fire code”) and the whole thereof including the Appendices therein, errata issued during and after the publishing date, save and except such portions as are hereinafter deleted or amended, of which code not less than one (1) copy has been and is now on file in the office of the clerk of the council of the city pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 18942(d)(1) and are made available for public inspection. Said code is adopted and incorporated as fully as if set forth at length herein and, subject to all amendments set forth in this article, shall be in effect within the city from the effective date of this article. Any provision of this article amending the above mentioned codes shall be construed as amending the 2024 and 2025 editions thereof including such provisions enacted prior to this adoption of the said 2024 and 2025 editions and not thereafter repealed. The International Fire Code, 2024 edition and the California Fire Code 2025 edition, as thus amended, together with all other provisions of this article, shall be known as the "Fire Code of the City of Santa Ana." Section 17. Section 14-3.1 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 14-3.1. - Violation penalties. Section 113.4 is amended to read as a follows: Section 113.4 Violation penalties. 113.4 Violation penalties. Persons who shall violate a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or shall fail to comply with any issued orders or notices or who shall erect, install, alter, repair or do work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the fire code official, or of a permit or certificate used under provisions of this code, shall be subject to penalties assessed as prescribed in the OCFA Prevention Field Services adopted fee schedule. Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense. (a) Section 113.4.2 Infraction and misdemeanor is hereby added as follows: