Chapter 4.17 ENERGY CODE

Chapter 4.17
ENERGY CODE

Sections:

4.17.010 Adoption.

That certain document in book form entitled “California Energy Code, 2022 Edition of Title 24 Part 6,” including the Appendices thereof, as approved and copyrighted by the International Code Council (ICC), 4051 West Flossmoor Road, Country Club Hills, IL 60478, and California Building Standards Commission, 2525 Natomas Park Drive, Suite 130, Sacramento, California 95833, prescribing regulations governing the installation, construction, maintenance, alteration, repair and inspection of energy-efficient equipment, one copy of which document is now on file in the Building Department of the City of Newman, except as portions thereof are herein specifically amended, deleted and added to, is hereby adopted by reference as “the Energy Code of the City of Newman,” and from the date on which the ordinance codified in this chapter shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the corporate limits of the City of Newman. (Ord. 2022-3 § 1 (Att. A), 2022; Ord. 2019-5 § 1 (Att. A), 10-8-2019; Ord. 2016-4 § 1 (Att. A), 10-11-2016; Ord. 2013-3 § 1 (Att. A), 11-12-2013; Ord. 2010-7 § 1 (Att. A), 10-12-2010; Ord. 2007-10 § 1, 11-27-2007; Ord. 2002-16 § 1, 10-22-2002)

4.17.020 Purposes.

The purposes of this chapter are to provide minimum standards to safeguard life or limb, health, property and the public welfare by regulating and controlling the design, construction, quality of materials, use and occupancy, location and maintenance of all buildings and structures within the City of Newman; to encourage and instruct people to build safely and economically, rather than to discourage building; and to provide a minimum of restrictive enforcement and a maximum of good building information and encouragement. (Ord. 2022-3 § 1 (Att. A), 2022; Ord. 2019-5 § 1 (Att. A), 10-8-2019; Ord. 2016-4 § 1 (Att. A), 10-11-2016; Ord. 2013-3 § 1 (Att. A), 11-12-2013; Ord. 2010-7 § 1 (Att. A), 10-12-2010; Ord. 2007-10 § 1, 11-27-2007; Ord. 2002-16 § 2, 10-22-2002)

4.17.030 Penalties.

The following section is hereby added to the California Energy Code to read as follows:

Violation and Penalties.

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove, convert or demolish, equip, use, occupy, or maintain any building or structure in the City of Newman, or cause or permit the same to be done, contrary to or in violation of any of the provisions of this Code.

Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Code shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this Code is committed, continued, or permitted, and upon conviction of any such violation, such person shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than one hundred eighty (180) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any violation of this chapter may be alternatively charged as an administrative citation.

(Ord. 2022-3 § 1 (Att. A), 2022; Ord. 2019-5 § 1 (Att. A), 10-8-2019; Ord. 2016-4 § 1 (Att. A), 10-11-2016; Ord. 2013-3 § 1 (Att. A), 11-12-2013; Ord. 2010-7 § 1 (Att. A), 10-12-2010; Ord. 2007-10 § 1, 11-27-2007; Ord. 2002-16 § 3, 10-22-2002)

4.17.040 Board of Appeals.

The following section is hereby added to the California Energy Code to read as follows:

Board of Appeals.

The City Council is hereby designated as a Board of Appeals to make correct determination of any appeal arising from actions of the Administrative Authority. Any person dissatisfied with any decision of the Building Official may appeal in writing to the City Council of the City of Newman, which statement shall specify the ground of such dissatisfaction and shall set forth the address of appellant to which notice may be sent by mail. At the next regular meeting after filing of such appeal, the City Council shall set the same for hearing for a time not later than the next regular meeting of the Council and shall notify the appellant by mail of the time and place of such hearing, and such hearing may take such evidence as it shall deem proper, and shall render all decisions and findings in writing to the Building Official with a duplicate copy to the appellant. The appellant shall cause to be made at his own expense any tests or research required by Council to substantiate his claims. The decision of the City Council on such appeal shall be final.