CHAPTER 15.30
BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION ABRASIVE BLASTING
Section
15.30.030 Application for permit
15.30.060 Workers’ compensation insurance
15.30.070 Notice to adjacent building occupants
15.30.090 Obstructions in streets
15.30.100 Cause for revocation of permit
15.30.110 Miscellaneous - chapter provisions not exclusive
15.30.120 Air pollution control permit
15.30.010 PERMIT REQUIRED.
It is unlawful for any person to do any abrasive blasting or sandblasting on the outside of any building, storage tank, or structure within the City without first having obtained a permit from the Building Official. A separate permit shall be required for each separate job or location at which the abrasive blasting is to be done.
(Ord. 662, § 1 (part), passed -- 1986)
15.30.020 EXEMPTIONS.
Activities exempted from the requirements of this chapter shall include:
A. Abrasive blasting of machinery enclosed entirely within a building; and/or
B. Abrasive blasting of highway markings, curb markings, fire hydrants, signposts, and other similar facilities.
(Ord. 662, § 1 (part), passed -- 1986; Am. Ord. 876, § 12, passed 10-14-2008)
15.30.030 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT.
A. An applicant for a permit shall first file an application therefor in writing in the office of the Building Official. The Building Official shall prepare and furnish forms for that purpose.
B. Each application shall state:
1. The location of the job;
2. The building, tank, structure, or portion thereof to be blasted;
3. The length of time it is estimated the job will take;
4. The date when blasting work is to commence;
5. The number of persons to be employed; and
6. The type of equipment and blasting agent which will be used.
(Ord. 662, § 1 (part), passed -- 1986; Am. Ord. 876, § 13, passed 10-14-2008)
15.30.040 PERMIT FEE.
A permit fee will be charged in accordance with the fee schedule adopted and amended from time to time by the City Council.
(Ord. 876, § 14, passed 10-14-2008)
15.30.050 LIABILITY INSURANCE.
Before a permit shall be issued, the applicant shall file with the City Clerk a policy or policies of insurance, or a certificate or certificates of insurance as set forth in and, in accordance with, the City’s Administrative Regulations as from time to time amended.
(Ord. 876, § 15, passed 10-14-2008)
15.30.060 WORKERS’ COMPENSATION INSURANCE.
Pursuant to Cal. Labor Code § 3800, before a permit shall be issued under the provisions of this chapter, the applicant shall file in the office of the Building Official:
A. A certificate of consent to self-insure issued by the Director of Industrial Relations;
B. A certificate of workers’ compensation insurance issued by an admitted insurer; or
C. An exact copy or duplicate thereof certified by the Director or the insurer.
(Ord. 662, § 1 (part), passed -- 1986)
15.30.070 NOTICE TO ADJACENT BUILDING OCCUPANTS.
Before the applicant shall commence any abrasive blasting work, he or she shall give a three-day notice in writing to all owners or occupants of buildings immediately adjacent to the location upon which the proposed work is to be done, and the applicant shall submit evidence to the City Clerk in a form satisfactory to the City Clerk that the three-day notice has been given.
(Ord. 662, § 1 (part), passed -- 1986)
15.30.080 RESTRICTIONS.
The following restrictions shall apply to all abrasive blasting.
A. Each abrasive blasting operation shall at all times be protected and separated from any adjoining property by canvas or other suitable barrier sufficient to prevent splashing or blowing of water, sand, or other abrasives used in the blasting operation.
B. No abrasive blasting shall be permitted before 7:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m. of any day, nor shall the same be permitted on a Sunday or legal holiday.
C. No dry abrasive blasting shall be permitted except by permission of the Mendocino County Air Quality Management District.
(Ord. 662, § 1 (part), passed -- 1986; Am. Ord. 816, § 7, passed -- 1999)
15.30.090 OBSTRUCTIONS IN STREETS.
If obstructions are to be placed in City streets or public places, all provisions of the State of California Vehicle Code, the California Building Code, and such requirements as may be imposed by the Public Work Director or designee shall be complied with.
(Ord. 876, § 16, passed 10-14-2008)
15.30.100 CAUSE FOR REVOCATION OF PERMIT.
Noncompliance with any of the provisions of this chapter shall be cause for immediate revocation of any permit issued for abrasive blasting and immediate stopping of abrasive blasting on any job. The Building Official shall have the power to revoke the permit and order the stopping of the work without previous notice. It is unlawful for any person to do any such abrasive blasting after a permit therefor has been revoked.
(Ord. 662, § 1 (part), passed -- 1986)
15.30.110 MISCELLANEOUS - CHAPTER PROVISIONS NOT EXCLUSIVE.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to exempt the applicant or permittee from the provisions of any other requirements of this code, nor from the payment of any other fees or the obtaining of any other permits required by this code.
(Ord. 662, § 1 (part), passed -- 1986)
15.30.120 AIR POLLUTION CONTROL PERMIT.
No permit shall be granted under this chapter until the applicant has first obtained a permit from the Mendocino County Air Pollution Control District.
(Ord. 662, § 1 (part), passed -- 1986)
15.30.130 DEFINITIONS.
For the purpose of this chapter, definitions shall be as provided in Title 17 of the California Administrative Code Division 3, Chapter 1, Subchapter 6, § 92000.
(Ord. 662, § 1 (part), passed -- 1986)