Chapter 15.05
BUILDING CODE
Sections:
15.05.030 State codes adopted.
15.05.050 Permit requirements.
15.05.060 Violation – Penalty – Remedies.
15.05.070 Recreation parks and organization camps.
15.05.080 Plumbing specialty code.
15.05.010 Title.
This chapter shall be known as the Cornelius building code. [Ord. 801 § 1, 1999; Code 2000 § 10.005.]
15.05.020 Definitions.
For the purpose of CMC 15.05.010 through 15.05.050, the following terms shall mean:
(A) “Building official” means that person appointed by the city manager or city council (either directly or through an intergovernmental agreement authorized by CMC 15.10.040) as the person responsible for building inspections and enforcement of the State Building Code.
(B) “State Building Code” means the combined specialty codes as listed in ORS 455.010(7) and CMC 15.05.030. [Ord. 801 § 1, 1999; Code 2000 § 10.010.]
15.05.030 State codes adopted.
The following codes, standards and rules are adopted and shall be in force and effect as part of the Cornelius Municipal Code:
(A) The current edition of the Oregon Structural Specialty Code including appendix chapters adopted by the state of Oregon;
(B) The current edition of the Oregon Plumbing Specialty Code including appendix chapters and installation standards adopted by the state of Oregon;
(C) The current edition of the Oregon Mechanical Specialty Code including appendix chapters and references adopted by the state of Oregon;
(D) The most current edition of the Oregon Residential Specialty Code including appendix chapters and installation standards adopted by the state of Oregon;
(E) The most current edition of the Oregon Manufactured Dwelling Standards including appendix chapters and references adopted by the state of Oregon;
(F) The current edition of the Oregon Energy Efficiency Specialty Code adopted by the state of Oregon;
(G) The current edition of the Oregon Electrical Specialty Code adopted by the state of Oregon;
(H) The most current edition of the Oregon Fire Code including appendix chapters and references adopted by the state of Oregon; and
(I) The Grading Appendix J of the Oregon Structural Specialty Code. [Ord. 2015-01 § 1, 2015.]
15.05.040 Administration.
(A) The city shall provide a program of building code administration, including plan review, permit issuing and inspection for structural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing work. The program shall be administered by the building official. The program shall operate pursuant to the state specialty codes listed in CMC 15.05.030 and the remainder of this chapter.
(B) Administration and enforcement of Appendix Chapter 33, Excavation and Grading, as adopted by CMC 15.05.030(H) shall be by the building official and/or the city engineer. Where the term “building official” is used in Appendix Chapter 33, it shall mean either the building official or city engineer. [Ord. 801 § 1, 1999; Code 2000 § 10.020; amended during 2007 recodification.]
15.05.050 Permit requirements.
(A) In addition to the requirements found elsewhere in this code and imposed in the Oregon Building Code for the issuance of a building permit, no such permit shall be valid unless:
(1) Domestic water supply, sanitary sewer and storm water facilities are installed and approved of by the city engineer or public works director for service to the premises for which the permit is sought; and
(2) Street improvements, street lighting, required sidewalks, if any, have been installed and approved by the city engineer and according to the city’s standards and specifications; or, in the alternative, the applicant has agreed in writing to provide the city with an improvements guarantee along with sufficient monetary assurances (in form, manner and amount approved of by the city attorney, city manager and city engineer) sufficient to cover the costs associated with the design, construction and maintenance of those improvements.
(B) In addition to the conditions noted in subsection (A) of this section, the city’s building official, community development director and/or the city manager have the authority to condition issuance of (or revoke or stop work under) any building permit required by any of the specialty codes comprising the State Building Code upon proof of payment of all appropriate building permit fees as well as proof of payment of any or all of the following fees, liens and taxes:
(1) Payment of business license taxes imposed under the terms of CMC Title 5 on any contractor or subcontractor working on a structure in the city;
(2) Payment of all system development charges that may be due as a result of the building activity required by the permit;
(3) Payment of any outstanding nuisance or other liens levied on the property for which the building permit is issued; and
(4) Payment of the construction excise tax imposed by the Forest Grove School District and/or Hillsboro School District and the Metro Council. [Ord. 801 § 1, 1999; Code 2000 § 10.025; amended during 2007 recodification; Ord. 899 § 1, 2008.]
15.05.060 Violation – Penalty – Remedies.
(A) No person shall erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove, convert, demolish, equip, occupy or maintain a building or structure in the city, or cause the same to be done contrary to or in violation of this chapter.
(B) No person shall install, alter, replace, improve, convert, equip or maintain any mechanical equipment, electrical equipment or related system(s) in the city, or cause the same to be done contrary to or in violation of this chapter.
(C) No person shall install, alter, replace, improve, convert, equip or maintain any plumbing or drainage piping work or any fixture or water heating or treating equipment in the city, or cause the same to be done contrary to or in violation of this chapter.
(D) Each day a violation of this chapter (and the State Building Code it adopts) exists shall constitute a separate violation and subjects the person violating the same to the imposition of a civil penalty in an amount of up to $500.00 a day, said amount being left to the discretion of the court.
(E) Notwithstanding that other remedies exist and are available under the terms of the Cornelius Municipal Code or state statute, if the building official determines in his sole discretion that any building under construction, mechanical work, electrical or plumbing work on any building or any structure within the city poses a threat to the public health, safety or welfare, he is hereby authorized to order the work halted and/or the building or structure vacated pending further action by the city.
(F) The penalties and remedies provided in this section are not exclusive and are in addition to other penalties and remedies available under city code or state statute. [Ord. 801 § 1, 1999; Code 2000 § 10.030.]
15.05.070 Recreation parks and organization camps.
Pursuant to ORS 455.153, the Recreation Parks and Organization Camps Administrative Rules, Chapter 918, Division 650, “General Rules,” and any amendments thereto, is hereby adopted. [Ord. 2015-01 § 1, 2015.]
15.05.080 Plumbing specialty code.
The Plumbing Specialty Code is hereby added to the Cornelius Municipal Code to read as follows:
Pursuant to ORS 455.153, the Uniform Plumbing Code, also known as the State of Oregon Plumbing Specialty Code and Plumbing Fire and Life Safety Code, 2005 Edition, and any amendments thereto, is hereby adopted.
[Ord. 775 § 5, 1996; Code 2000 § 10.070; amended during 2007 recodification.]