8875. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following
definitions shall govern the construction of this chapter:
(a) "Potentially hazardous building" means any building
constructed prior to the adoption of local building codes requiring
earthquake resistant design of buildings and constructed of
unreinforced masonry wall construction. "Potentially hazardous
building" includes all buildings of this type, including, but not
limited to, public and private schools, theaters, places of public
assembly, apartment buildings, hotels, motels, fire stations, police
stations, and buildings housing emergency services, equipment, or
supplies, such as government buildings, disaster relief centers,
communications facilities, hospitals, blood banks, pharmaceutical
supply warehouses, plants, and retail outlets. "Potentially hazardous
building" does not include warehouses or similar structures not used
for human habitation, except for warehouses or structures housing
emergency services equipment or supplies. "Potentially hazardous
building" does not include any building having five living units or
less. "Potentially hazardous building" does not include, for purposes
of subdivision (a) of Section 8877, any building which qualifies as
"historical property" as determined by an appropriate governmental
agency under Section 37602 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) "Local building department" means a department or agency of a
city or county charged with the responsibility for the enforcement of
local building codes.
8875.1. A program is hereby established within all cities, both
general law and chartered, and all counties and portions thereof
located within seismic zone 4, as defined and illustrated in Chapter
2-23 of Part 2 of Title 24 of the California Administrative Code, to
identify all potentially hazardous buildings and to establish a
program for mitigation of identified potentially hazardous buildings.
8875.2. Local building departments shall do all of the following:
(a) Identify all potentially hazardous buildings within their
respective jurisdictions on or before January 1, 1990. This
identification shall include current building use and daily occupancy
load. In regard to identifying and inventorying the buildings, the
local building departments may establish a schedule of fees to
recover the costs of identifying potentially hazardous buildings and
carrying out this chapter.
(b) Establish a mitigation program for potentially hazardous
buildings to include notification to the legal owner that the
building is considered to be one of a general type of structure that
historically has exhibited little resistance to earthquake motion.
The mitigation program may include the adoption by ordinance of a
hazardous buildings program, measures to strengthen buildings,
measures to change the use to acceptable occupancy levels or to
demolish the building, tax incentives available for seismic
rehabilitation, low-cost seismic rehabilitation loans available under
Division 32 (commencing with Section 55000) of the Health and Safety
Code, application of structural standards necessary to provide for
life safety above current code requirements, and other incentives to
repair the buildings which are available from federal, state, and
local programs. Compliance with an adopted hazardous buildings
ordinance or mitigation program shall be the responsibility of
building owners.
Nothing in this chapter makes any state building subject to a
local building mitigation program or makes the state or any local
government responsible for paying the cost of strengthening a
privately owned structure, reducing the occupancy, demolishing a
structure, preparing engineering or architectural analysis,
investigation, or design, or other costs associated with compliance
of locally adopted mitigation programs.
(c) By January 1, 1990, all information regarding potentially
hazardous buildings and all hazardous building mitigation programs
shall be reported to the appropriate legislative body of a city or
county and filed with the Seismic Safety Commission.
8875.3. Local jurisdictions undertaking inventories and providing
structural evaluations of potentially hazardous buildings pursuant to
this chapter shall have the same immunity from liability for action
or inaction taken pursuant to this chapter as is provided by Section
19167 of the Health and Safety Code for action or failure to take any
action pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 19160) of
Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code.
8875.4. The Seismic Safety Commission shall report annually to the
Legislature on the filing of mitigation programs from local
jurisdictions. The annual report required by this section shall
review and assess the effectiveness of building reconstruction
standards adopted by cities and counties pursuant to this article and
shall, commencing on or before January 1, 2007, include an
evaluation of the impact and effectiveness of Section 8875.10.
8875.5. The Seismic Safety Commission shall coordinate the
earthquake-related responsibilities of government agencies imposed by
this chapter to ensure compliance with the purposes of this chapter.
8875.6. On and after January 1, 1993, the transferor, or his or her
agent, of any unreinforced masonry building with wood frame floors
or roofs, built before January 1, 1975, which is located within any
county or city shall, as soon as practicable before the sale,
transfer, or exchange, deliver to the purchaser a copy of the
Commercial Property Owner's Guide to Earthquake Safety described in
Section 10147 of the Business and Professions Code. This section
shall not apply to any transfer described in Section 8893.3.
8875.7. If the transferee has received notice pursuant to Section
8875.8, and has not brought the building or structure into compliance
within five years of that date, the owner shall not receive payment
from any state assistance program for earthquake repairs resulting
from damage during an earthquake until all other applicants have been
paid.
8875.8. (a) An owner who has received actual or constructive notice
that a building located in seismic zone 4 is constructed of
unreinforced masonry shall post in a conspicuous place at the
entrance of the building, on a sign not less than 5"
8875. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following
definitions shall govern the construction of this chapter:
(a) "Potentially hazardous building" means any building
constructed prior to the adoption of local building codes requiring
earthquake resistant design of buildings and constructed of
unreinforced masonry wall construction. "Potentially hazardous
building" includes all buildings of this type, including, but not
limited to, public and private schools, theaters, places of public
assembly, apartment buildings, hotels, motels, fire stations, police
stations, and buildings housing emergency services, equipment, or
supplies, such as government buildings, disaster relief centers,
communications facilities, hospitals, blood banks, pharmaceutical
supply warehouses, plants, and retail outlets. "Potentially hazardous
building" does not include warehouses or similar structures not used
for human habitation, except for warehouses or structures housing
emergency services equipment or supplies. "Potentially hazardous
building" does not include any building having five living units or
less. "Potentially hazardous building" does not include, for purposes
of subdivision (a) of Section 8877, any building which qualifies as
"historical property" as determined by an appropriate governmental
agency under Section 37602 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) "Local building department" means a department or agency of a
city or county charged with the responsibility for the enforcement of
local building codes.
8875.1. A program is hereby established within all cities, both
general law and chartered, and all counties and portions thereof
located within seismic zone 4, as defined and illustrated in Chapter
2-23 of Part 2 of Title 24 of the California Administrative Code, to
identify all potentially hazardous buildings and to establish a
program for mitigation of identified potentially hazardous buildings.
8875.2. Local building departments shall do all of the following:
(a) Identify all potentially hazardous buildings within their
respective jurisdictions on or before January 1, 1990. This
identification shall include current building use and daily occupancy
load. In regard to identifying and inventorying the buildings, the
local building departments may establish a schedule of fees to
recover the costs of identifying potentially hazardous buildings and
carrying out this chapter.
(b) Establish a mitigation program for potentially hazardous
buildings to include notification to the legal owner that the
building is considered to be one of a general type of structure that
historically has exhibited little resistance to earthquake motion.
The mitigation program may include the adoption by ordinance of a
hazardous buildings program, measures to strengthen buildings,
measures to change the use to acceptable occupancy levels or to
demolish the building, tax incentives available for seismic
rehabilitation, low-cost seismic rehabilitation loans available under
Division 32 (commencing with Section 55000) of the Health and Safety
Code, application of structural standards necessary to provide for
life safety above current code requirements, and other incentives to
repair the buildings which are available from federal, state, and
local programs. Compliance with an adopted hazardous buildings
ordinance or mitigation program shall be the responsibility of
building owners.
Nothing in this chapter makes any state building subject to a
local building mitigation program or makes the state or any local
government responsible for paying the cost of strengthening a
privately owned structure, reducing the occupancy, demolishing a
structure, preparing engineering or architectural analysis,
investigation, or design, or other costs associated with compliance
of locally adopted mitigation programs.
(c) By January 1, 1990, all information regarding potentially
hazardous buildings and all hazardous building mitigation programs
shall be reported to the appropriate legislative body of a city or
county and filed with the Seismic Safety Commission.
8875.3. Local jurisdictions undertaking inventories and providing
structural evaluations of potentially hazardous buildings pursuant to
this chapter shall have the same immunity from liability for action
or inaction taken pursuant to this chapter as is provided by Section
19167 of the Health and Safety Code for action or failure to take any
action pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 19160) of
Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code.
8875.4. The Seismic Safety Commission shall report annually to the
Legislature on the filing of mitigation programs from local
jurisdictions. The annual report required by this section shall
review and assess the effectiveness of building reconstruction
standards adopted by cities and counties pursuant to this article and
shall, commencing on or before January 1, 2007, include an
evaluation of the impact and effectiveness of Section 8875.10.
8875.5. The Seismic Safety Commission shall coordinate the
earthquake-related responsibilities of government agencies imposed by
this chapter to ensure compliance with the purposes of this chapter.
8875.6. On and after January 1, 1993, the transferor, or his or her
agent, of any unreinforced masonry building with wood frame floors
or roofs, built before January 1, 1975, which is located within any
county or city shall, as soon as practicable before the sale,
transfer, or exchange, deliver to the purchaser a copy of the
Commercial Property Owner's Guide to Earthquake Safety described in
Section 10147 of the Business and Professions Code. This section
shall not apply to any transfer described in Section 8893.3.
8875.7. If the transferee has received notice pursuant to Section
8875.8, and has not brought the building or structure into compliance
within five years of that date, the owner shall not receive payment
from any state assistance program for earthquake repairs resulting
from damage during an earthquake until all other applicants have been
paid.
8875.8. (a) An owner who has received actual or constructive notice
that a building located in seismic zone 4 is constructed of
unreinforced masonry shall post in a conspicuous place at the
entrance of the building, on a sign not less than 5"
8875. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following
definitions shall govern the construction of this chapter:
(a) "Potentially hazardous building" means any building
constructed prior to the adoption of local building codes requiring
earthquake resistant design of buildings and constructed of
unreinforced masonry wall construction. "Potentially hazardous
building" includes all buildings of this type, including, but not
limited to, public and private schools, theaters, places of public
assembly, apartment buildings, hotels, motels, fire stations, police
stations, and buildings housing emergency services, equipment, or
supplies, such as government buildings, disaster relief centers,
communications facilities, hospitals, blood banks, pharmaceutical
supply warehouses, plants, and retail outlets. "Potentially hazardous
building" does not include warehouses or similar structures not used
for human habitation, except for warehouses or structures housing
emergency services equipment or supplies. "Potentially hazardous
building" does not include any building having five living units or
less. "Potentially hazardous building" does not include, for purposes
of subdivision (a) of Section 8877, any building which qualifies as
"historical property" as determined by an appropriate governmental
agency under Section 37602 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) "Local building department" means a department or agency of a
city or county charged with the responsibility for the enforcement of
local building codes.
8875.1. A program is hereby established within all cities, both
general law and chartered, and all counties and portions thereof
located within seismic zone 4, as defined and illustrated in Chapter
2-23 of Part 2 of Title 24 of the California Administrative Code, to
identify all potentially hazardous buildings and to establish a
program for mitigation of identified potentially hazardous buildings.
8875.2. Local building departments shall do all of the following:
(a) Identify all potentially hazardous buildings within their
respective jurisdictions on or before January 1, 1990. This
identification shall include current building use and daily occupancy
load. In regard to identifying and inventorying the buildings, the
local building departments may establish a schedule of fees to
recover the costs of identifying potentially hazardous buildings and
carrying out this chapter.
(b) Establish a mitigation program for potentially hazardous
buildings to include notification to the legal owner that the
building is considered to be one of a general type of structure that
historically has exhibited little resistance to earthquake motion.
The mitigation program may include the adoption by ordinance of a
hazardous buildings program, measures to strengthen buildings,
measures to change the use to acceptable occupancy levels or to
demolish the building, tax incentives available for seismic
rehabilitation, low-cost seismic rehabilitation loans available under
Division 32 (commencing with Section 55000) of the Health and Safety
Code, application of structural standards necessary to provide for
life safety above current code requirements, and other incentives to
repair the buildings which are available from federal, state, and
local programs. Compliance with an adopted hazardous buildings
ordinance or mitigation program shall be the responsibility of
building owners.
Nothing in this chapter makes any state building subject to a
local building mitigation program or makes the state or any local
government responsible for paying the cost of strengthening a
privately owned structure, reducing the occupancy, demolishing a
structure, preparing engineering or architectural analysis,
investigation, or design, or other costs associated with compliance
of locally adopted mitigation programs.
(c) By January 1, 1990, all information regarding potentially
hazardous buildings and all hazardous building mitigation programs
shall be reported to the appropriate legislative body of a city or
county and filed with the Seismic Safety Commission.
8875.3. Local jurisdictions undertaking inventories and providing
structural evaluations of potentially hazardous buildings pursuant to
this chapter shall have the same immunity from liability for action
or inaction taken pursuant to this chapter as is provided by Section
19167 of the Health and Safety Code for action or failure to take any
action pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 19160) of
Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code.
8875.4. The Seismic Safety Commission shall report annually to the
Legislature on the filing of mitigation programs from local
jurisdictions. The annual report required by this section shall
review and assess the effectiveness of building reconstruction
standards adopted by cities and counties pursuant to this article and
shall, commencing on or before January 1, 2007, include an
evaluation of the impact and effectiveness of Section 8875.10.
8875.5. The Seismic Safety Commission shall coordinate the
earthquake-related responsibilities of government agencies imposed by
this chapter to ensure compliance with the purposes of this chapter.
8875.6. On and after January 1, 1993, the transferor, or his or her
agent, of any unreinforced masonry building with wood frame floors
or roofs, built before January 1, 1975, which is located within any
county or city shall, as soon as practicable before the sale,
transfer, or exchange, deliver to the purchaser a copy of the
Commercial Property Owner's Guide to Earthquake Safety described in
Section 10147 of the Business and Professions Code. This section
shall not apply to any transfer described in Section 8893.3.
8875.7. If the transferee has received notice pursuant to Section
8875.8, and has not brought the building or structure into compliance
within five years of that date, the owner shall not receive payment
from any state assistance program for earthquake repairs resulting
from damage during an earthquake until all other applicants have been
paid.
8875.8. (a) An owner who has received actual or constructive notice
that a building located in seismic zone 4 is constructed of
unreinforced masonry shall post in a conspicuous place at the
entrance of the building, on a sign not less than 5"
