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ORDINANCE NO. ?1 3
AN ORDINANCE relating to building regulations, adopting by
reference "Volume I" and "Standards" of
the Uniform Building Code, 1967 Edition, Copyright 1967,
by the International Conference of Building Officials,
regulating the erection, construction, enlargement,
alteration, repair, moving, removal, conversion, demoli-
tion, occupancy, egdipment, use, height, area and main-
tenance of buildings or structures in the City of Yakima;
providing for the issuance of permits and collection of
fees therefor; providing penalties for the violation
thereof; amending Sections 11,04.010 and .040, and re-
pealing Sections 11 +04.020, .050'and .070, all of the
City of Yakima Municipal Coce.
WHEREAS, R.C.W. 35.21.180 authorizes cities and towns within the
State of Washington to pass ordinances adopting by reference compila-
/. tion and codes relating to the construction of buildings, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Yakima has heretofore
examined and understands the scope and purpose of the regulations of
the Uniform Building Code, 1967 Edition, copyright 1967 by the Inter-
national Conference of Building Officials, and deems it in the best
interests of the city that such Uniform Building Code be adopted as
• the law of the City of Yakima, and
WHEREAS, three copies of such Uniform Building Code have hereto-
fore been filed in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Yakima
for use and examination by the public, as required by law, now, there-
fore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. That Section 11.04.010 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"11.04.010 ADOPTION OF UNIFORM BUILDING CODE. The Uniform
Building Code, 1967 Edition, Copyright 1967 by the International
Conference of Building Officials, consisting of Volume I, and
a separate supplemental volume thereto entitled "Standards ",
of which not less than three copies each have been and now
are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of
• Yakima, is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if
set out in full herein, as the building code of the City of
Yakima, except as hereinafter amended, and the provisions and
regulations thereof are hereby adopted as the provisions and
regulations of the City of Yakima; and the several sections
or numbers therein shall constitute, and may be referred to
as, the numbers of this Chapter."
Section 2. That Section 11.04.040 of the City of Yakima Muni-
cipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"11.04.040 AMENDMENT TO SUBSECTION 2305 (e),. Subsection
2305 (e) of the Uniform Building Code, as applied to the City
of Yakima, is hereby amended to read as follows:
'SECTION 2305 (e) SPECIAL PURPOSE ROOFS. Roofs to
be used for special purposes shall be designed for
appropriate loads as approved by the Building Official.
Greenhouses, lath houses, residential patio structures
and agricultural buildings shall be designed for a
vertical live load of not less than fifteen pounds
410 per square foot."
Section 3. Sections 11.04.020, 11.04.050 and 11.04.070 of the
City of Yakima Municipal Code are hereby repealed in their entirety.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
thirty days after its passage, approval and publication as provided by
law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this c 22Jday
of itikA , 1968.
Mayor
410 ATTEST':
City Clerk
410
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