Chapter 15.00
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections:
15.00.020 Exemptions from permit requirements.
15.00.030 Persons to whom permits may be issued.
15.00.040 Building official—Administrative authority.
15.00.050 Incomplete applications.
15.00.060 Adoption of standard plans and standard construction specifications.
15.00.010 Purpose.
This chapter is adopted as the buildings and construction code of the city of Cloverdale, adopting by reference the California Building Standards Code set forth in this chapter through Chapter 15.18, with amendments and deletions, based on local climatic, geological and topographic conditions. The regulations set forth in this title are additions and/or amendments to the California Building Standards Code, and where any California Building Standards Code provisions are in conflict therewith, it is the intent of the ordinance codified in this chapter through Chapter 15.18 to amend or delete such conflicting rules or regulations so that the provisions of this title shall be controlling. (Ord. 750-2022 § 4, 2022)
15.00.020 Exemptions from permit requirements.
Permit fees and plan check fees as provided in this chapter shall be collected for all work in the city performed by or for the city, county, state, United States of America, or any agency thereof, except where exempt under law. (Ord. 750-2022 § 4, 2022)
15.00.030 Persons to whom permits may be issued.
Permits for building, construction, alteration, repair, electrical work, plumbing work, mechanical work and all other building and/or construction work shall be issued only on the application of the holder of a contractor’s license issued by the state, licensing such person to engage in the type of work anticipated by the application for such permit, except that owners’ permits may be issued as provided by law. (Ord. 750-2022 § 4, 2022)
15.00.040 Building official—Administrative authority.
The building official is appointed and designated administrative authority, as such terms are used and such positions are established in the California Building Standards Code, as set forth in Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations and all codes contained therein. The building official is charged with the enforcement of and given the authority to administer all provisions of such codes and city regulations and requirements adopted under the authority provided in Government Code Section 38660. (Ord. 750-2022 § 4, 2022)
15.00.050 Incomplete applications.
Where plan review is commenced and it is determined that the application is incomplete, the applicant shall have thirty working days after receiving notice by telephone or U.S. mail to submit any required plans and documentation so that plan review may continue. If the required plans or documentation are furnished within the thirty-working-day period, no additional plan review fee will be assessed. If the documentation is not furnished within the thirty-working-day period but is furnished within sixty working days after notice is provided to the applicant, the applicant shall pay a new plan review fee, which shall be fifty percent of the amount fixed by the fee schedule. Where documentation is not received within thirty days of notice to the applicant, the application shall expire, and the applicant shall pay a new plan review fee upon reapplication. (Ord. 750-2022 § 4, 2022)
15.00.060 Adoption of standard plans and standard construction specifications.
The city council may, by resolution, adopt city standard plans and standard specifications. (Ord. 750-2022 § 4, 2022)