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File Number: 22-617 Code (IPMC). This model code provides the City authority to abate structures that are imminent hazards to the public in a quick and efficient manner. The model code includes definitions of terms for enforcement, for the integrity of structural elements of buildings, and specific hazards. These definitions are not included in the other standard codes. Adoption of the ordinance will ensure the consistency of the City of San Leandro’s Building, Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing, Historical Building, and Existing Building Codes with state standards and ensure that the City’s codes provide additional protection for the health, welfare, and safety of local residents due to local climatic, geological, and topographical conditions. A complete copy of the proposed ordinance is included as Attachment A. The ordinance publishes the revised sections of San Leandro Municipal Code Chapter 7-5, as follows: ·Article 1, Building Code, which adopts the California Building Code with the local amendments described below; ·Article 3, Property Maintenance Code, which adopts the 2018 International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC) with no local amendments; ·Article 4, Mechanical Code, with no local amendments; ·Article 5, Electrical Code, with no local amendments; ·Article 6, Green Building Code, with local amendments to establish Reach Codes as described below; ·Article 7, Energy Code, with no local amendments; ·Article 8, Fire Code, with local amendments described below; ·Article 9, Plumbing Code, with local amendments described below; and ·Article 10A, Residential Building Code, with no local amendments. Summary of Local Amendments Building and Safety Code Amendments Staff proposes to maintain the currently adopted local amendments regarding certain structural design requirements and strengthening seismic resistance and foundations, consistent with many jurisdictions throughout the Bay Area region. Requirements are due to the following express findings: 1.The San Francisco Bay area region is densely populated and located in an area of high seismic activity. The Hayward Fault and in fact, a substantial portion of the residential area of the City lies within the Alquist - Priolo Act Special Studies Zone, requiring special geologic studies prior to development. The underlying soils are subject to liquefaction and amplification of seismic energy. This increases the likelihood of seismic disturbances of substantial magnitude occurring and causing consequent damage. 2.Concern for the fire-life safety associated with a structural failure due to a seismic event considering the increasing number of buildings in the region, the use of new structural systems, the poor performance of certain materials, and the quality of construction. 3.In the event of a natural disaster, inadequately reinforced and/or anchored(assembly) structures increase the likelihood that such structures or portions of such structures may collapse in the wake of a natural disaster such as an earthquake. To allow previous structurally deficient structures to be reconstructed to such condition perpetuates the threat Page 3 City of San Leandro Printed on 11/2/2022