AgdaPkt 2015-05-18 Closed and Joint SA and PFA

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7.3.B. - Page 1 REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager May 18, 2015 SUBJECT Introduction of a Resolution Rescinding and Superseding Resolution 15307 and Adopting Findings of Necessity and Need for Amendments, Deletions, and Additions to the 2013 Fire and Building Standards Codes RECOMMENDATION 1. Adopt a Resolution Rescinding and Superseding Resolution 15307 and Adopting Findings of Necessity and Need for Amendments, Deletions, and Additions to the 2013 Fire and Building Standards Codes BACKGROUND The State of California publishes building codes in their entirety every three (3) years. New State Codes are applicable to the City whether adopted by the City or not. By statute, the City is authorized to make amendments, deletions and additions to the State Codes provided such modifications are necessary due to local climatic, geological and topographical conditions. These local conditions are identified in a resolution making the appropriate findings and then provided to the California Building Standards Commission. ANALYSIS In 2013, the City Council adopted Resolution 15307 making modifications to the State Codes bases on the City's local conditions. Staff is recommending that Resolution 15307 be rescinded and superseded by the proposed Resolution for two reasons. First, there is a typographical error in Resolution 15307. Resolution 15307 incorrectly made findings regarding climatic, geographical and topographic local conditions instead of the required climatic, geological and topographic conditions. The error is likely non-harmful but it is better practice to correct it and the attached resolution corrects this error. Secondly, the proposed Resolution identifies the local conditions that support and necessitate a change to the Building Code to require older multi-unit residential buildings to be retrofitted with Automatic Sprinkler Systems which ordinance is presented in a separate staff report. Page 1 of 2