HomeMy Public PortalAbout15-1566ORDINANCE NO. 15-1566
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, ADDING
SECTION 8109 TO ARTICLE VIII, CHAPTER 1, OF THE CARSON
MUNICIPAL CODE, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE CHAPTER 68 OF TITLE
26 OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY CODE AND AMENDMENTS
THERETO, ESTABLISHING EXPEDITED PERMITTING FOR SMALL
RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOP SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS
WHEREAS, California Assembly Bill No. 2188, which amended Section 714 of the
California Civil Code and Section 65850.5 of the California Government Code, requires local
government agencies to amend their building codes to include expedited permitting procedures
for small residential rooftop solar energy systems; and
WHEREAS, the City of Carson has adopted by reference the County of Los Angeles
Building Code; and
WHEREAS, in 2013, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles adopted by
reference the 2013 California Building Code and incorporated said adoption into Title 26 of the
Building Code of the Los Angeles County Code; and
WHEREAS, on September 1, 2015, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los
Angeles amended Title 26 of the Building Code by adding Chapter 68, Expedited Permitting for
Small Residential Rooftop Solar Energy Systems, in compliance with the requirements of
California Assembly Bill 2188.
NOW, THEREFORE, the CITY of CARSON, CALIFORNIA, does hereby ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. The forgoing recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein by this
reference.
SECTION 2. Section 8109 is hereby added to adopt by reference the Building Code of
the Los Angeles County Code, and amendments therein as follows:
Section § 8109
"Notwithstanding the provisions of CMC 8 100, Chapter 68 (Expedited Permitting
For Small Residential Rooftop Solar Energy Systems) of Title 26 of the Building
Code of the Los Angeles County Code enacted on September 1, 2015 is hereby
adopted in its entirety by reference and expressly incorporated herein. Title 26 of
the Los Angeles County Code is hereby made a part of this Chapter I as if, for all
intents and purposes, fully set forth in this Chapter. This adoption by reference
shall include any subsequent amendments to Title 26 unless modified in this
Chapter I."
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SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this
Ordinance is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court
of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
this Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Carson hereby declares that it would have
adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or
portions thereof may be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its
second reading and adoption.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance
by the City Council of the city of Carson and shall cause a summary of this ordinance to be
published in accordance with Government Code § 36933.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City, Council on this
Ist day of September, 2015. A I
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CITY CLERK
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ss.
CITY OF CARSON
1, Jim Dear, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, do hereby certify that the whole number
of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing ordinance, being
Ordinance No. 15-1566 passed first reading on September 15, 2015, was duly and regularly
adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, held on the 7 1h day
of October, 2015, and that the same was passed and adopted by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Mayor Robles, Santarina, Davis -Holmes, Hilton,
and Gause-Aldana
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
None
C'ity Clerk Jim Dear