19.38.040 Mandatory seismic retrofit program.
Each owner of a potentially hazardous URM building which is listed on the URM inventory shall do the following:
(a)Within two years of the adoption by the City Council on November 15, 1991 of the mandatory seismic retrofit program:
1.Demonstrate to the building official that the building meets the criteria for use of the prescriptive standard; or
2.Submit a seismic engineering evaluation report on the building, prepared for the property by a structural or civil engineer with prior building design or construction experience or architect currently licensed to practice in the State of California.
The seismic evaluation report shall contain a detailed evaluation of the structural ability of the building to resist the seismic effects of earthquakes and to meet the standards for structural seismic adequacy set out in Section 19.38.130, as well as identify any hazardous exterior design elements. The report shall include a plan to bring the building into compliance with the said seismic standards and shall identify capability of existing materials.
(b)Apply for and obtain a building permit for seismic retrofitting within the time frame specified in the compliance schedule set out in this chapter.
(c)Provide written notice to all building tenants as provided in this chapter.
(d)Seismically upgrade each building, within the time frame specified in the compliance schedule set out in this chapter, to the performance standard, the prescriptive standard if applicable, or an alternative standard which is in accordance with the City’s Building Code and is accepted by the building official. (Ord. 6604-NS § 2, 2000)