Transcript City of Santa Monica Building and Safety Commission

CHAPTERED AND SIGNED LEGISLATION
Assembly and Senate Bills Effective January 1, 2013
That Effect Building Departments
CHAPTERED AND SIGNED LEGISLATION
A.B. 801 - Swanson
Illegal Dumping and Code Enforcement Officers
• Authorizes a code enforcement officer to exercise the power
of arrest of a peace officer
• Consistent with existing law
• To enforce laws related to illegal dumping or littering
CHAPTERED AND SIGNED LEGISLATION
A.B. 1750 - Solorio
Rainwater Capture Act of 2012
• Enacts the Rainwater Capture Act of 2012.
• Does not require a water rights permit from the State Water
Resources Control Board.
• Authorizes a landscape contractor to enter into a prime
contract for the construction of a rainwater system.
• Recapture water must be used for landscape irrigation or
water feature for fountain, pond, decorative water feature
CHAPTERED AND SIGNED LEGISLATION
A.B. 1801 - Campos
Land Use: Fees
• Prohibits a city, county, or city and county from basing fees
for a solar energy system based on valuation
• Or fees not associated with the permit
• Or valuation of the property or improvement
• Requires local entities to identify each fee assessed
CHAPTERED AND SIGNED LEGISLATION
A.B. 2114 - Smyth
Swimming Pool Safety
• Revisions to a swimming pool, spa or public wading pool to
have:
• Minimum 2 circulation suction outlets per pump
• Separated minimum 3 feet between the suction outlets
• Application of new standards for antientrapment
covering
• Changes to DPH form to include if pool operates with
single or multiple suction outlets
CHAPTERED AND SIGNED LEGISLATION
A.B. 2314 - Carter
Real Property: Blight
• Deletes the sunset date (Jan. 1, 2013) of existing law that
authorizes a civil fine for failure to maintain vacant
foreclosed residential property
• Provide a time frame (60 days) for a housing or building
department to issue a violation to the new owner
• Authorizes a court to require an owner to pay all
unrecovered costs associated with receivership
CHAPTERED AND SIGNED LEGISLATION
S.B. 1186 - Steinberg
Disability Access
• Requires an attorney to provide written advisory to a
building owner or tenant with each complaint for
construction related accessibility claim
• Requires notification that leased or rental property has been
inspected by a certified access specialist (CASp)
• Requires the State Architect to monitor fees charge for the
CASp program. Limits application fee for certification to
$250 for certain professionals
• State fee of $1.00 local business license or renewal January
1, 2013 to December 31, 2018
CHAPTERED AND SIGNED LEGISLATION
S.B. 1222 - Leno
Solar Energy: Permits
• Requires that permit fees for rooftop solar energy systems
not exceed the reasonable cost for the service provided
• Residential: Not to exceed $500 + $15/kW for each kW
>15kW
• Commercial: $1,000 + $7/kW for each kW 51kW to 250kW
• Plus: $1,000 + $5/kW for each kW >250kW
CHAPTERED AND SIGNED LEGISLATION
S.B. 1394 - Lowenthal
Carbon Monoxide and Smoke Detectors
• Permits issued on or after January 1, 2014 >$1,000 to include
the permittee to demonstrate that all smoke alarms required
for dwelling units are devices approved by the State Fire
Marshall
• Makes owners of certain multi-family dwelling complexes
and single-family rentals responsible for testing and
maintaining alarms
• Requires CO detectors in all existing hotel and motel
dwelling units by January 1, 2016. Standards by HCD impose
state-mandate local program