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Item #1 CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT FOR COUNCIL MEETING OF October 15, 2002 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council APPROVAL: Daryl Parrish, City Manager FROM: City Attorney SUBJECT: Adoption of Uniform Codes DATE: October BACKGROUND: On October 1, 2002, the City Council conducted first reading of two ordinances adopting, by reference, the California Building Code and the California Fire Code. At the same meeting, the City Council scheduled the public hearing for these ordinances for October 15, 2002. The adoption of these ordinances is necessary in order to implement the updated standards governing construction practices approved by the California Building Standards Commission. These ordinances include the more stringent local amendments based on local geological, topographical and/or climatic conditions particular to the City of Colton. DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: Adoption of these codes and the local amendments is designed to provide consistency in the application and enforcement of building and housing standards with a particular emphasis on local needs. If the City Council determines not to adopt these Ordinances, the uniform codes, without the local amendments addressing the City of Colton's local conditions, would apply. Adopting these uniform codes without local amendments would restrict the City's ability to enforce life and property safety requirements based on local conditions and the specific needs of the City of Colton. State law requires that the City publish a notice of the public hearing on the Ordinances adopting the California Building Code and the California Fire Code twice in a local newspaper at least 14 days before the public hearing. Through a clerical error, the notice of public hearing for the Ordinance adopting the California Fire Code was not published prior to this hearing. Therefore, it is necessary for the City Council to continue the public hearing on the Ordinance adopting the California Fire Code to November 5, 2002. However, since the public hearing notice for the California Building Code Ordinance was properly published, that Ordinance may be adopted at the conclusion of the public hearing. ALTERNATIVES: