Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by amending and restating Title 18 in its entirety, and adopting local amendments to the 2019 Edition of the California Building Standards Codes and the 1997 Edition of the Uniform Housing Code, all of which are known as the Long Beach Building Standards Code, read and adopted as read.  (Citywide)
Thank you. We have three hearings to do and then we're going to do we have a time certain 630 and then we have public comment as well and we have a very long agenda after that. So let me begin with here, and we're going to we're going to go a little backwards. When to go hearing hearing item number nine please. Report from Development Services and Fire recommendation received supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing and declare ordinance amending and restating Title 18 at a Long Beach Municipal Code in its entirety, an ordinance amending various sections two titles three, eight, nine, 14, 18 and 21 of the Long Beach Municipal Code read for the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of City Council for Final Reading. Adopt a resolution making express findings and determinations relating to the adoption of more restrictive code provisions where appropriate. And adopt a resolution to submit the ordinance amendments to the California Coastal Commission citywide. Okay. Emotion in a second, Mr. Modica. David Cram, superintendent. A building and safety will be presenting. Good evening, honorable mayor and members of the city council. I'm David Cram. I'm superintendent of building and safety for City of Long Beach Building and Safety Department. And I have a privilege tonight to present to you the 2020 Long Beach Municipal Code update, which staff worked on it, and it's in front of you tonight. I have a short presentation to make. Every three years, the state of California adopts the. Latest edition of the California Building Standards Code and Uniform Housing Code to establish a uniform standards for the construction and maintenance of the building. Electrical Systems. Plumbing System. Mechanical System. Fire and Life Safety Systems. A 2019 edition of the California Building Standards Codes, was adopted by the California Building Standard Commission and published in July of July 1st of 2019. Multiple development services bureaus and other city departments, including building and safety, fire prevention, code enforcement planning, public works and other. And the Office of Sustainability have reviewed the codes and recommended the proposed local amendments. State law requires that the codes become effective at the local level. On Jan first of 2020. The 2020 Long Beach Municipal Code update involves some technical provisions of the codes. It involved some administrative provisions of the code codes and also some general cleanup of the language. When you update the codes in one section, obviously it has an effect in other sections. So to this rigorous process, staff has been able to update and upgrade our codes throughout, which impacted Title three of Language Municipal Code, the Revenue and Finance System Title impacted Title eight Language Health and Safety Code. It also impacted Title nine. Long Beach. Public Peace. Morale and Welfare. Title and also Title 14. Long Beach. Municipal Code. Streets and Sidewalks. Majority of the changes that were involved were entirely 18 alien courts, which as a result impacted other codes and other provisions. Some more notable items under the Building Codes era would be the sort of which will take permitting the expedited process that we are implementing and also upgrade and changes to the flood prevention and flood. Review of the projects that are in flood district. It also involved fire code, involved some other elements of the code enforcement. Tyler, 21 of the longest municipal code zoning, was also impacted or changed when it comes to the harbor permits and reference to the structural design requirements of the roof. Support for the photovoltaics systems. Final 18 covers, basically building and safety and health, but also includes the sustainability sustainability provisions of the code, such as electrical vehicle charging policy that we are coming up with, and also the solar photovoltaic systems. In order to put a staff to put this common issues in front of you. Several boards and several committees and commissions were consulted with, including Board of Examiners and Appeals and Condemnation. There were several meetings that staff presented the code updates to them Sustainable City Commission, Planning Commission and also Industry Partners for archery in order for his staff to produce recommendations together. The recommendations in front of you tonight are basically. What is putting that in his staff report. And rather than me going through the detailed discussion on the recommendations, uh, the trial code update changes are recommended for approval tonight. Uh, these code updates makes us. Design and construct per the latest and greatest standards that are available in California. And the is basically conclude my presentation for tonight and I'm available for any questions or answers that you may have for us. Thank you. There's a there's a motion in the second Mr. Goodhew wrest control. You speaking on this item? No. Members, please go ahead and pass as the votes. Cast your vote. Ocean carries. Okay. CHEERING, Please. We're going to do a hearing here in ten.