CHAPTER 12.2. Building Earthquake Safety

Chapter 12.2 added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 250, Sec. 2.

§§ 8875–8875.95 · 11 sections

• § 8875 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Potentially hazardous building” means any…
• § 8875.1 A program is hereby established within all cities, both general law and chartered, and all counties and portions thereof located within seismic zone 4, as…
• § 8875.2 Local building departments shall do all of the following: (a) Identify all potentially hazardous buildings within their respective jurisdictions on or before…
• § 8875.3 Local jurisdictions undertaking inventories and providing structural evaluations of potentially hazardous buildings pursuant to this chapter shall have the…
• § 8875.4 The Seismic Safety Commission shall report annually to the Legislature on the filing of mitigation programs from local jurisdictions. The annual report…
• § 8875.5 The Seismic Safety Commission shall coordinate the earthquake-related responsibilities of government agencies imposed by this chapter to ensure compliance with…
• § 8875.6 On and after January 1, 1993, the transferor, or his or her agent, of any unreinforced masonry building with wood frame floors or roofs, built before January…
• § 8875.7 If the transferee has received notice pursuant to Section 8875.8, and has not brought the building or structure into compliance within five years of that date,…
• § 8875.8 (a) An owner who has received actual or constructive notice that a building located in seismic zone 4 is constructed of unreinforced masonry shall post in a…
• § 8875.9 Section 8875.8 shall not apply to either one of the following: (a) Unreinforced masonry construction if the walls are nonload bearing with steel or concrete…
• § 8875.95 No transfer of title shall be invalidated on the basis of a failure to comply with this chapter.