CHAPTER 2. Earthquake Protection
Chapter 2 enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.
§§ 19100–19217 · 50 sections
ARTICLE 1. Scope and Application §§ 19100–19101 · 2 sections
- § 19100 This chapter does not apply to any of the following buildings: (a) Any building not intended primarily for occupancy by human beings and located entirely…
- § 19101 Any city, city and county, or county may establish by ordinance construction standards higher than those established by this chapter.
ARTICLE 2. Enforcement §§ 19120–19124 · 5 sections
- § 19120 The building department of every city and city and county shall enforce this chapter within the city or city and county. “Building department” means the…
- § 19121 The department, officer, or officers of a county who are charged with the enforcement of ordinances or laws regulating the erection, construction, or…
- § 19122 Any city or county may, by ordinance, designate any department or officer, other than a department or officer mentioned in this chapter, to enforce all or any…
- § 19123 In any city where there is no department or officer charged with or designated for the enforcement of this chapter, the appropriate department, officer, or…
- § 19124 The Division of Codes and Standards of the Department of Housing and Community Development may enforce any provision of this chapter or any building standards…
ARTICLE 2a. Building Permits §§ 19130–19138 · 13 sections
- § 19130 No person shall construct a building subject to this chapter unless he has obtained a written permit for that purpose from the appropriate enforcement agency.
- § 19131 Any person desiring a permit shall file an application therefor with the appropriate enforcement agency, which application shall contain: (a) The name and…
- § 19132 The applicant shall file with his application: (a) A complete set of the plans of the work proposed. (b) A set of specifications describing the materials to be…
- § 19132.3 The governing body of any county or city, including a charter city, may adopt an ordinance prescribing fees for filing applications pursuant to this chapter,…
- § 19132.5 Where work for which a permit is required by this chapter is started or proceeded with prior to the obtaining of such permit, the fees prescribed in Section…
- § 19132.7 The enforcement agency shall determine the cost of the work to be done for which the applicant desires a permit, and shall be guided by approved estimating…
- § 19132.9 The United States, the State of California, school or other districts, counties and cities shall not be required to pay a fee for filing an application for a…
- § 19133 The enforcement agency shall examine the application, plans, and specifications filed with it by an applicant, and if it appears that the work to be done will…
- § 19134 The enforcement agency may approve changes in any application, plans, or specifications previously approved by it.
- § 19135 The enforcement agency may revoke any permit if the permittee refuses, fails, or neglects to comply with any provision of this chapter, or if it finds that any…
- § 19136 The work authorized by a permit shall be performed only in accordance with the application, plans, and specifications filed by the permittee.
- § 19137 The issuance of a permit does not constitute approval of any violation of any provision of this chapter.
- § 19138 In any case where a building subject to this chapter is also subject to any permit provisions of the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the…
ARTICLE 3. Design and Construction § 19150 · 1 section
- § 19150 Every building or structure and every portion thereof shall be designed and constructed to resist stresses produced by lateral forces as provided in the State…
ARTICLE 4. Earthquake Hazardous Building Reconstruction §§ 19160–19168 · 10 sections
- § 19160 The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) Because of the generally acknowledged fact that California will experience moderate to severe earthquakes in the…
- § 19161 (a) Each city, city and county, or county, may assess the earthquake hazard in its jurisdiction and identify buildings subject to its jurisdiction as being…
- § 19162 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 19100 or 19150 or any other provision of law, the governing body of any city, city and county, or county may, by…
- § 19163 Any local ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 19162 shall require the following: (a) Any seismic retrofit of any building identified pursuant to paragraph…
- § 19163.5 Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 129675) of Part 7 of Division 107, an ordinance adopted by a city, city and county, or…
- § 19164 Any city, city and county, or county may assign allowable working stresses to existing materials based on substantiating research data or engineering judgment.…
- § 19165 Any city, city and county, or county adopting an ordinance establishing building seismic retrofit standards for seismically hazardous buildings shall file for…
- § 19166 Any building identified as being a seismic hazard to life and retrofitted in compliance with building seismic retrofit standards adopted pursuant to this…
- § 19167 No city, city and county, or county, nor any employee of any such entity, shall be liable for damages for injury to persons or property, resulting from an…
- § 19168 Nothing in this article shall apply to those buildings and structures governed by the provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 15000) of Division 12.5…
ARTICLE 5. Violations § 19170 · 1 section
- § 19170 Any person who violates, or causes or permits another person to violate, any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.
ARTICLE 6. Seismic Gas Shutoff §§ 19180–19183 · 4 sections
- § 19180 The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) It is generally accepted that various areas of the state will experience moderate and severe earthquakes in the…
- § 19181 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing body of any city, county, or city and county may enact an ordinance requiring the installation of…
- § 19182 (a) The State Architect shall adopt standards governing earthquake sensitive gas shutoff devices for installation in buildings. These standards shall…
- § 19183 Manufacturers of earthquake sensitive gas shutoff devices or other devices required by an ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 19182 shall first obtain…
ARTICLE 7. Seismic Gas Shutoff Devices §§ 19200–19204 · 6 sections
- § 19200 The Legislature finds and declares that existing law does not require that any new seismic gas shutoff valve sold by any person in this state shall, prior to…
- § 19201 As used in this article: (a) “Seismic gas shutoff device” means a seismic gas shutoff device installed on customer-owned gas piping certified by the State…
- § 19201.5 The State Architect shall establish a certification procedure for earthquake sensitive gas shutoff devices and shall establish a fee for the certification.…
- § 19202 The State Architect shall certify seismic gas shutoff devices which, as determined by the State Architect, comply with Chapter 12-23 (commencing with Section…
- § 19203 Any new seismic gas shutoff device sold by any person in this state shall, prior to sale, be certified by the State Architect.
- § 19204 This article is limited to the service connections of individual structures to main gas lines and to connections of appliances to gas lines and does not apply…
ARTICLE 8. Water Heater Strapping and Installation §§ 19210–19217 · 8 sections
- § 19210 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there exists a serious threat of fire, explosion, or electrocution to the people of California from water heaters…
- § 19211 (a) Notwithstanding Section 19100, all new and replacement water heaters, and all existing residential water heaters, shall be braced, anchored, or strapped to…
- § 19212 All water heaters manufactured for sale in California on or after July 1, 1991, shall include a statement in the installation instructions that water heater…
- § 19213 Manufacturers shall add language to their instruction label on the front of the water heater that discloses the danger of falling or horizontal displacement…
- § 19214 Any person who violates Section 19212 or 19213 shall be deemed to have violated a provision of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 17000) of Part 2 of Division…
- § 19215 The Division of the State Architect shall prepare generic installation instructions with standard details illustrating the strapping, bracing, and anchoring of…
- § 19216 At the point of sale, the retailer may provide the consumer with generic installation instructions with standard details approved by the Division of the State…
- § 19217 The Public Utilities Commission shall direct the investor owned gas and electrical utilities, not later than January 1, 1991, to develop an educational program…