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CHAPTER 2. Essential Services Buildings [16000. - 16023.]

Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.

§§ 16000–16023 · 27 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 16000–16001 · 2 sections
    • § 16000 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Essential Services Buildings Seismic Safety Act of 1986.
    • § 16001 It is the intent of the Legislature that essential services buildings, which shall be capable of providing essential services to the public after a disaster,…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Definitions §§ 16002–16008 · 7 sections
    • § 16002 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
    • § 16003 “Architect” means a person who is certified under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5500) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.
    • § 16004 “Civil engineer” means a person who is registered as a civil engineer under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and…
    • § 16005 “Construction or alteration” includes any construction of, addition to, reconstruction of, or alteration to any essential services building.
    • § 16006 “Enforcement agency” means the agency of a city, city and county, or county responsible for building safety within its jurisdiction. The office of the State…
    • § 16007 “Essential services building” means any building, including buildings designed and constructed, for public agencies used, or designed to be used, or any…
    • § 16008 “Structural engineer” means a person who is authorized to use the title structural engineer under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the…
  3. ARTICLE 3. General Requirements and Administration §§ 16009–16016 · 9 sections
    • § 16009 The appropriate enforcement agency which meets the requirements of Sections 16017 and 16018 shall review the design and inspect the construction of essential…
    • § 16010 Essential services buildings of one-story Type V and Type II N construction that are 2,000 square feet or less in floor area are exempt from the provisions of…
    • § 16010.5 Notwithstanding any other law, the inclusion of office space for or an emergency dispatch center of the Department of the California Highway Patrol in any…
    • § 16011 Unless a contract for the construction or alteration of an essential services building is entered into prior to July 1, 1986, before adopting any drawings or…
    • § 16012 In each case, the application for approval of the drawings and specifications for essential services buildings shall be accompanied by comprehensive and…
    • § 16013 The enforcement agency shall approve or reject all drawings and specifications for the construction or the alteration of all essential services buildings, and…
    • § 16014 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), drawings and specifications submitted pursuant to this chapter for construction, reconstruction,…
    • § 16015 All drawings and specifications shall be prepared under the responsible charge of an architect, civil engineer, or structural engineer, who shall sign all…
    • § 16016 Except as provided in Section 16011, on and after July 1, 1986, construction of an essential services building shall not begin unless the drawings and…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Qualifications and Reporting §§ 16017–16022.5 · 8 sections
    • § 16017 During construction or alteration of an essential services building, the building owner shall provide for, and the local enforcement agency shall require,…
    • § 16017.5 (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, including, but not limited to, Part 6 (commencing with Section 8000) of Division 4 of the Civil Code,…
    • § 16018 An enforcement agency is qualified to undertake the review of plans, drawings, and specifications for essential services buildings if the enforcement agency…
    • § 16019 A jurisdiction whose enforcement agency does not meet the qualifications specified in Sections 16017 and 16018 shall obtain necessary qualified personnel to…
    • § 16020 Periodically, as the work of construction or alteration progresses and whenever the enforcement agency requires, except as exempt under Section 16010, the…
    • § 16021 Periodically, as the work of construction or alteration progresses and whenever the enforcement agency requires, except as exempt under Section 16010, the…
    • § 16022 The State Architect shall do all of the following: (a) Observe the implementation and administration of this chapter. (b) Establish and adopt, in consultation…
    • § 16022.5 Following completion of construction of a state-owned or state-occupied essential services building, the State Fire Marshal may conduct regular inspections of…
  5. ARTICLE 5. Offenses § 16023 · 1 section
    • § 16023 Any person who willfully violates this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.