2007 California Health and Safety Code Article 3. General Requirements And Administration

CA Codes (hsc:16009-16016)

16009.  The appropriate enforcement agency which meets the
requirements of Sections 16017 and 16018 shall review the design and
inspect the construction of essential services buildings or the
reconstruction, alteration, or addition to any essential services
building to the extent it deems necessary to ensure that:
   (1) When the enforcement agency is a local agency, drawings and
specifications comply with the locally adopted editions of the model
codes, as defined in Section 18916, the administrative regulations
contained in Part 1 (commencing with Section 1-101) of Title 24 of
the California Code of Regulations,  and the regulations contained in
Part 2 (commencing with Section 101), except for Chapters 23 to 30,
inclusive, and Chapter 47 of Title 24 of the California Code of
Regulations.
   (2) When the enforcement agency is the Office of the State
Architect, that drawings and specifications comply with all parts of
the State Building Standards Code, as contained in Title 24 of the
California Code of Regulations, as adopted by that agency.
   (3) For the protection of life and property that the work of
construction has been performed in accordance with the approved
drawings and specifications and this chapter.



16010.  Essential services buildings of one-story Type V and Type
IIN construction that are 2,000 square feet or less in floor area are
exempt from the provisions of this chapter.



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 specifications for the essential
services building, the governing board, authority, owner,
corporation, or other agency proposing to construct any essential
services building shall submit the design calculations, drawings, and
specifications of the essential services buildings to the
appropriate enforcement agency.  The enforcement agency shall stamp
the drawings and specifications if the construction or alteration is
approved by the enforcement agency.  Included with the stamp shall be
the signature of the qualified person referred to in Section 16018
or Section 16019.



16012.  In each case, the application for approval of the drawings
and specifications for essential services buildings shall be
accompanied by comprehensive and complete drawings, design
calculations, and specifications, and required fees, all of which
shall comply with the requirements prescribed by the enforcement
agency.  This review shall not preclude incremental submission and
approval of drawings and specifications.



16013.  The enforcement agency shall approve or reject all drawings
and specifications for the construction or the alteration of all
essential services buildings, and in doing so, shall review the
design calculations, drawings, and specifications to ensure
compliance with the requirements of this chapter.  A record shall be
kept by the enforcement agency indicating that design calculations,
drawings, and specifications have been reviewed and conform with:
   (1) When the enforcement agency is a local agency, the locally
adopted editions of the model codes, as defined in Section 18916, the
administrative regulations contained in Part 1 (commencing with
Section 1-101) of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations,
and the regulations contained in Part 2 (commencing with Section
101), except for Chapters 23 to 30, inclusive, and Chapter 47 of
Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations.
   (2) When the enforcement agency is the Office of the State
Architect, all parts of the State Building Standards Code, as
contained in Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations and
adopted by that agency.



16014.  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b),
drawings and specifications submitted pursuant to this chapter for
construction, reconstruction, remodeling, additions, or alterations
which affect structural elements of structures in existence on
January 1, 1986, shall be based upon an assessment of the geological
conditions of the site and the potential for earthquake damage,
relying upon geologic and engineering investigations and studies by
personnel who are  competent to report on geologic conditions and
their potential for causing earthquake damage.  One-story Type V and
Type IIN construction of 4,000 square feet or less shall be exempt
from this section, unless the project is within a special studies
zone established pursuant to Section 2622 of the Public Resources
Code.
   (b) The requirements of subdivision (a) may be waived by the
enforcement agency if it determines that these requirements for the
proposed essential services building project are unnecessary and
would not be beneficial to the safety of the public.




16015.  All drawings and specifications shall be prepared under the
responsible charge of an architect, civil engineer, or structural
engineer, who shall sign all drawings and specifications for approval
of the enforcement agency.  Observation of the work of construction
shall be under the general responsible charge of the same architect,
civil engineer, or structural engineer when feasible, as determined
by the enforcement agency, except that if drawings and specifications
do not involve architectural or structural conditions, the drawings
and specifications may be prepared and the work of construction may
be administered by a registered professional engineer qualified in
the branch of engineering that is appropriate to the drawings,
specifications, estimates, and work of construction.



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 specifications comply with this chapter and
the requirements prescribed by the enforcement agency and approval of
those drawings and specifications has been obtained from the
enforcement agency.