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Home My WebLink About877360 ORDINANCE NO. 877 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UKIAH ADDING SECTION 3035 TO THE UKIAH CITY CODE TO REQUIRE ELEVATORS IN CERTAIN MULTISTORY APARTMENT BUILDINGS RENTED EXCLUSIVELY TO SENIOR CITIZENS. The City Council of the City of Ukiah ordains as follows: SECTION 1. FINDINGS. The City Council of the City of Ukiah ("City") finds that: 1. There exists within the City of Ukiah a need for affor- dable housing designed to meet the unique needs of the elderly. 2. Due to the unusually hot summers in Ukiah elderly citizens who must climb stairs as the exclusive means of access to their apartments run a significant risk of injury and sudden illness. These unique climatic conditions reasonably require ad- ditional building code requirements in the City of. Ukiah for senior citizen housing which requirements are not now Dart of the State Building Standards Code. ' 3. This ordinance that requires elevators in all apartment buildings of 25 units or more rented exclusively to senior citizens which are two or more stories is reasonably necessary because of the uniquely hot summers experienced in Ukiah. SECTION 2. ADOPTION OF NEW SECTION 3035. A new section 3035 is hereby added to the Ukiah City Code to read as follows: Section 3035. Elevators required in larqe senior citizen apartment buildinq~. A. Definitions. For purposes of this section: 1. "Large senior citizen apartment building" means a multiple dwelling (as defined in section 9290) containing twenty- five (25) or more dwelling units (as defined in section 9293) rented exclusively to senior citizens which buildina contains two or more floors or stories. ' 2. "Senior citizen" means a man or woman 62 years of age or older. - B. Elevators required. Elevators shall be installed in large senior citizen apart- ment buildings subject to building permit applications submitted on or after the effective date of this ordinance. Said elevators must provide access to all apartments not located on the ground floor of large senior citizen apartment buildings. SECTION 3. PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. A copy of this Ordinance shall be published as provided by law and shall become effective 30 days after its adoption by the City Council. PASSED AND ADOPTED on June 15 , 1988, at a regular meeting of the Ukiah City Council by the following roll call vote: AYES: Council members Shoemaker,Wattenburger, Hi ckey,Schnei ter,Mayor Henderson Noes- ABSENT: