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RESOLUTION NO. ~
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH,
CALIFORNIA SETTING FORTH THE LOCAL CONDITIONS
UPON WHICH A DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE BY
THE CITY COUNCIL THAT MODIFICATIONS TO THE
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, 1990 EDI'l'ION, ARE
REASONABLY REQUIRED BY LOCAL CONDI'l'IONS
WITHIN THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Section 17922 requires
the City of Seal Beach to adopt the most current edition of the
National Electrical Code; and
WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Section 17958.5
provides for the City Council to make changes or modifications in
the most current edition of the National Electrical Code as may
be reasonably necessary because of certain local conditions, and
WHEREAS, the Building Official of the city of Seal
Beach has determined and recommended that, based upon certain
local conditions within the city of Seal Beachr the modifications
to the 1990 Edition of the National Electrical Code as contained
in Ordinance No. 1441 are reasonably required to be adopted by
the City of Seal Beach, and
WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Section 17958.7
requires the City Council to make express findings of the
necessity for modifications to the most recent edition of the
National Electrical Code; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate to describe the specific
local conditions upon Which each said modification is based.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the city Council of
the City of Seal Beach that the amendments and modifications to
the 1990 National Electrical Code contained in Ordinance No. 1441
are hereby found to be reasonably necessary because of the
following local climatic, geological or topographical conditions:
A. The local climate in the area which includes the
city of Seal Beach is characterized by hot, dry summers, followed
by strong Santa Ana winds. The undeveloped portions of the city,
including the Hellman Ranch, consist of grasslands which can
become critically dry and generate or fuel fires which can be
difficult to control and which threaten surrounding, developed
properties. Thus the City is 'vulnerable to rapidly spreading,
wind-driven fires. Other portions of the City are quite densely
populated, with narrow or non-existent sideyards. These factors
greatly enhance the risk of fires which spread to a number of
properties. Amendments to state electrical standards are neces-
sary to regulate construction practices to reduce fire hazards to
a manageable level. Therefore, the City council of the City of
Seal Beach finds that the changes made by Ordinance No. 1441 to
the following provisions of the National Electric Code are
reasonably necessary because of local climactic, geological, and
topographical conditions: Sections 210.23(a), 220.4(e),
230.42(b)(1), 230.42;0)(2), 230.24, 250.112, 310.14, 310.16,
336.3, 336.4(a), and 370.4(a).
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B. The soils of the City of Seal Beach are markedly
corrosive. Accordingly, the safe and ~ffective functioning of
electrical components which come into contact with the soil can
be assured only by amendments to certain provisions of the
National Electrical Code. Therefore, the City council of the
Resolution Number 4D 1/
City of Seal Beach finds that the changes made by Ordinance No.
1441 to the following provisions of the National Electric Code
are reasonably necessary because of local climactic, geological,
and topographical conditions: sections 230.42(b)(1),
230.42(b) (2), 250.81(c), 250.81(e), 250.112, and 300.6(b).
C. certain changes to administrative provisions of
the Uniform Administrative Code are necessary to allow the
uniform administration of the building codes, including the
electrical code, by procedures suited to the size and nature of
the City's staff and administrative agencies and by means suited
to the City's experience with local climactic, geological, and
topographical conditions and to provide sufficient staff support
for the time-consuming insp~ctions and analyzes required by the
fire safety hazards outlined above and by the geological hazards
posed in a city which is traversed by or adjacent to numerous
active faults and which contains historic wetlands areas
comprised of potentially unstable soils. Therefore, the City
council of the City of Seal Beach finds that the changes made by
Ordinance No. 1441 to the following provisions of the National
Electric Code are reasonably necessary because of local
climactic, geological, and topographical conditions: Sections
303(a), 303(d), 304(a), 304(b), 304(d) (2), and 305(e).
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the city Council fj
of Seal Beach, at a meeting thereof held on th~~~ ay
, 1991, by folIo ing vote:
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Councilmembers
NOES:
ABSENT:
councilmembers
Ph. .{ LAytr
Mayor
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF SEAL BEACH
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~t'l:Y' Clerk
q?o.~y of Seal Beach
I, Joanne M. Yeo, City Clerk of Seal Beach, California,
do hereby certify that ~h regoing resolution is the original
copy of eso1ution No. , on file in the office of the city
Clerk, pa sed, approved n adopted by the City Council of t~..' n
City f S Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the~
day 0 , 1991.
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