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Ord. 2580 - Amending Ordinance 2415 to make additions to the Oregon Structural Specialty Code COUNCIL BILL NO. 3124 ORDINANCE NO. 2580 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2415 (BUILDING CODE ORDINANCE) TO MAKE CERTAIN ADDITIONS TO THE OREGON STRUCTURAL SPECIALTY CODE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY WHEREAS, the City of Woodburn is organized to employ and operate a Building Department to enhance public safety; WHEREAS, the Building Department administers and enforces the Oregon State and local building codes; WHEREAS, on October 1, 2019, the Oregon Building Codes Division issued a 2019 version of the Oregon Structural Specialty Code ("OSSC") to replace the 2014 version, with the new code being effective January 1, 2020; WHEREAS, the newly adopted State Code creates a change in scope that includes a list of twenty-six (26) types of construction that the State Building Codes Division now believes are outside the purview of the Division to regulate, pursuant to the authority granted in ORS 455.020; WHEREAS, the newly adopted State Code provides local municipalities the option under the authority of ORS 455.020(4) to establish administrative procedures by local ordinance to regulate the now exempt construction activities; and WHEREAS, the City of Woodburn has determined that the health, safety and welfare of the community is best served by exercising the local option to subject certain now exempt construction activities eligible for local regulation to the operable provisions of the 2018 International Building Code, which specifically regulates these activities and is the basis for the 2019 OSSC; NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY OF WOODBURN ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Ordinance 2415 is amended, to add a new Subsection 2.A.1 1 to read as follows: 11 . The following categories of construction activities listed in Section 101 .2 as outside of the authority of the Oregon Structural Specialty Code, but within the authority of municipalities to regulate by local ordinance, shall be subject to the relevant construction Page 1 Council Bill No. 3124 Ordinance No. 2580 standards contained in the 2018 International Building Code: (i) tanks that are located exterior to and not attached to or supported by a regulated building; (ii) cellular phone, radio, television, and other telecommunication and broadcast towers that are not attached to or supported by a regulated building; and (iii) signs not attached to or supported by a regulated building. Section 2. Effective Date of Adoption of the Code. The Oregon Structural Specialty Code adopted by reference under Section 2.A of Ordinance 2415 is as adopted and in effect on January 1 , 2020. Section 3. Emer-gency Clause. This ordinance being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety since it is in City's interest to have a local regulatory process in place for the identified structures, an emergency is declared to exist and this ordinance shall take effect immediately upon passage by the Council and approval by the Mayor. Approved as to form: 1s/ N. Robert Shields April 13, 2020 City Attorney Date Approved: Eric Swenson, Mayor Passed by the Council �3 8 � ;zC73 Submitted to the Mayor (•0 Approved by the Mayor t-z� r, Filed in the Office of the Recorder s -e--)z ATTEST: Heather Pierson, City Recorder City of Woodburn, Oregon Page 2 Council Bill No. 3124 Ordinance No. 2580