§ 5-2. Development services director

(a) Enforcement of the construction codes adopted by section 5-1 shall be the responsibility of the building official. All references to the building official or director of building and safety shall deem to mean the building official responsible for the division of building and code enforcement.

(b) The provisions of title shall apply to and affect all of the territory of the City of Costa Mesa, except work located primarily in a public way, public utility towers and poles, mechanical equipment not specifically regulated by this title, hydraulic flood control structures, facilities for the production, generation, storage or transmission of water or electrical energy by a local agency, and the buildings or structures of administration and instruction of public schools when acting under the state contract act, except as otherwise provided in this title.

(c) Additions, alterations, repairs and changes of use or occupancy of all buildings and structures shall comply with the provisions for new buildings and structures, except as otherwise provided in this title.

(d) Where, in any specific case, different sections of the construction codes specify different materials, methods of construction or other requirements, the most restrictive shall govern.

(e) Pursuant to section 1-33.1 of this Code, the development services director and his deputies are designated as enforcement officials with authority to issue citations for violations of this Code either as a misdemeanor or infraction.

(Ord. No. 92-22, § 3, 12-21-92; Ord. No. 95-22, § 3, 1-2-96; Ord. No. 98-19, § 1, 7-6-98; Ord. No. 07-18, § 3, 10-16-07 )

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Section 3 of Ord. No. 92-22, adopted Dec. 21, 1992, amended § 5-2 to read as herein set out. Formerly, § 5-2 pertained to Uniform Building Code, § 304 and derived from § 3 of Ord. No. 71-14, adopted June 21, 1971; § 2(3) of Ord. No. 82-13, adopted Sep. 7, 1982; and § 2(3) of Ord. No. 87-22, adopted Nov. 2, 1987.