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The 2008 City of Los Angeles Building Code is based on the 2007 California Building Code and the 2006 International Building Code.
The 2008 City of Los Angeles Building Code Set includes the 2008 City of Los Angeles Amendments, two City of Los Angeles custom binders and the 2007 California Building Code text (fillers only).
To use this code, begin with a looseleaf copy of the 2007 California Building Code, Volume 1, and substitute the City of Los Angeles yellow pages. This will give you a complete 2008 City of Los Angeles Building Code, Volume 1, in correct numerical sequence. We highly recommend that you retain the original 2007 California Building Code pages that have been removed and replaced by City of Los Angeles amended text for possible future reference.
Effective Use of the City of Los Angeles Building Code
The City of Los Angeles Building Code was established in 1889 with the appointment of the first superintendent of building. In 1923, the first of 18 volumes of the Los Angeles Annual Builder's Guide was published. This guide is a handbook for architects and builders and contains a complete cross index of the Los Angeles building ordinances, electrical ordinances and supplementary rulings and the California State Housing Act.
After 1936, the building regulations of Chapter IX of the Los Angeles Municipal Code were established by the passage of Ordinance No. 77,000. But it was 1943 when Ordinance No. 87,000 amended in its entirety Article 1 of Chapter IX of the Los Angeles Municipal Code and a new Los Angeles City Building Code was published. This edition of the Los Angeles Municipal Code established the format of the different divisions and sections relevant to the building regulations in the city.
Through the intervening years, the code has been amended and revised regularly to keep pace with the ever-changing technology of the construction industry and new and proven concepts of structural design.
The State of California has mandated the City of Los Angeles to enforce the California Building Code (CBC). The City Council for the City of Los Angeles has passed Ordinance Number 179, 324 (operative January 1, 2008) to amend Article 1 of Chapter IX of the Los Angeles Municipal Code and to adopt by reference the 2007 edition of the California Building Code (CBC) and hereinafter shall be called the 2008 edition of the City of Los Angeles Building Code.
- Chapter 1 is the general administrative provisions of the City of Los Angeles and replaces Chapter 1 of the 2007 California Building Code.
- Chapters 2 through 35 are the general provisions of the 2007 California Building Code.
- Chapters 61 through 72 have been added to the code to provide special requirements of the City of Los Angeles.
- Chapters 81 through 91 are the city code requirements of existing buildings and structures.
- Chapters 92 through 96 are the city standard for voluntary earthquake hazard reduction standards for existing buildings.
At the end of Volume 2 of the Building Code, "Excerpts" has been added for additional reference to the industry. Excerpts are the accumulation of related Los Angeles City codes and municipal and administrative code sections pertaining to Department of Building and Safety.
SECTION 101
TITLE, PURPOSE AND SCOPE
101.1 Title. This article shall be known as the "Los Angeles Building Code" or "Building Code" or "LABC," a portion of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), and wherever the word "Code" is used in this article it shall mean the "Los Angeles Building Code." The Los Angeles Building Code adopts by reference portions of the California Building Code.
101.2 Purpose. The purpose of this article is to safeguard life, limb, health, property and public welfare by regulating and controlling the design, construction, quality of materials, use and occupancy, location and maintenance of all buildings and structures erected or to be erected within the city and by regulating certain grading operations within the city.
101.3 Application. Chapters 1 through 96 of the Los Angeles Building Code as published by the International Code Council (hereinafter referred to as the published code), are Chapters 1 through 96, respectively, of Article 1, Chapter IX, of the Los Angeles Municipal Code. For uniformity with the California Building Code (CBC), only the division and section numbers are stated in the published code. For the complete Los Angeles Municipal Code section number, each code section number specified in Chapters 1 through 96 of the published code shall be presumed to be preceded by two digits and a decimal point (specifically "91."). For example, this section is Section 91.101.3 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code. Wherever in this code reference is made to the appendix, the provisions in the appendix shall not apply unless specifically adopted. |
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