Earthquake ProtectionScope and Application

Section § 19100

Explanation

This section lists buildings that are not subject to certain rules in this chapter. It includes buildings outside city limits not meant for people to live in, homes for up to two families outside city limits, and buildings primarily for farm use like housing livestock or equipment.

Additionally, it covers buildings that were under construction before May 26, 1933, and certain small wooden buildings in unincorporated areas used for living in labor camps.

This chapter does not apply to any of the following buildings:
(a)CA Health & Safety Code § 19100(a)  Any building not intended primarily for occupancy by human beings and located entirely outside the limits of a city or city and county.
(b)CA Health & Safety Code § 19100(b)  Any building designed and constructed for use exclusively as a dwelling by not more than two families and located entirely outside the limits of a city or city and county.
(c)CA Health & Safety Code § 19100(c)  Any building designed and constructed primarily for use in housing poultry, livestock, hay, grain, or farm machinery and supplies, even though persons may work in, or may otherwise be present in, such building from time to time.
(d)CA Health & Safety Code § 19100(d)  Any building under construction on and prior to May 26, 1933.
(e)CA Health & Safety Code § 19100(e)  Any building in an unincorporated area and used for human habitation and of wood frame construction and not more than two stories in height, in which the span between bearing walls does not exceed twenty-four feet (24’), no room in which contains an area of more than one thousand square feet (1,000 sq. ft.), and which is located in a labor camp as defined in Section 2410 of the Labor Code.
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Section § 19101

Explanation

This law allows cities and counties in California to create their own construction standards that are stricter than the state-level minimum standards.

Any city, city and county, or county may establish by ordinance construction standards higher than those established by this chapter.
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