Resolution Number 94-5-17-7RESOLUTION NO. 94-5-17-7
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A VOLUNTARY SEISMIC
RETROFITTING PROGRAM FOR UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDINGS IN
CONFORMANCE WITH CHAPTER 12.2 OF DIVISION 1 OF TITLE 2 OF THE
GOVERNMENT CODE
WHEREAS, unreinforced masonry buildings have been widely recognized for their sustaining of life
hazardous damage as a result of partial or complete collapse during moderate to strong earthquakes; and,
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California, to
promote public safety and welfare by reducing the risk of death or injury that may result from the effects of earthquakes
on existing unreinforced masonry bearing wall buildings; and,
WHEREAS, it is the objective of the City Council to achieve seismic safety coupled with the
conservation and preservation of historically significant buildings; and,
WHEREAS, the owners of unreinforced masonry buildings in the City of San Juan Capistrano have
voluntarily retrofitted fourteen of nineteen identified unreinforced masonry buildings as a result of notification by the City;
and,
WHEREAS, the adoption of a volurvary retrofitting program conplies with the State Statute addressing
' unreinforced masonry buildings.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE 1T RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano
does hereby adopt a voluntary seismic retrofitting program for unreinforced masonry buildings in the City.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 17th day of May , 1994.
ATTEST:
'-CO B L, MAYOR
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) _
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CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
I, CHERYL JOHNSON, City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Resolution No. 94-5-17-7 adopted by the City
Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 17th day of
May , 1994, by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Jones, Hausdorfer, Nash, Vasquez and
Mayor Campbell
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
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CHERYL JO ON, ITY CLERK
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