ORDINANCE NO. N.S.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND AMENDING CHAPTER 6.48 OF THE RICHMOND MUNICIPAL CODE ENTITLED “GAS SHUT-OFF DEVICES”
The City Council of the City of Richmond does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 6.48.020(2)(C) of the City of Richmond Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
(C) Where fuel gas piping is not involved in the alteration or addition, the value of such alteration/addition is more than $15,000.
SECTION 2. Section 6.48.020(3) is hereby added to the City of Richmond Municipal Code to read as follows:
(3) Any existing residential, commercial, or industrial building that has fuel gas piping supplying the building and the building is sold on or after July 1, 2024. The device must be installed before the parties to the sale enter into an agreement for sale, or before the close of escrow when an escrow agreement has been executed in connection with the sale. If an individual condominium unit in a building is sold, an approved gas shut-off device must be installed downstream of the meter on the gas piping serving that individual condominium unit.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or invalid, the remaining portions of this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance irrespective of the unconstitutionality or invalidity of any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase.
SECTION 4. This Ordinance becomes effective July 1, 2024.
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First introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Richmond held on December 19, 2023 and finally passed and adopted at a regular meeting held on ___________ by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
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Clerk of the City of Richmond
(SEAL)
Approved:
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Eduardo Martinez, Mayor
Approved as to form:
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Dave Aleshire, City Attorney