Section 16108 Of Chapter 3. Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Technologies From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 12.5. >> Chapter 3.
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. (a) Private and public agency building owners and developers
may, and are encouraged to, use the provisions of this chapter for
new and existing buildings. Private and public agency building owners
and developers are encouraged to consider the building standards
enacted by local governments for building reconstruction pursuant to
Article 4 (commencing with Section 19160) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of
Division 13.
(b) The State Architect, using the advisory committee defined in
Section 16022 shall review the suitability of the candidate buildings
for earthquake hazard mitigation technologies upon request from
building owners or developers, public agencies, or design
professionals and shall review the adequacy of the project-specific
design and earthquake performance criteria and report its findings to
the appropriate public agency prior to the approval of design
concepts, preliminary design criteria, geotechnical reports, and
ground response reports by the appropriate public agency.
(c) The advisory committee established pursuant to Section 16022
shall be used by the State Architect to perform a peer review of the
earthquake hazard mitigation technologies for a project at the State
Architect's discretion or at the request of a building owner, design
professional, or responsible public agency. The State Architect may
add to the advisory committee additional peers for a particular
project from a list of recognized experts in the field of earthquake
hazard mitigation technologies.
(d) An appropriate fee for all reviews by the State Architect and
advisory committee shall be established by the State Architect and
paid for by building owners prior to reviews. The fees established
pursuant to this subdivision shall not exceed the actual costs of
performing the individual peer review.
(e) No local agency may require any private or public agency,
building owner or developer, or their design professionals, to comply
with the provisions of this chapter as a condition of local agency
review, permitting, or approval.