California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 23 - Cemetery and Funeral Bureau › Article 9 - Private Mausoleums and Columbariums › Section 2390 - Construction

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Private
				mausoleums and columbariums shall be constructed as allowed in Section
				9600.6
				of the Health and Safety Code.
(b)
				Solid type construction of private mausoleums and columbariums shall also
				comply with the methods and standards set forth in Part 5 of the Mausoleum and
				Columbarium Law, (commencing with Section
				9501
				of the Health and Safety Code), with the exception of Sections
				9627,
				9632, and
				9646, and with the addition of the
				following construction methods:
Solid type construction is construction in which all bearing
				  walls, beams, columns, floor slabs, and roof consists of marble or granite
				  blocks, in solid form, pinned with non-corrosive structural metal pins as
				  hereinafter described. The foundations and footings shall be of poured-in-place
				  reinforced concrete designed and constructed in conformity with the Uniform
				  Building Code. All bearing walls, beams, columns, floor slabs, and roof shall
				  be constructed in conformity with the requirements set forth in the Uniform
				  Building Code, except as otherwise provided in this section. Structural members
				  shall be not less than six inches (6") thick, if of granite construction, and
				  eight inches (8") thick, if of marble construction. Each structural part shall
				  be properly pinned and anchored to each other structural part. All vertical
				  joints shall be pinned a maximum of thirty-six inches (36") on centers, with
				  pins a maximum of eighteen inches (18") from a horizontal joint, or pinned with
				  one pin per joint section, whichever spacing is smaller. All horizontal points
				  shall be pinned a maximum of twenty-four inches (24") on centers, or in the
				  case of wall slabs of width greater than twenty-four inches (24"), each slab
				  shall be pinned to roof and floor with at least two pins. No pins shall be
				  closer than four inches (4") to the corner of a stone. Pins shall be bronze,
				  stainless steel or other non-corrosive structural metal, at least three-fourths
				  inch (3/4") in diameter and six inches (6") long. Pins shall be properly
				  grouted in one (1") holes drilled to a minimum depth of three inches (3"),
				  except the foundations, where they shall be set in place when the concrete is
				  poured. Each course shall be properly grouted solid. All joints services shall
				  be properly roughened to give the binding surfaces a roughness necessary for
				  proper binding. At all vertical joints there shall be proper cramps at each
				  joint line of a similar non-corrosive variety. No course shall be less than
				  eighteen inches (18") in height, and thirty-six (36") in length. The roof stone
				  shall be pinned to the side walls. All joints shall be large enough to allow
				  for expansion and contraction, and shall be raked at least one-half inch (1/2")
				  deep, unless constructed of single slabs. Where granite or marble roof is
				  constructed of more than one piece, and pitch is three inches (3") per twelve
				  inches (12") or less, up-slope pieces must overlap down-slope pieces by a
				  minimum of eight inches (8"). For pitches more than three inches (3") to six
				  inches (6") per twelve inches (12"), this minimum overlap shall be four inches
				  (4"). For a slope steeper than six inches (6"), this minimum overlap shall be
				  one and one inches (1 1/2"). Where granite or marble roof stone is level or
				  nearly level, and terminated in a vertical joint on one or more sides, this
				  vertical joint shall be protected by a superimposed cap, along whose edge a
				  drainage trough shall be cut in the roof stone of such size and slope as to
				  prevent moisture from entering the bed joint between roof stone and cap. All
				  interior and exterior fastenings for hangers, clips, doors, and other objects
				  shall be of copper base alloy, aluminum, copper, or stainless steel of adequate
				  gauges. All exterior metals used for doors, window frames, skylights, gutters,
				  downspout, flashing, or in embellishment shall be of copper, copper-based
				  alloy, aluminum, or stainless steel of gauges structurally
				  determined.
1. New article
				  9 (section
				  2390) and section filed 12-6-96;
				  operative 1-5-97 (Register 96, No. 49).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 102.1
					 and
					 9630,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 9600.5,
					 Health and Safety Code.