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Introduce, waive reading, and set December 6, 2022, at 1:30 p.m. as the date and time for a public hearing to consider adoption of an ordinance:
a. To make express findings that County amendments to the 2022 California Building Standards Code are reasonably necessary due to local climatic, geological or topographical conditions; and
b. To repeal the 2019 California Building Standards Code with County amendments and adopt the 2022 California Building Standards Code with County amendments.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Introduce, waive reading, and set December 6, 2022, at 1:30 p.m. as the date and time for a public hearing to consider adoption of an ordinance:
a. To make express findings that County amendments to the 2022 California Building Standards Code are reasonably necessary due to local climatic, geological or topographical conditions; and
b. To repeal the 2019 California Building Standards Code with County amendments and adopt the 2022 California Building Standards Code with County amendments.
SUMMARY:
The International Code Council (ICC) revises and publishes model building codes on a three-year cycle. In about a six-month period after ICC publication, the State of California, through a variety of its agencies, adopts the ICC codes with amendments. The model codes include main branches of construction such as the building, fire, residential, plumbing, mechanical, and electrical codes. Also included are the model codes dealing with energy consumption and efficiency, green building and waste reduction, historic buildings and existing buildings. The formal names include the California Building Code, the California Fire Code, etc. The California model building codes were published on July 1, 2022 and will become effective January 1, 2023.
The State of California affords local jurisdictions 180 days to make any local amendments that are reasonably necessary due to local conditions including climate, geography, and topography. If no local amendments are adop...
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