City Council

3.A.15.2025 California Building Standards Code and 2025 California Fire Code\nRECOMMENDATION:\nStaff recommends that the City Council:\n1. DETERMINE that the adoption of Ordinance No. 25-08 and Ordinance\nNo. 25-09 are not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act\n(CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a\ndirect or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment)\nand 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of\nthe CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3,\nbecause it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment,\ndirectly or indirectly.\n2. APPROVE the INTRODUCTION and FIRST READING of Ordinance\nNo. 25-08 approving the 2025 California Building Standards updates entitled:\nAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JACINTO,\nCALIFORNIA, AMENDING AND ADDING CERTAIN\nSECTIONS AND SUBSECTIONS IN TITLE 15\n(BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION) OF THE SAN\nJACINTO MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO THE\nCONSTRUCTION,\nALTERATION,\nAND\nMAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES,\nAND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 2025 EDITION\nOF THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS\nCODE, KNOWN AS TITLE 24 OF THE CALIFORNIA\nCODE OF REGULATIONS, INCLUDING THE 2025\nCALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE (INCORPORATING\nAND AMENDING THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL\nBUILDING\nCODE),\nTHE\n2025\nCALIFORNIA\nELECTRICAL\nCODE\n(INCORPORATING\nAND\nAMENDING THE 2023 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL\nCODE), THE 2025 CALIFORNIA MECHANICAL CODE\n(INCORPORATING AND AMENDING THE 2024\nUNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE), THE 2025\nCALIFORNIA PLUMBING CODE (INCORPORATING\nAND AMENDING THE 2024 UNIFORM PLUMBING\nCODE), THE 2025 CALIFORNIA ADMINISTRATIVE\nCODE, THE 2025 CALIFORNIA ENERGY CODE, THE\n2025 CALIFORNIA GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS\nCODE, THE 2025 REFERENCED STANDARDS CODE,\nAND THE 2024 UNIFORM SWIMMING POOL, SPA\nAND HOT TUB CODE, TOGETHER WITH LOCAL\nAMENDMENTS, ADDITIONS, AND DELETIONS\nBASED ON LOCAL CLIMATIC, GEOLOGICAL, AND\nTOPOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS, AND REPEALING\nOBSOLETE PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE 1997\nUNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.\n3. APPROVE the INTRODUCTION and FIRST READING of Ordinance\nNo. 25-09 approving the 2025 Fire Code updates entitled:\nAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JACINTO,\nCALIFORNIA,\nREPEALING\nAND\nREPLACING\nCHAPTER 8.16 OF THE SAN JACINTO MUNICIPAL\nCODE, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE RIVERSIDE\nCOUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 787.11 WHICH ADOPTS\nTHE 2025 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE\n(TITLE 24, PART 9) AND THE 2025 EDITION OF THE\nCALIFORNIA WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE CODE\n(TITLE\n24,\nPART\n7),\nINCLUDING\nLOCAL\nAMENDMENTS BASED ON LOCAL CLIMATIC,\nGEOLOGICAL,\nAND\nTOPOGRAPHICAL\nCONDITIONS,\nAND\nESTABLISHING\nADMINISTRATIVE SUBSTITUTIONS, FEES, AND\nPENALTIES.