City Council

4.1.\nPublic Hearing for the Adoption of the 2025 California Building Standards Code and\n2025 California Fire Code\nRECOMMENDATION:\nStaff recommends that the City Council:\n1. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING pursuant to Government Code Section § 50022\net seq. to consider adoption of the 2025 California Building Standards Code and\nthe 2025 California Fire Code, together with local amendments and findings\nbased on local climatic, geological, and topographical conditions..\n2. DETERMINE that the adoption of Ordinance No. 25-08 and Ordinance No.\n25-09 are not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)\npursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or\nreasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and\n15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the\nCEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it\nhas no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or\nindirectly.\n3. ADOPT Ordinance No. 25-08 approving the 2025 California Building Standards\nupdates entitled:\nAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JACINTO,\nCALIFORNIA, AMENDING AND ADDING CERTAIN\nSECTIONS AND SUBSECTIONS IN TITLE 15 (BUILDINGS\nAND CONSTRUCTION) OF THE SAN JACINTO\nMUNICIPAL CODEcPERTAINING TO\nTHEcCONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, AND MAINTENANCE\nOF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES, AND ADOPTING BY\nREFERENCE THE 2025 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA\nBUILDING STANDARDS CODE, KNOWN AS TITLE 24 OF\nTHE CALIFORNIA CODE\nOF REGULATIONS,\nINCLUDING THE 2025 CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE\n(INCORPORATING AND AMENDING\nTHE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE), THE 2025\nCALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL CODE (INCORPORATING\nAND AMENDING THE 2023 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL\nCODE), THE 2025 CALIFORNIA MECHANICAL CODE\n(INCORPORATING AND AMENDING THE\n2024 UNIFORM MECHANICAL\nCODE), THE 2025\nCALIFORNIA PLUMBING CODE (INCORPORATING\nAND AMENDING THE 2024 UNIFORM PLUMBING\nCODE), THE 2025 CALIFORNIA ADMINISTRATIVE\nCODE, THE 2025 CALIFORNIA ENERGY CODE, THE 2025\nCALIFORNIA GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS CODE,\nTHE 2025 REFERENCED STANDARDS CODE, AND THE\n2024 UNIFORM SWIMMING POOL, SPA AND HOT TUB\nCODE, TOGETHER WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS,\nADDITIONS, AND DELETIONS BASED ON LOCAL\nCLIMATIC, GEOLOGICAL, AND TOPOGRAPHICAL\nCONDITIONS, AND\nREPEALING OBSOLETE\nPROVISIONS RELATING TO THE 1997 UNIFORM\nADMINISTRATIVE CODE.\n4. ADOPT Ordinance No. 25-09 approving the 2025 Fire Code updates entitled:\nAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JACINTO,\nCALIFORNIA, REPEALING AND REPLACING CHAPTER\n8.16 OF THE SAN JACINTO MUNICIPAL CODE,\nADOPTING BY REFERENCE RIVERSIDE COUNTY\nORDINANCE NO. 787.11 WHICH ADOPTS THE 2025\nEDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE (TITLE 24,\nPART 9) AND THE 2025 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA\nWILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE CODE (TITLE 24, PART\n7), INCLUDING LOCAL AMENDMENTS BASED ON\nLOCAL CLIMATIC, GEOLOGICAL,\nAND TOPOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS, AND ESTABLISHING\nADMINISTRATIVE\nSUBSTITUTIONS, FEES, AND PENALTIES.\nDepartment: Community Development