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Consider adopting Fire Code 2025 for the Montezuma Fire Protection District; Consider introducing the proposed ordinance amending the Montezuma Fire Protection District Fire Code 2025 to adopt local amendments; the proposed ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines ?15061(b)(3) because there is no potential that adoption of this ordinance will cause a significant effect on the environment
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The District recommends the Board of Directors:
1) Consider adopting Fire Code 2025 for the Montezuma Fire Protection District; and
2) Consider introducing the proposed ordinance amending the Montezuma Fire Protection District Fire Code 2025 to adopt local amendments.
3) Read the proposed ordinance by title only and waive further reading by a majority vote;
SUMMARY:
The California Building Standards Commission, in conjunction with the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), conducts an extensive review and update of all building and/or construction-related codes every three years. This triennial review pertains to the fire code, in which each fire district approves to reflect State code updates, most recently updated this year and codified in Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations. Health and Safety Code ?17958 requires that local jurisdictions, counties, cities and special districts adopt these codes, with or without local revisions, on or before January 1, 2026. If local adoption action is not taken by that date, the codes, as written, are automatically adopted as published by default.
The Board of Directors may adopt local revisions to the code that are equal to or more protective than those adopted by the State if it makes specific legal findings to support such changes. The fire districts within Solano County are all recommending approval o...
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