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Consider introducing the proposed ordinance amending Chapter 6.3 of the Solano County Code to adopt the 2019 State of California Building Codes and local amendments
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Resource Management recommends that the Board of Supervisors:
1) Read the proposed ordinance by title only and waive further reading by a majority vote; and
2) Introduce the proposed ordinance amending Chapter 6.3 of the Solano County Code to adopt the 2019 California Building Standards Code and local amendments.
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 culminates with the issuance of an update to the various California building codes (building, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, fire, etc.), which local jurisdictions are required to adopt. The most recent review was completed in June 2019. The new set of revisions/updates to the standard codes is known as the California Building Standards Code (2019 Edition) ("Code"), which is codified in Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations. Health and Safety Code section 17958, requires that local jurisdictions, counties and cities, adopt these codes, with or without local revisions, on or before January 1, 2020. If local adoption action is not taken by that date, the codes, as written, are automatically adopted as published by default.
The Code, which applies to all commercial and residential structures in California, has no significant changes from the previous version except changes to the Energy Code. The Board 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 suppor...
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