To: Board of Supervisors
From: John Kopchik, Director, Conservation and Development
Report Title: Public Hearing to consider Ordinance No. 2025-19, adopting the 2025 California Building Standard Codes
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. OPEN the public hearing on Ordinance No. 2025-19, RECEIVE testimony, and CLOSE the public hearing.
2. ADOPT Ordinance No. 2025-19, adopting the 2025 California Building Code, the 2025 California Residential Code, the 2025 Electrical Code, the 2025 Mechanical Code, the 2025 Plumbing Code, the 2025 Energy Code, the 2025 Historical Building Code, the 2025 Existing Building Code, and the 2025 California Green Building Standards Code with changes, additions, and deletions.
3. ADOPT the attached findings in support of the County's changes, additions, and deletions to the statewide codes.
4. DIRECT the publication of the ordinance summary prepared by County Counsel and DIRECT the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to post a certified copy of the full text of the adopted ordinance in the office of the Clerk of the Board, in accordance with Government Code section 25124(b).
5. DIRECT the Department of Conservation and Development, pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 17958.7, to send a certified copy of Ordinance No. 2025-19, the attached findings, and this Board Order to the California Department of Housing and Community Development and to the California Building Standards Commission.
6. FIND that adoption of the ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3).
7. DIRECT staff to file a Notice of Exemption with the County Clerk.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None
BACKGROUND:
The California Building Standards Commission has adopted the 2025 California Building Standards Code (CBSC), replacing the 2022 CBSC. The CBSC includes the California Building, Residential, Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing, Energy, Historical...
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