City of Costa Mesa
Agenda Report
77 Fair Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Item #: 25-534
Meeting Date: 10/21/2025
TITLE: ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 5: BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES AND TITLE 7: FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION OF THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE AND TO ADOPT BY REFERENCE THE 2025 CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS CODE, INCLUDING SPECIFIED APPENDICES AND LOCAL AMENDMENTS, AND ADOPTING THE ORANGE COUNTY GRADING AND EXCAVATION CODE AND ASSOCIATED SUPPLEMENTS
DEPARTMENTS: ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT / BUILDING DIVISION AND FIRE AND RESCUE/ FIRE PREVENTION & COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION DIVISION
PRESENTED BY: ZIAD DOUDAR, BUILDING OFFICIAL & RYAN BOHR, FIRE MARSHAL
CONTACT INFORMATION: ZIAD DOUDAR, BUILDING OFFICIAL, (714) 754-5604 AND
RYAN BOHR, FIRE MARSHAL, (714) 754-xxxx
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council:
1. Conduct a public hearing and introduce Ordinance No. 2025-XX for first reading to amend Title 5 and Title 7 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code to:
a. adopt by reference the 2025 California Building Standards Code, as locally amended, and the current edition of the Orange County Grading and Excavation Code;
b. repeal the City's prior adoption of the 2022 code editions; and
c. Set an effective date of January 1, 2026.
2. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-XX of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, California, setting forth findings of local climatic, geological, and topographical conditions within the City of Costa Mesa to support certain local amendments to the California Building Code, California Residential Code, and California Fire Code, and California Wildland-Urban Interface Code.
3. Find that this action is not a project under CEQA Guidelines ?15378(b) and, alternatively, is exempt under ?15061(b)(3) (the common sense exemption).
BACKGROUND:
The California Building Standards Commission updates the California Building Standards Code (Title 24, California Code of Regulations)...
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