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ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 2025-08 - AMENDING TITLE 5: BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES AND TITLE 7: FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION OF THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE; ADOPTING 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
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DEPARTMENT: 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) 754-5049
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends the City Council:
1. Adopt Ordinance No. 2025-08 to:
- Amend Titles 5 and 7 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code;
- Adopt by reference the 2025 California Building Standards Code, as locally amended, and the current Orange County Grading and Excavation Code;
- Repeal the City’s prior adoption of the 2022 editions; and
- Set an effective date of January 1, 2026.
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