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ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 5, BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION AND TITLE 7, FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION, OF THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT THE 2022 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS CODE, AS LOCALLY AMENDED, AND THE ORANGE COUNTY GRADING AND EXCAVATION CODE
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DEPARTMENT: ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT/BUILDING DIVISION
PRESENTED BY: ZIAD DOUDAR, BUILDING OFFICIAL AND JON NEAL, FIRE MARSHAL
CONTACT INFORMATION: ZIAD DOUDAR, BUILDING OFFICIAL, (714) 754-5604
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends the City Council:
1. Hold a public hearing and adopt Resolution 2022-XX of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, California, setting forth findings with respect to local climatic and geographic conditions within the City of Costa Mesa to allow certain local amendments to the California Building Code, California Residential Code, and California Fire Code.
2. Introduce for first reading Ordinance No. 2022-XX, which amends Title 5, Buildings and Construction, and Title 7, Fire Protection and Prevention, of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code to adopt the 2022 Edition of the California Building Standards Code, as locally amended, and the current edition of the Orange County Grading and Excavation Code.
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BACKGROUND:
The State's Health and Safety Code (Section 17958) mandates that the California Building Standards Commission adopt and publish the California Building Standards Code (Title 24 California Code of Regulations) every three years. The California Code of Regulations, Title 24, with the 2022 Editions of the California Building Standards Code incorporating the below-listed model codes, becomes effective on January 1, 2023. The City regularly adopts these State codes, as amended, every three years.
Table 1 below identifies the model codes upon which the 2022 California Building Standards Code is based:
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California Building Standards Code
Reference Model Code
2022 California Building Code
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