REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Public Hearing and Introduction of Ordinance: 1) Amending Various Sections of Title 16 (Buildings and Construction) of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code to Adopt by Reference the 2019 California Building, Residential, Mechanical, Plumbing, Electrical, Building Standards Administrative, Energy, Historical Building, Existing Building, and Green Building Standards Codes, and the International Property Maintenance Code, with Local Amendments and Related Findings; 2) Adding Chapter 16.10 to Codify Safety Assessment Placards Used Following a Natural Disaster; and 3) Finding that the Action is Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
Report
BACKGROUND
The California Building Standards Commission (CBSC) is responsible for administering the implementation of the California building codes, which includes the proposal, review, and adoption processes. The building codes are contained in the California Code of Regulations, Title 24. Since 1989, the CBSC has published triennial editions of these codes.
In January 2019, the State of California adopted the 2019 California Building Codes and published the documents on July 1, 2019. All local jurisdictions are required to hold public hearings and adopt these codes with any local amendments by January 1, 2020, or be mandated to accept by default the version adopted by the State. Local amendments to the model State codes must be supported with findings that are based on unique local climatic, geologic and topographic conditions.
EXISTING POLICY
The City is presently using the 2016 California Building Code, Residential Code, Green Building Code, Plumbing Code, Mechanical Code, Electrical Code, Historical Building Code, Energy Code, Existing Building Code, Building Standards Administrative Code, and the 2015 International Property Maintenance Code. The State of California mandates enforcement of the updated California Building Standards Code and it will go into effect regardless of the Cit...
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