Exhibit 1: 2025 California Fire Code – Expressly Marked Amendment Matrix – City of Chula Vista Municipal Code 15.36
1 Following is a summary of modifications or changes (local amendments) to the 2025 edition of the California Fire Code (CFC), which are further included in the City of Chula Vista Municipal Code (CVMC), Chapter 15.36. The local amendments are organized sequentially by code section. California Health and Safety Code 17958, and subsections, provides the authority for making local amendments. Local amendments herein identify the California Code of Regulations, Title 24 (Part 9), sections being amended and distinguishes the amendment and/or added text from the text of Title 24 not being amended—expressly marked. The local amendments contained throughout the adopting Fire Code Ordinance, CVMC 15.36, are more restrictive building standards and standards than those provided in Title 24. The City of Chula has made express findings that local amendments to the building standards in Title 24 are reasonably necessary due to local climatic, geological, and/or topographical conditions.
Amendment Description Key:
Black text: 2025 CFC
Blue / underlined text: City of Chula Vista amendment - CFC addition Blue / strikethrough text: City of Chula Vista amendment - CFC deletion Black text without a respective code section: Informational
Chula Vista Municipal Code Chapter 15.36 - Fire Code: The following local amendments are proposed to implement the technical standards in the 2025 edition of the California Fire Code.ab
CVMC 15.36.010 California Fire Code Chapter 1 - Scope and Administration - Adopted and Amended
CFC 105.5 105.5 Required operational permits. The fire code official is authorized to issue operational permits for the operations set forth in Sections 105.5.2 through 105.5.54 and 105.5.60 through 105.5.62.
CFC 105.5.60 General use permit. An operational permit is required for the issuance of a general use permit and its respective inspection. A general use permit is required for any activity or operation not specifically described therein, to include high occupant loads and or when in the judgement of the Fire Code Official is likely to produce conditions hazardous to life or property. Mercantile occupancies 10,000sqf or greater, with no other permits, are required to have a general use operational permit.
CFC 105.5.61 State-mandated. An operational permit is required for California state-mandated inspected occupancies.
CFC 105.5.62 General use certificate. A temporary operational permit is required for the issuance of a general use certificate and its respective inspections. A general use certificate is required for each new business within the city that is Exhibit 1: 2025 California Fire Code – Expressly Marked Amendment Matrix – City of Chula Vista Municipal Code 15.36
2 applying for a business license or for an existing business that is changing operations or expanding business operations into new suites and is revising their respective business license (with a physical commercial address within city limits).
CFC 106.1 Submittals and requirements. Construction documents and supporting data shall be submitted in twothree or more sets, or in an approved electronic format, with each application for a permit and in such form and detail as required by the fire code official. The construction documents shall be prepared by a registered design professional where required by the statutes of the jurisdiction in which the project is to be constructed.
Construction documents, plans, submittals, and other documents associated with building or remodeling a structure, including fire and life safety systems and fire service features, shall be in accordance with adopted codes, Sections 106.1 through 106.4, and the Fire Department’s Fire Safety Engineering Standard Details and Requirements.
Exception. The fire code official is authorized to waive the submission of construction documents and supporting data not required to be prepared by a registered design professional if it is found that the nature of the work applied for is such that review of construction documents is not necessary to obtain compliance with this code.
CFC 109.2.3 Re-inspection. Following an inspection, whether initial, annual, or other, during which it is determined that a violation exists, fire code re -inspections may be conducted at the discretion of the Fire Department until such violations have been corrected.
CFC 113.4 Violation penalties. Persons who shall violate a provision of this code, including non-compliance with stop work and or do not occupy orders, or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, install, alter, repair or do work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the fire code official, or of a permit or certificate used under provisions of this code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor [SPECIFY OFFENSE], punishable by a fine of not more than the greater of $1,000 [AMOUNT] dollars or as established by the City of Chula Vista Policy and Procedures Manual for Civil penalties or by imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months [NUMBER OF DAYS], or both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense.
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3 CFC 114.4 Failure to comply. Any person , who shall continues any work after having been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be subject to a fines established by the authority having jurisdiction of not less than $250 dollars or more than $1,000 dollars.
CVMC 15.36.015 California Fire Code Chapter 2 - Definitions - Adopted and Amended
FIRE AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION (FAHJ). Designated entity providing enforcement of fire and life safety regulations as they relate to planning, construction and development, and maintenance.
FIRE DEPARTMENT. Any regularly organized fire department, fire protection district, a legally formed volunteer fire department recorded with the County of San Diego, or Fire Company regularly charged with the responsibility of providing fire protection to the jurisdiction.
FIRE HAZARD. Anything that increases or could cause an increase of the hazard or menace of fire to a greater degree than customarily recognized as normal by persons in the public service regularly engaged in preventing, suppressing or extinguishing fire or anything or act which could obstruct, delay, hinder or interfere with the operations of the fire department or egress of occupants in the event of fire.
FIRE SERVICE FEATURES. Is a general term inclusive of all other terms such as driveway, fire lane, public street, private street, parking lot, lane, access roadway or the like.
VEGETATION. Refers to the plant life of a particular area or region, encompassing all aspects of plants, such as trees, shrubs, and grasses that is capable of being easily ignited and endangering property.
CVMC 15.36.020 California Fire Code Chapter 3 - General Requirements - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.025 California Fire Code Chapter 4 - Emergency Planning and Preparedness - Adopted
Note: Respective to Cannabis businesses and the licensing thereof, Emergency Action and Fire Prevention Plans are required and shall comply with the provisions as set forth in Chula Vista Municipal Code,
5.19.050.B.1.e, and as further outlined under the City’s Cannabis Regulations, §0502. Cannabis business Emergency Action and Fire Prevention Plans shall show compliance with California Fire Code, Chapter 4, Emergency Planning and Preparedness, Sections 404 through 407.
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4 CVMC 15.36.030 California Fire Code Chapter 5 - Fire Service Features - Adopted and Amended
CFC 511 PREPLANNING RESPONSE MAPS AND DATA
CFC 511.1 Requirements. Applicants submitting permits for and building any new development or project, which necessitates updating of emergency response maps by virtue of new structures and their respective appurtenances, hydrants, roadways, and or similar features, shall be required to provide electronic files with respective layers, in an approved format, form, and detail as required by the fire code official, to the FAHJ.
CVMC 15.36.035 California Fire Code Chapter 6 - Building Services and Systems - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.040 California Fire Code Chapter 7 - Fire and Smoke Protection Features - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.045 California Fire Code Chapter 8 - Interior Finish, Decorative Materials and Furnishings - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.050 California Fire Code Chapter 9 - Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems - Adopted and Amended
CFC 901.6.3.2 Records reporting. The Fire Code Official has the authority to enter into a contract / agreement with a third- party vendor for purposes of collecting, organizing, categorizing, and tracking State-mandated inspection, testing, and maintenance in accordance with the adopted California edition of NFPA 25. All inspection, testing and maintenance reports shall be forwarded and made accessible to the Fire Code Official using the digital records management platform of the designated third-party as approved by the City. Paper (hard copy) reports are not permitted. Third-party vendor fees are further approved under said contract / agreement.
CFC 903.2.8.1.1 NFPA 13-D meter size. The minimum water meter size serving NFPA 13 -D (dwelling) fire sprinkler systems shall be no less than one (1) inch in diameter.
Exceptions:
1. Minimum meter size can be dependent upon hydraulic analysis, including saf ety factors, for second dwelling units and accessory structures to group R3 occupancies.
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5 CFC 905.4 Location of Class I standpipe hose connections. Class I standpipe hose connections shall be provided in all of the following locations:
1. In every required interior exit stairway or exterior exit stairway, a hose connection shall be provided for each story above and below grade plane. Hose connections shall be located at the intermediate main floor level landings between floors or as approved by the fire code official. See Section 909.20.2.3 of the California Building Code for additional provisions in smokeproof enclosures.
Exception to Item 1 of 905.4 along with Item 2 through 6 shall remain in full force and effect.
CVMC 15.36.055 California Fire Code Chapter 10 - Means of Egress - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.060 California Fire Code Chapter 11 - Construction Requirements for Existing Buildings - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.065 California Fire Code Chapter 12 - Energy Systems - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.070 California Fire Code Chapter 20 - Aviation Facilities - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.075 California Fire Code Chapter 21 - Dry Cleaning - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.080 California Fire Code Chapter 22 - Combustible Dust – Producing Operations - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.085 California Fire Code Chapter 23 - Motor Fuel-Dispensing Facilities and Repair Garages - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.090 California Fire Code Chapter 24 - Flammable Finishes - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.095 California Fire Code Chapter 25 - Fruit and Crop Ripening - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.100 California Fire Code Chapter 26 - Fumigation and Insecticidal Fogging - Not adopted
CVMC 15.36.105 California Fire Code Chapter 27 - Semiconductor Fabrication Facilities - Adopted
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6 CVMC 15.36.110 California Fire Code Chapter 28 - Lumber Yards and Agro-industrial, Solid Biomass and Woodworking Facilities - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.115 California Fire Code Chapter 29 - Manufacture of Organic Coatings - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.120 California Fire Code Chapter 30 - Industrial Ovens - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.125 California Fire Code Chapter 31 - Tents, Temporary Special Event Structures and Other Membrane Structures - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.130 California Fire Code Chapter 32 - High-Piled Combustible Storage - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.135 California Fire Code Chapter 33 - Fire Safety During Construction and Demolition - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.140 California Fire Code Chapter 34 - Tire Rebuilding and Tire Storage - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.145 California Fire Code Chapter 35 - Welding and Other Hot Work - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.150 California Fire Code Chapter 36 - Marinas - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.155 California Fire Code Chapter 37 - Combustible Fibers - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.160 California Fire Code Chapter 39 - Processing and Extraction Facilities - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.165 California Fire Code Chapter 40 - Storage of Distilled Spirits and Wine - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.170 California Fire Code Chapter 41 - Temporary Heating and Cooking Operations - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.175 California Fire Code Chapter 48 - Motion Picture and Television Production Studio Sound Stages, Approved Production Facilities and Production Locations - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.180 California Fire Code Chapter 50 - Hazardous Materials - General Provisions - Adopted
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7 CVMC 15.36.185 California Fire Code Chapter 51 - Aerosols - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.190 California Fire Code Chapter 53 - Compressed Gases - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.195 California Fire Code Chapter 54 - Corrosive Materials - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.200 California Fire Code Chapter 55 - Cryogenic Fluids - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.205 California Fire Code Chapter 56 - Explosives and Fireworks - Adopted and Amended
CFC 5601.1.3.1 Retail fireworks. The storage, use, sale, possession, and handling of fireworks 1.4G (commonly referred to as Safe & Sane) and fireworks 1.3G are prohibited unless they are being used as part of a public display when permitted and conducted by a licensed pyrotechnic operator.
CFC 5601.1.3.2 Seizure of fireworks. The Fire Code Official shall have the authority to seize, take, or remove all fireworks possessed, stored, sold, offered for sale, used or handled in violation of the provisions of this Ordinance and Title 19 California Code of Regulations.
CVMC 15.36.210 California Fire Code Chapter 57 - Flammable and Combustible Liquids - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.215 California Fire Code Chapter 58 - Flammable Gases and Flammable Cryogenic Fluids - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.220 California Fire Code Chapter 59 - Flammable Solids - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.225 California Fire Code Chapter 60 - Highly Toxic and Toxic Materials - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.230 California Fire Code Chapter 61 - Liquefied Petroleum Gases - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.235 California Fire Code Chapter 62 - Organic Peroxides - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.240 California Fire Code Chapter 63 - Oxidizers, Oxidizing Gases and Oxidizing Cryogenic Fluids - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.245 California Fire Code Chapter 64 - Pyrophoric Materials - Adopted Exhibit 1: 2025 California Fire Code – Expressly Marked Amendment Matrix – City of Chula Vista Municipal Code 15.36
8 CVMC 15.36.250 California Fire Code Chapter 65 - Pyroxylin (Cellulose Nitrate) Plastics - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.255 California Fire Code Chapter 66 - Unstable (Reactive) Materials - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.260 California Fire Code Chapter 67 - Water-Reactive Solids and Liquids - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.265 California Fire Code Chapter 80 - Referenced Standards - Adopted
CVMC 15.36.270 California Fire Code - Appendices - Adopted in part and Amended
Appendix Ch. 4 - Special Detailed Requirements Based Upon Use and Occupancy - Adopted
Appendix B - Fire-Flow Requirements for Buildings - Adopted and Amended
TABLE B105.1(1).
TABLE B105.1(1) REQUIRED FIRE FLOW FOR ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS, GROUP R-3 AND R-4 BUILDINGS AND TOWNHOUSESb
FIRE FLOW
CALCULATION
AREA (square feet)
AUTOMATIC
SPRINKLER
SYSTEMS (Design-
Standard)
MINIMUM FIRE
FLOW
(gallons per
minute)a
FLOW DURATION
(hours)
0-3,600 No automatic
sprinkler system
1,000 Value in Table
B105.1(2)
1 Duration in Table
B105.1(2) at the
required fire-flow
rate
3,601 and greater No automatic
sprinkler system
Value in Table
B105.1(2)
Duration in Table
B105.1(2) at the
required fire-flow
rate
0-3,600 Section 903.3.1.3 of
the California Fire
Code or Section
500 Value in Table
B105.1(2)
½ Duration in Table
B105.1(2) at the
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9 P2904 of the
California Residential
Code
required fire-flow
rate
3,601 and greater Section 903.3.1.3 of
the California Fire
Code or Section
P2904 of the
California Residential
Code
Value in Table
B105.1(2)
1 Duration in Table
B105.1(2) at the
required fire-flow
rate
For SI: 1 square foot = 0.0929 m2. 1 gallon per minute = 3.785 L/m. a. The fire flow rates as listed in Table B105.1(2) are capped at 5,000gpm. b. When the existing water main cannot supply the minimum required fire flow rate, the FAHJ may require a fire sprinkler system to be installed, if not required by other portions of adopted codes, or a fire sprinkler system hazard classification upgrade in lieu of water main upsizing.
TABLE B105.2.
TABLE B105.2 REQUIRED FIRE FLOW FOR BUILDINGS OTHER THAN ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS, GROUP R-3 AND R-4 BUILDINGS AND TOWNHOUSESc
AUTOMATIC
SPRINKLER SYSTEM
(Design-Standard)
MINIMUM FIRE FLOW
(gallons per minute)b
FLOW DURATION
(hours)
No automatic sprinkler
system
Value in Table B105.1(2)a Duration in Table B105.1(2)
Section 903.3.1.1 of the
California Fire Code
25% 75% of the value in
Table B105.1(2)a
Duration in Table B105.1(2)
at the reduced original flow
rate
Section 903.3.1.2 of the
California Fire Code
25% 75% of the value in
Table B105.1(2)ab
Duration in Table B105.1(2)
at the reduced original flow
rate
For SI: 1 gallon per minute = 3.785 L/m
a. The reduced fire-flow rate shall not be less than 1,000 gallons per minute. b. The reduced fire-flow rate shall not be less than 1,500 gallons per minute. a. The reduced fire flow rate shall not be less than 1,500 gallons per minute.
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10 b. The fire flow rates as listed in Table B105.1(2) are capped at 5,000gpm. c. When the existing water main cannot supply the minimum required fire flow rate, the FAHJ may require a fire sprinkler system to be installed, if not required by other portions of adopted codes, or a fire sprinkler system hazard classification upgrade in lieu of water main upsizing or other as approved by the Fire Code Official.
Appendix BB - Fire-Flow Requirements for Buildings - Adopted and Amended
BB105.1 The minimum fire flow and flow duration for school buildings shall be as specified in Table BB105.1.
Exception. A reduction in required fire flow of up to 75 25 percent is allowed when the building is provided with an approved automatic sprinkler system. When a reduction in fire flow is used, fire flow shall not be less than 1500 GPM.
Appendix C - Fire Hydrant Locations and Distribution - Adopted and Amended
TABLE C102.1
REQUIRED NUMBER AND SPACING OF FIRE HYDRANTS
Table remains.
a. Reduce by 100 feet for dead-end streets or roads.
b. Where streets are provided with median dividers that cannot be crossed by fire fighters pulling hose lines, or where arterial streets are provided with four or more traffic lanes and have a traffic count of more than 30,000 vehicles per day, hydrant spacing shall average 500 feet on each side of the street and be arranged on an alternating basis.
c. Where new water mains are extended along streets where hydrants are not needed for protection of structures or similar fire problems, fire hydrants shall be provided at spacing not to exceed 1,000 feet to provide for transportation hazards.
d. Reduce by 50 feet for dead-end streets or roads.
e. One hydrant for each 1,000 gallons per minute or fraction thereof. f. A 50-percent spacing increase shall be permitted where the building is equipped throughout with an approved automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Section 903.3.1.1 of the California Fire Code. g. A 25-percent spacing increase shall be permitted where the building is equipped throughout with an approved automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Section 903.3.1.2 or 903.3.1.3 of the California Fire Code or Section P2904 of the California Residential Code.
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11 ha. The fire code official is authorized to modify the location, number and distribution of fire hydrants based upon site-specific constraints, and hazards.
All other Footnotes are deleted.
Appendix CC - Fire Hydrant Locations and Distribution - Adopted and Amended
TABLE CC105.1
NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF FIRE HYDRANTS
a. Reduce by 100 feet for dead-end streets or roads.
b. Where streets are provided with median dividers which can be crossed by fire fighters pulling hose lines, or where arterial streets are provided with four or more traffic lanes and have a traffic count of more than 30,000 vehicles per day, hydrant spacing shall average 500 feet on each side of the street and be arranged on an alternating basis up to a fire-flow requirement of 7,000 gallons per minute and 400 feet for higher fire-flow requirements.
c. Where new water mains are extended along streets where hydrants are not needed for protection of structures or similar fire problems, fire hydrants shall be provided at spacing not to exceed 1,000 feet to provide for transportation hazards.
d. Reduce by 50 feet for dead-end streets or roads.
e. One hydrant for each 1,000 gallons per minute or fraction thereof.
Appendix H - Hazardous Materials Management Plans and Hazardous Materials Inventory Statements - Adopted
Appendix P - Temporary Haunted Houses, Ghost Walks and Similar Amusement Uses - Adopted
Appendices not listed herein are not adopted as part of this Ordinance.
aSee City of Chula Vista 2025 California Fire Code Adopting Ordinance’s Express Findings and Declarations (Section III) for details on Climatic, Geological, and Topographical conditions
bAll CFC Chapters adopted with amendments or without amendments that may include additional code sections or subsections beyond the State’s adoption are necessary due to local Climatic, Geological, and/or Topographical conditions