SECOND READING AND ADOPTION
ORDINANCE NO. __________
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
AMENDING CHAPTER 15.14 OF THE CHULA VISTA
MUNICIPAL CODE , EXISTING BUILDING CODE,
ADOPTING THE CALIFORNIA EXISTING BUILDING
CODE, 2025 EDITION
WHEREAS, the California Building Standards Commission requires jurisdictions within the State to begin enforcing the 2025 Edition of the California Building Standards Code on January 1, 2026; and
WHEREAS, local jurisdictions are permitted to adopt local amendments to the State building codes before they take effect; and
WHEREAS, local amendments cannot be less restrictive than the State building codes and must be based on findings that the amendments are necessary because of local climatic, geological, or topographical conditions; and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 130 prohibits local jurisdictions from modifying residential building standards except under specific circumstances from October 1, 2025 , through June 1, 2031: and
WHEREAS, the proposed ordinance adopts the 2025 California Existing Building Code with no local amendments.
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as follows:
Section I. Added Chapter 15.14
That Chapter 15.14 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Chapter 15.14
EXISTING BUILDING CODE
Sections:
15.14.010 California Existing Building Code, 2022 2025 Edition, adopted by reference.
15.14.010 California Existing Building Code, 2022 2025 Edition, adopted by reference.
There is hereby adopted by reference the California Existing Building Code, 2022 2025 Edition, known as the California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 10, including Appendix A, as adopted by state agencies, and excluding Chapter 1, Division II thereof, as copyrighted by the International Code Council and the California Building Standards Commission. Said document is hereby adopted as the existing Existing building Building Formatted: Header distance from edge: 0.5"
Ordinance No. __________
code Code of the City of Chula Vista, providing for and regulating the repair, alteration, change of occupancy , addition to and relocation of existing buildings within the City.
Chapter 15.06 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code shall serve as the administrative, organizational and enforcement rules and regulations for this chapter.
Section II. Severability
If any portion of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, is for any reason held to be invalid, unenforceable or unconstitutional, by a court of competent jurisdiction, that portion shall be deemed severable, and such invalidity, unenforceability or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining portions of the Ordinance, or its application to any other person or circumstance.
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista hereby declares that it would have adopted each section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, sentences, clauses or phrases of the Ordinance be declared invalid, unenforceable or unconstitutional.
Section III. Construction
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista intends this Ordinance to supplement, not to duplicate or contradict, applicable state and federal law and this Ordinance shall be construed in light of that intent.
Section IV. Effective Date
This ordinance will take effect and be in force thirty days after final passage but not before January 1, 2026.
Section V. Publication
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published or posted according to law.
Presented by Approved as to form by
Roy Sapa’u Marco Verdugo
Director of Development Services City Attorney