Agenda #: 6.1
Meeting Date: November 15, 2022
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Daniel Fox, City Manager
TITLE: ADOPTION OF THE 2022 CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS CODES (TITLE 24 C.C.R. PARTS 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, AND 11) WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS.
STRATEGIC
GOAL: Safe, Sustainable & Healthy Community
RECOMMENDATION:
Open public hearing, receive public testimony, approve for second reading by title only, waive full reading, and adopt Ordinance No. 03 (2022).
BACKGROUND:
Every three years, the California Building Standards Commission updates the California Building Standards Codes (“California Codes”), a compendium of construction standards intended to ensure that buildings are constructed and renovated in a manner that is safe, energy-efficient and green, and provides a decent quality of life for the buildings’ occupants. The commission published the 2022 updates this past July.
The California Codes serve as the baseline construction standards for all local governments in the state. Cities and counties are permitted to adopt local amendments to the California Codes that are reasonably necessary to address local climatic, geologic and topographic conditions. Local amendments may also be adopted to address quality-of-life values, such as preventing blight caused by abandoned construction projects.
The ordinance presented for the City Council’s consideration (Attachment 1) amends Title 15 (Building and Construction Safety) of the Diamond Bar Municipal Code. The twofold purpose of the ordinance is to adopt the 2022 California Codes, as well as those local amendments warranted by the above criteria. On November 1, 2022, the City Council introduced Ordinance No. 03(2022) for first reading with modifications to delete reference in Section 1 to an Exhibit that was not applicable. The matter was set for public hearing and second reading on November 15, 2022. Pursuant to California
Government Code 50022.3, a public hearing is required prior to the second reading of any ordinance amending the Building Standards Codes.
DBMC TITLE 15 AMENDMENT SUMMARY:
The 2022 local amendments are simply carryovers from the prior code update. There are no substantive changes to the local amendments from the prior code update. The other changes to the California Codes are applicable throughout the State, and thus apply to Diamond Bar by default. The codification protocols that the California Building Standards Commission follows routinely lead to occasional renumbering of identical code provisions when comparing the 2022 California Codes to prior versions.
Expedited Electric Vehicle Charging – The State legislature recently added Government Code 65850.7 to require local jurisdictions to adopt an ordinance to require an expedited and streamlined permitting process for electric vehicle charging stations.
The attached ordinance incorporates this requirement into Title 15. To facilitate the expedited review process, staff is preparing checklists containing all requirements for the charging stations. These checklists will be available on the City’s website.
LEGAL REVIEW:
The City Attorney has reviewed and approved the Ordinance as to form.
PREPARED BY:
REVIEWED BY:
Attachments:
1. 6.1.a Ordinance No. 03 (2022) - BLDG CODE 2022 Ordinance without Fire