City of Encinitas
Special City Council Meeting - 4:00 p.m.
AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2025 -
04:00 PM
p.m.
City of Encinitas - City Council Chambers
505 S. Vulcan Avenue
Encinitas, California 92024
Each speaker is allowed three (3) minutes to address the City Council.
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
AGENDA ITEM
1. Consider local Municipal Code amendments which modify the 2025 California Building Standards Code related to building safety, fire prevention, energy efficiency, and green building. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS: The amendments proposed will not have a significant effect on the environment because the strengthened requirements reduce hazards and accommodate features to reduce environmental effects. Adoption of the amendments is exempt from environmental review as per Section 15308 of the CEQA Guidelines, which allows a categorical exemption for "actions taken by regulatory agencies, as authorized by state or local ordinance, to assure the maintenance, restoration, enhancement, or protection of the environment where the regulatory process involves procedures for protection of the environment." Furthermore, the amendments related to energy efficiency and green building were previously evaluated in the Final Negative Declaration (ND) for the Climate Action Plan (Case No. 17-224), dated December 5, 2017, and Addendum to the ND (Case No. ENV-004106-2020), dated Oct 20, 2020. The ND and the Addendum evaluated the potential environmental effects of the implementation of the Climate Action Plan, including the adoption and enforcement of energy efficiency and renewable energy ordinances. This project is within the scope of the Final Negative Declaration and the Addendum, and no further California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance is required. Contact Persons: Principal Planner Maynard, Sustainability Manager Najera, and Interim Fire Marshal Villagomez Direct staff on how to proceed with adopting the 2025 California Building Standards Code, and existing local codes related to enhanced building safety, fire prevention, energy efficiency and green building regulation following the passage of Assembly Bill 130. The City Council could consider one of the following options, or a version thereof:
Option 1: Readopt all relevant existing local code amendments before Oct. 1, 2025.
Option 2: Readopt certain select local code amendments before Oct. 1, 2025.
Option 3: If the City Council does not adopt local code amendments before Oct. 1, 2025, future residential local code adoptions would be subject to AB 130 moratorium conditions, which include uncertainty as described in this report. 2025-08-27 Special City Council Meeting Item 1 - Direction on Local Building Codes Agenda Report 2025-08-27 Special City Council Meeting Item 1 - Direction on Local Building Codes Agenda Report - Memo to Council posted 08-26-2025 2025-08-27 Special City Council Meeting Item 1 - Direction on Local Building Codes Agenda Report - Attchment 2 Ord 2025-10 Clean - Posted 08-26-2025 2025-08-27 Special City Council Meeting Item 1 - Direction on Local Building Codes Agenda Report - Attchment 2 Ord 2025-10 Strikethrough - Posted 08-26-2025 2025-08-27 Special City Council Meeting Item 1 - Direction on Local Building Codes Agenda Report - Attchment 3 Ord 2025-11 Clean - Posted 08-26-2025 2025-08-27 Special City Council Meeting Item 1 - Direction on Local Building Codes Agenda Report - Attchment 3 Ord 2025-11 Strikethrough - Posted 08-26-2025 2025-08-27 Special City Council Meeting Item 1 - Direction on Local Building Codes - Presentation 2025-08-27 Special City Council Meeting Item 1 - Direction on Local Building Codes - Public Comment
ADJOURNMENT
Notice to the Public:
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