C:\PGCompilerServiceRelease\temp\glendale\MeetingId_10677\Agenda\Html\html\60035\15584\1.doc 1 ORDINANCE NO. ____________
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2025 CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE AS VOLUME IA, THE 2025 CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE AS VOLUME IB, THE 2025 CALIFORNIA EXISTING BUILDING CODE AS VOLUME IC, THE 2025 CALIFORNIA WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE CODE AS VOLUME ID, THE 2025 CALIFORNIA PLUMBING CODE AS VOLUME II, THE 2026 CALIFORNIA MECHANICAL CODE AS VOLUME III, THE 2025 CALFORNIA ELECTRICAL CODE AS VOLUME IV, THE 1997 UNIFORM HOUSING CODE AS VOLUME V, THE 2025 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE AS VOLUME VI, THE
GLENDALE SECURITY CODE AS VOLUME VII AND THE GLENDALE
COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE AS
VOLUME VIII AND THE 2025 CALIFORNIA GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS
CODE AS VOLUME IX ALL OF WHICH COMPRISE THE BUILDING AND SAFETY CODE OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE, 2026.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE:
SECTION INT-1.The City of Glendale hereby adopts a Building and Safety Code of the City of Glendale, 2026, hereinafter designated as the “Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026.”
SECTION INT-2. Volume IA. Building Standards.
The City of Glendale hereby adopts the 2025 California Building Code as Volume IA of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026. Except as otherwise provided herein, or as later amended, Volume IA of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026, shall be as published in the California Building Code Volumes 1 and 2, 2025 edition, and as copyrighted in 2024 by the International Code Council, Inc. and the California Building Standards Commission, California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 2, Volumes 1 and 2, including all of its tables, indices, appendices, addenda and footnotes. Volume 1A of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026, shall include the Historic Building Code, 2025 edition, published and copyrighted in 2024 by the California Building Standards Commission, California Code of Regulations, Title 24 Part 8. Said California Building C:\PGCompilerServiceRelease\temp\glendale\MeetingId_10677\Agenda\Html\html\60035\15584\1.doc 2 Code and California Historic Building Code are hereby referred to and by such references are incorporated herein as if fully set forth.
SECTION INT-3. Volume IB. Residential Standards.
The City of Glendale hereby adopts the 2025 California Residential Code as Volume IB of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026. Except as otherwise provided herein, or as later amended, Volume IB of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026, shall be as published in the California Residential Code, 2025 edition, and as copyrighted in 2024 by the International Code Council, Inc. and the California Building Standards Commission, California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 2.5, including all of its tables, indices, appendices, addenda and footnotes. Said California Residential Code is hereby referred to and by such reference is incorporated herein as if fully set forth.
SECTION INT-4. Volume IC. Existing Building Standards.
The City of Glendale hereby adopts the 2025 California Existing Building Code as Volume IC of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026. Except as otherwise provided herein, or as later amended, Volume IC of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026, shall be as published in the California Building Code Volumes 2, 2025 edition, and as copyrighted in 2021 by the International Code Council, Inc. and the California Building Standards Commission, California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 10, Volumes 2, including all of its tables, indices, appendices, addenda and footnotes. Volume 1C of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026, shall also include Appendix Chapter A1, A3, A4 and A6 of the California Existing Building Code, 2025 edition, published and copyrighted in 2024 by the International Code Council, Inc. and the California Building Standards Commission, California Code of Regulations, Title 24, C:\PGCompilerServiceRelease\temp\glendale\MeetingId_10677\Agenda\Html\html\60035\15584\1.doc 3 Part 10, regarding seismic strengthening provisions for unreinforced masonry bearing wall buildings. Said California Existing Building Code is hereby referred to and by such references is incorporated herein as if fully set forth.
SECTION INT-5. Volume ID. Wildland-Urban Interface Standards.
The City of Glendale hereby adopts the 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code as Volume ID of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026. Except as otherwise provided herein, or as later amended, Volume ID of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026, shall be as published in the California Wildland-Urban Interface Code, 2025 edition, and as published in 2024 by the International Code Council, Inc. and the California Building Standards Commission, California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 7, including all of its tables, indices, appendices, addenda and footnotes. Said Wildland-Urban Interface Code is hereby referred to and by such reference is incorporated herein as if fully set forth.
SECTION INT-5. Volume II. Plumbing Standards.
The City of Glendale hereby adopts the 2025 California Plumbing Code as Volume II of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026. Except as otherwise provided herein, or as later amended, Volume II of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026, shall be as published in the California Plumbing Code 2025 edition, and as copyrighted in 2024 by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials and the California Building Standards Commission, California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 5, including all of its tables, indices, appendices, addenda and footnotes Said California Plumbing Code is hereby referred to and by such reference is incorporated herein as if fully set forth.
C:\PGCompilerServiceRelease\temp\glendale\MeetingId_10677\Agenda\Html\html\60035\15584\1.doc 4 SECTION INT-6. Volume III. Mechanical Standards.
The City of Glendale hereby adopts the 2025 California Mechanical Code as Volume III of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026. Except as otherwise provided herein, or as later amended, Volume III of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026, shall be as published in the California Mechanical Code, 2025 edition, and as copyrighted in 2024 by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials and the California Building Standards Commission, California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 4, including all of its tables, indices, appendices, addenda and footnotes. Said California Mechanical Code is hereby referred to and by such reference is incorporated herein as if fully set forth.
SECTION INT-7. Volume IV. Electrical Standards.
The City of Glendale hereby adopts the 2025 California Electrical Code as Volume IV of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026. Except as otherwise provided herein, or as later amended, Volume IV of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026, shall be as published in the California Electrical Code, 2025 edition, and as copyrighted in 2024 to the National Fire Protection Association, Inc. and the California Building Standards Commission, California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 3, including all of its tables, indices, appendices, addenda, annexes and footnotes. Said California Electrical Code is hereby referred to and by such reference is incorporated herein as if fully set forth.
SECTION INT-8. Volume V. Housing Standards.
The City of Glendale hereby re-adopts the 1997 Uniform Housing Code as Volume V of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026. Except as otherwise provided herein, or as later amended, Volume V of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026, shall be as C:\PGCompilerServiceRelease\temp\glendale\MeetingId_10677\Agenda\Html\html\60035\15584\1.doc 5 published in the Uniform Housing Code, 1997 edition, and as copyrighted in 1997 by the International Conference of Building Officials, including all of its tables, indices, appendices, addenda and footnotes. Said Uniform Housing Code is hereby referred to and by such reference is incorporated herein as if fully set forth.
SECTION INT-9. Volume VI. Fire Safety Standards.
The City of Glendale hereby adopts the 2025 California Fire Code as Volume VI of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026. Except as otherwise provided herein, or as later amended, Volume VI of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026, shall be as published in the California Fire Code, 2025 edition, and as copyrighted in 2024 by the International Code Council, Inc. and the California Building Standards Commission, California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 9, including all of its tables, indices, appendices, addenda and footnotes. Said California Fire Code is hereby referred to and by such reference is incorporated herein as if fully set forth.
SECTION INT-10. Volume VII. Security Standards.
Except as otherwise provided herein or as later amended, Volume VII of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026 is hereby re-adopted as the Glendale Security Code, as previously adopted by Ordinance 5998.
SECTION INT-11. Volume VIII. Commercial and Industrial Property Maintenance Standards.
Except as otherwise provided herein or as later amended, Volume VIII of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026 is hereby re-adopted as the Commercial and Industrial Property Maintenance Code, as previously adopted by Ordinance 5998.
C:\PGCompilerServiceRelease\temp\glendale\MeetingId_10677\Agenda\Html\html\60035\15584\1.doc 6 SECTION INT-12. Volume IX. Green Building Standards.
The City of Glendale hereby adopts the 2025 California Green Building Standards Code as Volume IX of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026. Except as otherwise provided herein, or as later amended, Volume IX of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026, shall be as published in the California Green Building Standards Code, 2025 edition, and as published in 2024 by the International Code Council, Inc. and the California Building Standards Commission, California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 11, including all of its tables, indices, appendices, addenda and footnotes. Said California Green Building Standards Code is hereby referred to and by such reference is incorporated herein as if fully set forth. The voluntary provisions in Appendix Chapter A- 4 and Chapter A-5 are not adopted as mandatory compliance features at this time.
SECTION INT-13. Effect of Code on Past Actions and Obligations. The adoption of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026, does not affect any civil lawsuit instituted or filed or prosecutions for ordinance violations committed on or prior to the effective date of said Code, does not waive any fee or penalty due and unpaid prior to the effective date of said Code, and does not affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit posted, filed or deposited pursuant to the requirements of any ordinance.
SECTION INT-14. References to Prior Code. Unless superseded and expressly repealed, references in City forms, documents and regulations to the chapters and sections of the former Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026, shall be construed to apply to the corresponding provisions contained within the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2023. Ordinance No. 5998 and No. 6028 of the City of Glendale and all other C:\PGCompilerServiceRelease\temp\glendale\MeetingId_10677\Agenda\Html\html\60035\15584\1.doc 7 ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby superseded and expressly repealed.
SECTION INT-15. Penalty. Unless otherwise provided in said Code, any person violating any provision of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the City jail or the County jail of the County of Los Angeles for a term not exceeding six months, or both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION INT-16. Severability. If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Ordinance that can be given effect without the invalid provision of application, and to this end the provisions of this Ordinance are severable.
SECTION INT-17. Effective Date, Exceptions. This ordinance becomes effective and shall be in full force on January 1, 2026; provided, however that where complete plans for buildings have been filed and are pending for building permits prior to the effective date of this Ordinance, permits may be issued, and the applicant may proceed with the construction in strict compliance with former Building and Safety Code, 2023, provided however physical construction is started within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of issuance of the permit and continued to completion according to said former Building and Safety Code, 2023.
SECTION INT-18. Four-Fifths Vote. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance by a vote of four-fifths (4/5ths) of the members of the Council C:\PGCompilerServiceRelease\temp\glendale\MeetingId_10677\Agenda\Html\html\60035\15584\1.doc 8 of the City of Glendale and shall cause a summary of the same to be published once in the official newspaper of said City.