RESOLUTION R20XX-XX
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MANTECA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, MAKING EXPRESS FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS THAT MODIFICATIONS TO THE 2025 CALIFORNIA BUILDING, RESIDENTIAL, ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, AND PLUMBING CODES, AS ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF MANTECA, ARE REASONABLY NECESSARY BECAUSE OF LOCAL CLIMATIC, GEOLOGICAL, OR TOPOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Manteca intends to pass ordinances adopting the California Building Standards Codes which consist of the 2025 editions of the California Building Code, Residential Code, Electrical Code, Plumbing Code, Green Building Standards, Energy and Mechanical Code; and WHEREAS, California Health and Safety Code Section 17958, 17958.5, and 17958.7 require the governing body of a city, before making any modifications or changes to the California Building Standards Code, to make express findings that such modifications or changes are reasonably necessary because of local climatic, geological or topographical conditions; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Manteca finds that a departure from the Building Standards Codes is reasonably necessary due to local climatic, geological, or topographical conditions; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Manteca previously adopted local modifications via Ordinance to the 2022 editions of the California Building, Residential, Electrical, Plumbing, Mechanical, and Green Building Standards Code at its meeting on September 20, 2022; and WHEREAS, budget trailer bill AB130 was passed in 2025 which places a moratorium on additional amendments to the California Building, Residential, Electrical, Plumbing, Mechanical, and Green Building Standards Code with regards to residential unit construction; and WHEREAS, the California Building Standards Commission issued Bulletin 25-03 clarifying that previously adopted local amendments may be carried forward into the 2025 code series by local jurisdictions; and WHEREAS, no new amendments or modifications are proposed for adoption; and WHEREAS, the City Council has considered all information related to this matter, as presented at the public meetings of the City Council identified herein, including any supporting reports by City Staff, and any information provided during public meetings.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Manteca, as follows:
1. The City Council hereby finds that the facts set forth in the recitals to this Resolution are true and correct, and establish the factual basis for the City Council’s adoption of this Resolution.
2. Legislative Findings. Modifications and changes contained in the Manteca Building Code, Residential Code, Electrical Code, Plumbing Code, Mechanical Code, Housing Code, Dangerous Buildings Code, and Building Conservation Code, are required to provide specific and greater protections to the public health, safety, and welfare than are afforded by the California Building Standards Code due to climatic, geological, and topographical conditions. The legislative findings for such modifications and changes are made pursuant to Sections 17958.5 and 17958.7 of the California Health and Safety Code as set forth in the attached “Building and Safety Code, Analysis of Amendments to the California Code of Regulation” attached hereto as “Exhibit A” and by this reference incorporated herein.
3. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Manteca at a public meeting of said City Council held on the 21st day of October, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
MAYOR: __________________________
GARY SINGH
Mayor
ATTEST: __________________________
CASSANDRA CANDINI-TILTON
City Clerk
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R2025-XX Page PAGE 1 of NUMPAGES 2 October 21, 2025 R20XX-XX Page PAGE 1 of NUMPAGES 1 Type approved date of resolution here