NOTICE AND DIGEST
ORDINANCE: (1) REPEALING CURRENT OAKLAND MUNICIPAL
CODE CHAPTER 15.12, THE OAKLAND FIRE CODE; (2) MAKING
FINDINGS TO SUBSTANTIATE MODIFICATIONS TO CALIFORNIA
BUILDING CODES AND STANDARDS DUE TO LOCAL CLIMATIC,
GEOLOGICAL OR TOPOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS; (3) ADOPTING
AND MAKING LOCAL AMENDMENTS TO THE 2022 EDITION OF THE
CALIFORNIA MODEL BUILDING CODE, CALIFORNIA CODE OF
REGULATIONS TITLE 24, PART 9 (ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE
“CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE”); (4) RECODIFYING S AID CODE AS OAKLAND MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 15.12,THE OAKLAND FIRE
CODE; AND (5) ADOPTING CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY ACT EXEMPTION FINDINGS
The California Building Standards Code establishes the minimum standards and uniform administrative guidelines for Fire Safety standards throughout the state. This ordinance will provide findings required to substantiate modifications of the California Building Standards Code due to local climatic, geological or topographical conditions and adopt existing and new regulations in the Oakland Municipal Code that will amend the 2022 edition of the California Fire Code. The amendments will provide supplemental administrative and technical requirements pertinent to the City's building inventory, topography, geology, infrastructure needs, and health and safety requirements. This California Fire Code with local amendments shall be effective and implemented on January 1, 2023, or on the date the ordinance is filed with the California Building Standards Commission, whichever date is later, and shall be the governing code of the City of Oakland.