SUMMARY OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
1 Municipal Code
Section(s) Amendment Summary
Chapter 8.12 – Building Code
1. § 8.12.080 Update references to California Building Code
2. § 8.12.090 Delete table and reference thereto
3. § 8.12.100 Correct minor typo
4. § 8.12.120 Update references to California Building Code
5. § 8.12.140 Update references to California Building Code Chapter 8.18 – Existing Building Code
6. § 8.18.010 Update adoption and exclusion language
Chapter 8.22 – Residential Code
7. § 8.22.010 Update adoption and exclusion language
8. § 8.22.030 Update references to California Residential Code
Chapter 8.24 – Electrical Code
9. § 8.24.040 Update references to California Electrical Code
10. § 8.24.050 Update references to California Electrical Code
11. § 8.24.090 Update references to California Electrical Code Chapter 8.28 – Mechanical Code
12. § 8.28.010 Update references to California Mechanical Code
Chapter 8.32 – Plumbing Code
13. § 8.32.010 Update references to California Plumbing Code
14. § 8.32.040 Update references to California Plumbing Code
15. § 8.32.070 Update references to California Plumbing Code Chapter 8.40 – Fire Code
SUMMARY OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
2 16. § 8.40.010 Update references to California Fire Code
17. § 8.40.020 Clarify references to the Santa Monica Fire Department; update references to California Fire
Code; and merge requirements from Chapter
8.44 into local Fire Code amendments
Chapter 8.44 – Fire and Life Safety Prevention Requirements
18. Chapter 8.44 Eliminates chapter and incorporates the applicable requirements into the Fire Code
amendments
Chapter 8.60 – Mandatory Seismic Retrofit Requirements
for Unreinforced Masonry Bearing Wall Buildings
19. § 8.60.010 Update exclusions noted regarding Appendix Chapter A1 of the California Existing Building
Code 2025
20. § 8.60.020 Update references to 2025 California Existing Building Code
21. § 8.60.030 Update references to 2025 California Existing Building Code
22. § 8.60.040 Update references to 2025 California Existing Building Code
Chapter 8.64 – Mandatory Seismic Retrofit Requirements for Existing Concrete and Reinforced Masonry Wall Buildings with Flexible Diaphragms
23. § 8.64.010 Update references to 2025 California Existing Building Code
24. § 8.64.020 Update references to 2025 California Existing Building Code
25. § 8.64.030 Update references to 2025 California Existing Building Code
26. § 8.64.040 Eliminate conflicting definitions
27. § 8.64.050 Eliminate unnecessary local amendments
Chapter 8.68 – Voluntary Seismic Retrofit Requirements for Cripple Walls and Sill Plate Anchorage in Single-Family Dwellings
28. § 8.68.010 Update references to 2025 California Existing Building Code
29. § 8.68.020 Eliminate unnecessary local amendments
SUMMARY OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
3 30. § 8.68.030 Eliminate unnecessary local amendments Chapter 8.72 – Mandatory Seismic Retrofit for Soft, Weak or Open Front Walls in Light, Wood-Framed Buildings
31. § 8.72.010 Adopt Appendix Chapter A4 of the California Existing Building Code 2025 Edition
32. § 8.72.020 Update references to 2025 California Existing Building Code
33. § 8.72.030 Eliminate unnecessary definitions
34. § 8.72.040 Update references to 2025 California Existing Building Code and eliminate unnecessary local
amendments
35. § 8.72.050 Update references to 2025 California Existing Building Code