CaliforniaBuilding& Fire
CodeIntroductionof Ordinances
CaliforniaCodeof RegulationsTitle24
2022 CaliforniaBuildingCodes
2022 CaliforniaFireCode
City Council Meeting
November 15, 2022
Jesse Oswald
Chief Building Official
Mike Johnson
Assistant Fire Marshal
1 Background
• California’s building standards are published in their entirety every three (3) years. The California Building and Fire Code are included in this series of standards. • The 2022 California Building Standards (California Code of Regulations, Title 24) published as of July 1, 2022. • Effective date of the 2022 Code will be January 1, 2023 upon successful adoption.
2 Background
California Code of Regulations, Title 24 Parts 1-12
• “California Building Standards” are the statewide standards for all public and private building construction in California. • Includes Building, Fire, Plumbing, Mechanical, Electrical, Energy, Disabled Access, Green Building and other standards. • Updated and adopted every three years for statewide
application by the California Building Standards Commission, with mandatory enforcement by all jurisdictions throughout the state.
• Local jurisdictions may adopt additional amendments based upon local or regional topographical, climatic, or geologic conditions germane to each local entity.
3 Background
• The 2022 Edition was adopted by the state on January 1, 2022, and published July 1, 2022.
• Local jurisdictions have until January 1, 2023, to adopt any additional amendments at which time the
regulations are enforceable statewide.
• City staff have been collaborating internally and with other external peer organizations to develop ordinances with the proper local amendments specific to the City of Santa Rosa. • Planning and Economic Development provided an update
to the Climate Action Subcommittee on October 12, 2022
for the All-Electric Only readoption.
4 Collaboration
• Updates for the 2022 California Building Standards were developed at monthly Redwood Empire Association of
Code Officials (REACO) and Sonoma County Fire
Prevention Officer meetings.
• Building officials from jurisdictions in Marin, Sonoma, Napa and Mendocino Counties participate in REACO as
well as all Sonoma County fire authorities participating in the Fire Prevention Officers organization.
• Workgroupsfocused on consistency to
developed common amendments
proposed for adoption and alignment
with model codes in many of these
jurisdictions.
5 Participants
Santa Rosa FD
Petaluma FD
Healdsburg FD
Sebastopol FD
Sonoma County FPD
Rancho Adobe FPD
Sonoma Valley FPD
Rohnert Park Dept. of
Pub Safety
Sonoma County PRMD
REACO – Building
Officials
and others…
6 Examples
• These ordinances have recognized opportunities to
continue to protect not just our newly built communities but our existing built communities as well from the
dangers of wildfire through construction standards and to provide the ability for maintenance and reduction of
hazardous vegetation in new and existing communities.
• This ordinance has also identified and addressed known hazards, such as: multiple points of access to new
developments; the continually evolving cannabis industry, new technologies and safety challenges by including
nationally recognizedstandards; standardizedfire alarm
maintenance forms, rural water supply and stand alone
residential fire sprinkler pump options and protections. 7 Santa Rosa’s All-Electric Only
Requirement - Background
• In 2019 the City Council adopted the All-Electric Only Ordinance. • The requirement applies to all new Low-Rise Residential construction (3-stories or less).
• Council chose to adopt a stand-alone ordinance based in the California Energy Code.
• The adoption required the execution of a cost-effectiveness study.
• The California Energy Commission has determined that reach code adoptions for decarbonization do not require a cost- effectiveness study for 2022 codes provided the adoption resides within the California Green Building Standards Code. • For 2023; it is proposed to adopt the All-Electric Only requirement for new Low-Rise Residential construction by amending the 2022 California Green Building Standards Code. 8 Santa Rosa’s All-Electric Only Requirement –
Lessons Learned/Moving Forward
• The current All-Electric Only requirement proved to be effective with new housing starts without fuel-gas connections. Approximately 1,000 or more new units have been constructed without a gas connection. • The current adoption exempts attached Accessory Dwelling Units. This is a realistic approach as ADUs are typically developed on parcels with existing dwellings connected to natural gas.
• The proposed amendments maintain the attached ADU exemption with clarifications:
ADUs created by altering existing legal space in dwellings, garages, and accessory structures. This clarification follows existing State Law initiatives for the development of ADUs. • Additional exemptions are proposed:
1. Reconstructed buildings lost in a disaster or calamity.
2. New construction where existing utility infrastructure would have to be removed at the owner’s expense.
3. Parcels or development projects that have approved public improvement plans.
9 “HomeHardening” Requirements
The following amendments were adopted
previously and are proposed to be maintained.
• Additions and alterationsto buildings in the WUI to be compliant with CBC 7A or CRC R337 requirements.
• Fences attached to buildings in the WUI to be fire-
resistive construction for first 5 feet.
• New roofing installed throughout Santa Rosa to be Class A. • Reroofing within WUI to be Class A.
• Disallowance of wood shingles or shakes in WUI
10 CaliforniaBuilding&
ResidentialCodes– Emergency
HousingRequirements
• In 2017 the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) provided optional and temporary
Emergency Housing measures.
• As appendices, the measures must be specifically-adopted by local jurisdictions.
• The adoption will provide minimum standards and
requirements for implementation.
• We propose readopting these measures.
11 • The final document was peer reviewed by all fire agencies listed as well as other industry professionals, private industry representatives,Redwood Empire Association of Code Officials representativesand fire prevention and operation personnel. • Much of the final language has been incorporatedinto other code adoption packages of Fire and Building agencies
throughout Sonoma County, Greater Bay Area and other
various jurisdictions within the State.
• October 25, 2022 - Introduction of California Building and Fire Code Ordinances
• November 15, 2022 - Public Hearing for Council adoption of the Ordinances, effective January 1, 2023.
Processand NextSteps
12 Recommendation
• It is recommended by the Fire Department and the
Planning and Economic Development Department
that the Council
1) Adoptan Ordinance adopting by reference the
2022 edition of the California Fire Code as
adopted and amended by the State of
California, and repeal and replace Chapter 18-44
of the Santa Rosa City Code, modified tomeet
local requirements and reflect the new model
code,
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2) Adoptan Ordinance adopting by reference, with local
amendments,
• 2022 California Administrative Code,
• 2022 California Building Code,
• 2022 California Residential Code,
• 2022 California Green Building Standards Code,
• 2022 California Energy Code,
• 2022 California Electrical Code,
• 2022 California Mechanical Code,
• 2022 California Plumbing Code,
• 2022 California Historical Building Code,
• 2022 California Existing Building Code,
• 2022 California Referenced Standards Code,
• 2021 International Property Maintenance Code, and the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Permit and Waste Discharge Requirements, and 14
Questions
Jesse Oswald
Chief Building Official
Mike Johnson
Assistant Fire Marshal
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