Interim California Code Updates and
Reach Code Impacts
Suzanne Park, Chief Building Official
Community Development Department
August 13, 2024
2City of Sunnyvale – Building Code Amendments – August 2024 California and Reach Code Updates
Agenda Item #1 – Subdue: Gray Text
#2 – California Code Updates
#3 – Reach Code Updates
#1 – Municipal Code Updates
3City of Sunnyvale – Building Code Amendments – August 2024 Appendices
Municipal Code Corrections – Part 1
Currently referenced to the International Residential Code •Patio Covers
•Sound Transmission
•Zero Energy Residential Building Provisions (to be deleted) Corrected appendices reference the California Residential Code •Patio Covers (plus CA amendments)
•Sound Transmission (plus CA amendments)
•Swimming Pool Safety Act – Specific to California (added) 4City of Sunnyvale – Building Code Amendments – August 2024 Photovoltaic Systems – Residential
Municipal Code Corrections – Part 2
Applies to all Single-Family Dwellings, Townhomes, and Duplexes. Revised code reference to reflect PV panel requirements consistent with Council direction.
Reconfiguration of some code
language to combine high-rise and
low-rise multifamily dwellings.
5City of Sunnyvale – Building Code Amendments – August 2024 California and Reach Code Updates
#1 – Municipal Code Updates
Agenda Item #2 – California Code Updates
#3 – Reach Code Updates
#2 – California Code Updates
6City of Sunnyvale – Building Code Amendments – August 2024 Electric Vehicle Amendments
California Code Updates
• Electric Vehicle Charging Readiness Requirements for the following with off-street parking:
Warehouses
Grocery Stores
Office Buildings
Manufacturing Facilities
Retail Stores
Provide infrastructure and adequate transformer and electrical service panel at time of construction.
7City of Sunnyvale – Building Code Amendments – August 2024 Battery Storage Systems
California Code Updates
• New building requirements for battery storage systems. Nonresidential
Hotel/Motel
Mixed use: 80% of space is nonresidential or hotel/motel 8City of Sunnyvale – Building Code Amendments – August 2024 California and Reach Code Updates
#1 – Municipal Code Updates
#2 – California Code Updates
#3 – Reach Code Updates
9City of Sunnyvale – Building Code Amendments – August 2024 New Multifamily Buildings
Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
• New Interim Code Change – based on total parking spaces Existing Sunnyvale
EV Reach Codes
New California & Sunnyvale
EV Requirements
Level 1
Level 2
70% Ready Circuit
30% Ready Circuit
Level 1
Level 2
Level 2
50% Ready Circuit
40% Ready Circuit
10% EV Charger
10City of Sunnyvale – Building Code Amendments – August 2024 Hotel/Motel Buildings
Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
• New Interim Code Change – based on total parking spaces Existing Sunnyvale
EV Reach Codes
New California and Sunnyvale
EV Requirements
EV Capable
Level 2
50%
20% Ready Circuit
EV Capable
Level 2
Level 2
50%
40% Ready Circuit
10% EV Charger
11City of Sunnyvale – Building Code Amendments – August 2024 Staff Recommendation
• Introduce an Ordinance Amending various Sections of Title 16 (Buildings and Construction) of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code to Adopt by Reference the 2022 California Residential, Energy, and Green Building Standards with the July 2024 Supplement, with Local Amendments and Related Findings; and Find that the Action is Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act.
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