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ORDINANCE NO. 3533
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING
CHAPTER 15.14 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE,
EXISTING BUILDING CODE, ADOPTING THE CALIFORNIA
EXISTING BUILDING CODE, 2022 EDITION
WHEREAS, the California Building Standards Commission requires jurisdictions within the
State to begin enforcing the 2022 Editions of the California building codes on January 1, 2023; and
WHEREAS, local jurisdictions are permitted to adopt local amendments to the State
building codes before they take effect; and
WHEREAS, local amendments cannot be less restrictive than the State building codes and
must be based on findings that the amendments are necessary because of local climatic,geological,
or topographical conditions; and
WHEREAS, the proposed ordinance adopts the 2022 California Existing Building Code with
no local amendments.
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as follows:
Section I. Added Chapter 15.14
That Chapter 15.14 is hereby added to the Chula Vista Municipal Code to read as
follows:
Chapter 15.14
EXISTING BUILDING CODE
Sections:
15.16.010 California Existing Building Code, 2022 Edition, adopted by reference.
15.16.010 California Existing Building Code, 2022 Edition, adopted by reference.
There is hereby adopted by reference the California Existing Building Code, 2022 Edition,
known as the California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 10, including Appendix A, as adopted
by state agencies, and excluding Chapter 1,Division II thereof, as copyrighted by the International
Code Council and the California Building Standards Commission. Said document is hereby
adopted as the existing building code of the City of Chula Vista, providing for, and regulating the
repair, alteration, change of occupancy, addition to, and relocation of existing buildings within the
City. Chapter 15.06 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code shall serve as the administrative,
organizational, and enforcement rules and regulations for this chapter.
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Section II. Severability
If any portion of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, is for any
reason held to be invalid, unenforceable, or unconstitutional, by a court of competent jurisdiction,
that portion shall be deemed severable,and such invalidity,unenforceability,or unconstitutionality
shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining portions of the Ordinance or its
application to any other person or circumstance. The City Council of the City of Chula Vista
hereby declares that it would have adopted each section, sentence, clause, or phrase of this
Ordinance, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, sentences, clauses, or
phrases of the Ordinance be declared invalid, unenforceable, or unconstitutional.
Section IIi. Construction
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista intends this Ordinance to supplement, not to
duplicate or contradict, applicable state and federal law, and this Ordinance shall be construed in
light of that intent.
Section IV. Effective Date
This ordinance will take effect and be in force thirty days after final passage but not before
January 1, 2023.
Section V. Publication
The City Clerk shall certify the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the
same to be published or posted according to law.
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Ordinance No. 3533
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Presented by Approved as to form by
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Laura C. Black,AICP Glen R. Googins
Director of Development Services City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 6th day of December 2022,by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Cardenas, Galvez, McCann, and Casillas Salas
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
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Mary Casillas Salas, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 3533 had its first reading at a regular meeting held on the 8th day of November
2022, and its second reading and adoption at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the
6th day of December 2022; and was duly published in summary form in accordance with the
requirements of state law and the City Charter.
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Dated Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk