HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2025-3604ORDINANCE NO. 3604
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING
CHAPTER 15.08 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE,
BUILDING CODE, ADOPTING THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING
CODE, 2025 EDITION AND LOCAL AMENDMENTS
THERETO
WHEREAS, the California Building Standards Commission requires jurisdictions within the
State to begin enforcing the 2025 Edition of the California Building Standards Code on January 1,
2026; 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, Assembly Bill 130 prohibits local jurisdictions from modifying residential
building standards except under specific circumstances from October 1, 2025, through June 1,
2031; and
WHEREAS, the proposed ordinance adopts the 2025 California Building Code and proposes
the re-adoption of existing local amendments to the current Building Code adopted by the City.
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as follows:
Section I. Chapter 15.08
That chapter 15.08 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Chapter 15.08
BUILDING CODE
Sections:
15.08.010 California Building Code, 2025 Edition, adopted by reference.
15.08.020 Subsection 705.12 is amended to add an exception to the requirement for parapets.
15.08.030 Subsection 1511.6.4 is added to Section 1511.6 to require equipment enclosures on
roofs.
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15.08.010 California Building Code, 2025 Edition, adopted by reference.
There is hereby adopted by reference the California Building Code, 2025 Edition, known
as the California Code of Regulations, Title 24 Part 2, including Appendix I and Appendix
Q, as adopted by state agencies, and excluding Chapter 1, Division II of that document as
copyrighted by the International Code Council, and the California Building Standards
Commission. Said document is hereby adopted as the Building Code of the City of Chula
Vista for regulating the erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving,
demolition, conversion, occupancy, use, height, and area of all buildings and structures in
the City, excepting such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified, or amended. Chapter
15.06 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code shall serve as the administrative, organizational,
and enforcement rules and regulations for this chapter.
15.08.020 Subsection 705.12 is amended to add an exception to the requirement for
parapets.
Exception 7 is hereby added to Subsection 705.12 of the California Building Code, as it
applies in Chula Vista, and shall read as follows:
Exception 7. Conversion of existing Group R occupancies to offices.
15.08.030 Subsection 1511.6.4 is added to Section 1511.6 to require equipment enclosures
on roofs.
Subsection 1511.6.4 is hereby added to Section 1511.6 of the California Building Code, as
it applies in Chula Vista, and shall read as follows:
Subsection 1511.6.4 Equipment Enclosure. Operating equipment, including piping
and ducts located on the roof of a building, shall be shielded from view from public
thoroughfares and private and public parking lots. Equipment enclosures shall not be
constructed so as to trap flammable or combustible vapors.
Exception: Solar collectors. Does not include structural supporting members.
Section II. Findings and Declaration
The City Council specifically and expressly finds and declares that sections 15.08.020 and
15.08.030 are necessary due to local topographical conditions. As a result of the geographical layout
of the City of Chula Vista, the City Council deems it aesthetically important to shield roof equipment
enclosures from public view. Also, exempting conversion of existing Group R occupancies to
offices from subsection 705.12 of the California Building Code is an important historical exemption
contained in the Chula Vista Municipal Code from years past, and the City Council deems this
exemption necessary to preserve local topographical conditions.
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Section III. 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 IV. 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 V. Effective Date
This ordinance will take effect and be in force thirty days after final passage but not before
January 1, 2026.
Section VI. Publication
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause
the same to be published or posted according to law.
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Presented by Approved as to form by
Roy Sapa’u Marco A. Verdugo
Director of Development Services City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 18th day of November 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Chavez, Fernandez, Inzunza, Preciado, and McCann
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
John McCann, Mayor
ATTEST:
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. 3604 had its first reading at a regular meeting held on the 4th day of November
2025, and its second reading and adoption at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the
18th day of November 2025 and was duly published in summary form in accordance with the
requirements of state law and the City Charter.
Dated Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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