HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2025-3605ORDINANCE NO. 3605
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING
CHAPTER 15.09 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE,
RESIDENTIAL CODE, ADOPTING THE CALIFORNIA
RESIDENTIAL CODE, 2025 EDITION
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 Residential Code with no
local amendments.
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as follows:
Section I. Amended Chapter 15.09
That Chapter 15.09 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Chapter 15.09
RESIDENTIAL CODE
Sections:
15.09.010 California Residential Code, 2025 Edition, adopted by reference.
15.09.010 California Residential Code, 2025 Edition, adopted by reference.
There is hereby adopted by reference the California Residential Code, 2025 Edition, known
as the California Code of Regulations, Title 24 part 2.5, including Appendix BF, BB, BJ, CI and
CJ, 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 Residential Code of the City of Chula Vista for regulating
the construction, alteration, movement, enlargement, replacement, repair, equipment, use and
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occupancy, location, maintenance, removal and demolition of every detached one-and two-family
dwelling, townhouse not more than three stories above grade plane in height with a separate means
of egress and structures accessory thereto throughout the City, excepting such portions as are
hereinafter deleted, modified, or amended. Municipal Code chapter 15.06 shall serve as the
administrative, organizational, and enforcement rules and regulations for this chapter.
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, 2026.
Section V. 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. 3605 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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