HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2025-3608ORDINANCE NO. 3608
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, 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 Existing Building Code with
no local amendments.
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as follows:
Section I. Chapter 15.14
That Chapter 15.14 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Chapter 15.14
EXISTING BUILDING CODE
Sections:
15.14.010 California Existing Building Code, 2025 Edition, adopted by reference.
There is hereby adopted by reference the California Existing Building Code, 2025 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 Chul a 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. 3608 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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