HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2025-3610ORDINANCE NO. 3610
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING
CHAPTER 15.24 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE,
ELECTRICAL CODE AND REGULATIONS, ADOPTING THE
CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL 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 Electrical Code and proposes
the re-adoption of existing local amendments to the current Electrical Code and Regulations
previously adopted by the City.
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as follows:
Section I. Amended Chapter 15.24
That chapter 15.24 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Chapter 15.24
ELECTRICAL CODE AND REGULATIONS
Sections:
15.24.010 California Electrical Code, 2025 Edition, adopted by reference.
15.24.035 Previously used materials.
15.24.045 Distribution panels – Separate required when.
15.24.050 Circuit cards to be posted when.
15.24.055 Electric fences – Defined – Prohibited.
15.24.060 Phase arrangement – Amended.
15.24.065 Repealed.
15.24.070 Repealed.
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15.24.010 California Electrical Code, 2025 Edition, adopted by reference.
There is hereby adopted by reference the California Electrical Code, 2025 Edition, known as
the California Code of Regulations Title 24, Part 3, as copyrighted by the National Fire Protection
Association and the California Building Standards Commission. Said document is hereby adopted
as the Electrical Code of the City of Chula Vista, regulating the installation, repair, operation, and
maintenance of all electrical wiring and electrical apparatus of any nature whatsoever, whether
inside or outside of any building within 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.
15.24.035 Previously used materials.
Previously used materials shall not be reused in any work without approval by the Building
Official.
15.24.045 Distribution panels – Separate required when.
Each store in a store building, each flat in a flat building, and each building used as a dwelling
shall be so wired that each store, apartment, flat, or dwelling shall have separate lighting and power
distribution panels as applicable. Such panels shall not serve other portions of the building. Hotels,
motels, hotel apartments, and similar types of buildings may be wired from one or more
distribution panels.
15.24.050 Circuit cards to be posted when.
When requested by the Building Official, a complete schedule of circuits showing the number,
kind, and capacity of each outlet on each circuit shall be posted on each job prior to rough
inspection.
15.24.055 Electric fences – Defined – Prohibited.
A. As used herein, the term “electric fence” includes all fences which in any way use electrical
energy as an additional deterrent or have wires charged with electricity which are not covered with
adequate insulation to protect persons and animals coming in contact therewith.
B. No electric fence may be constructed, maintained or operated within the City.
15.24.060 Phase arrangement – Amended.
Section 408.3(E)(1) of the California Electrical Code is hereby amended to read:
AC Phase Arrangement. Alternating-current phase arrangement on 3-phase buses shall be
A, B, C from front to back, top to bottom, or left to right, as viewed from the front of the
switchboard, switchgear, or panelboard. The C phase shall be that phase having the higher
voltage to ground on 3-phase, 4-wire, delta-connected systems. Other busbar arrangements
shall be permitted for additions to existing installations and shall be marked.
Section II. Findings and Declaration
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista specifically and expressly finds and declares
that section 15.24.060 is necessary due to local climatic, geological, and topographical conditions.
Local utilities require having the higher voltage to ground be located on the “C” phase.
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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. 3610 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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