CHAPTER 2. Rules and Regulations [17920. - 17929.]

Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1844.

§§ 17920–17929 · 39 sections

§ 17920 For purposes of this part, the following definitions apply: (a) “Approved” means acceptable to the department. (b) “Building” means a structure subject to this…
§ 17920.3 Any building or portion thereof, regardless of zoning designation or approved uses of the building, including any dwelling unit, guestroom or suite of rooms,…
§ 17920.5 As used in this part “local appeals board” means the board or agency of a city or county which is authorized by the governing body of the city or county to…
§ 17920.6 As used in this part, “housing appeals board” means the board or agency of a city or county which is authorized by the governing body of the city or county to…
§ 17920.8 In addition to any other requirements for location of exit signs or devices in hotels, motels, or apartment houses, the State Fire Marshal shall adopt building…
§ 17920.9 (a) The department shall propose adoption, amendment, or repeal by the California Building Standards Commission pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section…
§ 17920.10 (a) Any building or portion thereof including any dwelling unit, guestroom, or suite of rooms, or portion thereof, or the premises on which it is located, is…
§ 17921 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the department shall propose the adoption, amendment, or repeal of building standards to the California Building…
§ 17921.1 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 17921, and except as provided for herein, the department shall not adopt or enforce any rule or regulation relating…
§ 17921.4 (a) A nonwater-supplied urinal approved for installation or sold in this state shall satisfy all of the following requirements: (1) Meet performance, testing,…
§ 17921.5 (a) For purposes of this section, “recycled water” has the same meaning as that term is defined in subdivision (n) of Section 13050 of the Water Code, and is…
§ 17921.6 Except as provided in Sections 18930 and 18949.5, the department shall prepare and adopt minimum standards regulating the use and application of cellular…
§ 17921.7 (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (A) Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (“ABS”) drain, waste, and vent plumbing pipe is used to…
§ 17921.8 (a) (1) The department shall review current building standards, conduct research, and develop recommendations regarding building standards for the installation…
§ 17921.9 (a) No later than December 31, 2024, the Department of Housing and Community Development shall convene a working group, including, but not limited to, the…
§ 17921.10 (a) The standards proposed by the department pursuant to Section 17921 may include voluntary best practice and mandatory requirements related to…
§ 17921.11 (a) For purposes of this section, “water reuse system” includes both of the following: (1) A system approved for installation under the California Building…
§ 17922 (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the building standards adopted and submitted by the department for approval pursuant to Chapter 4…
§ 17922.1 Notwithstanding Section 17922, local agencies may modify or change the requirements published in the State Building Standards Code or contained in other…
§ 17922.12 (a) For the purposes of this section, “graywater” means untreated wastewater that has not been contaminated by any toilet discharge, has not been affected by…
§ 17922.14 (a) (1) During the next regularly scheduled triennial code cycle that commences on or after January 1, 2018, or during a subsequent code adoption cycle, the…
§ 17922.15 (a) At the next triennial building standards rulemaking cycle that commences on or after January 1, 2020, the Department of Housing and Community Development…
§ 17922.2 (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, ordinances and programs adopted on or before January 1, 1993, that contain standards to strengthen…
§ 17922.3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a residential structure that is moved into, or within, the jurisdiction of a local agency or the department, shall…
§ 17922.4 (a) For purposes of this section, “temporary sleeping cabin” means a nonpermanent structure that is intended to provide temporary housing to people…
§ 17922.5 Any state or local agency which issues building permits shall require, as a condition of issuing any building permit where the working conditions of the…
§ 17922.6 (a) The Office of Noise Control in coordination with the department shall adopt and submit building standards for approval pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing…
§ 17922.7 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the governing body of every city, county, city and county, and public entity shall adopt…
§ 17922.8 The Office of Noise Control may appoint an advisory committee to assist the office in reviewing and revising the noise insulation standards previously adopted.
§ 17922.9 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the provision of an adequate level of affordable housing, in and of itself, is a fundamental responsibility…
§ 17923 (a) The provisions of Section 17922 are not intended to prevent the use of any material, appliance, installation, device, arrangement, or method of…
§ 17924 Rules and regulations shall be promulgated pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code,…
§ 17925 Except as provided in Section 17922.6, any person, firm, corporation, or governmental agency that opposes the application of any applicable building standard…
§ 17926 (a) An owner of a dwelling unit intended for human occupancy shall install a carbon monoxide device, approved and listed by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to…
§ 17926.1 (a) An owner or owner’s agent of a dwelling unit intended for human occupancy who rents or leases the dwelling unit to a tenant shall maintain carbon monoxide…
§ 17926.2 (a) If the department, in consultation with the State Fire Marshal, determines that a sufficient amount of tested and approved carbon monoxide devices are not…
§ 17927 The department shall propose the adoption, amendment, or repeal of building standards pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935)…
§ 17928 (a) (1) The Department of Housing and Community Development shall, for building standards submitted to the California Building Standards Commission for…
§ 17929 (a) (1) For a mixed-income multifamily structure, both of the following shall apply: (A) The occupants of the affordable housing units within the mixed-income…