CHAPTER 4. Application and Scope

Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1844.

§§ 17950–17959.6 · 27 sections

§ 17950 The provisions of this part, the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code, or the other rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to…
§ 17951 (a) (1) The governing body of any county or city, including a charter city, may prescribe fees for permits, certificates, or other forms or documents required…
§ 17951.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 17951, each city, county, or city and county may waive or reduce all building permit fees for improvements to the home of a veteran…
§ 17951.7 (a) Notwithstanding Section 17951, each city, county, or city and county may waive or reduce all building permit fees for improvements to the home of a person…
§ 17952 (a) In the event of nonenforcement of this part, or the building standards published in the California Building Standards Code, or the other rules and…
§ 17953 Each city, county, and city and county shall enact an ordinance which requires a preliminary soil report, prepared by a civil engineer who is registered by the…
§ 17954 If the preliminary soil report indicates the presence of critically expansive soils or other soil problems which, if not corrected, would lead to structural…
§ 17955 The building department of each city, county, or city and county, or other enforcement agency charged with the administration and enforcement of the provisions…
§ 17956 A city, county, or city and county or other enforcement agency charged with the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this part, is not liable…
§ 17957 The governing body of any city, county, or city and county may enact an ordinance prescribing an alternate procedure which is equal to or more restrictive than…
§ 17958 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), and in Sections 17958.8 and 17958.9, any city or county may make changes in the provisions adopted pursuant to…
§ 17958.1 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 17922, 17958, and 17958.5, a city, county, or city and county may, by ordinance, permit efficiency units for occupancy by no more…
§ 17958.2 (a) Notwithstanding Section 17958, regulations of the department adopted for limited-density owner-built rural dwellings, which are codified in Article 8…
§ 17958.3 (a) All residential hotels, as defined by paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 50519, shall provide a locking mail receptacle for each residential unit,…
§ 17958.4 (a) Any city, county, or city and county, may, by ordinance, establish a date by which all residential real property with security window bars on bedroom…
§ 17958.5 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c) and in Section 17922.6, in adopting the ordinances or regulations pursuant to Section 17958, a city or county may…
§ 17958.7 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c) and in Section 17922.6, the governing body of a city or county, before making any modifications or changes pursuant…
§ 17958.8 Local ordinances or regulations governing alterations and repair of existing buildings shall permit the replacement, retention, and extension of original…
§ 17958.9 Local ordinances or regulations governing the moving of apartment houses and dwellings shall, after July 1, 1978, permit the retention of existing materials…
§ 17958.11 (a) Any city or county may adopt alternative building regulations for the conversion of commercial or industrial buildings, or portions thereof, to joint…
§ 17958.12 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following: (1) Building officials, pursuant to this code and the California Building Standards Code, have…
§ 17959 (a) No later than December 31, 2003, the department shall consider proposed universal design guidelines for home construction or home modifications which may…
§ 17959.1 (a) A city or county shall administratively approve applications to install solar energy systems through the issuance of a building permit or similar…
§ 17959.3 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the use of passive solar energy design. The Legislature recognizes that building code regulations with…
§ 17959.4 The housing appeals board may, in cases of extreme hardship to owner-occupants or tenants of dwellings, provide for deferral of the effective date of orders of…
§ 17959.5 The housing appeals board may, upon appeal or upon application by the owner, grant variances from local use zone requirements in order to permit an…
§ 17959.6 (a) Ninety days after the Department of Housing and Community Development certifies and makes available a standard form pursuant to subdivision (h), but in no…