CHAPTER 4. The California Building Standards Code [18935. - 18944.21.]

Heading of Chapter 4 amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 897, Sec. 24.

§§ 18935–18944.21 · 32 sections

§ 18935 (a) Notice of proposed building standards shall be given and hearings shall be held by the adopting agencies, as required by the Administrative Procedure Act,…
§ 18936 The commission shall mail notices of meetings with respect to its proposed action on any building standards to any design profession organizations, chambers of…
§ 18937 (a) Emergency standards shall be acted on by the commission within 30 days and only when the adopting agency or state agency that proposes the building…
§ 18938 (a) Building standards shall be filed with the Secretary of State and codified only after they have been approved by the commission and shall not be published…
§ 18938.3 With respect to the model codes that are designated in Sections 17922 and 18938 to serve as the basis for the California Building Standards Code but are no…
§ 18938.5 (a) Only those building standards approved by the commission, and that are effective at the local level at the time an application for a building permit is…
§ 18938.6 (a) Every permit shall remain valid for purposes of this part if the work on the site authorized by that permit is commenced within 12 months after its…
§ 18940 Codification of building standards approved by the commission shall be incorporated into the code and shall not be incorporated into other individual titles of…
§ 18940.5 As part of the next triennial update of the California Building Standards Code (Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations) adopted after January 1, 2014,…
§ 18940.6 (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…
§ 18940.7 (a) For purposes of this section, “water reuse system” includes both of the following: (1) A system approved for installation under the California Building…
§ 18941 All building standards shall be administered and enforced and, whenever practicable, written on a performance basis consistent with state and nationally…
§ 18941.5 (a) (1) Amendments, additions, and deletions to the California Building Standards Code, including, but not limited to, green building standards, adopted by a…
§ 18941.6 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, ordinances and programs adopted on or before January 1, 1993, that contain standards to strengthen…
§ 18941.7 Subject to Section 14877.3 of the Water Code, a city, county, or other local agency may adopt, after a public hearing and enactment of an ordinance or…
§ 18941.8 (a) As used in this section, “graywater” has the same meaning as defined in Section 17922.12. (b) Notwithstanding Chapter 22 (commencing with Section 14875) of…
§ 18941.9 The commission shall, in the next triennial adoption process for the code adopted after the development of a standard specification by the Department of…
§ 18941.10 (a) (1) The commission shall, commencing with the next triennial edition of the California Building Standards Code (Title 24 of the California Code of…
§ 18941.11 (a) (1) Commencing with the next triennial edition of the California Building Standards Code (Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations), the commission…
§ 18941.12 (a) Notwithstanding any subsequent updates to building standards approved by the commission pursuant to this chapter, an individual submitting a proposed…
§ 18941.15 At the next triennial building standards rulemaking cycle that commences on or after January 1, 2019, the Department of Housing and Community Development shall…
§ 18941.17 (a) As part of each triennial California Building Standards Code rulemaking cycle that commences on or after January 1, 2023, the commission shall convene a…
§ 18942 (a) (1) The commission shall publish, or cause to be published, editions of the code in its entirety once every three years. In the intervening period the…
§ 18942.1 (a) If a regulation or order of repeal is filed with the Office of Administrative Law, and if it appears to be a building standard, as defined by Section…
§ 18943 Building standards in individual titles of the California Code of Regulations other than the California Building Standards Code shall have no force or effect…
§ 18944 State agencies shall adopt regulations for publication in the titles of the California Code of Regulations containing other regulations of the agency to…
§ 18944.5 The code shall be binding on the state and other public agencies, including federal agencies to the extent permitted by federal law, in the same manner as it…
§ 18944.7 The alternative building regulations and building standards authorized under the State Historical Building Code (Part 2.7 (commencing with Section 18950) of…
§ 18944.11 On or before July 1, 2009, any state agency that adopts or proposes building standards for plumbing systems shall consider developing building standards that…
§ 18944.18 (a) The California Building Standards Commission, in conjunction with the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, shall repeal Section 1226.7 of…
§ 18944.19 (a) Upon the next triennial update of the California Green Building Standards Code (Part 11 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations) that occurs on…
§ 18944.21 (a) Not later than July 1, 2023, the commission shall consider whether to adopt the most recent versions of the following consensus safety standards, to be…