Every
three years, the State of California adopts new model codes to establish
uniform standards for the construction and maintenance of buildings, plumbing
systems, mechanical systems, electrical systems, and fire & life safety
systems. Pursuant to Health & Safety
Code Section 18941.5, local jurisdictions are mandated to adopt such state
codes, generally within 180 days after publication of the code by the
California Building Standards Commission.
Local adoption of
such codes is mandated on January 1, 2014, and requires a four-fifths (4/5th)
approval of the City Council. Prior to
such adoption, jurisdictional bodies may amend said codes if such amendments
are justified on the basis of a local climatic, local geological or local
topographical condition which makes such amendment(s) necessary.
Staff from the
Community Development’s Building and Safety Division and the Fire Department
have reviewed the state codes, and have proposed a number of local amendments
for adoption as the Building and Safety Code of the City of Glendale, 2014,
with proper justifications to be submitted to the California Building Standards
Commission.
These amendments are
deemed necessary to maintain the current level of protection throughout the
City of Glendale, that has been provided through the current Glendale Building
and Safety Code. In fact, many of the
proposed amendments have been carried over from the current code.
