Title
Ordinance Nos. 2025-23, 2025-24,and 2025-25: Adoption of the 2025 California Building Standards Codes with Local Amendments, the 2025 California Fire Code with Local Amendments, and the 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface with Local Amendments
Recommendation
a) Conduct a public hearing;
b) Find the proposed actions are not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) and 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines, because the code adoption and amendment will not result in a physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly;
c) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-58, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, Setting Forth Findings Based on Local Conditions within the City of Newport Beach Which Make Certain Modifications and Changes to the International Property Maintenance Code, the California Building Code, the California Residential Code, the California Electrical Code, the California Mechanical Code, the California Plumbing Code and the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code as Reasonably Necessary Because of Local Climatic, Geographic, or Topographic Conditions;
d) Waive full reading, direct the City Clerk to read by title only, introduce Ordinance No. 2025-23, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City Of Newport Beach, California, Amending Title 15 (Building and Construction) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code to Adopt Chapter 1, Division II, of the 2025 Edition of the California Building Code; the 2024 Edition of the International Property Maintenance Code and Swimming Pool and Spa Code; the 2025 Edition of the California Building Code, Residential Code, Electrical Code, Mechanical Code, Plumbing Code, Green Building Standards Code, Historical Code, Existing Building Code, and Energy Code; and to Amend Portions of Chapter 15.50 (Floodplain Management), with Local Amendments, and pass to second reading on September 23, 2025;
e) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-59, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, Setting Forth Findings Based on Local Conditions Within the City of Newport Beach Which Make Certain Modifications and Changes to the 2025 Edition of the California Fire Code and 2025 Edition of the California Wildland Urban Interface Code and as Reasonably Necessary Because of Local Climatic Geographic, or Topographic Conditions;
f) Waive full reading, direct the City Clerk to read by title only, introduce Ordinance No. 2025-24, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, Amending Title 9 (Fire Code) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code to Adopt the 2025 Edition of the California Fire Code, with Local Amendments, and pass to second reading on September 23, 2025; and
g) Waive full reading, direct the City Clerk to read by title only, introduce Ordinance No. 2025-25, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City Of Newport Beach, California, Adding Chapter 9.07 (Wildland Urban Interface Code) to Title 9 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code to Adopt the 2025 Edition of the California Wildland Urban Interface Code, with Local Amendments, and pass to second reading on September 23, 2025.