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File #: 25-1215    Version: 1
Status: For Adoption - Consent
File created: 9/8/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 9/23/2025 Final action:
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
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Attachment A - Ordinance No. 2025-23, 3. Attachment B - Ordinance No. 2025-24, 4. Attachment C - Ordinance No. 2025-25

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)                     Find this project statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 21080.17 of the Public Resource Code and Section 15282(h) of the CEQA Guidelines, which states that the adoption of an ordinance regarding second units to implement the provisions of Sections 65852.1 and 65852.2 of the Government Code are exempt from the requirements of CEQA;

b)                     Conduct second reading and adopt 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;

c)                     Conduct second reading and adopt 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

d)                     Conduct second reading and adopt 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.