DATE: November 5, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Development Services Department
TITLE: ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS 6 AND 11 OF THE OCEANSIDE CITY CODE TO REFLECT ADOPTION OF THE 2025 EDITIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS CODE INCLUDING LOCAL AMENDMENTS AND RESOLUTION OF EXPRESS FINDINGS SUPPORTING LOCAL AMENDMENTS
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council introduce an ordinance amending Chapter 6, Articles l, Il, Ill, IV, VI, XII, XIll, XVI and Chapter 11, Article Il, of the Oceanside City Code ("City Code") to reflect adoption of the 2025 editions of the California Building Standards Code (CBSC) including local amendments and adopt a resolution of express findings supporting the local amendments.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The CBSCs are published every three years by the Building Standards Commission. On December 18, 2022, the City Council adopted an Ordinance amending Chapters 6 and 11 of the City Code and adopting the 2022 edition of the California Fire Code and the 2022 Edition of the CBSC: Building, Fire, Residential, Electrical, Plumbing, Mechanical, Energy and Green Building Codes and the 2021 Swimming Pool and Hot Tub Code. A new version, the 2025 CBSC, is mandated for use statewide starting January 1, 2026, and will be applicable for the next three years, through December 31, 2028.
Staff recommends the City Council adopt the 2025 editions of the CBSC and local amendments thereto by introducing the attached ordinance (Attachment 1) and adopting the resolution of express findings supporting the local amendments (Attachment 2). A red-lined version of the proposed changes to Chapters 6 and 11 of the City Code is provided for reference (Attachment 3). By adopting the 2025 editions of the CBSC, the City will be compliant with state law and consistent with other cities and counties throughout California.
Adoption of the 2025 editions of the CBSC also provides the City with the ability to enact c...
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