The 2022 California Building Code, based on the "International Building Code, Volumes 1 and 2," 2021 Edition, including all appendices thereto; the 2022 California Residential Code, based on the "International Residential Code," 2021 Edition, including all appendices thereto; the 2022 California Mechanical Code, incorporating the "Uniform Mechanical Code," 2021 Edition, including all appendices thereto; the 2022 California Plumbing Code, incorporating the "Uniform Plumbing Code," 2021 Edition, including all appendices thereto; the 2022 California Electrical Code, incorporating the "National Electrical Code," 2020 Edition, including all annexes thereto; the 2022 California Green Building Standards Code; the 2022 California Historical Building Code; the 2022 California Referenced Standards Code; the 2021 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code; and the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code; are hereby adopted by reference in their entirety and amended in Chapters 15.04, 15.12, 15.14, 15.16, 15.20, 15.24, 15.26, 15.28, 15.30, 15.32, and 15.34 herein, shall comprise the Building and Construction Regulations of the City of Rancho Cucamonga.
(Code 1980 § 15.04.010; Ord. No. 311 § 4, 1987; Ord. No. 412 § 3, 1990; Ord. No. 497 § 3, 1992; Ord. No. 603 § 3, 1999; Ord. No. 693 § 3, 2002; Ord. No. 784 § 3, 2007; Ord. No. 834 § 3, 2010; Ord. No. 862 § 3, 2013; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014; Ord. No. 899 § 3, 2016; Ord. No. 956 § 3, 2019; Ord. No. 1011 § 3, 2022)
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Editor's note: The Fire Code in effect in the city is as adopted
by the fire district in Ordinance No. FD 58. An excerpt from that
ordinance is as follows: "The Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District
(hereinafter District or Fire District) hereby adopts by reference
as the District's Fire Code, the 2022 California Fire Code as published
by the California Building Standards Commission, with errata, including
Appendix Chapter 4; Appendices A, B, BB, C, CC, H, I, N, and O; and
Referenced Standards, with the changes, modifications, amendments,
additions, deletions, and exceptions prescribed in Section 4 of this
ordinance, and the same are hereby adopted for safeguarding of life,
property, and the community from injury; fire; explosion; hazardous
materials, substances, devices, conditions, processes, activities,
operations, practices, and functions; environmental damage; and economic
harm, and providing for the issuance of permits and the collection
of fees. Each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions,
and terms of said Fire Code, a copy of which is on file in the office
of the Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Fire District, are
hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof as if fully set
out in this ordinance, subject only to the amendments and deletions
herein." See Ordinance No. FD 58 which is on file in the city clerk's
office for the amendments to the 2022 California Fire Code adopted
and in effect in the city.
Ord. No. FD59, adopted 6/5/2025, designated Fire Hazard Severity Zones
identified by the State Fire Marshal, and established a Wildland-Urban
Interface Fire Area. Information, including maps, is on file in the
office of the Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Fire District.
All previous ordinances designating Fire Severity Zones is superseded.
This ordinance becomes effective January 1, 2026.