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CA Health & Safety Code § 17922.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 2 - Rules and Regulations|Section 17922.6.

17922.6.  (a)  The Office of Noise Control in coordination with the department shall adopt and submit building standards for approval pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18934) of Part 2.5 of this division and shall adopt, amend, and repeal rules and regulations other than building standards which establish uniform minimum noise insulation requirements for hotels, motels, apartment houses, and dwellings other than detached single-family dwellings. (b)  Such requirements shall be based on performance in order to require compliance onsite where the hotel, motel, apartment house, or dwelling other than a detached single-family dwelling, is located. (c)  Such requirements shall be sufficient to protect persons within the hotel, motel, apartment house, or dwelling other than a detached single-family dwelling, from the effects of excessive noise, including, but not limited to, hearing loss or impairment and persistent interference with speech and sleep. (d)  The provisions of this section, the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to noise insulation, and the other rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall apply equally to those hotels, motels, apartment houses, and dwellings other than detached single-family dwellings, owned, operated, or maintained by any public entity. The department shall enforce such building standards published in the State Building Standards Code and such other rules and regulations with respect to any such hotel, motel, apartment house, or dwelling other than a detached single-family dwelling, which is not subject to the jurisdiction of any local building department. (e)  The provisions of this section, the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to noise insulation, and the other rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall not apply to detached single-family dwellings. (f)  Such other rules and regulations adopted by the Office of Noise Control shall become operative six months after their date of adoption. (g)  Sections 17925, 17958, 17958.5, and 17958.7 shall not apply to the provisions of this section. (Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1152.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17922.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 2 - Rules and Regulations|Section 17922.7.

17922.7.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the governing body of every city, county, city and county, and public entity shall adopt ordinances or regulations imposing the same requirements as are published in the State Building Standards Code relating to noise insulation and as are contained in the other rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section 17922.6 within six months after the date of publication in the State Building Standards Code or the date of adoption of such other rules and regulations. The building standards relating to noise insulation published in the State Building Standards Code and the other rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section 17922.6 shall apply in any city, county, city and county, or to any hotel, motel, apartment house, or dwelling other than a detached single-family dwelling, which is owned, operated, or maintained by any public entity, if the appropriate governing body fails to adopt such ordinances or regulations within six months after such date of publication or adoption. (b)  In adopting such ordinances or regulations, the governing body of any city, county, city and county, or public entity may make such changes, modifications, or additions to the minimum requirements contained in such building standards relating to noise insulation published in the State Building Standards Code, or in the other rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section 17922.6, as such governing body determines are reasonably necessary due to local conditions. The governing body may also impose noise insulation standards on a case by case basis on new single-family detached dwellings, if the governing body determines that such standards are necessary due to substantial noise generated by airports, roadways, or commercial and industrial activities immediately surrounding or adjacent to such proposed dwellings. Any local noise insulation standards adopted for single-family detached dwellings shall not exceed comparable standards for multifamily housing. The governing body shall find that ordinances or regulations, adopted pursuant to this subdivision, will require the dimunition of the noise levels permitted by the building standards relating to noise insulation published in the State Building Standards Code and in the other rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section 17922.6. (c)  Prior to making such modifications, changes, or additions pursuant to subdivision (b), the governing body shall make an express finding that such modifications, changes, or additions are needed, which finding shall be available as a public record. A copy of such finding, together with the modification, change, or addition, shall be filed with the Office of Noise Control. (Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1152.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17922.8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 2 - Rules and Regulations|Section 17922.8.

17922.8.  The Office of Noise Control may appoint an advisory committee to assist the office in reviewing and revising the noise insulation standards previously adopted.(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 645, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17923 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 2 - Rules and Regulations|Section 17923.

17923.  (a)  The provisions of Section 17922 are not intended to prevent the use of any material, appliance, installation, device, arrangement, or method of construction not specifically prescribed by this part, the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating thereto, and the other rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, providing such alternate has been approved. The department may approve any such alternate if it finds that the proposed design is satisfactory and that the material, appliance, installation, device, arrangement, method, or work offered is, for the purpose intended, at least the equivalent of that prescribed in this part, the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating thereto, and the other rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto in performance, safety, and for the protection of life and health. (b)  Whenever there is evidence that any material, appliance, installation, device, arrangement, or method of construction does not conform to the requirements of this part, the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating thereto, and the other rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, or in order to substantiate claims for alternates, the department may require tests as proof of compliance to be made at the expense of the owner or his agent. (Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1152.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17924 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 2 - Rules and Regulations|Section 17924.

17924.  Rules and regulations shall be promulgated pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and no state department, officer, board, agency, committee, or commission shall have power pursuant to the provisions of this part to publish building standards, as defined in Section 18909, but shall propose and submit those building standards as deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this part for adoption and publishing pursuant to the provisions of Part 2.5 (commencing with Section 18901).(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 645, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17925 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 2 - Rules and Regulations|Section 17925.

17925.  Except as provided in Section 17922.6, any person, firm, corporation, or governmental agency that opposes the application of any applicable building standard published in the State Building Standards Code or any other rule or regulation adopted by the department within a particular local area may request a hearing before the local appeals board regarding the matter. If the local appeals board determines after the hearing that because of local conditions or factors it is not reasonable for the building standard, rule, or regulation to be applied in the local area, the building standard, rule, or regulation shall have no application within that local area. A copy of the determination of the local appeals board, together with a report of the local conditions upon which the determination is based, shall be filed with the department pursuant to Section 17958.7.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 101, Sec. 130.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17926 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 2 - Rules and Regulations|Section 17926.

17926.  (a) An owner of a dwelling unit intended for human occupancy shall install a carbon monoxide device, approved and listed by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section 13263, in each existing dwelling unit having a fossil fuel burning heater or appliance, fireplace, or an attached garage, within the earliest applicable time period as follows:(1) For all existing single-family dwelling units intended for human occupancy on or before July 1, 2011.(2) For all existing hotel and motel dwelling units intended for human occupancy on or before January 1, 2017.(3) For all other existing dwelling units intended for human occupancy on or before January 1, 2013.(b) With respect to the number and placement of carbon monoxide devices, an owner shall install the devices in a manner consistent with building standards applicable to new construction for the relevant type of occupancy or with the manufacturer’s instructions, if it is technically feasible to do so.(c) (1) Notwithstanding Section 17995, and except as provided in paragraph (2), a violation of this section is an infraction punishable by a maximum fine of two hundred dollars ($200) for each offense.(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a property owner shall receive a 30-day notice to correct. If an owner receiving notice fails to correct within that time period, the owner may be assessed the fine pursuant to paragraph (2).(d) No transfer of title shall be invalidated on the basis of a failure to comply with this section, and the exclusive remedy for the failure to comply with this section is an award of actual damages not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100), exclusive of any court costs and attorney’s fees. This subdivision is not intended to affect any duties, rights, or remedies otherwise available at law.(e) A local ordinance requiring carbon monoxide devices may be enacted or amended if the ordinance is consistent with this chapter.(f) On or before July 1, 2015, the department shall submit for adoption and approval pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) of Part 2.5, building standards for the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in hotel and motel dwelling units intended for human occupancy. In developing these standards, the department shall do both of the following:(1) Convene and consult a stakeholder group that includes members with expertise in multifamily dwellings, lodging, maintenance, and construction.(2) Review and consider the most current national codes and standards available related to the installation of carbon monoxide detection.(g) For purposes of this section and Section 17926.1, “dwelling unit intended for human occupancy” has the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 13262.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 298, Sec. 4. (AB 2753) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17926.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 2 - Rules and Regulations|Section 17926.1.

17926.1.  (a) An owner or owner’s agent of a dwelling unit intended for human occupancy who rents or leases the dwelling unit to a tenant shall maintain carbon monoxide devices in that dwelling unit consistent with this section and Section 17926.(b) An owner or the owner’s agent may enter any dwelling unit intended for human occupancy owned by the owner for the purpose of installing, repairing, testing, and maintaining carbon monoxide devices required by this section, pursuant to the authority and requirements of Section 1954 of the Civil Code.(c) The carbon monoxide device shall be operable at the time that the tenant takes possession. A tenant shall be responsible for notifying the owner or owner’s agent if the tenant becomes aware of an inoperable or deficient carbon monoxide device within his or her unit. The owner or owner’s agent shall correct any reported deficiencies or inoperabilities in the carbon monoxide device and shall not be in violation of this section for a deficient or inoperable carbon monoxide device when he or she has not received notice of the deficiency or inoperability.(d) This section shall not affect any rights which the parties may have under any other provision of law because of the presence or absence of a carbon monoxide device.(e) For purposes of this section, with respect to a time-share project, “owner” means the homeowners’ association of the time-share project.(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 19, Sec. 5. (SB 183) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17926.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 2 - Rules and Regulations|Section 17926.2.

17926.2.  (a) If the department, in consultation with the State Fire Marshal, determines that a sufficient amount of tested and approved carbon monoxide devices are not available to property owners to meet the requirements of the Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2009 and Sections 17926 and 17926.1, the department may suspend enforcement of the requirements of Sections 17926 and 17926.1 for up to six months. If the department elects to suspend enforcement of these requirements, the department shall notify the Secretary of State of its decision and shall post a public notice that describes its findings and decision on the departmental Internet Web site.(b) If the California Building Standards Commission adopts or updates building standards relating to carbon monoxide devices, the owner or owner’s agent, who has installed a carbon monoxide device as required by Section 17926 or 17926.1, shall not be required to install a new device meeting the requirements of those building standards within an individual dwelling unit until the owner makes application for a permit for alterations, repairs, or additions to that dwelling unit, the cost of which will exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 19, Sec. 6. (SB 183) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17927 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 2 - Rules and Regulations|Section 17927.

17927.  The department shall propose the adoption, amendment, or repeal of building standards pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) of Part 2.5, and the department shall adopt, amend, and repeal other rules and regulations for garage door springs for installation in garages which are accessory to apartment houses, hotels, motels, and dwellings as the department determines are reasonably necessary to prevent the death or injury of persons or damage to property resulting from the breaking of the garage door springs. Except as otherwise provided in this part, the department shall enforce building standards published in the California Building Standards Code relating to garage door springs and other rules and regulations adopted by the department pursuant to this section.No garage door spring which violates the provisions of any building standard published in the California Building Standards Code relating to garage door springs or any other rule or regulation adopted by the department pursuant to this section shall be sold or offered for sale, or installed in any garage which is accessory to an apartment house, hotel, motel, or dwelling, on or after the date of publication of the building standard or the effective date of the rule or regulation.(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 645, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17928 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 2 - Rules and Regulations|Section 17928.

17928.  (a) (1) The Department of Housing and Community Development shall, for building standards submitted to the California Building Standards Commission for adoption in the 2010 California Building Code or later, do all the following:(A) Review relevant green building guidelines as deemed necessary by the department when preparing proposed building standards for submittal.(B) Consider proposing as mandatory building standards those green building features determined by the department to be cost effective and feasible to promote greener construction.(2) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to supplant or otherwise change the existing process for approval and adoption of building standards through the California Building Standards Commission.(b) (1) The department shall also summarize in a report to the Legislature no later than September 1 of each year, both of the following:(A) Green building features proposed as building standards during the prior fiscal year.(B) Green building guidelines reviewed pursuant to subdivision (a) during the prior fiscal year.(2) For those items required by this subdivision already included in other reports provided to the Legislature or generally available, the department may fulfill this requirement by citing where that information can be found.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 751, Sec. 49. Effective September 30, 2008.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17929 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 2 - Rules and Regulations|Section 17929.

17929.  (a) (1) For a mixed-income multifamily structure, both of the following shall apply:(A) The occupants of the affordable housing units within the mixed-income multifamily structure shall have the same access to the common entrances to that structure as the occupants of the market-rate housing units.(B) The occupants of the affordable housing units within the mixed-income multifamily structure shall have the same access to the common areas and amenities of that structure as the occupants of the market-rate housing units.(2) A mixed-income multifamily structure shall not isolate the affordable housing units within that structure to a specific floor or an area on a specific floor.(b) For purposes of this section:(1) “Affordable housing unit” means any residential dwelling unit that is restricted by deed or other recorded document as affordable housing for persons and families of low or moderate income, as that term is defined in Section 50093.(2) “Common entrance” means any area used by the occupants of a mixed-income multifamily structure for ingress to or egress from that structure.(3) “Market-rate housing unit” means any residential dwelling unit that is not an affordable housing unit or a unit occupied by on-site property management staff.(4) “Mixed-income multifamily structure” means any residential structure with five or more residential dwelling units that includes both affordable housing units and market-rate housing units.(c)  This section is declaratory of existing law. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the application of existing law, including, but not limited to, Article 2 (commencing with Section 12955) of Chapter 6 of Part 2.8 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, Section 65008 of the Government Code, or Subchapter 7 (commencing with Section 12005) of Chapter 5 of Division 4.1 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 345, Sec. 1. (AB 491) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17930 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 3 - Appeals|Section 17930.

17930.  Except as provided in Section 18945, the director or the director’s designee shall hear appeals brought by any person as to the application of any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to this part, except a building standard published in the State Building Standards Code, to such person under any facts and circumstances presented to the director or the director’s designee by the person alleging that the application or enforcement of any other rule or regulation by the department under the facts and circumstances is an erroneous or unlawful application or enforcement of the other rule or regulation by the department. Any appeal shall be submitted through the designated local agency.Any appeal alleging erroneous or unlawful application by the department of a building standard published in the State Building Standards Code may be brought pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 18945) of Part 2. 5.The director or the director’s designee shall not, however, hear any appeals regarding local regulations which have been adopted pursuant to Sections 17958.5 and 17958.7.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1020, Sec. 1.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17931 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 3 - Appeals|Section 17931.

17931.  The department may promulgate rules pertaining to hearing appeals. All rules shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1020, Sec. 2.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17932 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 3 - Appeals|Section 17932.

17932.  A decision of the director or the director’s designee made pursuant to Section 17930 is final, except for such action as may be taken by a court as permitted or required by law.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1020, Sec. 3.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17950 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 4 - Application and Scope|Section 17950.

17950.  The provisions of this part, the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code, or the other rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this part which relate to apartment houses, hotels, motels, and dwellings, and buildings and structures accessory thereto, apply in all parts of the state.(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1152.)