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2023 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 17920.8.

17920.8. In addition to any other requirements for location of exit signs or devices in hotels, motels, or apartment houses, the State Fire Marshal shall adopt building standards establishing minimum requirements for the placement of distinctive devices, signs, or other means that identify exits and can be felt or seen near the floor. Exit sign technologies permitted by the model building code upon which the California Building Standards Code is based, shall be permitted. These building standards shall apply to all newly constructed occupancies subject to this section for which a building permit is issued, or construction is commenced, where no building permit is issued on or after January 1, 1989.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 871, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 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 17921.

17921. (a)  Except as provided in subdivision (b), the department shall propose the adoption, amendment, or repeal of building standards to the California Building Standards Commission 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 the protection of the public health, safety, and general welfare of the occupant and the public governing the erection, construction, enlargement, conversion, alteration, repair, moving, removal, demolition, occupancy, use, height, court, area, sanitation, ventilation and maintenance of all hotels, motels, lodging houses, apartment houses, and dwellings, and buildings and structures accessory thereto. Except as otherwise provided in this part, the department shall enforce those building standards and those other rules and regulations. The other rules and regulations adopted by the department may include a schedule of fees to pay the cost of enforcement by the department under Sections 17952 and 17965.
(b)  The State Fire Marshal shall adopt, amend, or repeal and submit building standards for approval pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) of Part 2.5, and the State Fire Marshal shall adopt, amend, and repeal other rules and regulations for fire and panic safety in all hotels, motels, lodging houses, apartment houses and dwellings, buildings, and structures accessory thereto. These building standards and regulations shall be enforced pursuant to Sections 13145 and 13146; however, this section is not intended to require an inspection by a local fire agency of each single-family dwelling prior to its occupancy.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 645, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 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 17921.4.

17921.4. (a) A nonwater-supplied urinal approved for installation or sold in this state shall satisfy all of the following requirements:
(1) Meet performance, testing, and labeling requirements established by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers standard A112.19.19-2006.
(2) Be listed by an American National Standards Institute accredited third-party certification agency to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers standard A112.19.19-2006.
(3) Provide a trap seal that complies with the California Plumbing Code.
(4) Permit the uninhibited flow of waste through the urinal to the sanitary drainage system.
(5) Be cleaned and maintained in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions after installation.
(6) Be installed with a water supply rough-in to the urinal location that would allow a subsequent replacement of the nonwater-supplied urinal with a water-supplied urinal if desired by the owner or if required by the enforcement agency.
(b) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) “Building” means any structure subject to this part, and any structure subject to the California Building Standards Law as set forth in Part 2.5 (commencing with Section 18901).
(2) “Water supply rough-in” means the installation of water distribution and fixture supply piping sized to accommodate a water-supplied urinal to an in-wall point immediately adjacent to the urinal location.
(c) Nothing in this section shall restrict the authority of the California Building Standards Commission to require any additional conditions on the installation and use of nonwater-supplied urinals.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 499, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 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 17921.6.

17921.6. Except as provided in Sections 18930 and 18949.5, the department shall prepare and adopt minimum standards regulating the use and application of cellular concrete as it determines are reasonably necessary for the protection of life and property.
(Added by renumbering Section 17921.5 by Stats. 2007, Ch. 499, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 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 17921.9.

17921.9. (a) No later than December 31, 2024, the Department of Housing and Community Development shall convene a working group, including, but not limited to, the California Building Standards Commission, Energy Commission, State Fire Marshal, Public Utilities Commission, local government representatives, and stakeholders, to identify challenges to, and opportunities that help support, the creation and promotion of adaptive reuse residential projects statewide while not reducing minimum health and safety standards, including identifying and recommending amendments to state building standards. Each entity shall provide input relative to its area of expertise and oversight.
(b) The working group may consider the following issues:
(1) Energy and insulation upgrades.
(2) Fire-rated assemblies.
(3) Water and sewer piping.
(4) Energy infrastructure, including individual utility meter upgrades.
(5) Habitability.
(6) Any other local or state building requirement that may render the conversion or reuse of an existing building financially infeasible for residential uses.
(c) No later than December 31, 2025, the Department of Housing and Community Development shall provide a one-time report of its findings to the Legislature in the annual report required by Section 50408.
(d) If the working group identifies and recommends amendments to building standards in the report described in subdivision (c), the Department of Housing and Community Development and other state agencies within the working group with authority to propose adoption of building standards shall research, develop, and consider proposing for adoption by the California Building Standards Commission adaptive reuse building standards within each agency’s respective authority for the next triennial update of the California Building Standards Code that occurs on or after January 1, 2026, and, if available, the next intervening code adoption cycle that commences on or after January 1, 2025.
(e) For purposes of this section, “adaptive reuse” shall have the same meaning as in Section 53559.1.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 743, Sec. 2. (AB 529) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 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 17921.10.

17921.10. (a) The standards proposed by the department pursuant to Section 17921 may include voluntary best practice and mandatory requirements related to environmentally preferable water using devices and measures. The standards shall not unreasonably or unnecessarily impact the ability of Californians to purchase or rent affordable housing, as determined by taking account of the overall benefit derived from the standards.
(b) Nothing in this section shall in any way reduce the authority of the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to adopt standards and regulations or take other actions pursuant to Division 15 (commencing with Section 25000) of the Public Resources Code.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 532, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 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 17921.11.

17921.11. (a) For purposes of this section, “water reuse system” includes both of the following:
(1) A system approved for installation under the California Building Standards Code that uses recycled water, graywater, rainwater, or other nonpotable water sources for nonpotable indoor or outdoor building use, including landscaping, toilet and urinal flushing, floor trap priming, or cooling towers.
(2) A system approved for installation under the California Building Standards Code that captures graywater, rainwater, building foundation water drainage, or other onsite alternative water sources for nonpotable reuse onsite or as part of a multibuilding, district, or campuswide treatment system.
(b) The department shall, commencing with the next triennial edition of the California Building Standards Code (Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations), research, develop, and propose building standards, including voluntary Tier 1 or Tier 2 standards of the California Green Building Standards Code (Part 11 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations), to reduce potable water use in new residential buildings, including consideration of requiring installation of water reuse systems and consideration of requiring preplumbing of buildings to allow future use of recycled water, onsite treated graywater, or other alternative water sources. In developing these standards, the department shall consider potential impacts on affordable housing, may limit requirements to hotel and motel, multifamily, and market-rate housing, and may limit or exempt the application of standards based on building size, development size, availability or planned availability of recycled water, or as otherwise determined appropriate.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 884, Sec. 3. (SB 745) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 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 17922.1.

17922.1. Notwithstanding Section 17922, local agencies may modify or change the requirements published in the State Building Standards Code or contained in other regulations adopted by the department pursuant to Section 17922 if they make a finding that temporary housing is required for use in conjunction with a filed mining claim on federally owned property located within the local jurisdiction and that the modification or change would be in the public interest and consistent with the intent of the so-called Federal Mining Act of 1872 (see 30 U.S.C., Sec. 22, et seq.), relating to the development of mining resources of the United States.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 101, Sec. 128.)
2023 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 17922.12.

17922.12. (a) For the purposes of this section, “graywater” means untreated wastewater that has not been contaminated by any toilet discharge, has not been affected by infectious, contaminated, or unhealthy bodily wastes, and does not present a threat from contamination by unhealthful processing, manufacturing, or operating wastes. “Graywater” includes wastewater from bathtubs, showers, bathroom washbasins, clothes washing machines, and laundry tubs, but does not include wastewater from kitchen sinks or dishwashers.
(b) Notwithstanding Chapter 22 (commencing with Section 14875) of Division 7 of the Water Code, at the next triennial building standards rulemaking cycle that commences on or after January 1, 2009, the department shall adopt and submit for approval pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) of Part 2.5 building standards for the construction, installation, and alteration of graywater systems for indoor and outdoor uses.
(c) In adopting building standards under this section, the department shall do all of the following:
(1) Convene and consult a stakeholder’s group that includes members with expertise in public health, water quality, geology or soils, residential plumbing, home building, and environmental stewardship.
(2) Ensure protection of water quality in accordance with applicable provisions of state and federal water quality law.
(3) Consider existing research available on the environmental consequences to soil and groundwater of short-term and long-term graywater use for irrigation purposes, including, but not limited to, research sponsored by the Water Environment Research Foundation.
(4) Consider graywater use impacts on human health.
(5) Consider the circumstances under which the use of in-home graywater treatment systems is recommended.
(6) Consider the use and regulation of graywater in other jurisdictions within the United States and in other nations.
(d) The department may revise and update the standards adopted under this section at any time, and the department shall reconsider these standards at the next triennial rulemaking that commences after their adoption.
(e) The approval by the California Building Standards Commission of the standards for graywater systems adopted under this section shall terminate the authority of the Department of Water Resources to adopt and update standards for the installation, construction, and alteration of graywater systems in residential buildings pursuant to Chapter 22 (commencing with Section 14875) of Division 7 of the Water Code.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 172, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 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 17922.15.

17922.15. (a) At the next triennial building standards rulemaking cycle that commences on or after January 1, 2020, the Department of Housing and Community Development shall investigate possible changes to the building standards in the California Residential Code (Part 2.5 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations) that promote aging-in-place design and are limited to all of the following:
(1) The location of doorbells, light switches, and heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) controls that are reachable by those with mobility impairments.
(2) The installation of support backing for the later installation of grab bars in one or more bathrooms.
(3) The provision of a 32-inch clearance in the width opening for one bathroom door and one bedroom door on the ground floor, or, in the case of a two- or three-story single-family dwelling, on the second or third floor of the dwelling if a bathroom or bedroom is not located on the ground floor.
(b) If the department determines that one or more of the changes described in subdivision (a) can be incorporated into the California Residential Code without significantly increasing the cost of construction, the department may propose building standards to that effect for consideration by the California Building Standards Commission. The department shall include in any proposed building standard, regarding the 32-inch clearance width for a bathroom and bedroom door described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), a finding whether a delay of 18 months in the effective date of that proposed building standard is warranted to provide adequate time for industry to incorporate this change into standard designs.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 640, Sec. 2. (SB 280) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 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 17922.2.

17922.2. (a)  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, ordinances and programs adopted on or before January 1, 1993, that contain standards to strengthen potentially hazardous buildings pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 8875.2 of the Government Code, shall incorporate the building standards in Appendix Chapter 1 of the Uniform Code for Building Conservation of the International Conference of Building Officials published in the California Building Standards Code, except for standards found by local ordinance to be inapplicable based on local conditions, as defined in subdivision (b), or based on an approved study pursuant to subdivision (c), or both. Ordinances and programs shall be updated in a timely manner to reflect changes in the model code, and more frequently if deemed necessary by local jurisdictions.
(b)  For the purpose of subdivision (a), and notwithstanding the meaning of “local conditions” as used elsewhere in this part and in Part 2.5 (commencing with Section 18901), the term “local conditions” shall be limited to those conditions that affect the implementation of seismic strengthening standards on the following only:
(1)  The preservation of qualified historic structures as governed by the State Historical Building Code (Part 2.7 (commencing with Section 18950)).
(2)  Historic preservation programs, including, but not limited to, the California Mainstreet Program.
(3)  The preservation of affordable housing.
(c)  Any ordinance or program adopted on or before January 1, 1993, may include exceptions for local conditions not defined in subdivision (b) if the jurisdiction has approved a study on or before January 1, 1993, describing the effects of the exceptions. The study shall include socioeconomic impacts, a seismic hazards assessment, seismic retrofit cost comparisons, and earthquake damage estimates for a major earthquake, including the differences in costs, deaths, and injuries between full compliance with Appendix Chapter 1 of the Uniform Code for Building Conservation or the Uniform Building Code and the ordinance or program. No study shall be required pursuant to this subdivision if the exceptions for local conditions not defined in subdivision (b) result in standards or requirements that are more stringent than those in Appendix Chapter 1 of the Uniform Code for Building Conservation.
(d)  Ordinances and programs adopted pursuant to this section shall conclusively be presumed to comply with the requirements of Chapter 173 of the Statutes of 1991.
(Added by renumbering Section 17922.1 (as amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1294) by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1219, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 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 17922.3.

17922.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a residential structure that is moved into, or within, the jurisdiction of a local agency or the department, shall not be treated as a new building or structure, but rather shall be treated, for the purposes of this part, as subject to Section 17958.9.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 714, Sec. 16. (SB 944) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 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 17922.4.

17922.4. (a) For purposes of this section, “temporary sleeping cabin” means a nonpermanent structure that is intended to provide temporary housing to people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, has a total floor area of less than 250 square feet, and does not include plumbing.
(b) Notwithstanding any law, a local agency shall not impose or enforce any requirement to provide fire sprinklers for a temporary sleeping cabin that is on a site with 50 or fewer temporary sleeping cabins.
(c) A temporary sleeping cabin that does not provide fire sprinklers shall comply with alternative fire and life safety standards that include, at a minimum, all of the following requirements:
(1) One smoke alarm and carbon monoxide alarm shall be provided in each unit, which shall be installed in accordance with the California Residential Code (Part 2.5 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations).
(2) One fire extinguisher shall be provided in each unit.
(3) Ingress and egress shall facilitate rapid exit of the temporary sleeping cabin.
(4) Emergency evacuation signage and emergency egress lighting shall be provided.
(5) Every egress shall be free from storage and other obstructions.
(6) A prohibition on the use of open flames and combustibles.
(7) A prohibition on smoking at the site.
(8) Twenty-four-hour active fire watch shall be provided at the site.
(9) Temporary sleeping cabins shall be separated to the side and rear by at least six feet, and be made of noncombustible material.
(10) A temporary sleeping cabin shall meet the design and construction requirements for emergency sleeping cabins prescribed in California Building Code Appendix P or California Residential Code Appendix AZ or their successors, except a requirement to be equipped with fire sprinklers.
(11) Fire code inspections shall occur in regular intervals, as determined by the local agency.
(d) Violations of the alternative fire and life safety standards described in subdivision (c) shall be handled in accordance with Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 17974) of Chapter 5.
(e) This section pertains only to alternative fire and life safety standards for temporary sleeping cabins and does not supersede any other applicable local or state approval process or health and safety standards pertaining to the use of or siting of temporary sleeping cabins.
(f) The Legislature finds and declares that this section addresses a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, this section applies to all cities, including charter cities.
(g) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. (AB 42) Effective January 1, 2024. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.)
2023 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 17922.5.

17922.5. Any state or local agency which issues building permits shall require, as a condition of issuing any building permit where the working conditions of the construction would require an employer to obtain a permit from the Division of Occupational Safety and Health pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 6500) of Part 1 of Division 5 of the Labor Code, that proof be submitted showing that the employer has received such a permit from the Division of Occupational Safety and Health.
An employer may apply for a building permit prior to receiving the permit from the Division of Occupational Safety and Health.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1464, Sec. 1.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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 both of the following in a triennial report to the Legislature no later than December 31, 2025, and every three years thereafter, which shall be included in the annual report required by Section 50408:
(A) Green building features proposed as building standards during the most recent Triennial and Intervening Building Standards Adoption Cycles, as appropriate.
(B) Green building guidelines reviewed pursuant to subdivision (a) during the most recent Triennial and Intervening Building Standards Adoption Cycles.
(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.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 770, Sec. 8. (AB 1764) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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 17951.5.

17951.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 17951, each city, county, or city and county may waive or reduce all building permit fees for improvements to the home of a veteran with a qualifying disability that are made to accommodate that disability.
(b) “Qualifying disability” means a disability that is recognized as service connected by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 281, Sec. 1. (SB 330) Effective January 1, 2018.)