The Victorville Planning Commission voted unanimously on several administrative code amendments and recommendations to the City Council, including adoption of the 2025 triennial update to Title 24 building standards, a local amendment to business-licensing procedures to allow in-house live-scan fingerprinting, and a package of changes to implement recent state housing laws including SB9 and SB684.

Staff explained the Title 24 update (case PLAN25-00015) adopts the 2025 editions of the California Building, Residential, Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing, Energy and Green Building Codes to remain consistent with state law before their Jan. 1, 2026 effective date. The commission recommended the city council find the amendment exempt from CEQA and adopt the resolution recommending the code update.

The commission also recommended council approval of changes to Chapter 7 of the development code to reflect organizational changes and authorize business-license staff to provide live-scan fingerprinting at city hall for certain license applicants. Staff explained three certified staff members will perform the service and that requests will be routed to a general email so coverage is available when a primary staffer is out.

Finally, the commission recommended council approval of a city-initiated development-code amendment (PLAN25-00013) implementing state housing laws, including ministerial review pathways and objective standards for urban lot splits, small-lot subdivisions and urban dwelling units. Staff emphasized these changes merely establish administrative procedures and objective standards so the city remains in compliance with state statutes, while noting the amendments do not authorize physical development on their own and were found exempt from CEQA.

All three items passed on unanimous votes and will be forwarded to the City Council with the commission's recommendations.