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Council votes to adopt 2025 California building standards with local amendments
Summary
The council approved local amendments adopting the 2025 California building, residential, plumbing, electrical and green building standards (with local edits) and administrative changes; the ordinance moves code adoption forward to take effect with the statewide roll‑out on Jan. 1, 2026.
The Sunnyvale City Council on Sept. 30 voted 5–0 to adopt a package of local amendments to implement the 2025 California building standards, including updates to the building, residential, mechanical, plumbing and electrical codes as well as green building and energy provisions.
What council adopted
The ordinance amends Title 16 of Sunnyvale’s municipal code to reference the 2025 California Building Code and related state model sections, with local amendments that are…
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