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Council rejects urgency ordinance that would have required sprinklers in newly constructed or relocated mobile homes
Summary
Council declined to adopt an urgency fire‑code amendment that would have required fire sprinklers for newly constructed and relocated mobile/manufactured homes (and ignition‑resistant materials in high‑severity zones). The ordinance needed a four‑fifths vote and failed 3–2.
The City Council on Monday voted down an urgency ordinance that would have required fire sprinklers in newly constructed and relocated mobile and manufactured homes, and required ignition‑resistant construction materials in high fire severity zones. The measure needed a four‑fifths majority to take immediate effect and failed on a 3–2 vote.
City Attorney Stephen Graham told the council the urgency ordinance (No. 464U) was proposed to lock in local requirements before recent state legislation (AB 306 language incorporated into the state budget bill) imposed a multi‑year restriction on local building‑code changes affecting residential construction. Staff said the change was prompted by wildfire risk and recent mobile‑home fires elsewhere.
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