Public hearing held on adopting 2023 NEC and 2024 international model building codes; no public testimony

The Pasadena City Council opened a public hearing Oct. 7 to discuss proposed adoption of the 2023 National Electrical Code and 2024 editions of several international model building codes, with local amendments, and to consider reauthorizing building permit fees.

The agenda notice read by the city indicated the hearing would cover proposed adoptions and local amendments to the International Building Code, International Residential Code, International Existing Building Code, International Property Maintenance Code, International Energy Conservation Code, Uniform Plumbing Code, Uniform Mechanical Code, International Fire Code and related local amendments. City staff invited comments from citizens, government agencies or other interested parties. The transcript records that "Public hearing is open. We have no one to speak. The hearing is now closed." No public testimony was recorded at the hearing.

Although the hearing drew no public speakers, the council later advanced multiple first-reading ordinances that the item description says include adopting the 2024 additions of related national model codes with specified local exceptions and amendments. The first-reading ordinances were read into the record during the meeting and subsequently moved and approved to proceed by voice vote.

Because no speakers provided public input at the hearing, the transcript contains no additional public comments or technical presentations on the proposed code changes. Any substantive technical changes, local exceptions, or effective dates are contained in the ordinance text filed with the city clerk; the transcript records the hearing and the council's movement of the related ordinances but does not reproduce full ordinance language beyond the summaries read into the record.