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Butte County adopts 2025 California Building Standards Code with local amendments and highlights new Wildland-Urban Interface provisions
Summary
The Board adopted the 2025 California Building Standards Code with limited local amendments and maintained selected appendix chapters; staff highlighted the new Wildland-Urban Interface code and implications of AB 130, including a 10-year validity for preapproved master plans.
Butte County adopted an ordinance Oct. 14 to incorporate the 2025 California Building Standards Code into county code, with limited local amendments and selected appendices.
Ephraim Ruvalcaba, the county—s building official, told the board the state updates building codes every three years and the 2025 codes become effective July 1, 2026 even if the county did not act. He said adopting the state code locally…
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