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Placer County begins local adoption of 2025 California building code; staff warns of higher snow-load and WUI standards
Summary
County staff introduced an ordinance to adopt the 2025 California Building Standards Code, highlighting significant changes to snow-load calculation methods (ASCE 7-22) and consolidation of wildland-urban interface rules into Part 7; board asked staff to model cost impacts for local housing projects.
The Placer County Board of Supervisors on Nov. 4 introduced an ordinance to adopt the 2025 California Building Standards Code as amended locally. Building Services staff said the state-level update incorporates revised snow-load calculations based on the American Society of Civil Engineers standard ASCE 7-22 and consolidates wildfire-related construction and mitigation standards into a new Part 7.
Tim Wagner, deputy director and chief building official, told the board…
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