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Porterville council adopts 2025 state building and fire codes, asks state to raise container exemption
Summary
Council voted to adopt the 2025 California building and fire codes and directed staff to send a letter asking the California Building Standards Commission to consider increasing the storage-container exemption from 120 to 210 square feet; staff said the codes take effect Jan. 1, 2026.
Porterville’s City Council on Nov. 20 approved the city’s adoption of the 2025 California Building Standards and the 2025 California Fire Code and instructed staff to seek a state amendment on intermodal shipping-container exemptions.
Director Sanchez told the council the 2025 codes include updates on energy efficiency, life-safety standards, wildfire and WUI provisions and seismic resiliency. He said the new code chapter on intermodal shipping containers clarifies when a container is treated as a building…
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