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Monrovia advances 2025 building-code updates and approves Mountain Avenue Reservoir solar power purchase agreement
Summary
Council introduced an ordinance adopting the 2025 California Building Standards Code with limited local fire-hardening amendments and set a public hearing for Jan. 20, 2026. Separately the council approved a power purchase agreement with JNG Power for a rooftop solar-plus-storage system at the Mountain Avenue Reservoir, citing a projected 15% discount versus SCE rates and an emergency backup battery.
The Monrovia City Council on Dec. 16 introduced an ordinance to adopt the 2025 edition of the California Building Standards Code (Title 24) with a set of local administrative and fire‑hardening amendments permitted under AB 130, and set a public hearing for Jan. 20, 2026.
Greg, the city’s Building & Safety division manager, summarized the 2025 code package, including the new California Wildland‑Urban Interface code that consolidates wildfire‑resilience requirements. Staff emphasized…
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