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Placerville council adopts 2025 building code updates and moves to align zoning with state supportive-housing law
Summary
The Placerville City Council introduced and waived first readings of two state-driven ordinances Dec. 9: adopting the 2025 California Building Standards (Title 24) and amending local zoning rules to implement Assembly Bill 2162 for supportive housing. Both items are scheduled for second reading and adoption at the council’s next meeting.
The Placerville City Council on Dec. 9 moved to update local rules to match recent state laws, introducing an ordinance to adopt the 2025 California Building Standards Code (Title 24) and a separate zoning-text amendment to implement Assembly Bill 2162.
Development Services Director Carol Kendrick told the council the Title 24 update is required by state law and goes into effect statewide Jan. 1, 2026; the local ordinance also removes obsolete municipal-code provisions. "This action keeps us in compliance," Kendrick said, adding staff found no budget or environmental impacts and recommended waiving first reading to position the item for adoption at the next meeting.
Kendrick said the zoning amendments remove a 1,000-foot separation requirement for small residential-care facilities (six or fewer residents), make small facilities by‑right in multifamily zones (R2–R5), and clarify that residential uses, including supportive housing, are allowed in commercial and mixed-use zones above or below ground floor. "State law treats small residential-care facilities the same as single-family homes," she said, describing the changes as ministerial and categorically exempt from CEQA.
Councilmembers asked clarifying questions about which zones and facility sizes were affected; Kendrick said the changes are intended to keep Placerville in good standing with the California Department of Housing and Community Development and to close out outstanding housing-element programs before year end.
Both items were introduced and the council waived first reading; each will return for a second reading and formal adoption at the next regular meeting.
What’s next: The council scheduled second readings and final votes at the next meeting; staff said no immediate budget or permit-fee impacts are expected from the code adoption itself.
