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Palm Desert adopts array of building and housing rule updates to comply with state law
Summary
Council introduced/adopted several code updates Dec. 11: removal of outdated municipal email retention language, introduction of the 2025 California Building Standards with local amendments, SB 9 zoning amendments and an ADU urgency ordinance shaping ADU/JADU approvals and timelines.
On Dec. 11 the Palm Desert City Council moved forward with a package of municipal-code and housing-related measures intended to align local rules with recent state law and administrative updates.
Staff introduced an ordinance to delete outdated email retention language from the Palm Desert Municipal Code and to rely instead on the updated citywide records-management policy and retention schedules. Council introduced the ordinance and approved it for further processing (5-0).
The council also introduced an ordinance to adopt the 2025 California Building Standards Code with local amendments.…
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