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Escondido council adopts 2025 California building standards, adds WUI and battery‑storage requirements
Summary
The Escondido City Council voted 5‑0 to adopt ordinances 2025‑09 and 2025‑10 to incorporate the 2025 California building standards (Title 24), including the new Wildland‑Urban Interface code and a technical‑report requirement for battery energy storage systems at or above 600 kilowatt‑hours.
The Escondido City Council voted unanimously to adopt two ordinances to incorporate the 2025 California building standards (Title 24) into the city’s municipal code, city staff said.
Bruce Cheney, the city’s assistant building official, told the council the statewide 2025 codes take effect Jan. 1, 2026, whether the city adopts them or not, and that the locally adopted ordinances give the council a chance to make the rules more restrictive if it wishes. Cheney summarized major changes including updated seismic design…
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