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Council adopts urgency ordinance to update building codes ahead of Jan. 1 effective date

Rolling Hills Estates City Council · December 10, 2025
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Summary

To avoid an enforcement gap, the council adopted an urgency ordinance (Ordinance No. 389-U) to update the city's building, plumbing and related codes to the state/county 2026 versions and will return in January with the regular ordinance and a summary of local amendments.

The council acted to keep city regulations aligned with county and state building code updates. City legal staff explained that the state updates codes every three years and the county adopted the latest codes late in the year; to avoid…

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