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Lake County supervisors advance ordinance to adopt 2025 California building standards; ask counsel to clarify fireworks rules
Summary
The Lake County Board of Supervisors voted 5–0 to approve first reading of an ordinance adopting the 2025 California Building Standards Code (Title 24) and advanced the draft for final consideration; supervisors also asked staff and county counsel to clarify how local fireworks rules and municipal-code definitions align with the state code.
The Lake County Board of Supervisors on a unanimous 5–0 vote approved the first reading of an ordinance to adopt the 2025 California Building Standards Code (Title 24) and voted to advance the draft to a future meeting for possible final adoption.
Community Development Director Ray Turner introduced the ordinance, which incorporates the 2025 editions of multiple Title 24 parts — including the Building Code, Residential Code, Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing, Fire, Existing Building, Green Building and the Wildland-Urban Interface provisions — and the 2024 International Property Maintenance Code. Chief Building Official Jack Smalley offered to answer questions from the board.
Why it matters: the statewide code update happens every three years…
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