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San Marcos council accepts $5M parks grant, adopts 2025 building‑code update and advances traffic/grading ordinance
Summary
On Dec. 9 the San Marcos City Council accepted a $5 million grant from the California Department of State Parks, approved adoption of the 2025 California Building Code with local alignment and introduced an ordinance updating right‑of‑way and grading permit procedures. The council also received and filed the public facilities fees annual report.
San Marcos — The City Council on Dec. 9 approved several routine and regulatory items including a large state grant, an update to local building standards and changes to permit processes for work in the public right‑of‑way.
Council member Teresa Nunez asked the council to accept $5,000,000 in grant funding from the California Department of State Parks to support park improvements; the council approved acceptance of the grant. "I wanna give thanks to our assemblywoman, Doctor Patel, for advocating for this funding," Nunez said during the consent discussion.
The council also considered an ordinance to adopt the 2025 California Building Code and to align San Marcos Municipal Code Title 17 with state code changes. David Yarbrough, the city’s building program manager, told the council staff proposed no new local amendments to the 2025 code and that the state standards will take effect Jan. 1, 2026. The council moved to introduce and approve the ordinance as read.
Development Services staff introduced ordinance 2025‑1576 to amend Title 14 (public‑right‑of‑way) and Title 17 (grading) to add application and permit expiration timelines, clarify appeal procedures and allow the director discretion to extend grading permit application time limits under specific conditions. Staff stated the proposed ordinance is exempt from CEQA and the council voted to introduce the ordinance (first reading).
Staff also presented the fiscal year 2024–25 public facilities fees annual report, prepared to comply with Government Code requirements; the council moved to receive and file the report and subsequently adopted the recommended action.
Each item passed with no recorded dissent. Staff will follow up on grant acceptance procedures and the ordinance implementation schedules as appropriate.
