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Council adopts ordinances on energy-fee recovery, animal regulations and 2025 building codes
Summary
Council waived further readings and adopted multiple ordinances including Ordinance No. 2035 (energy theft/field services fee recovery), Ordinance No. 2036 (administrative enforcement and animal-code changes including microchipping enforcement), and ordinances 2037–2043 updating local adoption of the 2025 California building codes.
On second readings, the council adopted several ordinances summarized on the agenda.
Ordinance No. 2035 repeals and replaces Lodi Municipal Code section 13.20.02 concerning energy theft diversion and field services fee recovery; staff recommended waiving additional readings and adopting the ordinance, and council moved and passed the adoption with no public comment.
Ordinance No. 2036 amends provisions in Title 1 (administrative enforcement) and Title 6 (animals) — including changes to redemption, prohibited animals, licensing, vaccination-certificate-exemption enforcement, mandatory microchipping of dogs and cats, sanitation and removal of animal waste, and management of cat populations. Staff clarified that the change to the vaccination-exemption section adds an enforcement reference and does not alter the substance of the exemption; one member of the public made a brief comment expressing concern about ritual animal use.
Council also adopted a set of ordinances (Nos. 2037–2043) to update the municipal code with the 2025 California building, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, residential and green building codes and related fee recoveries.
All items passed on second reading by roll call or voice vote as recorded in the meeting; council offered only brief clarifying questions for H2 prior to the vote.
