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Mono County moves to adopt 2025 California building codes; building official says county will keep local snow‑load standards
Summary
Building Official Tom Perry briefed the board on adopting the 2025 California Building Codes, highlighted the new Wildland Urban Interface Code and Appendix P (sleeping lofts), and said Mono County will continue using local snow‑load values rather than ASCE hazard-tool outputs to avoid large construction-cost increases.
Tom Perry, Mono County's building official, led a Jan. 20 workshop on adopting the 2025 California Building Codes and highlighted several items of local relevance.
Perry said the state codes became effective Jan. 1, 2026, and that local adoption is largely a formality to align county code with the state cycle. He called out the new standalone California Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Code, intended to address growing wildfire threats, and described Appendix P (sleeping lofts), which relaxes dimensional and egress…
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