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La Habra Heights council introduces 2025 Building and Fire Code updates, schedules Nov. 10 public hearing
Summary
Council introduced ordinances to adopt the 2025 California Building and Fire Codes, including updated Wildland-Urban Interface provisions, battery-storage siting rules and new residential requirements; council requested a workshop to explain CalFire map changes and home-hardening implications.
La Habra Heights City Council on Oct. 13 voted to introduce ordinances to adopt the 2025 editions of the California Building Standards Code and California Fire Code, setting Nov. 10, 2025 for the second reading and public hearing. Staff said the updates largely reflect state changes rolled down to the local level and noted specific provisions that could affect local homeowners.
Scott Physique, the city’s building official, told the council the code cycle is on a three-year schedule and that adoptions would take effect 30 days after…
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