Supervisors advance concept to remove select local building amendments, keep seismic and accessibility rules
Apr 28, 2026
The board conceptually approved deleting a few local building-code amendments (concrete/loft provisions) while retaining amendments addressing seismic reinforcement, gas-shutoff valves, door widths and accessibility; staff will pursue outreach to stakeholders and return for final adoption May 19.
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The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors held a public hearing April 28 and conceptually approved an ordinance to delete certain local technical amendments to the county doption of the 2025 California Building Standards Code while retaining other locally justified provisions.
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