DATE: November 18, 2025
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Development Services Director and Acting Fire Chief
SUBJECT
Title
Building and Fire Code Updates: Introduction of Ordinances and Adoption of Resolutions Adopting the California Code of Regulations 2025 Edition of Title 24, including the 2025 Building, Fire, Plumbing, Mechanical, Electrical, Energy and Green Building Codes, Wildland Urban Interface Code and Related Amendments
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the City Council introduces the attached Ordinances (Attachments II, , IV and V) and adopts the attached Resolutions (Attachment III and VI) adopting the California Code of Regulations 2025 Edition of Title 24, including the 2025 Building, Fire, Wildland Urban Interface Code, Plumbing, Mechanical, Electrical, Energy and Green Building Codes, and Related Amendments.
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SUMMARY
Every three years, all of the codes that regulate construction in California (Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations) are comprehensively updated by the State of California. Jurisdictions throughout California adopt the State codes to serve as local codes, sometimes with amendments to the State codes, as Hayward has done historically. Regardless of local adoption, the 2025 State codes will be in effect throughout California on January 1, 2026.
This report, along with the attached ordinances and resolutions, recommends that the Council adopts the State Codes with some amendments and codifies the Building Codes to become part of Chapter 9 (Building Regulations) of the Hayward Municipal Code. The recommended action will allow the code regulations to be more accessible and usable by the public.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Ordinance Building
Attachment III Resolution Building
Attachment IV Ordinance Fire
Attachment V Ordinance Wildland Urban Interface
Attachment VI Resolution Fire