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File #: 22-0093    Version: 1
Type: Consent - Staff Report Status: Agenda Ready
In control: City Council Regular Meeting
On agenda: 10/18/2022 Final action:
Title: Consideration and Introduction of Two Ordinances to Amend Title 9 and Chapter 3.16 of the Manhattan Beach Municipal Code to Adopt the 2022 California Building Standards Code by Reference (Building Code; Residential Code; Fire Code; Electrical Code; Plumbing Code; Green Building Standards Code; Energy Code; Mechanical Code; Existing Building Code; Historical Building Code; Administrative Code; Referenced Standards Code) and Adopt Associated Local Amendments (Community Development Director Tai and Fire Chief Lang). (Estimated Time: 15 Mins.) A) INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NOS. 22-0008 AND 22-0009 B) SET PUBLIC HEARING FOR NOVEMBER 15, 2022
Attachments: 1. Ordinance No. 22-0008, 2. Ordinance No. 22-0009
TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council

THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager

FROM:
Carrie Tai, AICP, Community Development Director
Mike Lang, Fire Chief
Ryan Heise, Building Official
David Shenbaum, Fire Marshal
Neda Lyle, Senior Plan Check Engineer

SUBJECT:Title
Consideration and Introduction of Two Ordinances to Amend Title 9 and Chapter 3.16 of the Manhattan Beach Municipal Code to Adopt the 2022 California Building Standards Code by Reference (Building Code; Residential Code; Fire Code; Electrical Code; Plumbing Code; Green Building Standards Code; Energy Code; Mechanical Code; Existing Building Code; Historical Building Code; Administrative Code; Referenced Standards Code) and Adopt Associated Local Amendments (Community Development Director Tai and Fire Chief Lang).
(Estimated Time: 15 Mins.)
A) INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NOS. 22-0008 AND 22-0009
B) SET PUBLIC HEARING FOR NOVEMBER 15, 2022
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council introduce Ordinance Nos. 22-0008 and 22-0009 and set a public hearing for November 15, 2022.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.

BACKGROUND:
The California Building Standards Commission published the most recent edition of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, known as the California Building Standards Code, on July 1, 2022, to become effective on January 1, 2023. The California Building Standards Code adoption cycle is a routine rule-making process that occurs every three years in which various State agencies adopt building standards based on model codes. State law requires local governments to enforce the California Building Standards Code. The City must adopt these codes with any local amendments before January 1, 2023.
The 2022 California Building Standards Codes include the 2022 California Building, Residential, Fire, Electrical, Plumbing, Green Buil...

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