FROM:
City Clerk
SUBJECT:
Title
Adoption of Ordinance No. 1975 (Second Reading), Adoption of the 2025 Edition of the California Building Standards Code and Corresponding Base Model Codes.End
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Conduct a second reading by title only and adopt Ordinance No. 1975, an ordinance of the City of Fontana adding, amending and deleting certain articles, sections and subsections of Chapter 5 of the Code of the City of Fontana, California pertaining to the construction and maintenance of buildings, and the 2025 Edition of the California Building Standards Code, known as the California Code of Regulations, Title 24, consisting of the California Building Code, Volumes 1 & 2, based on the 2024 International Building Code; the California Plumbing Code, based on the 2024 Uniform Plumbing Code; the California Electrical Code, based on the 2023 National Electrical Code; the California Mechanical Code, based on the 2024 Uniform Mechanical Code; the California Wildland-Urban Interface Code based on the 2024 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code; the California Existing Building Code, based on the 2024 International Existing Building Code; the California Green Building Standards Code; the California Residential Code, based on the 2025 International Residential Code; and the 2025 Edition of the International Property Maintenance Code.
End
COUCIL GOALS:
• To improve public safety by incorporating current technologies in the construction and maintenance of buildings, housing and fire prevention into the City’s building codes. promote economic development by being business friendly through the reduction of local amendments to the adopted codes.
DISCUSSION:
Ordinance No. 1975 was introduced by a vote of 4-0 at the October 14, 2025, Regular City Council Meeting.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no direct fiscal impact from this item.
MOTION:
Approve staff recommendation.