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REPORT - ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION - MODEL CODE ADOPTION - AMENDMENTS TO CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE
BACKGROUND: Every three years the State of California updates the California Code of Regulations, Title 24 (CCR-T24), through the State code adoption cycle. The State of California adopts and publishes amendments to national model codes and updates codes specific to California during this cycle. Such model codes with State amendments and California specific codes go into effect in every City and County in the State of California 180 days after publication. The new 2013 CCR-T24 were published in July of 2013. The Health and Safety Code allows local jurisdictions to change or modify the State-adopted model codes based on local geologic, climatic, or topographic conditions.
The more significant amendments include, but are not limited to, the following: Re-inserts amendments and administrative changes previously established in the Santa Rosa City Code, but that now have revised code section num...
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