Chapter 1 – Scope and Application

CALIFORNIA MECHANICAL CODE – PART 4

Chapter 1 – Scope and Application

Building Standards Commission 104.4.3.1 Expiration

New section changed permit expiration from 180 days to 12 months. Includes a provision stipulating that every permit shall remain valid if the work on the site authorized by the permit is commenced within 12 months after its issuance. This amendment also allows for permit extensions; the exception being when the work authorized by the permit is determined to have been abandoned. The new code language reflects statutory requirements in Assembly Bill 2913 (Chapter 655,

Statutes of 2018), which became operative January 1, 2019 and amended Health and Safety Code (HSC) Section 18938.5(b)(2)(B) and added HSC Section 18938.6 to Building Standards Law.

CBSC Information Bulletin 19-03 regarding permit expiration dates was issued May 23, 2019 to local building departments, state agencies and CBSC interested parties.

State Fire Marshal

1.11.4.4 Fire Clearance Preinspection and 1.11.4.5 Care Facilities

Updated to meet Health and Safety Code Section 13244 and to align with other parts of Title 24 regarding fee structures for Fire Clearance Pre-inspection and Care Facilities.

1.11.6 Certificate of Occupancy

Updated to correlate with the requirements for certificate of occupancy in the CBC.

California Energy Commission

Section 1.1.8 California Energy Code Requirements for Locally Adopted Energy

Standards

Amendment clarifies that “local jurisdictions that adopt changes to energy conservation or insulation standards (including energy efficiency measures) may not enforce such changes until the California Energy Commission has made the findings required by Public Resources Code Section 25402.1(h)(2), following the process specified in Section 10-106 of the California Administrative Code.”