NOTICE OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION MEETINGS
CODE ADVISORY COMMITTEES
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the California Building Standards Commission (CBSC) has received proposed code
changes to the California Administrative Code (Part 1), the California Building Code (Part 2), the California Electrical
Code (Part 3), the California Mechanical Code (Part 4), the California Plumbing Code (Part 5), and the California Fire
Code (Part 9); and proposed adoption of The California Green Building Standards Code (Part 11) from the Office of
Statewide Planning and Development, the Division of the State Architect—Access Compliance and Structural Safety,
Office of the State Fire Marshal, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and CBSC for the
2007annual code adoption cycle. State agency file names and specific chapters are indicated below.
Code Advisory Committees (Plumbing, Electrical, Mechanical and Energy; Accessibility; Building, Fire & Other;
Structural Design / Lateral Forces Committee; Health Facilities; and Green Building) to the CBSC shall be conducting
public meetings to ensure adequate opportunity for public participation and to perform a technical review of code
changes.
MEETING AGENDAS OF CODE ADVISORY COMMITTEES
Code Advisory Committees will meet at 10:00 AM, unless noted below, as follows:
JANUARY 10, 2008 – PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL AND ENERGY
Will start at 1:00 PM
2525 Natomas Park Dr., Conference Room 120
Sacramento, CA. 95833
Code change proposals:
2007 California Plumbing Code: BSC 01/07, HCD 01/07, DSA-SS 02/07, OSHPD 06/07, AGR 01/07, DHS 01/07
2007 California Electrical Code: OSHPD 04/07
2007 California Mechanical Code: OSHPD 05/07
JANUARY 15 and 16, 2008 – ACCESSIBILITY
2525 Natomas Park Dr., Conference Room 100
Sacramento, CA. 95833
Code change proposals:
2007 California Building Code: DSA-AC 01/07, HCD 02/07
JANUARY 18, 2008 – BUILDING, FIRE AND OTHER
2525 Natomas Park Dr., Conference Room 120
Sacramento, CA. 95833
Code change proposals:
2007 California Building Code: SFM 01/07
2007 California Mechanical Code: SFM 02/07
2007 California Fire Code: SFM 03/07
JANUARY 31, 2008 – STRUCTURAL DESIGN / LATERAL FORCES
2525 Natomas Park Dr., Conference Room 120
Sacramento, CA. 95833
Code change proposals:
2007 California Administrative Code: OSHPD 01/07
2007 California Building Code: OSHPD 03/07
FEBRUARY 7, 2008 – HEALTH FACILITIES
2525 Natomas Park Dr., Conference Room 120
Sacramento, CA. 95833
Code change proposals:
2007 California Administrative Code: OSHPD 01/07
2007 California Building Code: OSHPD 02/07
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FEBRUARY 13 and 14, 2008 – GREEN BUILDING
2525 Natomas Park Dr., Conference Room 100
Sacramento, CA. 95833
Code change proposals:
2007 California Green Building Standards Code: BSC 02/07, HCD 03/07, DSA-SS 01/07, OSHPD 07/07
Accessibility to Meeting Facilities
The meeting facilities and restrooms are accessible to persons with disabilities. Disabled access ramps are located
at all four corners of the building. Requests for accommodations such as assistive listening devices, sign language
interpreters, etc. should be made to the Commission office no later than 10 working days prior to the day of the
meeting. If Paratransit services are needed, they may be contacted at (916) 429-2744. Their TDD line is (916) 429-
2568. The Sacramento Regional Transit bus line and light rail information is (916) 321-2877 and TDD line is (916)
483-4327.
California Building Standards Commission
2525 Natomas Park Drive, Stes. 100, 120
Sacramento, CA 95833
Parking is available on site at the Natomas Park office complex
All interested parties are encouraged to attend and present comments to the proposed regulatory action as
summarized below.
APPLICATION ENFORCING AGENCY AUTHORITY & REFERENCE OF THE STATE AGENCIES PROPOSING
CODE CHANGES
CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION (CBSC)
Applications:
• State buildings (all occupancies), including buildings constructed by the Trustees of the California State
Universities and Colleges and the Regents of the University of California, and all occupancies where no state
agency has the authority to adopt building standards applicable to such buildings.
Authority & Reference:
• Health & Safety Code Section 16600. Seismic retrofit guidelines for existing state buildings.
• Health & Safety Code Section 18928. Model code, national standard, or specification; adoption of and reference
to the most recent addition; date of publication; committee
• Health & Safety Code 18928.1 Building standards; incorporation of model codes, applicable national standards
or published standards; publication agreement
• Health & Safety Code Section 18928(b). Model code, national standard, or specification; adoption of and
reference to the most recent addition; date of publication; committee
• Health & Safety Code Section 18934.5. Standards or administrative regulations for state buildings; adoption,
approval, codification and publication
• Health & Safety Code Section 18938(b). Filing and codification; publication, effective date
• Government Code Section 14617. Lighting for college campus parking lots.
Proposed Code Changes:
1. Part 5 – (BSC 01/07) California Plumbing Code - Amend 2007 California Plumbing Code, Chapter 6, Water Supply
and Distribution.
2. Part 11 – (BSC 02/07) California Green Building Standards Code – Adopt green building guidelines in the 2007
California Green Building Standards Code, Part 11, currently not used.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (HCD)
Applications:
• (HCD 1) Hotels, motels, lodging houses, apartment houses, dwellings, dormitories, condominiums, shelters for
homeless persons, congregate residences, employee housing, factory-built housing, and other types of dwellings
containing sleeping accommodations with common toilet or cooking facilities;
• (HCD 1A/C) Multifamily dwelling units including but not limited to lodging houses, dormitories, time-shares,
condominiums, shelters for homeless persons, congregate residences, apartment houses, dwellings, employee
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housing, factory-built housing and other types of dwellings containing sleeping accommodations with common
toilet or cooking facilities which are not subject to DSA-AC requirements; and
• (HCD 2) Permanent and accessory buildings in mobile home parks, and special-occupancy parks.
Authority & Reference:
• Section 17921 of the Health and Safety Code and Section 12955.1 of the Government Code require HCD to
propose the adoption, amendment, or repeal of building standards by the CBSC.
• Section 17922 of the Health and Safety Code requires that the building standards be essentially the same as the
most recent editions of the uniform industry codes. The CBSC is authorized to adopt these building standards
under the authority granted by Health and Safety Code Section 18949.5.
• Health and Safety Code Section 17922 states that the most recent editions of the uniform codes referred to in
the section shall be considered to be adopted one year after the date of publication of the uniform codes.
• Health and Safety Code Section 17040 requires HCD to adopt building standards for employee housing for "…
the protection of the public health, safety, and general welfare of employees and the public, governing the
erection, construction, enlargement, conversion, alteration, repair, occupancy, use, sanitation, ventilation, and
maintenance of all employee housing.
• Health and Safety Code Sections 18300, 18620, 18640, 18865, 18865.3, 18873 and 18873.2 require HCD to
adopt building standards for mobilehome parks and special occupancy parks.
• Health and Safety Code Section 19990 requires HCD to adopt building standards for factory-built housing.
Proposed Code Changes:
1. Part 2, Vol. 1 – (HCD 02/07) California Building Code - Amend 2007 California Building Code, Chapter 11A –
Housing Accessibility
2. Part 5 - (HCD 01/07) California Plumbing Code - Amend 2007 California Plumbing Code, including Chapter 6,
Water Supply and Distribution. (Revised to add word including: HCD 01/07, posted on CBSC’s web site and
agendized on page 1 of this notice, contains modifications to the plumbing code besides those in Chapter 6. The
intent was to highlight changes to Chapter 6 for PEX piping currently undergoing a parallel CEQA process.)
3. Part 11 – (HCD 03/07) California Green Building Standards Code – Adopt green building standards for single
family dwellings in the 2007 California Green Building Standards Code, Part 11, currently not used.
OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL (SFM)
Applications:
• Any building or structure used or intended for use as an asylum, jail, mental hospital, hospital, home for the
elderly, children’s nursery, children’s home or institution, school, or any similar occupancy where 50 or more
persons may gather.
• Any theaters, dancehalls, skating rink, auditorium, assembly hall, meeting hall, nightclubs, fair building, or similar
place of assemblage where 50 or more persons may gather together in a building, room or structure for the
purpose of amusement, entertainment, instruction, deliberation, worship, drinking or dining, awaiting
transportation, or education
• Any building or structure which is open to the public and is used or intended to be used for the showing of motion
pictures when an admission fee is charged and when the building or structure has a capacity of 10 or more
persons
• Small family day-care homes, large family day-care homes, residential facilities and residential facilities for the
elderly
• Any state institution or other state-owned or state-occupied building
• High-rise structures, motion picture production studios, organized camps
• All hotels, motels, lodging houses, apartment houses and dwellings including congregate residences and
buildings and structures accessory thereto
• Certified family-care homes, out-of-care placement facilities, halfway houses, drug and /or alcohol rehabilitation
facilities and any building or structure used or intended for use as a home or institution for the housing of any
person of any age when such person is referred to or placed within such home or institution for protective social
care and supervision services by any governmental agency
• Tents, awnings or other fabric enclosures use in connection with any occupancy
Authority & Reference:
• Health and Safety Code Section 13108 (a) The State Fire Marshal shall prepare and adopt building standards
related to the means of egress, the installation of fire alarms and fire extinguishing systems in any state-owned
building or in any state-occupied building.
• Health and Safety Code Section 13113 An automatic sprinkler system shall be installed in all 24-hour institutional
type occupancies, and homes for the care of aged or senile persons.
• Health and Safety Code Section 13113.5 The State Fire Marshal Shall adopt regulations requiring the installation
of automatic smoke detectors in all facilities which provide 24-hour per day care, which house six or fewer
persons, and which do not have automatic sprinkler systems.
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• Health and Safety Code Section 13114 (a) The State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations and standards to
control the quality and installation of fire alarm systems and fire alarm devices marketed, distributed, offered for
sale, or sold in this state, and shall approve all devices.
• Health and Safety Code Section 13132 Every person, firm, or corporation maintaining or operating any facility for
the care of the mentally handicapped shall file a statement with the fire authority having jurisdiction within five
days of the admission or readmission of a patient stating that such patient is an ambulatory or a nonambulatory
person and enumerating the reasons for such classification. Such a statement shall also be filed for each
existing patient within 30 days of the effective date of this section.
• Health and Safety Code Section 13132.7 Mandates fire retardant roof coverings in fire hazard severity zones.
• Health and Safety Code Section 13133 (a) The State Fire Marshal shall develop and adopt regulations
establishing new occupancy classifications and specific fire safety standards appropriate for residential facilities,
and residential care facilities for the elderly.
• Health and Safety Code Section 13135 The State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations for alcoholism or drug
abuse recovery or treatment facilities based on whether the residents or patients of the facilities are
nonambulatory.
• Health and Safety Code Section 13143 grants the State Fire Marshal authority to prepare and adopt regulations
establishing minimum requirements for the prevention of fire and for the protection of life and property against
fire and panic in any building or structure used or intended for use as an asylum, jail, mental hospital, hospital,
home for the elderly, children’s nursery, children’s home or institution not otherwise excluded from the coverage
of this subdivision, school, or any similar occupancy of any capacity, and in any assembly occupancy where 50
or more persons may gather together in a building, room, or structure for the purpose of amusement,
entertainment, instruction, deliberation, worship, drinking or dining, awaiting transportation, or education.
• Health and Safety Code Section 13143.1 (a) The State Fire Marshal shall prepare, adopt, and submit building
standards for establishing minimum requirements for the prevention of fire and for the protection of life and
property against fire and panic in any motion picture or television production facility.
• Health and Safety Code Section 13143.6 (a) The State Fire Marshal shall prepare and adopt regulations
establishing minimum standards for the prevention of fire and for the protection of life and property against fire in
any building or structure used intended for use as a home or institution for the housing of any person of any age
for protective social care and supervision services by any governmental agency, certified family care homes, outof-
home placement facilities, and halfway houses.
• Health and Safety Code Section 13143.9 (a) The State Fire Marshal shall prepare, adopt, and submit building
standards and other fire and life safety regulations establishing minimum requirements for the storage, handling,
and use of hazardous materials.
• Health and Safety Code Section 13211 The State Fire Marshal shall prepare and adopt building standards
relating to fire and panic safety in high-rise structures.
• Health and Safety Code Section 17921 (b) The State Fire Marshal shall adopt, amend, or repeal and submit
building standards for approval pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) of Part
2.5, and the State Fire Marshal shall adopt, amend, and repeal other rules and regulations for fire and panic
safety in all hotels, motels, lodging houses, apartment houses and dwellings, buildings, and structures accessory
thereto.
• Health and Safety Code Section 18928 (a) requires each state agency adopting or proposing adoption of a
model code, national standards, or specification shall reference the most recent edition of applicable model
codes, national standards, or specifications.
• Health and Safety Code Section 18897.3 Except as provided in Section 18930, the State Fire Marshal shall
adopt minimum fire safety regulations for organized camps in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3.5
(commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. The State Fire
Marshal shall adopt and submit building standards for approval pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section
18935) of Part 2.5 of this division for the purposes described in this section.
• Health and Safety Code Section 18949.2 (b) The State Fire Marshal shall remain the state agency responsible
for developing building standards to implement the state' s fire and life safety policy. . .
• (c) The state's fire and life safety building standards, as developed by the State Fire Marshal and as adopted by
the commission, shall continue to be based on the state's fire and life safety policy goals and mandates as they
existed prior to the enactment of this chapter and as they are amended.
Proposed Code Changes:
1. Part 2 – (SFM 01/07) California Building Code - Amend 2007 California Building Code, Volume 1: Chapter 2 –
Definitions, Chapter 3 – Use and Occupancy Classification, Chapter 4, Special Detailed Requirements Based on Use
and Occupancy, Chapter 5 – General Building Height and Areas, Chapter 6, Types of Construction, Chapter 7, Fire-
Resistance-Rated Construction, Chapter 7A, Materials and Construction Methods for Exterior Wildfire Exposure,
Chapter 8, Interior Finishes, Chapter 9 – Fire Protection Systems, Chapter 10 – Means of Egress, Chapter 12 –
Interior Environment. Volume 2: Chapter 23 – Wood, Chapter 27 – Electrical, Chapter 30 – Elevators and Conveying
Systems, Chapter 34 – Existing Structures, Chapter 35 – Referenced Standards, Appendix Chapter 1 -
Administration.
2. Part 4 – (SFM 02/07) California Mechanical Code – Amend the 2007 California Mechanical Code, Chapter 6 –
Duct Systems.
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3. Part 9 – (SFM 03/07) California Fire Code – Amend the 2007 California Fire Code, Chapter 2 – Definitions,
Chapter 6, Building Services and Systems, Chapter 8, Interior Finish, Decorative Materials and Furnishings, Chapter
9 – Fire Protection Systems, Chapter 10 – Means of Egress, Chapter 22 – Motor-Fuel Dispensing Facilities and
Repair Garages, Chapter 23 – High-Piled Combustible Storage, Chapter 27 – Hazardous Materials—General
Provisions, Chapter 34 – Flammable and Combustible Liquids, Chapter 45 – Referenced Standards, Appendix
Chapter 1 - Administration.
OFFICE OF STATEWIDE HEALTH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT (OSHPD)
Applications:
• Hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, clinics, and correctional treatment centers.
Authority & Reference:
• Health and Safety Code Section 1226 authorizes the Office to prescribe, in consultation with the Community
Clinics Advisory Committee, minimum building standards for the physical plant of clinics, for adoption in the
California Building Standards Code.
• Health and Safety Code Section 1275 authorizes the Office to adopt and enforce building standards for the
physical plant of health facilities including hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and correctional treatment centers.
• Health and Safety Code Section 18929 mandates that building standards or administrative regulations that
directly apply to the implementation or enforcement of building standards must be submitted by the adopting
agency to the California Building Standards Commission for the Commission's approval.
• Health and Safety Code Section 129765 requires that an application for approval of health facility design plans
be submitted with the complete plans and accurate specifications and structural design computations. OSHPD
will charge a fee for the review and approval of plans submitted under this section.
• Health and Safety Code Section 129785 authorizes the Office to develop regulations specifying fees to cover the
cost of administering the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act. Additionally, it requires that the
Office specify circumstances under which the Office will issue a fee refund, for fees paid for health facility
construction projects.
• Health and Safety Code Section 129790 authorizes the Office to propose building standards for correctional
treatment centers in cooperation with the Department of Corrections, Board of Corrections and Department of
Youth Authority.
• Health and Safety Code Section 129825 requires the hospital governing board or authority to provide competent
adequate inspection during the construction or alteration of a hospital construction project.
• Health and Safety Code Section 129850 authorizes the Office to propose building standards, as necessary, in
order to carry out the requirements of the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act. The Office is
also authorized to submit to the California Building Standards Commission for approval and adoption of building
standards related to the seismic safety of hospital buildings.
• Health and Safety Code Section 129880 authorizes OSHPD to exempt from its plan review process a
construction project that is $50,000 or less if specific criteria are met.
• Government Code Section 11152.5 authorizes a state department to adopt regulations pursuant to the
Government Code.
Proposed Code Changes:
1. Part 1 – (OSHPD 01/07) California Administrative Code – Amend 2007 California Administrative Code, Chapter 7 –
Safety Standards for Health Facilities: Article 1 – General, Article 2 – Definitions, Article 19 – Certification and
Approval of Hospital Inspectors, Article 20 – Repair of Earthquake Damage.
2. Part 2, Nonstructural – (OSHPD 02/07) California Building Code – Amend 2007 California Building Code: Chapter
1 – General Code Provisions, Chapter 12 – Interior Environment, Chapter 30 – Elevators and Conveying Equipment,
Appendix Chapter 1 – Administration.
3. Part 2, Structural – (OSHPD 03/07) California Building Code – Amend 2007 California Building Code: Chapter
16A – Structural Design, Chapter 19A – Concrete, Chapter 35 – Referenced Standards, Appendix Chapter 1,
Administration.
4. Part 3 – (OSHPD 04/07) California Electrical Code – Amend the 2007 California Electrical Code: Article 517 –
Health Care Facilities, Article 700 – Emergency Systems, Article 701 – Legally Required Standby Systems.
5. Part 4 – (OSHPD 05/07) California Mechanical Code – Amend the 2007California Mechanical Code: Chapter 2 –
Definitions, Chapter 3 – General Requirements, Chapter 4 – Ventilation Air Supply, Chapter 11 – Refrigeration,
Chapter 12 – Hydronics.
6. Part 5 – (OSHPD 06/07) California Plumbing Code – Amend the 2007 California Plumbing Code: Chapter 2 –
Definitions, Chapter 4 – Plumbing Fixtures and Fixture Fittings, Chapter 6 – Water Supply and Distribution.
7. Part 11 – OSHPD (07/07) California Green Building Standards Code – Adopt green building standards for health
facilities in the 2007 California Green Building Standards Code, Part 11, currently not used.
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DIVISION OF THE STATE ARCHITECT – STRUCTURAL SAFETY (DSA-SS)
Applications:
• Public Schools, Community Colleges, and Essential Service Buildings
Authority & Reference:
• Health and Safety Code Section 16022 authorizes the State Architect to establish building standards for the
design, construction and inspection of plumbing systems for state-owned or state-leased essential services
buildings.
• Education Code Sections 17310 and 81142 authorize the State Architect to establish building standards for the
design, construction and inspection of plumbing systems for public elementary and secondary schools, and
community colleges.
Proposed Code Changes
1. Part 5 – (DSA-SS 02/07) California Plumbing Code – Amend the 2007 California Plumbing Code: Chapter 6 –
Water Supply and Distribution.
2. Part 11 – (DSA-SS 01/07) California Green Building Standards Code – Adopt green building standards for health
facilities in the 2007 California Green Building Standards Code, Part 11, currently not used.
DIVISION OF THE STATE ARCHITECT – ACCESS COMPLIENCE (DSA-AC)
Applications:
• Publicly funded buildings, structures, sidewalks, curbs and related facilities shall be accessible to and usable by
persons with disabilities. Public Housing and Private Housing Available for Public Use.
Authority & Reference:
• Government Code Section 4450 authorizes the State Architect to establish building standards for making
buildings, structures, sidewalks, curbs, and related facilities accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities.
• Government Code Section 12955.1(d) authorizes the State Architect to establish building standards for public
housing.
Proposed Code Changes:
1. Part 2 – (DSA-AC 01/07) California Building Code, Amend the 2007 California Building Code: Chapter 11B –
Accessibility to Public Buildings, Public Accommodations, Commercial Buildings and Publicly Funded Housing.
DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE (AGR)
Applications:
• Dairies and places of meat and poultry inspection.
Authority and Reference:
• Food & Agriculture Code Section 18735. Adoption of federal rules and regulations. The director may adopt, by
reference or otherwise, such provisions of the rules and regulations under the federal acts, with such changes
therein as he deems appropriate to make them applicable to operations and transactions subject to this chapter.
• Food & Agriculture Code Section 18960. The director may adopt, by regulation, standards and requirements
relating to inspection, sanitation, facilities, equipment, reinspection, preparation, processing, buying, selling,
transporting, storing, identification, recordkeeping, registration and labeling, and marking for carrying out the
purposes of this chapter.
• Food & Agriculture Code Section 19384. Processing, transportation and storage of carcasses, etc., for pet food;
diversion into human food channels. The director shall establish by regulation the condition under which
carcasses or parts or products of animals for pet food may be processed, transported, and stored so as to
prevent diversion into human food channels.
• Food & Agriculture Code Section 33481. Regulations, plans and specifications. The director shall establish
regulations and provide plans and specifications at cost for the construction of sanitary milk barns and milk
houses which are used in the production of market milk. (Dairies and places of meat inspection)
• Food & Agriculture Code Section 33731. Approval of plans and specifications for new milk product plants.
Proposed Code Changes
1. Part 5 – (AGR 01/07) California Plumbing Code – Amend the 2007 California Plumbing Code: Chapter 6 – Water
Supply and Distribution.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH (DHS)
Applications;
• Commissaries serving mobile food preparation units, food establishments, and organized camps.
Authority and Reference:
• Health and Safety Code Section 18897.2. Authorizes the director of Health Services to adopt rules and
regulations establishing minimum standards for organized camps.
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• Health and Safety Code Section 18897.4. Every local health officer shall enforce within his jurisdiction the
building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to organized camps and other rules
and regulations adopted by the State Director of Health Services.
• Health and Safety Code Section 18897.7. No organized camp shall be operated in this state unless each site or
location in which the camp is operates complies with the State Building Standards Code and with other rules and
regulations adopted by the State Director of Health Services and State Fire Marshal. Violation constitutes a
misdemeanor.
• Health and Safety Code Section 100275. The department may adopt and enforce regulations for the execution
of its duties.
• Health and Safety Code Section 110065. The department may adopt regulations for food, drug, and cosmetic
safety in conformance federal regulations.
• Health and Safety Code Section 113705. The legislature finds and declares that public health interest requires
that there be uniform statewide health and sanitation standards for retail food facilities.
• Health and Safety Code Section 113710. The department shall adopt regulations to implement retail food safety.
Proposed Code Changes
1. Part 5 – (DHS 01/07) California Plumbing Code – Amend the 2007 California Plumbing Code: Chapter 6 – Water
Supply and Distribution.
AVAILABLE DOCUMENTS
The CBSC has prepared and has available for public review reasons for the proposed action, all the information upon
which the proposals are based, and the regulation text. The reasons and the regulation text are available by
contacting Venus Sharifi, (916) 263-0916.
Submittals for the 2007 Annual Code Adoption Cycle are available on the CBSC web site, www.bsc.ca.gov.