Agoura Hills Municipal Code Ch. 1 Administration

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 25-480, § 2, adopted November 12, 2025, amended chapter 1 in its entirety to read as herein set out. Former chapter 1, §§ 810—8103, pertained to similar subject matter, and derived from Ord. No. 22-465, § 3, 11-9-2022.

For the purpose of prescribing regulations for erecting, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, improving, removal, conversion, demolition, occupancy, equipment use, height and area of buildings and structures in the city, the 2025 editions of the California Administrative Code, Building Code, Residential Code, Electrical Code, Mechanical Code, Plumbing Code, Energy Code, Wildland-Urban Interface, Historical Building Code, Fire Code, Green Building Standards Code, Existing Building Code, and Referenced Standards Code, collectively comprising the California Building Standards Code, are hereby adopted by reference, with certain amendments, as the Building Regulations of the City of Agoura Hills. For the purpose of prescribing regulations for grading and excavations, Appendix "J" of the California Building Code with amendments is adopted and will continue to be enforced.

(Ord. No. 25-480, § 2, 11-12-2025)

The building official is hereby designated as the authority charged with the administration and enforcement of article VIII of the Agoura Hills Municipal Code with the exception of Appendix "J" of the California Building Code, which will be enforced by the director of public works or his/her designee. Where the "authority having jurisdiction" is used in the adopted codes, it shall mean the building official.

(Ord. No. 25-480, § 2, 11-12-2025)

Except as specified in this article, the administration and enforcement of article VIII shall be in accordance with the Administration Chapters of the California Building Code and California Residential Code as adopted in Section 8100 and amended in Section 8201, Section 8202, and Section 8202.5.

(Ord. No. 25-480, § 2, 11-12-2025)

In addition to any other applicable provision of this article VIII, any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or joint venture violating any of the provisions of article VIII shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ord. No. 25-480, § 2, 11-12-2025)