Alameda Municipal Code § 13-3 Alameda Residential Code

The California Residential Code, 2025 Edition, published by the California Building Standards Commission, including Appendix Chapters BF and BG, are adopted by reference and made a part hereof as if fully set forth herein at length, and shall be known as the Alameda Residential Code.

(Ord. No. 3265 N.S., § 1, 3-3-2020; Ord. No. 3338 N.S., § 3, 12-20-2022; Ord. No. 3389 N.S., § 3, 10-21-2025)

A copy of the California Residential Code, 2025 Edition shall be maintained by the Building Official for use and examination by the public.

(Ord. No. 3265 N.S., § 1, 3-3-2020; Ord. No. 3338 N.S., § 3, 12-20-2022)

a. New Section R105.3.2.1 is added as follows:

R105.3.2.1 Expiration of Plan Review. Applications for which no permit is issued within 180 days following the date of last plan review correspondence by either the City or the applicant will expire by limitation, and plans and other data submitted for review may thereafter be destroyed by the Building Official.

b. New Section R105.5.2 is added as follows:

R105.5.2 Completion of work after permit expiration. Before work on an expired permit can be recommenced, a new permit shall first be obtained and the fee for such new permit shall be one-half the amount required for a new permit for such work or as deemed by the Building Official, provided no changes have been made or will be made in the original plans and specifications for such work; and provided further that such suspension or abandonment has not exceeded one year. Any suspension or abandonment in excess of one year shall be treated as a new permit and subject to all the provisions thereof.

c. Section R108.5 is amended to read as follows:

R108.5 Refunds. The Building Official shall not authorize the refunding of any fee paid except upon written application filed by the original permittee not later than 180 days after the date of fee payment.

The Building Official may authorize the refunding of any fee paid hereunder that was erroneously paid or collected.

The Building Official may authorize the refunding of not more than 80 percent of the permit fee paid when no work has been performed under a permit issued in accordance with this chapter.

The Building Official may authorize the refunding of not more than 80 percent of the plan review fee paid when an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or canceled before any plan checking has commenced.

d. New Section R108.6.1 is added to read as follows:

R108.6.1 Investigation fee for work without permit. Whenever any work for which a permit is required has been commenced without first obtaining said permit, an investigation shall be made before a permit may be issued for such work. An investigation fee, in addition to the permit fee, shall be collected whether or not a permit is then or subsequently issued. The investigation fee shall be as set forth in the City's adopted fee schedule. The payment of such investigation fee shall not exempt any person from compliance with any provision of this code or from any penalty prescribed by applicable law.

e. New Section R108.7 is added as follows:

R108.7 Reinspection fee. A reinspection fee may be assessed for each inspection or reinspection when the portion of work for which inspection is called is not complete or when corrections previously required by the Building Official are not made.

This section does not require reinspection fees the first time a job is rejected for failure to comply with the requirements of the codes. Subsequent inspections or practice of calling for inspections before the job is ready for such inspection or reinspection may be subject to reinspection fees.

To obtain a reinspection, the applicant shall file an application therefor in writing using a form furnished for that purpose, and pay the reinspection fee in accordance with the fee schedule adopted by the City.

In instances where reinspection fees have been assessed, no additional inspection of the work will be performed until the required fees have been paid.

(Ord. No. 3389 N.S., § 3, 10-21-2025)