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Title 19 — BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION›Chapter 19.28 — BERKELEY BUILDING CODE

Berkeley Municipal Code Art. 5 Existing Buildings

Berkeley Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-05 · Berkeley

Cite as: Berkeley Municipal Code Article 5 · Text as of 2026-10-05

19.28.060 Adoption of 2025 California Existing Building Code and certain Chapters of…

2025 California Existing Building Code (CEBC), including Appendix A, is adopted in its entirety subject to the modifications thereto which are set forth below.

DIVISION II SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION

All of the administrative provisions contained in Article 1 of Chapter 19.28, the Berkeley Building Code, shall apply to this Code as well and take precedence over any CEBC administrative provisions that may conflict.

101.9 Adoption of Certain Chapters of the 2024 International Existing Building Code by reference.

When seismic retrofit is not otherwise required by this Code, the following Chapters of the 2024 International Existing Building Code (IEBC) published by the International Code Council contained in the IEBC Appendix A are hereby adopted by reference as applicable to the types of buildings as designated therein as though fully set forth herein:

Chapter A2, Earthquake Hazard Reduction in Existing Reinforced Concrete and Reinforced Masonry Wall Buildings with Flexible Diaphragms.

(Ord. 7988-NS § 1, 2025)

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