Section G106 — VARIANCES — 2025 California Building Code (Title 24, Part 2)

G106.1 General. ¶

G106.1 General. The board of appeals established pursuant to Section 113, or other established or designed board, shall hear and decide requests for variances. The board shall base its determination on technical justifications, and has the right to attach such conditions to variances as it deems necessary to further the purposes and objectives of this appendix and Section 1612.

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G106.2 Records. ¶

G106.2 Records. The floodplain administrator shall maintain a permanent record of all variance actions, including justification for their issuance. APPENDIX G-4 2025 CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE on Jul 18, 2025 11:14 AM (CDT) THEREUNDER. APPENDIX G—FLOOD-RESISTANT CONSTRUCTION

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G106.3 Historic structures. ¶

G106.3 Historic structures. A variance is authorized to be issued for the repair or rehabilitation of a historic structure upon a determination that the proposed repair or rehabilitation will not preclude the structure’s continued designation as a historic structure, and the variance is the minimum necessary to preserve the historic character and design of the structure. Exception: Within flood hazard areas, historic structures that do not meet one or more of the following designations: 1. Listed or preliminarily determined to be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic…

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G106.4 Functionally dependent facilities. ¶

G106.4 Functionally dependent facilities. A variance is authorized to be issued for the construction or substantial improvement of a functionally dependent facility provided that the criteria in Section 1612.1 are met and the variance is the minimum necessary to allow the construction or substantial improvement, and that all due consideration has been given to methods and materials that minimize flood damages during the design flood and do not create additional threats to public safety.

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G106.5 Restrictions. ¶

G106.5 Restrictions. The board shall not issue a variance for any proposed development in a floodway if any increase in flood levels would result during the base flood discharge.

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G106.6 Considerations. ¶

G106.6 Considerations. In reviewing applications for variances, the board shall consider all technical evaluations, all relevant factors, all other portions of this appendix and the following: 1. The danger that materials and debris may be swept onto other lands resulting in further injury or damage. 2. The danger to life and property due to flooding or erosion damage. 3. The susceptibility of the proposed development, including contents, to flood damage and the effect of such damage on current and future owners. 4. The importance of the services provided by the proposed development to the…

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G106.7 Conditions for issuance. ¶

G106.7 Conditions for issuance. Variances shall only be issued by the board where all of the following criteria are met: 1. A technical showing of good and sufficient cause that the unique characteristics of the size, configuration or topography of the site renders the elevation standards inappropriate. 2. A determination that failure to grant the variance would result in exceptional hardship by rendering the lot undevelopable. 3. A determination that the granting of a variance will not result in increased flood heights, additional threats to public safety, extraordinary public expense, nor…

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