Section 116 — California Building Code (Title 24, Part 2)

UNSAFE STRUCTURES AND EQUIPMENT

[A] 116.1 Conditions. Structures or existing equipment that are or hereafter become unsafe, insanitary or deficient because of inadequate means of egress facilities, inadequate light and ventilation, or that constitute a fire hazard, or are otherwise dangerous to human life or the public welfare, or that involve illegal or improper occupancy or inadequate maintenance, shall be deemed an unsafe condition. Unsafe structures shall be taken down and removed or made safe, as the building official deems necessary and as provided for in this section. A vacant structure that is not secured against entry shall be deemed unsafe.

[A] 116.2 Record. The building official shall cause a report to be filed on an unsafe condition. The report shall state the occupancy of the structure and the nature of the unsafe condition.

SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION

[A] 116.3 Notice. If an unsafe condition is found, the building official shall serve on the owner, agent or person in control of the structure, a written notice that describes the condition deemed unsafe and specifies the required repairs or improvements to be made to abate the unsafe condition, or that requires the unsafe structure to be demolished within a stipulated time. Such notice shall require the person thus notified to declare immediately to the building official acceptance or rejection of the terms of the order.

[A] 116.4 Method of service. Such notice shall be deemed properly served if a copy thereof is: delivered to the owner personally; sent by certified or registered mail addressed to the owner at the last known address with the return receipt requested; or delivered in any other manner as prescribed by local law. If the certified or registered letter is returned showing that the letter was not delivered, a copy thereof shall be posted in a conspicuous place in or about the structure affected by such notice. Service of such notice in the foregoing manner on the owner’s agent or on the person responsible for the structure shall constitute service of notice on the owner.

[A] 116.5 Restoration. Where the structure or equipment determined to be unsafe by the building official is restored to a safe condition, to the extent that repairs, alterations or additions are made or a change of occupancy occurs during the restoration of the structure, such repairs, alterations, additions and change of occupancy shall comply with the requirements of the California Existing Building Code .

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CHAPTER 2 – DEFINITIONS (Matrix Adoption Tables are nonregulatory, intended only as an aid to the code user.

See Chapter 1 for state agency authority and building applications.)

Adopting agency	BSC	BSC- CG	SFM	HCD			DSA			OSHPD						BSCC	DPH	AGR	DWR	CEC	CA	SL	SLC
Adopting agency	BSC	BSC- CG	SFM	1	2	1/AC	AC	SS	SS/CC	1	1R	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Adopt entire chapter	X
Adopt entire chapter as amended (amended sections listed below)			X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below							X						X			X	X
Chapter / Section
201.3			X	X	X	X
201.4			X
202			X	X	X	X
Access Aisle							X
Accessibility				X	X	X	X
Accessibility Function Button							X
Accessible				X	X	X	X
Accessible Element							X
Accessible Means of Egress							X
Accessible Route				X	X	X	X
Accessible Space				X	X	X	X
Accessible Unit				†	†	†
Active Earthquake Fault								X	X	X				X
Active Equipment/Component								X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Adaptable							X
Adaptable Dwelling Unit						X
Addition_(2nd paragraph only)_							X
Adjusted Construction Cost							X
Administrative Authority							X
Adult Changing Facility							X
Aged Home or Institution			X
Aisle (2nd paragraph only)							X
Alteration							X
Alternative System										X	X	X		X	X
Amusement Attraction							X
Amusement Ride							X
Amusement Ride Seat							X
ANSI							X
Approved_(with notes)_			X	X	X	X
Approved_ (2nd paragraph_ only) (w/o notes)							X
Approved Agency				X	X			X	X
Approved Listing Agency				X	X
Approved Testing Agency				X	X		X			X	X	X		X	X
Area of Refuge
Area of Sport Activity
Assembly Area
Assistive Device						X
Assistive Listening System (ALS)							X
Automatic Door				X	X	X	X
Automatic Teller Machine (ATM)							X
Auxiliary Area																	X
Backwash																	X
Base								X	X	X				X
Bather																	X
Bathroom						X	X
Bedridden Person			X
Blended Transition							X

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Adopting agency	BSC	BSC- CG	SFM	HCD			DSA			OSHPD						BSCC	DPH	AGR	DWR	CEC	CA	SL	SLC
Adopting agency	BSC	BSC- CG	SFM	1	2	1/AC	AC	SS	SS/CC	1	1R	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Adopt entire chapter	X
Adopt entire chapter as amended (amended sections listed below)			X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below							X						X			X	X
Chapter / Section
Boarding Pier							X
Boat Launch Ramp							X
Boat Slip							X
Building			X
Building_ (with exception)_				X	X	X
Building (w/o notes)							X
Building Entrance on an Accessible Route						X
Building, Existing				X	X
Building Official							X
Care and Supervision			X
Care Suite			X
Carriage Unit						X
Catastrophically Injured			X
Catch Pool							X
CCR							X
CDF Director			X
Cell			X
Cell Complex			X
Cell Tiers			X
Cellular Concrete				X	X
Central Control Building			X
Characters				X	X	X	X
Charter School			X
Child-Care Center			X
Child or Children			X
Children’s Use							X
Chronically Ill			X
Circulation Path							X
Clean Pool Water																	X
Clear							X
Clear Floor Space						X	X
Clear Pool Water																	X
Clinic, Outpatient			X
Closed-Circuit Telephone							X
Commercial Facilities							X
Commercial Place of Public Amusement							X
Common Use				†	†	†	X
Common Use Areas			†			X
Community Care Facility			X
Community Correctional Reentry Centers			X
Comply With							X

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Adopting agency	BSC	BSC- CG	SFM	HCD			DSA			OSHPD						BSCC	DPH	AGR	DWR	CEC	CA	SL	SLC
Adopting agency	BSC	BSC- CG	SFM	1	2	1/AC	AC	SS	SS/CC	1	1R	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Adopt entire chapter	X
Adopt entire chapter as amended (amended sections listed below)			X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below							X						X			X	X
Chapter / Section
Concrete, Cellular				X	X	X
Congregate Living Health Facility (CLHF)			X
Congregate Residence			X			X
Control Room			X
Correctional Hospitals			X
Correctional Medical or Mental Health Housing Suite			X
Correctional Mental Health Facilities			X
Correctional Nursing Facilities			X
Correctional Treatment Centers			X
Corrosion Resistant																	X
Courtroom Dock			X
Courthouse Holding Facility			X
Covered Multifamily Dwellings						X
Cross Slope						X	X
Curb Cut				X	X	X	X
Curb Ramp				X	X	X	X
Custody Station			X
Day-Care			X
Day-Care Home, Family			X
Day-Care Home, Large Family			X
Day-Care Home, Small Family			X
Day Room			X
Deck																	X
Department				X	X
Designated Public Transportation							X
Destination-Oriented Elevator							X
Detached Single-Family Dwelling				X	X
Detectable Warning				X	X	X	X
Detention Elevator			X
Detention Program Suite			X
Detention Treatment Room			X
Detoxification Facilities			X
Directional Sign				X	X		X
Disability							X
Distance from Active Earthquake Fault								X	X	X				X
District Agricultural Association							X
Dormitory			X				X
Dormitory			X
Drain																	X
Drive-up Electric Vehicle Charging Station							X
Dwelling Unit						X
Effective Particle Size																	X
Efficiency Dwelling Unit				X

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Adopting agency	BSC	BSC- CG	SFM	HCD			DSA			OSHPD						BSCC	DPH	AGR	DWR	CEC	CA	SL	SLC
Adopting agency	BSC	BSC- CG	SFM	1	2	1/AC	AC	SS	SS/CC	1	1R	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Adopt entire chapter	X
Adopt entire chapter as amended (amended sections listed below)			X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below							X						X			X	X
Chapter / Section
Electric Vehicle			X
Electric Vehicle (EV)							X
Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger							X
Electric Vehicle Charging Space (EV Space)							X
Electric Vehicle Charging Station (EVCS)							X
Electric Vehicle (EV) Connector							X
Element							X
Elevated Play Component							X
Elevator, Passenger				X	X		X
Employee Work Area							X
Enforcement				X	X			X	X
Enforcement Agent								X	X	X	X			X	X
Enforcing Agency			X	X	X		X			X	X	X	X	X	X		X
Entrance				X	X	X	X
Equipment								X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Equipment Area																	X
Equivalent Facilitation						X	X
Existing Building or Facility							X
Exit							X
Exterior Covering			X
Facility							X
Family				X
Fire Appliance			X
Fire Hazard Severity Zones			X
Fire Protection Plan			X
Fire-Retardant Treated Wood			X
Fire-Smoke Barrier			X
Fireworks			X
Fixed Equipment										X	X	X		X	X
Freestanding Acute Psychiatric Building (APB)															X
Freestanding Skilled Nursing Building (SNB)												X
Full-Time Care			X
Functional Area							X
Gangway							X
Gas Detection System			X
General Acute Care Building (GAC Building)										X
Golf Car Passage							X
Grab Bar						X	X
Grade (Adjacent Ground Elevation)						X	X
Grade Break							X
Ground Floor						X	X
Ground Level Play Component							X

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Adopting agency	BSC	BSC -CG	SFM	HCD			DSA			OSHPD						BSCC	DPH	AGR	DWR	CEC	CA	SL	SLC
Adopting agency	BSC	BSC -CG	SFM	1	2	1/AC	AC	SS	SS/CC	1	1R	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Adopt entire chapter	X
Adopt entire chapter as amended (amended sections listed below)			X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below							X						X			X	X
Chapter / Section
Group Home			X
Guard_ (or Guardrail)_				X	X	X	X
Hall Call Console							X
Handrail							X
Handwashing Fixture										X		X	X	X
Hazardous Substance			X
Health Care Provider							X
High-Rise Building			X					X	X
High-Rise Building Access			X
Historic Buildings							X
Holding Facility			X
Hospitals and Psychiatric Hospitals			X
Hotel or Motel				X	X
Housing at a Place of Education						X	X
Housing Pod			X
Housing Unit			X
HPM			X
If, If… Then							X
Ignition-Resistant Material			X
Infant			X
Inlet																	X
Intake and Release Areas			X
Intended to be occupied as a Residence				†	†	†
International Symbol of Accessibility						X	X
Irregular Structure								X	X	X				X
Key Station							X
Kick Plate				X	X	X	X
Kitchen or Kitchenette							X
Labeled				X	X
Laboratory			X
Laboratory Suite			X
Ladder																	X
Lavatory						X	X
Level Area						X
Licensing Agency										X	X	X	X	X	X
Lift, Platform (Wheelchair)						X
Liquid Tight Floor			X
Listed			X	X	X
Listing Agency				X	X
Lobby			X	X	X

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Adopting agency	BSC	BSC- CG	SFM	HCD			DSA			OSHPD						BSCC	DPH	AGR	DWR	CEC	CA	SL	SLC
Adopting agency	BSC	BSC- CG	SFM	1	2	1/AC	AC	SS	SS/CC	1	1R	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Adopt entire chapter	X
Adopt entire chapter as amended (amended sections listed below)			X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below							X						X			X	X
Chapter / Section
Local Agency Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone			X
Lodging House				X		X
Log Wall Construction			X
Mail Boxes							X
Major Structural Alterations, Additions or Repairs										X				X
Marked Crossing				X	X	X	X
May							X
Medical Pool																	X
Mezzanine							X
Minor Structural Alteration, Additions or Repairs										X				X
Mobile Equipment										X	X	X		X	X
Monolithic										X	X	X	X	X	X
Monolithic Ceiling										X	X	X	X	X	X
Motel				X	X
Motion Picture and Television Production Studio Sound Stage, Approved Production Facilities and Production Locations			X
Movable Equipment										X	X	X		X	X
Multi-bedroom Housing Unit							X
Multilevel Assembly Seating				†	†	†
Multistory Dwelling Unit						X
Multistory Unit				†	†	†
Newly Constructed						X
Next Generation Attenuation West 2 (NGA W2)								X	X	X				X
NFPA							X
Non-General Acute Care Building (Non-GAC Building)											X
Nonambulatory Persons			X
Noncombustible			X
Normal				X	X
Nosing							X
NPC 1, NPC 2, NPC 3/NPC 3R, NPC 4 and NPC 5
Nursing Homes			X
Occupant Load							X
Occupiable Space							X
Open Riser				X	X	X	X
Operable Part				X	X	X	X
Organized Camps			X
Overflow System																	X

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Adopting agency	BSC	BSC- CG	SFM	HCD			DSA			OSHPD						BSCC	DPH	AGR	DWR	CEC	CA	SL	SLC
Adopting agency	BSC	BSC- CG	SFM	1	2	1/AC	AC	SS	SS/CC	1	1R	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Adopt entire chapter	X
Adopt entire chapter as amended (amended sections listed below)			X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below							X						X			X	X
Chapter / Section
Passage Door						X
Passenger Elevator				X	X		X
Passive Solar Energy Collector				X	X
Path of Travel
Peer Review							X			X	X	X		X	X
Pedestrian						X	X
Pedestrian Way				X	X	X	X
Permanent							X
Permanent Portable Building			X
Permit							X
Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, Profoundly or Severly			X
Persons with Disabilities						X
Pictogram				X	X	X	X
Place of Public Accommodation				X	X	X	X
Platform							X
Platform (Wheelchair) Lift				X	X	X	X
Play Area							X
Play Component							X
Point-of-Sale Device							X
Pool																	X
Pool User																	X
Pool Volume																	X
Powder Room				X	X	X	X
Power-Assisted Door							X
Primary Entry						X
Primary-Entry Level						X
Private Building or Facility							X
Private Pool																	X
Professional Office of a Health Care Provider							X
Project Inspection								X	X
Protective Social Care Facility			X
Public Building or Facility							X
Public Entity						X	X
Public Entrance							X
Public Housing						X	X
Public Pool																	X
Public Use							X
Public-Use Areas						X	X
Public Way							X
Qualified Historic Building or Facility							X
Quality Assurance (QA)								X	X	X	X	X		X	X

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Adopting agency	BSC	BSC- CG	SFM	HCD			DSA			OSHPD						BSCC	DPH	AGR	DWR	CEC	CA	SL	SLC
Adopting agency	BSC	BSC- CG	SFM	1	2	1/AC	AC	SS	SS/CC	1	1R	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Adopt entire chapter	X
Adopt entire chapter as amended (amended sections listed below)			X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below							X						X			X	X
Chapter / Section
Quality Control (QC)								X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Raftertail			X
Ramp							X
Reasonable Portion							X
Recessed Steps																	X
Recessed Treads																	X
Recirculation System																	X
Recommend				X	X		X
Relocatable Building (Public School)			X
Remodeling							X
Removed from Acute Care Service											X
Repair							X			X				X
Residential Care Facility for the Chronically Ill (RCF/CI)			X
Residential Care Facility for the Elderly (RCFE)			X
Residential Dwelling Unit							X
Residential Facility (RF)			X
Restraint			X
Restricted Area										X	X	X	X	X	X
Restricted Entrance							X
Retrofit								X	X	X				X
Riser				X	X	X	X
Roof Eave			X
Roof Eave Soffit			X
Rugged Equipment								X	X
Running Slope				X	X	X	X
Sanitary Facility				X		X
Secure Interview Rooms			X
Self-Service Storage				†	†	†	X
Service Entrance							X
Shall							X
Shallow Pool																	X
Shopping Center (or Shopping Mall)							X
Should				X	X		X
Sidewalk				X	X	X	X
Sign						X	X
Significant Loss of Function								X	X	X				X
Single-Accommodation Sanitary Facility						X
Sink						X	X

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Adopting agency	BSC	BSC -CG	SFM	HCD			DSA			OSHPD						BSCC	DPH	AGR	DWR	CEC	CA	SL	SLC
Adopting agency	BSC	BSC -CG	SFM	1	2	1/AC	AC	SS	SS/CC	1	1R	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Adopt entire chapter	X
Adopt entire chapter as amended (amended sections listed below)			X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below							X						X			X	X
Chapter / Section
Site							X
Site Development						X
Sleeping Accommodations				X	X	X	X
Slip Resistant																	X
Slope						X
Small Management Yard			X
Soft Contained Play Structure							X
Space				X	X	X	X
SPC 1, SPC 2, SPC 3, SPC 4D and SPC 5										X
SPC Building										X	X
Special Inspection								X	X
Specified Public Transportation							X
Stage							X
Stairs																	X
Stairway							X
State-Owned/Leased Building			X
State Responsibility Area			X
Step																	X
Steps, Recessed Steps, Ladders and Recessed Treads																	X
Story_ (2nd paragraph_ only)							X
Structural Frame							X
Structure							X
Sub-Component										X	X	X		X	X
Surface Mounted Com- ponent										X	X	X		X	X
Tactile				X	X	X	X
Tactile Sign				X	X	X	X
_Technically Infeasible _							X
Teeing Ground							X
Temporary							X
Temporary Holding Cell, Room or Area.			X													X
Temporary Holding Facility			X
Tenable Environment			X
Terminally Ill			X
Testing Agency				X	X
Text Telephone						X	X

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Adopting agency	BSC	BSC -CG	SFM	HCD			DSA			OSHPD						BSCC	DPH	AGR	DWR	CEC	CA	SL	SLC
Adopting agency	BSC	BSC -CG	SFM	1	2	1/AC	AC	SS	SS/CC	1	1R	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Adopt entire chapter	X
Adopt entire chapter as amended (amended sec- tions listed below)			X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below							X						X			X	X
Chapter / Section
Torque-Controlled Post-Installed Anchor								X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Transfer Device							X
Transient Lodging				X	X	X	X
Transit Boarding Platform							X
Transition Plate							X
Tread				X	X	X
Treatment of Water																	X
TTY						X	X
Turnover Time																	X
Type A Unit				†	†	†
Type B Unit				†	†	†
Uniformity Coefficient																	X
Unreasonable Hardship				X	X	X	X
Use Zone							X
Valuation Threshold							X
Variable Message Signs (VMS)							X
Variable Message Sign (VMS) Characters							X
Vehicular or Pedestrian Arrival Points						X
Vehicular Way						X	X
Waiting Room			X
Walk						X	X
Wall: Hollow-unit Masonry Wall								X	X
Waterline																	X
Wet Bar							X
Wheelchair						X	X
Wheelchair Space							X
Wildfire			X
Wildfire Exposure			X
Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Area			X
Winery Caves			X
Work Area Equipment							X
Workstation_ (2nd_ paragraph only)							X

The state agency does not adopt sections identified by the following symbol: † The Office of the State Fire Marshal’s adoption of this chapter or individual sections is applicable to structures regulated by other state agencies pursuant to Section 1.11.

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User notes:

About this chapter: Codes, by their very nature, are technical documents. Every word, term and punctuation mark can add to or change the meaning of a technical requirement. It is necessary to maintain a consensus on the specific meaning of each term contained in the code. Chapter 2 performs this function by stating clearly what specific terms mean for the purpose of the code.

Code development reminder: Code change proposals to sections preceded by the designation [A] or [BS] will be considered by one of the code development committees meeting during the 2019 (Group B) Code Development Cycle. See explanation on page iv.