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

UNSAFE STRUCTURES AND EQUIPMENT

[A] 116.1 Unsafe 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 unauthorized 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.

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SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION

[A] 116.3 Notice. If an unsafe condition is found, the building official shall serve on the owner of the structure, or the owner’s authorized agent, 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 where a copy thereof is served in accordance with one of the following methods:

A copy is delivered to the owner personally.
A copy is sent by certified or registered mail addressed to the owner at the last known address with the return receipt requested.
A copy is 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 authorized agent shall constitute service of notice on the owner.

[A] 116.5 Restoration or abatement. Where the structure or equipment determined to be unsafe by the building official is restored to a safe condition, the owner, the owner’s authorized agent, operator or occupant of a structure, premises or equipment deemed unsafe by the building official shall abate or cause to be abated or corrected such unsafe conditions either by repair, rehabilitation, demolition or other approved corrective action. 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	X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below							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				†	†	†
Accessory Dwelling Unit				X	X
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							X
Area of Sport Activity							X
Assembly Area							X
Assistive Device						X
Assistive Listening System (ALS)							X
Automatic Door				X	X	X	X
Automatic Teller Machine (ATM)							X
Auxiliary Area																	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	X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below							X									X	X
Chapter / Section
Backwash																	X
Base								X	X	X				X
Bather																	X
Bathroom						X	X
Bedridden Person			X
Blended Transition							X
Boarding Pier							X
Boat Launch Ramp							X
Boat Slip							X
Bottle-Filling Station							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			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
Climate Zone																				X
Clinic, Outpatient			X
Closed-Circuit Telephone							X
Commercial Facilities							X
Commercial Place of Public Amusement							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	X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below							X									X	X
Chapter / Section
Common Use				†	†	†	X
Common Use Areas			†			X
Community Care Facility			X
Community Correctional Reentry Centers			X
Comply With							X
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
Courthouse Holding Facility			X
Courtroom Dock			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

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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	X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below							X									X	X
Chapter / Section
District Agricultural Associations							X
Dormitory			X				X
Dormitory			X
Drain																	X
Drive Aisle							X
Drive-up Electric Vehicle Charging Station							X
Driveway							X
Dwelling Unit						X
Effective Particle Size																	X
Efficiency Dwelling Unit				X
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
Enforcement Agent								X	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
_ Countertop Equipment_								X	X	X		X		X	X
_ Essential Equipment_								X	X	X		X		X	X
_ Fixed Equipment_								X	X	X		X		X	X
_ Interim Equipment_										X		X		X	X
_ Mobile Equipment_								X	X	X		X		X	X
_ Movable Equipment_								X	X	X		X		X	X
_ Other Equipment_								X	X	X		X		X	X
_ Temporary Equipment_										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

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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	X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below							X									X	X
Chapter / Section
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
Group Home			X
Guard_ (or Guardrail)_				X	X	X	X
Hall Call Console							X
Handrail							X
Handwashing Fixture										X		X	X	X	X
Hazardous Substance			X
Health Care Provider							X
High-Rise Building			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
Inflatable Amusement Device			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

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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	X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below							X									X	X
Chapter / Section
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
Live/Work Unit				X
Lobby			X	X	X
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
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
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
Nonpatient-care Suite			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	X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below							X									X	X
Chapter / Section
Normal				X	X
Nosing							X
NPC 1, NPC 2, NPC 3/NPC 3R, NPC 4 and NPC 5										X
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
Passage Door						X
Passenger Elevator				X	X		X
Passive Solar Energy Collector				X	X
Path of Travel							X
Pedestrian						X	X
Pedestrian Way				X	X	X	X
Peer Review										X	X	X		X	X
Periodic Special Inspection								X	X
Permanent							X
Permanent Portable Building			X
Permit							X
Persons with Disabilities						X
Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, Profoundly or Severely			X
Photovoltaic (PV) Panel System, Ground Mounted			X
Photovoltaic (PV) Support Structure, Elevated			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

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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	X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below							X									X	X
Chapter / Section
Project Inspector								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
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					X	X
Remodeling							X
Removed from Acute Care Service											X
Repair							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
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

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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	X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below							X									X	X
Chapter / Section
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
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
Special Amusement Area			X
Specified Public Transportation							X
Stage							X
Stair							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 Component										X	X	X		X	X
Tactile				X	X	X	X
Tactile Sign				X	X	X	X
Technically Infeasible							X
Teeing Ground							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	X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below							X									X	X
Chapter / Section
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
Toddler			X
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
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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DEFINITIONS

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 purposes 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 2022 (Group B) Code Development Cycle.

ACCESSIBILITY. [DSA-AC & HCD 1-AC] The combina- tion of various elements in a building, facility, site or area, or portion thereof which allows access, circulation and the full use of the building and facilities by persons with disabilities in compliance with this code.

ACCESSIBILITY FUNCTION BUTTON. [DSA-AC] A button on an elevator hall call console in a destination- oriented elevator system that when pressed will activate a series of visual and verbal prompts and announcements providing instruction regarding hall call console operation and direction to an assigned elevator.

ACCESSIBLE. [DSA-AC & HCD 1-AC] A site, building, facility, or portion thereof that is approachable and usable by persons with disabilities in compliance with this code.

ACCESSIBLE ELEMENT. [DSA-AC] An element specified by the regulations adopted by the Division of the State Archi- tect-Access Compliance.

[BE] ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF EGRESS. A continuous and unobstructed way of egress travel from any accessible point in a building or facility to a public way.

ACCESSIBLE ROUTE. [DSA-AC & HCD 1-AC] A contin- uous unobstructed path connecting accessible elements and spaces of an accessible site, building or facility that can be negotiated by a person with a disability using a wheelchair, and that is also safe for and usable by persons with other disabilities. Interior accessible routes may include corridors, hallways, floors, ramps, elevators and lifts. Exterior accessi- ble routes may include parking access aisles, curb ramps, crosswalks at vehicular ways, walks, ramps and lifts.

ACCESSIBLE SPACE. [DSA-AC & HCD 1-AC] A space that complies with the accessibility provisions of this code.

[BE] ACCESSIBLE UNIT. A dwelling unit or sleeping unit that complies with this code and the provisions for Accessible units in ICC A117.1.

ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT. [HCD 1 & HCD 2] An attached or detached residential dwelling unit that provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons and is located on a lot with a proposed or existing primary residence. Accessory dwelling units shall include permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation on the same parcel as the single-family or multifamily dwelling is or will be situated. (See Government Code Section 65852.2)