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Appendix E — TEMPORARY EMERGENCY USES

Section E101 — GENERAL

2025 California Existing Building Code (Title 24, Part 10) · 2025 edition · updated 2026-07-27 · California

Italicized text is a California amendment to the model code, as printed in the official publication.

E101.1 Scope.

The provisions of this appendix shall apply to the use, installation, alteration, relocation and location of existing buildings and any service utilities or systems that serve such existing buildings during or based on the response to the emergency.

E101.1.1 Objective. The objective of this appendix is to provide flexibility for the code official to permit the temporary uses of existing buildings during an emergency to address unusual circumstances that temporarily overwhelm response capabilities of an entity while maintaining the level of safety intended by the code.

E101.1.2 Temporary use. Where temporary uses during emergencies exceed 180 days, judgement shall be used by the code official to allow for temporary uses and conditions to continue for the duration of the emergency based on the needs of the emergency. The code official is authorized to grant extensions for demonstrated cause.

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▸ Contents — 2025 California Existing Building Code (Title 24, Part 10)
2025 California Existing Building Code (Title 24, Part 10)
  1. 104.11 for consideration of alternative means of compliance.
  2. Chapter 1 — ADMINISTRATION
  3. Chapter 2 — DEFINITIONS
  4. Chapter 3 — PROVISIONS FOR ALL COMPLIANCE METHODS
  5. Chapter 3A — PROVISIONS FOR ALL COMPLIANCE METHODS
  6. Chapter 4 — REPAIRS
  7. Chapter 4A — REPAIRS
  8. Chapter 5 — PRESCRIPTIVE COMPLIANCE METHOD
  9. Chapter 5A — PRESCRIPTIVE COMPLIANCE METHOD
  10. Chapter 6 — CLASSIFICATION OF WORK
  11. Chapter 7 — ALTERATIONS—LEVEL 1
  12. Chapter 8 — ALTERATIONS—LEVEL 2
  13. Chapter 9 — ALTERATIONS—LEVEL 3
  14. Chapter 10 — CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY
  15. Chapter 11 — ADDITIONS
  16. Chapter 12 — HISTORIC BUILDINGS
  17. Chapter 13 — PERFORMANCE COMPLIANCE METHODS
  18. Chapter 14 — RELOCATED OR MOVED BUILDINGS
  19. Chapter 15 — CONSTRUCTION SAFEGUARDS
  20. Chapter 16 — REFERENCED STANDARDS
  21. Appendix A — GUIDELINES FOR THE SEISMIC RETROFIT OF EXISTING B…
  22. Appendix B — SUPPLEMENTARY ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR EXIS…
  23. Appendix C — GUIDELINES FOR THE WIND RETROFIT OF EXISTING BUIL…
  24. Appendix D — BOARD OF APPEALS
  25. ▸ Appendix E — TEMPORARY EMERGENCY USES
    Overview
    1. Section E101 — GENERAL
    2. Section E102 — DEFINITIONS
    3. Section E103 — SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS
    4. Section E104 — CONFORMANCE
    5. Section E105 — PERMITS
    6. Section E106 — GENERAL STANDARDS FOR EMERGENCY USES
    7. Section E107 — USE OF SPECIFIC STANDARDS
    8. Section E108 — REFERENCED STANDARDS
  26. Appendix A — GUIDELINES ON FIRE RATINGS OF ARCHAIC MATERIALS A…

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