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Appendix E — TEMPORARY EMERGENCY USES

Section E102 — DEFINITIONS

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.

E102.1 General.

The following words and terms shall, for the purposes of this appendix, have the meanings shown herein. Refer to Chapter 2 of this code for general definitions.

EMERGENCY. Any event declared by local, state or federal entities that temporarily overwhelms response capabilities and that requires the temporary suspension or modification of regulations, codes or standards to facilitate response to such an event.

TEMPORARY USE . An activity or practice that is established at a designated location for a period of less than 180 days. Uses include, but are not limited to, those functional designations listed within the occupancy group descriptions in Section 302.1 of the California Building Code .

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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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