TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58]›DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4]›CHAPTER 14. Accelerated Restaurant Building Plan Approval [66345 - 66345.4]
§ 66345.1
Government Code, Title 7, Division 1 — General Provisions, State & Regional Planning, Public Hearings, and Miscellaneous Chapters (§§ 65000–65096, 65098, 65919–65993, 66100–66103, 66345) · 2026 edition · updated 2026-09-22 · California
66345.1. For purposes of this chapter, all of the following definitions apply:
(a) “Qualified professional certifier” means an architect licensed pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5500) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, or a professional engineer licensed pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, who meets both of the following conditions:
(1) Has at least five years of experience in commercial building design or plan review.
(2) Maintains professional liability insurance in an amount not less than two million dollars ($2,000,000) per occurrence.
(b) “Restaurant” means a retail food establishment that prepares, serves, and vends food directly to the consumer and is not a fast food restaurant, as that term is defined in Section 1474 of the Labor Code.
(c) “Tenant improvement” means a change to the interior of an existing building.
(Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 470, Sec. 3. (AB 671) Effective January 1, 2026.)
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