Section 8 — 401 — PURPOSE, INTENT AND SCOPE
2025 California Historical Building Code (Title 24, Part 8) · 2025 edition · ingested 2026-07-06 · California
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8-401.1 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to provide regulations for fire protection of qualified historical buildings or properties. The CHBC requires enforcing agencies to accept any reasonably equivalent alternatives to the regular code when dealing with qualified historical buildings or properties. 8-401.2 Intent. The intent of the CHBC is to preserve the integrity of qualified historical buildings or properties while maintaining a reasonable degree of fire protection based primarily on the life safety of the occupants and firefighting personnel. 8-401.3 Scope. This chapter shall…