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Chapter 1 — SCOPE AND APPLICATION

Section R114

California Residential Code (Title 24, Part 2.5) · 2022 edition · updated 2026-09-12 · California

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

R114.1 Authority.

Where the building official finds any work regulated by this code being performed in a manner contrary to the provisions of this code or in a dangerous or unsafe manner, the building official is authorized to issue a stop work order.

R114.2 Issuance.

The stop work order shall be in writing and shall be given to the owner of the property, the owner’s authorized agent or the person performing the work. Upon issuance of a stop work order, the cited work shall immediately cease. The stop work order shall state the reason for the order and the conditions under which the cited work is authorized to resume.

R114.3 Emergencies.

Where an emergency exists, the building official shall not be required to give a written notice prior to stopping the work.

R114.4 Failure to comply.

Any person who shall continue any work after having been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be subject to fines established by the authority having jurisdiction.

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CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE – MATRIX ADOPTION TABLE

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
Adopt entire chapter as
amended (amended sections
listed below)		 X X
Adopt only those sections
that are listed below		 X
Chapter / Section
R201 X
R201.1 X
R201.2 X
R201.3 X X
R201.4 X
ACCESSORY DWELLING
UNIT		 X X
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE X
ADDITION X X
AGED HOME OR
INSTITUTION		 X
AIR-IMPERMEABLE
INSULATION		 X
ALTERATION X X
APPROVED X X
APPROVED AGENCY X X
APPROVED LISTING
AGENCY		 X X
APPROVED TESTING
AGENCY		 X X
ATTIC X
ATTIC, HABITABLE X
BASEMENT X
BEDRIDDEN PERSON X
BUILDING X X
BUILDING OFFICIAL X X
BUILT-UP ROOF COVERING X
CARE AND SUPERVISION X
CATASTROPHICALLY
INJURED		 X
CEILING HEIGHT X
CHILD CARE X
CHILD-CARE CENTER X
CHILD OR CHILDREN X
CHRONICALLY ILL X
CLOSET X
COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL X
CONGREGATE LIVING
HEALTH-FACILITY (CLHF)		 X
CONGREGATE RESIDENCE X
CONSTRUCTION
DOCUMENTS		 X

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CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE – MATRIX ADOPTION TABLE

CHAPTER 2 – DEFINITIONS—continued

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/C
C		 1 1R 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Adopt entire chapter
Adopt entire chapter as
amended (amended sections
listed below)		 X X
Adopt only those sections that
are listed below		 X
Chapter / Section
DAY-CARE X
DAY-CARE HOME, FAMILY X
DAY-CARE HOME,
LARGE FAMILY		 X
DAY-CARE HOME,
SMALL FAMILY		 X
DEPARTMENT X
DESIGN PROFESSIONAL X
DRAFT STOP X
DUCT SYSTEM X
DWELLING X
DWELLING UNIT X X
EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND
RESCUE OPENING		 X
ENERGY STORAGE
SYSTEMS (ESS)		 X
ENFORCEMENT X
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY X
ENFORCING AGENCY X X
ENTRY LEVEL X
EXTERIOR WALL X
EXTERIOR WALL ASSEMBLY X
EXTERIOR WALL COVERING X
FAMILY X
FENESTRATION X
FENESTRATION, VERTICAL X
FIREBLOCKING X
FIRE-RETARDANT-TREATED
WOOD		 X
FIRE SEPARATION
DISTANCE		 X
FLAME SPREAD X
FLAME SPREAD INDEX X
FULL-TIME CARE X
GRADE X
GRADE FLOOR OPENING X
GRADE PLANE X
GUARD_ OR GUARDRAIL_ X
HABITABLE SPACE X
HANDRAIL X
HAZARDOUS LOCATION X

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CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE – MATRIX ADOPTION TABLE

CHAPTER 2 – DEFINITIONS—continued

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
Adopt entire chapter as
amended (amended
sections listed below)		 X X
Adopt only those sections
that are listed below		 X
Chapter / Section
HEIGHT, BUILDING X
HEIGHT, STORY X
IGNITION SOURCE X
INFANT X
INFLATABLE AMUSEMENT
DEVICE		 X
INSULATING SHEATHING X
LABEL X
LABELED X X
LIMITED-DENSITY OWNER-
BUILT RURAL DWELLINGS		 X
LISTED X X
LISTING AGENCY X X
LIVE/WORK UNIT X
LIVING SPACE X
LODGING HOUSE X
LOT X
LOT LINE X
MARK X
MASONRY UNIT X
METAL ROOF PANEL X
METAL ROOF SHINGLE X
MEZZANINE, LOFT X
MULTIPLE STATION SMOKE
ALARM		 X
NONAMBULATORY PERSONS X
NONCOMBUSTIBLE MATE-
RIAL		 X
OCCUPIED SPACE X
OWNER X
PASSIVE SOLAR ENERGY
COLLECTOR		 X
PERSONS WITH
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES,
PROFOUNDLY OR SEVERELY		 X
PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) PANEL
SYSTEM, GROUND MOUNTED		 X
PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV)
SUPPORT STRUCTURE,
ELEVATED		 X
PROTECTIVE SOCIAL CARE
FACILITY		 X
PUBLIC WAY X
RAMP X

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CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE – MATRIX ADOPTION TABLE

CHAPTER 2 – DEFINITIONS—continued

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
Adopt entire chapter as
amended (amended sections
listed below)		 X X
Adopt only those sections
that are listed below		 X
Chapter / Section
REPAIR X X
REROOFING X X
RESIDENTIAL CARE
FACILITY FOR THE
CHRONICALLY ILL
(RCF/CI)		 X
RESIDENTIAL CARE
FACILITY FOR THE
ELDERLY (RCFE)		 X
RESIDENTIAL FACILITY
(RF)		 X
RESTRAINT X
ROOF ASSEMBLY X
ROOF COVERING X
ROOF COVERING SYSTEM X
ROOFDECK X
ROOF RECOVER X X
ROOF REPAIR X X
ROOF REPLACEMENT X
ROOFTOP STRUCTURE X
SHALL X
SINGLE STATION SMOKE
ALARM		 X
SKYLIGHTS AND SLOPED
GLAZING		 X
SMOKE-DEVELOPED
INDEX		 X
STAIR X
STAIRWAY X
STATE-OWNED/LEASED
BUILDING		 X
STORY X
STORY ABOVE GRADE
PLANE		 X
STRUCTURE X
SUNROOM X
TERMINALLY ILL X
TESTING AGENCY X
TODDLER X
TOWNHOUSE X
VENTILATION X
WILDLAND-URBAN
INTERFACE (WUI)		 X

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Part II—Definitions

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CHAPTER 2

DEFINITIONS

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Code development reminder: Code change proposals to definitions in this chapter preceded by a bracketed letter are considered by the IRC—Building Code Development Committee [RB], the IRC—Mechanical/Plumbing Code Development Committee [MP] or the IECC—Resi- dential Code Development Committee [RE] during the Group B (2022) Code Development Cycle.

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▸Contents — California Residential Code (Title 24, Part 2.5)
California Residential Code (Title 24, Part 2.5)
  1. Chapter 2 — DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS
  2. Appendix AF — RADON CONTROL
  3. Appendix AI — PRIVATE SEWAGE
  4. Appendix AJ — EXISTING
  5. Appendix AK — SOUND
  6. Appendix AO — AUTOMATIC
  7. Appendix AR — LIGHT STRAW-CLAY
  8. Appendix AS — STRAWBALE
  9. Appendix AU — COB CONSTRUCTION
  10. Appendix AV — BOARD
  11. Appendix AW — 3D-PRINTED BUILDING
  12. ▸Chapter 1 — SCOPE AND APPLICATION
    Overview
    1. Section 1.2
    2. Section 1.3
    3. Section 1.4
    4. Section 1.5
    5. Section 1.6
    6. Section 1.7
    7. Section 1.8
    8. Section 1.8.2
    9. Section 1.8.3
    10. Section 1.8.4
    11. Section 1.8.5
    12. Section 1.8.6
    13. Section 1.8.7
    14. Section 1.8.8
    15. Section 1.8.9
    16. Section 1.8.10
    17. Section 1.9
    18. Section 1.10
    19. Section 1.11
    20. Section 1.12
    21. Section 1.13
    22. Section 1.14
    23. Section R101
    24. Section R102
    25. Section R103
    26. Section R104
    27. Section R105
    28. Section R106
    29. Section R107
    30. Section R108
    31. Section R109
    32. Section R110
    33. Section R111
    34. Section R112
    35. Section R113
    36. Section R114
    37. Section R201
    38. Section R202
  13. Chapter 3 — BUILDING PLANNING
  14. Chapter 4 — FOUNDATIONS
  15. Chapter 5 — FLOORS
  16. Chapter 6 — WALL CONSTRUCTION
  17. Chapter 7 — WALL COVERING
  18. Chapter 8 — ROOF-CEILING CONSTRUCTION
  19. Chapter 9 — ROOF ASSEMBLIES
  20. Chapter 10 — CHIMNEYS AND FIREPLACES
  21. Chapter 44 — REFERENCED STANDARDS
  22. Appendix AH — PATIO COVERS
  23. Appendix AL — PERMIT FEES
  24. Appendix AQ — TINY HOUSES
  25. Appendix AT — SOLAR-READY PROVISIONS—DETACHED ONE- AND
  26. Appendix AX — SWIMMING POOL SAFETY ACT
  27. Appendix AY — AREAS PROTECTED BY THE FACILITIES
  28. Appendix AZ — EMERGENCY HOUSING

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