Chula Vista Municipal Code Ch. 15.12 Buildings and Construction

GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS*

Sections:

• 15.12.001 California Green Building Standards Code, 2025 Edition, adopted by reference. 15.12.005 California Green Building Standards Code Subsection 102.4.

• Prior legislation: Ords. 3140, 3171 and 3227.

There is hereby adopted by reference the California Green Building Standards Code, 2025 Edition, known as the California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 11, as copyrighted by the California Building Standards Commission. Said document is hereby adopted as the Green Building Standards Code of the City of Chula Vista for enhancing the design and construction of buildings, building additions and alterations through the use of building concepts having a reduced negative impact or positive environmental impact and encouraging sustainable construction practices, excepting such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified, or amended. Chapter 15.06 CVMC shall serve as the administrative, organizational and enforcement rules and regulations for this chapter. (Ord. 3607 § 1, 2025; Ord. 3532 § 1, 2022; Ord. 3470 § 1, 2019; Ord. 3386 § 1, 2016; Ord. 3287 § 1, 2013).

Subsection 102.4 is added to Section 102 of the California Green Building Standards Code, as it applies in Chula Vista, and shall read as follows:

102.4 Consultant Services. The Building Official may require the applicant to retain the services of a consultant having expertise in green building and/or energy efficiency techniques to review and evaluate complex systems and/or alternate methods or materials of construction and provide recommendations as to compliance with the requirements of this code. The cost of such consultant shall be paid by the applicant.

• (Ord. 3607 § 1, 2025; Ord. 3532 § 1, 2022; Ord. 3470 § 1, 2019; Ord. 3386 § 1, 2016; Ord. 3287 § 1, 2013).