Cypress Municipal Code § 7.1 Building Code

(6) 2025 CRC Appendix V is hereby amended to conform with 2025 CBC Section 3109.2 as amended in items 13 and 14 above. Enclosure height shall be 60″ minimum.

(d) The 2025 California Green Building Code is hereby amended as follows:

(1) Section 202 is amended to add the following definition:

Sustainability. Consideration of present development and construction impacts on the community, the economy, and the environment without compromising the needs of the future.

(e) The following amendment is made to the California Mechanical Code, 2025 Edition, adopted by this chapter.

(1) Section 301.0 is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:

Equipment regulated by this Code shall not be located in any required front yard as established by the building code or zoning ordinances. Equipment may be located in a required side yard subject to Cypress Zoning Ordinance.

(f) The following amendment is made to the Uniform Housing Code, 1997 Edition, adopted by this chapter:

(1) Chapter 2 is hereby amended by adding thereto the following sections:

Section 201.1. Authority.

The Building Official and the health officer are hereby authorized and directed to administer and enforce all of the provisions of this Code. For such purposes, they shall have the powers of law enforcement officers.

Section 201.2. Right of Entry.

Whenever necessary to make an inspection to enforce any of the provisions of this code and the technical codes, or whenever the Building Official or health officer or their authorized representatives have reasonable cause to believe that there exists in any building, or upon any premises, any condition or code violation which makes such building or premises unsafe, dangerous or hazardous, the Building Official, the health officer or their authorized representatives may enter such building or premises at all reasonable times, to inspect the same or to perform any duty imposed upon the Building Official or the health officer by such codes, provided that if such building or premises be occupied, the Building Official, the health officer or their authorized representatives, shall first present proper credentials and demand entry; and if such building or premises be unoccupied, they shall first make reasonable effort to locate the owner or other persons having charge or control of the building or premises and request entry. If such entry is refused, the Building Official, the health officer or their authorized representatives shall have recourse to every remedy provided by law to secure entry.

No owner or occupant or any other person having charge, care or control of any building or premises shall fail or neglect, after proper request is made as herein provided, to promptly permit entry therein by the Building Official, the health officer or their authorized representatives for the purpose of inspection and examination pursuant to this code. Any person violating this subdivision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject to punishment in accordance with Section 1-7 of the Code of the City of Cypress.

(g) The following amendments are added to California Administrative Code, 2025 Edition:

(1) Chapter 1 is amended to add the following:

(a) Right of Entry. Whenever necessary to make an inspection to enforce any of the provisions of this code and the technical codes, or whenever the Building Official or health officer or their authorized representatives have reasonable cause to believe that there exists in any building, or upon any premises, any condition or code violation which makes such building or premises unsafe, dangerous or hazardous, the Building Official, the health officer or their authorized representatives may enter such building or premises at all reasonable times, to inspect the same or to perform any duty imposed upon the Building Official or the health officer by such codes, provided that if such building or premises be occupied, the Building Official, the health officer or their authorized representatives, shall first present proper credentials and demand entry; and if such building or premises be unoccupied, they shall first make reasonable effort to locate the owner or other persons having charge or control of the building or premises and request entry. If such entry is refused, the Building Official, the health officer or their authorized representatives shall have recourse to every remedy provided by law to secure entry.

No owner or occupant or any other person having charge, care or control of any building or premises shall fail or neglect, after proper request is made as herein provided, to promptly permit entry therein by the Building Official, the health officer or their authorized representatives for the purpose of inspections and examination pursuant to this code. Any person violating this subdivision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject to punishment in accordance with Section 1-7 of the Code of the City of Cypress.

(b) Failure to Obtain Permit, Pay Fees. Failure to obtain a permit and pay fees therefor before commencing work shall be deemed evidence of violation of the provisions of this Code. The amount of the permit fee shall be doubled for work commenced before a permit is issued.

(c) Collection and Refund of Fees. The Building Official shall collect such fees as are provided to be paid by this Code. In the event that any person has obtained a permit hereunder and no portion of the work of construction covered by such permit has been commenced, such permittee shall be entitled to a refund of eighty percent (80%) of the fee paid for such permit upon presentation of a written request therefor.

(Ord. No. 1199, § 1, 11-14-22; Ord. No. 1225, 11/10/2025)