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Earlier editions: 2026-09

Title 15 — BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION

El Monte Municipal Code Ch. 15.03 Mechanical Code

El Monte Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · El Monte

Cite as: El Monte Municipal Code Chapter 15.03 · Text as of 2026-10-04

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 3019, § 15, adopted Jan. 24, 2023, repealed the former Ch. 15.03, §§ 15.03.010—15.03.040, and enacted a new Ch. 15.03 as set out herein. The former Ch. 15.03 pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. No. 3011, § 3(Exh. A), adopted June 21, 2022.

15.03.010 - Adoption of 2023 Los Angeles County Mechanical Code.

A. The 2023 Los Angeles County Mechanical Code is hereby adopted in its entirety and incorporated by reference into the El Monte Municipal Code, together with, and subject to, those amendments, additions and modifications delineated in this chapter below. For the purposes of this Chapter 15.03, the 2023 Los Angeles County Mechanical Code, as adopted by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on November 15, 2022, as adopted herein may be referred to as the "El Monte Mechanical Code" or "this code."

B. The purpose of this code is to provide minimum standards to safeguard life or limb, health, property, and public welfare by regulating and controlling the design, construction, quality of materials, location, operation and maintenance or use of heating, ventilation, cooling, refrigeration systems, incinerators and other miscellaneous heat-producing appliances within the City of El Monte.

(Ord. No. 3019, § 15, 1-24-2023)

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15.03.020 - Fees and service charges.

The adopted provisions of the 2023 Los Angeles County Mechanical Code notwithstanding, permit and plan check fees and any other code-related fees or service charges shall be the fees or service charges of the City of El Monte unless changed by resolution of the El Monte City Council and may be amended, modified and/or updated from time to time by resolution.

(Ord. No. 3019, § 15, 1-24-2023)

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15.02.030 - Adoption of appendices.

The following appendices that are part of the 2023 Los Angeles County Mechanical Code are adopted in their entirety:

Appendices "B," "C," and "D."

(Ord. No. 3019, § 15, 1-24-2023)

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15.03.040 - Exclusion of other appendices.

Any additional appendices which may happen to be contained within the same book volume as the California Mechanical Code, 2022 Edition, are not adopted or incorporated into the El Monte Municipal Code unless stated in this chapter.

(Ord. No. 3019, § 15, 1-24-2023)

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