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Title 18 — LONG BEACH BUILDING STANDARDS CODE

Long Beach Municipal Code Ch. 18.42 Electrical Code

Long Beach Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Long Beach

Cite as: Long Beach Municipal Code Chapter 18.42 · Text as of 2026-10-04

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Editor's note— ORD-19-0031 § 1(Exh. A), adopted Nov. 19, 2019, amended Ch. 18.42 in its entirety to read as herein set out. Former Ch. 18.42, §§ 18.42.010 and 18.42.020, pertained to similar subject matter, and derived from ORD-16-0026 § 1(Exh. A), 2016.

18.42.010 - Adoption of California Electrical Code.

The City Council adopts and incorporates by reference as though set forth in full in this chapter the 2025 Edition of the California Electrical Code (herein referred to as the "California Electrical Code"). The California Electrical Code is Part 3 of the California Code of Regulations, Title 24, also referred to as the California Building Standards Code. This part is based on the provisions of the 2023 Edition of the National Electrical Code (herein referred to as the "National Electrical Code") as developed by the National Fire Protection Association with necessary California amendments. The following annexes of the California Electrical Code are included: Annexes A, B, C, and I. The following articles, chapters or annexes of the California Electrical Code are deleted: Annexes D, E, F, G, H, J, and K.

The adoption of the California Electrical Code is subject to the changes, amendments and modifications to said code as provided in this chapter, and certain provisions of the Long Beach Municipal Code, which shall remain in full force and effect as provided in this title. Such codes and code provisions shall constitute and be known as the Long Beach Electrical Code. A copy of the California Electrical Code, printed as code in book form, shall be on file in the Office of the City Clerk.

(ORD-25-0019 § 1(Exh. A), 2025; ORD-22-0033 § 1(Exh. A), 2022; ORD-19-0031 § 1(Exh. A), 2019)

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