Long Beach Municipal Code Ch. 18.47 Green Building Standards Code

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Editor's note— ORD-25-0019 § 1(Exh. A), adopted Nov. 11, 2025, amended Ch. 18.47 in its entirety to read as herein set out. Former Ch. 18.47, §§ 18.47.010—18.47.080, pertained to similar subject matter, and derived from ORD-22-0033 § 1(Exh. A), adopted Nov. 15, 2022.

The City Council adopts and incorporates by reference as though set forth in full in this chapter the 2025 Edition of the California Green Building Standards Code (herein referred to as "California Green Building Standards Code"). The California Green Building Standards Code is Part 11 of the California Code of Regulations, Title 24, also referred to as the California Building Standards Code. The following appendices of the California Green Building Code are deleted: Appendices A4, A5, and A6.

The adoption of the California Green Building Standards 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 Green Building Standards Code. A copy of the California Green Building Standards 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)

Sections 4.408.1 through 4.408.5 of the California Green Building Standards Code are deleted in their entirety and replaced to read as follows:

4.408.1 General. Covered projects meeting the threshold of Section 18.67.020 of Title 18 of the Long Beach Municipal Code shall comply with Chapter 18.67 Construction Waste Reduction, Disposal and Recycling of Title 18 of the Long Beach Municipal Code.

(ORD-25-0019 § 1(Exh. A), 2025)

Section 5.303.1 of the California Green Building Standards Code is amended to read as follows:

5.303.1 Meters. Separate submeters or metering devices shall be installed for the uses described in Sections 5.303.1.1 through 5.303.1.3.

(ORD-25-0019 § 1(Exh. A), 2025)

Section 5.303.1.3 is added to Chapter 5 of the California Green Building Standards Code to read as follows:

5.303.1.3 Mixed-use occupancy. In new buildings with mixed-use occupancies, separate metering devices shall be dedicated solely to each residential and nonresidential uses. The plumbing system downstream of the meters for the residential and nonresidential uses shall be independent of the other and not cross-connected.

(ORD-25-0019 § 1(Exh. A), 2025)

Sections 5.408.1 through 5.408.1.4 of the California Green Building Standards Code are deleted in their entirety and replaced to read as follows:

5.408.1 General. Covered projects meeting the threshold of Section 18.67.020 of Title 18 of the Long Beach Municipal Code shall comply with Chapter 18.67 Construction and Demolition Recycling Program of Title 18 of the Long Beach Municipal Code.

(ORD-25-0019 § 1(Exh. A), 2025)