Los Altos Municipal Code Title 12 Buildings and Construction
Los Altos Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · Los Altos
Sections in this part
- Chapter 12.04 — Administrative Code
- Chapter 12.06 — Building Code
- Chapter 12.08 — Residential Code
- Chapter 12.10 — Electrical Code
- Chapter 12.12 — Mechanical Codes
- Chapter 12.14 — Plumbing Code
- Chapter 12.16 — Energy Code
- Chapter 12.18 — Wildland-Urban Interface
- Chapter 12.20 — Historical Building Code
- Chapter 12.22 — Fire Code
- Chapter 1 — SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION
- Chapter 2 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 5 — FIRE SERVICE FEATURES
- Chapter 7 — FIRE AND SMOKE PROTECTION FEATURES
- Chapter 9 — FIRE PROTECTION AND LIFE SAFETY SYSTEMS
- Chapter 12 — ENERGY SYSTEMS SECTION
- Chapter 33 — FIRE SAFETY DURING CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION Section
- Chapter 41 — TEMPORARY HEATING AND COOKING OPERATIONS
- Chapter 50 — HAZARDOUS MATERIALS-GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 54 — CORROSIVE MATERIALS
- Chapter 56 — EXPLOSIVES AND FIREWORKS
- Chapter 57 — FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS
- Chapter 58 — FLAMMABLE GASES AND FLAMMABLE CRYOGENIC FLUIDS
- Chapter 60 — HIGHLY TOXIC AND TOXIC MATERIALS
- Chapter 61 — LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASES
- Chapter 64 — PYROPHORIC MATERIALS
- Chapter 12.24 — California Existing Building Code
- Chapter 12.26 — Green Building Standards Code
- Chapter 12.28 — California Referenced Standards Code
- Chapter 12.30 — Penalty for Expired Permits
- Chapter 12.32 — Property Maintenance Code
- Chapter 12.34 — Abatement of Dangerous Buildings
- Chapter 12.36 — Housing Code
- Chapter 12.38 — Undergrounding Utilities
- Chapter 12.40 — Floodplain Management
Cite as: Los Altos Municipal Code Title 12 · Text as of 2026-10-03
Editor's note— Ord. No. 2025-541, § 1, adopted Oct. 28, 2025, repealed Title 12 in its entirety. Ord. No. 2025-542, § 1, adopted Oct. 28, 2025, added a new Title 12 to read as set out herein. Former Title 12, Chs. 12.04, 12.08, 12.10, 12.12, 12.16, 12.20, 12.22, 12.24, 12.26, 12.28, 12.30, 12.32, 12.36, 12.40, 12.42, 12.44, 12.48, 12.52, 12.56, 12.60, 12.66, 12.68, 12.70, 12.72, 12.74, pertained to buildings and construction and derived from Ord. 03-242, § 15 (part); Ord. 01-404, § 2 (part); Ord. 03-253, § 4 (part); Ord. No. 2011-363, § 1, adopted March 8, 2011; Ord. No. 2013-395, §§ 3, 5, 7, 10, 13, 15, 16, 18, 22, 26, 27, adopted December 10, 2013; Ord. No. 2015-413, § 1, adopted September 8, 2015; Ord. No. 2016-426, §§ 2—27 adopted November 8, 2016; Ord. No. 2017-437, § 1, adopted March 13, 2018; Ord. No. 2019-464, §§ 2—3, 13—30 adopted December 10, 2019; Ord. No. 2020-470A, § 1, adopted November 10, 2020; Ord. No. 2020-470B, § 1, adopted November 10, 2020; Ord. No. 2020-470C, § 1, adopted November 10, 2020; Ord. No. 2020-471, adopted November 10, 2020; Ord. No. 2021-479, § 2, adopted August 24, 2021; Ord. No. 2021-480, § 2, adopted September 14, 2021; Ord. No. 2022-487, §§ 2—5, 7, 8, 10—32, adopted November 29, 2022; Ord. No. 2023-490, § 2(App. A), adopted March 28, 2023; Ord. No. 2023-495, § 2, adopted June 27, 2023; and Ord. No. 2023-498, § 2(App. A), adopted September 12, 2023.
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