Menifee Municipal Code Ch. 8.04 Building Code

(A) Except as hereinafter changed or modified, the 2025 California Building Code as published by the State Building Standards Commission, including all of its chapters (including Chapters 1 through 35), tables, indices, addenda, footnotes, and appendices (including appendices E, I, J, K, L, P and Q), are hereby adopted by reference as the Menifee Building Code and incorporated into this title.

(B) A copy of the 2025 California Building Code, including the above-designated appendices, shall be on file in the office of the City Clerk.

(Ord. 2016-205, passed 11-16-2016; Am. Ord. 2019-285, passed 11-20-2019; Am. Ord. 2022- 364, passed 11-16-2022; Am. Ord. 2023-381, passed 8-2-2023; Am. Ord. 2025-420, passed 9-17-2025)

(A) Chapter 1, Division I, § 1.8.4.2 is hereby amended to include the following:

On buildings, structures, electrical, gas, mechanical and plumbing systems or alterations requiring a permit, a fee for each permit shall be paid in accordance with the schedule as established by resolution of the City Council of the City of Menifee.

(B) Chapter 1, Division II, § 107.4 is hereby amended to include the following:

Amended Construction Documents: Any person commencing any work on a building, structure, electrical, gas, mechanical, or plumbing system before obtaining the necessary permit shall be subject to a penalty fee that shall be twice the fee which is established by the Building Official in addition to the required permit fees.

(Ord. 2016-205, passed 11-16-2016; Am. Ord. 2019-285, passed 11-20-2019; Am. Ord. 2022- 364, passed 11-16-2022; Am. Ord. 2025-420, passed 9-17-2025)

Chapter 1, Division I, § 1.8.8.1, is hereby amended to include the following:

The Planning Commission shall hear and decide appeals of orders, decisions or determinations made by the Building Official relative to the application and interpretation of this Code.

An application for appeal shall be based on a claim that the true intent of this Code or the rules legally adopted thereunder has been incorrectly interpreted, the provisions of this Code do not fully apply or an equally good or better form of construction is proposed. The Planning Commission does not have the authority to interpret the administrative provisions of the Building Code, nor shall the Planning Commission have any authority to waive requirements of this Code.

(Ord. 2016-205, passed 11-16-2016; Am. Ord. 2019-285, passed 11-20-2019; Am. Ord. 2022- 364, passed 11-16-2022; Am. Ord. 2025-420, passed 9-17-2025)

Chapter 1, Division II, § 105.1, is hereby amended to include the following:

No person shall construct, erect, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, demolish, or change the occupancy of a building or structure, or erect, install, connect, enlarge, alter, repair, remove, convert or replace any electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system, the installation of which is regulated by this Code, or to cause, permit, or suffer any such work to be done, without having first obtained a separate and valid permit for each such building, structure, or system from the Building Official.

(Ord. 2016-205, passed 11-16-2016; Am. Ord. 2019-285, passed 11-20-2019; Am. Ord. 2022- 364, passed 11-16-2022; Am. Ord. 2025-420, passed 9-17-2025)

Chapter 1, Division II, § 105.2, subsection 2 under "Building" is hereby amended to include the following:

Chain link, wood, or other similar fences not over seven (7) feet high, and masonry block walls less than three (3) feet high.

(Ord. 2016-205, passed 11-16-2016; Am. Ord. 2019-285, passed 11-20-2019; Am. Ord. 2022- 364, passed 11-16-2022; Am. Ord. 2025-420, passed 9-17-2025)

(A) Chapter 1, Division II, § 105.5 is hereby amended to include the following:

Except as set forth in Section 105.5.1, every permit issued by the Building Official shall expire by limitation and become null and void unless the work on the site authorized by such permit is commenced within 12 months after its issuance. If the work authorized on the site by such permit is commenced within 12 months after its issuance date, such permit shall expire by limitation and become null and void 180 calendar days after the last successful inspection. The Building Official is authorized to grant, in writing, one or more extensions of time, for periods not more than 180 days each. The extension shall be requested in writing and good cause demonstrated. In no event shall any permit be extended, nor shall any permit otherwise be valid, for any period exceeding three (3) years from the original date of issuance.

(B) Chapter 1, Division II, § 105.5.1 is hereby amended to include the following:

Notwithstanding Section 105.5, any permit issued in order to bring an unpermitted structure (as that term is defined in Section 202 of this Code) or other unlawful, substandard, or hazardous condition into compliance with any applicable law, ordinance, rule, or regulation shall expire by limitation and become null and void 90 calendar days from the date of its issuance. The Building Official may extend the validity of the permit for a period not exceeding 90 calendar days beyond the initial 90-day limit upon the written request by the applicant and good cause demonstrated filed with the Building Official prior to the expiration date of the original permit.

(Ord. 2016-205, passed 11-16-2016; Am. Ord. 2019-285, passed 11-20-2019; Am. Ord. 2022- 364, passed 11-16-2022; Am. Ord. 2025-420, passed 9-17-2025)

Chapter 1, Division II, § 111.1 is hereby amended to include the following:

No person shall use, occupy, or maintain, or allow the use or occupancy of, any unpermitted structure. No building or structure shall be used or occupied, and no change in the existing occupancy classification of a building or structure or portion thereof shall be made, until the Building Official has issued a certificate of occupancy therefor as provided herein. Issuance of a certificate of occupancy shall not be construed as an approval of a violation of the provisions of this Code or of other ordinances of the jurisdiction. Certificates presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of this Code or other ordinances of the jurisdiction shall not be valid.

(Ord. 2016-205, passed 11-16-2016; Am. Ord. 2019-285, passed 11-20-2019; Am. Ord. 2022- 364, passed 11-16-2022; Am. Ord. 2025-420, passed 9-17-2025)

Chapter 2, § 202 is hereby amended to include the following:

SUCCESSFUL INSPECTION shall mean a required inspection (as set forth in Section 110.3 of this Code) in which work inspected was determined by the Building Official or designee thereof to meet all applicable minimum Code requirements and the inspection was approved and documented as successful.

UNPERMITTED STRUCTURE shall be defined as any structure, or portion thereof, that was erected, constructed, enlarged, altered, repaired, moved, improved, removed, connected, converted, demolished or equipped, at any point in time, without the required approval(s) and permit(s) having first been obtained from the Building Official, or pursuant to a permit which subsequently expired and became null and void before receiving final approval from the Building Official.

(Ord. 2016-205, passed 11-16-2016; Am. Ord. 2019-285, passed 11-20-2019; Am. Ord. 2022-364, passed 11-16-2022)