Monterey Park Municipal Code Ch. 16.05 Building Code

Pursuant to Government Code Section 50022.9, the city council incorporates by reference Chapter 1, Division I and Chapter 2 through Chapter 35 and Appendices C, F, H, I, J and O of the California Building Code, 2025 Edition, as published in the California Code of Regulations Title 24, Part 2, Volumes 1 and 2.

(Ord. 2102 § 4, 2014; Ord. 2103 § 4, 2014; Ord. 2140 § 4, 2016; Ord. 2165 § 4, 2019; Ord. 2224 § 6, 2022; Ord. 2271, 12/3/2025)

California Building Code Chapters 9 and 15, 2025 Edition, are amended, deleted or added as follows:

(a) California Building Code Chapter 9 is deleted in its entirety and replaced with California Fire Code Chapter 9 as adopted and amended by Monterey Park Municipal Code Title 17 Fire Code.

(b) Table 1505.1 amended, by the deletion of Table 1505.1 and the addition of a new Table 1505.1 thereto, to read as follows:

TABLE 1505.1 MINIMUM ROOF COVERING CLASSIFICATIONS TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION

(c) Section 1505.1.2 is amended to read as follows:

1505.1.2 Roof coverings within all other areas other than Fire Hazard Severity Zones or a Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI). The entire roof covering of every existing structure where more than 50 percent of the total roof area is replaced within any one-year period, the entire roof covering of every new structure, and any roof covering applied in the alteration, repair or replacement of the roof of every existing structure, will be a fire-retardant roof covering that is at least Class A.

(Ord. 2102 § 4, 2014; Ord. 2103 § 4, 2014; Ord. 2140 § 4, 2016; Ord. 2165 § 4, 2019; Ord. 2224 § 6, 2022; Ord. 2271, 12/3/2025)