Moraga Municipal Code Ch. 15.04 Building Codes

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 318, § 3, adopted Jan. 14, 2026, repealed the former Ch. 15.04, §§ 15.04.010—15.04.050, and enacted a new Ch. 15.04 as set out herein. The former Ch. 15.04 pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. No. 310, § 1, adopted June 14, 2023.

The following portions of the Ordinance Code of Contra Costa County, California are adopted by reference under the authority of Sections 50020 through 50022.9 of the California Government Code:

The provisions of County Ordinance 2025-19, approved by the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors on November 4, 2025, adopting the 2025 California Building Code, the 2025 California Residential Code, the 2025 California Electrical Code, the 2025 California Mechanical Code, the 2025 California Plumbing Code, the 2025 California Energy Code, the 2025 California Historical Building Code, the 2025 California Existing Building Code and the 2025 California Green Building Standards Code with changes, additions and deletions to the County Ordinance Code Sections as listed in Section II through Section IX of said County Ordinance, with the exception of the following: Section III subsections 301.1.1 (Additions and Alterations) and 301.3.2 (Waste Diversion) of the 2025 California Green Building Standards Code (CGBSC) Chapter 3; section 4.408.1 of the CGBSC Chapter 4 (Construction Waste Management); section 4.408.2 of the CGBSC Chapter 4 (Construction Waste Management Plan); section 4.408.5 of the CGBSC Chapter 4 (Waste Management Plan Documentation); section 5.408.1 of the CGBSC Chapter 5 (Nonresidential Construction Waste Management); section 5.408.1.1 of the CGBSC Chapter 5 (Nonresidential Construction Waste Management Plan), and section 5.408.1.4 (Nonresidential Waste Management Plan Documentation). The ordinance from which this chapter derives is adopted pursuant to Health and Safety Code Sections 17922, 17958, 17958.5, and 17958.7, and Government Code Sections 50020 through 50022.10.

(Ord. No. 318, § 3, 1-14-2026)

1. The maintenance and operations manuals for new buildings required under CalGreen Section 4.410 shall be provided as computer files on a suitable digital storage format, such as CDs, DVDs or flash drives and in a commonly used file format, such as Adobe pdf. The organization of the maintenance and operations manual shall follow the sample standard format from the State Department of Housing and Community Development.

2. Nothing in this Code shall prohibit the town from imposing stricter standards than those set forth in the mandatory requirements of CalGreen.

(Ord. No. 318, § 3, 1-14-2026)

Adopted by reference in Section II of this section, Contra Costa County Ordinance Code Section 74-6.004, Drainage Facility Requirements, is amended by changing subsection (c) to read as follows:

"(c) Drainage of water from swimming pools and similar improvements (but not waste from water treatment facilities) shall be conveyed in accordance with the requirements of the NPDES Municipal Stormwater Permit for the Contra Costa Clean Water Program."

(Ord. No. 318, § 3, 1-14-2026)

In the Ordinance Code of Contra Costa County and each of the statewide codes adopted by reference, a reference to "board of supervisors" means the Town Council of the Town of Moraga, and a reference to an office, official title or other designation means the office, official title or designation in the governmental structure of the town, or if there is none, the official or titleholder in the town who performs the function of the duty referred to.

(Ord. No. 318, § 3, 1-14-2026)