Rancho Cordova Municipal Code Ch. 16.02 Administrative Code

This chapter shall be known and cited as the Rancho Cordova administrative code.

(Ord. 10-2025, 11/17/2025)

The purpose of the Rancho Cordova administrative code is to provide for the uniform administration and enforcement of the technical codes adopted by this jurisdiction.

The purpose of the Rancho Cordova administrative code and the technical codes is not to create or otherwise establish or designate any particular class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or benefited by the terms of the Rancho Cordova administrative code.

(Ord. 10-2025, 11/17/2025)

A. 2025 California Building Code. Except as otherwise amended by RCMC § 16.02.060, Sections 101 through 116 of the 2025 Edition of the California Building Code, Part 2, Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, including Appendix C (Group U-Agricultural Buildings), are hereby adopted and incorporated by reference herein.

B. 2025 California Historical Building Code. Chapter 8-1 of the 2025 Edition of the California Historical Building Code, Part 8, Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, is adopted as is, with no modifications or amendments.

C. 2025 California Residential Code. Except as otherwise amended by this chapter, Sections R101 through R114 of the 2025 Edition of the California Residential Code, Part 2.5, Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, including Appendices BH (Automatic Vehicular Gates), Bl (Light Straw-Clay Construction), BJ (Strawbale Construction), BO (Existing Buildings and Structures) and CI (Swimming Pool Safety Act as amended) are hereby adopted and incorporated by reference.

D. 2025 California Existing Building Code. Sections 115 through 117 of the 2025 California Existing Building Code are hereby adopted and incorporated by reference.

E. 2025 California Plumbing Code. Except as otherwise amended by this chapter, Sections 101 through 106 of the 2025 California Plumbing Code, Part 5, Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, are hereby adopted and incorporated by reference herein.

F. 2025 California Mechanical Code. Except as otherwise amended by this chapter, Sections 101 through 106 (excluding Sections 104.2, 107, and Table 104.5) of the 2025 California Mechanical Code, Part 4, Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, are hereby adopted and incorporated by reference herein.

(Ord. 10-2025, 11/17/2025)

The provisions of the Rancho Cordova administrative code shall serve as the administrative, organizational, and enforcement rules, and regulations for the technical codes that regulate the site preparation and construction, alteration, moving, demolition, repair, use, and occupancy of buildings and structures; including, but not limited to, docks, harbors, wharves, marinas, boathouses, signs, swimming pools, accessory structures, and building service equipment within this jurisdiction.

(Ord. 10-2025, 11/17/2025)

A. Section [A] 101.1, "Title," is amended to read as follows:

[A] 101.1 Title.

These regulations shall be known as the Building Code of the City of Rancho Cordova, hereinafter referred to as "this code."

B. Section [A] 103.1, "Creation of enforcement agency," is amended as follows:

[A] 103.1 Creation of enforcement agency. The Building and Safety Department is hereby created and the official in charge thereof shall be known as the Chief Building Official (building official stated in code). The function of the agency shall be the implementation, administration and enforcement of the provisions of this code.

C. Section [A] 105.2, "Work exempt from permit," is amended to read as follows:

[A] 105.2 Work exempt from permit. Exemptions from permit requirements of this code shall not be deemed to grant authorization for any work to be done in any manner in violation of the provisions of this code or any other laws or ordinances of this jurisdiction. All structures must meet set-back and height requirements as determined by the City Planning Department. Permits shall not be required for the following:

Building:

Electrical:

Gas:

Mechanical:

Plumbing:

Sign:

D. Section [A] 105.2.2.1, "Limits on repair for R-3 and U occupancies," is added to read as follows:

[A] 105.2.2.1 Limits on repair for R-3 and U occupancies. When the scope of work for R-3 and U Occupancies involves the removal or replacement of 50 percent or greater of the linear length of the walls of the building (exterior plus interior) within a one-year period, the project shall be considered new construction; and the entire building shall comply with all current codes.

E. Section [A] 105.4.1, "Certificate of construction," is added to read as follows:

[A] 105.4.1 Certificate of construction. The Building Official may issue a Certificate of Construction for projects where a building permit is not appropriate. Typical examples of such projects are structures constructed for Rancho Cordova where a building permit would not be issued but a plan review would be performed or a project not under Rancho Cordova's jurisdiction but where inspection is to be conducted by the City on a contract.

F. Section [A] 105.4.2, "Certificate of release," is added to read as follows:

[A] 105.4.2 Certificate of release. Prior to issuance of a permit, a Certificate of Release shall be obtained from the fire protection district for the following:

1. Multi-family dwellings.

2. Most commercial projects. The following commercial projects do not require Certificate of Release from the fire protection district (list is not all inclusive; contact the Building & Safety Division to verify):

a. Miscellaneous mechanical, plumbing, and electrical permits.

b. Re-roofing or roof repairs.

c. Public Pools.

d. Signs (pole, wall and monument).

e. Partial Permits (with no work effecting fire suppression).

f. Demolition permits.

g. Incidental repairs not effecting fire suppression.

G. Section [A] 105.7, "Placement of permit," is amended to read as follows:

[A] 105.7 Placement of permit. Work requiring a permit shall not be commenced until the permit holder or an agent of the permit holder has posted the building permit in a highly visible location on the job site so as to allow the Building Official to conveniently make the required entries thereon regarding inspection of the work. The permit application, or a copy, and all correction notices must be kept with the building permit. This permit shall be maintained available by the permit holder until completion of the work and final approval has been granted by the Building Official.

H. Section [A] 109.2, "Schedule of permit fees," is amended to read as follows:

[A] 109.2 Schedule of permit fees. On buildings, structures, electrical, gas, mechanical and plumbing systems or alterations requiring a permit, a fee for each permit shall be paid as required, in accordance with the schedule as prescribed by resolution of the City of Rancho Cordova.

When submittal documents are required by Section 107, a plan review fee shall be paid at the time of submitting the documents for plan review. Said plan review fee shall be prescribed by resolution of the City of Rancho Cordova.

When submittal documents are incomplete or changed so as to require additional plan review, or when the project involves a deferred submittal item as defined in Section [A] 107.3.4.1 and or amended construction documents as defined in [A] Section 107.4, an additional plan review fee shall be charged as prescribed by resolution of the City of Rancho Cordova.

I. Section [A] 109.6, "Refunds," is amended to read as follows:

[A] 109.6 Refunds. The Building Official may authorize the refunding of any fee paid hereunder that was erroneously paid or collected.

The Building Official may authorize the refunding of not more than 40 percent of the total permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this Code. Where no plan review fee was required, the Building Official may authorize the refunding of not more than 80 percent of the total permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this Code.

The Building Official may authorize the refunding of not more than 80 percent of the plan review fee paid when an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or canceled before any plan reviewing is done.

The Building Official shall not authorize the refunding of any fee paid except upon written application filed by the original applicant no later than 180 days after the date of fee payment.

J. Section [A] 109.7, "Reinspections," is added to read as follows:

[A] 109.7 Reinspections. A re-inspection fee may be assessed for any of the following reasons:

1. When such portion of work for which inspection is called is not completely ready or when previous corrections called for are not made.

2. When the job address is not clearly posted and visible from the street or the front of the building.

3. When there is a lack of access to the work to be inspected.

4. When the building permit is not posted on the job site.

5. When the approved plans are not readily available to the inspector.

6. When the building permit, or a copy, and any previous correction notice(s) are not readily available.

7. For deviating from plans requiring the approval of the Building Official.

This section is not to be interpreted as requiring re-inspection fees the first time a job is rejected for failure to comply with the requirements of this Code, but as controlling the practice of calling for inspections before the job is completely ready for such inspection.

To obtain a re-inspection, the applicant shall pay any re-inspection fee as prescribed by resolution of the City of Rancho Cordova.

In instances where re-inspection fees have been assessed, no additional inspection of the work will be performed until the required fees have been paid.

K. Section [A] 111.1, "Change of occupancy," is amended to read as follows:

[A] 111.1 Change of occupancy. A building or structure shall not be used or occupied in whole or in part, and a change of occupancy of a building or structure or portion thereof shall not 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 other ordinances of the City of Rancho Cordova. Certificates presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of this code or other ordinances of the City of Rancho Cordova shall not be valid.

Exceptions:

L. Section [A] 110.5, "Inspection requests," is amended to read as follows:

[A] 110.5 Inspection requests. It shall be the duty of the person doing the work authorized by a permit to notify the Authority Having Jurisdiction that such work is ready for inspection. The Authority Having Jurisdiction shall be permitted to require that a request for inspection be filed not less than 24 hours, not including weekends, before such inspection is desired. Such request shall be made electronically by telephone request service or via internet system.

It shall be the duty of the person requesting inspections in accordance with this code to provide access to and means for inspection of such work.

M. Section [A] 110.2, "Certificate issued," is amended to read as follows:

[A] 111.2 Certificate issued. After the building official inspects the building or structure and does not find violations of the provisions of this code or other laws enforced by the Building and Safety Division, the building official shall issue a certificate of occupancy that contains the following:

1. The building permit number.

2. The address of the structure.

3. The name and address of the owner or the owner's authorized agent.

4. A description of that portion of the structure for which the certificate is issued.

5. A statement that the described portion of the structure has been inspected for compliance with the requirements of this code.

6. The name of the building official.

7. The edition of the code under which the permit was issued.

8. The use and occupancy, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3.

9. The type of construction as defined in Chapter 6.

10. The design occupant load.

11. Where an automatic sprinkler system is provided, whether the sprinkler system is required.

12. Any special stipulations or conditions of the building permit.

N. Section [A]112.3, "Authority to disconnect service utilities," is amended to read as follows:

[A]112.3 Authority to disconnect service utilities. The building official shall have the authority to authorize disconnection of utility service to the building, structure or system regulated by this code and the referenced codes and standards in case of emergency where necessary to eliminate an immediate hazard to life or property or where such utility connection has been made without the approval required by Section 112.1 or 112.2. The building official shall notify the serving utility, and wherever possible the owner or the owner's authorized agent and occupant of the building, structure or service system of the decision to disconnect prior to taking such action. If not notified prior to disconnecting, the owner or the owner's authorized agent or occupant of the building, structure or service system shall be notified in writing, as soon as practical thereafter.

When any building service equipment is maintained in violation of the technical codes and in violation of any notice issued pursuant to the provisions of this section, the building official may institute any appropriate action to prevent, restrain, correct, or abate the violation.

O. Section [A] 112.3.1, "Authority to condemn building service equipment," is added to read as follows:

[A] 112.3.1 Authority to condemn building service equipment. Whenever the building official ascertains that any building service equipment regulated in the technical codes has become hazardous to life, health, or property or becomes unsanitary, the code official shall order, in writing, that such equipment either be removed or restored to a safe or sanitary condition, whichever is appropriate. The written notice shall fix a time limit for compliance with such order. No person shall use or maintain defective building service equipment after receiving such notice.

When such equipment or installation is to be disconnected, a written notice of such disconnection and causes therefore shall be given as soon as practical thereafter to the utility, the owner, and occupant of such building, structure, or premises.

When any building service equipment is maintained in violation of the technical codes and in violation of any notice issued pursuant to the provisions of this section, the building official shall institute any appropriate action to prevent, restrain, correct, or abate the violation.

P. Section [A] 112.3.2, "Connection after order to disconnect," is added to read as follows:

[A] 112.3.2 Connection after order to disconnect. No person shall make connections from any energy, fuel, or power supply nor supply energy or fuel to any building service utilities or equipment that has been disconnected or ordered to be disconnected by the building official or the use of which has been ordered to be discontinued by the building official until the building official authorizes the reconnection and use of such equipment.

The building official shall have the right to withhold clearing building service utilities or equipment for hookup by the service agency if the owner or contractor refuses to comply with other ordinances affecting the structure as a whole.

Q. Section [A] 114.4, "Violation fee," is amended to read as follows:

[A] 114.4 Violation fee. Any person who violates a provision of this code or fails to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who erects, constructs, alters or repairs a building or structure in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the Building Official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code, shall be subject to penalties as prescribed by law.

A violation fee is separate and independent from all other fees and shall be collected regardless of whether a permit is then or subsequently issued. The violation fee shall not apply to emergency work when the Building Official determines that such work was urgently necessary and that it was not practical to obtain a permit prior to commencing the work. In such cases, a permit must be obtained as soon as it is practical to do so; if there is an unreasonable delay in obtaining such permit, the violation fee may be charged. Payment of the violation fee does not exempt any person from compliance with other provisions of this Code, the technical codes, or from any penalty otherwise prescribed by law.

The minimum violation fee will be based on one hour of inspection time, plus one hour of administrative work time, multiplied by the current labor rate for the appropriate position, in addition to the Total Permit Fee of any permits necessary to mitigate the violation.

The maximum violation fee will not exceed the amount equal to the Total Permit Fee, plus violation related inspection time and violation related administrative work time, multiplied by the current labor rate for the appropriate position, in addition to the Total Permit Fee of any permits necessary to mitigate the violation. The payment of such violation fee shall not exempt any person from compliance with other provisions of this Code, the Technical Codes, or from any penalty prescribed by law.

The Building Official shall have discretion to adjust a violation fee when extenuating circumstances exist.

Any person who violates the provisions of this code may also become subject to an Administrative Citation as described in RCMC § 16.18.205(F).

(Ord. 10-2025, 11/17/2025)

A. Section R101.1, "Title," is amended as follows:

R101.1 Title. These provisions shall be known as the Residential Code for One- and Two-family Dwellings of the City of Rancho Cordova, and shall be cited as such and will be referred to herein as "this code."

B. Section R103.1, "Creation of agency," is amended as follows:

R103.1 Creation of agency. The Building and Safety Department is hereby created and the official in charge thereof shall be known as the Chief Building Official (building official stated in code). The function of the agency shall be the implementation, administration and enforcement of the provisions of this code.

C. Section R105.2, "Work exempt from permit," is amended to read as follows:

R105.2 Work exempt from permit. Exemptions from permit requirements of this code shall not be deemed to grant authorization for any work to be done in any manner in violation of the provisions of this code or any other laws or ordinances of this jurisdiction. Permits shall not be required for the following:

Building:

It is permissible that these structures still be regulated by Part 7 California Wildland Urban-Interface Code, despite exemption from permit.

Electrical:

Gas:

Mechanical:

Plumbing:

Sign:

D. Section R105.2.2.1, "Limits on repair for R-3 and U occupancies", is added to read as follows:

R105.2.2.1 Limits on repair for R-3 and U occupancies. When the scope of work for R-3 and U Occupancies involves the removal or replacement of 50 percent or greater of the linear length of the walls of the building (exterior plus interior) within a one-year period, the project shall be considered new construction; and the entire building shall comply with all current codes.

E. Section R105.2.2.1, "Notices and orders," is amended to read as follows:

R104.6 Notices and orders.

The Building Official or duly authorized code enforcement officer shall issue necessary notices or orders to ensure compliance with this code. Notice of violations shall be in accordance with Section R113.2.

F. Section R105.4.1, "Certificate of construction," is added to read as follows:

R105.4.1 Certificate of construction. The Building Official may issue a Certificate of Construction for projects where a building permit is not appropriate. Typical examples of such projects are structures constructed for Rancho Cordova where a building permit would not be issued but a plan review would be performed or a project not under Rancho Cordova's jurisdiction but where inspection is to be conducted by the City on a contract.

G. Section R105.4.2, "Certificate of release," is added to read as follows:

R105.4.2 Certificate of release. Prior to issuance of a permit, a Certificate of Release shall be obtained from the fire protection district for the following:

1. Any new dwelling when there is no public water supply source with a distribution system conforming to City standards.

2. Any new dwelling, covered porch/patio, and attached garage 3,600 square feet or greater. Exception: Unenclosed metal patio covers.

3. Any new dwelling with a private access road.

4. Where the furthest point of the habitable structure is more than 150 feet from the public road.

H. Section R105.7, "Placement of permit," is amended to read as follows:

R105.7 Placement of permit. Work requiring a permit shall not be commenced until the permit holder or an agent of the permit holder has posted the building permit in a highly visible location on the job site so as to allow the Building Official to conveniently make the required entries thereon regarding inspection of the work. The permit application, or a copy, and all correction notices must be kept with the building permit. This permit shall be maintained available by the permit holder until completion of the work and final approval has been granted by the Building Official.

I. Section R106.3.4, "Deferred submittals," is added to read as follows:

R106.3.4 Deferred submittals. For the purposes of this section, deferred submittals are defined as those portions of the design that are not submitted at the time of the application and that are to be submitted to the Building Official within a specified period. Deferral of any submittal items shall have the prior approval of the Building Official. The registered design professional in responsible charge shall list the deferred submittals on the construction documents for review by the Building Official. Documents for deferred submittal items shall be submitted to the registered design professional in responsible charge who shall review them and forward them to the Building Official with a notation indicating that the deferred submittal documents have been reviewed and been found to be in general conformance to the design of the building. The deferred submittal items shall not be installed until the design and submittal documents have been approved by the Building Official.

J. Section R108.2, "Schedule of permit fees," is amended to read as follows:

R108.2 Schedule of permit fees. On buildings, structures, electrical, gas, mechanical and plumbing systems or alterations requiring a permit, a fee for each permit shall be paid as required, in accordance with the schedule as prescribed by resolution of the City of Rancho Cordova.

When submittal documents are required by Section R106, a plan review fee shall be paid at the time of submitting the documents for plan review. Said plan review fee shall be prescribed by resolution of the City of Rancho Cordova.

The plan review fees specified in this Section are separate fees from the permit fees specified in this Section and are in addition to the permit fees.

When submittal documents are incomplete or changed so as to require additional plan review, or when the project involves a deferred submittal item as defined in Section R106.4, an additional plan review fee shall be charged as prescribed by resolution of the City of Rancho Cordova.

K. Section R108.3, "Building permit valuations," is amended to read as follows:

R108.3 Building permit valuations. The applicant for a permit shall provide an estimated permit value at time of application. Permit valuations shall include total value of work, including materials and labor, for which the permit is being issued, such as structures, electrical, gas, mechanical, plumbing equipment, and permanent systems. If, in the opinion of the Building Official, the valuation is underestimated on the application, the permit shall be denied, unless the applicant can show detailed estimates to meet the approval of the Building Official. Final building permit valuation shall be set by the Building Official.

L. Section R108.5, "Refunds," is amended to read as follows:

R108.5 Refunds. The Building Official may authorize the refunding of any fee paid hereunder that was erroneously paid or collected.

The Building Official may authorize the refunding of not more than 40 percent of the total permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this Code. Where no plan review fee was required, the Building Official may authorize the refunding of not more than 80 percent of the total permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this Code.

The Building Official may authorize the refunding of not more than 80 percent of the plan review fee paid when an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or canceled before any plan reviewing is done.

The Building Official shall not authorize the refunding of any fee paid except upon written application filed by the original applicant no later than 180 days after the date of fee payment.

M. Section R108.7, "Re-inspection fee," is added to read as follows:

R108.7 Re-inspection fee. A re-inspection fee may be assessed for any of the following reasons:

This section is not to be interpreted as requiring re-inspection fees the first time a job is rejected for failure to comply with the requirements of this Code, but as controlling the practice of calling for inspections before the job is completely ready for such inspection.

To obtain a re-inspection, the applicant shall pay any re-inspection fee as prescribed by resolution of the City of Rancho Cordova.

In instances where re-inspection fees have been assessed, no additional inspection of the work will be performed until the required fees have been paid.

N. Section R109.3, "Inspection requests," is amended to read as follows:

R109.3 Inspection requests. It shall be the duty of the person doing the work authorized by a permit to notify the Authority Having Jurisdiction that such work is ready for inspection. The Authority Having Jurisdiction shall be permitted to require that a request for inspection be filed not less than 24 hours, not including weekends, before such inspection is desired. Such request shall be made electronically by telephone request service or via internet system.

It shall be the duty of the person requesting inspections in accordance with this code to provide access to and means for inspection of such work.

O. Section R110.1, "Use and occupancy," is amended to read as follows:

R110.1 Use and change of occupancy. A building or structure shall not be used or occupied in whole or in part, and a change of occupancy of a building or structure or portion thereof shall not 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 this code or other ordinances of the City of Rancho Cordova. Certificates presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of this code or other ordinances of the City of Rancho Cordova shall not be valid.

Exceptions:

P. Section R111.3, "Authority to disconnect service utilities," is amended to read as follows:

R111.3 Authority to disconnect service utilities. The building official shall have the authority to authorize disconnection of utility service to the building, structure or system regulated by this code and the referenced codes and standards in case of emergency where necessary to eliminate an immediate hazard to life or property or where such utility connection has been made without the approval required by Section 112.1 or 112.2. The building official shall notify the serving utility, and wherever possible the owner or the owner's authorized agent and occupant of the building, structure or service system of the decision to disconnect prior to taking such action. If not notified prior to disconnecting, the owner or the owner's authorized agent or occupant of the building, structure or service system shall be notified in writing, as soon as practical thereafter.

When any building service equipment is maintained in violation of the Technical Codes and in violation of any notice issued pursuant to the provisions of this section, the code official may institute any appropriate action to prevent, restrain, correct, or abate the violation.

Q. Section R111.4, "Authority to condemn building service equipment," is added to read as follows:

R111.4 Authority to condemn building service equipment. Whenever the building official ascertains that any building service equipment regulated in the technical codes has become hazardous to life, health, or property or becomes unsanitary, the code official shall order, in writing, that such equipment either be removed or restored to a safe or sanitary condition, whichever is appropriate. The written notice shall fix a time limit for compliance with such order. No person shall use or maintain defective building service equipment after receiving such notice.

When such equipment or installation is to be disconnected, a written notice of such disconnection and causes therefore shall be given as soon as practical thereafter to the utility, the owner, and occupant of such building, structure, or premises.

When any building service equipment is maintained in violation of the technical codes and in violation of any notice issued pursuant to the provisions of this section, the building official shall institute any appropriate action to prevent, restrain, correct, or abate the violation.

R. Section R111.4.1, "Connection after order to disconnect," is added to read as follows:

R111.4.1 Connection after order to disconnect. No person shall make connections from any energy, fuel, or power supply nor supply energy or fuel to any building service utilities or equipment that has been disconnected or ordered to be disconnected by the building official or the use of which has been ordered to be discontinued by the building official until the building official authorizes the reconnection and use of such equipment.

The building official shall have the right to withhold clearing building service utilities or equipment for hookup by the service agency if the owner or contractor refuses to comply with other ordinances affecting the structure as a whole.

S. Section R113.4, "Violation penalties," is amended to read as follows:

R113.4 Violation fee.

Any person who violates a provision of this code or fails to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who erects, constructs, alters or repairs a building or structure in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the Building Official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code, shall be subject to penalties as prescribed by law.

A violation fee is separate and independent from all other fees and shall be collected regardless of whether a permit is then or subsequently issued. The violation fee shall not apply to emergency work when the Building Official determines that such work was urgently necessary and that it was not practical to obtain a permit prior to commencing the work. In such cases, a permit must be obtained as soon as it is practical to do so; if there is an unreasonable delay in obtaining such permit, the violation fee may be charged. Payment of the violation fee does not exempt any person from compliance with other provisions of this Code, the technical codes, or from any penalty otherwise prescribed by law.

The minimum violation fee will be based on one hour of inspection time, plus one hour of administrative work time, multiplied by the current labor rate for the appropriate position, in addition to the Total Permit Fee of any permits necessary to mitigate the violation.

The maximum violation fee will not exceed the amount equal to the Total Permit Fee, plus violation related inspection time and violation related administrative work time, multiplied by the current labor rate for the appropriate position, in addition to the Total Permit Fee of any permits necessary to mitigate the violation. The payment of such violation fee shall not exempt any person from compliance with other provisions of this Code, the Technical Codes, or from any penalty prescribed by law.

The Building Official shall have discretion to adjust a violation fee when extenuating circumstances exist.

Any person who violates the provisions of this code may also become subject to an Administrative Citation as described in RCMC § 16.18.205(F).

(Ord. 10-2025, 11/17/2025)

A. Section [A] 101.1, "Title," is amended to read as follows:

[A]101.1 Title.

These regulations shall be known as the Existing Building Code of the City of Rancho Cordova, hereinafter referred to as "this code."

B. Section [A] 103.1, "Creation of agency," is amended as follows:

[A] 103.1 Creation of enforcement agency.

The Building and Safety Department is hereby created and the official in charge thereof shall be known as the Chief Building Official (code official stated in code). The function of the agency shall be the implementation, administration and enforcement of the provisions of this code.

C. Section [A] 105.2, "Work exempt from permit," is amended to read as follows:

[A] 105.2 Work exempt from permit. Exemptions from permit requirements of this code shall not be deemed to grant authorization for any work to be done in any manner in violation of the provisions of this code or any other laws or ordinances of this jurisdiction. All structures must meet set-back and height requirements as determined by the City Planning Department. Permits shall not be required for the following:

Building:

Electrical:

Gas:

Mechanical:

Plumbing:

Sign:

D. Section [A] 105.4.1, "Certificate of construction," is added to read as follows:

[A] 105.4.1 Certificate of construction. The code official may issue a Certificate of Construction for projects where a building permit is not appropriate. Typical examples of such projects are structures constructed for Rancho Cordova where a building permit would not be issued but a plan review would be performed or a project not under Rancho Cordova's jurisdiction but where inspection is to be conducted by the City on a contract.

E. Section [A] 105.4.2, "Certificate of release," is added to read as follows:

[A]105.4.2 Certificate of release. Prior to issuance of a permit, a Certificate of Release shall be obtained from the fire protection district for the following:

F. Section [A] 105.7, "Placement of permit," is amended to read as follows:

[A] 105.7 Placement of permit. Work requiring a permit shall not be commenced until the permit holder or an agent of the permit holder has posted the building permit in a highly visible location on the job site so as to allow the code official to conveniently make the required entries thereon regarding inspection of the work. The permit application, or a copy, and all correction notices must be kept with the building permit. This permit shall be maintained available by the permit holder until completion of the work and final approval has been granted by the code official.

G. Section [A] 108.2, "Schedule of permit fees," is amended to read as follows:

[A] 108.2 Schedule of permit fees. On buildings, structures, electrical, gas, mechanical and plumbing systems or alterations requiring a permit, a fee for each permit shall be paid as required, in accordance with the schedule as prescribed by resolution of the City of Rancho Cordova.

When submittal documents are required by Section 106, a plan review fee shall be paid at the time of submitting the documents for plan review. Said plan review fee shall be prescribed by resolution of the City of Rancho Cordova.

When submittal documents are incomplete or changed so as to require additional plan review, or when the project involves a deferred submittal item as defined in Section [A] 106.3.4. and or amended construction documents as defined in [A] Section 106.4, an additional plan review fee shall be charged as prescribed by resolution of the City of Rancho Cordova.

H. Section [A] 108.6, "Refunds," is amended to read as follows:

[A] 108.6 Refunds. The building official may authorize the refunding of any fee paid hereunder that was erroneously paid or collected.

The building official may authorize the refunding of not more than 40 percent of the total permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this Code.

Where no plan review fee was required, the building official may authorize the refunding of not more than 80 percent of the total permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this code.

The building official may authorize the refunding of not more than 80 percent of the plan review fee paid when an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or canceled before any plan reviewing is done.

The building official shall not authorize the refunding of any fee paid except upon written application filed by the original applicant no later than 180 days after the date of fee payment.

I. Section [A] 108.7, "Reinspection fees," is added to read as follows:

[A] 108.7 Reinspection fees. A re-inspection fee may be assessed for any of the following reasons:

This section is not to be interpreted as requiring re-inspection fees the first time a job is rejected for failure to comply with the requirements of this Code, but as controlling the practice of calling for inspections before the job is completely ready for such inspection.

To obtain a re-inspection, the applicant shall pay any re-inspection fee as prescribed by resolution of the City of Rancho Cordova.

In instances where re-inspection fees have been assessed, no additional inspection of the work will be performed until the required fees have been paid.

J. Section [A] 109.5, "Inspection requests" is amended to read as follows:

[A] 109.5 Inspection requests. It shall be the duty of the person doing the work authorized by a permit to notify the Authority Having Jurisdiction that such work is ready for inspection. The Authority Having Jurisdiction shall be permitted to require that a request for inspection be filed not less than 24 hours, not including weekends, before such inspection is desired. Such request shall be made electronically by telephone request service or via internet system.

It shall be the duty of the person requesting inspections in accordance with this code to provide access to and means for inspection of such work.

K. Section [A] 110.1, "Change of occupancy," is amended to read as follows:

[A] 110.1 Change of occupancy. A building or structure shall not be used or occupied in whole or in part, and a change of occupancy of a building or structure or portion thereof shall not 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 other ordinances of the City of Rancho Cordova. Certificates presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of this code or other ordinances of the City of Rancho Cordova shall not be valid.

Exceptions:

L. Section [A] 110.2, "Certificate issued," is amended to read as follows:

[A] 110.2 Certificate issued. After the building official inspects the building or structure and does not find violations of the provisions of this code or other laws enforced by the Building & Safety Division, the building official shall issue a certificate of occupancy that contains the following:

M. Section [A] 111.3, "Authority to disconnect service utilities," is amended to read as follows:

[A] 111.3 Authority to disconnect service utilities. The code official shall have the authority to authorize disconnection of utility service to the building, structure or system regulated by this code and the referenced codes and standards in case of emergency where necessary to eliminate an immediate hazard to life or property or where such utility connection has been made without the approval required by Section 111.1 or 111.2. The code official shall notify the serving utility and, wherever possible, the owner or the owner's authorized agent and the occupant of the building, structure or service system of the decision to disconnect prior to taking such action. If not notified prior to disconnecting, the owner, the owner's authorized agent or occupant of the building, structure or service system shall be notified in writing, as soon as practical thereafter.

When any building service equipment is maintained in violation of the Technical Codes and in violation of any notice issued pursuant to the provisions of this section, the code official may institute any appropriate action to prevent, restrain, correct, or abate the violation.

N. Section [A] 111.3.1, "Authority to condemn building service equipment," is added to read as follows:

[A] 111.3.1 Authority to condemn building service equipment. Whenever the code official ascertains that any building service equipment regulated in the technical codes has become hazardous to life, health, or property or becomes unsanitary, the code official shall order, in writing, that such equipment either be removed or restored to a safe or sanitary condition, whichever is appropriate. The written notice shall fix a time limit for compliance with such order. No person shall use or maintain defective building service equipment after receiving such notice.

When such equipment or installation is to be disconnected, a written notice of such disconnection and causes therefore shall be given as soon as practical thereafter to the serving utility, the owner, and occupant of such building, structure, or premises.

When any building service equipment is maintained in violation of the Technical Codes and in violation of any notice issued pursuant to the provisions of this section, the Building Official shall institute any appropriate action to prevent, restrain, correct, or abate the violation.

O. Section [A] 111.3.2, "Connection after order to disconnect," is added to read as follows:

[A] 111.3.2 Connection after order to disconnect. No person shall make connections from any energy, fuel, or power supply nor supply energy or fuel to any building service utilities or equipment that has been disconnected or ordered to be disconnected by the code official or the use of which has been ordered to be discontinued by the code official until the code official authorizes the reconnection and use of such equipment.

The code official shall have the right to withhold clearing building service utilities or equipment for hookup by the service agency if the owner or contractor refuses to comply with other ordinances affecting the structure as a whole.

P. Section [A] 113.4, "Violation penalties," is amended to read as follows:

[A] 113.4 Violation fee. Any person who violates a provision of this code or fails to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who erects, constructs, alters or repairs a building or structure in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the Building Official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code, shall be subject to penalties as prescribed by law.

A violation fee is separate and independent from all other fees and shall be collected regardless of whether a permit is then or subsequently issued. The violation fee shall not apply to emergency work when the Building Official determines that such work was urgently necessary and that it was not practical to obtain a permit prior to commencing the work. In such cases, a permit must be obtained as soon as it is practical to do so; if there is an unreasonable delay in obtaining such permit, the violation fee may be charged. Payment of the violation fee does not exempt any person from compliance with other provisions of this Code, the technical codes, or from any penalty otherwise prescribed by law.

The minimum violation fee will be based on one hour of inspection time, plus one hour of administrative work time, multiplied by the current labor rate for the appropriate position, in addition to the Total Permit Fee of any permits necessary to mitigate the violation.

The maximum violation fee will not exceed the amount equal to the Total Permit Fee, plus violation related inspection time and violation related administrative work time, multiplied by the current labor rate for the appropriate position, in addition to the Total Permit Fee of any permits necessary to mitigate the violation. The payment of such violation fee shall not exempt any person from compliance with other provisions of this Code, the Technical Codes, or from any penalty prescribed by law.

The Building Official shall have discretion to adjust a violation fee when extenuating circumstances exist.

Any person who violates the provisions of this code may also become subject to an Administrative Citation as described in RCMC § 16.18.205(F).

(Ord. 10-2025, 11/17/2025)

A. Section 104.2, "Exempt work," is amended to read as follows:

104.2 Exempt work. Exemptions from permit requirements of this code shall not be deemed to grant authorization for any work to be done in any manner in violation of the provisions of this code or any other laws or ordinances of this jurisdiction. A permit shall not be required for the following:

Plumbing Permits. A plumbing permit shall not be required for the following:

1. The stopping of leaks in drains, water, soil, waste or vent pipe; provided, however, that if any concealed trap, drainpipe, water, soil, waste or vent pipe becomes defective and it becomes necessary to remove and replace the same with new material, such work shall be considered as new work and a permit shall be obtained and inspection made as provided in this code.

2. The clearing of stoppages or the repairing of leaks in pipes, valves or fixtures, and the removal and reinstallation of water closets, provided such repairs do not involve or require the replacement or rearrangement of valves, pipes or fixtures.

3. Replacement of any minor part that does not alter approval of equipment or make such equipment unsafe.

B. Section 104.3.2, "Plan review fees," is amended to read:

104.3.2 Plan review fees. Where a plan or other data is required to be submitted in accordance with Section 104.3.1, a plan review fee shall be paid at the time of submitting construction documents for review. Said plan review fee shall be prescribed by resolution of the City of Rancho Cordova.

When submittal documents are incomplete or changed so as to require additional plan review, or when the project involves a deferred submittal item as defined in Section 104.3.4 and or amended construction documents as defined in Section 104.3.5, an additional plan review fee shall be charged as prescribed by resolution of the City of Rancho Cordova.

C. Section 104.3.4, "Deferred submittals," is added to read as follows:

104.3.4 Deferred submittals. For the purposes of this section, deferred submittals are defined as those portions of the design that are not submitted at the time of the application and that are to be submitted to the Building Official within a specified period. Deferral of any submittal items shall have the prior approval of the Building Official. The registered design professional in responsible charge shall list the deferred submittals on the construction documents for review by the Building Official. Documents for deferred submittal items shall be submitted to the registered design professional in responsible charge who shall review them and forward them to the Building Official with a notation indicating that the deferred submittal documents have been reviewed and been found to be in general conformance to the design of the building. The deferred submittal items shall not be installed until the design and submittal documents have been approved by the Building Official.

D. Section 104.3.5, "Amended construction documents," is added to read as follows:

104.3.5 Amended construction documents. Work shall be installed in accordance with the approved construction documents, and any changes made during construction that are not in compliance with the approved construction documents shall be resubmitted for approval as an amended set of construction documents.

E. Section 104.4.6, "Retention of plans," is amended to read as follows:

104.4.6 Retention of plans. One set of approved construction documents and computations, either paper or electronic, will be retained by the Authority Having Jurisdiction until final approval of the work covered therein.

Plans will be retained as required by the jurisdiction's Record Retention Policy, a copy of which is available for inspection from the Authority Having Jurisdiction.

F. Section 104.5, "Schedule of permit fees," is amended to read as follows:

104.5 Schedule of permit fees. On buildings, structures, electrical, gas, mechanical and plumbing systems or alterations requiring a permit, a fee for each permit shall be paid as required, in accordance with the schedule as prescribed by resolution of the City of Rancho Cordova.

When submittal documents are required, a plan review fee shall be paid at the time of submitting the documents for plan review. Said plan review fee shall be prescribed by resolution of the City of Rancho Cordova.

The plan review fees specified in this Section are separate fees from the permit fees specified in this Section and are in addition to the permit fees.

When submittal documents are incomplete or changed so as to require additional plan review, or when the project involves a deferred submittal item as defined in Section 104.3.4, an additional plan review fee shall be charged as prescribed by resolution of the City of Rancho Cordova.

G. Section 104.5.2, "Violation fee," is amended to read as follows:

104.5.2 Violation fee. Any person who violates a provision of this code or fails to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who erects, constructs, alters or repairs a building or structure in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the Building Official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code, shall be subject to penalties as prescribed by law.

A violation fee is separate and independent from all other fees and shall be collected regardless of whether a permit is then or subsequently issued. The violation fee shall not apply to emergency work when the Building Official determines that such work was urgently necessary and that it was not practical to obtain a permit prior to commencing the work. In such cases, a permit must be obtained as soon as it is practical to do so; if there is an unreasonable delay in obtaining such permit, the violation fee may be charged. Payment of the violation fee does not exempt any person from compliance with other provisions of this Code, the technical codes, or from any penalty otherwise prescribed by law.

The minimum violation fee will be based on one hour of inspection time, plus one hour of administrative work time, multiplied by the current labor rate for the appropriate position, in addition to the Total Permit Fee of any permits necessary to mitigate the violation.

The maximum violation fee will not exceed the amount equal to the Total Permit Fee, plus violation related inspection time and violation related administrative work time, multiplied by the current labor rate for the appropriate position, in addition to the Total Permit Fee of any permits necessary to mitigate the violation. The payment of such violation fee shall not exempt any person from compliance with other provisions of this Code, the Technical Codes, or from any penalty prescribed by law.

The Building Official shall have discretion to adjust a violation fee when extenuating circumstances exist.

Any person who violates the provisions of this code may also become subject to an Administrative Citation as described in RCMC § 16.18.205(F).

H. Section 104.5.3, "Fee refunds," is amended to read as follows:

104.5.3 Fee refunds. The Building Official may authorize the refunding of any fee paid hereunder that was erroneously paid or collected.

The Building Official may authorize the refunding of not more than 40 percent of the total permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this Code. Where no plan review fee was required, the Building Official may authorize the refunding of not more than 80 percent of the total permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this Code.

The Building Official may authorize the refunding of not more than 80 percent of the plan review fee paid when an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or canceled before any plan reviewing is done.

The Building Official shall not authorize the refunding of any fee paid except upon written application filed by the original applicant no later than 180 days after the date of fee payment.

I. Section 105.2.3, "Inspection requests," is amended to read as follows:

105.2.3 Inspection requests. It shall be the duty of the person doing the work authorized by a permit to notify the Authority Having Jurisdiction that such work is ready for inspection. The Authority Having Jurisdiction shall be permitted to require that a request for inspection be filed not less than 24 hours, not including weekends, before such inspection is desired. Such request shall be made electronically by telephone request service or via internet system.

It shall be the duty of the person requesting inspections in accordance with this code to provide access to and means for inspection of such work.

J. Section 105.2.4, "Advance notice," is deleted.

K. Section 105.2.6, "Reinspections," is amended to read as follows:

105.2.6 Reinspections. A re-inspection fee may be assessed for any of the following reasons:

This section is not to be interpreted as requiring re-inspection fees the first time a job is rejected for failure to comply with the requirements of this Code, but as controlling the practice of calling for inspections before the job is completely ready for such inspection.

To obtain a re-inspection, the applicant shall pay any re-inspection fee as prescribed by resolution of the City of Rancho Cordova.

In instances where re-inspection fees have been assessed, no additional inspection of the work will be performed until the required fees have been paid.

L. Section 106.2, "Notices of violation," is amended to read as follows:

106.2 Notices of violation. Notices of violation shall be written by the Authority Having Jurisdiction and shall be permitted to be posted at the site of the work or mailed or delivered to the permittee or their authorized representative.

Refusal, failure, or neglect to comply with such notice or order within the prescribed timeframe, shall be considered a violation of this code and shall be subject to the penalties set forth by the governing laws of the jurisdiction.

M. Section 106.5, "Authority to disconnect service utilities" is amended to read as follows:

106.5 Authority to disconnect service utilities. The Building Official or an authorized representative shall have the authority to disconnect any utility service or energy supplied to the building, structure, or building service equipment therein regulated by this Code or the Technical Codes when the building owner or occupant knowingly fails to comply with a notice or order, in case of emergency where necessary to eliminate an immediate hazard to life or property, or where such utility connection has been made without approval of the building official.

The building official shall notify the serving utility, and wherever possible the owner or the owner's authorized agent and occupant of the building, structure or service system of the decision to disconnect prior to taking such action. If not notified prior to disconnecting, the owner or the owner's authorized agent or occupant of the building, structure or service system shall be notified in writing, as soon as practical thereafter.

When any building service equipment is maintained in violation of the technical codes and in violation of any notice issued pursuant to the provisions of this section, the building official may institute any appropriate action to prevent, restrain, correct, or abate the violation.

N. Section 106.6, "Authority to condemn building service equipment," is amended to read as follows:

106.6 Authority to condemn building service equipment. Whenever the building official ascertains that any building service equipment regulated in the technical codes has become hazardous to life, health, or property or becomes unsanitary, the code official shall order, in writing, that such equipment either be removed or restored to a safe or sanitary condition, whichever is appropriate. The written notice shall fix a time limit for compliance with such order.

No person shall use or maintain defective building service equipment after receiving such notice.

When such equipment or installation is to be disconnected, a written notice of such disconnection and causes therefore shall be given as soon as practical thereafter to the utility, the owner, and occupant of such building, structure, or premises.

When any building service equipment is maintained in violation of the technical codes and in violation of any notice issued pursuant to the provisions of this section, the building official shall institute any appropriate action to prevent, restrain, correct, or abate the violation.

O. Section 106.7, "Connection after order to disconnect," is added to read as follows:

106.7 Connection after order to disconnect. No person shall make connections from any energy, fuel, or power supply nor supply energy or fuel to any building service utilities or equipment that has been disconnected or ordered to be disconnected by the Building Official or the use of which has been ordered to be discontinued by the Building Official until the Building Official authorizes the reconnection and use of such equipment.

The Building Official shall have the right to withhold clearing building service utilities or equipment for hookup by the service agency if the owner or contractor refuses to comply with other ordinances affecting the structure as a whole.

P. Section [A] 108.2, "Schedule of permit fees," is amended to read as follows:

[A] 108.2 Schedule of permit fees. On buildings, structures, electrical, gas, mechanical and plumbing systems or alterations requiring a permit, a fee for each permit shall be paid as required, in accordance with the schedule as prescribed by resolution of the City of Rancho Cordova.

When submittal documents are required by Section 106, a plan review fee shall be paid at the time of submitting the documents for plan review. Said plan review fee shall be prescribed by resolution of the City of Rancho Cordova.

When submittal documents are incomplete or changed so as to require additional plan review, or when the project involves a deferred submittal item as defined in Section [A] 106.3.4. and or amended construction documents as defined in [A] Section 106.4, an additional plan review fee shall be charged as prescribed by resolution of the City of Rancho Cordova.

(Ord. 10-2025, 11/17/2025)

A. Section 104.3.2, "Plan review fees" is amended to read:

104.3.2 Plan review fees. Where a plan or other data is required to be submitted in accordance with Section 104.3.1, a plan review fee shall be paid at the time of submitting construction documents for review. Said plan review fee shall be prescribed by resolution of the City of Rancho Cordova.

When submittal documents are incomplete or changed so as to require additional plan review, or when the project involves a deferred submittal item as defined in Section 104.3.4 and or amended construction documents as defined in Section 104.3.5, an additional plan review fee shall be charged as prescribed by resolution of the City of Rancho Cordova.

B. Section 104.3.4, "Deferred submittals," is added to read as follows:

104.3.4 Deferred submittals. For the purposes of this section, deferred submittals are defined as those portions of the design that are not submitted at the time of the application and that are to be submitted to the Building Official within a specified period. Deferral of any submittal items shall have the prior approval of the Building Official. The registered design professional in responsible charge shall list the deferred submittals on the construction documents for review by the Building Official. Documents for deferred submittal items shall be submitted to the registered design professional in responsible charge who shall review them and forward them to the Building Official with a notation indicating that the deferred submittal documents have been reviewed and been found to be in general conformance to the design of the building. The deferred submittal items shall not be installed until the design and submittal documents have been approved by the Building Official.

C. Section 104.4.6, "Retention of plans," is amended to read as follows:

104.4.6 Retention of plans. One set of approved construction documents and computations, either paper or electronic, will be retained by the Authority Having Jurisdiction until final approval of the work covered therein.

Plans will be retained as required by the jurisdiction's Record Retention Policy, a copy of which is available for inspection from the Authority Having Jurisdiction.

D. Section 104.5, "Schedule of permit fees," is amended to read as follows:

104.5 Schedule of permit fees. On buildings, structures, electrical, gas, mechanical and plumbing systems or alterations requiring a permit, a fee for each permit shall be paid as required, in accordance with the schedule as prescribed by resolution of the City of Rancho Cordova.

When submittal documents are required, a plan review fee shall be paid at the time of submitting the documents for plan review. Said plan review fee shall be prescribed by resolution of the City of Rancho Cordova.

The plan review fees specified in this Section are separate fees from the permit fees specified in this Section and are in addition to the permit fees.

When submittal documents are incomplete or changed so as to require additional plan review, or when the project involves a deferred submittal item as defined in Section 104.3.1, an additional plan review fee shall be charged as prescribed by resolution of the City of Rancho Cordova.

E. Section 104.5.2, "Violation fee" is amended to read as follows:

104.5.2 Violation fee. Any person who violates a provision of this code or fails to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who erects, constructs, alters or repairs a building or structure in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the Building Official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code, shall be subject to penalties as prescribed by law.

A violation fee is separate and independent from all other fees and shall be collected regardless of whether a permit is then or subsequently issued. The violation fee shall not apply to emergency work when the Building Official determines that such work was urgently necessary and that it was not practical to obtain a permit prior to commencing the work. In such cases, a permit must be obtained as soon as it is practical to do so; if there is an unreasonable delay in obtaining such permit, the violation fee may be charged. Payment of the violation fee does not exempt any person from compliance with other provisions of this Code, the technical codes, or from any penalty otherwise prescribed by law.

The minimum violation fee will be based on one hour of inspection time, plus one hour of administrative work time, multiplied by the current labor rate for the appropriate position, in addition to the Total Permit Fee of any permits necessary to mitigate the violation.

The maximum violation fee will not exceed the amount equal to the Total Permit Fee, plus violation related inspection time and violation related administrative work time, multiplied by the current labor rate for the appropriate position, in addition to the Total Permit Fee of any permits necessary to mitigate the violation. The payment of such violation fee shall not exempt any person from compliance with other provisions of this Code, the Technical Codes, or from any penalty prescribed by law.

The Building Official shall have discretion to adjust a violation fee when extenuating circumstances exist.

Any person who violates the provisions of this code may also become subject to an Administrative Citation as described in RCMC § 16.18.205(F).

F. Section 104.5.3, "Refunds" is amended to read as follows:

104.5.3 Refunds. The Building Official may authorize the refunding of any fee paid hereunder that was erroneously paid or collected.

The Building Official may authorize the refunding of not more than 40 percent of the total permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this Code. Where no plan review fee was required, the Building Official may authorize the refunding of not more than 80 percent of the total permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this Code.

The Building Official may authorize the refunding of not more than 80 percent of the plan review fee paid when an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or canceled before any plan reviewing is done.

The Building Official shall not authorize the refunding of any fee paid except upon written application filed by the original applicant no later than 180 days after the date of fee payment.

G. Section 105.2.3, "Inspection requests," is amended to read as follows:

105.2.3 Inspection requests. It shall be the duty of the person doing the work authorized by a permit to notify the Authority Having Jurisdiction that such work is ready for inspection. The Authority Having Jurisdiction shall be permitted to require that a request for inspection be filed not less than 24 hours, not including weekends, before such inspection is desired. Such request shall be made electronically by telephone request service or via internet system.

It shall be the duty of the person requesting inspections in accordance with this code to provide access to and means for inspection of such work.

H. Section 105.2.4, "Advance notice," is deleted, and incorporated into Section 105.2.3.

I. Section 105.2.6, "Reinspections," is amended to read as follows:

105.2.6 Reinspections. A re-inspection fee may be assessed for any of the following reasons:

This section is not to be interpreted as requiring re-inspection fees the first time a job is rejected for failure to comply with the requirements of this Code, but as controlling the practice of calling for inspections before the job is completely ready for such inspection.

To obtain a re-inspection, the applicant shall pay any re-inspection fee as prescribed by resolution of the City of Rancho Cordova.

In instances where re-inspection fees have been assessed, no additional inspection of the work will be performed until the required fees have been paid.

J. Section 106.2, "Notices of violation," is amended to read as follows:

106.2 Notices of violation. Notices of violation shall be written by the Authority Having Jurisdiction and shall be permitted to be posted at the site of the work or mailed or delivered to the permittee or their authorized representative.

Refusal, failure, or neglect to comply with such notice or order within the prescribed timeframe, shall be considered a violation of this code and shall be subject to the penalties set forth by the governing laws of the jurisdiction.

K. Section 106.5, "Authority to disconnect service utilities," is amended to read as follows:

106.5 Authority to disconnect service utilities. The Building Official or an authorized representative shall have the authority to disconnect any utility service or energy supplied to the building, structure, or building service equipment therein regulated by this Code or the Technical Codes when the building owner or occupant knowingly fails to comply with a notice or order, in case of emergency where necessary to eliminate an immediate hazard to life or property, or where such utility connection has been made without approval of the building official.

The building official shall notify the serving utility, and wherever possible the owner or the owner's authorized agent and occupant of the building, structure or service system of the decision to disconnect prior to taking such action. If not notified prior to disconnecting, the owner or the owner's authorized agent or occupant of the building, structure or service system shall be notified in writing, as soon as practical thereafter.

When any building service equipment is maintained in violation of the technical codes and in violation of any notice issued pursuant to the provisions of this section, the building official may institute any appropriate action to prevent, restrain, correct, or abate the violation.

L. Section 106.6, "Authority to condemn building service equipment" is amended to read as follows:

106.6 Authority to condemn building service equipment. Whenever the building official ascertains that any building service equipment regulated in the technical codes has become hazardous to life, health, or property or becomes unsanitary, the code official shall order, in writing, that such equipment either be removed or restored to a safe or sanitary condition, whichever is appropriate. The written notice shall fix a time limit for compliance with such order. No person shall use or maintain defective building service equipment after receiving such notice.

When such equipment or installation is to be disconnected, a written notice of such disconnection and causes therefore shall be given as soon as practical thereafter to the utility, the owner, and occupant of such building, structure, or premises.

When any building service equipment is maintained in violation of the technical codes and in violation of any notice issued pursuant to the provisions of this section, the building official shall institute any appropriate action to prevent, restrain, correct, or abate the violation.

M. Section 106.7, "Connection after order to disconnect," is added to read as follows:

106.7 Connection after order to disconnect. No person shall make connections from any energy, fuel, or power supply nor supply energy or fuel to any building service utilities or equipment that has been disconnected or ordered to be disconnected by the Building Official or the use of which has been ordered to be discontinued by the Building Official until the Building Official authorizes the reconnection and use of such equipment.

The Building Official shall have the right to withhold clearing building service utilities or equipment for hookup by the service agency if the owner or contractor refuses to comply with other ordinances affecting the structure as a whole.

N. Table 104.5, "Mechanical permit fees," is deleted.

(Ord. 10-2025, 11/17/2025)

A. Rancho Cordova Building Code. The Rancho Cordova Building Code contained within Chapter 16.04 RCMC shall be governed by the administrative, organizational, and enforcement rules of the 2025 California Building Code, as adopted and amended by this chapter.

B. Rancho Cordova Residential Building Code. The Rancho Cordova Residential Building Code contained within Chapter 16.06 of RCMC shall be governed by the administrative, organizational, and enforcement rules of the 2025 California Residential Code, as adopted and amended by this chapter.

C. Rancho Cordova Electrical Code. The Rancho Cordova Electrical Code contained with Chapter 16.28 RCMC shall be governed by the administrative, organizational, and enforcement rules of the 2025 California Building Code, as adopted and amended by this chapter.

D. Rancho Cordova Energy Code. The Rancho Cordova Energy Code contained with Chapter 16.26 RCMC shall be governed by the administrative, organizational, and enforcement rules of the 2025 California Building Code, as adopted and amended by this chapter.

E. Rancho Cordova Historical Building Code. The Rancho Cordova Historical Building Code contained within Chapter 16.05 RCMC shall be governed by the administrative, organizational, and enforcement rules of the 2025 California Building Code, as amended and adopted by this chapter, and the 2025 California Historical Building Code, as adopted by this chapter.

F. Rancho Cordova Existing Building Code. The Rancho Cordova Existing Building Code contained within Chapter 16.10 RCMC shall be governed by the administrative, organizational, and enforcement rules of the 2025 California Building Code, as amended and adopted by this chapter, and the 2025 California Existing Building Code, as adopted by this chapter.

G. Rancho Cordova Plumbing Code. The Rancho Cordova Plumbing Code contained within Chapter 16.24 RCMC shall be governed by the administrative, organizational, and enforcement rules of the 2025 California Building Code, as amended and adopted by this Chapter, and the 2025 California Plumbing Code, as adopted by this Chapter.

H. Rancho Cordova Mechanical Code. The Rancho Cordova Mechanical Code contained within Chapter 16.32 RCMC shall be governed by the administrative, organizational, and enforcement rules of the 2025 California Building Code, as amended and adopted by this chapter, and the 2025 California Mechanical Code, as adopted by this chapter.

I. Rancho Cordova Green Building Code. The Rancho Cordova Green Building Code contained within Chapter 16.38 of the Rancho Cordova Municipal Code shall be governed by the administrative, organizational, and enforcement rules of the 2025 California Building Code, as adopted and amended by this chapter.

J. Rancho Cordova Swimming Pool and Spa Code. The Rancho Cordova Swimming Pool and Spa Code contained within Chapter 16.36 RCMC, shall be governed by the administrative, organizational, and enforcement rules of the 2025 California Building Code, as amended and adopted by this chapter.

K. Rancho Cordova Moving Buildings Code. The Rancho Cordova Moving Buildings Code is contained within Chapter 16.40 RCMC, Moving Buildings.

(Ord. 10-2025, 11/17/2025)