Sacramento County Municipal Code Ch. 16.32 Mechanical Code

§ 16.32.010. Title.¶

This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Sacramento County Mechanical Code" (hereinafter referred to as "this Code").

(SCC 1710 § 14, 2022; SCC 1775, 5/12/2026)

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§ 16.32.020. Purpose.¶

The purpose of this Code is to provide minimum system standards to safeguard life, limb, health, property, and public welfare by regulating and controlling the design, construction, installation, quality of materials, location, operation, and maintenance or use of heating, ventilating, cooling, refrigeration systems, incinerators, and other miscellaneous heat-producing appliances within this jurisdiction.

(SCC 1710 § 14, 2022; SCC 1775, 5/12/2026)

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§ 16.32.030. Adoption of the California Mechanical Code.¶

The 2025 California Mechanical Code, Title 24, Part 4, of the California Code of Regulations, a portion of the California Building Standards Code, as defined in the California State Health and Safety Code Sections 17922 and 18901 et seq. (hereinafter referred to as the "Mechanical Code"), and Mechanical Code Appendix A (hereinafter referred to as the "Appendix") and any rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto are hereby adopted as amended and incorporated by reference herein.

(SCC 1710 § 14, 2022; SCC 1775, 5/12/2026)

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§ 16.32.040. Definitions.¶

As used in this chapter, the word "Code" means the Sacramento County Mechanical Code.

(SCC 1710 § 14, 2022; SCC 1775, 5/12/2026)

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§ 16.32.050. Amendments.¶

The Mechanical Code is amended as follows:

A. Chapter 1 Division II Section 104.5 "Fees" is specifically not adopted.

B. Section 310.1 Condensate Disposal is amended as follows:

Section 310.1 Condensate Disposal.

Condensate from air washers, air cooling coils, fuel burning condensing appliances and the overflow from evaporative coolers and similar water supplied equipment or similar air-conditioning equipment shall be collected and discharged to an approved plumbing fixture or approved disposal area.

An approved plumbing fixture for the purpose of this section shall be one of the following:

1.	An approved trapped and vented receptor connected to a sanitary sewer;
2.	A downspout when terminated in an approved disposal area.
An approved disposal area for the purpose of this section shall be one of the following:
1.	A drywell with a rock fill;
2.	A planting area large enough to accept the discharge wastes;
3.	A storm drain system.
The waste pipe shall have a slope of not less than 1/8-inch per foot or 1 percent slope and shall be of approved corrosion-resistant material not smaller than the drain outlet size as required in either Section 312.3 or 312.4 of the Mechanical Code for air-cooling coils or condensing fuel-burning appliances, respectively.
Condensate or waste water shall not drain over a public way or over any improved private walkway, driveway, or improved surface.

(SCC 1710 § 14, 2022; SCC 1775, 5/12/2026)

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