Victorville Municipal Code Art. 1 Administrative Building Code

This Article shall be known as the Administrative Building Code of the City.

The 2025 Edition of the California Building Standards Administrative Code known as the California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 1, and Chapter 1, Division 2 of both the 2025 California Building Code, Title 24, Part 2, and the 2025 California Residential Code, Title 24, Part 2.5, as hereinafter modified, is designated and adopted by reference as the administrative building code of the City. One true copy of said California Building Standards Administrative Code, including Chapter 1, Division 2 of both the California Building and Residential Codes are on file in the City's Building Department and available for public inspection.

(Ord. No. 2303, § 1, 12-3-13; Ord. No. 2361, § 3, 12-20-16; Ord. No. 2397, § 6, 11-19-19; Ord. No. 2432, § 6, 12-6-22, eff. 1-5-23; Ord. No. 2458, § 6, 11-18-25)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2303, § 1, adopted December 3, 2013, repealed § 16-5.01.030, which pertained to scope.

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2361, § 3, adopted December 20, 2016, repealed § 16-5.01.040, which pertained to referenced codes.

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2458, § 6, adopted Nov. 18, 2025, repealed § 16-5.01.050, which pertained to creation of enforcement agency and derived from Ord. No. 2432, § 6, 12-6-22, eff. 1-5-23.

Sections 105.1.1 and 105.1.2 of the California Building Code are excluded from this adoption.

Sections 105.2 of the California Building Code and R105.2 of the California Residential Code are amended as follows:

(a) 105.2 (CBC) and R105.2, subsection 2, (CRC); Fences and walls not over three feet in height when located in rear or side yards and eighteen inches in height when located within front yards.

(b) 105.2, subsection 4 (CBC), R105.2 subsection 3 (CRC); Retaining walls which are not over 30 inches in height measured from the bottom of the footing to the top of the wall when located in rear or side yards and eighteen inches in height measured from lowest finished grade abutting the retaining wall when located in the front yard, unless supporting a surcharge or impounding Class I, II, or IIA liquids.

(c) 105.2, subsection 9 (CBC), R105.2 subsection 7 (CRC); Swimming pools and other water features less than eighteen inches in depth.

(Ord. No. 2361, § 3, 12-20-16)

(a) The purpose of this section is to continue to provide for the orderly, fair, and fiscally sound development of property within the City to promote the health, safety and welfare of its residents and to comply with the provisions of California Government Code section 66000 et seq. (the "Mitigation Fee Act"), or any applicable successor statutes.

(b) The City Council has previously established and charged development impact fees as a condition of approval of a development project for the purpose of defraying the cost of public facilities (including public improvements, public services and community amenities) resulting from the increased demand for public facilities reasonably related to the development project.

(c) Development impact fees are to be charged and paid on all development projects within the City in accordance with the most recent City Council resolutions making the findings required by the Mitigation Fee Act and adopting the development impact fee study(ies), capital improvement plan, development impact fee master fee schedule, and development impact fees and capacity charges Council policy.

(d) Development impact fees collected by the City shall be deposited, accounted for, reported on, and expended in accordance with the requirements of the Mitigation Fee Act and said City Council resolutions.

(Ord. No. 2299, 6-18-13, eff. 7-18-13; Ord. No. 2389, § 3, 3-19-19; Ord. No. 2432, § 6, 12-6-22, eff. 1-5-23)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2432, § 6, adopted December 6, 2022, effective January 5, 2023, repealed § 16-5.01.090, which pertained to street lighting and fire hydrants.

Sections 105.3.2 of the California Building Code and R105.3.2 of the California Residential Code are amended as follows:

Applications for which no permit is issued within 180 days following the date of application shall expire by limitation and plans and other data submitted for review may thereafter be returned to the applicant or destroyed by the Building Official. The Building Official may extend the time for action by the applicant for a period not exceeding 180 days on written request by the applicant showing that circumstances beyond the control of the applicant have prevented action from being taken. An application shall not be extended more than once. An application shall not be extended if this Code or any other pertinent laws or ordinances have been amended subsequent to the date of application or if there are active Code Enforcement cases related to the scope of the permit. In order to renew action on an application after expiration, the applicant shall resubmit plans and pay a new plan review fee.

(Ord. No. 2458, § 6, 11-18-25)

Sections 105.5 of the California Building Code and R105.5 of the California Residential Code are amended as follows:

Every permit issued by the Building Official shall expire and become void if either of the following occurs:

(a) No new work is completed within 12 months of issuance of the permit, or in the event of an extension granted by the Building Official, within any 180-day period thereafter.

(b) No inspections are requested for completed work within the initial 12-month period, or in the event of an extension granted by the Building Official, any 180-day period thereafter.

If substantial work has already been performed, a new permit must be obtained before work can resume. The fees for that permit shall be one-half the amount required for a new permit for the same work, provided no changes are required to be made or will be made in the original plans and specifications; and provided further that such suspension or abandonment of work or inspections has not exceeded one year. In order to resume work on a permit after a period of time in excess of one year, the permittee shall be subject to a new permitting process and is required to pay full permit fees. The Building Official may, at his or her discretion, allow the permit to be re-issues under the original approval if substantial work has already been completed and inspected under the original expired permit.

A permittee holding an unexpired permit may apply for an extension under that permit for good and satisfactory reasons. The Building Official may extend the time allowed for work to resume for a period not exceeding 180 days upon written request by the permittee. This request shall demonstrate that circumstances beyond the control of the permittee have halted work on the site. Permits will not be extended where any of the following are true:

1. There are unresolved Code Enforcement cases on the property in question.

2. New codes which impact the scope of the permit have been adopted.

(Ord. No. 2389, § 3, 3-19-19; Ord. No. 2458, § 6, 11-18-25)

The following is added to Section 111 of the California Building Code:

A certificate of occupancy application shall be submitted for each use of all structures and buildings. A processing fee shall be paid in accordance with the adopted fee schedule at the time of application.

(Ord. No. 2389, § 3, 3-19-19; Ord. No. 2458, § 6, 11-18-25)

Section 113 of the California Building Code and Section R112 of the California Residential Code are excluded from this adoption.