2025 California Building Standards Code and Local Amendments
Summary
SCH Number
2025110976
Public Agency
City of Laguna Woods
Document Title
2025 California Building Standards Code and Local Amendments
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
11/24/2025
Document Description
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA WOODS, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10 OF THE LAGUNA WOODS MUNICIPAL CODE (BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION) AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 2025 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS CODE (CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 24), CONSISTING OF THE 2025 CALIFORNIA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, 2025 CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE, 2025 CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE, 2025 CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL CODE, 2025 CALIFORNIA MECHANICAL CODE, 2025 CALIFORNIA PLUMBING CODE, 2025 CALIFORNIA ENERGY CODE, 2025 WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE CODE, 2025 CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL BUILDING CODE, 2025 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE, 2025 CALIFORNIA EXISTING BUILDING CODE, 2025 CALIFORNIA GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS CODE, AND 2025 CALIFORNIA REFERENCED STANDARDS CODE; AND DETERMINING AND CERTIFYING THAT THE ORDINANCE IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
On November 19, 2025, the Laguna Woods City Council approved second reading and adopted Ordinance No. 25-06 – read by title with further reading waived – titled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA WOODS, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10 (BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION) OF THE LAGUNA WOODS MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT CERTAIN AMENDMENTS, ADDITIONS, AND DELETIONS TO THE 2025 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE (CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 24, PART 9); AND DETERMINING AND CERTIFYING THAT THE ORDINANCE IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
On November 19, 2025, the Laguna Woods City Council approved second reading and adopted Ordinance No. 25-07 – read by title with further reading waived – titled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA WOODS, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10 (BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION) OF THE LAGUNA WOODS MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT CERTAIN AMENDMENTS, ADDITIONS, AND DELETIONS TO THE 2025 CALIFORNIA WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE CODE (CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 24, PART 7); AND DETERMINING AND CERTIFYING THAT THE ORDINANCE IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
The ordinances amend Laguna Woods Municipal Code, Title 10 (Buildings and Construction) and adopt by reference the 2025 Edition of the California Building Standards Code (California Code of Regulations, Title 24), consisting of the 2025 California Administrative Code, 2025 California Building Code, 2025 California Residential Code, 2025 California Electrical Code, 2025 California Mechanical Code, 2025 California Plumbing Code, 2025 California Energy Code, 2025 Wildland-Urban Interface Code, 2025 California Historical Building Code, 2025 California Fire Code, 2025 California Existing Building Code, 2025 California Green Building Standards Code (also referred to as CALGreen), and 2025 California Referenced Standards Code, together with certain amendments, additions, and deletions thereto. The ordinances confirm the City’s compliance with the provisions of California Code of Regulations, Title 24; clarify and enhance ease of use and application of Laguna Woods Municipal Code, Title 10, both for internal parties and the public; and, adopt local amendments to the 2025 California Fire Code and 2025 Wildland-Urban Interface Code to decrease the potential incidence of property damage, injury, and death due to fires and earthquakes, in a manner that is reasonable and necessary to mitigate local climatic, geological, or topographical conditions. The effective date of the ordinances is January 1, 2026.
Contact Information
Name
Justin Faylona
Agency Name
City of Laguna Woods
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Laguna Woods
Counties
Orange
Regions
Southern California
Zip
92637
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Not Subject to CEQA (Sec. 15060(c)(2); 15060(c)(3); 15378(b)(2); 15378(b)(5); 15061(b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
This project is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, Public Resources Code Section 21000, et. seq., as amended and implementing State CEQA Guidelines, Title 14, Chapter 3 of the California Code of Regulations (collectively “CEQA”) pursuant to sections 15060(c)(2) (the activities will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activities are not a project as defined in section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3. CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(2) excludes “[c]ontinuing administrative. . . activities, such as . . . general policy and procedure making” and Section 15378(b)(5) excludes “[o]rganizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment” from its definition of “project.”
Even if this project were subject to CEQA, it would be exempt based on CEQA Guideline section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment.
County Clerk
Orange
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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