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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO ORDINANCE NO. 2025-016 ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLES 1, 3 THROUGH 9 AND 10A OF TITLE 7 “MAPS, BUILDINGS AND SUBDIVISIONS” CHAPTER 7-5 “BUILDING CODE” OF THE SAN LEANDRO MUNICIPAL CODE IN ORDER TO ADOPT BY REFERENCE THE 2025 EDITIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS CODE AND 2018 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS WHEREAS, the California Building Standards Commission adopted a new Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, also referred to as the 2025 California Building Standards Code, that will become effective statewide on January 1, 2026; and WHEREAS, currently Title 7 “Maps, Buildings and Subdivisions” of the City of San Leandro Municipal Code adopted the building standards contained in the 2019 and subsequently amended 2022 versions of the California Building Code, the California Mechanical Code, the California Electrical Code, the California Green Building Standards Code, the California Energy Code, the California Fire Code, the California Plumbing Code, and the California Residential Code (collectively, the “California Building Standards Code”); and WHEREAS, the updated California Building Standards Code becomes effective within the City on January 1, 2026, and Title 7 is updated by default to incorporate the California Building Standards Code without local amendments; and WHEREAS, the City also desires to adopt by reference the 2018 International Property Maintenance Code; and WHEREAS, Section 17922 of the California Health and Safety Code requires local agencies to adopt the building standards contained in the California Building Standards Code; and WHEREAS, Section 17958.7 of the California Health and Safety Code allows local agencies to enact modifications to those building standards provided that such modifications are reasonably necessary because of local climatic, geological or topographical conditions so long as a local agency adopts such findings; and WHEREAS, concurrent with this ordinance the City adopts findings, by resolution, justifying local modifications based on local climatic, geologic, and topographic conditions; and WHEREAS, a duly noticed public hearing was advertised as required by Government Code sections 6066 and 65090; and WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing related to this Ordinance on November 17, 2025 and considered the staff report and public testimony received; and