Davis, CA Building Safety: Electrical Permits (2026)

060. 52(A)(5): new single-family construction must include a 120-volt receptacle under the dwelling's most remote sink, measured from the water heater, to accept a future on-demand hot water recirculation pump, unless the design already achieves a compact hot water credit; the same rule reaches bathroom or kitchen remodels and additions that touch that remote sink, with an exception where existing wiring is not easily accessible. 2 to require that electrical and communication service laterals for any new or substantially remodeled building be placed underground, but only within the historic downtown core bounded by First Street, Fifth Street, B Street, and J Street; outside that area the state code's overhead option still applies.

The city's director of public works may permit an above-ground alternative when undergrounding is not economically or practically feasible. 160, punishable by up to $1,000 and six months in jail per day of violation.