Oxnard, CA Building Safety: Electrical Permits (2026)

Sec. 14-11 of the Oxnard Code of Ordinances adopts the third part of twelve parts of the California Code of Regulations, Title 24, known as the California Electrical Code, 2025 Edition, which incorporates by reference the National Electrical Code, 2023 Edition, as published by the Building Standards Commission, subject to the amendments that follow in Sec. 14-12. Sec. 14-12(A) folds the electrical code's permitting and enforcement entirely into the Building Code chapter: new Article 90-10 states that the legal jurisdiction and administration of the electrical code is regulated by the administrative sections adopted in Chapter 14, Article II of the Oxnard City Code, meaning the same Building and Engineering Division created in Sec.

14-3(B), and the same permit-application, fee-schedule and 180-day abandonment rules in Sec. 14-3, govern electrical permits rather than a separate electrical permitting scheme. Sec. 3 for electric motor-driven fire pumps, requiring a reliable source of power and stating that power provided by the local serving utility company is only considered reliable where an onsite generator is provided as an alternate source, so a fire pump on utility power alone does not satisfy the code unless the building also has an onsite generator as backup. Electrical permit fees are drawn from the same Sec. 14-3(F) schedule that covers building, gas, mechanical and plumbing permits, adopted by City Council resolution or ordinance.