Pomona, CA Building Safety: Electrical Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- City Code Sec. 74-31
- Adopted code
- 2025 CA Electrical Code (2023 NEC base)
- Admin procedure source
- CBC Chapter 1 and CA Administrative Code
- Fee authority
- Gov. Code §§ 66016, 66020; Sec. 2-924 schedule
- Latest amendment
- Ordinance No. 4364, Dec. 15, 2025
Summary
Electrical work in Pomona is permitted under the California Electrical Code, 2025 Edition, based on the 2023 National Electrical Code, adopted by City Code Sec. 74-31 alongside the city's other construction codes. Permits and fees follow the same administrative process and city council fee resolution as building, plumbing and mechanical work, not a separate electrical ordinance.
...the California Plumbing Code, 2025 Edition, based on the 2024 Uniform Plumbing Code as published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials; the California Mechanical Code, 2025 Edition, based on the 2024 Uniform Mechanical Code as published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials; the California Electrical Code, 2025 Edition, based on the 2023 National Electrical Code; the California Fire Code, 2025 Edition, as amended by the County of Los Angeles, otherwise known as the 2024 Los Angeles County Fire Code... Notwithstanding the provisions of the above-referenced construction codes, all permit fees and fees for services provided pursuant to the construction codes shall be in accordance with fees established by city council resolution, pursuant to California Government Code Sections 66016 and 66020.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: City Code: Supplement 31).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 74-31 adopts, in the same ordinance that adopts the building, residential, plumbing and mechanical codes, 'the California Electrical Code, 2025 Edition, based on the 2023 National Electrical Code,' as one of the Construction Codes constituting the city's Building Regulations. It sits alongside the California Plumbing Code, 2025 Edition (based on the 2024 Uniform Plumbing Code), the California Mechanical Code, 2025 Edition (based on the 2024 Uniform Mechanical Code), and the California Fire Code, 2025 Edition, as amended by Los Angeles County. Because Pomona adopted the Electrical Code by reference rather than writing separate local permit-trigger language, when a permit is required for electrical work, and how it is inspected, follows Chapter 1 of the California Building Code and the California Administrative Code, 2025 Edition, per Sec.
74-1(a), the same administrative framework that governs building, plumbing and mechanical permits. Where the California Code of Regulations or the State Building Standards Code of Regulations differs from the locally adopted Electrical Code, state regulations control. Electrical permit fees are not set in Sec. 74-31 itself; they follow the fee schedule the city council adopts by resolution under Government Code Sections 66016 and 66020, cross-referenced to Section 2-924 of the Code by Sec. 74-2. The current edition was reenacted, along with the rest of Chapter 74's construction codes, by Ordinance No. 4364 on December 15, 2025, moving the city from its prior code cycle to the 2025 editions built on the 2023 National Electrical Code.
Violations & Fines
Performing electrical work without the required permit under the adopted 2025 California Electrical Code is enforceable the same way as any other unpermitted construction-code work: the building official can stop the work, and, under the Code's general penalty, Sec. 1-7, a violation is punishable as a misdemeanor with a fine up to the Penal Code Section 19 limit, up to six months in jail, or both, with each day a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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