California Residential Code requires automatic fire sprinklers in new one- and two-family homes statewide. Thousand Oaks enforces this through TOMC Title 15 with VCFD plan review, and many remodels triggering reconstruction must add sprinklers.
California adopted statewide automatic sprinkler requirements for new one- and two-family dwellings effective 2011, embedded in the California Residential Code under Title 24. Thousand Oaks adopts Title 24 through TOMC Title 15, so any new home constructed in the city must include a NFPA 13D residential sprinkler system, reviewed by VCFD. Major additions and substantial reconstruction can also trigger sprinkler retrofits depending on scope. Designs must address freeze protection, water service sizing, and coordination with the local water purveyor (Cal-Am or California Water Service).
Building without required sprinklers, or removing or disabling them, results in stop-work orders, certificate-of-occupancy denial, and TOMC Title 15 enforcement.
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