Baldwin Park, CA Building Safety: Green Building Code (2026)
Key Facts
- Code adopted
- 2025 CALGreen, Title 24 Part 11
- Local name
- Baldwin Park Green Building Code
- Citation
- BPMC Section 150.140(C)-(D)
- Filed with
- Office of the City Clerk
- Recycling-space trigger
- 5+ multifamily units or 30% addition
- Penalty
- Misdemeanor, up to $1,000 fine, 6 months
- Last amended
- Ord. 1519, passed 12-3-25
Summary
Baldwin Park adopts the 2025 California Green Building Standards Code, Title 24 Part 11 of the California Code of Regulations, by reference as the Baldwin Park Green Building Code under Municipal Code Section 150.140(C). New construction, additions and alterations permitted in the city must comply with CALGreen, and a filed copy sits with the City Clerk for public review.
(C) The 2025 California Green Building Standards Code, including the appendices thereto, together with those omissions, amendments, exceptions and additions thereto as amended in Part 11 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations are adopted and enacted, as the Green Building Code of the city and made part of this code by reference with the same force and effect as if fully set forth herein and shall be known as the Baldwin Park Green Building Code.
(D) One copy of the adopted codes has been filed for use and examination of the public in the Office of the City Clerk.
Full Breakdown
140 of the Baldwin Park Municipal Code adopts three state model codes together: the 2025 California Building Code under subsection (A), the 2025 California Residential Code under subsection (B), and the 2025 California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen) under subsection (C), each incorporated by reference with the same force as if printed in full in the local code. The green building portion becomes the Baldwin Park Green Building Code, and subsection (D) requires one copy of the adopted codes to be filed for public examination in the Office of the City Clerk.
141 layers local amendments on top of the state codes for cross-referenced provisions, so a specific city amendment controls over the base CALGreen text wherever the two conflict. The adoption ordinance has been carried forward through Ordinance 1308 (2007) and amended repeatedly through Ordinance 1519, passed December 3, 2025, keeping the reference current to the 2025 code cycle. 18(K) folds CALGreen recycling duties into building permit review: applicants for new construction and building additions or alterations covered by CALGreen scope must comply with the Green Building Standards Code recycling-space requirements, and where CALGreen is more stringent than the local recycling section, the CALGreen requirement governs. 1. 18(K)(2)(c) requires compliance with construction-and-demolition waste diversion rules, including organic waste diversion, on every covered project.
Violations & Fines
Baldwin Park treats the adopted uniform codes as enforceable law: Section 10.99(C) states that any person violating any provision of the uniform codes adopted by the city code is guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable as such. Under Section 10.99(B), a misdemeanor conviction carries a fine of not more than $1,000, imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both, unless a different punishment is specifically prescribed. Section 10.99(G) makes each day a violation continues a separate offense, so unresolved CALGreen noncompliance on an open permit can compound daily until corrected.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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