Chula Vista, CA Building Safety: Green Building Code (2026)
Key Facts
- Code adopted
- CALGreen 2025 Edition, Title 24 Pt. 11
- Local amendment
- adds Subsection 102.4 (consultant requirement)
- Consultant cost
- paid by the applicant
- Enforcement chapter
- CVMC Chapter 15.06
- Latest adopting ordinance
- Ord. 3607 (2025)
Summary
Chula Vista adopts the 2025 California Green Building Standards Code (Title 24, Part 11) by reference and adds a local amendment letting the Building Official require an applicant to hire an outside green-building or energy-efficiency consultant for complex projects, at the applicant's cost.
15.12.001... There is hereby adopted by reference the California Green Building Standards Code, 2025 Edition... Said document is hereby adopted as the Green Building Standards Code of the City of Chula Vista... 15.12.005... Subsection 102.4 is added to Section 102 of the California Green Building Standards Code, as it applies in Chula Vista... 102.4 Consultant Services. The Building Official may require the applicant to retain the services of a consultant having expertise in green building and/or energy efficiency techniques... The cost of such consultant shall be paid by the applicant.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 3623, passed May 19, 2026).
Full Breakdown
06. 4 to the state code: "The Building Official may require the applicant to retain the services of a consultant having expertise in green building and/or energy efficiency techniques to review and evaluate complex systems and/or alternate methods or materials of construction and provide recommendations as to compliance with the requirements of this code. " This is a City-specific add-on beyond the state model code: it shifts the cost and burden of verifying compliance for unusual or complex green-building systems onto the project applicant rather than City staff, giving the Building Official discretion to call in outside expertise on a case-by-case basis. Both sections were most recently updated by Ordinance 3607 in 2025 to track the current CALGreen triennial code cycle.
Violations & Fines
Because Chapter 15.06 CVMC governs enforcement for this chapter, work that fails to meet adopted CALGreen standards is treated the same as any other building-code violation: subject to correction orders, inspection holds, and the general enforcement powers of the Building Official under CVMC 15.06.060. An applicant who refuses to retain a required consultant under CVMC 15.12.005 can have plan approval withheld until the consultant review is complete.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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