Huntington Park, CA Building Safety: Green Building Code (2026)

Section 6-2.411 of the Huntington Park Municipal Code ties City permits to the California Green Building Standards Code, 24 CCR, Part 11, known as CALGreen. Persons applying for a City permit for new construction and building additions and alterations must comply with the section and all required components of CALGreen when the project falls within CALGreen's scope or the City's more stringent requirements. Where CALGreen is the stricter standard, it controls.

Subsection (b) makes compliance a condition of permit approval. Where five or more multi-family dwelling units are constructed on a building site, the project must provide readily accessible areas for storage and collection of blue container materials, consistent with the City's organic waste collection program, or comply with the recycling-space provisions at CALGreen Sections 4.408.1, 4.410.2, 5.408.1 and 5.410.1. New commercial construction or additions resulting in more than 30% of the floor area face the same space requirement. Every covered project must also comply with the City's construction and demolition ordinance.

That ordinance is Chapter 7-10. Section 7-10.001 states that its purpose is to fulfill the City's obligation to meet CALGreen and to reduce landfill waste from construction and demolition materials. Under § 7-10.030, no building or demolition permit is issued for a covered project until a waste management plan has been reviewed and approved, by the City Building Official or designee for private property and by the Public Works Director or designee for public property.

Section 7-10.040 requires a performance security calculated as the lesser of 3% of total cost of the entire project or $30,000.00, with a minimum of $1,000.00. The WMP Compliance Official can waive it if the total would be $500.00 or less. Diversion documentation is due before any occupancy permit and no later than 30 days after completion of a covered project (§ 7-10.050). Chapter 7-10 carries the amendment history Ord. 2016-953, eff. January 5, 2017, and § 6-2.411 carries Ord. 2021-03, eff. December 7, 2021.