Long Beach, CA Building Safety: Green Building Code (2026)
Key Facts
- Code adopted
- 2025 CALGreen, Title 24 Part 11
- Local name
- Long Beach Green Building Standards Code
- Waste diversion
- Routed to local Chapter 18.67, not state form
- Mixed-use submetering
- Separate meters per residential & nonresidential use
- Adopting ordinance
- ORD-25-0019, effective 2025
Summary
Long Beach adopts the 2025 California Green Building Standards Code by reference as its own Green Building Standards Code under Chapter 18.47, then layers local amendments -- rerouting construction-waste compliance through the City's own recycling chapter and requiring separate utility submetering for every residential and nonresidential use in mixed buildings.
18.47.010 - Adoption. The City Council adopts and incorporates by reference as though set forth in full in this chapter the 2025 Edition of the California Green Building Standards Code... The following appendices of the California Green Building Code are deleted: Appendices A4, A5, and A6. ... 18.47.020 - Amend CALGreen Sections 4.408.1 through 4.408.5-Construction waste reduction, disposal and recycling. ... 4.408.1 General. Covered projects meeting the threshold of Section 18.67.020 of Title 18 of the Long Beach Municipal Code shall comply with Chapter 18.67 Construction Waste Reduction, Disposal and Recycling of Title 18 of the Long Beach Municipal Code. ... 18.47.040 - Add CALGreen Section 5.303.1.3-Mixed-use occupancy. ... 5.303.1.3 Mixed-use occupancy. In new buildings with mixed-use occupancies, separate metering devices shall be dedicated solely to each residential and nonresidential uses. The plumbing system downstream of the meters for the residential and nonresidential uses shall be independent of the other and not cross-connected.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Municipal Code: Supplement 52 Update 1 | City Charter: Supplement 5).
Full Breakdown
010 adopts the 2025 Edition of the California Green Building Standards Code -- Part 11 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations -- by reference, deleting Appendices A4, A5 and A6, and designates the result the Long Beach Green Building Standards Code, with a copy kept on file with the City Clerk. 67, Construction Waste Reduction, Disposal and Recycling, folding green-building compliance into Long Beach's separate demolition and construction debris diversion program rather than the state's own reporting form. 3 requiring that in new mixed-use buildings, separate metering devices be dedicated solely to each residential and each nonresidential use, with the plumbing system downstream of those meters kept independent and not cross-connected between the two. These local amendments took effect through Ordinance ORD-25-0019, adopted November 11, 2025, replacing the prior 2022 local amendments in their entirety.
Violations & Fines
Projects that skip the Chapter 18.67 waste-reduction routing required by Section 18.47.020, or fail to install the separate residential/nonresidential submetering required by Section 18.47.040, are out of compliance with the Long Beach Green Building Standards Code and can be held at plan check or final inspection until the CALGreen amendments are met before a certificate of occupancy issues.
Frequently Asked Questions
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How does Long Beach handle construction waste diversion under CALGreen?
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Sources & Official References
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