Los Banos, CA Building Safety: Green Building Code (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- 2022 CALGreen, § 8-1.12
- Source
- Part 11, Title 24 CCR
- Publisher
- California Buildings Standards Commission
- First local adoption
- Ord. 1098, eff. Aug. 20, 2011
- Current adoption
- Ord. 1199, eff. Nov. 19, 2022
- Penalty
- Misdemeanor, § 8-1.02
Summary
Los Banos requires new construction and many alterations to meet the California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen), 2022 Edition, which § 8-1.12 adopts by reference as the City's own Green Building Standards Code, with a copy on file at the City Clerk's office and enforcement under Chapter 1's shared misdemeanor penalty.
For the purpose of prescribing regulations governing the erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving, removal, demolition, conversion, occupancy, equipment, use, height, area and maintenance of all buildings and structures within the City, the California Green Building Standards Code, 2022 Edition (Part 11 of the Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations), as published by the California Buildings Standards Commission, together with all Appendices, and subsequent additions and editions thereto, one copy of which is on file in the Office of the City Clerk for public record and inspection, is hereby adopted by reference and made a part of this chapter as though set forth in this chapter in full, subject, however, to the amendments, additions, and deletions set forth in this chapter, and said Code shall be known as the Green Building Standards Code of the City of Los Banos.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4356507; v3 updated 2025-03-05).
Full Breakdown
12 adopts the California Green Building Standards Code, 2022 Edition, known statewide as CALGreen, Part 11 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, published by the California Buildings Standards Commission, as the Green Building Standards Code of the City of Los Banos. Unlike the Building, Electrical, Mechanical and Plumbing Codes in the same title that are based on International Code Council model codes, CALGreen comes from the state's own Buildings Standards Commission and sets mandatory measures for site development, water and energy efficiency, and material conservation on covered construction.
Los Banos first adopted the Green Building Standards Code in 2011 under Ordinance No. 1098, effective August 20, 2011, and has carried it forward through four later amending ordinances, most recently Ordinance No. 1199, effective November 19, 2022, which put the current 2022 edition into force. A copy is kept on file for public record and inspection in the Office of the City Clerk. 02 penalty applies: violating any provision of this chapter, including the adopted Green Building Standards Code, is a misdemeanor, with a new offense every 10 days a violation is not corrected.
Violations & Fines
Failing to meet the mandatory CALGreen measures the City has adopted is a code violation under § 8-1.02, the general penalty section for Title 8, Chapter 1: a misdemeanor on conviction, with each 10-day period of continuing noncompliance counted as a separate offense and the City retaining the power to require the nonconforming work be corrected.
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Sources & Official References
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