Menifee, CA Building Safety: Green Building Code (2026)

010 adopts by reference the 2025 California Green Building Standards Code published by the State Building Standards Commission, covering Chapters 1 through 8 along with all tables, indices, addenda, footnotes, and appendices A4 through A6, and incorporates it into Title 8 of the Menifee code as the Menifee Green Building Code. The adoption carries the qualifier 'except as hereinafter modified or changed,' meaning any later section in the same title that amends a specific green building provision controls over the base state text, but as of this ordinance the chapter contains no further local amendments beyond the wholesale adoption itself.

Because the state code is applied without local carve-outs here, its statewide requirements, covering items like water-efficient plumbing fixtures, mandatory construction waste diversion, and energy-efficiency measures for new residential and nonresidential construction, apply in Menifee exactly as the state wrote them. The section also requires the city to keep a physical copy of the 2025 edition on file with the City Clerk, giving builders and residents a way to inspect the exact adopted text rather than relying on a summary. This chapter traces back to the original 2016 building code ordinance and has been amended twice since, most recently to update the edition year to 2025 effective with Ordinance 2025-420.