Modesto, CA Building Safety: Green Building Code (2026)
Key Facts
- Code adopted
- 2022 CALGreen, Title 24 Part 11
- Adoption ordinance
- Ord. No. 3754-C.S., eff. 2-24-23
- Administering office
- Building Safety Division
- Applies to
- Residential and nonresidential buildings
- Filed copy location
- Office of the City Clerk
Summary
Modesto enforces the 2022 California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen), Title 24 Part 11, for both residential and nonresidential construction. The Building Safety Division administers energy efficiency, water efficiency, and material conservation requirements on every covered permit citywide.
9-1.101.3 - Adoption by Reference of the 2022 California Green Building Standards Code. That certain document, one (1) copy of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk at the City of Modesto, being marked and designated as the California Green Building Standards Code, 2022 edition, California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 11 as published by the International Code Council, regulating and governing the conditions for energy efficiency, water efficiency and conservation, material conservation and resource efficiency for residential and nonresidential buildings hereby referred to, adopted and made part hereof... be and hereby is adopted by reference as the Green Building Code of the City of Modesto.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 71).
Full Breakdown
3 of the Modesto Municipal Code adopts by reference the California Green Building Standards Code, 2022 edition, California Code of Regulations Title 24, Part 11, as published by the International Code Council. The code governs energy efficiency, water efficiency and conservation, material conservation, and resource efficiency standards for both residential and nonresidential buildings, and the city's copy is kept on file in the Office of the City Clerk. 201 confirms the regulations may be cited collectively as the Building Code, the 2022 California Building and Residential Code, or the Green Building Code of the City of Modesto.
The most recent adoption ordinance, Ord. No. , took effect February 24, 2023, superseding the prior 2019 edition referenced in Ord. No. S. 1, during plan review and field inspection. 507 if construction documents do not demonstrate compliance with the adopted 2022 standards.
Violations & Fines
Work performed without the required CALGreen compliance documentation is treated as a Building Code violation. The Building Official can reject an application under Section 9-1.507 until documents conform, and under Section 9-1.511 can suspend or revoke a permit issued on incomplete or inaccurate information, including green-code compliance representations, halting work until corrected.
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