Palm Springs, CA Building Safety: Green Building Code (2026)
Key Facts
- Code adopted
- 2025 California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen)
- Local amendments
- None; §§ 8.04.072 and 8.04.080 are Reserved
- Adopting authority
- Gov. Code § 50022.1 et seq.
- Appeal body
- Building Code Board of Appeals, 10-day deadline
- Default penalty
- Misdemeanor, up to $1,000 fine or 6 months jail
Summary
Palm Springs enforces the 2025 California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen) as the Palm Springs Green Building Code under Municipal Code Section 8.04.070, adopted without local carve-outs. Building and Safety applies CALGreen's mandatory measures to every permitted project, on top of the city's own building, energy and electrical code amendments.
That certain document, a copy of which is on file with the office of the city clerk, being marked and designated as the 2025 California Green Building Standards Code, California Code of Regulations Title 24, Part 11, including Chapter 1, and all appendices, tables and indices thereto, is hereby adopted by reference as the Palm Springs Green Building Code pursuant to Section 50022.1 et seq., of the California Government Code.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4923139; v14 updated 2026-06-24).
Full Breakdown
1 et seq. 080, are both marked "(Reserved)": Palm Springs applies CALGreen exactly as the state wrote it, with no city-specific additions or deletions. 005 groups this code with the Building, Residential, Mechanical, Plumbing, Property Maintenance, Existing Building, Historical Building, Electrical, WUI, Energy and Green Building Standards Codes under the collective title "Palm Springs Building Code," so CALGreen compliance is checked at the same plan-review counter as structural and electrical review, not as a separate track. 340: an aggrieved applicant has 10 days from the decision to file a written notice of appeal with the city clerk, stating the specific action, the grounds and relief sought, and paying the council-set appeal fee. 6 and cannot waive CALGreen's substantive requirements, only rule on whether they were correctly interpreted or an equivalent method was proposed.
Violations & Fines
Chapter 8.04 does not print its own CALGreen penalty clause; enforcement falls to the citywide default in Municipal Code Section 1.01.140, which makes violating any Municipal Code provision, including an adopted building code, a misdemeanor unless the city classifies it as an infraction. Section 1.01.160 sets the misdemeanor penalty at up to a $1,000 fine, up to six months in the city or county jail, or both, and each day a violation continues after notice is a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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