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

Chapter 20.48 of the Placentia Municipal Code adopts the California Green Building Standards Code, 2025 Edition, as the green building code of the City of Placentia, including its appendices and the amendments in the chapter. The stated purpose in § 20.48.020 is to optimize use of renewable resources and minimize effects on the environment, and to reduce the negative impacts of construction in planning and design, energy efficiency, water efficiency and conservation, and environmental quality of newly constructed buildings or structures.

The single local amendment is in § 20.48.050. It rewrites Section 301.1 (Scope) so that buildings must be designed to include the green building measures specified as mandatory in the application checklists contained in the code. Voluntary measures listed on the same checklists can go into a design but are not required. Under § 20.48.030, where the California Code of Regulations and State Building Standards Code differ from the Placentia version, the state regulations prevail unless the chapter specifically modifies them.

Section 20.48.040 defines the terms the state code uses for Placentia: the authority having jurisdiction is the city of Placentia, the building department is the building division of the city, and the fire code official is the chief of the Placentia fire and life safety department or a designee of the city administrator. Section 20.48.060 gives enforcement and inspections to the building official or his or her designee.

Fees are set by city council resolution under California Government Code § 66016, et seq. (§ 20.48.070). A copy of the 2025 edition is on file in the office of the building official and open to public inspection (§ 20.48.080). The chapter came in through Ordinance O-2025-11, dated 11/18/2025.