San Bernardino, CA Building Safety: Green Building Code (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- 2022 CALGreen, Title 24 Part 11
- Governing section
- SBMC § 15.04.020(B)(9)
- Applies via
- standard building permit review
- Unamended sections
- adopted by reference (§15.04.020(D))
- Enforcing office
- Building Official
- Chapter effective
- Ord. MC-1433, 12-21-2016; refreshed 10-2-2024
Summary
New construction and many alterations in San Bernardino must meet the 2022 California Green Building Standards Code, Part 11, adopted at San Bernardino Municipal Code § 15.04.020(B)(9). Builders comply through the same Building Official permit and inspection process that governs the rest of the adopted state code family.
(B) The city does formally adopt the state model building codes into local law as listed below: ...
(9) 2022 California Green Building Standards Code, Part 11; ...
§ 15.04.030 APPLICABILITY.
(A) It shall be unlawful to erect, construct, change the occupancy, alter, repair, rehabilitate, remove, move or maintain any building or structure, or grade or alter any land, in the city in violation of, or without complying with, the appropriate provisions of this chapter.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-2: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. MC-1666, passed 8-5-2026).
Full Breakdown
020 folds CALGreen into local law alongside the Building, Electrical, Plumbing and Mechanical Codes, listing the 2022 California Green Building Standards Code, Part 11, as item (9) of the thirteen codes the city formally adopts under division (B). Division (A) explains that these adopted codes 'shall become the administrative provisions of the city for regulating the construction, erection, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving, removal, demolition, conversion, occupancy, equipment, use and occupancy and maintenance of all buildings and/or structures in the city,' so CALGreen's mandatory measures apply through the same permit review as the structural code.
020(D) confirms that any CALGreen sections not separately amended by the state Building Standards Commission are 'hereby adopted by reference' in full. 020(C), and are also referenced as available through the International Code Council's website. The adoption chapter was enacted by Ord. MC-1433 on December 21, 2016, and refreshed for the current 2022 edition by Ord. MC-1643, passed October 2, 2024.
Violations & Fines
Constructing or altering a building without meeting the adopted CALGreen measures violates § 15.04.030 the same as any other adopted-code deficiency, and the Building Official can withhold permit sign-off or issue a stop-work order under § 15.04.260. A sustained misdemeanor violation carries up to $1,000 in fines, six months in jail, or both, under § 1.12.010(A).
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Sources & Official References
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