San Jacinto, CA Building Safety: Green Building Code (2026)

Section 15.04.045 of the San Jacinto Municipal Code adopts the California Green Building Standards Code, 2025 Edition, including all appendices, tables and indices, as the Green Building Standards Code of the City of San Jacinto. The adoption excepts any voluntary provisions, so the voluntary text is not part of the city's adopted code. Sections 15.04.055, 15.04.065 and 15.04.075 adopt the 2025 Administrative, Energy and Referenced Standards Codes with the same exception for voluntary provisions.

The city layers a local debris-recycling rule on top. Chapter 8.34 requires the applicant for every covered project to divert a minimum of fifty percent of the construction and demolition materials, and the requirement is listed as a condition of approval on building and demolition permits (§ 8.34.050). Covered projects include residential additions of 1,500 square feet or more of gross floor area, tenant improvements of 3,000 square feet or more, new structures of 2,000 square feet or more, demolition of 1,000 square feet or more, grading that exports earth or rock off site, and all city public works projects (§ 8.34.030). Excavation of residential swimming pools is an exempt category when the city issues a written determination.

The applicant submits three copies of a waste management plan to the city manager with the building permit application packet (§ 8.34.060) and posts a diversion security deposit in cash, irrevocable letter of credit or performance bond, in the lesser of three percent of the total estimated project cost or ten thousand dollars (§ 8.34.070).

Energy and site rules add more. Section 15.08.080 records that the state requires calculations demonstrating compliance with the energy conservation standards, and § 15.08.110 charges an energy conservation review fee of fifteen percent of the building permit fee. Under the grading amendment in § 15.04.020, cut slopes of 5 feet or more and fill slopes of 3 feet or more in vertical height are planted with grass or ground cover to control erosion.