San Ramon, CA Building Safety: Green Building Code (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- 2025 California Green Building Standards Code, Title 24 Pt. 11
- Citation
- San Ramon Municipal Code § C1-161
- Effective date
- November 27, 2025 (Ord. No. 535)
- Enforcing agency
- Building and Safety Services Division (§ C1-166)
- Violation classification
- Infraction and public nuisance (§ C1-164)
- Appeal path
- California Building Code § 113 (§ C1-165)
Summary
San Ramon adopts the 2025 California Green Building Standards Code, Title 24 Part 11, by reference under Municipal Code § C1-161, effective November 27, 2025. The Building and Safety Services Division enforces it under § C1-166, and violations are infractions and public nuisances under § C1-164, triggering fines or a civil injunction suit.
The green building code for the City of San Ramon is the "2025 California Green Building Standards Code" and Appendices thereto, as published by the California Building Standards Commission as promulgated in the California Building Standards Commissions by Title 24, Part 11, California Code of Regulations, is adopted by reference and made a part hereof as fully as if set forth at length herein.
Full Breakdown
San Ramon incorporates the "2025 California Green Building Standards Code" and its appendices, as promulgated by the California Building Standards Commission under Title 24, Part 11 of the California Code of Regulations, directly into the Municipal Code at § C1-161. The adoption took effect November 27, 2025 under Ordinance No. 535, replacing the prior 2022 edition adopted by Ordinance No. 516. A copy of the adopted code is kept on file with the City Clerk for public inspection. 1 so that division, rather than a state or county office, is the designated local enforcing agency administering the code alongside the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Division of the State Architect.
Anyone who violates the chapter is guilty of an infraction under § C1-164, punishable by a fine set in the Municipal Code, and the violation is separately declared a public nuisance; the City may pursue a civil injunction suit or use the administrative citation process in Division A1, Chapter I, Article 4 instead of, or in addition to, criminal prosecution. Decisions of the building official applying this chapter are not final: § C1-165 lets an aggrieved party appeal in the manner set out in California Building Code § 113 as adopted locally, which routes the appeal to the City's Board of Appeals.
Violations & Fines
Violating any provision of San Ramon's Green Building Standards Code chapter is an infraction under § C1-164, punishable by a fine set in the Municipal Code, and the violation is independently declared a public nuisance. The City may sue civilly to enjoin continued noncompliance or instead pursue the administrative citation process under Division A1, Chapter I, Article 4. Appeals of a building official's green-building determination go through the process in California Building Code § 113 per § C1-165.
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