Santa Maria, CA Building Safety: Green Building Code (2026)
Key Facts
- Current edition
- 2025 CALGreen, effective 1/1/2026
- Adopting ordinance
- Ord. 2025-05
- Local amendments in Ch. 9-24
- None; single adopting section only
- Prior edition update
- Ord. 2022-06, effective 1/1/23
- Administered by
- Building Official, Title 9 permit process
Summary
Santa Maria enforces the California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen), 2025 Edition, adopted by reference under Chapter 9-24. Unlike the City's Building, Residential and Fire Code chapters, Chapter 9-24 carries no locally written amendments, so state CALGreen requirements govern new construction exactly as the Building Standards Commission publishes them.
The provisions of the California Green Building Standards, 2025 Edition, as published by the California Buildings Standards Commission, and subsequent Editions as adopted by the State of California, Building Standards Commission or successor agency are adopted by reference, subject to the additions and amendments set forth in this Chapter.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4818069; v9 updated 2026-04-07).
Full Breakdown
' The chapter has been updated through the same ordinance series that revised the rest of Title 9, Building Regulations: Ordinance 2019-10, effective January 1, 2020; Ordinance 2022-06, effective January 1, 2023; and Ordinance 2025-05, effective January 1, 2026, each cycle moving the City onto the newest triennial CALGreen edition alongside the Building, Residential, Energy and Fire Codes. Chapter 9-24 contains only this single adopting section, with no added or amended subsections of its own, unlike neighboring Chapters 9-04, 9-08 and 9-28, which each carry pages of local amendments to their respective state codes.
Projects subject to CALGreen's mandatory measures are submitted, reviewed and inspected through the same Title 9 building permit process the Building Official administers for the Building and Residential Codes housed in the same title.
Violations & Fines
Chapter 9-24 prints no separate penalty section of its own. Green building compliance is checked as part of the standard Title 9 permit and inspection process; unpermitted or noncompliant construction anywhere in Title 9, including work subject to CALGreen's mandatory measures, is enforced through the misdemeanor violation framework in Section 9-04.090, with each day of continued violation a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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