Vallejo, CA Building Safety: Green Building Code (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- 2025 California Green Building Code (CALGreen)
- CCR citation
- Title 24, Part 11
- Appeals body
- Building Standards Code Appeals Board
- Adoption ordinance
- Ord. No. 1883 N.C.(2d), effective 11-25-2025
- Prior edition
- 2022 edition adopted by Ord. No. 1876 N.C.(2d)
Summary
Vallejo requires new construction and qualifying alterations to meet the 2025 California Green Building Code (CALGreen), adopted wholesale as the city's green building code by Section 12.50.010. Codified at Title 24, Part 11, CALGreen sets mandatory water-efficiency, construction-waste-diversion, and building-standard measures that apply alongside the city's Building, Electrical, Plumbing, and Mechanical Codes.
The California Green Building Code, 2025 Edition, and all its appendices, as amended and appearing in the 2025 California Building Standards Code, California Code of Regulations Title 24, Part 11, is hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference, save and except such portions as are deleted, modified, or amended as the city green building code. One copy of said code and amendments is on file in the office of the building official of the city of Vallejo, California, for use and examination by the public.
(Ord. No. 1867 N.C. (2d), § 12, 11-15-2022; Ord. No. 1876 N.C.(2d), § 12, 11-15-2022; Ord. No. 1883 N.C. (2d), § 12, 11-25-2025)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Municipal Code: Update 12 - 25).
Full Breakdown
010 adopts the California Green Building Code, 2025 Edition, and all its appendices, as amended and published in the 2025 California Building Standards Code at Title 24, Part 11, of the California Code of Regulations, incorporated by reference save and except such portions as are deleted, modified, or amended. 32, covering items such as construction and demolition waste diversion, indoor water-use reduction, moisture control, and pollutant-source control for new buildings and qualifying alterations plan-checked by the building official. 010. The chapter was most recently repealed and reenacted in full by Ordinance No.
(2d) on November 25, 2025, updating the city from the 2022-cycle edition to the 2025 edition; before that, Ordinance No. (2d) had adopted the 2022 edition in November 2022. 020, added by the 2025 reenactment.
Violations & Fines
Because CALGreen is adopted as part of the city's Title 12 building-code family, noncompliant work is enforced the same way as a Building Code violation: the building official can refuse to sign off on inspections or issue a certificate of occupancy, order corrective work, and pursue the code's penalty provisions for construction completed without meeting the mandatory green-building measures. Vallejo-specific amendments on file with the building official, where they exist, control over the unmodified 2025 CALGreen text.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Vallejo enforce CALGreen?
Where does CALGreen sit in the California Code of Regulations?
How do I appeal a green-building-code inspection decision?
Sources & Official References
Other rules in Vallejo
California rules heatmap·Compare Vallejo to another location·View the California building safety overview
See something wrong?
Help us keep this page accurate. If you notice an error or outdated information, let us know.
Green Building Code in Nearby Cities
How other cities in Solano County handle green building code.