Cathedral City, CA Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)

Chapter 8.10 adopts the California Plumbing Code, 2022 Edition, based on the 2021 Uniform Plumbing Code and published as Part 5 of Title 24, as the Plumbing Code for Cathedral City. Under § 8.10.010 it governs the installation and maintenance of plumbing and the issuance of permits and collection of permit fees. A copy with the local amendments is on file with the building and safety division.

Section 8.10.020 makes the local changes. Section 104.5 is rewritten so that, for buildings, structures and plumbing systems or alterations requiring a permit, a fee for each permit is paid in accordance with the fee schedule adopted by the City Council, a copy of which is on file with the Building and Safety Division. Section 203 names the City's Chief Building Official and designees as the Authority Having Jurisdiction, so that office decides wherever the Plumbing Code uses the term.

Who can pull the permit is set in § 8.04.020, which adds Building Code Section 105.8: permits for electrical, mechanical, or plumbing work, on other than R-3 and associated U occupancies, shall only be issued to California licensed contractors.

Appeals run through Section 107.1, which makes the Board of Appeals created under Section 113 of the Building Code the board for the Plumbing Code. It exists to determine the suitability of alternate materials and methods of construction and has no authority to waive requirements. Appendices A, B, D, G, H, I and J are adopted without amendment in § 8.10.030, including Appendix H, Private Sewage Disposal Systems.

Section 106 sets enforcement. It is unlawful to erect, construct, alter, extend, repair, move, improve, remove, convert or demolish, equip, use or maintain plumbing systems in violation of the code, of approved construction documents, of a directive of the Chief Building Official, or of a permit.