Ceres, CA Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing code
- 2022 California Plumbing Code
- Enforcing official
- City Building Official
- Local chapter
- CMC Ch. 15.06
- Late-start penalty
- Equal to permit fee, in addition
Summary
Ceres regulates plumbing work through the 2022 California Plumbing Code, adopted wholesale by city ordinance, with the Building Official enforcing it and issuing permits for any plumbing system installation or alteration in the city.
In order to provide minimum requirements and standards for the protection of the public health, safety, and general welfare and to regulate the erection, installation, alteration, addition, repair, relocation, replacement, maintenance, and use of any plumbing system within the City of Ceres, the 2022 edition of the California Plumbing Code, title 24, part 5 and all appendix chapters, published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO), ... is hereby adopted and made a part of this chapter as though set forth in full.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Municipal Code: Supplement 4).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 15.06 of the Ceres Municipal Code adopts the 2022 California Plumbing Code (Title 24, Part 5) in full, covering the erection, installation, alteration, addition, repair, relocation, replacement, and maintenance of any plumbing system in the city. The Building Official is the designated authority to enforce the code and issue permits. The city deleted the state code's own expiration and fee sections (104.4.3 and 104.5), instead pricing and timing permits through the city's separate building-permit fee schedule in Chapter 15.02.
Violations & Fines
Starting plumbing work before a permit issues draws a penalty equal to the permit fee, on top of the fee itself, and does not excuse the work from otherwise meeting code: enforced by the Building Official under Ceres's building administration provisions.
Frequently Asked Questions
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