Livermore, CA Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- 2024 Uniform Plumbing Code per Title 24 CCR
- Fees
- Set by City Council resolution (15.12.050)
- Penalties
- LMC Chapters 1.16 and 1.20 (15.12.060)
- Disconnection power
- Building official can cut utility service to unsafe buildings
- Slab rule
- Water lines barred from under a concrete floor slab
Summary
Livermore's Plumbing Code chapter adopts the 2024 Uniform Plumbing Code as amended in Title 24, with fees set by City Council resolution, penalties under LMC Chapters 1.16 and 1.20, and authority for the building official to order a utility disconnected from any building declared unsafe to occupy until it is reconnected with the official's express approval.
The Uniform Plumbing Code, 2024 Edition, as amended and set forth in the California Building Standards Code, Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, is hereby adopted, except as hereinafter amended in this chapter.
Full Breakdown
030 keyed to the 2025 California Plumbing Code (CPC) section numbers. 6, Retention of Plans. 050 provides that fees are to be set by resolution of the Livermore City Council, the same wording used in the Building and Mechanical Code fee sections. 20. 070 deletes the CPC's own Board of Appeals section. 080 adds a new Disconnection provision: the building official is authorized to order utility service discontinued to any building or structure declared unsafe to occupy, and no person, firm or corporation may reconnect or supply service to that building without first receiving the building official's express authorization. 3 to bar water distribution systems from being installed under a concrete floor slab within a building.
Violations & Fines
A plumbing-code violation is punished under Livermore Municipal Code Chapters 1.16 and 1.20 per Section 15.12.060; separately, Section 15.12.080 lets the building official cut off utility service to a building declared unsafe to occupy, and reconnecting or supplying service to that building without the building official's express authorization is itself a violation of the disconnection order.
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