Madera, CA Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Code adopted
- 2022 California Plumbing Code
- Base code
- 2021 Uniform Plumbing Code
- Exclusion
- Table 104.5 excluded
- Conflict rule
- Most restrictive code prevails
- Adopting ordinance
- Ord. 999 C.S., 5-3-2023
Summary
Madera adopts the 2022 California Plumbing Code by reference to regulate plumbing systems citywide, excluding Table 104.5, and applies whichever code provision gives the highest level of safety when conflicts arise.
For the purpose of regulating plumbing systems, the 2022 California Plumbing Code (CPC) promulgated by the California Building Standards Commission, which incorporates the adoption of the 2021 edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code, excluding Table 104.5, is hereby adopted by reference thereto as if fully set forth in this chapter, save and except for portions as are deleted, modified, or amended by the provisions of this chapter. Any changes made by the California Building Standards Commission applicable to the city, including new editions, shall be deemed incorporated herein. If any conflicts between this code and any other city, state or federal code should arise, the most restrictive code providing the highest level of safety as determined by the Building Official shall prevail.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2024 S-50: Current through Ordinance 1010 C.S., passed 6-5-24).
Full Breakdown
5. The code is adopted by reference as if fully set forth in the chapter, except for portions deleted, modified or amended by the city's own provisions. Any future changes the California Building Standards Commission makes to the CPC, including new editions, are automatically deemed incorporated into Madera's local code without a separate city ordinance. 03 directs that the most restrictive code, meaning the one providing the highest level of safety as determined by the Building Official, controls. , passed May 3, 2023, and administered by the Director of the Department of Building and Safety. 01, established by City Council resolution rather than the CPC's own fee table.
Violations & Fines
Plumbing work performed without a permit or in violation of the adopted 2022 California Plumbing Code is subject to the same investigation fee and enforcement structure that applies to other building work under § 9-1.01, administered by the Department of Building and Safety, and paying that fee does not excuse noncompliance with the code or exempt the violator from other penalties.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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