City of Santa Barbara Triennial Construction Code Update
Welcome to the City of Santa Barbara's Triennial Construction Code Update!
The City of Santa Barbara’s Building & Safety Division is seeking your input with the Triennial Construction Code Adoption process. Every three years, the State amends and adopts updates to the International Construction Codes. The City in turn adopts the State's updates and any local amendments by ordinance. These then become the governing construction codes for Santa Barbara. The provisions of the California Construction Code do not limit the authority of a local municipality to establish more restrictive and reasonably necessary differences to the State Construction Code. Local municipalities must file findings for any amendment, addition, or deletion and those must be based on local climatic, topographical, or geological conditions.
Analysis for Recommended Code Amendments
Supporting analysis for recommended code amendments must be submitted no later than Friday, September 2, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.. Submit directly to Tina Dye, Chief Building Official at: TDye@SantaBarbaraCA.gov
The most recent Construction Code adoption in 2019 (City Ordinance) is viewable in the Documents section (to the right), along with an example of amended text.
Customer Code Adoption Survey
Your participation in the Code Adoption Survey (5 questions) will help inform the City about Construction Code revisions to consider in this cycle.
The survey closed on August 31, 2022 and the deadline for submittal of supporting analyses was September 2, 2022.
SURVEY RESULTS! Survey results can be found by clicking on the "Documents" link at the right.
Public Workshop and Public Comment
A public workshop (on-line) was held and focused on the key themes of the survey results and questions contributed during the workshop.
When: Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Time: 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Additional opportunities for public comment will be available at the Ordinance Committee meeting, October 11, 2022, and at the City Council meetings on November 8, 2022 (ordinance introduction) and on November 15, 2022 (ordinance adoption). The new construction code will take effect January 1, 2023.
Questions?
If you have questions, please contact Marck Aguilar, Business Analyst at MAguilar@SantaBarbaraCA.gov.
