Title
An Ordinance Relating to Extensions of Certain Building Permit Applications [Passed for Publication 06/18/2024]
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FileID
File ID: 2024-01170
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Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation
Recommendation: Adopt an Ordinance relating to extensions of certain building permit applications.
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Contact
Contact: Tom Pace, Director of Community Development, (916) 808-2691, tpace@cityofsacramento.org, Community Development Department
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Presenter
Presenter: None
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Attachments
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Ordinance
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Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue Detail: The current post-pandemic economic conditions and high interest rates are delaying the start of construction of key housing and economic development projects, and the building permit applications for these projects are at risk of expiring.
Several high-valuation projects and key economic development projects filed building permit applications under the 2019 California Building Standards Code in December of 2022, just prior to the effective date of the 2022 California Building Standards Code, which became effective in January of 2023. If these permit applications are allowed to expire, the only way for the projects to move forward would be to start a new building permit application under the current (2022) California Building Standards Code. This would require redesigning aspects of the projects to meet the 2022 code requirements, which can cost millions of dollars in additional design and construction costs. Building permit applications are subject to the requirements of the building standards code that is effective at the time the building permit application is filed. Staff believe that continuing to apply the requirements of the code that was effective when the building permit applications were filed (2019 code) would not impact the health or safety of building occupants or the general public.
Because the processing, approval, and issuance of build...
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