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File #: 250806    Version: Name: Health Code - Enhanced Ventilation Requirements for Urban Infill Sensitive Use Developments
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Introduced: 7/29/2025 In control: Clerk of the Board
On agenda: Final action: 9/30/2025
Enactment date: 9/30/2025 Enactment #: 186-25
Title: Ordinance amending the Health Code to clarify the City’s enhanced ventilation standards by codifying the requirement that all new buildings and major renovations of buildings that contain a sensitive use certify that the building’s ventilation system is capable of maintaining positive pressure; limiting applicability of the City’s enhanced ventilation standard to single family homes, effective January 1, 2026, to align with state law; making findings under the California Health and Safety Code; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to forward this Ordinance to the California Building Standards Commission upon final passage.
Sponsors: Mayor
Attachments: 1. Leg Ver1, 2. Leg Dig Ver1, 3. MYR Cover Ltr 072925, 4. Referral BIC 080625, 5. Referral CEQA 080625, 6. Referral FYI 080625, 7. BIC Transmittal 082125, 8. CEQA Det 082525, 9. Comm Pkt 090825, 10. Leg Ver2, 11. Leg Dig Ver2, 12. Board Pkt 091625, 13. Board Pkt 093025, 14. Leg Final, 15. COB Ltr 093025
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