Chapter 1 Scope and Administration
Building Standards Commission
105.5.1 [Permit] Expiration
New section changed permit expiration from 180 days to 12 months. Includes a provision stipulating that every permit shall remain valid if the work on the site authorized by the permit is commenced within 12 months after its issuance. This amendment also allows for permit extensions; the exception being when the work authorized by the permit is determined to have been abandoned. The new code language reflects statutory requirements in Assembly Bill 2913 (Statutes of 2018), which became operative January 1, 2019, and amended Health and Safety Code (HSC) Section 18938.5(b)(2)(B) and added HSC Section 18938.6 to Building Standards Law.
CBSC Information Bulletin 19-03 regarding permit expiration dates was issued May 23, 2019, to local building departments, state agencies and CBSC interested parties.
Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
1.10.2 OSHPD 2, 2A and 2B
OSHPD added new occupancy classifications to address distinctions between skilled nursing facility and intermediate care facility buildings erected with specific construction materials.
OSHPD 2 has been split into two (2) categories. OSHPD 2A is for skilled nursing facility and intermediate care facility buildings of single-story, wood-frame, or light steel frame construction or buildings of single-story, wood-frame, or light steel frame construction where only skilled nursing or intermediate care services are provided if the building is separated from a building housing other patients of the health facility receiving higher levels of care and must meet model code requirements.
OSHPD 2B skilled nursing facility and intermediate care facility buildings of all other types must meet the requirements designated by the OSHPD 2B banner.
If the only designation is OSHPD 2, the application is for both 2A and 2B.
State Fire Marshal
1.11.1 Specified state-occupied buildings
New definition with 11 criteria has been added in response to Senate Bill 85 (Public resources: omnibus trailer bill. (2019-2020)) that required the State Fire Marshal to provide a more accurate definition.
1.11.6 Certificate of Occupancy
Amendment citing a reference to Section 105.2 clarifying work exempt from permit.
Division of the State Architect, Department of Housing and Community Development, Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, and State Fire Marshal
110.3.12 Types IV-A, IV-B and IV-C connection protection inspection
This amendment was added in the 2019 intervening cycle but is now part of model code language in the 2021 IBC, therefore, this section is repealed to avoid duplication.