Palo Alto Municipal Code § 16.14 California Green Building Standards Code, California Code of Regulations, Title 2

The California Green Building Standards Code, 2025 Edition, Title 24, Part 11 of the California Code of Regulations, together with those omissions, amendments, exceptions and additions thereto, is adopted and hereby incorporated in this chapter by reference and made a part hereof the same as if fully set forth herein.

Unless superseded and expressly repealed, references in City of Palo Alto forms, documents and regulations to the chapters and sections of the former California Code of Regulations, Title 24, shall be construed to apply to the corresponding provisions contained within the California Code of Regulations, Title 24, 2025. Ordinance No. 5626 of the City of Palo Alto and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby suspended and expressly repealed.

Wherever the phrases “California Green Building Standards Code” or “CALGreen” are used in this code or any ordinance of the city, such phrases shall be deemed and construed to refer and apply to the California Green Building Standards Code, 2025 Edition, as adopted and amended by this chapter.

One copy of the California Green Building Standards Code, 2025 Edition, has been filed for use and examination of the public in the Office of the Chief Building Official of the City of Palo Alto.

(Ord. 5678 § 2 (part), 2025)

The provisions of this chapter contain cross-references to the provisions of the California Green Building Code, 2025 Edition, in order to facilitate reference and comparison to those provisions.

(Ord. 5678 § 2 (part), 2025)

The provisions of this chapter shall constitute local amendments to the cross-referenced provisions of the California Green Building Standards Code, 2025 Edition, and shall be deemed to replace the cross-referenced sections of said Code with the respective provisions set forth in this chapter.

(Ord. 5678 § 2 (part), 2025)