City of La Quinta Ord 581 BSC acceptance letter 011720DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES
GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM
BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION
2525 Natomas Park Drive, Suite 130
Sacramento, California 95833-2936
Riverside County Fire
(916) 263-0916
Office of the Fire Marshal
January 17, 2020
James Frater, Fire Marshal/Office of the Fire Marshal
City of La Quinta
2300 Market Street, Suite 150
Riverside, CA 92501
RE: Ordinance #581
Dear Mr. Frater:
Received
By:
This letter is to advise you of our determination regarding the referenced ordinance with express findings
received from your agency on 12130/19.
Our review finds the submittal to contain one ordinance modifying provisions of the 2019 California Building
Standards Code in Title 24, California Code of Regulations (code), and express findings complying with
Health and Safety Code Sections 17958.7 and 18941.5. The code modification is accepted for filing and is
enforceable. This letter attests only to the satisfaction of the cited law for filing of local code amendment
supported by an express finding with the California Building Standards Commission (CBSC). CBSC is not
authorized by law to evaluate the merit of the code modification or the express finding.
Local modifications to the code are specific to a particular edition of the code. They must be readopted and
filed with CBSC in order to remain in effect when the next triennial edition of the code is published.
On a related matter, should your city receive and ratify Fire Protection District ordinances making
modifications to the code, be advised that Health and Safety Code Section 13869.7(c) requires such ratified
ordinances and express findings to be filed with the Department of Housing and Community Development,
Division of Codes and Standards, State Housing Law Program, rather than CBSC. Also, ordinances making
modifications to the energy efficiency standards of the code may require approval from the California Energy
Commission pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 25402.1(h)(2).
If you have any questions or need any further information, you may contact me at (916) 263-0916.
Sincerely, 0
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J�nqcue M. Rodriguezate Construction Analyst
cc: CBSC Chron
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