Staff Report
PREPARED BY: Robert Gray
Building Official
Reviewed by: Town Manager, Assistant Town Manager, Town Attorney, and Finance Director
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● (408) 354-6832
www.losgatosca.gov
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: 12/17/2019
ITEM NO: 6
DATE: December 6, 2019
TO: Mayor and Town Council
FROM: Laurel Prevetti, Town Manager
SUBJECT: 2019 California Building, Fire, and Reach Codes
Adopt an ordinance repealing and replacing Chapter 6, Building Regulations,
and Chapter 9, Fire Prevention and Protection, of the Town of Los Gatos
Municipal Code with the new 2019 California Building and Fire Codes, as
amended, including reach codes. (Town Code Amendment Application A-19-
009. Project Location: Town Wide.)
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt an Ordinance (Attachment 1), effecting amendments repealing and replacing Chapter 6,
Building Regulations, and Chapter 9, Fire Prevention and Protection, of the Town of Los Gatos
Municipal Code with the new 2019 California Building and Fire Codes, as amend ed, including
reach codes.
DISCUSSION:
On December 3, 2019 the Town Council considered and voted to introduce an Ordinance
amending Chapter 6, Building Regulations, and chapter 9, Fire Prevention and Protection
including reach codes. Adoption of the attached Ordinance (Attachment 1) would finalize that
decision.
Attachment:
1. Draft Ordinance Adopting new Building and Fire Codes