Staff Report.2022 Building Fire and Reach Codes
PREPARED BY: Robert Gray
Building Official
Reviewed by: Town Manager, Assistant Town Manager, and Town Attorney
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● (408) 354-6832
www.losgatosca.gov
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: 11/15/2022 ITEM NO: 6
DATE: November 10, 2022
TO: Mayor and Town Council
FROM: Laurel Prevetti, Town Manager
SUBJECT: Adopt an Ordinance, 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 2022 California Building and
Fire Codes, as Amended, Including Reach Codes. Town Code Amendment
Application A-22-003. Project Location: Town Wide. Applicant: Town of Los
Gatos.
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 2022 California Building and Fire Codes, as amended, including
reach codes.
DISCUSSION:
On November 1, 2022 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 (Attachement1) would finalize that
decision.
This ordinance containing the new 2022 CCR, Title 24, with local amendments including reach
codes will become effective January 1, 2023.
PAGE 2 OF 2 SUBJECT: Town Code Amendments – Building and Fire Codes DATE: October 27, 2022
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT:
Adoption of this ordinance is not a project subject to CEQA, because it can be seen with
certainty that it will not impact the physical environment. (CEQA Guidelines Section 15378.) If
adoption of this ordinance were a project, it would be categorically exempt from CEQA as an
action by a regulatory agency for the protection of natural resources (CEQA Guidelines Section
15307) and the environment (CEQA Guidelines Section 15308).
Attachment:
1. Draft Ordinance Adopting New Building and Fire Codes.