California Code
DIVISION 13 - HOUSING
PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 17910. - 17910. This part is known as the “State Housing Law.”...

Section 17911. - 17911. The provisions of this part do not apply to...

Section 17912. - 17912. Rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of...

Section 17913. - 17913. (a) The department shall notify the entities listed in...

CHAPTER 2 - Rules and Regulations

Section 17920. - 17920. As used in this part: (a) “Approved” means acceptable...

Section 17920.3. - 17920.3. Any building or portion thereof including any dwelling unit,...

Section 17920.5. - 17920.5. As used in this part “local appeals board” means...

Section 17920.6. - 17920.6. As used in this part, “housing appeals board” means...

Section 17920.8. - 17920.8. In addition to any other requirements for location of...

Section 17920.9. - 17920.9. (a) The department shall propose adoption, amendment, or repeal...

Section 17920.10. - 17920.10. (a) Any building or portion thereof including any dwelling...

Section 17921. - 17921. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the department...

Section 17921.1. - 17921.1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 17921, and except as...

Section 17921.4. - 17921.4. (a) A nonwater-supplied urinal approved for installation or sold...

Section 17921.5. - 17921.5. (a) For purposes of this section, “recycled water” has...

Section 17921.6. - 17921.6. Except as provided in Sections 18930 and 18949.5, the...

Section 17921.7. - 17921.7. (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares all of...

Section 17921.10. - 17921.10. (a) The standards proposed by the department pursuant to...

Section 17922. - 17922. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the...

Section 17922.1. - 17922.1. Notwithstanding Section 17922, local agencies may modify or change...

Section 17922.12. - 17922.12. (a) For the purposes of this section, “graywater” means...

Section 17922.14. - 17922.14. (a) (1) During the next regularly scheduled triennial code...

Section 17922.15. - 17922.15. (a) At the next triennial building standards rulemaking cycle...

Section 17922.2. - 17922.2. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, ordinances...

Section 17922.3. - 17922.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a residential structure...

Section 17922.5. - 17922.5. Any state or local agency which issues building permits...

Section 17922.6. - 17922.6. (a) The Office of Noise Control in coordination with...

Section 17922.7. - 17922.7. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and...

Section 17922.8. - 17922.8. The Office of Noise Control may appoint an advisory...

Section 17922.9. - 17922.9. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the...

Section 17923. - 17923. (a) The provisions of Section 17922 are not intended...

Section 17924. - 17924. Rules and regulations shall be promulgated pursuant to Chapter...

Section 17925. - 17925. Except as provided in Section 17922.6, any person, firm,...

Section 17926. - 17926. (a) An owner of a dwelling unit intended for...

Section 17926.1. - 17926.1. (a) An owner or owner’s agent of a dwelling...

Section 17926.2. - 17926.2. (a) If the department, in consultation with the State...

Section 17927. - 17927. The department shall propose the adoption, amendment, or repeal...

Section 17928. - 17928. (a) (1) The Department of Housing and Community Development...

Section 17929. - 17929. (a) (1) For a mixed-income multifamily structure, both of...

CHAPTER 3 - Appeals

Section 17930. - 17930. Except as provided in Section 18945, the director or...

Section 17931. - 17931. The department may promulgate rules pertaining to hearing appeals....

Section 17932. - 17932. A decision of the director or the director’s designee...

CHAPTER 4 - Application and Scope

Section 17950. - 17950. The provisions of this part, the building standards published...

Section 17951. - 17951. (a) The governing body of any county or city,...

Section 17951.5. - 17951.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 17951, each city, county, or city...

Section 17951.7. - 17951.7. (a) Notwithstanding Section 17951, each city, county, or city...

Section 17952. - 17952. (a) In the event of nonenforcement of this part,...

Section 17953. - 17953. Each city, county, and city and county shall enact...

Section 17954. - 17954. If the preliminary soil report indicates the presence of...

Section 17955. - 17955. The building department of each city, county, or city...

Section 17956. - 17956. A city, county, or city and county or other...

Section 17957. - 17957. The governing body of any city, county, or city...

Section 17958. - 17958. Except as provided in Sections 17958.8 and 17958.9, any...

Section 17958.1. - 17958.1. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 17922, 17958, and 17958.5, a city,...

Section 17958.2. - 17958.2. (a) Notwithstanding Section 17958, regulations of the department adopted...

Section 17958.3. - 17958.3. (a) All residential hotels, as defined by paragraph (1)...

Section 17958.4. - 17958.4. (a) Any city, county, or city and county, may,...

Section 17958.5. - 17958.5. Except as provided in Section 17922.6, in adopting the...

Section 17958.7. - 17958.7. (a) Except as provided in Section 17922.6, the governing...

Section 17958.8. - 17958.8. Local ordinances or regulations governing alterations and repair of...

Section 17958.9. - 17958.9. Local ordinances or regulations governing the moving of apartment...

Section 17958.11. - 17958.11. (a) Any city or county may adopt alternative building...

Section 17958.12. - 17958.12. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following:...

Section 17959. - 17959. (a) No later than December 31, 2003, the department...

Section 17959.1. - 17959.1. (a) A city or county shall administratively approve applications...

Section 17959.3. - 17959.3. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

Section 17959.4. - 17959.4. The housing appeals board may, in cases of extreme...

Section 17959.5. - 17959.5. The housing appeals board may, upon appeal or upon...

Section 17959.6. - 17959.6. (a) Ninety days after the Department of Housing and...

CHAPTER 5 - Administration and Enforcement

ARTICLE 1 - Enforcement Agencies

Section 17960. - 17960. The building department of every city or county shall...

Section 17960.1. - 17960.1. (a) The governing body of a local agency may...

Section 17960.5. - 17960.5. The building standards for residential buildings in Chapter 2-53...

Section 17960.10. - 17960.10. The building department, housing department, or health department enforcing...

Section 17961. - 17961. (a) The housing or building department or, if there...

Section 17962. - 17962. The chief of any city or any county fire...

Section 17964. - 17964. By charter, ordinance, or resolution, a city, county, or...

Section 17965. - 17965. Where there is no local enforcement agency charged with...

Section 17966. - 17966. Cities or counties or fire protection districts may contract...

Section 17967. - 17967. The department may examine the records of the various...

ARTICLE 2 - Inspection

Section 17970. - 17970. Any officer, employee, or agent of an enforcement agency...

Section 17970.5. - 17970.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a...

Section 17971. - 17971. The owner, or authorized agent of any owner, of...

Section 17972. - 17972. No person authorized by this article to enter buildings...

ARTICLE 2.2 - Exterior Elevated Elements: Inspections.

Section 17973. - 17973. (a) Exterior elevated elements that include load-bearing components in...

ARTICLE 2.3 - Inspection of Homeless Shelters

Section 17974. - 17974. For purposes of this article: (a) “Department” means the...

Section 17974.1. - 17974.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a...

Section 17974.2. - 17974.2. (a) The owner or operator of a homeless shelter...

Section 17974.3. - 17974.3. (a) The requirements of this article shall not be...

Section 17974.4. - 17974.4. (a) In addition to the penalties authorized under Chapter...

Section 17974.5. - 17974.5. (a) (1) Each city and each county shall submit...

Section 17974.6. - 17974.6. The Legislature finds and declares that this article addresses...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Tenant Relocation Assistance

Section 17975. - 17975. Any tenant who is displaced or subject to displacement...

Section 17975.1. - 17975.1. (a) The relocation benefits required by this article shall...

Section 17975.2. - 17975.2. The relocation payment shall be made available by the...

Section 17975.3. - 17975.3. (a) Any owner or designated agent who does not...

Section 17975.4. - 17975.4. (a) No relocation benefits pursuant to this article shall...

Section 17975.5. - 17975.5. (a) If the owner or designated agent fails, neglects,...

Section 17975.6. - 17975.6. Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 17975.1 and subdivision (a)...

Section 17975.7. - 17975.7. The remedies under this article are cumulative and in...

Section 17975.8. - 17975.8. Any order by a local agency that requires a...

Section 17975.9. - 17975.9. While it is the intent of the Legislature in...

Section 17975.10. - 17975.10. When seeking reimbursement under an optional local program intended...

ARTICLE 3 - Actions and Proceedings

Section 17980. - 17980. (a) If a building is constructed, altered, converted, or...

Section 17980.1. - 17980.1. (a) If a building is identified by a city,...

Section 17980.2. - 17980.2. (a) If the enforcement agency, in accordance with Section...

Section 17980.3. - 17980.3. (a) Any receiver appointed pursuant to this section shall...

Section 17980.4. - 17980.4. (a) Whenever the enforcement agency sues for the expenses...

Section 17980.5. - 17980.5. The local enforcement agency may establish and maintain a...

Section 17980.6. - 17980.6. If any building is maintained in a manner that...

Section 17980.7. - 17980.7. If the owner fails to comply within a reasonable...

Section 17980.8. - 17980.8. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a determination...

Section 17980.9. - 17980.9. Notwithstanding Section 17980, whenever the enforcement agency inspects any...

Section 17980.10. - 17980.10. (a) An enforcement agency that properly declares any dwelling...

Section 17980.11. - 17980.11. If an enforcement agency has recorded with a county...

Section 17980.12. - 17980.12. (a) (1) An enforcement agency, until January 1, 2030,...

Section 17981. - 17981. An enforcement agency which institutes any action or proceeding...

Section 17982. - 17982. If any notice or order issued by an enforcement...

Section 17983. - 17983. The superior court may make any order for which...

Section 17984. - 17984. Neither an enforcement agency, any of its officers, nor...

Section 17985. - 17985. (a) Any enforcement agency which institutes an action or...

Section 17986. - 17986. The county recorder with whom a notice of pendency...

Section 17987. - 17987. Any notice of pendency of action or proceeding may...

Section 17988. - 17988. In any action or proceeding brought pursuant to this...

Section 17989. - 17989. Except under conditions immediately affecting health or safety, every...

Section 17990. - 17990. The time to file a written pleading in response...

Section 17991. - 17991. (a) The sale or other transfer of property to...

Section 17992. - 17992. Any person who obtains an ownership interest in any...

CHAPTER 6 - Violations

Section 17995. - 17995. Any person who violates any of the provisions of...

Section 17995.1. - 17995.1. Any person who is convicted pursuant to Section 17995...

Section 17995.2. - 17995.2. Any person found in contempt of a court order...

Section 17995.3. - 17995.3. Any person who is convicted pursuant to Section 17995...

Section 17995.4. - 17995.4. Any person found in contempt of a court order...

Section 17995.5. - 17995.5. Fines collected pursuant to this part in excess of...

CHAPTER 8 - Code Enforcement Incentive Program

Section 17998. - 17998. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 17998.1. - 17998.1. The Department of Housing and Community Development, upon appropriation...

Section 17998.2. - 17998.2. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in...

Section 17998.3. - 17998.3. In implementing the programs governed by this chapter, the...