Glendale enforces 2025 CBC, T24 Pt 2 based on 2024 IBC with 2 local amendments on top (Ord. 6043 (Building and Safety Code) / Ord. 6044 (Green Building/Energy reach code)). The amendments are the part that gets sets corrected. The state edition is only the floor. Glendale sits in Los Angeles County.
Current edition
2025 Title 24
Prior edition
2022 Title 24
Edition changeover: Projects with a complete application on or before 2025-12-31 may still be reviewed under the 2022 Title 24.
Adopted code and local amendments by discipline
Adopted code editions and local amendments by discipline
Discipline
Adopted code
Local amendment
Building
2025 CBC, T24 Pt 2 based on 2024 IBC
Glendale local amendments, Ord. 6043 (Building and Safety Code) / Ord. 6044 (Green Building/Energy reach code)Local text supersedes the state code
Residential
2025 CRC, T24 Pt 2.5 based on 2024 IRC
n/a
Existing buildings
2025 CEBC, T24 Pt 10 based on 2024 IEBC
n/a
Fire
2025 CFC, T24 Pt 9 based on 2024 IFC
n/a
Electrical
2025 CEC, T24 Pt 3 based on 2023 NEC
n/a
Mechanical
2025 CMC, T24 Pt 4 based on 2024 UMC
n/a
Plumbing
2025 CPC, T24 Pt 5 based on 2024 UPC
n/a
Energy
2025 Energy Code, T24 Pt 6
n/a
Green / sustainability
2025 CALGreen, T24 Pt 11
n/a
Accessibility
2025 CBC Ch 11A/11B, T24 Pt 2
n/a
Wildland-urban interface
2025 CA-WUIC, T24 Pt 7 based on 2024 IWUIC
n/a
Historical buildings
2025 CHBC, T24 Pt 8
n/a
Administrative
2025 CAC, T24 Pt 1
n/a
Zoning
No state-adopted code
Local zoning ordinance (city or county), subject to state preemptionLocal text supersedes the state code
What Glendale actually amended
Quoted from the adopted ordinance. These are the provisions that differ from the state code, which is where most correction lists come from. Excerpts, not the whole ordinance. Follow the source link for the full text.
105.3.1.1.4 · Permit application processing
(a) Prior to submitting an application for processing, the applicant shall verify that the
installation of an electric vehicle charging station and electric vehicle charging space
will not have specific, adverse impact to public health and safety and building
occupants. Verification by the applicant includes but is not limited to: electrical
system capacity and loads; electrical system wiring, bonding and overcurrent
protection; building infrastructure affected by charging station equipment and
associated conduits; areas of charging station equipment and vehicle parking. […]
2308.10.5.2
Portal frame with hold-downs (PFH). A PFH shall be constructed in accordance with this section and Figure 2308.10.5.2. The adjacent door or window opening shall have a full-
length header.
In one-story buildings, each panel shall have a length of not less than 16 inches (406 mm) and a
height of not more than 10 feet (3048 mm). Each panel shall be sheathed on one face with a
single layer of 3/8-inch (9.5 mm) minimum-thickness wood structural panel sheathing nailed
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with 8d common or galvanized box nails in accordance with Figure 2308.10.5.2. […]
3109.2 · California swimming pool safety act (statewide)
NOTE: These regulations are subject to local government modification. You should verify the
applicable local government requirements at the time of application for a building permit.
The following text in this section contains the statutory language in the Swimming Pool Safety
Act (HS Code, §§ 115920 – 115929) that is required to be duplicated and published in
California Code of Regulations, Title 24. As such, the section numbers reflect those within the
Health and Safety Code.
115920. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Swimming Pool Safety Act.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 925, Sec. 3.5. Effective January 1, 1997.)
115921. […]
SECTION IA-103.
Appendix J Section J101.4 of Volume IA of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026, is hereby added to read as follows:
J101.4 Safety precautions.
1.
General.
(a) If at any stage of work on an excavation or fill, the building official determines that
the work has become or is likely to become dangerous to any person, or is likely to
endanger any property, public or private, the building official shall be authorized to
require safety precautions to be immediately taken by the property owner as a
condition to continuing such permitted work or to require cessation thereof forthwith
unless and until it is made safe and to amend the plans for such work. […]
SECTION IA-114.
Appendix J Section J103.5 of Volume IA of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026, is hereby added to read as follows:
J103.5 Bonds and insurance.
J103.5.1 Bonds – General.
1. Whenever an application for a grading permit is filed for the excavation or fill of one
hundred cubic yards (76 m3) or more in hillside areas and five hundred cubic yards (382
m3) or more in other areas, the nature of the work regulated by this chapter is such that if
left incomplete it will create a hazard to human life or endanger adjoining property, or
property at a higher or lower level, or any street or street improvement or any other
public property, the building official may, before issuing the grading… […]
SECTION IA-118. · Appendix J Section J104.2.3 of Volume IA of the Glendale
Building and Safety Code, 2026, is hereby added to read as follows:
J104.2.3 Engineered grading requirements. In addition to the provisions of Chapter 1
Division II, Section 107 and Appendix J Section J104.2, an application for an engineered grading
permit shall be accompanied by three sets of plans and specifications, and supporting data
consisting of a soils engineering report and engineering geology report. The plans and
specifications shall be prepared and signed by an individual licensed by the state to prepare such
plans or specifications when required by the building official. Specifications shall contain
information covering construction and material requirements. […]
SECTION IA-122.
Appendix J Section J104.6 of Volume IA of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026, is hereby added to read as follows:
J104.6 Permit issuance.
1. The issuance of a grading permit shall constitute an authorization to do only that work
which is described or illustrated on the application for the permit or on the grading plans
and specifications approved by the building official at the time of issuance.
2. Jurisdiction of other agencies. Permits issued under the requirements of this chapter shall
not relieve the owner of responsibility for securing required permits for work to be
accomplished which is regulated by any other code, department or division of the
governing agency.
3. […]
SECTION IA-144.
Appendix J Section J108 of Volume IA of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026, is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION J108—SETBACKS AND RETAINING WALLS
J108.1 General. Cut and fill slopes shall be set back from the property lines in accordance with
this section. Setback dimensions shall be measured perpendicular to the property line and shall
be as shown in Figure J108.1, unless substantiating data is submitted justifying reduced setbacks
and is recommended by a geotechnical engineering and engineering geology report approved by
the building official.
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J108.2 Top of slope. […]
SECTION IA-150.
Appendix J Section J112 of Volume IA of the Glendale Building and Safety Code, 2026, is hereby added to read as follows:
SECTION J112—NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
(NPDES) COMPLIANCE
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J112.1 General. All grading plans and permits shall comply with the provisions of this section
and Chapters 13.42 and 13.43 of the Glendale Municipal Code for NPDES compliance including
the owner of any property on which grading has been performed and which requires a grading
permit under Appendix J Section J103. […]
SECTION 3. · LOCAL AMENDMENTS TO ENERGY CODE
Volume IX (Green Building Standards) of the 2026 Glendale Building and Safety Code,
is hereby amended as follows (underlined for additions and strike through for deletions):
A4.204.1 Energy Efficiency. Alterations to existing residential buildings shall comply
with Sections A4.204.1.1 and A4.204.1.2.
A4.204.1.1 Altered Space-Conditioning System Serving Existing Single-Family
Dwelling Units – Mechanical Cooling. […]
Mapped hazard and district overlays stack on top of the adopted code. These are the overlays recorded for Los Angeles County. They apply by parcel, not jurisdiction-wide, so confirm the parcel before assuming one is in play. Check CAL FIRE's fire hazard severity viewer and FEMA's flood map service.
Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone
FEMA mapped flood hazard area
State law that overrides local zoning here
When one of these applies, the state statute governs over a conflicting local standard. This is the most common reason a local rule someone quotes you turns out not to be enforceable against a project.
Gov. Code 66310 et seq.
State ADU law preempts local zoning that would preclude a conforming ADU/JADU.
Applies when: project includes an ADU or JADU
Gov. Code 65915
State Density Bonus Law concessions/waivers override local development standards.
Applies when: project requests a density bonus
Gov. Code 65852.21 / 66411.7
SB 9 urban lot split / two-unit ministerial approval preempts conflicting local standards.
Applies when: project is an SB 9 lot split or two-unit development
Glendale enforces 2025 CBC, T24 Pt 2 based on 2024 IBC, the edition adopted statewide in California, amended locally in 2 disciplines (Ord. 6043 (Building and Safety Code) / Ord. 6044 (Green Building/Energy reach code)).
Does Glendale amend the California code?
Yes: building, zoning. For building, the rule is: local text supersedes the state code.
Where do I confirm the code edition for a Glendale permit?
With the city building department that will review the permit. Adoption ordinances are amended on a local schedule, and a set submitted days apart can fall under different editions during a changeover.
Knowing the adopted edition is the easy half. Architechtura reads your drawings, resolves which of these provisions actually apply to the project, and returns the corrections a plan checker would write up, each one cited to the section it came from.
Compiled from published state and municipal adoption ordinances. Local governments amend their codes on their own schedule, and a pending ordinance can change what applies to your permit. Confirm the governing edition with the building department before you submit. This page is reference information, not a code determination.