Ordinance 23-06ORDINANCE NO. 23-06
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EASTVALE
AMENDING CHAPTER 110.09 (ENERGY CODE) OF THE EASTVALE MUNICIPAL
CODE AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 2022 CALIFORNIA ENERGY CODE
(CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 24, PART 6)
WHEREAS, Sections 17922, 17958, and 18941.5 of the California Health and Safety Code
provide that the governing body of every city or county shall adopt ordinances or regulations
imposing the same requirements as those contained in the most recently adopted version of
the California Building Standards Code; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Eastvale is not required to make an express
finding for amendments necessary to carry out the application of the Building Standards code
and/or that do not otherwise modify a Building Standard.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EASTVALE DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 110.09 (Energy Code) of the Eastvale Municipal Code is amended in
its entirety to read as follows:
"CHAPTER 110.09
ENERGY CODE
SECTION 110.09.010 Adoption by Reference of California Energy Code. Those portions
of that certain document, one copy of which is on file in the Building and Safety Division and
the Office of the City Clerk entitled California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 6, identified as
the California Energy Code, 2022 Edition, published by the California Building Standards
Commission, (California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 6) is hereby adopted by reference, in
accordance with Section 50022.2 of the Government Code one copy of which is on file in the
Building and Safety Division and the Office of the City Clerk."
SECTION 2. CEQA. The City Council finds that this Ordinance is not subject to the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will
not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment)
and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA
Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for
resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly. Buildings and
development projects that are subject to CEQA are reviewed individually prior to issuance of
building permit. Moreover, State law provides that the 2022 Building Codes will take effect in
the City even if the City does not adopt this ordinance, as is required by law. The City Council
hereby directs City staff to file a Notice of Exemption with the Clerk of Riverside County within
five (5) days of the adoption of this Ordinance.
SECTION 3.
If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this
Ordinance is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or otherwise
invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance.
The City Council declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance, and each section,
subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. That if any portion or portions of this Ordinance are held to be invalid or
unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be considered as
separate and independent and the Council declares that the legality of the remaining portions
shall not change as a result of the court's findings.
SECTION 5. That wherever there is reference to the California Energy Code, it shall mean
the California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 6, as published by the State of California
Building Standards Commission, effective January 1, 2023.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause the
same to be published in the manner prescribed by law.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ORDAINED this 11 day of January 2023.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Erica Vega
City Attorney
Todd Rigby
Mayor
ATTEST:
Marc A. Donohue, MMC
City Clerk/Communications Director
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE) §
CITY OF EASTVALE 1
I, Marc A. Donohue, City Clerk/Communications Director of the City of Eastvale, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 23-06, was introduced at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of Eastvale held on the 14 of December, 2022, and was passed by the
City Council of the City of Eastvale at a regular meeting held on the 11 of January, 2023, by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Lorimore, Yow, Mayor Pro Tern Dinco, and Mayor Rigby
NOES:
ABSENT: Councilmember McMinn
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Marc A. Donohue, MMC
City Clerk/Communications Director