The City of San Diego proposes local amendments to the Municipal Code necessary to implement the 2025 California Fire Code (CFC) and California Wildland-Urban Interface Code (CWUIC) which will be effective January 1, 2026. Local amendments are effective after approval by the City Council and final passage of ordinances necessary to codify updates to the Municipal Code. 

The City’s Fire Code Regulations are incorporated in the San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 5, Article 11, Division 1-83. The Wildland-Urban Interface Regulations will be incorporated in the San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 5, Article 12, Division 1-6. 

The proposed code amendments are necessary to provide consistency and compatibility with the 2025 edition of the state code as well as necessary changes in response to new legislation. The California Building Standards Commission allows for local modifications to be made as reasonably necessary due to local climatic, topographical, and geological conditions. 
 

Local Amendments to the 2025 Fire Code 

The City of San Diego is proposing to adopt local amendments to update existing regulations to comply with the 2025 code. For more information, please see the following: 

• Fact Sheet - Adoption of 2025 CFC and CWUIC
• Express Findings - Adoption of 2025 CFC and CWUIC
• Proposed Local Amendments - 2025 CFC
• Proposed Local Amendments – 2025 CWUIC

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2022 California Fire Code

 

Local Amendments to the 2022 Fire Code

The City of San Diego adopted local amendments to update existing regulations to comply with the 2022 code. For more information, please see the following:

• Approved 2022 Local Amendments O-21614
• Fact Sheet - Adoption of 2022 CFC
• Issue Matrix - Adoption of 2022 CFC
• 2022 CFC - Proposed Local Amendments

2019 California Fire Code

Local Amendments to the 2019 Fire Code

• Ordinance O-2022-50