This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Sacramento County
Residential Code" (hereinafter referred to as "this Code").
(SCC 1710 § 6, 2022)
The purpose of this Code is to provide minimum standards to
safeguard life, limb, health, property and public welfare by regulating
and controlling the design, construction, installation, quality of
materials, use, and location of all one and two family dwellings,
townhouses and accessory structures as classified in Section 1.1.3
of the Residential Code.
(SCC 1710 § 6, 2022)
The 2022 California Residential Code, Title 24, Part 2.5 of the California Code of Regulations, a portion of the California Building Standards Code as defined in the California State Health and Safety Code Sections 17922 and 18901 et seq., (hereinafter referred to as the "Residential Code") and Residential Code Appendices H (Patio Covers), J (Existing Buildings and Structures), K (Sound Transmission), and X (Emergency Housing), and any rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto are hereby adopted as amended and incorporated by reference herein. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, Chapters 16.02 and 16.04 of the Sacramento County Code, all construction, alteration, moving, demolition, repair, and use of any building or structure within this jurisdiction shall be made in conformance with the Residential Code and any rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
(SCC 1710 § 6, 2022)
As used in this chapter, the word "Code" means the Sacramento
County Residential Code.
Section AX102.1 "Definitions", the following definitions contained
therein are amended as follows:
Housing in a permanent or temporary structure(s), occupied
during a declaration of state of emergency, local emergency, or shelter
crisis, and constructed or established by the County of Sacramento
in a public facility, as defined by Government Code section 8698 (c).
Emergency housing may include, but is not limited to, buildings and
structures constructed in accordance with the California Building
Standards Code; and emergency sleeping cabins, emergency transportable
housing units, and tents constructed in accordance with this appendix.
On-site common use facilities supporting emergency housing
constructed or established by the County of Sacramento in a public
facility, as defined by Government Code section 8698 (c). Emergency
housing facilities include, but are not limited to, kitchen areas,
toilets, showers and bathrooms with running water. The use of emergency
housing facilities is limited exclusively to the occupants of the
emergency housing, personnel involved in operating the housing, and
other emergency personnel."
|
Definitions are amended to clarify requirements identified in
Government Code section 8698.4 as applicable to Sacramento County.
|
(SCC 1710 § 6, 2022)
Section 310.1 "Emergency Escape and Rescue Openings." R310.1
The exception to R310.1 is amended as follows:
|
Exceptions:
| |
|
6.
|
Emergency egress or rescue openings from sleeping rooms may
exit into an unenclosed covered patio or porch area.
|
APPENDIX AJ, Section AJ 106.1 "Limitation of Reconstruction"
is added as follows:
AJ 106.1 Limitation of Reconstruction. When the
scope of work for R-3 and U Occupancies involves the removal of 50%
or more of the building within a one-year period, the project, existing
and new, shall be considered as new construction, and the entire building
may be required to comply with all currently adopted codes pursuant
to a determination by the Building Official. Fire sprinkler requirements
shall be determined by building official. Plan review and permit fees
will be based on the valuation of the entire project as a new structure.
The criteria for determining the reconstruction of more than 50% of
a building may include the linear length of all existing walls interior
and exterior or square footage of the building. However, an existing
building under reconstruction with partial walls remaining shall not
be considered a remodel but shall be considered new construction for
the purpose of code compliance.
APPENDIX AX, Swimming Pool Safety Act is adopted.
APPENDIX AX, Section A100.2 "Construction permit; safety features"
is amended as follows:
a)
Except
as provided in Section AV100.5, when a building permit is issued for
the construction of a new swimming pool or spa or the remodeling of
an existing swimming pool or spa at a private single-family home,
the respective swimming pool or spa shall be equipped with a barrier
installed as described below, except in rare cases when the construction
of a barrier is deemed infeasible by the Building Official, and at
least two one of the following seven drowning prevention safety features:
A.
An
outdoor swimming pool shall be provided with a barrier that shall
be installed, inspected and approved prior to plastering or filling
with water. The barrier shall comply with the following:
1)
Height of Barrier. The top of the barrier shall be at least 60 inches
above grade measured on the side of the barrier that faces away from
the swimming pool.
2)
Vertical Clearance. The maximum vertical clearance between grade
and the bottom of the barrier shall be two inches over soil and four
inches over concrete, masonry or tile measured on the side of the
barrier that faces away from the swimming pool.
3)
Horizontal Members. When barriers have horizontal members spaced
less than 45 inches apart, measured between the tops, the horizontal
members shall be placed on the pool side of the barrier.
4)
Decorative Design Work. Any decorative design work on the side away
from the swimming pool, such as protrusions, indentations, cutouts
or other physical characteristics, that could serve as handholds or
footholds, which renders the barrier easily climbable, is prohibited.
5)
Openings. Openings in the barrier shall not allow passage of a one-and-three-quarters-inch
diameter sphere, except in the following circumstances:
a)
When vertical spacing between such openings is 45 inches or more,
the opening size may be increased such that the passage of a four-inch-diameter
sphere is not allowed; or
b)
For fencing composed of vertical and horizontal members, the spacing
between vertical members may be increased up to four inches when the
distance between the tops of horizontal members is 45 inches or more.
6)
Gauge of Chain Link Fence. Chain link fences used as the barrier
shall not be less than 11 gauge.
7)
Mesh Size of Chain Link Fence. Maximum mesh size for chain link fences
shall be a 1.75-inch square unless the fence is provided with slats
which reduce the openings to no more than 1.75 inches.
8)
Access Gates. Access gates shall comply with the requirements of
subsections (A)(1) through (A)(7) of this section in addition to the
following:
a)
Pedestrian access gates shall be self-closing and have a self-latching
device;
b)
Where the release mechanism of the self-latching device is located
less than 60 inches from the bottom of the gate:
c)
The release mechanism shall be located on the pool side of the barrier
at least three inches below the top of the gate; and
d)
Pedestrian gates shall swing away from the pool;
e)
Any gates other than pedestrian access gates shall be equipped with
lockable hardware or padlocks and shall remain locked at all times
when not in use.
9)
Aboveground Pool as Part of Barrier. Where an aboveground pool structure
is used as a barrier or where the barrier is mounted on top of the
pool structure, and the means of access is a ladder or steps, then:
10)
The ladder or steps shall be capable of being secured, locked or
removed to prevent access; or
11)
The ladder or steps shall be a barrier that meets the requirements
of subsections (1) through (8) of this section;
12)
When the ladder or steps are secured, locked or removed, any openings
created shall be protected by a barrier complying with subsections
(1) through (8) of this section.
B.
Barrier
Requirements for Spas and Hot Tubs. For a non self-contained and self-contained
spa or hot tub, protection shall comply with the requirements of subsection
of this section, except in the following circumstance:
1)
A self-contained spa or hot tub equipped with a listed safety cover.
C.
Drowning
Prevention Safety Features. In accordance with Section 115922 of the
California Health and Safety Code, when a building permit is issued
for the construction of a new swimming pool or spa or the remodeling
of an existing swimming pool or spa at a private single family home,
the respective swimming pool or spa must be equipped with a barrier
in compliance with SCC 16.10 (A), (B) and (C) and one other means
of drowning prevention safety feature depending on the conditions
listed below.
1)
An enclosure that meets the requirements of Section 115923 and isolates
the swimming pool or spa from the private single-family home. This
measure may be substituted for the barrier listed in section A.
2)
Removable mesh fencing that meets American Society for Testing and
Materials (ASTM) Specifications F2286 standards in conjunction with
a gate that is self-closing and self-latching and can accommodate
a key lockable device.
3)
An approved safety pool cover, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section
115921.
4)
Exit alarms on the private single-family home's doors that provide
direct access to the swimming pool or spa. The exit alarm may cause
either an alarm noise or a verbal warning, such as a repeating notification
that "the door to the pool is open."
5)
A self-closing, self-latching device with a release mechanism placed
no lower than 54 inches above the floor on the private single-family
home's doors providing direct access to the swimming pool or spa.
6)
An alarm that, when placed in a swimming pool or spa, will sound
upon detection of accidental or unauthorized entrance into the water.
The alarm shall meet and be independently certified to the ASTM Standard
F2208 "Standard Safety Specification for Residential Pool Alarms,"
which includes surface motion, pressure, sonar, laser, and infrared
type alarms. A swimming protection alarm feature designed for individual
use, including an alarm attached to a child that sounds when the child
exceeds a certain distance or becomes submerged in water, is not a
qualifying drowning prevention safety feature.
7)
Other means of protection, if the degree of protection afforded is
equal to or greater than that afforded by any of the features set
forth above and has been independently verified by an approved testing
laboratory as meeting standards for those features established by
the ASTM or the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
(SCC 1710 § 6, 2022)
