That certain document, one copy of which is on file in the office of the city clerk of the city of Manteca, being marked and designated as the 2025 California Building Code, California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 2, Volumes 1 and 2, including Appendix Chapters A, F, H, J, K, and Q as published by the International Code Council, as now existing, or hereafter amended, regulating and governing the conditions of all properties, buildings, and structures; by providing the standards for facilities and other physical things and conditions essential to ensure that structures are safe, sanitary, and fit for occupancy and use; and the condemnation of such structures; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor; and providing penalties for the violation thereof; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions, and terms of said 2025 California Building Code on file in office of the city clerk of the city of Manteca is hereby referred to, adopted as the building code of the city of Manteca.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2021-08 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2024-13, 8/20/2024; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
Building Department.
Whenever the term "building department" or "building safety division" is used in this code it means the city of Manteca building safety division.
Building Official.
The individual invested with the responsibility for overseeing and enforcing applicable life safety codes, and building codes, laws, and statutes. The building official is charged with the administration of the building department, interpretation of code requirements, and direction of the code adoption process.
The building official, under the direction of the community development director is the individual who plans, coordinates and directs the operations and activities of the building department; implements city activities assuring compliance with building standards including plan check, inspection, and corrections to hazards; oversees and participates in inspections; oversees the review and approval of building plans and specifications; implements goals, policies, and procedures for the division.
The building official is responsible for the administration and enforcement of California Code of Regulations, Title 24, and other applicable codes in accordance with Health and Safety Code Sections 18949 and 17920, and California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 2, Section 202.
Whenever the term "building official" or "building inspector" is used in the code, it means the chief building official in charge of the building safety division.
City.
Whenever the term "municipality" or "city" is used in the building code, it means the city of Manteca.
Deputize.
The act of the building official authorizing an inspector, plans examiner, technician, officer, or other employee to have certain duties and powers of the building official as specified in California Health and Safety Code, California Code of Regulations Title 24 or other applicable code.
Enforcing Agency.
"Enforcing agency" means the community development department, building safety division of the city of Manteca.
Person.
Whenever the term "person" is used, it means and includes any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, concern, corporation, estate trust, business, trust, receiver, syndicate or any other group or combination acting as a unit.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 2, and all other applicable codes shall be enforced by the building official. The building official may appoint inspectors, plans examiners, technicians, officers and other employees. The building official may deputize such employees of the building department or other employees of the city of Manteca as necessary and these employees shall have the duties and powers as delegated by the building official to carry out the functions of the enforcement agency in accordance with California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 2, Section 103. The building official shall have the power to render interpretations of this code and to adopt and enforce rules and regulations supplemental to this code as may be deemed necessary in order to clarify the application of the provisions of this code. Such interpretations, rules, regulations, and policies shall be in conformity with the intent and purpose of this code. The building official may authorize the San Joaquin County health department as the city designated enforcement authority. See Section 15.04.020 for definitions of" building official" and " deputize."
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
Section [A]105.3.2 of the California Building Code is amended to read as follows:
An application for a permit for any proposed work shall be deemed to be expired 180 days after the date of filing a building permit application, unless a permit has been issued.
Applications for which no permit is issued within 180 days following the date of the application shall expire, and plans, documents and other data submitted for review may thereafter be returned to the applicant or destroyed by the building official. The building official may extend the time for action by the applicant for a period not exceeding 90 days on written request by the applicant showing that circumstances beyond control of the applicant have prevented action from being taken and the extension has been submitted in writing prior to the expiration date.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
Section [A]105.5 of the California Building Code is amended to read as follows:
A permit issued shall remain valid for a period of twelve months after permit issuance unless the work on the site authorized by such permit is suspended or abandoned for a period of 180 days after permit issuance or work is commenced. Work is considered suspended or abandoned if substantial approval of one of the required progress inspections as identified in Section 110.3 of the California Building Code is not accomplished every 180 days. Before such work can be recommenced a new permit shall first be obtained, provided no changes have been made or will be made in the original plans for such work; and provided such suspension or abandonment has not exceeded one year.
The building official is authorized to grant, in writing, one or more extensions of time, for periods not more than 180 days each. The extension shall be requested in writing and justifiable cause demonstrated.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
Section [A]105 is amended by adding Section [A]105.8 Responsibility of Permittee to read as follows:
Section [A]105.8: Responsibility of Permittee. Building permits shall be presumed to incorporate the provision that the applicant, the applicants agent, employees or contractors shall carry out the proposed work in accordance with the approved plans and with all requirements of this code and any other laws or regulations applicable thereto, whether specified or not. No approval shall relieve or exonerate any person from the responsibility of complying with the provisions and intent of this code.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
Section [A]109.4 Investigation Fees—Work Without a Permit is amended to read as follows:
A. 
Whenever any work for which a permit is required by this code has been commenced without first obtaining said permit, a special investigation shall be made before a permit may be issued for such work.
B. 
An investigation fee, in addition to the permit fee, shall be collected whether or not a permit is subsequently issued. The investigation fee shall be equal to the amount of the permit fee that would be required by this code if a permit were to be issued. The payment of such investigation fee shall not exempt any person from compliance with other provisions of this code, nor any penalty prescribed by law.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
Section [A]110.3.5 Lath and Gypsum Board Inspection is amended to read as follows:
Section 110.3.5: Lath and Gypsum Board Inspection. Lath and gypsum board inspections shall be made after lathing and gypsum board, interior and exterior, is in place, but before any plastering is applied or gypsum board joints and fasteners are taped and finished.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
Section [A]113.1 Board of Appeals is amended to read as follows:
Section 113.1: Board of Appeals. Whenever the Building Official shall disapprove an application of refuse to grant a permit applied for, or when it is claimed that the provisions of the code do not apply or that the true intent and meaning of the code have been misconstrued and wrongly interpreted, or to hear and decide appeals of orders, decisions, or determinations made by the Building Official, the applicant or any person directly and adversely affected thereby, or the authorized agent of either of said parties, may appeal from the decision of the Building Official to the Building Board of Appeals of the City of Manteca within thirty days from the date of said decision, and the said Board of Appeals may, after a hearing, affirm, reverse, or modify said decision of the Building Official.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
Section [A]114.4 Violation Penalties is amended to read as follows:
Section 114.4: Violations Penalties. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the code hereby adopted or fail to comply therewith, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made thereunder, or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder, or any certificates or permit issued thereunder, and from which no appeal has been taken, or who shall fail to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the City Council, Building Board of Appeals or a court of competent jurisdiction, within the time fixed herein, shall separately for each and every violation and noncompliance respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment in the City Jail of the City of Manteca, or the County Jail of the County of San Joaquin for not more than six months or by both such fine and imprisonment. The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue, and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time, and when not otherwise specified, each ten days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
Section 1907 of the California Building Code is amended by adding Section 1907.2 to read as follows:
1907.2 Additional Requirements. Slab dowels in all occupancies, slab connection from existing slabs to new construction shall be placed at a minimum twenty-four (24) inches on center with reinforcing steel of one-half-inch minimum diameter, eighteen (18) inches in length. Embedment into the existing shall be a minimum of six (6) inches.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
Section 3304.1.1 of the California Building Code is amended by adding Section 3304.1.1.1 to read as follows:
3304.1.1 Difference of Elevation Exceeding 18″. On adjacent lots where a difference in elevation of 18 inches or greater exists, a retaining wall of reinforced concrete or reinforced concrete block must be constructed between the lots.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
The determination of value or valuation under any of the provisions of this code shall be made by the building official and shall be based on the latest building valuation data as printed in the building standards by the International Code Council, 5360 South Workman Mill Road, Whittier, California 90601. The valuation to be used in computing any permit related fees shall be the total value of all construction work for which the permit is issued, as well as all finish work, painting, roofing, electrical, plumbing, heating, air conditioning, elevators, fire extinguishing systems and any other permanent work or permanent equipment.
Exception: Other fees may be established by the building official based on estimated reasonable costs of service.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
Building permit fees for each permit shall be paid as set forth by city fee schedule or by a determination by the building official of the estimated reasonable costs of service.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
Plan review fees shall be paid as set forth by city fee schedule or by a determination by the building official of the estimated reasonable costs of service.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
For the purpose of maintaining copies of plans for residential, commercial, and industrial buildings and covering all associated technological costs associated with such scanning, storage, and maintenance pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 19850, when a building permit is required by the California Building Code, a fee shall be charged based on the adopted fee and estimated reasonable cost to the city for the maintenance of said plans.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)