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 Mechanical Code, California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 4, as published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, 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 Mechanical Code on file in office of the city clerk of the city of Manteca is hereby referred to, adopted as the mechanical code of the city of Manteca.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
Section 108.1 Organization and Enforcement is amended to read as follows:
California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 4, 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)
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. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)
Chapter 1, Section 110.1 Board of Appeals is amended to read as follows:
General. Whenever the Building Official shall disapprove an application or 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, the applicant or any person directly or 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 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)
Chapter 1, Section 111.0 Violations—Penalty is amended to read as follows:
A. 
Any person violating any of the provision of the California Mechanical Code shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not to exceed one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each separate day or portion thereof during which any violation of the California Mechanical Code occurs or continues shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable as provided in this chapter.
B. 
The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans and specifications shall not be deemed to be a permit for, or an approval of, any violation of any of the provisions of state law. No permit presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of the California Mechanical Code shall be valid, except insofar as work or use which it authorized is lawful.
C. 
The issuance of a permit upon plans and specifications shall not prevent the City Building Official from thereafter requiring the correction of errors in the plans and specifications or from preventing construction operations being carried on there under when in violation of the California Mechanical Code, this code or any other applicable provision of state law.
(Ord. O2019-15 § 1; Ord. O2022-22 § 1; Ord. O2025-18, 11/4/2025)