Adoption of 2022 Building and Fire Codes

1) Staff Report; 2) Entertain questions of Staff from the City Council 3) Open Public Hearing; 4) Take public testimony from those favor; 5) Take public testimony from those opposed; 6) Take public testimony from those in a neutral position; 7) Close the Public Hearing; 8) City Council discussion; and 9) Introduce for First Reading and read by title only: A) "An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Desert Hot Springs amending Title 15 "Buildings and Construction" of the Desert Hot Springs Municipal Code to adopt the 2022 edition of the California Building Code, California Residential Code, California Electrical Code, California Mechanical Code, California Plumbing Code, California Energy Code, California Historical Building Code, California Existing Building Code, California Green Building Standards Code, California Referenced Standards Code, International Property Maintenance Code, and to adopt local revisions to those Codes with selected appendices and amendments; AND B) "An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Desert Hot Springs, amending Chapter 15.22 "California Fire Code" of Title 15 "Buildings and Construction" of the Desert Hot Springs Municipal Code to adopt the 2022 edition of the California Fire Code with selected appendices and amendments.

Approve Staff recommendation 9A (Building Code). | Approve Staff recommendation 9B (Fire Code).