The City Council, after due consideration, finds and determines that due to the geographical location of the City and the unusual soil, geological and topographical conditions prevailing within the City, the public health and welfare would best be served by adopting and amending the 2022 California Residential Code including Appendix AH, AJ, AQ, AT, AX, and AZ and therefore said California Residential Code is hereby amended as follows:
Section R101.2 “Scope” is amended to read as follows:
101.2 Scope.
The provisions of this code and Title 8, Chapter 4, the City of Thousand Oaks Code Administration shall apply to the construction, alteration, movement, enlargement, replacement, repair, equipment, use and occupancy, location, removal and demolition of detached one- and two-family dwellings and townhouses not more than three stories above grade plane in height with a separate means of egress and their accessory structures not more than three stories above grade plane in height.
Exception: The following shall be permitted to be constructed in accordance with this code where provided with an automatic sprinkler system complying with Section R313:
1. Live/work units located in townhouses and complying with the requirements of Section 508.5 of the California Building Code.
2. Owner-occupied lodging houses with five or fewer guestrooms.
3. A care facility with five or fewer persons receiving custodial care within a dwelling unit.
4. A care facility with five or fewer persons receiving medical care within a dwelling unit.
5. A care facility for five or fewer persons receiving care that are within a single-family dwelling.
Sections R104, R105, R106, R107, R108, R109, R110, R111, R112, R113, and R114 of Chapter 1, Division II are hereby deleted.
(§ 6, Ord. 1707-NS, eff. January 1, 2023)