• Building and Local Fire Amendments
• Earthquake Hazard Reduction Ordinances
• Post-Disaster Ordinances
• Wood Burning Fireplace

Building and Fire Local Amendments

These 3 ordinances contain local amendments to California Building Codes and California Fire Codes: 

• Chapter 1 of the Building Regulations in the Fremont Municipal Code contains local amendments to 2007 California Building, Electrical, Mechanical, and Plumbing Codes and adopts certain provisions of the 2002 California Existing Building code. 
• Chapter 2 of the Building Regulations contains Fremont provisions for Building Security. 
• Chapters 3 and 4 of Fremont Municipal Code are Fremont adoptions of the 1997 Uniform Housing Code and Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings.

Direct questions to:  Massoud Abolhoda, 510-494-4461

Building Regulations	Fire Code	Wildland Urban Interface Fire Area

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Earthquake Hazard Reduction Ordinances

The two ordinances posted here are designed to mitigate and reduce earthquake hazards of certain types of buildings. The Soft-Story Apartment Earthquake Retrofit Ordinance is a voluntary ordinance developed to address earthquake hazards of apartments with tuck-under parking that were not specifically designed to consider the effect of reduced stiffness of the building at the ground level due to parking garage opening.  The Tilt-up and Reinforced Masonry Buildings with Flexible Diaphragm Ordinance, locally referred to as the TRM Earthquake Retrofit Ordinances, were enacted to require repairs of certain weaknesses at the connection of walls to wood or other flexible roof and floor systems.

Direct questions to:  Massoud Abolhoda, 510-494-4461

Post-Disaster Ordinances

The three ordinances posted in this subsection set out the requirement for dealing with post earthquake building safety assessment, demolition and reconstruction.

Direct questions to:  Massoud Abolhoda, 510- 494-4461

Repair & Reconstruction (Ordinance 2182)	Demolition (Ordinance 2181)	Warning Placards (Ordinance 2180)

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Wood Burning Fireplaces

The City of Fremont has adopted an ordinance that does not allow new installation of wood burning fireplaces or appliances and requires modification of existing wood burning appliances and fireplaces under certain conditions. The ordinance sets the required standards and conditions.

Direct questions to:  Massoud Abolhoda, 510-494-4461

Wood Burning Fireplaces (Ordinance 2480)

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