Perhaps your community believes that the halachos of the Shulchan Aruch are stringencies. Such as the halacha in Orach Chaim 2:6 not to walk four amos (6-8 feet) without any sort of head covering.
They may not hold like the SA. It is common among Sephardim to only wear a head covering during tefilah & when making a Bracha. Please do not be Motzi La’az on a Kehilah that has done so for thousands of years, well before the SA was written.