County of Monterey - File #: 12-1190

• File #: 12-1190
• Name: Green Building Ordinance
• Type: General Agenda Item
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/19/2012
• In control: Board of Supervisors
• On agenda: 1/15/2013
• Final action: 1/15/2013
• Title: Public hearing (continued from November 6, 2012) to: Consider adoption of an ordinance amending Chapter 18.12 of the Monterey County Code to adopt the 2010 California Green Building Standards Code by reference and add requirements and incentives for incorporating “green” building principles and practices into new development in the unincorporated area of Monterey County. (Green Building Ordinance - REF110058/County-wide)

Date	Action By	Action	Result
1/15/2013	Board of Supervisors	approved	Pass

Title
Public hearing (continued from November 6, 2012) to: Consider adoption of an ordinance amending Chapter 18.12 of the Monterey County Code to adopt the 2010 California Green Building Standards Code by reference and add requirements and incentives for incorporating “green” building principles and practices into new development in the unincorporated area of Monterey County.
(Green Building Ordinance - REF110058/County-wide)

Report
PROJECT INFORMATION:
Planning File Number: REF110058
Owner: N/A
Project Location: County-wide
APN: N/A
Agent: N/A
Plan Area: County-wide
Flagged and Staked: N/A
CEQA Action: Categorically Exempt per Section 15307

RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt the ordinance amending Chapter 18.12 of the Monterey County Code (Attachment A).

SUMMARY:
On October 9, 2012, the Board of Supervisors introduced the draft Green Building Ordinance, waived reading, and set a public hearing to consider adoption of the ordinance for November 6, 2012. On November 6, 2012, the Board continued the hearing on the ordinance to January 15, 2013. The ordinance would adopt the 2010 California Green Building Standards Code by reference into the Monterey County Code with the following modifications: 1) it requires new County of Monterey government facilities and major remodels of County facilities to be designed to meet CALGreen Tier 1 efficiency levels or their functional equivalent; 2) it updates incentives for new private development to comply voluntarily with CALGreen Tier 1 or Tier 2 standards or equivalent green building rating systems; and 3) it generally requires new non-residential structures that are greater than 25,000 square feet to provide on-site renewable energy generation for at least 15 percent of the projected energy demand.

DISCUSSION:
In drafting this ordinance, staff has worked with the Permit Streamlining Task Force (a committee of interested builders, architects, and land use attorneys), the Alternative...