HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2010-3171ORDINANCE NO.3171
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING
CHAPTER 15.12, GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS, OF THE
CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as follows:
SECTION I. That Chapter 15.12 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is hereby amended and
reads as follows:
Chapter 15.12
Green Building Standards
Sections:
Section 15.12.001 Califomia Green Building Standards Code, 2010 Edition, adopted by
reference
Section 15.12.005 California Green Building Standazds Code Subsection 101.3
Section 15.12.010 Califomia Green Building Standazds Code Subsection 102.4
Section 15.12.015 California Green Building Standazds Code Subsection 303.1.1
Section 15.12.020 California Green Building Standards Code Subsection 4.410.1
Section 15.12.025 Califomia Green Building Standazds Code Subsection 4.303.05
Section 15.12.001 California Green Building Standards Code, 2010 Edition, adopted by
reference
There is hereby adopted by reference the California Green Building Standazds Code,
2010 Edition, known as the California Code of Regulations, Title 24 part 11, as copyrighted by
the California Building Standards Commission. Said document is hereby adopted as the Green
Building Code of the City of Chula Vista for enhancing the design and construction of buildings,
building additions and alterations through the use of building concepts having a reduced negative
impact or positive environmental impact and encouraging sustainable construction practices,
excepting such portions as aze hereinafter deleted, modified, or amended. Municipal Code
Chapter 15.06 shall serve as the administrative, organizational and enforcement rules and
regulations for this Chapter.
Section 15.12.005 California Green Building Standards Code Subsection 101.3
Subsection 101.3 of the California Green Building Standards Code is hereby amended, as
it applies in Chula Vista, and shall read as follows:
The provisions of this code shall apply to the planning, design, operation, construction, use
and occupancy of every newly constructed building or stmcture and additions or alterations to
existing building or structure, unless otherwise indicated in this code, throughout the State of
California.
It is not the intent that this code substitute or be identified as meeting the certification
requirements of any green building program.
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Section 15.12.010 California Green Building Standards Code Subsection 102.4
Subsection 102.4 is hereby added to Section 102 of the Califomia Green Building
Standazds Code, as it applies in Chula Vista, and shall read as follows:
102.4 Consultant Services. The Building Official may require the applicant to retain the
services of a consultant having expertise in Green Building and/or energy efficiency techniques
to review and evaluate complex systems and/or alternate methods or materials of construction
and provide recommendations as to compliance with the requirements of this code. The cost of
such consultant shall be paid by the applicant.
Section 15.12.015 California Green Building Standards Code Subsection 303.1.1
Subsection 303.1.1 of the Califomia Green Building Standazds Code is hereby amended,
as it applies in Chula Vista, and shall read as follows:
303.1.1 Tenant improvements. The provisions of this code shall apply to tenant or
occupant improvements.
Section 15.12.020 California Green Building Standards Code Subsection 4.410.1
Subsection 4.410.1 of the California Green Building Standards Code is hereby amended,
as it applies in Chula Vista, and shall read as follows:
4.410.1 Operation and maintenance manual. For new buildings or structures, at the time
of final inspection, a manual, compact disc, web-based reference or other media acceptable to the
enforcing agency which includes all of the following shall be placed in the building:
[The balance of this Section 15.12.020, following the colon, above, shall remain unchanged and
continue in full force and effect.]
Section 15.12.025 California Green Building Standards Code Subsection 4.303.05
Subsection 4.303.05 is hereby added to Section 4.303 of the California Green Building
Standazds Code, as it applies in Chula Vista, and shall read as follows:
4.303.05 Effective Date. The mandatory requirements of Section 4.303 shall take effect
on January 1, 2011 instead of the July 1, 2011 date established by the State Department of
Housing and Community Development.
SECTION II. FINDINGS AND DECLARATION
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista specifically and expressly finds and declares that
each of the amendments noted above to the 2010 Edition of the California Green Building
Standazds Code is necessary due to local climatic, geological and topographical conditions.
SECTION III. EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance will take effect and be in force thirty days after final passage but not before
January 1, 2011.
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Approved as to form by
Presented by
1 \I
azy Halbe E. P Bart C. Miesfeld
Assistant C anager/Director of City Attorney
Developmen ervices
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 23rd day of November 2010, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Bensoussan, Castaneda, McCann, Ramirez and Cox
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Cheryl Cox, ay r
ATTEST:
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Donna R. Noms, CMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
I, Donna R. Norris, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 3171 had its first reading at a regular meeting held on the 9th day of November
2010 and its second reading and adoption at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the
23rd day of November 2010; and was duly published in summary form in accordance with the
requirements of state law and the City Charter.
Dated Donna R. Nom ,CMC, City Clerk