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ITEM TIT E: ordinance 1973 -Adding a new Title 20 to the Chula Vista Municipal Code
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entitled "Energy Conservation Regulations - First reading
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SUBMITTE BY: Director of Building and Housin (4/5ths Vote: Yes No x )
As a pa t of an overall City energy conservation, on May 12, 1981, an ordinance requiring
the sol r heating of domestic hot water and swimming pool water was presented to the City
Council Because of the testimony given, the Council directed the ordinance to be held
over fo one week for public input.
On May 9, 1981, the City Council held a public hearing to take testimony on adopting the
ordinan e. After hearing testimony from several representatives of industry, Council
directe staff to meet with those persons that had a concern relative to the adoption
of the rdinance. A Council Conference was set for November 12, 1981. At that conference
I recom ended to the City Council that due to the high cost of housing, a requirement for
pre-plu bing for future solar water heating systems be mandatory. Representatives of
industr agreed with this in general, with the exception of one particular portion. The
Council directed staff to prepare a pre-plumbing ordinance.
RECOMMENDATION: That Council
Put thelordinance on its first reading and adopt.
MMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
At their} meeting of April 20, 1981, the Resources Conservation Commission recommended
adoption of a solar energy ordinance.
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the recommendation to the City Council that a pre-plumbing ordinance for future
er heating be adopted, an ordinance has been prepared that requires all new
al units built within the City of Chula Vista to specifically be designed to
later installation of a system which utilizes solar energy as a primary means
g domestic potable water. The primary objection was raised by Dick Brown in
pre-plumbing not terrnin~ting in the attic space.; We have resolved this by
that all new buildings be pre-plumbed with the plumbing extending through the
the slope of the roof is less than 4 inches in 12 inches, and when the roof
is of clay or concrete tile. Attic areas of buildings that have a slope of
4 inches in 12 inches do not have enough room for a plumber to work in, hence
n for extending the pre-plumbing through the roof. The majority of roof cover-
be walked on without injury to the roof with the exception of clay and the
ring.
the proposed ordinance was sent to the following persons representing various
of the construction industry and related fields:
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Britton McFetridge
California Swimming Pool Association
Eric Pulliam
County of San Diego
Craig K. Beam
Attorney at Law
Alan Rings
Plumbing & Piping Industry Council, Inc.
Rob Lindvall
Plumbing & Piping Industrial Council, Inc.
Donald McDonough
Cal Solar Energy Industry Association
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Kim Kilkenny
Construction Industry Federation
Dick Brown
Gersten Company
Steve Sachs
SD Association of Government
Tim Rosenfeld
Solar Cal Local Gov't. Commission
Shirlee R. Smith
Bob Ladner
Skip Fralick
SD Gas & Electric
was requested regarding the pre-plumbing ordinance. The only response was
afeway Plumbing and Dick Brown. Safeway Plumbing recommended that we include
tion of the pre-plumbing pipes which we did. Dick Brown called to support
dinance as written.
IMPACT:
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Chula Vista, Caliic~rnia
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