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Staff Report #: 19 -187 -CC <br />2045 (Senate Bill 100.) <br />City Council direction <br />Staff presented reach code options and recommendations at three EQC meetings and two City Council <br />meetings before the September 10 meeting. Each meeting outcome provided additional direction for <br />increased electrification requirements (Attachment C.) Based on the last City Council meeting August 27, <br />staff has incorporated the direction to require: <br />1. Clothes dryers to use electricity for residential homes and low-rise multifamily buildings. <br />2. All new buildings to be electric -ready if allowed to use natural gas appliances through exceptions or <br />appeal. <br />3. Nonresidential kitchens (such as office cafeterias and for-profit restaurants) to be all -electric with the <br />right to appeal for gas cooking appliances. <br />Floor area ratio (FAR) exclusions are not recommended for changes as the zoning ordinance already allows <br />a process and methods for excluding mechanical equipment. <br />Analysis <br />Proposed Reach Code <br />The proposed Reach Code in Attachment A only applies to newly constructed buildings, and not additions <br />or remodels. Tenant improvements that result from an all -electric core and shell would also be required to <br />comply. Based on the evaluation criteria and City Council direction August 27, the proposed Reach Code <br />for Menlo Park would have the following standards/requirements: <br />City of Menlo Park 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025 tel 650-330-6600 w .menlopark.org <br />