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7.A. - Page 9 of 285 • Other cities that have adopted this exception are Menlo Park, Pacifica, and Saratoga. Exception 5 — Non -Residential Buildings containing a kitchen may contain non -electric cooking appliances. • This exception includes buildings containing a restaurant or catering kitchen open to the public or employees. Similar to cooking appliances for residential buildings, previous City Council discussion reflected considering gas usage for commercial kitchens and restaurants, which are dependent on gas -fueled cooking appliances due to the consistency of product, lower cost, and equipment availability. Staff have received feedback from restaurant industry professionals indicating while some equipment does exist, the availability of National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) certified products or equipment that can produce the same heat as gas -powered equipment is limited. The NSF is an industry public health and safety organization. Additionally, restaurateurs and chefs have expressed concern that potential increased electricity costs are significant in an industry with very small profit margins. • Some examples of all -electric restaurants exist; PCE has advised that they may be able to reach out to experts on commercial kitchens if further information is needed. • Other cities that have this exception for commercial cooking include Brisbane, Menlo Park, Pacifica, Mountain View and Saratoga. Exception 6 — Non-residential buildings containing F and H occupancies, as defined in the California Building Code, or Scientific Laboratory Areas may have gas piping installed for use of natural gas in manufacturing, research, development, or for scientific purposes. • Certain manufacturing processes require natural gas as a feedstock for products such as fertilizers. Research and medical labs may have highly specialized applications such as high volume sterilization and other needs. Recent Redwood City projects with F or H occupancies include Bristol Myers Squib, Impossible Foods (the imitation meat place), Kaiser and Stanford. • The Reach Code presents no impediments on 'process' or industrial loads. The focus of this Reach Code is on space heating and water heating, and to a lesser extent cooking and clothes drying. There is no intent to modify processes that specifically require natural gas. • Mountain View has exceptions for F and H occupancies. Cupertino is proposing exceptions for F, H and L occupancies, but has not yet adopted them. Exception 7 — High-rise residential buildings may contain non -electric water -heating systems. • Currently, the Cost Effectiveness Study prepared for Reach Codes for residential buildings does not include a cost-effectiveness pathway for central electric water -heating systems of buildings greater than 50,000 square feet. For comparison, 50,000 square feet is twice the size of the Habitat Humanity project on Jefferson Street, which consists of 20 residential units. Page 9 of 12 City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.ore 261