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09/21/2020 ORDINANCE NO. 2487 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY ADDING ARTICLE XV OF CHAPTER 9 OF THE REDWOOD CITY CODE TO ADOPT LOCAL AMENDMENTS TO 2019 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY CODE AND GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS CODES, TOGETHER WITH CERTAIN AMENDMENTS, EXCEPTIONS, MODIFICATIONS AND ADDITIONS THERETO WHEREAS, the City of Redwood City has adopted the 2019 editions of the California Energy Code and Green Building Standards Codes; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 17922, 17958, 17958.5, 17958.7 and 18941.5 of the California Health and Safety Code, the City may adopt amendments, modifications, changes, and additions to the provisions of these codes, which are reasonably necessary to protect the health, welfare and safety of the citizens of Redwood City because of local climatic, geological and topographical conditions; and WHEREAS, Public Resources Code Section 25402.1 (h) 2 and Section 10-106 of the Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Standards) establish a process which allows local adoption of energy standards that are more stringent than the statewide Standards, provided that such local standards are cost-effective and the California Energy Commission finds that the standards will require buildings to be designed to consume no more energy than permitted by the California Energy Code; and WHEREAS, the City, through the Statewide Codes & Standards Program, has performed a cost-effectiveness analysis as required by the California Energy Commission for the local amendments to the California Energy Code contained in this ordinance which memo is hereby incorporated by reference; and WHEREAS, the City has completed review of the proposed amendments and has determined that the requirements of the local amendments to the California Energy Code and Green Building Standards Code will require buildings to consume no more energy than permitted by the California Energy Code; and WHEREAS, adoption of these local amendments is consistent with the goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions as identified in the City's Climate Action Plan. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY: SECTION 1. A new Article XV of Chapter 9 of the Redwood City Code is hereby adopted to read as follows: ARTICLE XV. AMENDMENTS TO 2019 CALIFORNIA ENERGY CODE AND GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS CODE Sec. 9.249. - SECTION 100.0(e) (2) A OF THE ENERGY CODE AMENDED: ATTY/ORD.522/CC ORD ALL ELECTRIC REACH CODES ORDINANCE NO. 2487 REV: 09-16-2020 RL MUFF NO. 305 Page 1 of 15