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Public Workshop to review and comment on: 1) a Draft Resolution Containing Findings of Local Climatic, Geological, Topographical, and Environmental Conditions as Required to Adopt Alameda Local Amendments to the 2019 California Energy Code; 2) A Draft Ordinance Amending the Alameda Municipal Code by Amending: (1) Article I (Uniform Codes Relating to Building, Housing and Technical Codes) of Chapter XIII (Building and Housing) to Adopt Alameda Local Amendments to the 2022 Edition of the California Green Building Standards Code to Require Newly Constructed Buildings to be All-Electric
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To: Honorable President and
Members of the Planning Board
From: Andrew Thomas, Planning, Building and Transportation Director
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Staff is recommending that the Planning Board review and comment on a resolution containing findings of local climatic, geological, and topographical conditions as required by applicable law, and an ordinance adopting Alameda local amendments to the 2022 edition of the California Green Building Standards Code (contained in the 2022 California Building Standards Code) to require newly constructed buildings, as defined, to be all-electric.
The all-electric reach code was first adopted in 2021 and implements a key recommendation in Alameda's Climate Action and Resiliency Plan (CARP). Adoption of a new reach code is required to ensure alignment with the 2022 California Buildings Standards Code which will become effective January 1, 2023.
BACKGROUND
In September 2019, the City Council adopted Alameda's Climate Action and Resiliency Plan (CARP), which included actions directing staff to prepare ordinances requiring all new residential construction to be 100% electric-powered with no gas hookups and to require fuel switching from natural gas-powered appliances to electric-powered appliances when existing buildings are being substantially expanded. On December 6, 2022, the Equi...
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