15.17.020 Amendments to the California Green Building Standards Code.
Based upon the findings of the City Council regarding local climatic, topographical, and geological conditions, the following sections and/or subsections of the 2016 California Green Building Standards Code (“CALGreen”) are amended to read as follows:
A. Section 202, the definition of “newly constructed” is amended as follows:
Newly Constructed (or New Construction). A newly constructed building (or new construction) shall include additions, alterations or repairs where more than 50% of all existing walls of an existing structure, measured in lineal feet, are demolished or deconstructed or where there are additions exceeding 50% of the existing floor area, or any combination of the two (2) cumulatively exceeding 50%.
(Ord. 1013 § 12, 2016; Ord. 995 § 14, 2014; Ord. 976 § 9, 2011)