R115901
City Council Meeting: June 11, 2024 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 11590 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA MAKING
FINDINGS REGARDING LOCAL CLIMATIC, GEOLOGICAL, TOPOGRAPHICAL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS PURSUANT TO PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE
SECTIONS 17958.7 and 18941.5
WHEREAS, the State Building Standards Commission has approved and published
the 2022 edition of the California Building Standards Code on July 1, 2022; and such code took
effect January 1, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the 2022 California Building Standards Code includes the 2022 California
Green Building Standards Code; and
WHEREAS the July 2024 Intervening Code Cycle update to the 2022 California Green
Building Standards Code takes effect July 1, 2024; and
WHEREAS, California Health and Safety Code Sections 17958.7, and 18941.5 provide
that the City may make changes or modifications to the building standards contained in the
California Building Standards Code based upon express findings that such changes or
modifications are reasonably necessary because of local climatic, geological, or
topographical conditions; and
WHEREAS, Section 101.7.1 of the 2022 California Green Building Standards Code
provides that for the purposes of local amendments to the 2022 California Green Building
Standards Code, local climatic, topographical, or geological conditions include local
environmental conditions as established by the City; and
WHEREAS, on or about September 20, 2016, the State of California enacted Senate
Bill (SB) 32, which added Health and Safety Code Section 38566 to require greenhouse
gas emissions to be reduced to 40 percent below 1990 levels by no later than December 31,
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2030; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica is committed to reducing greenhouse gas
emissions in accordance with the United States’ original commitment to the Paris Climate
Accord; and
WHEREAS, consistent with its May 2019 Climate Action & Adaptation Plan (“CAAP”),
the City of Santa Monica is committed to establishing requirements to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions by electrifying the building and transportation sectors, which will also increase
the use of renewable energy; and
WHEREAS, based upon the findings contained in this Resolution, the City Council will
be adopting an ordinance making local amendments to the 2022 California Green Building
Standards Code that are reasonably necessary based upon local climatic, geological, and
environmental conditions.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Santa Monica does resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council makes the following findings regarding local climatic,
geological, topographical, and environmental conditions related to the local amendments to
the 2022 California Green Building Standards Code described in Section 2 below:
General Findings
(a) It is expected that climate change will result in more severe and frequent drought
and extreme heat events, intensifying local heat islands and putting vulnerable populations at
health risk. (Climatic)
(b) Due to changes in rainfall patterns expected with climate change, the City of Santa
Monica is likely to be subject to more severe weather events, including droughts
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as well as more intense storms that increase the risks of wildfire, erosion, overland
local flooding and landslides. (Climatic and Environmental)
(c) The greater Los Angeles region is a densely populated area having buildings
constructed within a region where environmental resources are scarce due to varying and
occasional immoderate temperatures and weather conditions. (Climatic and Environmental)
(d) Failure to address and significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions could
result in rises in sea level that could put at risk Santa Monica homes, businesses, and public
facilities (Climatic and Geological).
(e) The State of California enacted Senate Bill (SB) 32 to require greenhouse gas
emissions to be reduced to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030.
(f) The City of Santa Monica is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in
accordance with the United States’ original commitment to the Paris Climate Accord.
Specific Findings
(g) As noted in the CAAP, in February 2019, the Clean Power Alliance of Southern
California started serving Santa Monica residents with electricity sourced from a higher
content of renewable energy sources, with the result that as of May 2019 Santa Monica
residents and businesses receive a default 100% renewable electricity. (Climatic and
Environmental)
(h) The local amendments to promote the use of all-electric vehicles will encourage the
substitution of all-electric vehicles for vehicles that use non-renewable fuel and emit GHG,
which will increase the use of renewable energy, promote a lower contribution to GHG
emissions, and increase resilience to ongoing climate change. (Climatic and Environmental)
(i) On March 18, 2024, the Commission on Sustainability, Environmental Justice, and
the Environment met to consider recommendations to the City Council regarding adopting
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local amendments to the 2022 California Building Standards Code in accordance with the
2024 Intervening Code Cycle and local climatic, geological and topographical conditions. The
Commission on Sustainability, Environmental Justice, and the Environment unanimously
recommended that the City Council adopt a resolution making necessary local findings and
adopt local amendments to the 2022 California Building Standards Code.
SECTION 2: The City Council expressly finds that the following modifications and
changes to the 2022 California Building Standards Code are reasonably necessary because
of the local climatic or geological conditions and that each and every one the local conditions
detailed in Section 1 above apply to the following modifications and changes to the 2022
California Building Standards Code, as follows:
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No. Municipal
Code
Section
Amendment Summary Justification
from Section
1 of this
Resolution
Local
Condition
1 8.106.110 In addition to current 2022 California
Green Building Standards Code
requirements:
(a) In multifamily development
projects, EV spaces must be
installed according to CALGreen
Tier 1 Option A (A4.106.8.2).
Sections (a)
through (i)
Climatic,
Geological,
Environmental
2 8.106.120 In addition to current 2022 California
Green Building Standards Code
requirements:
(a) In all new non-residential
buildings, EV spaces must be
installed according to CALGreen Tier
1 (Table A5.106.5.3.1 or Table
A5.106.5.3.2).
(b) In new office parking facilities, an
additional 20% of parking spaces
must be Low Power Level 2 EV
Ready spaces.
Sections (a)
through (i)
Climatic,
Geological,
Environmental
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution and thenceforth
and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
____________________________
Douglas Sloan, City Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 11th day of June, 2024.
__________________________
Phil Brock, Mayor
I, Nikima S. Newsome, Interim City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby
certify that Resolution No. 11590 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa
Monica City Council held on the 11th day of June, 2024, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Zwick, Parra, Davis, Torosis,
Mayor Pro Tem Negrete, Mayor Brock
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember de la Torre
ATTEST:
_____________________________________
Nikima S. Newsome, Interim City Clerk
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