O2540City Council Meeting: March 28, 2017 Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2540 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA AMENDING ARTICLE VIII OF THE SANTA MONICA
MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADOPTING THE CALIFORNIA (ENERGY CODE AND
RELATED CODES AND THE SANTA MONICA LOCAL
AMENDMENTS TO SUCH CODES
WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Section 18938 provides that the triennial
edition of the California Building Standards Code establishes building standards for all
occupancies throughout the State and requires that these standards incorporate the latest
editions of the Technical Codes with necessary California amendments; and
WHEREAS, on July 1, 2016, the State Building Standards Commission approved
and published the 2016 edition of the California Building Standards Code which
incorporated the various editions of the Technical Codes by reference with necessary
California amendments; and
WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Sections 18938 and 17958 make the
California Building Standards Code applicable to all cities and counties throughout
California, including the City of Santa Monica, 180 days after publication by the State
Building Standards Commission, which is January 1, 2017; and
WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Section 18941.5 provides that the City may
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establish more restrictive building standards if they are reasonably necessary due to local
climatic, geological or topographical conditions; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the 2016 edition of the California
Building Standards Code, which incorporates by reference the various editions of the
Technical Codes, and all of the referenced standards, tables, matrices and appendices
of each of these codes therein; and
WHEREAS, based upon the findings contained in the Resolution adopted
concurrently with this Ordinance, the City Council has found that certain modifications
and additions to the California Building Standards Code are reasonably necessary based
upon local climatic, geological and topographical conditions; and
WHEREAS, the California State Energy Commission approved these
recommended changes on March 8, 2017.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 8.36 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Chapter 8.36 Energy Code
8.36.010 Adoption.
That certain document entitled "2016 Building Energy Efficiency Standards—
Standards for Residential and Nonresidential Buildings" which adopts Part 6 of Title 24
and Part 1, Chapter 10 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, as published by
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the California Building Standards Commission and the California Energy Commission is
hereby adopted as the Energy Code of the City of Santa Monica.
8.36.020 Energy Efficiency – Low-rise residential.
All new low-rise residential buildings shall be designed to use fifteen percent (15%)
less energy than the allowed energy budget established by the 2016 California Energy
Code, and achieve an Energy Design Rating of Zero.
8.36.030 Energy Efficiency – High-rise residential, non-residential, hotels
and motels.
All new high-rise residential buildings, non-residential buildings, hotels and motels
shall be designed to use ten percent (10%) less energy than the allowed energy budget
established by the 2016 California Energy Code.
SECTION 2. Section 8.106.055 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
8.106.055 Residential solar requirements.
Amend Section 4.201 of the 2016 California Green Building Standards Code to
read as follows:
4.201.3 Solar Pool Heating—Low-Rise Residential.
(a) For new pool construction, if the pool is to be heated, renewable energy
shall be used for such heating provided that:
(i) The surface area of the solar collectors used to generate such renewable
energy is equal to or greater than seventy -percent (70%) of the surface area of the pool;
or
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(ii) Renewable energy provides at least sixty -percent (60%) of the total energy
necessary for heating purpose.
(b) Electrical resistance heaters that are not powered directly by renewable
energy sources shall not be used to heat pool water.
(c) The requirements of this Section shall be waived or reduced, by the
minimum extent necessary, in situations where installation of solar water heating is
technically infeasible due to lack of unshaded area to install solar collectors, lack of
adequate roof space, water pumping energy use exceeding half of the energy derivable
from the renewable energy system, or other similar conditions.
4.201.4 One- and -Two Family Dwelling Solar Photovoltaic Installations.
(a) All new one- and -two family dwellings are required to install a solar electric
photovoltaic (PV) system. The required installation of the PV system shall be
implemented using one of the following methods:
i. Install a solar PV system with a minimum total wattage 1.5 times the square
footage of the dwelling (1.5 watts per square foot); or
ii. Install a solar PV system or other renewable energy system that will offset
75%-100% of the Time Dependent Valuation (TDV) energy budget.
iii. Demonstrate that the Time Dependent Valuation (TDV) energy budget is
reduced by the same wattage required by (a)(i).
(b) The requirements of this Section shall be waived or reduced, by the
minimum extent necessary, where production of electric energy from solar panels is
technically infeasible due to lack of available and feasible unshaded areas.
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(c) The requirements of this Section shall take priority if there is a conflict
between compliance with Section 4.201.3 and this Section.
4.201.5 Multi -Family Dwellings (3 stories or less) Solar Photovoltaic
Installations.
(a) All new multi -family dwellings are required to install a solar electric
photovoltaic (PV) system. The required installation of the PV system shall be
implemented by installing a solar PV system with a minimum total wattage 2.0 times the
square footage of the building footprint (2.0 watts per square foot).
(b) The requirements of this Section shall be waived or reduced, by the
minimum extent necessary where production of electric energy from solar panels is
technically infeasible due to lack of available and feasible unshaded areas.
(c) The requirements of this Section shall take priority if there is a conflict
between compliance with Section 4.201.3 and this section.
SECTION 3. Section 8.106.080 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
8.106.080 Non-residential, high-rise residential, hotels and motels solar
requirement.
Amend Section 5.201 of the 2016 California Green Building Standards Code to
read as follows:
5.201.3 Solar Pool Heating—Non-Residential, High -Rise Residential, Hotels
and Motels Solar Photovoltaic Installation.
(a) For new pool construction, if the pool is to be heated, renewable energy
shall be used for such heating provided that:
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(i) The surface area of the solar collectors used to generate such renewable
energy is equal to or greater than seventy -percent (70%) of the surface area of the pool;
or
(ii) Renewable energy provides at least sixty -percent (60%) of the total energy
necessary for heating purpose.
(b) Electrical resistance heaters that are not powered directly by renewable
energy sources shall not be used to heat pool water.
(c) The requirements of this Section shall be waived or reduced, by the
minimum extent necessary, in situations where installation of solar water heating is
technically infeasible due to lack of unshaded area to install solar collectors, lack of
adequate roof space, water pumping energy use exceeding half of the energy derivable
from the renewable energy system, or other similar conditions.
5.201.4 Non -Residential, High -Rise Residential, Hotels and Motels Solar
Photovoltaic Installation.
(a) All new non-residential, high-rise residential, hotel, and motel buildings are
required to install a solar electric photovoltaic (PV) system. The required installation of
the PV system shall be implemented by installing a solar PV system with a minimum total
wattage 2.0 times the square footage of the building footprint (2.0 watts per square foot).
(b) The requirements of this Section shall be waived or reduced, by the
minimum extent necessary, where production of electric energy from solar panels is
technically infeasible due to lack of available and feasible unshaded areas.
(c) The requirements of this Section shall take priority if there is a conflict
between compliance with Section 5.201.3 and this section.
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SECTION 4. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal Code or appendices
thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, to the extent of such
inconsistencies and no further, is hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary to
effect the provisions of this Ordinance
SECTION 5. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this
Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any
court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed
this Ordinance and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not
declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion of the ordinance
would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 6. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage
of this Ordinance. The City Clerk shall cause the same to be published once in the official
newspaper within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become effective 30
days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
JO P tAWR NCE
Vn rim City Attorney
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Approved and adopted this 28th day of March, 2017.
Ted Winterer, Mayor
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss.
City of Santa Monica )
I, Denise Anderson -Warren, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2540 (CCS) had its introduction
on October 25, 2016, and was adopted at the Santa Monica City Council meeting
held on March 28, 2017, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Himmelrich, McKeown, O'Connor, O'Day, Vazquez
Mayor Pro Tem Davis, Mayor Winterer
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
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Denise Anderson -Warren, City Clerk Date
A summary of Ordinance No. 2540 (CCS) was duly published pursuant to
California Government Code Section 40806.