Yuba City Municipal Code Ch. 10 California Green Building Standards (CALGREEN) Code

Adoption of the California Green Building Standards, (CALGreen) Code 2022 Edition, as published by the California Building Standards Commission as amended by the City of Yuba City. One copy is and shall, at all times, be kept on file in the office of the City Clerk.

(Ord. No. 006-19, § 2(Exh. A), 11-19-2019; Ord. No. 013-22, § 3(Exh. A), 12-20-2022)

Violations to this chapter will be penalized under the provisions of Chapter 2 of Title 1 of the Yuba City Municipal Code.

(Ord. No. 006-19, § 2(Exh. A), 11-19-2019; Ord. No. 013-22, § 3(Exh. A), 12-20-2022)

(a) Persons applying for a building permit from the City for new construction and building additions and alterations shall comply with the construction and demolition debris diversion requirements pursuant to Sections 4.408 and 5.408, as applicable, of the California Green Building Standards Code, Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR), Part 11, known as CALGreen, as may be amended, if its project is covered by the scope of CALGreen. For projects covered by the scope of CALGreen, project applicants shall also comply with all written and published City policies and/or administrative guidelines regarding the provision of a construction waste management plan; construction waste management plan acknowledgment by the project contractor and subcontractors; and construction waste management plan compliance documentation.

(b) Project applicants shall refer to Title 7 (Building Regulations) and Title 8 (Planning and Zoning) of this Code for complete CALGreen requirements.

(c) For projects covered by CALGreen, as may be amended, applicants must, as a condition of the City's permit approval, comply with the following:

(1) Where five or more multi-family dwelling units are constructed on a building site, provide readily accessible areas that serve occupants of all buildings on the site and that are identified for the storage and collection of nonhazardous materials for recycling, including recyclable materials and organic waste materials collected in the City's solid waste collection program, in compliance with provision of adequate space for recycling for multi-family premises pursuant to Section 4.410.2 of the California Green Building Standards Code, 24 CCR, Part 11.

(2) New commercial (excluding multi-family premises) construction or additions resulting in an increase of 30% or more of the floor area shall provide readily accessible areas identified for the storage and collection of nonhazardous materials for recycling, including recyclable materials and organic waste materials collected in the City's solid waste collection program, in compliance with provision of adequate space for recycling for commercial premises pursuant to Sections 5.410.1 and 5.410.1.2 of the California Green Building Standards Code, 24 CCR, Part 11, as may be amended, provided amended requirements are more stringent than the CALGreen requirements for adequate recycling space effective January 1, 2020. Section 5.410.1.2 of the California Green Building Standards Code, 24 CCR, Part 11 references the space allocation sample ordinance developed pursuant to Chapter 18, Part 3, Division 30 of the California Public Resources Code, known as the California Solid Waste Reuse and Recycling Access Act of 1991, which took effect in the City September 1, 1993 as the City did not adopt an alternate ordinance.

(Ord. No. 006-19, § 2(Exh. A), 11-19-2019; Ord. No. 013-22, § 3(Exh. A), 12-20-2022)