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'A] Oki 11 141AL16"M AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS AMENDING CHAPTER 1.6 (ENERGY CODE) OF TITLE 8 (BUILDING REGULATIONS) OF THE LOS ALTOS HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADOPT BY REFERENCE REGULATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE ELECTRIFICATION OF SPACE AND WATER HEATING SYSTEMS IN NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS BASED ON SPECIAL LOCAL CONDITIONS WHEREAS, California Health and Safety Code section 17958 requires that cities adopt building regulations that are substantially the same as those adopted by the California Building Standards Commission and contained in the California Code of Regulations — Title 24; and WHEREAS, the 2019 California Energy Code is a part of the 2019 California Code of Regulations and implements minimum energy efficiency standards in buildings through mandatory requirements, prescriptive standards, and performances standards; and WHEREAS, Public Resources Code Section 25402.1(h)2 and Section 10-106 of the Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Standards) establish a process which allows local adoption of energy standards that are more stringent than the statewide Standards, provided that such local standards are cost effective and the California Energy Commission finds that the standards will require buildings to be designed to consume no more energy than permitted by the 2019 California Energy Code; and WHEREAS, the California Statewide Codes and Standards Program led the development of a cost-effectiveness study for Energy Code reach codes that examined different performance-based approaches for new construction of specific building types and determined that such modifications will result in designs that cons -Lime less energy than they would under the 2019 State Energy Code; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills finds that the local amendments to the California Energy Code contained in this ordinance are cost effective and will require buildings to be designed to consume no more energy than permitted by the California Energy Code; and WHEREAS, pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Sections 17958.5, 17958.7 and 18941.5, the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills hereby finds that the modifications to the building standards contained in the California Code of Regulations are reasonably necessary based on the following local climatic, geological or topographical conditions: I Climatic: The Town is located in Climate Zone 3 as established in the 2019 California Energy Code. Climate Zone 3 incorporates communities near the coast from Marin County to southern Monterey County including Los Altos Hills. The Town experiences precipitation ranging from 18 to 22 inches per year with an average of approximately 20 inches per year. Ninety-five percent of precipitation falls during the months of November through April, leaving a dry period of approximately six months each year. Ordinance 589 Page 1