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Building type Building Size <br />(sq. ft.) <br />Number of Off-street <br />loading spaces <br />Additional capacity Required (kVa) <br />for Raceway & Busway and <br />Transformer & Panel <br />Grocery 10,000 to 90,000 1 or 2 200 <br />Grocery Greater than <br />90,000 <br />3 or Greater 400 <br />Grocery Greater than <br />90,000 <br />1 or Greater 400 <br />Retail 10,000 to 135,000 1 or 2 200 <br />Retail 10,000 to 135,000 3 or Greater 400 <br />Retail Greater than <br />135,000 <br />1 or Greater 400 <br />Warehouse <br />Warehouse <br />Warehouse <br />20,000 to 256,000 <br />20,000 to 256,000 <br />1 or 2 200 <br />3 or Greater 400 <br />Greater than <br />256,000 <br />1 or Greater 400 <br /> <br /> <br />The following Sections are added to Chapter 5, as follows: <br /> <br />5.106.13 All-electric buildings. New construction buildings shall comply with Section 5.106.13.1 or <br />5.106.13.2 so that they do not use combustion equipment or are ready to facilitate future <br />electrification. <br /> <br />5.106.13.1. New construction. All newly constructed buildings shall be all-electric buildings. Tenant <br />improvements shall not be considered new construction. The final determination whether a project <br />meets the definition of new construction shall be made by the local enforcing agency. <br /> <br />Exceptions: <br />1. Industrial buildings with Occupancy Classifications of Group F, Group H, or Group S may <br />utilize combustion equipment. <br /> <br />2. Nonresidential buildings and mixed-use buildings containing kitchens located in a place of <br />public accommodation, as defined in the California Building Code Chapter 2, may utilize fuel <br />gas in on-site commercial cooking equipment and shall comply with Section 5.106.13.2. <br /> <br />3. Hotels and motels with eighty or more guestrooms may utilize fuel gas in on-site <br />commercial clothes drying equipment. The applicant shall comply with Section 5.106.13.2. <br /> <br />4. If the applicant establishes that there is not an all-electric prescriptive compliance pathway <br />for the building under the California Building Energy Efficiency Standards, and that the <br />building is not able to achieve the performance compliance standard applicable to the <br />building under the Energy Efficiency Standards using commercially available technology and <br />an approved calculation method, then the local enforcing agency may grant a modification. <br />The applicant shall comply with Section 5.106.13.2