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File Number: 22-677 Correction to Article 6 (Green Building Code) On October 17, 2022, staff presented Article 6 (Green Building Code), attached to the draft Ordinance. Specifically, the third exception to Section 4.106.4 Electric vehicle (EV) charging for new construction was incomplete and should defer to baseline 2022 code standards for projects exempt from reach code standards. Staff recommends that the third exception to Section 4.106.4 Electric vehicle (EV) charging for new construction be revised during this second reading. A revised copy of Article 6 is attached to the Ordinance in Attachment A. Resolution of Local Condition Findings Health and Safety Code Sections 17958, 17958.5, and 17958.7 require the City Council to make findings regarding local climatic, geological, and topographical conditions before adopting local amendments to the State-adopted California Building Standards Code. The proposed amendments to the building standards codes are based primarily on earthquake and soils conditions in San Leandro. Proposed findings include a map showing areas prone to liquefaction, fault line proximity and areas of corrosive soils. These findings were adopted by Resolution at a public hearing on November 7, 2022. Environmental Review The proposed action is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in that it is not a Project that has the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment under Title 14 of the CCR, Section 15061(b)(3). No further environmental review is necessary. Public Notice and Outreach The City held stakeholder listening sessions on the development of the reach codes in February 2022. Approximately 20 individuals, including commercial property owners, commercial tenants, and representatives from the industrial/manufacturing and residential development sectors participated across four listening sessions. Their input was incorporated into the draft reach codes. Public presentations to the Planning Commission and City Council were provided in April 2022 to provide a summary of feedback received and staff’s recommendations on the development for each reach code policy. In accordance and compliance with Government Code §50022.2, the Building Code update was adopted with the standard 10 day noticing. The Ordinance shows noticing according to Government Code Section 6066, which requires twice noticing over two weeks. For full transparency and consistency with how the Ordinance was drafted, notice of the public hearing has been published twice in a newspaper of general circulation, by legal ads in the Daily Review on November 18 and 25, 2022. This additional noticing and public hearing does not affect the Building Code’s adoption, or the local conditions resolution. Financial Impacts The costs associated with the application and administration of building standards are funded by Page 5 City of San Leandro Printed on 11/30/2022