HomeMy WebLinkAbout3035 Amending AMC 15 to create LEED
ORDINANCE NO. 303S-
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AMC CHAPTER 15 TO CREATE LEED.
CERTIFIED BUILDING PRIORITY
Annotated to show deletiolls and additions to the code sections being modified. Deletions are
bold" ~.L _L and additions are bold underlined,
WHEREAS, Article 2. Section I of the Ashland City Charter provides:
Powers of the Citv The City shall have all powers which the constitutions, statutes, and
common law of the United States and of this State expressly or impliedly grant or allow
municipalities, as fully as though this Charter specifically enumerated each of those
powers, as well as all powers not inconsistent with the foregoing; and, in addition thereto,
shall possess all powers hereinafter specifically granted. All the authority thereof shall
have perpetual succession;
WHEREAS, the above referenced grant of power has been interpreted as affording all
legislative powers home rule constitutional provisions reserved to Oregon Cities. Citvof
Beaverton v. International Ass'n of Firefighters. Local 1660. Beaverton Shop. 20 Or. App. 293,
531 P 2d 730, 734 (1975);
WHEREAS, as part of the discussion of the Croman Mill Site Redevelopment Plan, incentives
to "green building;" were proposed for Council consideration; and
WHEREAS, the City would like to prioritize LEED certified building permit applications as an
incentive to "green building;" and
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. A new AMC Section 15.04.092 is hereby added to read as follows:
15.04.092
Buildinl! Permits - LEED Certified Priority Plan Check
l.New buildinl!s and existinl! buildinl!s whose repair. alteration or rehabilitation
costs exceed fifty percent of their r;eplacement costs. that will be pursuinl!
certification under the Leadership in Enerl!V and Environmental Desil!n Green
Buildinl! Ratinl! Svstem (LEED) of the United States Green Buildinl! Council shall
received top priority in the plan check processinl!.
2. Applicants wishinl! to receive priority plan check processinl! shall provide the
followinl! documentation with the buildinl! permit submittals demonstratinl! the
completion of the followinl! steps in the workinl! towards LEED certification.
a.- Hirinl! and retaininl! a LEED Accredited Professional as part of the project
team throul!hout desil!n and construction of the proiect.
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b. The LEED checklist indicatin2 the credits that will be pursued. Buildin2
permit submittals must c1earlv specify the materials. svstems and strate2ies
thev will use to achieve the credits in the plans submitted to the City of plan
check approval.
3. A final report shall be prepared bv the LEED Accredited Professional and
presented to the City upon completion of the proiect verifvin2 that the proiect has
met. or exceeded, the LEED standard.
SECTION 2. Severability. The sections, subsections, paragraphs and clauses of this ordinance
are severable, The invalidity of one section, subsection, paragraph, or clause shall not affect the
validity of the remaining sections, subsections, paragraphs and clauses.
SECTION 3. Savin2s, Notwithstanding this amendment/repeal, the City ordinances in
existence at the time any criminal or civil enforcement actions were commenced, shall remain
valid and in full force and effect for purposes of all cases filed or commenced during the times
said ordinance(s) or portions thereof were operative. This section simply clarifies the existing
situation that nothing in this Ordinance affects the validity of prosecutions commenced and
continued under the laws in effect at the time the matters were originally filed,
SECTION 4. Codification, Provisions of this Ordinance shall be incorporated in the City Code
and the word "ordinance" may be changed to "code", "article", "section", "chapter" or another
word, and the sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered, or re-lettered, provided however
that any Whereas clauses and boilerplate provisions (i.e. Sections 2-4) need not be codified and
the City Recorder is authorized to correct any cross-references and any typographical errors.
The foregoing ordinance was first read by title only in accordance with Article X,
Section 2(C) of the City Charter on the ~ day of ~ ,2010
m'J:::~Dt;;::r ,2010.
Barbara M. Christensen, City Recorder
SIGNED and APPROVED this /i' day of ~ 2010.
Reviewed as to form:
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