Title
Building Reach Code Updates (Phase 1) - Electrical Prewiring and Recycled Water
Recommended Action
1. Find the proposed amendments to Chapter 8 (Buildings) of the Mountain View City Code to be exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), the common-sense exemption, as it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the changes adopted will have a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment or significant effect on the environment; and Section 15308 of the CEQA Guidelines as this ordinance is an action taken by a regulatory agency for the purpose of protecting the environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions that are produced from buildings.
2. Introduce an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Adopting Required Findings, Amending Chapter 8 (Buildings) of the Mountain View City Code to Adopt Local Amendments to the 2022 Editions of the California Green Building Standards Code and the California Plumbing Code to Add Electrical Prewiring Requirements and to Make Clarifying Changes to Recycled Water Requirements, and Finding the Amendments to Be Exempt from Review Under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061(b)(3) and 15308, to be read in title only, further reading waived, and set a second reading for November 12, 2024 (Attachment 1 to the Council Report).