Ordinance Adopting Green Building Amendments to the City of San Mateo Municipal Code Chapter 23.24 Energy Code
Summary
SCH Number
2025011033
Public Agency
City of San Mateo
Document Title
Ordinance Adopting Green Building Amendments to the City of San Mateo Municipal Code Chapter 23.24 Energy Code
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
1/30/2025
Document Description
Pursuant to Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 25402.i(h}(2} and Section 10-106 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, the City of San Mateo has applied to the California Energy Commission for a determination that its locally adopted energy efficiency standard, enacted in Local Ordinance No. 2025-01, will require buildings to be designed to consume no more energy than permitted by the 2022 Building Energy Efficiency Standards (2022 Energy Standards) adopted by the Energy Commission. The Energy Commission's Building Standards are set forth in Title 24, Part 6 of the California Code of Regulations. The ordinance requires meeting a source energy margin target through the performance path. To do so, one must install decarbonization measures in mixed fuel buildings or build an all electric building. Consistent with PRC Section 25402.l(h}(2}, the Energy Commission found that the City of San Mateo's Ordinance will require the diminution of energy consumption levels permitted by the 2022 Energy Standards.
Contact Information
Name
Zachary Dahl
Agency Name
City of San Mateo, Community Development Department
Job Title
Community Development Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
San Mateo
Counties
San Mateo
Regions
Citywide, San Francisco Bay Area
Other Location Info
Citywide
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Title 14, § 15061(b)(3), § 15308
Reasons for Exemption
The finding by the Energy Commission required by PRC Section 25402.l(h)(2), that the City of San Mateo ordinance will require the diminution of energy consumption levels permitted by the 2022 Energy Standards, involves the comparison of the energy savings of the ordinances pursuant to an objective fixed standard, and does not require the exercise of judgment or deliberation on the part of the Energy Commission. It is therefore a ministerial act consistent with Section 15369 ofTitle 14 of the California Code of Regulations, and is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21080(b)(l) and section 15268 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.
The Energy Commission also determined that the activity is covered by the general rule that California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. (14 CCR§ 15061(b)(3).) Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. The Energy Commission previously found that its adoption of the
California Green Building Code was exempt from CEQA pursuant to Title 14, Section 15061(b)(3). Additionally, analysis indicates that the 2022 Title 24 Part 6 Energy Code amendments are not expected to result in significant environmental impacts.
These standards are more protective of the environment than the state standards, and there are no reasonably foreseeable adverse impacts, and so there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment. As the lead agency, the City of San Mateo also stated in its application to the Energy Commission that this activity is exempt from CEQA under Section 15061(b)(3) and 15308 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.
County Clerk
San Mateo
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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