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10A. Public Hearing to review and consider the introduction of City Council Ordinance No. 2024-04 proposing Municipal Code amendments which modify the 2022 California Building Standards Code related to energy efficiency and green building. Environmental Considerations: The minor amendments proposed will not have a significant effect on the environment because the strengthened requirements reduce hazards and accommodate features to 5/10/24, 3:46 PM encinitas.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=7&event_id=4495 reduce environmental effects. Adoption of the amendments is exempt from environmental review as per Section 15308 of the CEQA Guidelines, which allows a categorical exemption for "actions taken by regulatory agencies, as authorized by state or local ordinance, to assure the maintenance, restoration, enhancement, or protection of the environment where the regulatory process involves procedures for protection of the environment." Furthermore, the amendments were previously evaluated in the Final Negative Declaration (ND) for the Climate Action Plan (Case No. 17-224), dated December 5, 2017, and Addendum to the ND (Case No. ENV-004106-2020), dated Oct 20, 2020. The ND and the Addendum evaluated the potential environmental effects of the implementation of the Climate Action Plan, including the adoption and enforcement of energy efficiency and renewable energy ordinances. This project is within the scope of the Final Negative Declaration and the Addendum, and no further California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance is required. Contact Person: Sustainability Analyst Wampler Recommended Action: Introduce City Council Ordinance No. 2024-04, titled "An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Encinitas, California, Adopting Amendments to Chapter 23.12 (Uniform Codes for Construction) of Title 23 (Building and Construction) of the Encinitas Municipal Code to Make Certain Amendments, Additions, and Deletions Related to Energy Efficiency and Green Building." 2024-05-15 Item 10A Green Building Amendment