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Planning commission recommends repealing local green standards, to rely on state CalGreen
Summary
The Calabasas Planning Commission voted unanimously Aug. 7 to forward a resolution recommending repeal of Municipal Code chapter 17.34 (local green development standards) and to send a draft ordinance to the City Council, citing duplication with the state CalGreen code and procedural cost concerns.
The Calabasas Planning Commission voted unanimously on Aug. 7 to recommend that the City Council repeal Municipal Code chapter 17.34, the city’s local green development standards, and rely on the state’s CalGreen building code instead.
Staff told the commission the local chapter originally implemented a LEED-based rating system for new non-residential development above 500 square feet but has become largely duplicative of CalGreen, which the state updates on a three‑year cycle. “Since 2008 we now have a redundant set of standards both doing the same thing,” a staff member said in an oral report, arguing the city would save staff time and public money by aligning with…
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