AB 1627 (Dickinson) – Request for Comment
As Introduced on February 9, 2012
AB 1627, by Assembly Member Roger Dickinson, would enact the
Healthy Neighborhoods Act of 2012 and would require the
California Energy Commission (CEC) to prescribe, by regulation,
standards for reducing vehicle miles traveled by occupants of a
building that would be applicable to new residential and
nonresidential buildings and modification of existing residential
and nonresidential buildings. The bill would require the CEC to
publish the standards, upon adoption, in the energy conservation
manual. The bill would prohibit a local building department from
issuing a building permit for a residential or nonresidential
building unless the department confirms that the building plan
complies with the standards. The bill would authorize a city,
county, or city and county to prescribe, by ordinance or
resolution, a schedule of fees sufficient to cover the costs
incurred in the enforcement of these standards.
The measure would also prohibit a local building department from
issuing a building permit for a residential or nonresidential
building unless the department confirms that the building plan
complies with the CEC’s building design and construction
standards and energy and water conservation design standards for
new residential and nonresidential buildings.
CSAC is requesting counties review this measure and provide
feedback as soon as is practical.
