The city finds that there is a present and continuing need to provide for the development and implementation of minimum lighting and thermal efficiency standards for buildings to ensure coordination with federal policy under the Energy Conservation Standards for New Buildings Act of 1976, being 42 U.S.C. §§ 6831 et seq. to promote the conservation of our dwindling energy resources and to provide for the public health, safety and welfare.
(Prior Code, § 8-301)