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4.103.1 New low-rise residential buildings.
4.103.1.1 Rating requirements
New residential buildings must be GreenPoint Rated and applicants must submit documentation demonstrating that a minimum of 75 GreenPoints from the GreenPoints Single Family New Construction Checklist or the GreenPoints Multifamily New Construction Checklist will be achieved. Alternatively, this rating requirement may be met by obtaining LEED Silver certification.
4.103.1.2 Stormwater management
Projects subject to this section shall meet the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission stormwater management requirements.
4.103.2 New high-rise residential buildings
4.103.2.1 Rating requirement
Permit applicants must submit documentation to achieve LEED® “Silver” certification. Alternatively, this rating requirement may be met by obtaining the GreenPoint Rated designation and submitting documentation demonstrating that a minimum of 75 GreenPoints from the GreenPoint Rated Multifamily New Construction checklist will be achieved.
4.103.2.2 [Reserved]
4.103.2.3 Construction debris management. Permit applicants must submit documentation verifying the diversion of a minimum 75 percent of the projects construction and demolition debris. The waste management plan necessary to meet this requirement shall be updated as necessary and shall be accessible during construction for examination by the Department of Building Inspection. Permit applicants must also meet the requirements of San Francisco Environment Code and San Francisco Building Code Chapter 13B (Construction and Demolition Debris Recovery Program.)
4.103.2.4 Stormwater management. Projects subject to this section shall meet the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission stormwater management requirements.
4.103.2.4.1 Construction activity stormwater pollution prevention. All projects, whether greater or lesser than one acre, must develop and implement construction activity pollution prevention and site run-off controls adopted by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.
4.103.3 Major Alterations to Existing Group R Occupancy Buildings.
4.103.3.1 Rating Requirement.
Permit applicants must submit documentation to achieve a LEED® Gold rating. Alternatively, this rating requirement may be met by obtaining the GreenPoint Rated designation and submitting documentation demonstrating that a minimum of 75 GreenPoints from the GreenPoint Rated Multifamily checklist will be achieved. Major alterations applying to less than 80% of the building’s gross floor area may alternately obtain the GreenPoint Rated Elements designation and submit documentation demonstrating that 49 points from the GreenPoint Rated Multifamily checklist have been achieved.
4.103.3.2 Low-Emitting Materials.
Alterations utilizing LEED must submit documentation verifying that low-emitting materials are used, subject to on-site verification, meeting at least the following categories of materials covered under LEED EQ Credit Low-Emitting Materials wherever applicable: interior paints and coatings applied on-site, interior sealants and adhesives applied on site, flooring, and composite wood.
Alterations utilizing GreenPoint Rated must submit documentation to verify the use of low-emitting materials meeting the GreenPoint Rated Multifamily New Homes measures for low-emitting coatings, adhesives and sealants, and carpet systems.
4.103.3.3 Electric Vehicle Charging.
Sections 4.106.4 through 4.106.4.2.6 of this Chapter shall apply to all newly-constructed buildings and associated newly-constructed parking facilities for passenger vehicles and trucks, and to major alterations to existing Group R occupancy buildings where electrical service to the building will be upgraded. In major alterations where existing electrical service will not be upgraded, the requirements of Sections 4.106.4 through 4.106.4.2.6 shall apply to the maximum extent that does not require an upgrade to existing electrical service.
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