HomeMy WebLinkAbout2561ORDINANCE NO. 2561
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles,
Washington, relating to the adoption of the 1987
edition of the Northwest Energy Code Standards,
and other standards regulating the use of energy
in buildings and structures, and amending PAMC
14.03.010 and Ordinance 2552, Section 2.
WHEREAS, the City of Port Angeles has adopted by reference
the 1986 State Energy Code; and,
WHEREAS, the adoption of energy codes, which enable the
effective use of electrical and other forms of heat in new building
construction, provides for a more effective utilization of
electrical energy and conserves other energy resources; and,
WHEREAS, the energy surplus in the Northwest is
disappearing as the population increases and the economy expands,
and energy efficiency will reduce the pressure for future rate
increases and will stretch our energy resources into the future;
and,
WHEREAS, the Bonneville Power Administration Solicitation
No. DE- PS79- 89BP93000, entitled the Northwest Energy Code Program,
includes reimbursement provisions for the administration and
enforcement of the Northwest Energy Code regulating the use of
electrical energy as well as some reimbursement of additional cost
to the builder and consumer for conservation components attribu-
table to compliance with the model conservation standards in order
to encourage affordable housing for entry level consumers; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it is in the public
interest to adopt the Northwest Energy Code for the construction
of electrically heated or conditioned buildings and to adopt the
conversion standard equivalent code amendments for the subsequent
conversion of new buildings to electric heating or conditioning;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT
ANGELES DOES HEREBY ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. PAMC 14.03.010 and Ordinance 2552, Section
2, are hereby amended as follows:
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14.03.010 Uniform Codes Adopted. Pursuant to Chapters
19.27 and 19.27A RCW and 51 -16 WAC, the following Codes are adopted
subject to the amendments set forth in Ch. 51 -16 WAC and PAMC
14.03.030:
A. Uniform Building Code, including Appendix, Chapter 1,
except subsection 110(b), Appendix Chapters 7 and 32, and Uniform
Building Code Standards, 1988 Edition, published by the Inter-
national Conference of Building Officials;
B. Uniform Mechanical Code, 1988 Edition, including
Appendix B, Chapter 22, published by the International Conference
of Building Officials;
C. Uniform Fire Code and Uniform Fire Code Standards,
1988 Edition, as specifically adopted in Chapter 14.21 PAMC;
D. Uniform Plumbing Code, including Appendix C, and
Uniform Plumbing Code Standards, 1988 Edition, published by the
International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials;
E. The Washington State Regulations for Barrier Free
Facilities, as adopted and amended by the Washington State Building
Code Council and codified at Chapter 51 -10 WAC, establishing
standards for making buildings and facilities accessible to and
usable by the physically handicapped or elderly persons as provided
for in RCW 70.92.100 through 70.92.160;
F. The Washington State Energy Code, as adopted and
amended by the Washington Building Code Council, and as codified
in Chapter 51 -12 WAC, and the Northwest Energy Code, 1987 edition,
as promulgated by the Bonneville Power Administration, together
with the conversion standard equivalent code amendments to the
model energy code, December 24, 1986, edition as compiled with the
Northwest Energy Code 1987 edition all as presently existing or
as subsequently amended, provided that:
(1) The Northwest Energy Code shall apply to all new
residential construction using electrical space heating and
all new nonresidential construction using electrical space
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conditioning and electrical lighting;
(2) The Washington State Energy Code shall apply to
all non - electrically space- heated residential and
nonresidential construction except that new residential
buildings, which are space- heated with all other forms of
space heating not covered by the Northwest Energy Code,
shall be designed to achieve energy use efficiency
equivalent to energy use achieved in typical buildings
constructed with:
(a) Ceilings insulated to a level of R -30 (R
value includes insulation only);
(b) Walls insulated to a level of R -19 (R value
includes insulation only) or constructed with two-
by-four members R -13 insulation batts, R -3.2
sheathing, and other normal assembly components;
(c) Below grade walls, insulated on the interior
side, to a level of R -19 (R value includes insulation
only). or if insulated on the exterior side, to a
level of R -10;
(d) Floors over unheated space insulated to a
level of R -19 (R value includes insulation only);
(e) Slab on grade floors insulated to a level
of R -10 at the perimeter;
(f) Heat pumps with a minimum heating season
performance factor (HSPF) of 6.8 or with all other
energy sources with a minimum annual fuel utilization
efficiency (AFUE) of seventy -eight percent;
(q) Double glazed windows with values not more
than U -0.65 when tested per AAMA standard #1503.1 -88;
and.
(h) A maximum glazing area of twenty -one percent
of the floor area or, for purposes of determining
equivalent thermal performance, a maximum glazing area
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of fifteen percent of the floor area;
(3) The conversion standard equivalent code amend-
ments shall apply to any buildings constructed pursuant to
a building permit issued on or after the effective date of
this ordinance which buildings at the initial construction
were not required to comply with the Northwest Energy Code,
when such buildings are subsequently converted to provide
electrical space heating or conditioning and lighting.
G. Uniform Sign Code, 1988 Edition, published by the
International Conference of Building Officials;
H. Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings,
1988 Edition, published by the International Conference of Building
Officials.
In case of conflict among the codes enumerated in sub-
sections A through D of this Section, the earlier named Code shall
govern over those following. (Ord. 2552, §2, 10- 25 -89.)
Section 2. The effective date of this Ordinance shall
be May 1, 1990, or when a contract providing for reimbursement as
set forth in the Northwest Energy Code Program can be successfully
negotiated with the Bonneville Power Administration, whichever is
later.
Section 3.
The City Manager is authorized to negotiate
a contract with Bonneville Power Administration to implement this
ordinance.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at
a regular meeting of said Council held on the 16th day of January,
1990:
ATTEST:
Michelle M. Maike, City -Clerk
APPROVD AS TQ F RMy
Craig D. nu ton, City Attorney
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PUBLISHED: 1/19/90 (by summary) 01.90
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY
THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES
ON JANUARY 16, 1990
ORDINANCE NO. 2561
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles adopting the
Northwest Energy Code, 1987 edition, as promulgated by the
Bonneville Power Administration, together with the conversion
standard equivalent code amendments to the model energy code,
December 24, 1986, edition as compiled with the Northwest Energy
Code, 1987 edition, all as presently existing or subsequently
amended.
This ordinance shall take effect five days after the date of
publication.
The full text of said ordinance will be mailed upon request.
Publish:
1 -19 -90
Michelle M. Maike
City Clerk