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5.21 Climate Change

adopted in conjunction with the Specific Plan, which includes dedication of a
minimum of ten percent of all homes in Centennial communities that permit
housing, with the exception of the lowest density area (Community 8-2) will
be affordable. The California Air Pollution Control Officers Association’s
(CAPCOA’s) 2010 document entitled Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Mitigation
Measures identifies affordable housing as a quantifiable measure for reducing
GHG emissions as it allows lower income families to live closer to jobs centers.

PDF 21-11 The Centennial Specific Plan’s Green Development Program requires the
installation of one 208/240 volts of alternating current (VAC) receptacle that
may be used for charging electric vehicles in each detached and attached
single-family residence. The installation shall comply with requirements of
Section 4.106.4.1 of the 2016 CALGreen Code, or the most applicable code at
the time of construction.

PDF 21-12 The Centennial Specific Plan’s Green Development Program requires each
applicant for an applicable construction permit to install “alternative energy
fueling stations” as listed below. An “alternative energy vehicle fueling station”
is a 208/240 VAC electrical vehicle charging station (allowing simultaneous
charging of two or more vehicles) or a station providing another new or
improved technology (e.g. compressed natural gas [CNG] and hydrogen fuel
cell) that provides refueling for vehicles that do not use fossil fuel.

• Business Park and Institutional land use designations shall provide a
minimum of one alternative energy vehicle fueling station on site for
the first 50,000 square feet of usable floor space and additional
alternative energy vehicle fueling stations for each additional 50,000
square feet of usable floor space thereafter.

• Multi-family residential buildings of at least 20 residential units shall
provide a minimum of one alternative energy vehicle fueling station for
the first 20 residential units and an additional alternative energy
vehicle fueling station for each additional 20 residential units
thereafter.

• The Town Center and each Village Center shall provide a minimum of
one alternative energy vehicle charging station.

• Designated Transit Hubs shall provide a minimum of one alternative
energy vehicle charging station.

PDF 21-13 The Green Development Program requires that, prior to the issuance of each
nonresidential construction permit, the Project Applicant/Developer shall
provide plans and specifications to the County demonstrating that the
following features have been incorporated into the building designs:

• Bicycle parking spaces at a rate of 5 percent of minimum required
vehicle parking spaces for nonresidential land uses or as required by
Section 22.52.1225B of the County Code, whichever is more stringent

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