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similar to the City's existing Green Building Ordinance. The cost impact of CALGreen Tier 1 is equivalent to the City's existing Green Building Ordinance. A sample cost analysis for a residential project is in Attachment 10. Landscaping Water Meters — Non - Residential Uses Staff is proposing a local amendment to CALGreen to remove the option to install submeters for non - residential projects installing landscaped areas between 500 to 5,000 square feet in size, thus requiring a separate water meter and connection for those projects. As stated previously, the removal of the option for submetering would establish the ability to monitor the use of potable water use for irrigation proposes during times of drought. This enables the City to request to high water users to reduce non - essential water use. The use of submeters does not allow the City to assist property owners in water use reduction in a detailed and site specific manner. The State's Water Code already requires separate meters for landscape areas greater than 5,000 square feet in size. The "green" benefit of separate meters and connections is that it allows the property owner and the City to track non - essential potable water use for landscaping and would allow for landscaping irrigation to be turned off On the event of a leak/other). Table 1 below illustrates the thresholds for projects subject to the requirement, the applicability of the State Water Code, and the different in the CALGreen Code wording and staffs proposal. Based on the size of connections, this requirement may result in reduced connection fees for most situations as shown in Table 2 as two smaller connections are often less expensive that one large connection. Table 1 Proposed Non - Residential Landscape Irrigation Meter Requirements CALGreen Size in Requirement Recommendation Level Square Ft. _ California State Water Defer to State law, not made as Code requires CALGreen amendment Water Code 5,000 or larger separate meter CALGreen minimum Proposal for separate meter requires submeter or (and connection) _ Basic 1,000 to 5,000 separate meter CALGreen Tier 1 Proposal for separate meter requires submeter or (and connection) Tier 1 500 to 5,000 separate meter _ Table 2 Meter and Connection Fees Size of Meter /Connection Pleasanton Fee Zone 7 Fee Total Single connection /meter of 1.5" $6,740 $107,750 $114,490 (a) 5/8" connection /meter for outdoor landscaping $1,520 $21,550 $80,345 (b) 1" connection /meter for indoor water use $3,400 $53,875 Page 8 of 10