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17.50.030 (Pleasanton Supp. No. 30, 7-23) 488 the relationship between natural and built environments and seek to minimize the use of energy, water, and other natural resources and provide a healthy, productive indoor environment. M. “Green building compliance official” means the community development director or designee. N. “Green building project checklist” means a checklist or scorecard developed for the purpose of calculating a score on the LEED™ commercial green building rating system, the single-family green building rating system or the multi-family green building rating system. Covered projects shall utilize the green building project checklist that corresponds with the green building rating system approved for use. O. “Green building worksheet” means a worksheet or form developed by the green building compliance official and, as may be amended, which specifies information to be submitted prior to any hearing for design review or planned unit development design review approval for a covered project. The green building worksheet shall spec- ify the form and content of the required documentation. P. “Hardship” means circumstances, by some verifiable level of adversity or difficulty, by which an applicant would not be able to reasonably fulfill the obligations to meet the ordinance as determined by the green building com- pliance official. Q. “Historic building” means any building listed on or eligible for listing on a national, state, or local register or list- ing of historic resources. R. “Infeasible” means the existence of obstacles which render the applicant/developer incapable of fulfilling the obligations to meet this chapter as determined by the green building compliance official. S. “LEED™ commercial green building rating system” means the most recent version of the leadership in energy and environmental design (LEED™) commercial green building rating system, or other related LEED™ rating system, approved by the U.S. Green Building Council. As new rating systems are developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, the green building compliance official shall have the authority to specify the applicable LEED™ commercial green building rating system for a covered project. For the first six months after the release of any new version of the LEED™ commercial green building rating system when the covered project is formally submitted to the planning division for approval with the payment of appropriate fees, the applicant shall be given the choice of using the most current version or the version to be superseded. city staff shall maintain the most re- cent version of the applicable LEED™ commercial green building rating systems at all times. T. “LEED™ Commercial Green Building Reference Guide” means a supporting document published by the U.S. Green Building Council that provides detailed information, resources, and standards for the five environmental categories covered by the LEED™ commercial green building rating system, including information regarding the documentation required for LEED™ certification. city staff shall maintain the most recent version of the LEED™ reference guide at all times. U. “Mixed use project” means a building(s) within city limits that combines the uses of a commercial project and a residential project. V. “Multi-family green building rating system” means ACWMA’s green building rating system for multi-family residential projects. As new rating systems are developed by ACWMA, the green building compliance official shall have the authority to specify the applicable multi-family green building rating system for a covered project. For the first six months after the release of any new version of the multi-family green building rating system when the covered project is formally submitted to the planning division for approval with the payment of appro- priate fees, the applicant shall be given the choice of using the most current version or the version to be super- seded. W. “Multi-family residential project” means a residential project containing more than one attached dwelling unit, including duplexes, apartments, condominiums, and townhouses. X. “Noncovered project” means: (1) renovation of any commercial project, city sponsored project, or residential project that consists solely of interior improvements to an existing building; (2) additions to historic buildings (commercial or residential); (3) privately owned commercial or mixed use buildings within the boundaries of the downtown specific plan (adopted March 5, 2002); or (4) any project not listed as a “covered project” in subsec- tion K of this section.