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Copyrighted by SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE & Municipal Code Corporation, 1998.

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Sec. C3-53. Standards for compliance.

Table I

County of Santa Clara Green Building Standards for Compliance for Private Development Single-Family Residential Construction

Type of Project	Checklist Required	Minimum Requirements or Standard	Verification
Remodels & Additions
Minor Remodel and Addition < 500 square feet8	No Requirement (Handouts and Checklists Provided)
Major Remodel1 and Addition ≥ 500 square feet7	Green Point Rated Existing Home Checklist2	Submit Checklist	Self Verify
New Residences & Rebuilds
New Residence and Rebuild ≤ 1,200 square feet	No Requirements (Handouts and Checklists Provided)
New Residence and Rebuild 1,201 ≤ 3,000 square feet	Single-Family Green Point Checklist3 or LEED for Homes Checklist4	50 points6 or LEED Certification	Green Point Verification or LEED Certification
New Residence and Rebuild >3,000 square feet	Single-Family Green Point Checklist3 or LEED for Homes Checklist4	50 points6 + 1 point per additional 100 square feet beyond 3,000 square feet5 or LEED Certification	Green Point Verification or LEED Certification

¹Major Remodel entails renovations of >$100,000 permit valuation.

²Green Point Rated Existing Home Checklist v1.0

³Single Family Green Point Checklist 2007 Edition (March 2007)

⁴LEED® for Homes Project Checklist (January 2008)

⁵For purposes of determining points required, square footage shall be rounded to the nearest whole number (in 100's), for example 149 shall be rounded down to 100 and 150 shall be rounded up to 200.

⁶Points shall include Green Point Rated minimum points across all resource categories.

⁷Requirements do not apply to Residences where the resulting square footage is 1,200 square feet or less in size.

⁸Additions that result in the cumulative addition of over 500 square feet within a 24-month period (application date to application date) shall not be included within this classification.

(Ord. No. NS-1100.105, 12-16-08)

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