Common use of Green Building Clause in Contracts

Green Building. 14.1 SHA shall ensure that, prior to issuance of a building permit, all new development in the MPC- YT zone includes sufficient features and elements to qualify for green building certification, as follows. Any development project that does not include Replacement Housing, 30% of AMI Housing, or 60% of AMI Housing must meet one of the following standards: LEED Gold or higher rating, according to a U.S. Green Building Council ratings system applicable to each type of development involved, as most recently published and amended as of the date when the first permit application for the project is submitted to DPD; or A 4-Star or higher rating either for Built Green Multi-Family Version 2009 or Built Green Single-Family/Townhome New Construction Version 2007, as applicable, according to the criteria in those rating systems of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties Rating Systems, or any applicable later version of either of those systems approved in writing by the DPD Director as providing for at least equivalent sustainability. Any development project that does include Replacement Housing, 30% of AMI Housing, or 60% of AMI Housing may meet LEED Gold or Built Green 4-Star, as described above, or either of the following standards: Evergreen Sustainable Development Standard (“ESDS”) published by the Washington State Department of Commerce, v. 2.0, or any later or modified ESDS version approved in writing by the DPD Director as providing for at least equivalent sustainability. 2011 Enterprise Green Communities Criteria, published by Enterprise Community Partners, Inc., or any later or modified version approved in writing by the DPD Director as providing for at least equivalent sustainability. 14.2 SHA shall identify in annual reports to DPD which standard is to be satisfied for purposes of this Article 14 by each development project in the MPC-YT Zone, and shall deliver, no later than one year after the certificate of occupancy is issued, independent verification that the terms of the applicable standard were satisfied by the project. 14.3 In all sales and other transfers of land in the MPC-YT zone, SHA shall obtain from the purchaser or other transferee a binding agreement that all development on the property sold shall satisfy the terms of this Article 14.

Green Building. 14.1 SHA shall ensure that, prior to issuance of a building permit, all new development in the MPC- YT zone includes sufficient features and elements to qualify for green building certification, as follows. Any development project that does not include Replacement Housing, 30% of AMI Housing, or 60% of AMI Housing must meet one of the following standards: • LEED Gold or higher rating, according to a U.S. Green Building Council ratings system applicable to each type of development involved, as most recently published and amended as of the date when the first permit application for the project is submitted to DPD; or • A 4-Star or higher rating either for Built Green Multi-Family Version 2009 or Built Green Single-Family/Townhome New Construction Version 2007, as applicable, according to the criteria in those rating systems of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties Rating Systems, or any applicable later version of either of those systems approved in writing by the DPD Director as providing for at least equivalent sustainability. Any development project that does include Replacement Housing, 30% of AMI Housing, or 60% of AMI Housing may meet LEED Gold or Built Green 4-Star, as described above, or either of the following standards: • Evergreen Sustainable Development Standard (“ESDS”) published by the Washington State Department of Commerce, v. 2.0, or any later or modified ESDS version approved in writing by the DPD Director as providing for at least equivalent sustainability. • 2011 Enterprise Green Communities Criteria, published by Enterprise Community Partners, Inc., or any later or modified version approved in writing by the DPD Director as providing for at least equivalent sustainability. 14.2 SHA shall identify in annual reports to DPD which standard is to be satisfied for purposes of this Article 14 by each development project in the MPC-YT Zone, and shall deliver, no later than one year after the certificate of occupancy is issued, independent verification that the terms of the applicable standard were satisfied by the project. 14.3 In all sales and other transfers of land in the MPC-YT zone, SHA shall obtain from the purchaser or other transferee a binding agreement that all development on the property sold shall satisfy the terms of this Article 14.