2023 Select Committee on Climate Action
TL;DR
Seattle's Select Committee on Climate Action passed a new ordinance requiring large office buildings and apartment complexes to meet greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and report their emissions regularly. The ordinance, which was approved as amended, establishes mandatory emissions standards for bigger nonresidential and multifamily buildings to help the city reduce its carbon footprint.
Key Decisions
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions Ordinance for Large Buildings Passed as amended
Agenda
- This meeting also constitutes a meeting of the City Council, provided that the meeting shall be conducted as a committee meeting under the Council Rules and Procedures, and Council action shall be limited to committee business.
- Please Note: Times listed are estimated
- Call To Order
- Approval of the Agenda
- Public Comment
- Items of Business
- 1. AN ORDINANCE relating to regulating greenhouse gas emissions in larger existing nonresidential and multifamily buildings; establishing and imposing greenhouse gas emissions intensity targets and reporting requirements; prescribing penalties; adding a new Chapter 22.925 to the Seattle Municipal Code; amending Sections 22.920.010, 22.920.020, 22.920.030, 22.920.120, 22.920.130, 22.920.170, 22.930.010, 22.930.020, 22.930.040, 22.930.050, 22.930.120, 22.930.140, and 22.930.180 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and repealing Section 22.920.040 of the Seattle Municipal Code.Ordinance (Ord)Action: pass as amended Passed
The Committee recommends that City Council pass as amended the Council Bill (CB).
- Adjournment
- Untitled item