ORDINANCE NO. 211094

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Amending various sections of Chapter 17, "Energy Empowerment" for the purposes of requiring written designation of certain lessees as responsible parties and allowing benchmarking submission exemptions for a term longer than one year.

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That Chapter 17, City Code of Ordinances, is hereby amended by repealing Sections 17-2 and 17-3 and enacting in lieu thereof new sections of like number and subject matter to read as follows:

Sec. 17-2. Definitions.

Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this article shall be as follows:

(a) "Benchmark" means to input and submit the total energy and water consumed for a property for the previous calendar year and other descriptive information for such property as required by the benchmarking tool. Total energy and water consumption shall not include separately metered uses that are not integral to covered property operations as determined by the director.

(b) "Benchmarking submission" means a submission to the director, on an annual basis as set forth herein, evidencing the covered property's compliance with the benchmark mandate and includes the required reported benchmarking information for the applicable year.

(c) "Benchmarking tool" means the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager to track and assess the energy and water use of certain covered properties relative to similar covered properties.

(d) "Condominium" means a site that combines separate ownership of individual units with common ownership of other elements such as common areas.

(e) "Covered property" means any Group 1 covered property, Group 2 covered property or Group 3 covered property as defined herein. The term "covered property" shall not include any building owned by the state of Missouri, the federal government or any residential buildings in zoning districts R-80 (Resident...

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