Attachment 3 - City of San Jose Reach CodesSummary of San José’s Natural Gas Infrastructure Prohibition and Reach Code Ordinances
Natural Gas
Infrastructure Prohibition
Requirements
Reach Code Requirements1
Occupancy Type Requirements
Supplementing Reach Code All-Electric Building Requirements Mixed Fuel Building Requirements
Single-family2, Detached
Accessory Dwelling Unit
(ADU), and Low-rise
Multi-family
Requires all-electric
building3
Not applicable to low-rise
hotels/motels.
Efficiency: To Code
Electric Vehicle Charging
Infrastructure (EVCI): Single-family:
1 EV Ready; Detached ADU: 1 EV
Ready (if space is required by Code);
Low-rise Multi-family: 10% EVSE,
20% EV Ready, 70% EV Capable
Efficiency4: EDR = min. 10 point
reduction; electrification-ready
EVCI: Same as All-Electric
High-rise Multi-family
and Hotel/Motel
Not applicable. Efficiency5: To Code
EVCI: High-rise Multi-family: 10%
EVSE, 20% EV Ready, 70% EV
Capable; Hotel/Motel: 10% EVSE, 0%
EV Ready, 50% EV Capable
Efficiency5: 6%; electrification-ready
EVCI: Same as All-Electric
Other Non-residential Not applicable. Efficiency5: To Code
EVCI: 10% EVSE, 0% EV Ready, 40%
EV Capable
Efficiency5: Office & Retail: 14%;
Industrial/ Manufacturing: 0%; All
other non-residential occupancies:
6%; all electrification-ready
EVCI: Same as All-Electric
1.Solar-readiness required for all buildings
2.By Building Energy Code definition, “single -family” includes one - and two-dwelling units (including townhomes)
3.Hardship exemption may be requested
4.Applies to mixed-fuel low-rise hotels/motels and only applies to other occupancy types if they request and are approved for an exemption from the natural gas infrastructure
prohibition
5.Efficiency for non-residential occupancies refers to an energy performance requirement or a compliance margin (%) above the 2019 Building Energy Code.
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