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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
ONE COMMERCE PLAZA ANDREW M. CUOMO
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ALBANY,NY 12231-0001 ROSSANA ROSADO
WNNV.DOS NY.GOV SECRETARY OF STATE
December 6, 2016
RECEIVED
Lynda M Rudder
Deputy Town Clerk DEC 1 2 2016
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
PO Box 1179
Southold NY 11971 Southold Town Clerk
RE: Town of Southold, Local Law 11 2016, filed on December 5, 2016
Dear Sir/Madam:
The above referenced material was filed by this office as indicated. Additional
local law filing forms can be obtained from our website, www.dos.ny.gov.
Sincerely,
State Records and Law Bureau
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E OFORTUNITY. of State
SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD
PUBLIC HEARING
November 22, 2016
4:34 PM
Present: Supervisor Scott Russell
Justice Louisa Evans
Councilman William Ruland
Councilwoman Jill Doherty
Councilman James Dinizio, Jr.
Councilman Bob Ghosio, Jr.
Town Clerk Elizabeth Neville
Town Attorney Bill Duffy
This hearing was opened at 4:59 PM
COUNCILMAN GHOSIO: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that there has been presented to
the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County,New York, on the 1St day of
November, 2016, a Local Law entitled "A Local Law in relation to Establish Energy
Benchmarking Requirements for Certain Municipal Buildings" and
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Town Board of the Town of Southold will
hold a public hearing on the aforesaid Local Law at the Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Road,
Southold,New York, on the 22nd day of November,2016 at 4:34 p.m. at which time all
interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard.
The proposed Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to Establish Energy
Benchmarking Requirements for Certain Municipal Buildings" reads as follows:
LOCAL LAW NO. 2016
A Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to Establish Energy Benchmarking
Requirements for Certain Municipal Buildings"
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows:
The Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended by adding a new Chapter [#], entitled
"MUNICIPAL BUILDING ENERGY BENCHMARKING,"to read as follows:
§1. PURPOSE.
Buildings are the single largest user of energy in the State of New York. The poorest performing
buildings typically use several times the energy of the highest performing buildings-for the exact
Municipal Energy Benchmarking Hearing
November 22, 2016 page 2
same building use. As such, this Local Law will use Building Energy Benchmarking to promote
the public health, safety, and welfare by making available good, actionable information on
municipal building energy use to help identify opportunities to cut costs and reduce pollution in
the Town of Southold.
Collecting, reporting, and sharing Building Energy Benchmarking data on a regular basis allows
municipal officials and the public to understand the energy performance of municipal buildings
relative to similar buildings nationwide. Equipped with this information, the Town of Southold
is able to make smarter, more cost-effective operational and capital investment decisions, reward
efficiency, and drive widespread, continuous improvement.
§2. DEFINITIONS
(A) "Benchmarking Information" shall mean information generated by Portfolio Manager, as
herein defined including descriptive information about the physical building and its operational
characteristics.
(B) "Building Energy Benchmarking" shall mean the process of measuring a building's Energy
use, tracking that use over time, and comparing performance to similar buildings.
(C) "Commissioner" shall mean the head of the Department.
(4) "Covered Municipal Building" shall mean a building or facility that is owned or occupied by
the Town of Southold that is 1,000 square feet or larger in size.
(5) "Department" shall mean the Town of Southold Department of Public Works
(6) "Energy" shall mean electricity, natural gas, steam, hot or chilled water, fuel oil, or other
product for use in a building, or renewable on-site electricity generation, for purposes of
providing heating, cooling, lighting, water heating, or for powering or fueling other end-uses in
the building and related facilities, as reflected in Utility bills or other documentation of actual
Energy use.
(7) "Energy Performance Score" shall mean the numeric rating generated by Portfolio Manager
that compares the Energy usage of the building to that of similar buildings.
(8) "Energy Use Intensity (EUI)" shall mean the kBTUs (1,000 British Thermal Units) used per
square foot of gross floor area.
(9) "Gross Floor Area" shall mean the total number of enclosed square feet measured between
the exterior surfaces of the fixed walls within any structure used or intended for supporting or
sheltering any use or occupancy.
(11) "Portfolio Manager" shall mean ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, the internet-based
tool developed and maintained by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to track
and assess the relative Energy performance of buildings nationwide, or successor.
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November 22, 2016 page 3
(12) "Utility" shall mean an entity that distributes and sells Energy to Covered Municipal
Buildings.
(13) "Weather Normalized Site EUI" shall mean the amount of Energy that would have been
used by a property under 30-year average temperatures, accounting for the difference between
average temperatures and yearly fluctuations.
§3. APPLICABILITY
(1) This Local Law is applicable to all Covered Municipal Buildings as defined in Section 2 of
this Local Law.
(2) The Commissioner may exempt a particular Covered Municipal Building from the
benchmarking requirement if the Commissioner determines that it has characteristics that make
benchmarking impractical.
§4. BENCHMARKING REQUIRED FOR COVERED MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS
(1) No later than December 31, 2016, and no later than May 1 every year thereafter, the
Commissioner or his or her designee from the Department shall enter into Portfolio Manager the
total Energy consumed by each Covered Municipal Building, along with all other descriptive
information required by Portfolio Manager for the previous calendar year.
(2) For new Covered Municipal Buildings that have not accumulated 12 months of Energy use
data by the first applicable date following occupancy for inputting Energy use into Portfolio
Manager, the Commissioner or his or her designee from the Department shall begin inputting
data in the following year.
§5. DISCLOSURE AND PUBLICATION OF BENCHMARKING INFORMATION
(1) The Department shall make available to the public on the internet Benchmarking Information
for the previous calendar year:
(a) no later than December 31, 2016 and by September 1 of each year thereafter for
Covered Municipal Buildings; and
(2) The Department shall make available to the public on the internet and update at least
annually, the following Benchmarking Information:
(a) Summary statistics on Energy consumption for Covered Municipal Buildings derived
from aggregation of Benchmarking Information; and
(b) For each Covered Municipal Building individually:
(i) The status of compliance with the requirements of this Local Law; and
(ii) The building address, primary use type, and gross floor area; and
(iii) Annual summary statistics, including site EUI, Weather Normalized Source
EUI, annual GHG emissions, and an Energy Performance Score where available;
and
(iv) A comparison of the annual summary statistics (as required by Section
5(2)(b)(iii) of this Local Law) across calendar years for all years since annual
reporting under this Local Law has been required for said building.
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§6. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS
The Department shall maintain records as necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Local
Law, including but not limited to Energy bills and other documents received from tenants and/or
Utilities. Such records shall be preserved by the Department for a period of three (3) years.
§7. ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
(1) The Commissioner or his or her designee from the Department shall be the Chief
Enforcement Officer of this Local Law.
(2) The Chief Enforcement Officer of this Local Law may promulgate regulations necessary for
the administration of the requirements of this Local Law.
(3) Within thirty days after each anniversary date of the effective date of this Local Law, the
Chief Enforcement Officer shall submit a report to the Town Board including but not limited to
summary statistics on Energy consumption for Covered Municipal Buildings derived from
aggregation of Benchmarking Information, a list of all Covered Municipal Buildings identifying
each Covered Municipal Building that the Commissioner determined to be exempt from the
benchmarking requirement and the reason for the exemption, and the status of compliance with
the requirements of this Local Law.
§8. SEVERABILITY
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this Local Law shall be adjudged by,any
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect the validity of this law
as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional or invalid.
§9. EFFECTIVE DATE
This Local Law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State as provided
by law.
I have an affidavit that this has been noticed in the Suffolk Times and also on the Town Clerk's
bulletin board. And that is it.,
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Would anybody like to address the Town Board on this particular
local law to please feel free. Anybody? (No response)
This hearing was closed at 5:01 PM
Elizabth A. Neville
Southold Town Clerk
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RE: Local Law No. 11 of 2016
Town of Southold, Suffolk County
Ms. Linda Lasch
Principal Clerk
New York State Department of State
State Records & Law Bureau
One Commerce Plaza
99 Washington Avenue
Albany,NY 12231
Dear Ms. Lasch:
In accordance with provisions of Section 27 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, I
am enclosing herewith certified copy of Local Law No. 11 of 2016 of the Town of
Southold, suitable for filing in your office.
I would appreciate if you would send me a receipt indicating the filing of the
enclosures in your office. Thank you.
Very truly yours,
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Lynda M Rudder
Deputy Town Clerk
Enclosures
cc: Town Attorney
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
41 STATE STREET
Local Law Filing ALBANY,NY 12231
(Use this form to file a local law with the Secretary of State.)
Text of law should be given as amended. Do not include matter being eliminated
and do not use italics or underlining to indicate new matter.
❑ County
❑ City
0 Town of SOUTHOLD
❑ Village
Local Law No. 11 of the year 2016 .
A Local Law entitled, A Local Law in relation to Establish Energy Benchmarking Requirements for Certain
Municipal Buildings
Be it enacted the Town Board of the:
❑ County
❑ City
Q Town of SOUTHOLD
❑ Village
I. PURPOSE.
Buildings are the single largest user of energy in the State of New York. The poorest performing buildings
typically use several times the energy of the highest performing buildings-for the exact same building use. As
such, this Local Law will use Building Energy Benchmarking to promote the public health, safety, and welfare
by making available good, actionable information on municipal building energy use to help identify
opportunities to cut costs and reduce pollution in the Town of Southold.
Collecting,reporting, and sharing Building Energy Benchmarking data on a regular basis allows municipal '
officials and the public to understand the energy performance of municipal buildings relative to similar
buildings nationwide. Equipped with this information, the Town of Southold is able to make smarter,more
cost-effective operational and capital investment decisions,reward efficiency, and drive widespread, continuous
improvement.
II. The Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended by adding a new Chapter 177, entitled"MUNICIPAL
BUILDING ENERGY BENCHMARKING,"to read as follows:
§177-1. DEFINITIONS
BENCHMARKING INFORMATION- information generated by Portfolio Manager, as here in defined
including descriptive information about the physical building and its operational characteristics.
(If additional space is needed, attach pages the same size as this,sheet,and number each.)
DOS-239(Rev.05/05)
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BUILDING ENERGY BENCHMARKING-the process of measuring a building's Energy use, tracking that
use over time, and comparing performance to similar buildings.
COMMISSIONER-the head of the Department.
COVERED MUNICIPAL BUILDING- a building or facility that is owned or occupied by the Town of
Southold that is 1,000 square feet or larger in size.
DEPARTMENT-the Town of Southold Department of Public Works
ENERGY - electricity,natural gas, steam,hot or chilled water, fuel oil, or other product for use in a building, or
renewable on-site electricity generation, for purposes of providing heating, cooling, lighting, water heating, or
for powering or fueling other end-uses in the building and related facilities, as reflected in Utility bills or other
documentation of actual Energy use.
ENERGY PERFORMANCE SCORE-the numeric rating generated by Portfolio Manager that compares the
Energy usage of the building to that of similar buildings.
ENERGY USE INTENSITY(EUI) -the kBTUs (1,000 British Thermal Units)used per square foot of gross
floor area.
GROSS FLOOR AREA-the total number of enclosed square feet measured between the exterior surfaces of
the fixed walls within any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy.
PORTFOLIO MANAGER- ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, the internet-based tool developed and
maintained by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to track and assess the relative Energy
performance of buildings nationwide, or successor.
UTILITY- an entity that distributes and sells Energy to Covered Municipal Buildings.
WEATHER NORMALIZED SITE EUI-the amount of Energy that would have been used by a property under
30-year average temperatures, accounting for the difference between average temperatures and yearly
fluctuations.
§177-2. APPLICABILITY
(1) This Local Law is applicable to all Covered Municipal Buildings as defined in Section Iof this Local
Law.
(2) The Commissioner may exempt a particular Covered Municipal Building from the benchmarking
requirement if the Commissioner determines that it has characteristics that make benchmarking
impractical.
§177-3. BENCHMARKING REQUIRED FOR COVERED MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS
(1) No later than December 31, 2016, and no later than May 1 every year thereafter, the Commissioner or
his or her designee from the Department shall enter into Portfolio Manager the total Energy consumed
by each Covered Municipal Building, along with all other descriptive information required by Portfolio
Manager for the previous calendar year.
(2) For new Covered Municipal Buildings that have not accumulated 12 months of Energy use data by the
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first applicable date following occupancy for inputting Energy use into Portfolio Manager, the
Commissioner or his or her designee from the Department shall begin inputting data in the following
year.
§177-4. DISCLOSURE AND PUBLICATION OF BENCHMARKING INFORMATION
(1) The Department shall make available to the public on the internet Benchmarking Information for the
previous calendar year:
(a) no later than December 31, 2016 and by September 1 of each year thereafter for Covered
Municipal Buildings; and
(2) The Department shall make available to the public on the internet and update at least annually, the
following Benchmarking Information:
(a) Summary statistics on Energy consumption for Covered Municipal Buildings derived from
aggregation of Benchmarking Information; and
(b) For each Covered Municipal Building individually:
(i) The status of compliance with the requirements of this Local Law; and
(ii) The building address,primary use type, and gross floor area; and
(iii) Annual summary statistics, including site EUI, Weather Normalized Source EUI, annual
GHG emissions, and an Energy Performance Score where available; and
(iv) A comparison of the annual summary statistics (as required by Section 5(2)(b)(iii) of this
Local Law) across calendar years for all years since annual reporting under this Local
Law has been required for said building.
§177-5. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS
The Department shall maintain records as necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Local Law, including
but not limited to Energy bills and other documents received from tenants and/or Utilities. Such records shall be
preserved by the Department for a period of three(3) years.
§177-6. ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
(1) The Commissioner or his or her designee from the Department shall be the Chief Enforcement Officer
of this Local Law.
(2) The Chief Enforcement Officer of this Local Law may promulgate regulations necessary for the
administration of the requirements of this Local Law.
(3) Within thirty days after each anniversary date of the effective date of this Local Law, the Chief
Enforcement Officer shall submit a report to the Town Board including but not limited to summary
statistics on Energy consumption for Covered Municipal Buildings derived from aggregation of
Benchmarking Information, a list of all Covered Municipal Buildings identifying each Covered
Municipal Building that the Commissioner determined to be exempt from the benchmarking
requirement and the reason for the exemption, and the status of compliance with the requirements of this
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Local Law.
III.' SEVERABILITY
If any clause, sentence,paragraph, section, or part of this Local Law shall be adjudged by any court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect the validity of this law as a whole or any part
thereof other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional or invalid.
IV. EFFECTIVE DATE
This Local Law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State as provided by law.
(Complete the certification in the paragraph that applies to the filing of this local law and
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strike out that which is not applicable.)
1. (Final adoption by local legislative body only.)
I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. 11 of 20 16 . of the
(Town) of SOUTHOLD was duly passed by the
TOWN BOARD on November 22 ,20 16 ,in accordance with the applicable provisions of law.
2. (Passage by local legislative body with approval,no disapproval or_re-passage after disapproval by the Elective
Chief Executive Officer*.)
I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. of 20
of the(County)(City)(Town)(Village)of was duly passed by the
on 20 , and was(approved)(not approved)(re-passed after
disapproval)by the and was deemed duly adopted on 20 ,
in accordance with the applicable provisions of law.
3. (Final adoption by referendum.)
I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. of 20
of the (County)(City)(Town)(Village) of was duly passed by the
on 20___,and was (approved)(not approved)(repassed after
disapproval)by the on 20 . Such local law was submitted
to the people by reason of a(mandatory)(permissive)referendum,and received the affirmative vote of a majority of
the qualified electors voting thereon at the(general)(special)(annual) election held on 20 ,in
accordance with the applicable provisions of law.
4. (Subject to permissive referendum and final adoption because no valid petition was filed requesting
referendum.)
I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. of 20 of the
(County)(City)(Town)(Village) of was duly passed by the
on 20 , and was (approved)(not approved) (repassed after
disapproval) by the on 20 Such local law was subject to
permissive referendum and no valid petition requesting such referendum was filed as of 20 , in
accordance with the applicable provisions of law.
*Elective Chief Executive Officer means or Includes the chief executive officer of a county elected on a county-wide
basis or,If there be none,the chairperson of the county legislative body,the mayor of a city or village, or the supervisor of
a town where such officer is vested with the power to approve or veto local laws or ordinances.
5.(City local law concerning Charter revision proposed by petition.)
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I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto,designated as local law No. of 20
of the City of having been submitted to referendum pursuant to the provisions of
section (36)(37) of the Municipal Home Rule Law, and having received the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified
electors of such city voting thereon at the(special)(general) election held on -20---,
became operative.
6. (County local law concerning adoption of Charter.)
I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No of 20
of the County of State of New York,having been submitted to the electors
at the General Election of November 20 ,pursuant to subdivisions 5 and 7 of section 33 of the
Municipal Home Rule Law, and having received the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the cities of
said county as a unit and a majority of the qualified electors of the towns of said county considered as a unit voting at said
general election,became operative.
(If any other authorized form of final adoption has been followed,please provide an appropriate certification.)
I further certify that I have compared the preceding local law with the original on file in this officeand that the same is a
correct transcript there from and of the whole of such original local law,and was finally adopted in the manner indicated
in paragraph 1 ,above.
Clerk o e County legislative body. City.Town or
(Seal) Village Merk or officer designated by local legislative body
Elizabeth A.Neville,Town Clerk
Date: November 30,2016
(Certification to be executed by County Attorney, Corporation Counsel,Town Attorney,Village Attorney or
other authorized attorney of locality.)
STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
I,the undersigned,hereby certify that the foregoing local law contains the correct text and that all proper proceedings
have been had or taken for the enactment of the local law annexed her o.
Signature
William Duffy,Town Attorne;,-,,
Damon Hagan,Assistant Town Attorney
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Town of SOUTHOLD
Date: November 30,2016
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Southold Town Board - Letter Board Meeting of November 22, 2016
SU(FOtTC°y2 RESOLUTION 2016-1050 Item# 5.39
ADOPTED DOC ID: 12463
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION NO. 2016-1050 WAS
ADOPTED AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD ON
NOVEMBER 22, 2016:
WHEREAS,there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk
County,New York, on the 1"day of November, 2016, a Local Law entitled "A Local Law in
relation to Establish Energy Benchmarking Requirements for Certain Municipal
Buildings" and
WHEREAS the Town Board of the Town of Southold held a public hearing on the aforesaid
Local Law at which time all interested persons were given an opportunity to be heard,Now
Therefore Be It
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby ENACTS the proposed
Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to Establish Energy Benchmarking
Requirements for Certain Municipal Buildings" reads as follows:
LOCAL LAW NO. 11 2016
A Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to Establish Energy Benchmarking
Requirements for Certain Municipal Buildings"
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows:
I. PURPOSE.
Buildings are the single largest user of energy in the State of New York. The poorest performing
buildings typically use several times the energy of the highest performing buildings-for the exact
same building use. As such,this Local Law will use Building Energy Benchmarking to promote
the public health, safety, and welfare by making available good, actionable information on
municipal building energy use to help identify opportunities to cut costs and reduce pollution in
the Town of Southold.
Collecting, reporting, and sharing Building Energy Benchmarking data on a regular basis allows
municipal officials and the public to understand the energy,performance of municipal buildings
relative to similar buildings nationwide. Equipped with this information, the Town of Southold
is able to make smarter, more cost-effective operational and capital investment decisions, reward
efficiency, and drive widespread, continuous improvement.
Il. The Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended by adding a new Chapter 177, entitled
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"MUNICIPAL BUILDING ENERGY BENCHMARKING," to read as follows:
177-1. DEFINITIONS
BENCHMARKING INFORMATION - information generated by Portfolio Manager, as here in
defined includingdescriptive information about the physical building and its operational
characteristics.
BUILDING ENERGY BENCHMARKING - the process of measuring a building's Energy
use tracking that use over time and comparing performance to similar buildings.
COMMISSIONER-the head of the Department.
COVERED MUNICIPAL BUILDING - a building or facility that is owned or occupied by the
Town of Southold that is 1,000 square feet or larger in size.
DEPARTMENT- the Town of Southold Department of Public Works
ENERGY - electricity, natural gas steam hot or chilled water, fuel oil, or other product for use
in a building or renewable on-site electricity generation, for purposes of providing
heating cooling lighting water heating or for powering or fueling other end-uses in the
building and related facilities as reflected in Utility bills or other documentation of actual
Energy use.
ENERGY PERFORMANCE SCORE - the numeric rating generated by Portfolio Manager that
compares the Energy usage of the building to that of similar buildings.
ENERGY USE INTENSITY (EUI) -the kBTUs (1,000 British Thermal Units) used per square
foot of gross floor area.
GROSS FLOOR AREA -the total number of enclosed square feet measured between the
exterior surfaces of the fixed walls within any structure used or intended for supporting or
sheltering any use or occupancy.
PORTFOLIO MANAGER- ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, the internet-based tool
developed and maintained by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to track and
assess the relative Energy performance of buildings nationwide, or successor.
UTILITY - an entity that distributes and sells Energy to Covered Municipal Buildings.
WEATHER NORMALIZED SITE EUI -the amount of Energy that would have been used by a
property under 30-year average temperatures accounting for the difference between average
temperatures and yearly fluctuations.
177-2. APPLICABILITY
(1) This Local Law is applicable to all Covered Municipal Buildings as defined in Section 1
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of this Local Law.
(2) The Commissioner may exempt a particular Covered Municipal Building from the
benchmarking requirement if the Commissioner determines that it has characteristics that
make benchmarking impractical.
§177-3. BENCHMARKING REQUIRED FOR COVERED MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS
(1) No later than December 31, 2016, and no later than May 1 every year thereafter, the
Commissioner or his or her designee from the Department shall enter into Portfolio
Manager the total Energy consumed by each Covered Municipal Building, along with all
other descriptive information required by Portfolio Manager for the previous calendar
(2) For new Covered Municipal Buildings that have not accumulated 12 months of Energy
use data by the first applicable date following occupancy for inputtingEnergy use into
Portfolio Manager, the Commissioner or his or her designee from the Department shall
begin inputting data in the following year.
§177-4. DISCLOSURE AND PUBLICATION OF BENCHMARKING INFORMATION
(1) The Department shall make available to the public on the internet Benchmarking
Information for the previous calendar}year:
(a) no later than December 31, 2016 and by September 1 of each year thereafter for
Covered Municipal Buildings; and
(2) The Department shall make available to the public on the internet and update at least
annually, the following Benchmarking Information:
(a) Summary statistics on Energy consumption for Covered Municipal Buildings
derived from aggregation of Benchmarking Information; and
(b) For each Covered Municipal Building individually_
(i) The status of compliance with the requirements of this Local Law; and
(ii) The building address, primary use type, and gross floor area; and
(iii) Annual summary statistics, including site EUI, Weather Normalized
Source EUI, annual GHG emissions, and an Energy Performance Score
where available; and
(iv) A comparison of the annual summary statistics (as required by Section
5(2(b)(iii) of this Local Law) across calendar years for all years since
annual reporting under this Local Law has been required for said building_
§177-5. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS
The Department shall maintain records as necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Local
Law, including but not limited to Energy ills and other documents received from tenants and/or
Utilities. Such records shall be preserved by the Department for a period of three (3) years.
§177-6. ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
(1) The Commissioner or his or her designee from the Department shall be the Chief
Enforcement Officer of this Local Law.
(2) The Chief Enforcement Officer of this Local Law may promulgate regulations necessary
for the administration of the requirements of this Local Law.
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() Within thirty days after each anniversary date of the effective date of this Local Law, the
Chief Enforcement Officer shall submit a report to the Town Board including but not
limited to summary statistics on Energy consumption for Covered Municipal Buildings
derived from aggregation of Benchmarking Information, a list of all Covered Municipal
Buildings identifying each Covered Municipal Building that the Commissioner
determined to be exempt from the benchmarking requirement and the reason for the
exemption, and the status of compliance with the requirements of this Local Law.
III. SEVERABILITY
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this Local Law shall be adjudged by any
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect the validity of this law
as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional or invalid.
IV. EFFECTIVE DATE
This Local Law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State as provided
by law.
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Elizabeth A. Neville
Southold Town Clerk
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Louisa P. Evans, Justice
SECONDER:Robert Ghosio, Councilman
AYES: Dinizio Jr, Ruland, Doherty, Ghosio, Evans, Russell
Generated November 28, 2016 Page 52
SUMMARY OF ENACTMENT OF LOCAL LAW ENACTING
Chapter 177, entitled
"MUNICIPAL BUILDING ENERGY BENCHMARKING"
THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAW THAT IS BEING ENACTED ADOPTS CHAPTER 177 OF
THE TOWN CODE ENTITLED "MUNICIPAL BUILDING ENERGY BENCHMARKING"
THE LOCAL LAW WILL USE BUILDING ENERGY BENCHMARKING TO PROMOTE THE
PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE BY MAKING AVAILABLE GOOD,
ACTIONABLE INFORMATION ON MUNICIPAL BUILDING ENERGY USE TO HELP
IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO CUT COSTS AND REDUCE POLLUTION IN THE TOWN
OF SOUTHOLD.
COLLECTING, REPORTING, AND SHARING BUILDING ENERGY BENCHMARKING
DATA ON A REGULAR BASIS ALLOWS MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS AND THE PUBLIC TO
UNDERSTAND THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS RELATIVE
TO SIMILAR BUILDINGS NATIONWIDE. EQUIPPED WITH THIS INFORMATION, THE
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD IS ABLE TO MAKE SMARTER, MORE COST-EFFECTIVE
OPERATIONAL AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT DECISIONS, REWARD EFFICIENCY, AND
DRIVE WIDESPREAD, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAW IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW IN
THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE AND ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE
STATE OF NEW YORK)
SS:
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK)
LYNDA M RUDDER, Deputy Town Clerk of the Town of Southold,New York being
duly sworn, says that on the 7"' day of November , 2016, a notice of which
the annexed printed notice is a true copy was affixed, in a proper and substantial manner,
in a most public place in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County,New York,to wit:
Town Clerk's Bulletin Board, 53095 Main Road, Southold,New York.
PH 11/22/16 4: 34 pm—LL—Municipal Building Energy Benchmarking
ynda M Rudder
Southold Deputy Town Clerk
Sworn before me this
7th day of November_, 2016.
Notary Public
SABRINA M BORN
(Votary Public,State of New York
No.01 BO6317038
Qualified in Suffolk County
Commission Expires Dec.22,2018
#13043
STATE OF NEW YORK)
) SS:
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK)
Karen Kine of Mattituck, in said county, being duly sworn, says that she is
Principal Clerk of THE SUFFOLK TIMES, a weekly newspaper, published at
Mattituck, in the Town of Southold, County of Suffolk and State of New York, and that
the Notice of which the annexed is a printed copy, has been regularly published in
said Newspaper once each week for 1 week(s), successfully commencing on the
10th day of November, 2016.
Principal Clerk
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Sworn to before me this 15 day of U U 2016.
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NOTARY PUBLIC-STATE OF NEW YORK
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nicipal building energy use to help buants and/or Utilities Such records shall
identify opportunities to cut costs The preserved by the Department for a
and reduce pollution in the Town of �penod of three(3)years
LEGAL NOTICE Southold Br §40-7. ENFORCEMENT AND
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Collecting, reporting, and sharing foiADMINISTRATION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, Building Energy Benchmarking data (1)The Commissioner or his or her
that there has been presented to the on a regular basis allows municipal mi designee from the Department shall be
Town Board of the Town of Southold, officials and the public to understandaq
the Chief Enforcement Officer of this
Suffolk County,New York,on the 1st the energy performance of municipal tet Local Law
day of November,2016, a Local Law buildings,relative to similar buildings An
The Chief Enforcement Officer
entitled "A Local Law in relation to nationwide Equipped with this infor- p5 of this Local Law may promulgate reg=
Establish Energy Benchmarking Re- mation, the Town of Southold is able �ulations necessary for the administra-
quirements for Certain Municipal to make smarter, more cost-effective tion of the requirements of this Local
Buildings"and operational and capital investment m Law.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER decisions,reward efficiency,and drive P9 (3) Within thirty days after each
GIVEN that the Town Board of the widespread,continuous improvement an anniversary date of the effective date
Town of Southold will hold a public §40-2. DEFINITIONS Ej of this Local Law.the Chief Enforce-
hearing on the aforesaid Local Law at BENCHMARKING INFORMA- tr ment Officer shall submit a report to
the Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main TION-shall mean informationeg ner- P9 the Town Board including but not lim-
Road, Southold, New York, on the ated by Portfolio Manager, as herein Pj ited to summary statistics on Energy
22nd day of November, 2016 at 4:34 defined includingdescriptive informa- consumption for Covered Municipal
p.m. at which time all interested per- tion about the physical building_ th Buildings derived from aggregation of
sons will be given an opportunity to be and its operational characteristics. G Benchmarking Information.a list of all
heard BUILDING ENERGY BENCH- Covered Municipal Buildings identify-
The proposed Local Law entitled, MARKING - shall mean the process E'ing each Covered Municipal Building
„ that the Commissioner determined to
A Local Law in relation to Establish of measuring a building's Energy use, ei
Energy Benchmarking Requirements tracking that use over time,and com- be exempt from the benchmarking re-
for Certain Municipal Buildings" paring_performance to similar build- Qi quirement and the reason for the ex-
reads as follows. ings ei
emption,and the status of compliance
LOCAL LAW NO. 2016 COMMISSIONER-shall mean the al With the requirements of this Local
A Local.Law entitled,"A Local Law head of the Department. i Law.
40-8. SEVERABILITY
in relation to Establish Energy Bench- COVERED MUNICIPAL BUILD- I
marking Requirements for Certain ING-shall mean a building or facility J If any clause, sentence paragraph
Municipal Buildings" that is owned or occupied by the Town d section,or part of this Local Law shall
BE IT ENACTED by the Town of Southold that is 1.000 square feet or I be adjudged by any court of competent --
Board of the Town of Southold as fol- larger in size. al jurisdiction to be invalid,the judgment —
lows. DEPARTMENT - shall mean the it shall not affect the validity of this law =
The Code of the Town of Southold Town of Southold Department of Pub- d as a whole or any part thereof other
is hereby amended by adding a new lic Works t] than the part so decided to be Chapter 40,40, entitled "MUNICIPAL ENERGY- shall mean electricity, b stitutional or invalid.
BUILDING ENERGY BENCH- natural gas,steam,hot or chilled wa- §40-9. EFFECTIVE DATE
MARKING."to read as follows. ter,fuel oil,or other product for use S This-Local Law shall take effect im-
§40-1. PURPOSE. in a building, or renewable on-site p, mediately upon filing with the Secre-
Buildings are the single larg_ electricity generation for purposes tary of State as provided by law
est user of energy in the State of of providing heating,coolinlighting, 2 Dated* November 1,2016
New York The poorest performing water heating,or for powering or fuel- y BY ORDER OF THE
buildings typically use several times ing other end-uses in the building and li TOWN BOARD
the energy of the highest performing related facilities,as reflected in Utility n OF THE TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
buildings-for the exact same build- bills or other documentation of actual a Elizabeth A.Neville
ing use As such,this Local Law will Energy use. S Southold Town Clerk
use Building Energy Benchmarking ENERGY PERFORMANCE v 13043-1T 11/10
to promote the public health safe- SCORE-shall mean the numeric rat- req—_ff v Porffoho 'anagey-r„�„
ty, and welfare by making available ing generated by Portfolio Manager previous calendar year
1!ood,actionable information on mu- that compares the Energy usage of the (2) For new Covered Municipal
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Doherty,Jill; Doroski, Bonnie; Ghosio, Bob; Louisa Evans; Neville, Elizabeth; Noncarrow,
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LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town
of Southold, Suffolk County,New York, on the 1St day of November, 2016, a Local Law entitled
"A Local Law in relation to Establish Energy Benchmarking Requirements for Certain
Municipal Buildings" and
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Town Board of'the Town of Southold will
hold a public hearing on the aforesaid Local Law at the Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Road,
Southold,New York, on the 22nd day of November,2016 at 4:34 p.m. at which time all
interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard.
The proposed Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to Establish Energy
Benchmarking Requirements for Certain Municipal Buildings" reads as follows:
LOCAL LAW NO. 2016
A Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to Establish Energy Benchmarking
Requirements for Certain Municipal Buildings"
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows:
The Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended by adding a new Chapter 40, entitled
"MUNICIPAL BUILDING ENERGY BENCHMARKING,"to read as follows:
440-1. PURPOSE.
Buildings are the single largest user of energy in the State of New York. Theop orest performing
buildings typically use several times the energy of the highest performing buildings-for the exact
same building use. As such, this Local Law will use Building Energy Benchmarking to promote
the public health, safety, and welfare by making available good, actionable information on
municipal building energy use to help identify opportunities to cut costs and reduce pollution in
the Town of Southold.
Collecting, reporting, and sharing Building Energy Benchmarking data on a regular basis allows
municipal officials and the public to understand the energy performance of municipal buildings
relative to similar buildings nationwide. Equipped with this information,the Town of Southold
is able to make smarter, more cost-effective operational and capital investment decisions, reward
efficiency, and drive widespread, continuous improvement-
440-2. DEFINITIONS
BENCHMARKING INFORMATION- shall mean information generated by Portfolio
Manager, as herein defined includingdescriptive information about the physical building and its
operational characteristics.
BUILDING ENERGY BENCHMARKING - shall mean the process of measuring a building's
Energy use, tracking that use over time, and comparing performance to similar buildings.
COMMISSIONER- shall mean the head of the Department.
COVERED MUNICIPAL BUILDING - shall mean a building or facility that is owned or
occupied by the Town of Southold that is 1,000 square feet or larger in size.
DEPARTMENT --shall mean the Town of Southold Department of Public Works
ENERGY- shall mean electricity, natural gas, steam, hot or chilled water, fuel oil, or other
product for use in a building or renewable on-site electricity generation for purposes of
providingheating cooling lighting water heating or for powering or fueling other end-uses in
the building and related facilities as reflected in Utility bills or other documentation of actual
Energy use,
ENERGY PERFORMANCE SCORE - shall mean the numeric rating generated by Portfolio
Manager that compares the Energy usage of the building to that of similar buildings.
ENERGY USE INTENSITY (EUI) - shall mean the kBTUs (1,000 British Thermal Units) used
per square foot of gross floor area.
GROSS FLOOR AREA- shall mean the total number of enclosed square feet measured
between the exterior surfaces of the fixed walls within any structure used or intended for
supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy.
PORTFOLIO MANAGER- shall mean ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager,the internet-
based tool developed and maintained by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to
track and assess the relative Energy performance-of buildings nationwide, or successor.
UTILITY - shall mean an entity that distributes and sells Energy to Covered Municipal
Buildings.
WEATHER NORMALIZED SITE EUI- shall mean the amount of Energy that would have
been used by property under 30-year average temperatures, accounting for the difference
between averageperatures and yearly fluctuations.
X40-3. APPLICABILITY
(1) This Local Law is applicable to all Covered Municipal Buildings as defined in Section 2
of this Local Law. -
(2) The Commissioner ma exempt a particular Covered Municipal Building from the
benchmarking requirement if the Commissioner determines that it has characteristics that
make benchmarking impractical.
$40-4. BENCHMARKING REQUIRED FOR COVERED MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS
(1) No later than December 31 2016 and no later than May 1 every year thereafter, the
Commissioner or his or her designee from the Department shall enter into Portfolio
Manager the total Energy consumed by each Covered Municipal Building, along with all
other descriptive•information required by Portfolio Manager for the previous calendar
year.
(2)I For new Covered Municipal Buildings that have not accumulated 12 months of Energy
use data by the first applicable date following occupancyfr inputting Energy use into
Portfolio Manager, the Commissioner or his or her designee from the Department shall
begin inputting data in the following year.
§40-5. DISCLOSURE AND PUBLICATION OF BENCHMARKING INFORMATION
(1) The Department shall make available to the public on the internet Benchmarking
Information for the previous calendar year:
(a) no later than December 31, 2016 and by September 1 of each year thereafter for
Covered Municipal Buildings; and
(2) The Department shall make available to the public on the internet and update at least
annually, the following Benchmarking Information:
(a) Summary statistics on Energy consumption for Covered Municipal Buildings
derived from aggregation of Benchmarking Information; and
(b) For each Covered Municipal Building individually_
(i) The status of compliance with the requirements of this Local Law; and
(ii) The building address, primary use type, and gross floor area; and
(iii) Annual summary statistics, including site EUI, Weather Normalized
Source EUI annual GHG emissions, and an Energy Performance Score
where available; and
(iv) A comparison of the annual summary statistics (as required by Section
5(2)(b)(iii) of this Local Law) across calendar years for all years since
annual reporting under this Local Law has been required for said building.
.440-6. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS
The Department shall maintain records as necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Local
Law, including but not limited to Energy bills and other documents received from tenants and/or
Utilities. Such records shall be preserved by the Department for a period of three (3) years.
§40-7. ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
(1) The Commissioner or his or her designee from the Department shall be the Chief
Enforcement Officer of this Local Law.
(2) The Chief Enforcement Officer of this Local Law may promulgate regulations necessary
for the administration of the requirements of this Local Law.
(3) Within thirty days after each anniversary date of the effective date of this Local Law, the
Chief Enforcement Officer shall submit a report to the Town Board including but not
limited to summary statistics on Energy consumption for Covered Municipal Buildings
derived from aggregation of Benchmarking Information, a list of all Covered Municipal
Buildings identifying each Covered Municipal Building that the Commissioner
determined to be exempt from the benchmarking requirement and the reason for the
exemption and the status of compliance with the requirements of this Local Law.
440-8. SEVERABILITY
If any clause sentence paragraph, section, or part of this Local Law shall be adjudged by any
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,the judgment shall not affect the validity of this law
as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional or invalid.
X40-9. EFFECTIVE DATE
This Local Law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State as provided
by law.
Dated: November 1, 2016 BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD
OF THE TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
Elizabeth A. Neville
Southold Town Clerk
Please publish on November 10, 2016 and forward one affidavit of publication to Elizabeth A.
Neville, Town Clerk, Town Hall, P O Box 1179, Southold,NY 11971.
Copies to:
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Southold Town Board - Letter Board Meeting of November 1, 2016
RESOLUTION 2016-1001 Item# 5.41
ADOPTED DOC ID: 12420
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION NO. 2016-1001 WAS
ADOPTED AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD ON
NOVEMBER 1, 2016:
WHEREAS, there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk
County,New York, on the 1St day of November, 2016, a Local Law entitled "A Local Law in
relation to Establish Energy Benchmarking Requirements for Certain Municipal
Buildings" now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold will hold a public hearing on the
aforesaid Local Law at the Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Road, Southold,New York, on the
22nd day of November, 2016 at 4:31 p.m. at which time all interested persons will be given an
opportunity to be heard.
The proposed Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to Establish Energy
Benchmarking Requirements for Certain Municipal Buildings" reads as follows:
LOCAL LAW NO. 2016
A Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to Establish Energy Benchmarking
Requirements for Certain Municipal Buildings"
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows:
The Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended by adding a new Chapter [#], entitled
"MUNICIPAL BUILDING ENERGY BENCHMARKING,"to read as follows:
§1. PURPOSE.
Buildings are the single largest user of energy in the State of New York. The poorest performing
buildings typically use several times the energy of the highest performing buildings-for the exact
same building use. As such, this Local Law will use Building Energy Benchmarking to promote
the public health, safety, and welfare by making available good, actionable information on
municipal building energy use to help identify opportunities to cut costs and reduce pollution in
the Town of Southold.
Collecting, reporting, and sharing Building Energy Benchmarking data on a regular basis allows
municipal officials and the public to understand the energy performance of municipal buildings
relative to similar buildings nationwide. Equipped with this information, the Town of Southold
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is able to make smarter, more cost-effective operational and capital investment decisions, reward
efficiency, and drive widespread, continuous improvement.
§2. DEFINITIONS
(A) "Benchmarking Information" shall mean information generated by Portfolio Manager, as
herein defined including descriptive information about the physical building and its operational
characteristics.
(B) "Building Energy Benchmarking" shall mean the process of measuring a building's Energy
use, tracking that use over time, and comparing performance to similar buildings.
(C) "Commissioner" shall mean the head of the Department.
(4) "Covered Municipal Building" shall mean a building or facility that is owned or occupied by
the Town of Southold that is 1,000 square feet or larger in size.
(5) "Department" shall mean the Town of Southold Department of Public Works
(6) "Energy" shall mean electricity, natural gas, steam, hot or chilled water, fuel oil, or other
product for use in a building, or renewable on-site electricity generation, for purposes of
providing heating, cooling, lighting, water heating, or for powering or fueling other end-uses in
the building and related facilities, as reflected in Utility bills or other documentation of actual
Energy use.
(7) "Energy Performance Score" shall mean the numeric rating generated by Portfolio Manager
that compares the Energy usage of the building to that of similar buildings.
(8) "Energy Use Intensity (EUI)" shall mean the kBTUs (1,000 British Thermal Units) used per
square foot of gross floor area.
(9) "Gross Floor Area" shall mean the total number of enclosed square feet measured between
the exterior surfaces of the fixed walls within any structure used or intended for supporting or
sheltering any use or occupancy.
(11) "Portfolio Manager" shall mean ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, the internet-based
tool developed and maintained by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to track
and assess the relative Energy performance of buildings nationwide, or successor.
(12) "Utility" shall mean an entity that distributes and sells Energy to Covered Municipal
Buildings.
(13) "Weather Normalized Site EUI" shall mean the amount of Energy that would have been
used by a property under 30-year average temperatures, accounting for the difference between
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average temperatures and yearly fluctuations.
§3. APPLICABILITY
(1) This Local Law is applicable to all Covered Municipal Buildings as defined in Section 2 of
this Local Law.
(2) The Commissioner may exempt a particular Covered Municipal Building from the
benchmarking requirement if the Commissioner determines that it has characteristics that make
benchmarking impractical.
§4. BENCHMARKING REQUIRED FOR COVERED MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS
(1) No later than December 31, 2016, and no later than May 1 every year thereafter, the
Commissioner or his or her designee from the Department shall enter into Portfolio Manager the
total Energy consumed by each Covered Municipal Building, along with all other descriptive
information required by Portfolio Manager for the previous calendar year.
(2) For new Covered Municipal Buildings that have not accumulated 12 months of Energy use
data by the first applicable date following occupancy for inputting Energy use into Portfolio
Manager, the Commissioner or his or her designee from the Department shall begin inputting
data in the following year.
§5. DISCLOSURE AND PUBLICATION OF BENCHMARKING INFORMATION
(1) The Department shall make available to the public on the internet Benchmarking Information
for the previous calendar year:
(a) no later than December 31, 2016 and by September 1 of each year thereafter for
Covered Municipal Buildings; and
(2) The Department shall make available to the public on the internet and update at least
annually, the following Benchmarking Information:
(a) Summary statistics on Energy consumption for Covered Municipal Buildings derived
from aggregation of Benchmarking Information; and
(b) For each Covered Municipal Building individually:
(i) The status of compliance with the requirements of this Local Law; and
(ii) The building address, primary use type, and gross floor area; and
(iii) Annual summary statistics, including site EUI, Weather Normalized Source
EUI, annual GHG emissions, and an Energy Performance Score where available;
and
(iv) A comparison of the annual summary statistics (as required by Section
5(2)(b)(iii) of this Local Law) across calendar years for all years since annual
reporting under this Local Law has been required for said building.
§6. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS
The Department shall maintain records as necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Local
Law, including but not limited to Energy bills and other documents received from tenants and/or
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Utilities. Such records shall be preserved by the Department for a period of three (3) years.
§7. ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
(1) The Commissioner or his or her designee from the Department shall be the Chief
Enforcement Officer of this Local Law.
(2) The Chief Enforcement Officer of this Local Law may promulgate regulations necessary for
the administration of the requirements of this Local Law.
(3) Within thirty days after each anniversary date of the effective date of this Local Law, the
Chief Enforcement Officer shall submit a report to the Town Board including but not limited to
summary statistics on Energy consumption for Covered Municipal Buildings derived from
aggregation of Benchmarking Information, a list of all Covered Municipal Buildings identifying
each Covered Municipal Building that the Commissioner determined to be exempt from the
benchmarking requirement and the reason for the exemption, and the status of compliance with
the requirements of this Local Law.
§8. SEVERABILITY
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this Local Law shall be adjudged by any
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect the validity of this law
as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional or invalid.
§9. EFFECTIVE DATE
This Local Law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State as provided
by law.
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Elizabeth A. Neville
Southold Town Clerk
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Louisa P. Evans, Justice
SECONDER:Robert Ghosio, Councilman
AYES: Dinizio Jr, Ruland, Doherty, Ghosio, Evans, Russell
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