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Recommendations Staff would suggest that smart growth and green building standards should apply through mandatory or voluntary compliance to all construction requiring permits in the Orange County planning and building jurisdiction as noted below. The Town of Hillsborough's building jurisdiction could be added, at the Town's discretion. Implementation process for smart growth /green building standards would follow the general timeline shown below: • Report to BOCC on December 11, 2007 • County Administration and Multi-departmental Review Team (2008) • Quarterly Public Hearing item(s) (February 2008) • Referral to Planning Board (March 2008) • BOCC Adoption (Fali 2008) The following mandatory and voluntary standards are recommended for adoption: a) Mandatory -Ordinance revisions to enhance: i. Public Adopt a Green Building Ordinance with smart growth addendum requiring mandatory compliance with a Green Building program such as, SEED, Green Globe, or the High Performance Guidelines established for Triangle Region Public Facilities for all new construction and renovations of public buildings in Orange County starting 2008. ii. Public and Private 1. Zoning Ordinance standards to address site development criteria to limit maximum site disturbance, landscaping, irrigation efficiencies, parking lot shading and surfacing, and outdoor lighting efficiencies; 2. Subdivision Regulations to address site development criteria to limit maximum site disturbance, landscaping, irrigation efficiencies, construction recycling, and the use of the Upper Neuse Site Evaluation Tool (SET) for all regulated subdivisions, 3. Require mandatory compliance with Energy Star for all commercial and residential construction in 2009 b) Voluntary 1. Begin incentive based voluntary compliance with `Green Building' program and `Energy Star' for residential and private commercial construction in Fall of 2008 with goal of 50 percent of new construction participating by Fall of 2009. 2. Evaluate voluntary program at end of 2009. Report on progress and lessons learned from first year. Establish new goals for 2010. If voluntary participation in green program does not reach desired goals, begin mandatory compliance in 2010.