2 ZBA Application

2448-15 The purpose of this ordinance is implement measures to further the objectives of the Sustainability Plan inclnded in the Township of West Orange’s Master Plan Update adopted by the Township of West Orange Planning Board in 2010. Specifically this ordinance incorporates a Sustainability checklist as part of the minor site plan, subdivision and/or major site plan, subdivision applications process whereby applicants will have to disclose whether certain efforts have been made to utilize sustainability measures and obtain a rating accordingly. The ratings systems is adopted from the current version of the “Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design Rating System,” which includes rating systems for LEED for New Construction dnd Major Renovation promulgated by the US Green Building Councit. While the submission of a Sustainability checklist shall be mandatory for the zoning and planning approval, zoning and planning approval shall not be conditioned upon a specific vating under LEED. A proposed Sustainability checklist shall resemble the following:,