Submitted Application 10232024 4872 5331 9410 v1 rcd 10 23 24

2dd8-15, Legislative Hist The purpose of this ordinance is implement measures to further the objectives of the Sustainability Plan included 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 lave 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 dad Major Renovation promulgated by the US Green Building Council. While the submission of a Sustainability checklist shall be mandatory for the zoning and planning approval, zouing and planning approval shall not be conditioned upon a specific tating under LEED. A proposed Sustainability checklist shall resemble the following:,