§46-19.6  [OLD]  REPEALED.  L 1994, c
168, §2.



 



[§46-19.6]  County building permits;
incorporation of energy and environmental design building standards in project
design; priority processing.  (a)  Each county agency that issues building,
construction, or development-related permits shall establish a procedure for
the priority processing of a permit application submitted by a private entity
for a construction project that incorporates energy and environmental design
building standards into its project design.  The permit processing procedure
shall give priority to private sector permit applicants at no additional cost
to the applicant.  Any priority permit processing procedure established by a
county pursuant to this section shall not imply or provide that any permit
application filed under the priority processing procedure shall be
automatically approved.



(b)  For the purposes of this section:



"Energy and environmental design building
standards" means the leadership in energy and environmental design silver
or two green globes rating system or another comparable state‑approved,
nationally recognized, and consensus‑based guideline, standard, or
system.



"Private entity" means any permit
applicant that is not the State, a county, the federal government, or any
political subdivision thereof. [L 2006, c 96, §29]