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This section provides information on legislation creating some of San Francisco's more innovative sustainability policies and programs. Selecting one of the following topic areas will lead to a list of brief synopses of the legislation; selecting a particular summary leads to the full text of the ordinance.
  
Air Quality
Transportation and Energy, Climate Change & Ozone Depletion
Green Building
Health
Plants and Animals
Biodiversity and Parks, Open Space & Streetscapes
Solid Waste
Water


This is not by any means a comprehensive listing of local environmental legislation; it's more of a "greatest hits" list. Its purpose is to provide a template for other cities working in this area, enabling others to build on the many staff hours spent in San Francisco developing this legislation. We would appreciate information on similar sites developed by other cities, to enable us to build on their work. We'd also be gratified to hear if this work has led to the adoption of new legislation elsewhere. Sustainable City may be contacted by e-mail at sustainable@igc.org.

For information on the environmental programs of various US cities, visit the Global Cities website at http://www.globalcities.org. For information on sustainability programs in various cities, world-wide, visit the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives website at http://www.iclei.org.


 

Air Quality

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Bicycle Transit Enhancement Plan
To protect the integrity of existing bicycle facilities and to prohibit parking in bicycle lanes, to conform to the state vehicle code definition of bicycle, to conform to state vehicle code provisions regarding the rights and duties of bicycle riders; to authorize monitored bicycle parking at large public events, to clarify definition and obligations of responsible city official and landlord and deleting obsolete implementation schedule, to require bicycle parking in city-owned parking facilities and privately-owned parking garages and to require shower and locker facilities in new buildings and buildings undergoing major renovations.
 

Green Building

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Resource-Efficient City Buildings
Establishes a pilot program to promote resource efficiency in construction of selected city-owned facilities and city leaseholds.

Resource-Efficient Pilot Projects
Establishes resource efficiency requirements for city-owned facilities and city leaseholds and establishing a pilot program to promote resource efficiency in construction of selected city-owned facilities and city leaseholds.

 

Health

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Plants and Animals

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Urban Forestry, Street Tree Removal
To specify the public notice and appeal procedures regarding street tree removal by city agencies, commissions, or departments and to establish a notification process and enforcement mechanism for violations of the urban forestry ordinance; and making specified provisions of this ordinance applicable as of September 1, 1998.

Tree Removal From City Property
Urges all city agencies, commissions, and departments to adopt notice and appeal procedures for the removal of trees that are visible from public right-of-way and to submit reports describing methods of compliance with this resolution to the commission on the environment.

Street Tree Removal
Urging the port, airport, and redevelopment agency commissions to adopt notice and appeal procedures for the removal of street trees that are similar to the procedures applicable to city agencies, commissions, and departments, which are set forth in pending amendments to public works code section 806.

 

Solid Waste

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Water

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