Greenburgh, NY Building Safety: Green Building Code (2026)

L. No. 6-2009. S. Green Building Council's LEED for New Construction Rating System, Version 3, and automatically rolls in future USGBC versions, with the Green Building Compliance Official, the Commissioner of Community Development and Conservation or a designee, authorized to specify which version applies to a project. A covered project is any Town-sponsored construction or any commercial project, including offices, industrial buildings, mixed-use buildings and multifamily or senior multifamily residences, with 4,000 gross square feet or more of conditioned space, including additions that push an alteration project over that threshold; interior-only alteration work never counts as covered.

Section 233-4A requires every covered project to meet a minimum LEED Certified rating, though formal USGBC registration, certification and building commissioning are encouraged but not mandatory. Applicants must submit a Green Building Project Checklist completed by a LEED Accredited Professional and a Green Building Worksheet analyzing each claimed credit before their site plan public hearing, and the Compliance Official meets with the applicant to discuss the proposed measures. 03 per square foot of the project, capped at $15,000, which is refunded if the applicant actually registers the project with the USGBC for LEED certification. Single- and two-family residential construction is exempt from Chapter 233 entirely and instead follows the separate energy standard in § 100-15.