Our high rise apartment building is located in a fairly dense urban area. The project team felt pretty confident that we could make ID level density. However, our site is proximate to coastline such that several marina moorage properties fall within the density radius. These properties are large SF with obviously no buildings on them. No building could ever actually occur, but they are parcels with SF that are identified in the County Assessor maps. Are we obliged to treat these parcels like parking lots and include them?
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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November 26, 2015 - 11:14 pm
Michelle, are the properties over water? I think you could make a case for excluding them. I would check with GBCI, or minimally, include a short narrative describing your approach.
Michelle Rosenberger
PartnerArchEcology
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November 27, 2015 - 12:25 pm
I'll give it a shot. Thanks, Tristan.
Qiongwen Kong
ArchitectCooper Carry
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April 12, 2016 - 5:59 pm
Michelle, undeveloped public areas, such as parks and water bodies can be excluded from this calculation; public roads and right-of-way areas are excluded as well.