In the past most of the site (around 48,000m2) was used as a farmland and a summer plot containing of little houses with little gardens (where people could grow vegetables or flowers). Now this area is neglected and most of the houses are abandoned and empty and the area is not being used by anyone. Can this project get 1 point for SS Cre1? I am concered about the prime farmland requirement.
I am also not sure if this land can be treated as prevously developed (also for other credits like SS Cre2 and).
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
11474 thumbs up
November 24, 2012 - 7:54 pm
Adam, it sounds like a previously developed site. Regarding the farmland definition, the question isn't how the site has been used, but how it is defined under relevant government regulations.
Adam Targowski
OwnerATsec
103 thumbs up
November 27, 2012 - 11:52 am
I'm a little confused and I'm not sure if I get it right so please correct me if I'm wrong. I was reading a new definition of "previously developed site" and I understood that lands that were used for agricultural purposes in the past are qualified as undeveloped sites, did I get it right?
In my case there's a site that in majority was used as a farmland and a little part had some summer houses. Does it mean that, according to LEED, even if a small part of the site was developed in the past then the whole site is considered previously developed?
You mentioned goverment regulations, so can I consider the site as previously developed if a local goverment will define it in this way even if it's not previously developed according to LEED definitions?
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
11474 thumbs up
November 27, 2012 - 7:58 pm
Adam, agricultural land is considered not previously developed.Per the credit language above, if a portion of the site is previously developed, there are different rules for that portion versus portions that were not developed.Government regulations are only relevant for farmland definitions, not development definitions. This also references the credit language.