In the Sustainable Sites CREDIT 2/ OPTION 1 – Development Density - I don’t understand why “the density calculation is based on a typical two-storey downtown development…” Why not on a 1-storey or 3-storey or more?
If in that area, there are some other buildings with more than or less than two storey, how do we calculate? How about in a ten-storey (or 15, 20 or 25 -storey or only 1-storey) downtown development, will the minimum density be changed or not?
Could you help me explain this item more clearly to my students?
Thanks and best regards
Cat
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Keith Amann
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August 20, 2012 - 11:32 am
Cat,
A typical 2 story downtown development has an approximate density of 60,000 sf/acre. It is only used as a way to provide an example of scale as to the minimum density a project would need to meet the credit requirements. The minimum density requirement of 60,000 sf/acre does not change based on project conditions.