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Is my site previously developed?

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Only a portion of my complying residential development lies within the ½-mile radius. Will this suffice for credit compliance?

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CI-2009 SSc2:Development Density and Community Connectivity

Project boundary within an existing building

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R Jones
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Hi - when doing the calculations for option 1 - should i include the sf of the project (ie tenant space) or the whole building - then divide it by the area. The project uses 10 floors of a 30 floor existing building - either way the calculation will be more than 60,000sf but i am unsure which figure to use. thanks

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David Posada
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Wed, 03/16/2011 - 23:48

You'd want to use the sf of the whole building, since that contributes to the density of the area within the radius. That way it wouldn't matter if your project is one floor or umpteen floors.
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R Jones
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Thu, 03/17/2011 - 18:04

Thumbs up David, thanks

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