Our project is in NYC and pretty much on zero-lot line property with very little open space. The city requires the project to install street trees that are outside the property line so where should we draw our LEED boundary? MPR #3 says to include any land that supports "building functions" - i guess this would help with stormwater management. I am confused if we are required to include land outside our property line and if we did include this land up to the installed street trees, then would we have to include the sidewalks into our credit calcs? Please advise. Thank you very much! It seems this question probably comes up a lot in urban settings.
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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November 5, 2013 - 10:03 am
I would not expand the LEED boundary to include the street trees, on the logic that the land is not owned by the project, and it does not support building operations (only to the extent that normal urban infrastructure like sidewalks do).If you were claiming some stormwater or heat island benefit from the trees, that would be a different story....