Can someone direct me to where in the Reference manual it states that the ratio of landscaped area to site area has to be greater than 5%?

We're renovating an Army barracks, with minimal changes to the existing landscaping, which includes turf. The landscaped area exceeds 5% of the site area.

I am working on a renovation project on a college campus that has made efforts to be more sustainable.

If you can't prove that your cistern will satisfy the irrigation need every month, but the client has agreed to not have a potable backup (ie the cistern gets drained, and then the plants just live

I'm working on a project where the existing site is 100% concrete paving. We are not providing any landscape, thus no irrigation. Does this mean we comply with option 2?

We are certifying a project NC 2009 and we are counting in our credit with a non potable reservoir outside the LEED Boundary but is within the limits of the property.

Even if pursuing Option 2 Temporary Irrigation, we've always had to comply with Option 1 reductions also. The points were additive.

With the new state wide green building code and local municipal requirements for landscape irrigation, how is a baseline developed when regional requirements now approach what was a 50% reduction?