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Sidewalk with landscaped area

ND-v2009 NPDp1: Walkable Streets
posted by Noriko Nagazumi on Jun 14, 2017, 9:52 pm

Hi,

In our project, continuous sidewalks of 2.5m width are provided for all street within the project boundary, but a portion of one of the sidewalks is filled with shrabs and trees and...

Frontage Width and Block Length

ND-v2009 NPDp1: Walkable Streets
posted by lara Tahhan on Nov 3, 2015, 8:32 am

Hello,

I would like to inquire about the frontage widths. If the buildings are not parallel to the road and are at an angle , would the frontage width be the length of the actual building...

Parking Garage

ND-v2009 NPDp1: Walkable Streets
posted by Susann Geithner on Jun 18, 2015, 12:18 pm

We have a parking garage attached to an office building. The office building is on a public street, so is the garage. So the building is between two streets. Does the garage count into the new...

Breezeway Principal Functional Entry?

ND-v2009 NPDp1: Walkable Streets
posted by Tommy Linstroth on Mar 4, 2015, 9:30 am

Just hoping for a clarification/second opinion. Our project features 2-3 story walkup apartments that are access by central breezeways. The breezeways front the street, are connected to the...

Ratio 1:3

ND-v2009 NPDp1: Walkable Streets
posted by Diana Nezamutinova on Aug 6, 2014, 2:22 pm

Greetings, Eliot! Would you please be so kind to help with 4 questions below? Thank you.

Phrase “Within and bordering the project” – does it mean that buildings facing small pedestrian...

Continuous sidewalks for industrial use street

ND-v2009 NPDp1: Walkable Streets
posted by Noriko Nagazumi on Apr 3, 2014, 5:23 am

Hi there!

The reference guide says: "Continuous sidewalks or equivalent all-weather provisions for walking are provided along both sides of 90% of streets or frontage within the project,...

Building Frontage

ND-v2009 NPDp1: Walkable Streets
posted by Tommy Linstroth on Jan 17, 2014, 10:46 am

Our project is a 100% gut rehab of existing attached townhomes. I just want to clarify, since the credit language states new building frontage, we are exempt from having to demonstrate that our...

Internal streets

ND-v2009 NPDp1: Walkable Streets
posted by Sarah Michelman on Oct 23, 2013, 4:04 pm

If a proposed development project site is located on two city blocks on either side of a major existing through street and this is the only street within the project, can the development be...

Front lawn sidewalk width

ND-v2009 NPDp1: Walkable Streets
posted by Colin Day on Sep 9, 2013, 5:11 pm

Hi Eliot,

Our project has entry walks leading from public sidewalks to front doors that are slated to be 3 feet wide. Are these sidewalk exempt from the 4' minimum because they are not...

Building height to street width ratio calculation

ND-v2009 NPDp1: Walkable Streets
posted by Tyler Baker on Jun 6, 2013, 10:49 am

Hi,

Our project is LEED pre-certified plan, with some single detached houses. We are now in the process of reviewing the architectural designs for the units and are looking at how they...