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alleys and requirement c?

ND-Plan-v4 NPDp1: Walkable Streets
posted by Ian Scott on Nov 30, 2015, 6:45 pm

I am wondering if there is a mistake for the item c requirement and its reference (or lack thereof) to exempting alleys?

The same prerequisite in LEED ND 2009 exempted alleys and the...

Walkable streets

ND-Plan-v4 NPDp1: Walkable Streets
posted by Sarah Kearney on Mar 1, 2017, 10:02 am

I have a few questions about this prerequisite:

b. How is a block length defined? Is the block length a total for all frontage length of a building or a test for each individual frontage?...

Walkable Street- Item D Functional Entries

ND-Plan-v4 NPDc1: Walkable Streets
posted by Martine Desbois on Nov 15, 2016, 6:08 pm

Hi Elliot,
Our project team is uncertain about the wording of the Step-by-Step explanation for this item. When we measure the block length for the nominator of the equation we add block...

Walkable Street- Item D Functional Entries

ND-Plan-v4 NPDc1: Walkable Streets
posted by Ian Scott on Nov 28, 2016, 3:57 pm

Where a mixed-used building as a mix of residential and non-residential and both residential and non-residential building entrances. Do both residential and non-residential entrances count? When...

walkable Street- Item C- MU / NR distance to sidewalks

ND-Plan-v4 NPDc1: Walkable Streets
posted by Ian Scott on Nov 28, 2016, 4:23 pm

This credit item indicates that it is building facades must be within "within 1 foot (300 millimeters) of a sidewalk or equivalent walking route." But then in Step by Step guidance it indicates...

LEED ND v2009- NDPc1- Options for internal streets

ND-v2009 NPDc1: Walkable Streets
posted by Gwen Corrie on Nov 15, 2016, 11:49 am

There are some options under this credit (i.e., Option N and O) that only seem applicable to those projects with internal streets. Our project is 6.52 acres (a large square block) with...

Sidewalk definition

ND-v2009 NPDp1: Walkable Streets
posted by Tyler Baker on Nov 14, 2012, 12:02 pm

Hello, I have a question about how sidewalk is defined.

We have a sidewalk along the street edge of a park, and the park has a playground in it. The City has requested that we provide a...

SFR garage frontage

ND-v2009 NPDp1: Walkable Streets
posted by Jill Robertson on Mar 13, 2013, 3:09 pm

I am curious if anyone has any creative strategies for reducing single family residential (SFR) garage frontage. We are looking at back laneways obviously, but am researching some alternative...

Functional Entries

ND-v2009 NPDp1: Walkable Streets
posted by Omer Moltay on Mar 25, 2013, 2:12 pm

Hi,

The credit language is confusing for us. Some on the project team think that the credit is asking for at least one functional entry on every facade that faces a public space.

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Walkable Streets: Sidewalk Width

ND-v2009 NPDp1: Walkable Streets
posted by Aaron Ryan on May 1, 2013, 5:36 pm

Our project has a block in which each block face is lined with townhouses or multi-family buildings. On one corner is a mixed-use building. It’s essentially an apartment building with a ground-...