GIB Credit 7 Minimize Site Disturbance

Peter Doo

President

Doo Consulting LLC

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February 27, 2011

Project site includes upen space that is undeveloped but previously "disturbed" in that it is a turf field (no trees or native plants). Developer proposes to build on this land. How do we classify this land for the purposes of calculating our "undisturbed" area?

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Michelle Robinson Schwarting

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Wed, 04/13/2011 - 15:24

If this area of land meets the requirements of not being "previously developed", I think as long as you are not disturbing it as part of this project, then it will also count as "left undisturbed." (I believe the cutoff point in time for if it has been "disturbed" as part of this project should be per the "preproject" definition in the glossary.) If the developer wants to build on this land, which was NOT "previously developed" then it will be disturbed, and therefore will not count towards the min. area left undisturbed. (So if they're building on it, the area of this land will contribute to the "land that has not been previously developed" but will not contribute to the "undisturbed" area.)