LEED NPD c6 and SLLc1

Ilana Judah

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March 21, 2012

Hello, I am working on a 1/2 block Neighborhood Development located within Manhattan. Because of the existing Manhattan grid structure (long blocks), the project is unable to achieve any points under NPD c6 and only 2 of the 5 connectivity points for SLLc1. Do you know if there any sort of exemption/consideration for existing city grid networks?

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Eliot Allen

LEED AP-ND, Principal

Criterion Planners

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Wed, 03/21/2012 - 20:53

Ilana, there haven't been any CIRs issued to date that address the issue you're raising, but that's an avenue (bad pun) to pursue. Eliot

Ilana Judah

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Wed, 03/21/2012 - 21:38

Thanks Eliot. Along similar lines, do you know if schools which take up a full city block or a portion of a block would count as excludable land area? I know that school campuses are allowed to be excluded, but can school and/or church facilities be excluded? Is there a certain minimum size?

Eliot Allen

LEED AP-ND, Principal

Criterion Planners

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Wed, 03/21/2012 - 21:57

Excluding churches would be a stretch; that's never happened. But school property is regularly excluded as a 'public facility campus.' There's no minimim size.

Eric Orozco

Urban Designer, LEED AP ND

Neighboring Concepts, PLLC

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Wed, 03/21/2012 - 22:32

Interesting. On a related note, if a parcel dedicated for school use in the project is bordering the Project Boundary, must a right-of-way connection be developed every 400 feet at the boundary along the school site? Does NPDc6 assume that 5-15 acre school sites have right-of-way connections through these sites? If so, can a pedestrian connection developed by the school within school property count as "right-of-way"?

Eliot Allen

LEED AP-ND, Principal

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Wed, 03/21/2012 - 22:54

Eric, the NPDc6 requirement for ROW through-connections or terminations every 400 ft on the project boundary is blind to the land-uses that occupy property between the ROWs, including schools. A non-motorized pedestrian connection is explicitly allowed to meet the 400 ft interval, but the ped route has to be located in a dedicated ROW. So just constructing a pathway on school property wouldn't qualify. But you could try a CIR if you think there are special circumstances. Eliot