Non-motorized rights-of-way

Florian Schmidtchen

EGS-plan International GmbH

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June 27, 2013

We have a building located in a pedestrian area. The only "street frontage" faces directly to this 20 m wide area. Does the requirements for non-motorized rights-of-way (frontages facing those rights-of-way must have a minimum 1:0.5 ratio of building height to street width) mean that my building has to be at last 20 m high? Because then the building won't fulfill the requirements for walkability even it is located in a pedestrian area.

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Mark Walsh

Technical Director

Perkins+Will

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Fri, 03/27/2015 - 20:31

We have a project that has a single side along a street and 3 other sides that face pedestrian areas. We interpreted the 'right of way' to be a legal definition that describes a municipal street or easement, and not a designated pedestrian area like a park or plaza. Our explanation seems to have been accepted in review.

Mark Walsh

Technical Director

Perkins+Will

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Wed, 04/01/2015 - 02:26

I don't think that your situation would qualify as having a right-of-way. Our project has one side that faces a road and 3 other sides that face pedestrian areas. In our case, we used the street frontage for compliance of all of the requirements and disregarded the other sides. USGBC accepted this approach.