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Neighborhood Pattern & Design TABLE OF C ONTENTS
NPD Prerequisite 1: Open Community ................................................ 3
Intent ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 Requirements ........................................................................................................................................ 3

NPD Prerequisite 2: Compact Development ...................................... 3

Intent ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 Requirements ........................................................................................................................................ 3 Additional Notes ................................................................................................................................... 3

NPD Credit 1: Compact Development 1 to7 Points........................... 4

Intent ........................................................................................................................................................ 4 Requirements ........................................................................................................................................ 4 Additional Notes ................................................................................................................................... 4

NPD Credit 2: Diversity of Uses 1 to 4 Points ..................................... 5

Intent ........................................................................................................................................................ 5 Requirements ........................................................................................................................................ 5

NPD Credit 3: Diversity of Housing Types 1 to 3 Points .................. 6

Intent ........................................................................................................................................................ 6 Requirements ........................................................................................................................................ 6

NPD Credit 4: Affordable For-Sale Housing 1 to 2 Points ............... 7

Intent ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 Requirements ........................................................................................................................................ 7 OPTION 1 ............................................................................................................................................. 8 OPTION 2 ............................................................................................................................................. 8 OPTION 3 ............................................................................................................................................. 8

NPD Credit 5: Reduced Parking Footprint 2 Points ......................... 8

Intent ........................................................................................................................................................ 8 Green Neighborhood Rule-book 1

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Requirements ........................................................................................................................................ 8

NPD Credit 6: Walkable Streets 4 to 8 Points .................................... 9

Intent ........................................................................................................................................................ 9 Requirements ........................................................................................................................................ 9

NPD Credit 7: Street Network 1 to 2 Points ......................................10

Intent ..................................................................................................................................................... 10 Requirements ..................................................................................................................................... 10

NPD Credit 8: Transit Facilities 1 Point .............................................11

Intent ..................................................................................................................................................... 11 Requirements ..................................................................................................................................... 11

NPD Credit 9: Transportation Demand Management 2 Points ...11

Intent ..................................................................................................................................................... 11 Requirements ..................................................................................................................................... 11 OPTION 1 .......................................................................................................................................... 11 OPTION 2 .......................................................................................................................................... 11 OPTION 3 .......................................................................................................................................... 12

NPD Credit 10: Access to Surrounding Vicinity 1 Point ................12

Intent ..................................................................................................................................................... 12 Requirements ..................................................................................................................................... 12

NPD Credit 11: Access to Public Spaces 1 Point ..............................12

Intent ..................................................................................................................................................... 12 Requirements ............................................................................................................................... 12

NPD Credit 12: Access to Active Spaces 1 Point ..............................13

Intent ..................................................................................................................................................... 13 Requirements ..................................................................................................................................... 13 OPTION 1 .......................................................................................................................................... 13 OPTION 2 .......................................................................................................................................... 13 OPTION 3 .......................................................................................................................................... 13

NPD Credit 13: Universal Accessibility 1 Point ...............................13

Intent ..................................................................................................................................................... 13 Requirements........................................................................................................................................ 14 Green Neighborhood Rule-book 2

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NPD PREREQUISITE 1: OPEN COMMUNITY INTENT

Promote communities that are physically connected to each other.

REQUIREMENTS
Designate all streets and sidewalks that are built as part of the project that are built to serve the area, or serving the project directly as available for general public use and not gated. Gated areas and enclaves are NOT considered available for public use, with the exception of education and health care campuses where gates are used for security purposes. Gates on project boundary are excluded.

NPD PREREQUISITE 2: COMPACT DEVELOPMENT INTENT

Conserve land. Promote livability, transportation efficiency, and walkability.

REQUIREMENTS Build any residential components of the project at an average density of seven or more dwelling units per acre of buildable land available for residential uses;
AND Build any non-residential components of the project at an average density of 0.50 FAR or greater per acre of buildable land available for non-residential uses. If the project location is serviced by a public body which has specified minimum service densities that are greater than the densities required by this prerequisite, then the project must meet the public body s minimum service densities instead. The specified average density must be achieved by the point in the project s construction at which 50% of dwelling units are built, or within five years of the date that the first building is occupied, whichever is longer.

ADDITIONAL NOTES
The density of a mixed-use building is calculated by: 1) determining the total square footage of all residential and non-residential uses; 2) calculating the percentages of the total square footage that the residential and non-residential components each represent; 3) applying those percentages to the building parcel to determine the proportionate share of land area for each component; and 4) calculating residential Green Neighborhood Rule-book 3

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density as the number of dwelling units per acre using the residential share of the building parcel, and calculating non-residential density as FAR using the non-residential share of the land area divided by total non-residential square footage. For example, a mixed-use building of ten dwellings at 1,500 sq.ft. each, and 25,000 sq.ft. of retail, on one acre of land would have a residential density of 26 DU/acre and a nonresidential density of 0.92 FAR. Densities of individual mixed use buildings that are not being averaged with other single-use buildings must meet either the residential density minimum or the non-residential density minimum, but need not meet both.

NPD CREDIT 1: COMPACT DEVELOPMENT 1 TO7 POINTS INTENT Conserve land. Promote community livability, transportation efficiency, and walkability. REQUIREMENTS
Design and build the project to achieve the densities shown in the table below. Residential Density (DU/acre) 10 to 20 > 20 and . 30 > 30 and . 40 > 40 and . 50 > 50 and . 60 > 60 and . 70 > 70 Non-residential Density (FAR) 0.75 to 1.0 > 1.0 and . 1.5 > 1.5 and . 2.0 > 2.0 and . 2.5 > 2.5 and . 3.0 > 3.0 and . 3.5 > 3.5

Points Available 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

The specified density must be achieved by the point in the project s construction at which 50% of dwelling units are built, or within five years of the date that the first building is occupied, whichever is longer.

ADDITIONAL NOTES
The scoring of the density of a mixed-use project is calculated by a weighted average: 1) determining the total square footage of all residential and non-residential uses; 2) calculating the percentages of the total square footage that the residential and nonGreen Neighborhood Rule-book 4

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residential components each represent; 3) determining the density of each component as measured in dwelling units per acre and FAR respectively; 4) determining how many points the residential and non-residential component each earns separately according to the table above; 5) if the points are different, multiply the point value of the residential component by the percentage of the total square footage it represents (as determined in step 2) and multiply the point value of the non-residential component by the percentage of the total square footage it represents (as determined in step 2); 6) add the two scores together. For example; a project that is 75% residential at an average density of 65 DU/acre and 25% non-residential at an FAR of 0.8 would earn 4 points: (.75 x 6) + (.25 x 1) = 4.25, which is rounded to 4.

NPD CREDIT 2: DIVERSITY OF USES 1 TO 4 POINTS INTENT

Promote community livability, transportation efficiency, and walkability.

REQUIREMENTS Include a residential component in the project that constitutes at least 25% of the project s total building square footage; and design or locate the project such that at least 50% of the dwelling units are within 800 meter walk distance of at least two (1 point), four (2 points), seven (3 points) or ten (4 points) of the diverse uses defined in Appendix A. Uses may either be in nearby areas or be built within the development.
Verify that a pedestrian can reach the uses via routes that do not necessitate crossing any streets that have speed limits of greater than 40 km per hour, unless those crossings have vehicle traffic controls such as signals and stop signs with crosswalks. The specified number of uses must be in place by the time certain percentages of occupancy are in place, as indicated in the following table:

Number of uses

Percentage of project occupancy at which uses need to be in place

Two uses (1 point) Four uses (2 points) Seven uses (3 points) Ten uses (4 points) Green Neighborhood Rule-book

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List of Diverse Uses Bank/ATM Child care facility (licensed) Community/civic center Convenience store Hair care Hardware store Health club or outdoor recreation facility Laundry/dry cleaner/washer man Library Medical/dental office Pharmacy (stand-alone) Place of worship Police/fire station Post office Restaurant School Senior care facility Supermarket Theater Vehicle service station Communication store/STD/ Cyber caf Dairy booth

NPD CREDIT 3: DIVERSITY OF HOUSING TYPES 1 TO 3 POINTS INTENT

To enable citizens from a wide range of economic levels and age groups to live within a community.

REQUIREMENTS Include a sufficient variety of housing sizes and types in the project such that the total variety of housing within the project, or within a 400 meter of the center of the project, achieves at least 0.5 according to the following calculation, which is based on the Simpson Diversity Index using the housing categories below.
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Score = 1- (n/N) 2 , where n = the total number of dwellings in a single category, and N = the total number of dwellings in all categories. Score on the Simpson Diversity Index . 0.5 and < 0.6 . 0.6 and < 0.7 . 0.7 Points Earned 1 2 3

Housing categories are defined for the purposes of this calculation in (1) Detached residential larger than 500 Sq.m (2) Detached residential 500 Sq.m to 300 Sq.m (3) Detached residential 300 Sq.m to 200 Sq.m (4) Detached residential 200 Sq.m to 100 Sq.m (5) Detached residential 100 Sq.m to 40 Sq.m (6) Detached residential less than 40 Sq.m (7) Residential apartment (<15m) larger than 350 Sq.m (8) Residential apartment (<15m) 350 Sq.m to 250 Sq.m (9) Residential apartment (<15m) 250 Sq.m to 150 Sq.m (10) Residential apartment (<15m) 150 Sq.m to 100 Sq.m (11) Residential apartment (<15m) 100 Sq.m to 50 Sq.m (12) Residential apartment (<15m) less than 50 Sq.m (13) Residential apartment (>15m)larger than 350 Sq.m (14) Residential apartment (>15m)350 Sq.m to 250 Sq.m (15) Residential apartment (>15m)250 Sq.m to 150 Sq.m (16) Residential apartment (>15m)150 Sq.m to 100 Sq.m (17) Residential apartment (>15m)100 Sq.m to 50 Sq.m Double counting is prohibited. Each dwelling may be classified in only one category.

NPD CREDIT 4: AFFORDABLE FOR-SALE HOUSING 1 TO 2 POINTS INTENT

To enable citizens from a wide range of economic levels and age groups to live within a community.

REQUIREMENTS
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Include a proportion of for-sale housing affordable to households at or slightly above the area median income of the neighborhood or nearly comparable settlement such that:

OPTION 1 At least 10% of for-sale housing is priced for households up to 80% of the
area median income (1 point); OR

OPTION 2 At least 20% of for-sale housing is priced for households up to 120% of the
area median income (1 point); OR

OPTION 3 At least 10% of for-sale housing is priced for households up to 80% of the
area median income and an additional 10% of for-sale housing is priced for households at up to 120% of the area median income (2 points).

NPD CREDIT 5: REDUCED PARKING FOOTPRINT 2 POINTS INTENT Design parking to increase the pedestrian orientation of projects and to minimize the adverse environmental effects of parking facilities. REQUIREMENTS
For any non-residential buildings and multifamily residential buildings that are part of the project, locate all off-street surface parking lots at the side or rear of buildings, leaving building frontages and streetscapes free of surface parking lots; AND Use no more than 20% of the total development footprint area for surface parking facilities, with no individual surface parking lot larger than 8000 Sq.m. For the purposes of this credit, surface parking facilities include ground-level garages unless they are under or over space intended for human occupancy. Underground or multi-story parking facilities can be used to provide additional capacity and on-street parking spaces are exempt from this limitation; AND For any non-residential buildings and multifamily residential buildings that are part of the project, provide bicycle and/or carpool parking spaces equivalent to 10% of the total automobile parking for each non-residential and multifamily building on the site. Signage indicating carpool parking spots should be provided, and bicycle parking should be within 200 meters of the entrance to the building that it services. The 10% carpool/ bicycle space requirement can be met with any combination of bicycle and carpool parking. Green Neighborhood Rule-book 8

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NPD CREDIT 6: WALKABLE STREETS 4 TO 8 POINTS INTENT

Provide appealing and comfortable pedestrian street environments in order to promote pedestrian activity. Promote public health though increased physical activity.

REQUIREMENTS Design and build the project such that all of the following are achieved (4 points):
a. A principal functional entry of each building has a front faade that faces a public space such as a street, square, park, or plaza. A minimum of 30% of all street frontages located within the project, if any, are planned for development that complies with the minimum building-height-to-street-width proportions of 1:3; and where building sites are planned along streets bordering the project, a minimum of 15% of the total street frontage of such sites contains (or is dedicated to) development that will produce a building-height-to-street-width proportion of 1:3. Street frontages are to be measured in linear meter. Continuous sidewalks or equivalent provisions for walking are provided along both sides of all streets within the project. New sidewalks must be at least 1.2 meter wide. Equivalent provisions for walking include cycle track and footpaths. All streets along exclusively residential blocks within the project, whether new or existing, are designed for a maximum speed of 30 kmph. All streets along non-residential or mixed use blocks within the project, whether new or existing, are designed for a maximum speed of 40 kmph.

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If the above measures are achieved, the project may earn additional points as follows: 1 point for designing and building the project such that any three measures on the list below are accomplished (up to 4 additional points): f. The front faades of at least 80% of all buildings are no more than 25 feet from front property line. The front facades of at least 50% of all buildings are no more than 18 feet from the front property line The front facades of at least 50% of mixed-use and non-residential buildings are contiguous to the sidewalk.

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Functional building entries occur every 25 meter, on average, along non-residential or mixed use blocks. All ground-level non-residential interior spaces that face a public space have transparent glass on at least 33% of the ground-level faade. No blank (without doors or windows) walls longer than 15 meter occur along sidewalks. Walls with public art installations such as murals may be exempted. Street trees occur between the vehicle travel way and sidewalk at intervals of no greater than 12 meter. In non-residential or mixed use projects, 50% or more of the total number of office buildings include ground floor retail; and all businesses and/or other community services on the ground floor are accessible directly from sidewalks along a public space such as a street, square, or plaza.

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Trees or other structures provide shade within five years of project occupancy over at least half the length of sidewalks included within or contiguous to the project. The estimated crown diameter (the width of the shade if the sun is directly above the tree) is used to calculate the shaded area.

NPD CREDIT 7: STREET NETWORK 1 TO 2 POINTS INTENT

Encourage the design of projects that incorporate high levels of internal connectivity and the location of projects in existing communities in order to conserve land, promote multimodal transportation and promote public health through increased physical activity.

REQUIREMENTS
Design the project such that the project s average street grid density falls within one of the ranges listed in the table below.

Street grid density (centerline miles/sq.mi.) 20 29 Green Neighborhood Rule-book

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>30

NPD CREDIT 8: T RANSIT FACILITIES 1 POINT INTENT

Encourage transit use and reduce driving by creating safe and comfortable transit facilities.

REQUIREMENTS Provide covered and at least partially enclosed shelters, adequate to buffer wind and rain, with at least one bench at each transit stop within the project or serving the project boundaries. Shelters shall be illuminated to average maintained 55 lux (light levels may be reduced after hours). Existing external lighting can contribute to this level, but any new lighting shall meet light pollution requirements in GCT Credit 20, and designed to not directly illuminate any windows of residential properties.
AND Provide kiosks, bulletin boards, and/or signs devoted to providing local transit information as part of the project, including basic schedule and route information at each transit stop that borders or falls within the project.

NPD CREDIT 9: T RANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT 2 POINTS INTENT

Reduce energy consumption and pollution from motor vehicles by encouraging use of public transit.

REQUIREMENTS
OPTION 1
Create and implement a comprehensive transportation demand management (TDM) program for the project aimed at reducing weekday peak period trips by at least 20% compared to the forecasted trip generation for the project without the TDM strategies; and fund for a minimum of two years following buildout of the project (1 point); OR

OPTION 2
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Provide transit passes valid for at least one year, subsidized to be half of regular price or cheaper, to each resident and employee locating within the project during the first three years of project occupancy (or longer). Publicize the fact that subsidized transit passes are available to the eligible residents and employees (1 point); OR

OPTION 3
Provide transit service (with vans, shuttles, buses) to rail, ferry, or other major transit facilities and/or another major destination such as a retail or employment center, with service no less frequent than five rides per weekday peak period. The service must begin when the project is 20% occupied or sooner, and must be guaranteed for at least two years beyond project buildout (1 point). No more than 2 points can be earned under this credit.

NPD CREDIT 10: ACCESS TO SURROUNDING VICINITY 1 POINT INTENT

Provide direct and safe connections, for pedestrians and bicyclists as well as drivers, to local destinations and neighborhood centers. Promote public health by facilitating walking and bicycling.

REQUIREMENTS Design and build projects such that there is at least one through-street at the project boundary every 250 meter, or at existing abutting street intervals, whichever distance is smaller. This does not apply to connections that cannot physically be made; e.g. wetlands, rivers, railroads, extreme topography, natural gas lines, pipeline easements, highways, expressways and other limited-access roads.

NPD CREDIT 11: ACCESS TO PUBLIC SPACES 1 POINT INTENT

To provide a variety of open spaces close to work and home to encourage walking, physical activity and time spent outdoors.

REQUIREMENTS
Locate and/or design project so that a park, green plaza or square at least 650 sq.m in area, and at least 45 meter in width, lies within 250 meter walk distance of the 90% of Green Neighborhood Rule-book 12

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the dwelling units and business entrances in the project. Parks less than 4000 sq.m. must also have a proportion no narrower than 1 unit of width to 4 units of length; AND For projects larger than 30000 sq.m only, locate and/or design the project so that taken together all of the parks in the project shall average at least 2000 sq.m in size.

NPD CREDIT 12: ACCESS TO ACTIVE SPACES 1 POINT INTENT

To provide a variety of open spaces close to work and home to encourage walking, physical activity and time spent outdoors.

REQUIREMENTS
OPTION 1
Locate and/or design the project so that an active open space facility (e.g., general playfields, soccer, baseball, basketball and other sports fields) of at least 4000 sq.m lies within 800 meter walk distance of 90% of the dwelling units and business entrances in the project; OR

OPTION 2
Locate and/or design the project so that at least 50% of dwelling units and business entrances are located within 400 meter walk distance of a multi-use trail or cycle track of at least 5 km in length; OR

OPTION 3
Locate and/or design the project so that at least 90% of all dwelling units and business entrances in the project are located within 400 meter walk distance of a public recreation center or gym with outdoor facilities or a park with active recreational facilities.

NPD CREDIT 13: UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY 1 POINT INTENT

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Enable the widest spectrum of people, regardless of age or ability, to more easily participate in their community life by increasing the proportion of areas that are usable by people of diverse abilities.

REQUIREMENTS For projects with residential components:

For each residential unit type developed, design 20% (and not less than one) of each type to comply with the accessible design provisions of National building code (NBC), as applicable. Separate residential unit types include: singlefamily, duplex, triplex, multiunit row or townhouses, and mixed-use buildings that include residential units. All paths of travel between residential units and other buildings within the project shall comply with the accessible design provisions of the NBC, as applicable; AND For projects with common-use or recreational facilities constructed as part of the project: x x For any residential areas, apply the accessible design provisions of the NBC; and For any non-residential areas, apply the accessible design provisions of the NBC to facilities and rights-of-way.

Projects that include only non-residential components and public right-of-ways will not be able to achieve this credit, since they are already required by law to comply with applicable accessibility regulations. However, if non-residential projects include any common-use or recreational facilities not covered by accessibility regulations, they will be able to achieve the credit. Regarding residential accessibility design provisions, an accessible entrance can be located at the front, side or back of the residential unit, which may sometimes be determined by the topography of the site.

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