LEED PREREQUISITES
NEIGHBORHOOD PATTERN AND DESIGN
NAME: Md Tareq Hossain
ID: 1500911600184
NEIGHBORHOOD PATTERN AND DESIGN PREREQUISITE:
Walkable Streets Required
ND This prerequisite applies to :
• Neighborhood Development Plan
• Neighborhood Development
INTENT
To promote transportation efficiency and reduce vehicle distance traveled. To improve public health by providing safe,
appealing, and comfortable street environments that encourage daily physical activity and avoid pedestrian injuries.
REQUIREMENTS
Neighborhood design plan -
Design and build the project to achieve all of the following:
a. 90% of new buildings have a functional entry onto the circulation network or other public space, such as a park or plaza, but
not a parking lot. Whether opening to the circulation network or other public space, the functional entry must be connected
to a sidewalk or equivalent provision for walking. If the public space is a square, park, or plaza, it must be at least 50 feet (15
meters) deep, measured at a point perpendicular to each entry.
b. At least 15% of the block length of the existing and new circulation networks within and bordering the project has a minimum
building-height-to-street-centerline ratio of 1:1.5 (i.e., a minimum of 1 foot [300 millimeters] of building height for every 1.5
feet [450 millimeters] of width from street centerline to building façade). Alleys may be omitted from the calculations.
c. Continuous sidewalks or equivalent all-weather routes for walking are provided along both sides of 90% of the circulation
network block length within the project, including the project side of circulation network bordering the project. Bicycle- and
pedestrian-only paths meet this requirement. New sidewalks must be at least 8 feet (2.5 meters) wide on retail or mixed-use
blocks and at least 4 feet (1.2 meters) wide on all other blocks.
d. No more than 20% of the block length of the circulation network within the project is faced directly by garage and service bay
openings. Alleys may be omitted from the calculations.
COMPACT DEVELOPMENT Required:
INTENT
To conserve land. To promote livability, walkability, and transportation efficiency and reduce vehicle distance traveled. To
leverage and support transit investments. To improve public health by encouraging daily physical activity.
ND PLAN,ND:
Design and build the project to meet the densities specified below. Minimum densities must be met for both (1) the entire
project at full build-out and (2) the portion of the project that will be built within five years of the date that the first new
building of any type is occupied.
Case 1. Projects with Access to Quality Transit For projects with existing or planned transit service that meets or exceeds the
2-point threshold in SLL Credit Access to Quality Transit, build at the following densities, based on the walking distances to the
transit service specified in that SLL credit:
• for residential components located within the walking distances: 12 or more dwelling units per acre (30 DU per hectare) of
buildable land available for residential uses;
• for residential components falling outside the walking distances: 7 or more dwelling units per acre (17.5 DU per hectare)
of buildable land available for residential uses;
• for nonresidential components located within the walking distances: 0.80 or higher floor-area ratio (FAR) for the buildable
land available for nonresidential uses; and
• for nonresidential components falling outside the walking distances: 0.50 or higher FAR for the buildable land available for
nonresidential uses.
CONNECTED AND OPEN COMMUNITY Required :
INTENT
To promote projects that have high levels of internal connectivity and are well connected to the community. To encourage
development within existing communities that promote transportation efficiency through multimodal transportation. To
improve public health by encouraging daily physical activity.
Requirements
ND PLAN, ND
Meet the requirements of Case 1 if the project has no circulation network intersections within the project boundary and is
five acres or less in size. All other projects must meet Case 2.
Case 1. Surrounding Connectivity
Locate the project such that the connectivity within ¼ mile (400 meters) of the project boundary is at least 90 intersections
per square mile (35 intersections per square kilometer). Any part of the circulation network that is counted toward the
connectivity requirement must be available for general public use and not gated. Gated areas are not considered available
for public use, with the exception of education and health care campuses and military bases where gates are used for
security purposes.
Case 2. Internal Connectivity
Design and build the project such that its internal connectivity is at least 140 intersections per square mile (54
intersections per square kilometer). Any part of the circulation network counted toward the connectivity requirement
must be available for general public use at all times and not gated. Additionally, no more than 10% of the project area may
be accessed via circulation network that is gated. Education campuses, health care campuses, and military bases where
gates are used for security purposes are exempt from the 10% limit, and intersections within those projects may be
counted toward the connectivity requirement.
WALKABLE STREETS:
ND 1–9 points
This credit applies to
• Neighborhood Development Plan
• Neighborhood Development
INTENT
To promote transportation efficiency and reduce vehicle distance traveled. To improve public health by
providing safe, appealing, and comfortable street environments that encourage daily physical activity
and avoid pedestrian injuries.
Requirements
ND PLAN, ND
A project may earn a maximum of 9 points, awarded according to Table 1
FACADES AND ENTRIES:
a. At least 80% of the total linear distance of building façades facing the circulation network in the project is no more
than 25 feet (7.5 meters) from the property line.
b. At least 50% of the total linear distance of building façades facing the circulation network in the project is no more
than 18 feet (5.5 meters) from the property line.
c. At least 50% of the total linear distance of mixed-use and nonresidential building façades facing the circulation
network in the project is within 1 foot (300 millimeters) of a sidewalk or equivalent walking route.
d. Functional entries to the building occur at an average of 75 feet (23 meters) or less along nonresidential or mixed-use
buildings or blocks.
e. Functional entries to the building occur at an average of 30 feet (9 meters) or less along nonresidential or mixed-use
buildings or blocks
Ground-Level Use and Parking
f. All ground-level retail, service, and trade uses that face a public space have clear glass on at least 60% of their
façades between 3 and 8 feet (900 and 2500 millimeters) above grade.
g. If a façade extends along a sidewalk, no more than 40% of its length or 50 feet (15 meters), whichever is less, is blank
(without doors or windows).
h. Any ground-level retail, service, or trade windows facing the circulation network must be kept visible (unshuttered) at
night; this must be stipulated in covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&Rs) or other binding documents.
DESIGN SPEEDS FOR SAFE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE TRAVEL
i. 75% of the length of new residential-only motorized parts of the circulation network within the project is designed for
a target speed of no more than 20 mph (30 km/h).
j. 70% of the length of new nonresidential or mixed-use motorized parts of the circulation network within the project is
designed for a target speed of no more than 25 mph (40km/h). A multiway boulevard, with travel lanes separated from
access lanes by medians, may apply this requirement to its outer access lanes only (through-lanes are exempt), provided
pedestrian crosswalks are installed across the boulevard at intervals no greater than 800 feet (245 meters).
SIDEWALK INTRUSIONS
k. At-grade crossings with driveways account for no more than 10% of the length of sidewalks within the project.
MIXED-USE NEIGHBORHOODS:
ND 1–4 points
This credit applies to
• Neighborhood Development Plan
• Neighborhood Development
INTENT
To reduce vehicle distance traveled and automobile dependence, encourage daily walking, biking, and transit use, and
support car-free living by providing access to diverse land uses.
Requirements
ND PLAN, ND
Locate or design the project such that 50% of its dwelling units are within a 1/4-mile (400-meter) walking distance of the
number of uses (see Appendix 1) listed in Table 1. For projects with no dwelling units, 50% of dwelling units within a 1/4-
mile (400-meter) walking distance of the project boundary must be within a 1/4-mile (400-meter) walking distance of the
number of uses within the project specified in Table 1.
The specified number of uses must be in place by the time of 50% occupancy of total building floor area (exclusive of
portions of parking structures devoted to parking).
REDUCED PARKING FOOTPRINT :
ND 1 point
This credit applies to
Neighborhood Development Plan
Neighborhood Development
INTENT
To minimize the environmental harms associated with parking facilities, including automobile dependence, land consumption,
and rainwater runoff.
Requirements
ND PLAN, ND
For new nonresidential buildings and multiunit residential buildings, either do not build new off-street parking lots, or locate
all new off-street surface parking lots at the side or rear, leaving building frontages facing the circulation network free of
surface parking lots (alleys may be exempted).
Use no more than 20% of the total development footprint area for all new off-street surface parking facilities, with no
individual surface parking lot larger than 2 acres (0.8 hectare). For the purposes of this credit, surface parking facilities include
ground-level garages unless they are under habitable building space. Underground or multistory parking facilities can be used
to provide additional spaces. On-street parking spaces are exempt from this limitation.
Provide preferred parking for carpool or shared-use vehicle parking spaces equivalent to at least 10% of the total off-street
parking spaces for each nonresidential and mixed-use building on the site. Such parking spaces must be marked and within
200 feet (60 meters) walking distance of entrances to the building served.
ACCESS TO CIVIC AND PUBLIC SPACE :
ND 1 point This credit applies to
• Neighborhood Development Plan
• Neighborhood Development Intent
To provide open space close to work and home that enhances community participation and improves
public health.
Requirements
ND PLAN, ND
Locate 90% of planned and existing dwelling units and nonresidential use entrances within a ¼ mile
(400 meters) walk of at least one civic and passive use space. The spaces must be at least 1/6 acre
(0.067 hectare) in area. Spaces less than 1 acre (0.4 hectare) must have a proportion no narrower than
1 unit of width to 4 units of length. Projects larger than 10 acres (4 hectares) must have a median space
size of at least 1 acre (0.4 hectare). Spaces over ½ acre (0.2 hectare) that are used to meet the 90%
threshold are included in the median calculation
ACCESS TO RECREATION FACILITIES
ND 1 point This credit applies to
• Neighborhood Development Plan
• Neighborhood Development
INTENT
To enhance community participation and improve public health by providing recreational facilities
close to work and home that facilitate physical activity and social networking.
Requirements
ND PLAN, ND
Locate or design the project so that a publicly accessible outdoor recreation facility at least 1 acre
(0.4 hectares) in area, or a publicly accessible indoor recreational facility of at least 25,000 square
feet (2325 square meters), lies within a ½-mile (800-meter) walking distance of 90% of new and
existing dwelling units and nonresidential use entrances. Outdoor recreation facilities must consist
of physical improvements and may include “tot lots,” swimming pools, and sports fields, such as
baseball diamonds.
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