Provide amenities and pedestrian space at main building entrances
Rationale: Locating amenities, such as seating, parklets, and public art, at a main building entrance, creates pedestrian-focused sidewalks and streetscapes, supporting perceived welcomingness of spaces and contributing to increased walkability.
Requirements
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Requirement Guidance: For buildings with multiple entrances, identify a main building entrance that is used to access a common area within the building such as a lobby, reception area, or main circulation pathway.
Sidewalk amenities may be shared across multiple buildings. |
Demonstrate compliance with one of the options below:
Option 1 - Entrance Amenities and Pedestrian Area (Full Credit):
To achieve full credit, demonstrate compliance with all of the following requirements:
- Include a minimum of two qualifying sidewalk amenities within 100 feet or 30 meters of all of the following areas within the project:
- a main entrance of each building
- entrances to all outdoor common areas
- transit stops.
Qualifying sidewalk amenities may include but are not limited to the following:
- benches and seating
- public art
- street trees and/or planters
- wayfinding
- parklets
- public toilets
- shared bicycle stations
- bicycle parking areas or racks
- drinking water fountains.
Qualifying municipal sidewalk amenities may be used to meet the strategy requirements.
Sidewalk amenities must be publicly accessible.
- Orient a main building entrance of each building within the project to egress onto a qualifying pedestrian area.
Qualifying pedestrian areas may include but are not limited to the following:
- footpath separate from municipal sidewalk
- plaza
- garden
- car-free zone
- shared streets with clearly marked pedestrian area.
Note that when buildings are not yet constructed at the time of certification, provide pedestrian areas at an anticipated entrance of an undeveloped parcel.
Option 2 - Entrance Amenities (Partial Credit):
Include a minimum of two qualifying sidewalk amenities within 100 feet or 30 meters of a main building entrance on the street level.
- Include a minimum of two qualifying sidewalk amenities within 100 feet or 30 meters of all of the following areas within the project:
- a main entrance of each building
- entrances to all outdoor common areas
- transit stops.
Qualifying sidewalk amenities may include but are not limited to the following:
- benches and seating
- public art
- street trees and/or planters
- wayfinding
- parklets
- public toilets
- shared bicycle stations
- bicycle parking areas or racks
- drinking water fountains.
Qualifying municipal sidewalk amenities may be used to meet the strategy requirements.
Option 3 - Pedestrian Area (Partial Credit):
- Orient a main building entrance of each building within the project to egress onto a qualifying pedestrian area.
Qualifying pedestrian areas may include but are not limited to the following:
- footpath separate from municipal sidewalk
- plaza
- garden
- car-free zone
- shared streets with clearly marked pedestrian area.
Qualifying municipal sidewalk amenities may be used to meet the strategy requirements.
Compliance Documentation
Types of compliance documentation required:
- Annotated plans
- Annotated maps
- Annotated design drawings
- Annotated photographs
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