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Article 30-3:Zoning Districts <br /> Section D:Residential Base Zoning Districts <br /> Subsection 3:Incentives for Sustainable Development Practices <br /> TABLE 1-3.D.1: SUSTAINABILTY BONUSES <br /> TYPE OF <br /> OF BONUS PROVIDED <br /> Features. <br /> [2]Development shall be in the DT district or within 500 linear feet of an intersection of two arterial streets <br /> to exceed the maximum building height by two stories. <br /> (e) Menu of Sustainability Features <br /> One or more of the following sustainability features may be offered by an applicant for proposed development <br /> within the MR-5 or DT district in accordance with Table 30-3.D.I,Sustainability Bonuses. <br /> (1) Generation of a minimum of 25 percent of the electricity needed by the development from <br /> alternative energy sources(solar,wind,etc.); <br /> (2) Minimum LEED certification of silver for at least 50 percent of the nonresidential floor area; <br /> (3) Purchase of carbon offsets in an amount equivalent to 15 percent of the construction costs; <br /> (4) Energy star recognition for at least 75 percent of the residential floor area; <br /> (5) Inclusion of green roofs on at least 30 percent of the roof area within the development; <br /> (6) Provision of solar access to a minimum of 50 percent of the buildings in the development; <br /> (7) Configuration of nonresidential buildings with one axis 1.5 times longer than the other, and the <br /> long axis oriented in an east-west configuration; <br /> (8) Inclusion of a recycled or grey water system for landscaping irrigation; <br /> (9) Use of paving materials in driveways and parking lots that have high solar reflectance (excluding <br /> gravel or similar paving materials)that reduce the urban heat island effect of parking lots; <br /> (10) Provision of a network of multi-purpose trails with at least one connection to the public <br /> greenway or sidewalk system for every acre of land; <br /> (I 1) Provision of 50-foot undisturbed buffers adjacent to all perennial stream banks;or <br /> (12) Provision of a community garden with at least 500 square feet per dwelling that is controlled by <br /> a property-owners association. <br /> City of Fayetteville,North Carolina June 2009 <br /> Unified Development Ordinance—Module Two Public Review Draft(REVISED) Page 3-10 <br />