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• Stockpile topsoil for later use <br />• Prevent sedimentation from entering sewers or stream <br />2.2 Site Selection <br />as <br />• Provide 100 foot buffers from any wetland area and 50 feet from any free flowing water streams <br />• Building can be sited no lower than 5 feet above the 100 year flood plain <br />• Avoid agricultural land as defined by the Farmland Trust <br />• Avoid land with extreme slopes or hill <br />3.5 Alternative Transportation <br />• Locate building within 1/2 mile of an existing or planned trail, greenway, bikeway or bus line <br />• Provide bike racks and storage for 10% of the building occupants if appropriate <br />• Provide preferred parking for' carpools and alternative vehicles <br />• Provide easy bike and pedestrian access to the building site <br />2.6 Site Disturbance <br />• Preserve a minimum of 30% of the site in undeveloped space if possible without reducing <br />prop aromatic features of the school <br />• Ensure that any cultural landmarks as identified by the state or local government remain <br />undisturbed <br />?.7 Stormwater Dlanagement <br />• Implement a stormwater management plan that does not increase the rate or quantity of runoff from <br />the site <br />2.8 Heat Islands <br />• Provide shade (within 5 years) on at least 30% of non-roof impervious surface on the site or use an <br />open grid pavement system, with less than 50% impervious surface, for 50% of the parking area <br />• Use high reflectance and low emissivity roofing on 7~% of the roof area <br />2.9 Light Pollution <br />• On school maintained and controlled land, design exterior lighting that the cutoff angle does not <br />exceed 45°'0 <br />• Design lighting to prevent reflection onto another property <br />\i'ater <br />3.1 ~~'ater Efficient Landscaping <br />• Reduce potable water consumption used for landscape irrigation by 50% by using drip systems, <br />http://nt5,scbbs com/cgi-biro'om_isapi.dll?clientID=X46502&depth=2&:infobase=chaphill.n... 8/11/Z003 <br />