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Stockpile topsoil for Later use <br />• Prevent sedimentation from entering sewers or stream <br />2.2 Site Selection <br />c~~ <br />• Provide 100 foot buffers from any wetland area and ~0 feet from any free flowing water streams <br />• Building can be sited no lower than ~ 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 />2.5 Alternative Transportation <br />• Locate building within I/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 />programmatic features of the school <br />• Ensure that any cultural landmarks as identified by the state or loca] government remain <br />undisturbed <br />2J Stormwater Alanapement <br />• Implement a stonnwater management plan that does not increase the rate or quantity of runoff from <br />the site <br />Z.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 ~0% impervious surface, for 50% of the parking area <br />• Use high reflectance and low emissivity roofing on 75% of the roof area <br />?.9 Lieht Pollution <br />• On school maintained and controlled land, design exterior lighting that the cutoff angle dues not <br />exceed 45°6 <br />• Design lighting to prevent reflection onto another property <br />~~'a ter <br />.3,1 Water Efficient Landscaping <br />• Reduce potable water constrmption used for landscape irrigation by ~0% by using drip systems, <br />http://nt5..scbbs.com/egi-birv'om_isapi, dll?cli entID=~46~02&depth=? 8.:infobase=chaphill_n... 8/11 /2003 <br />