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Document Page 4 of 8 14 • Stockpile topsoil for later use • Prevent sedimentation from entering sewers or stream 2.2 Site Selection • Provide 100 foot buffers from any wetland area and 50 feet from any free flowing water streams • Building can be sited no lower than 5 feet above the 100 year flood plain • Avoid agricultural land as defined by the Farmland Trust • Avoid land with extreme slopes or hill 2.5 Alternative Transportation • Locate building within 1/2 mile of an existing or planned trail, greenway, bikeway or bus line • Provide bike racks and storage for 10% of the building occupants if appropriate • Provide preferred parking for carpools and alternative vehicles • Provide easy bike and pedestrian access to the building site 2.6 Site Disturbance • Preserve a minimum of 30% of the site in undeveloped space if possible without reducing programmatic features of the school • Ensure that any cultural landmarks as identified by the state or local government remain undisturbed 2.7 Stormwater Management • Implement a Stormwater management plan that does not increase the rate or quantity of runoff from the site 2.8 Heat Islands • Provide shade (within 5 years) on at least 30% of non-roof impervious surface on the site or use an open grid pavement system, with less than 50% impervious surface, for 50% of the parking area • Use high reflectance and low emissivity roofing on 75% of the roof area 2.9 Light Pollution • On school maintained and controlled land, design exterior lighting that the cutoff angle does not exceed 45% • Design lighting to prevent reflection onto another property ~'Vater 3.1 Water Efficient Landscaping • Reduce potable water consumption used for landscape irrigation by 50% by using drip systems, http://nt5.scbbs.com/cgi-bin/om_isapi.dll?clientID=546502&depth=2&infobase=chaphill.n... 8/11 /2003