Sustainable planning for the development or redevelopment of whole communities
or neighborhoods entails: To address environmental protection as a key part of all new development: a. Clean up any existing pollution hazards b. Provide for an appropriate drive-through space for occasional organized collection of household hazardous waste. c. Reduce global warming impact and use of polluting fuels (i) Where a new street grid is established, design to support a transportation infrastructure shifted away from motorized transportation. (ii) Expand the public transportation system to provide residents with a level of service that will allow them to do without a car for most in-town trips. Use low-polluting transit vehicles. (iii) Minimize parking capacity to reduce the incentive for auto trips. (iv) Require utility outlets and space set aside for car-sharing in commercial developments. (v) Require infrastructure to be put in place for easy retrofit of parking and fueling facilities to accommodate electric vehicles in the future; provide for some electric recharging capacity on build-out. (vi) Plan for cyclists with secure parking in residential and commercial facilities, street routes, and showers and lockers. (vii) Locate taxi stands in retail and commercial areas. (viii) Reduce the heat island effect with vegetation and use of appropriate surfacing materials. d. Prevent pollution of air, water, and soil (i) Design landscaping to be managed with integrated pest management and include a requirement in sales and tenancy agreements for on-site IPM management. (ii) Require nonpolluting vehicles and lowest polluting equipment for facilities management. (iii) Require best-practice facility design of potentially polluting commercial and service facilities. e. Minimize biowaste impact (i) Plan for localized wastewater treatment and wastewater recycling facilities. (ii) Reduce storm water impact on combined wastewater/runoff systems to minimize overflows of untreated sewage into the surrounding public waters. |
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community participation, 