TABLE 155.5803.A: SUSTAINABILITY BONUSES
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TABLE 155.5803.A: SUSTAINABILITY BONUSES
Type of Bonus 1
Minimum Number of Sustainability Features Provided
From Schedule A
From Schedule B
TABLE 155.5803.A: SUSTAINABILITY BONUSES
Type of Bonus 1
Minimum Number of Sustainability Features Provided
From Schedule A
From Schedule B
Reduction in the amount of landscaping material required for site landscaping and perimeter buffers by up to 10 percent
1
3
Modification in the minimum or maximum number of off-street parking spaces by up to 5 percent
1
2
Reduction in the amount of landscaping material required for site landscaping and perimeter buffers of 15 percent
2
3
Modification to the minimum or maximum number of off-street parking spaces by between 5 and 15 percent
2
2
NOTES:
1. In case of conflict between the type of bonus and the minimum required residential compatibility standards, the standards in Section 155.5604, Residential Compatibility Standards, control.
 
      2.   Development may include a sufficient number of sustainable development features to take advantage of more than one type of bonus, but in no instance shall the amount of an incentive be increased or decreased (as appropriate) beyond the maximum listed in this subsection.
      3.   Features provided to satisfy a development's compliance with the requirement in Section 155.5802, Sustainable Development Point Requirement, shall not be counted towards obtaining a bonus in accordance with this subsection.
   B.   Conflict with Compatibility Standards
Where bonuses in this section conflict with the residential compatibility standards in Section 155.5604, the compatibility standards control.
   C.   Procedure
      1.   Applicants seeking to use the sustainability incentives in the section shall include a written request to do so with the development application.
      2.   Review of any request for a bonus in accordance with this section, shall occur during review of an application for approval of a PD master plan (Section 155.2405), Site Plan (Section 155.2407) or Certificate of Zoning Compliance (Section 155.2413), as appropriate.
      3.   The bonus granted shall be based on the number of sustainable development features provided, in accordance with Table 155.5803.A, Sustainability Bonuses, and Section 155.5803.D, Menu of Sustainable Development Features.
   D.   Menu of Sustainable Development Features
Table 155.5803.D below lists sustainable development features that an applicant may offer and provide as part of a proposed development to qualify for the sustainability bonuses set forth in Table 155.5803.A, Sustainability Bonuses.