Changes to the Place Petal (Q1 24)

May 2024
Corrections made as needed throughout for grammar, punctuation, nomenclature, typos, and links.

I01- Ecology of Place (C1)

CLARIFICATIONS
Ecology Of Place Clarifications

• Ecology of Place Steps
  • Step Three – Generate an Adaptive Plan
    • Clarification added regarding onsite harvest of trees and the baseline site condition.

Ecological Clarifications

• Sensitive Habitat Buffers
  • Heading revised from Recommended Buffers
  • Specification added regarding the acceptable basis for sensitive habitat buffer widths and making explicit that the buffers must be included in the adaptive management plan.

DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS

• I01-2 Positive Ecological Contribution Documentation
  • Ready Audit
    • Specification added regarding buffer distances to sensitive habitats and inclusion in the adaptive management plan.
  • Final Audit
    • Photographs documenting change over the performance period relocated from Ready Audit.

• I01-3 Cultural and Social Equity Assessment
  • Ready Audit
    • Documentation added regarding the assessment process.

I02- Urban Agriculture

DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS

• I02-4 Photographs or Graphic Depictions
  • Final Audit
    • Minor addition to documentation substantiating weekly food access

I03 – Habitat Exchange

CLARIFICATIONS

• Approved Land Trust
  • Canadian Land Trust Standards and Practices added as acceptable alternate to the Land Trust Alliance Standards and Practices

EXCEPTIONS

AMENDED

• PL-010 Single-Family and Small Multifamily Homes
  • Exception updated to allow use by multifamily residences of up to four units.

I04- Human-Scaled Living (C2)

CLARIFICATIONS

• Best-Practice Options
  • New best practice options added for siting the project in neighborhoods with high Walk, Bike, and/or Transit Scores.

• Storage And Facilities To Encourage Human-Powered Transport
  • New subheading to cover both storage and facilities to encourage human-powered transport
    • Addition of new compliance pathways for both storage and facilities to encourage human-powered transport

EXCEPTIONS

NEW

• PL-023 Unsafe Bicycle Network
  • Exception specifying alternative compliance methods for facilities to encourage human-powered transport and bike storage requirements where certain unsafe conditions can be demonstrated.

CALCULATIONS

• New example for calculating compliance using the “Double the Documented Rat”e approach to bicycle parking that was added in this update.

DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS

• I04-2 Human Scale and Human Powered Documentation
  • Ready Audit
    • New documentation requirement to provide plans showing facilities and storage to encourage human-powered transportation as well as documents supporting additional compliance options and calculation methods.

• I04-3 SOV Reduction/Best Practices Documentation
  • Ready Audit
    • Specificity added regarding documentation supporting best practice compliance, including requirements related to new best practice options.
  • Final Audit
    • Detail added regarding required documentation to support the survey best practice.
• Exception Documentation
  • Summary table updated with new exception PL-023 Unsafe Bicycle Network
  • Detail added regarding the exception narrative and advocacy documentation.

RESOURCES

• Several resources added to support strategies for encouraging human-powered transport.