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Enhanced Development Menu - Menu Options (Click here for expanded view)

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The Enhanced Development Menu (EDM) is designed to be flexible and context-specific, allowing for a wide variety of items to be implemented within a development site that promote city goals. Examples of these items range from using renewable energy sources to providing local food access and public art.

The majority of existing menu options would remain:

  • Green Building Certification
  • Energy Efficient Outdoor Lighting
  • Renewable Energy
  • Recycling & Compost
  • Outdoor Water Conservation
  • Urban Heat Island Reduction
  • Bike Amenities
  • EV Charging
  • Social Connection Amenities
  • On-site Food Production
  • Public Art


New Menu Options: • Building Electrification • Provide full or partial electric space heating and cooling and fully electric water heaters to reduce usage of natural gas. • Enhanced Streetscapes • Provide enhanced design consistent with city planning efforts. Elements could include benches, trash cans, shelters, wayfinding, additional landscaping, etc. • Universal Design • Provide dwelling units designed to accommodate people of all ages and ability levels to make housing more inclusive and allow for aging in place. Examples of Universal Design elements include lever door handles, no-step entries, adjustable closet shelving, etc. • Adaptive Reuse • Integrate existing buildings into the plan for overall development of a site in such a way that they remain publicly visible. Bonus points for buildings over 50 years of age. • Reclaimed & Recycled Materials • Incorporate reclaimed and/or recycled materials into the public-facing building design (exterior façade, open space areas, and public interior areas such as a lobby). • Deconstruction • Remove existing buildings by deconstruction (methodically taking them apart in the reverse order as they were constructed) instead of demolition, and donate or recycle the resulting materials. • Pollinator Habitat • Provide a contiguous area of pollinator-friendly landscape design, including plantings which provide food and habitat, and Integrated Pest and Weed Management strategies. • Low-Impact Development • Integrate low-impact stormwater design principles into the hardscape and landscape design. May include features such as swales, permeable pavement, rain gardens, etc. • Low-Carbon Concrete • Use a certified low-carbon concrete product instead of traditional concrete.



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