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GY Framework Credit Intents and Requirements

Introduction to LUC Credits


LUC Credit 1: Sensitive Resources
LUC Credit 2: Slopes
LUC Credit 2: Slopes
LUC Credit 3.1: Views: Visual Quality
LUC Credit 3.2: Views: Night Sky
LUC Credit 4: Defensible Space
LUC Credit 5: Density and Open Space
LUC Credit 6: Brownfield Restoration
LUC Credit 7: Land Conservation
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GY Framework Intents and Requirements LUC Credit3.
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LUC CREDIT 3.1:  VIEWS: VISUAL QUALITY


1 POINT

    INTENT

To minimize the impacts of development on existing viewscapes.

    REQUIREMENTS

All Projects
:
•    Off-site signage or billboards are prohibited. (Directional signs that comply with local signage regulations during initial construction are acceptable).
•    No sign may be backlit. Any lighting must comply with the Night Sky (LUC 3.2) requirements.
•    No temporary signage is permitted in place for more than 30 days. (Signs during construction process are excluded.)
•    If signs are present, comply with local design guidelines or regulations.
•    Incorporate cell or communication towers or devices into the built environment or locate so that they are not visible from off-site within 1.5 miles.
AND

Previously Undeveloped Sites:

•    Locate development so that it is not on a ridgeline or hill that may protrude into the skyline when viewed from a federal, state or county road within 2 miles.  Place development so when viewed against forests or vegetative hillsides it is camouflaged.
•    Forestry and Vegetative Communities - Provide documented evidence that clearing and grubbing efforts completed during site development are a long term betterment to existing ecosystem and done in a manner to mimic the natural patterns of relative communities (i.e., tree farm federal program, mitigation, defensible space to area, etc.)
•    Balance of materials on site - Development that does not require additional landform created or displaced beyond the boundaries of property.
•    Choose exterior finish materials of colors that are the same color tones or complement the surrounding environment. 

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