*LOMAP Sustainable Land Use (SLU) committee

These standards should not be viewed as permanent. Rather, the standards were approved as a 'living

document', one that will evolve, just as our committee does. Changes to the criteria will always be entertained

at future meetings. However, a set of written criteria in addition to the more generic Sierra Club California

Urban Growth Management Policy Guidelines was needed in order to complete the SLU Process for Project

Endorsement.

No set of criteria can anticipate every situation; thus SLU reserves the right to endorse a project that does not

meet these requirements or reject one that does based on relevant good environmental and sustainable land use

judgment in particular situations.

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        I.                   At a minimum, any project endorsed by SLU must meet the following requirements:

A.                  Project is located in a built urban setting or within an urban growth boundary approved

             by the voters.

B.                  Project has a net density of at least 25 dwelling units/acre or a significant increase compared

             to the surrounding neighborhood.

C.                  Project design encourages walking and bicycling.

D.                  Project offers alternatives to car ownership and facilitates transit use.

E.                   Project has no significant ecological impacts or environmental hazards that cannot be mitigated.

      II.                  The following items are not required of a project endorsed by SLU; however, projects which meet these

           requirements will be viewed more favorably by SLU and are more likely to receive chapter endorsement:

A.                  Project supports mixed uses, such as residential and retail.

B.                  At least 20% of residential units are affordable to persons at or below 80% of area median income.

C.                  Project includes housing in a range of sizes, types, and price levels.

D.                  Project is located near a downtown or near a major retail, commercial, or employment center.

E.                   Project location has potential for high transit service levels in the future.

F.                   Project integrates the natural landscape and connects with neighboring open spaces.

G.                  Project design uses green building and landscaping techniques to minimize its environmental impact.

     III.                The criteria above only apply to residential projects.  For non-residential projects, the subcommittee does not

           propose additional criteria at this time, but for now recommends that SLU continue to use the Sierra Club

           California Urban Growth Management Policy Guidelines as specified at:

                          http://www.sierraclubcalifornia.org/policies/growth.shtml.

SLU may wish to refine its guidelines for non-residential projects at a later date.

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*LOMAP SLU is the acronym for our committee: Loma Prieta Sustainable Land Use.

It is derived from our listserv name:  LOMAP-LANDUSE-FORUM@lists.sierraclub.org.

**The committee indicated that they will begin work on their own standards for residential project endorsement,

building off of these SLU standards.