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Option 6. Surrounding Development and Resources (1–2 points)

PATH 1. DEVELOPMENT AND ADJACENCY (1–2 POINTS)

Locate the project on a site that meets one of the site conditions listed in Table 7.

  • To qualify as an adjacent site, at least a contiguous 25% of the project boundary must border parcels that are previously developed sites.

  • Bordering rights-of-way do not constitute previously developed land; it is the status of the property on the other side of the right-of-way that contributes to the calculation. Any part of the boundary that borders a water body is excluded from the calculation.

Table 7. Points for development and adjacency

Type of sitePoints
Previously developed site that was used for industrial or
commercial purposes.
1
Previously developed and adjacent site with bordering parcels
currently used for industrial or commercial purposes.
2

AND/OR

PATH 2. TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES (1–2 POINTS)

Locate the project on a site that has two of the following transportation resources for 1 point or all four of the following transportation resources for 2 points:

  • The site is within a 10-mile (16-kilometer) driving distance of a main logistics hub.

  • The site is within a one-mile (1600-meter) driving distance of an on-off ramp to a highway.

  • The site is within a one-mile (1600-meter) driving distance of an access point to an active freight rail line.

  • The site is served by an active freight rail spur.

A planned transportation resource must be sited, funded, and under construction by the date of the certificate of occupancy and complete within 24 months of that date.

Healthcare (1–6 points)

  • Meet Options 1, 2, and/or 3 above.

AND/OR

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