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Table 4. Points for Location Efficiency

Walk Score	Proximity to Uses	Points
60–69	4–7	1
70–79	8–10	2
80 or more	≥ 11	3

The following restrictions apply:

• A use may be counted as only one-use type (e.g., a retail store may be counted only once even if it sells products in several categories).

• No more than two uses in each type of use may be counted (e.g., if five restaurants are within walking distance, only two may be counted).

• The counted uses must represent at least three of the five categories.

Schools (1–6 points)

• Meet Options 1, 2, and/or 3 (1–6 points).

AND/OR

Option 4. Surrounding Density and Development (1–2 points)

PATH 1. SURROUNDING DENSITY (1–2 POINTS)

Meet Option 1. Surrounding Density, requirements in New Construction.

AND/OR

PATH 2. CONNECTED SITE (1–2 POINTS)

Locate the project on a previously developed site that also meets one of the connected site conditions listed below:

• Adjacent site: At least a contiguous 25% of the project boundary must border parcels that are previously developed sites.

• Infill site: At least 75% 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.

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