Green Law Photo Gallery

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Green Laws
Green Laws

• Community Design

LSU Green Law Research Project Louisiana
Department of Agriculture Forestry Office of
Forestry Urban Forestry Program

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Part three.
geography of a development site.
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existing site.
Store topsoil here for re-use
Non native second growth trees and brush to be
removed for development
48 specimen live oak tree to remain
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The Landscape Plan

• The landscape compliance plan is prepared for the
  city planning staff to ensure that all site
  design standards in the landscape code have been
  followed.

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building footprint
Permeable paving in this section
Impermeable concrete
Pervious Ground
Impermeable concrete
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Geography of a Development Site
This drawing shows the parts of a site for which
landscape design standards are written.
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The Landscape Plan
Rear Buffer
VUA Screen
Micro Detention Zone
VUA Screen
Open Space Planting
VUA Interior
Habitat Preservation Zone
Side Buffer
Street Wall
Street tree planting area
Street Yard
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Design Standard-Street Trees

• Street tree planting design standards are
  generally based upon a select list of species
  planted upon a required spacing schedule.

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Design Standard-Open Space

• The open space standard requires a certain number
  of trees based upon the square footage of the
  building site.

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Design Standards-Street Yard

• The street yard standard is often based upon
  species selection, spacing or square footage.

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Design Standards-Street Wall

• The street wall standard is often based upon
  length and fenestration of the building as well
  as plant opacity, spacing, and height.

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Design Standards-HPA

• The habitat preservation standard is based upon
  the resource to be preserved, its size and extent.

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Design Standards-Buffers

• The buffer yard design standard is often based
  upon a prescribed number of landscape plants for
  each 100 feet of buffer edge. The width of the
  buffer is often a function of land use, lot depth
  or lot width.

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Design Standards-VUA Interiors

• The vehicular use area interior standard is
  generally based upon a percentage of the parking
  lot size or number of parking slots.

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Design Standards-VUA Screens

• The vehicular screen standard is generally based
  plant species, spacing, height, opacity and
  growth rate.

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Design Standards-Hydro-zones

• Water conservation is based upon dividing the
  site into water management zones

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Design Standards-Micro-detention

• Design standards for micro-detention are based
  upon the premise of managing storm water on site
  and reducing the amount of run off.

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U.S. Landscape Ordinances
Appreciation is expressed to John Wiley Sons,
Inc, Publishers, New York, for citing ideas and
Concepts from their book U.S. Landscape
Ordinances
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Part four.
the visual effects of landscape law.
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Credits
Prepared in cooperation with the East Baton Rouge
Tree and Landscape Commission, Office of
Landscape Forestry and the Louisiana Urban
Forestry Council. Design, script, photography and
production by the Landscape Ordinance Research
Project at the School of Landscape Architecture ,
Louisiana State University. For additional
information Contact the research program at
225.578.1434 or visit the web site at
www.greenlaws.lsu.edu
For a free copy of this program contact
Louisiana Department of Agriculture
Forestry Office of Forestry P.O.Box 1628 Baton
Rouge, LA 70821-1628 225.925.4500
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Production Staff

• PROJECT DIRECTOR-
• Prof. D.G.Abbey,ASLA
• Louisiana State University
• CONSULTANT-
• Prof. Sissi Foster
• Michigan State University
• PRODUCER-
• Louisiana Department of
• Forestry, Urban Forestry Program
• DIGITAL PRODUCTION-
• Dan Farrah
• Joe LAbbe
• GRAPHIC ASSISTANTS-
• Matt Faust
• Courtney Bush
• Kay Orlando Ourso
• SPECIAL ASSISTANCE-
• Collier County Florida Planning Department
• Abbey Associates Landscape Architects

Drawing By Kay Orlando Ourso Landscape Architect
Abbey Associates,Inc. Landscape Architects -
The Architecture Group Baton Rouge, Louisiana