Conservation and Parks Organizations Compliance Paths
Living Building Challenge·clause PL-009·p.104
The requirement
Living Building Challenge Program Manual clause PL-009 — words not shown. Read it at the source. The publisher reserves the right to its wording and sells access to it. The clause is held and cited here, and its words are read at the source.
The clause is held and verified. Only its words are withheld.
How it is proven
- Evidence required
- Projects pursuing alternative compliance paths must provide the following for the required habitat offset area: • An official receipt and contract, • Documentation that the easement is part of or contiguous to no less than 100 contiguous acres of intact, high-value ecosystem protected in perpetuity, • Documentation of provisions for ongoing stewardship, and • A land-use site plan indicating the area of projected development within the context of the larger project boundary. Adjacent property functions should also be noted.
- Who checks it
- Independent body verifies — a certifier, auditor or verifier with no stake
How Klar Cite classifies it
Klar Cite’s reading of the clause, not the scheme’s own claim.
- What it asks
- Meet — a limit, condition or outcome the product must satisfy
- Standing
- Required — must be met for the credential
- Impact area
- Ecosystem Health — the CMF area the clause addresses
Cite this clause
Living Building Challenge · Living Building Challenge Program Manual · version 4.1 · clause PL-009 · page 104 · build 2026-10-05-0439 · https://klarcite.com/r/d7846ea45d296d3b
Record details
Page 104, PL-009 Conservation and Parks Organizations. Read in build 2026-10-05-0439, harvested 2026-10-05.
uid d7846ea45d296d3b · document 117acb9730a17078 · fidelity verbatim · published 2026-01