- Establish and maintain parade grounds where there is a confirmed need and provide landscape materials appropriate for the locale following UFC 3-201-02 Appendix B and Installation Facilities Standards (IFS).
- Bleachers may be installed only when there is a documented requirement at parade grounds and fields for recreational events. Nonferrous metals that do not require painting or going maintenance are preferred. Follow IFS for quantities, sizes, and product data.
- Provide recreational areas and parks following the base’s Installation Development Plan (IDP) and IFS. Refer to the Site Furnishings topic for additional information.
- Maintain preservation areas on a base following the IDP and IFS.
- Comply with UFC 4-010-01 DoD Minimum Antiterrorism Standards for Buildings and UFC 4-022-03 Security Fences and Gates for all elements associated with the base’s gates and perimeter fence.
- Fencing and gates adjacent to the Main Gate of a base must be a level of quality equivalent to Facility Group 1.
- Identify and describe base-wide utility corridors in the IDP.
- Provide visual standards for base-wide utility infrastructure in the IFS.
Preserve native undisturbed open space whenever possible to serve as visual and physical buffers, reduce landscape maintenance, conserve water resources, and protect natural habitat.
Use an integrated design approach to identify and define common areas for public gathering or recreational use. Provide public areas only where functionally required and appropriate for the local climate.
Provide pedestrian-oriented recreational areas, parks, ceremonial areas, and other open space systems such as greenways, corridors, and neighborhood linkages consistent with the base’s Installation Development Plan.
Inside the perimeter fence, provide architecturally compatible privacy walls as required and visually screen unsightly uses. Reflect the scale and materials of adjacent facilities following Installation Facilities Standards (IFS).
Sustainability
Consider and maintain open space as part of the installation’s stormwater system.
Resilience
Follow DoD and AF criteria and consider open space when creating buffers and setbacks to mitigate climate related risks. Coordinate locations of required buffers between in the IDP and IFS.
In areas subject to risks from high winds or wildfire, provide adequate buffer space from trees to protect assets such as buildings, site walls and ground-mounted solar panel arrays.
UFC 2-100-01 Installation Master Planning https://www.wbdg.org/ffc/dod/unified-facilities-criteria-ufc/ufc-2-100-01
UFC 3-201-01 Civil Engineering https://www.wbdg.org/ffc/dod/unified-facilities-criteria-ufc/ufc-3-201-01
UFC 3-201-02 Landscape Architecture https://www.wbdg.org/ffc/dod/unified-facilities-criteria-ufc/ufc-3-201-02
UFC 3-210-10 Low Impact Development https://www.wbdg.org/ffc/dod/unified-facilities-criteria-ufc/ufc-3-210-10
UFC 4-010-01 DoD Minimum Antiterrorism Standards for Buildings https://www.wbdg.org/ffc/dod/unified-facilities-criteria-ufc/ufc-4-010-01
UFC 4-022-03 Security Fences and Gates https://www.wbdg.org/ffc/dod/unified-facilities-criteria-ufc/ufc-4-022-03
AFI 32-1015 Integrated Installation Planning https://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/af_a4/publication/afi32-1015/afi32-1015.pdf
