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Sweden, NY, Town Code
Updated September 2017The town’s wind energy conversion systems code defines and regulates small and large wind energy systems. -
Glenview, IL, Code of Ordinances
Updated June 5, 2018This regulation belongs to the Downtown Revitalization and Outdoor Lighting collections. -
Westtown Township, PA, Code of Ordinances
Updated September 5, 2017The township addresses outdoor lighting in its zoning code. -
Santa Barbara, CA, Land Development Regulations
Updated September 2018The county's Land Use and Development Code includes a section on solar energy systems. -
Municipal Implementation Tool #12: Aging in Place
July 2007This guide relates the research about Baby Boomers aging in place to the communities served by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. -
Wilmington, NC, Code of Ordinances
Updated December 2019This regulation belongs to the Green Stormwater Infrastructure and Solar Energy collections. -
Travel and the Built Environment A Meta-Analysis
Journal of the American Planning Association, 76(3): 265-294, 2010by: Reid Ewing, Robert CerveroThis article belongs to the Active Transportation and Benefits of Compact, Mixed Use Development collections. -
Grey vs. Great Density
April 2016This audio defines density in the city, addresses misconceptions about high levels of density, and discusses how tools like infill development can help planners achieve livability. -
Mundelein, IL, Code of Ordinances
2017These regulations belong to the Tactical Urbanism and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Santa Clara County, CA, Code of Ordinances
Updated August 2018These regulations belong to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Home Occupations, Scenic View Protection, Solar Energy, and Wildland-Urban Interface collections. -
Greensboro, NC, Land Development Ordinance
2017The city’s land development code belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Housing Supply Planning, and Scenic View Protection collections. -
Bellingham, WA, Municipal Code
Updated October 2020These regulations belong to the Housing Supply Planning, Residential Infill Development, and Solar Energy collections. -
El Paso, TX, Plan El Paso
Adopted March 2012The city’s comprehensive plan belongs to the Complete Streets, Form-Based Zoning, and Solar Energy collections. -
Riverwoods, IL, Village Code
Updated October 2024The village's zoning regulations include a chapter on renewable energy that provides standards for building-mounted and free-standing solar energy systems. -
Unlocking the Secrets of Image Creation with Generative AI
Unlock your ability to create the future of urban planning in this webinar. Learn how to wield AI for image creation from simple text prompts, expanding your toolkit and transforming your ideas into visual realities.Chicago, Illinois- David Wasserman, AICP
- Lian Plass, AICP
- Katherine Perrott
- Ann Dillemuth, AICP
- Sagar Shah, PhD, AICP
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Updated September 2019This collection belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Green Building, Housing Supply Planning, and Inclusionary Housing collections.Fresno, CA, Municipal Code
Updated August 2021This regulation belongs to the Age-Friendly Communities, Housing Supply Planning, Residential Infill Development, Shared Mobility, Tiny Houses and Micro-Apartments, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections.
Decoding Zoning: How Machine-Readable Zoning Data Bridges Housing Gap
Open Zoning is democratizing zoning codes, allowing anyone to access them as simple visuals for any property or city in seconds, crowdsourcing new ways forward for the bottom-up response to the housing crisis.- Nneka Sobers
- Elizabeth Christoforetti
- Alyssa Brandt, AICP
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Revitalizing Communities: Housing as a Powerful New Tool
Case studies drawn from “struggling” communities—from a Florida suburb to rustbelt and gateway cities—demonstrate how proactive policies to expand mixed-income housing can serve as a powerful tool to achieve challenging equity, economic development, environmental, and placemaking community-wide goals.- Alison LeFlore, AICP
- David Dixon
- Eric Johnson
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The OTHER MN Code Everyone Is Talking About
This session will feature Rochester’s Unified Development Code and will provide strategies around how to reform local zoning to successfully encourage housing affordability/availability along with a real example of how to gain public support to advance planning best practices.- Ryan Yetzer
- Jenny Baker
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Coastal Hazards and Smart Growth
Zoning Practice — January 2011by: John Jacob, PhD, Thomas PacelloEvery coastal city or town to one degree or another faces the dilemma of having to be in a place that no city should be in. This issue of Zoning Practice explains how smart growth principles embodied by places such as the French Quarter in New Orleans and the Strand in Galveston can support resilience to coastal hazards.List Price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00West Hollywood, CA, Municipal Code
Updated August 2019This regulation belongs to the Green Building and Solar Energy collections.Scottsdale, AZ, Code of Ordinances
Updated September 2019This regulation belongs to the Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Green Building, and Solar Energy collections.Santa Fe County, NM, Sustainable Growth Management Plan
Adopted 2015This comprehensive plan belongs to the Home Occupations and Solar Energy collections.Portland, ME, City Code
Updated August 2022This regulation belongs to the Food Systems, Green Building, Historic Preservation, and Urban Livestock collections.
A Practical Guide to Updating Local Regulations for Climate Resilience
Building and zoning codes are a powerful way to advance local climate goals. Try these tactics for proven results.by: Bella Purdy, AICP February 17, 2023Building and zoning codes are a powerful way to advance local climate goals. Try these tactics for proven results.Seattle, WA, Municipal Code
Updated April 2025This regulation belongs to 22 different Research KnowledgeBase collections, ranging from Accessory Dwelling Units to Youth in Planning.
Measuring Community Character
PAS QuickNotes 72by: David Morley, AICPThis edition of PAS QuickNotes provides a primer on the key objective physical and social characteristics that affect public perceptions of community character.List price$10.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00
Implementing Complete and Green Streets for All
This Case Study showcases how to transform local decision making by incorporating equity, health, and accountability into transportation policies. Illustrating how small-scope studies and demonstration projects can advance implementation of complete streets.- Leigh Ann Von Hagen, AICP
- Elise Bremer-Nei, AICP
- Peter Bilton, AICP
- Cassidy Boulan, AICP
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Pattern Zones and Pre-Reviewed Homes
Zoning Practice — January 2024by: Richard Murphy, AICP, Melissa Milton-Pung January 01, 2024This issue of Zoning Practice explores how a pattern approach to zoning, incorporating pre-reviewed building plans, may help communities expand housing choice and affordability. It begins with a brief examination of historical precedents before outlining the key components of a pattern zoning program and highlighting potentially complementary strategies.List price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00
Planning Theory: What Is It Good For?
by: Richard Willson, FAICPA "Guide for the Idealist" blog post: Think of planning theories as tools rather than expressions of truth.
The Market Factors That Make Transferable Development Rights Work
Zoning Practice — January 2021by: Lane KendigThis edition of Zoning Practice highlights the distinct market challenges of targeted and rural TDR programs. It explores the key determinants of targeted TDR success and presents six potential alternatives to conventional rural TDR systems.List price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00
When Autonomous Cars Take to the Road
Be ready; it may happen soon.May 01, 2015Are autonomous cars coming to a road near you? Assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania Erick Guerra explores the technology and says driverless cars might be a reality sooner than you think.Model As-of-Right Zoning Bylaw: Allowing Use of Large-Scale Ground-Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Installations
December 2014This model bylaw from Massachusetts offers zoning standards to facilitate development of large-scale ground-mounted solar photovoltaic installations.Mendon, MA, Zoning By-Laws
Updated June 2020The town's zoning code defines and permits accessory and primary-use "solar photovoltaic facilities."Milwaukee, WI, Sustainability Plan
Adopted July 2013This functional plan discusses the challenges and successes of green building and presents several goals and targets.An Ordinance for a Conservation Subdivision
December 2000by: Brian Ohm, Carrie Hirsch, James LaGroThis model ordinance provides background information and a template to help communities regulate conservation subdivisions.Fishers, IN, Fishers 2040
Adopted June 2016The city’s comprehensive plan encourages the use and preservation of greenways, green infrastructure, and low-impact development (LID) in park space.Douglas County, CO, Comprehensive Master Plan 2040
Adopted August 2019The county’s comprehensive plan includes extensive hazard mitigation policy recommendations in its Environmental Quality section.Searching for the Good Plan: A Meta-Analysis of Plan Quality Studies
Journal of Planning Literature, 23(3): 227–240, 2009by: Philip Berke, David Godschalk, FAICPThis article discusses plan quality evaluation, an emerging methodology for assessing the quality of plans.Draft Comprehensive Plan Model Policies for Transit Oriented Development
2010by: Tampa Bay Area Regional Planning AuthorityThis model policy document is Appendix A in SMART Connect: Sarasota-Manatee Area Regional Transit Study by the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority Land Use Working Group.South Salt Lake, UT, Code of Ordinances
Updated October 2020The city's zoning ordinance permits solar utilities as conditional uses in all nonresidential districts; PUD regulations encourage solar panel use and solar-ready development.Salisbury, NC, Land Development Ordinance
Updated September 2020The city's land development ordinance's appendix A provides a regulatory framework for the East Innes Street Gateway Plan, a subarea plan intended to encourage and facilitate redevelopment of vacant and underutilized parcels.The End of the Strip?
Planning Commissioners Journal, 82, 2011by: Edward McMahonThis article explains the forces causing conventional car-oriented strip development to become less viable.Oak Harbor, OH, Code of Ordinances
Updated March 2020The village's zoning code permits roof-mounted solar energy systems in all districts subject to standards; ground-mounted and commercial solar energy systems require conditional use approval in all districts.Beyond the Basics: Best Practices in Local Mitigation Planning
September 2019This guide is designed to help communities develop local hazard mitigation plans.Adaptive Planning for Disaster Recovery and Resiliency: An Evaluation of 87 Local Recovery Plans in Eight States
Journal of the American Planning Association, 80(4): 310-323, 2014by: Philip Berke, John Cooper, Meghan AmintoThis article evaluates the state and quality of local recovery plans in the southeast.The Role of the Built Environment in the Disablement Process
American Journal of Public Health 95(11): 1933-1939, 2005by: Philippa Clarke, Linda GeorgeThis article introduces the Disablement Process model and examines the relationship between the built environment and physical function in older adults.Aging in Community: The Communitarian Alternative to Aging in Place, Alone
Journal of the American Society on Aging, 37(4): 6-13, 2013by: Janice BlanchardThis article discusses the emergence and acceptance of aging-in-community models both by choice and by economic necessity.Comprehensive Planning for Family-Friendly Communities
April 2009by: Brianna OlsonThis briefing paper highlights the importance of incorporating the voices of families with children into the comprehensive planning process.