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Beyond 50.05—A Report to the Nation on Livable Communities: Creating Environments for Successful Aging
2005by: Andrew Kochera, Audrey Straight, Thomas GuterbockThis report evaluates the components of livable communities, focusing on community engagement, home and community features, and transportation and mobility. -
Montgomery County, PA, Transit-Oriented Development Model Ordinance
October 2021This model ordinance provides communities with a resource for encouraging development that takes advantages of transit access and helps increase transit ridership. -
Inclusive Healthy Places
2018by: Jennifer Gardner, Andrea Marpillero-Colomina, Larissa BegaultThis guide shares four principles and a healthy places framework that can help communities create conditions that support health. -
Understanding the Basics of Land Use Planning: Guide to Local Planning
2010by: Steve SandersThis guide presents a general-audience overview of the land-use planning system in California. -
Guide to Community Planning in Wisconsin
1999by: Brian OhmThis guide provides extensive general-audience information about local planning in Wisconsin. -
St. Cloud, MN, Code of Ordinances
The city's land development code address compatibility requirements for solar energy systems in historic districts. -
Tuscaloosa, AL, Code of Ordinances
Updated June 2019These regulations belong to the Active Transportation and Form-Based Zoning collections. -
Shared mobility and urban form impacts: a case study of peer-to-peer (P2P) carsharing in the US
Journal of Urban Design, 26(2): 141-158, 2019by: Susan Shaheen, Elliot Martin, Mikaela Hoffman-StapletonThis article explores peer-to-peer carsharing in the United States and its potential to change travel behaviors by encouraging transportation networks consisting of privately owned vehicles. -
Navigating New Mobility: Policy Approaches for Cities
October 2019by: Rebecca Steckler, AICPThis report explores the impacts of new mobility services on communities and the importance of strategies and regulations in ensuring that these services complement the existing transportation system and benefit the population. -
Smart Growth and the Transportation-Land Use Connection: What Does the Research Tell Us?
June 2002by: Susan HandyThis report investigates four common assumptions of the transportation – land use connection. -
The Connection Between Neighborhood Walkability and Life Longevity in a Midsized City
Focus, 13(1): 30-41, 2016by: William Riggs, AICP, John GilderbloomThis article investigates the connection between walkability and health, showing that walkable built environments are predictors of longevity. -
Density, Distribution and Costs
April 1970by: A.J. DiamondThis report advocates for preserving diversity in the housing stock and for expanding low-rise, high-density options in Toronto, Canada. -
An Empirical Study of the Efficacy of Mixed-Use Development: The Seattle Experience
Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, August 22–26, 2011by: James DeLisle, Terry GrissomThis article considers how to evaluate the success of a mixed use development. -
Austin, TX, 2014 Bicycle Master Plan
Adopted November 2014This comprehensive plan element is a supplement to the 2012 Imagine Austin comprehensive plan and applies leading-edge thought to facilities across the entire network. -
Ten Urban Planning Principles Every Humanitarian Should Know
Urban Matters, November, 10, 2015by: Samer SalibaThis blog post links humanitarian efforts in urban areas with the core principles of urban planning. -
Downtown Success Indicators: A Review of the Literature
August 2014by: Mary Edwards, FAICP, Manish Singh, AICP, Kathleen BrownThis report provides a synthesis and analysis of the existing literature related to successful downtowns. -
Broward County, FL, Resilient Shorelines
June 2020This fact sheet describes living shoreline options to protect coastal communities from flooding in Broward County, Florida, in alignment with a recent land use policy that aims to improve community resilience in tidally-influenced coastal areas. -
Parks that Protect: Leveraging Waterfronts for Resilient Communities
March 2023This report uses case studies of waterfront park projects that were designed to improve health and quality of life while also reducing the threat of rising water levels and severe weather. -
Milton, GA, Code of Ordinances
2017The city’s zoning code addresses agritourism through “agricultural-related activities” and “rural or agricultural event facility.” -
Vancouver, BC, Park Board Urban Agriculture Policy
2015This standalone policy addresses urban agriculture. -
Lawton, OK, Municipal Code
Updated February 2022The city code's animal chapter allows the keeping of large and small animals other than cats and dogs as well as bees. -
Buffalo, NY, Municipal Code
2017The city's property maintenance code was amended in 2009 to allow for keeping chicken hens in residential districts with a license. -
St. Charles County, MO, Agri-Tourism Land Use Plan
August 2012This master plan amendment addresses agritourism uses in the southwestern portion of the county. -
Cool Walkability Planning
June 2023by: Todd LitmanThis report belongs to the Active Transportation, and Urban Heat Resilience collections. -
Pittsgrove, NJ, Municipal Code
Updated August 2018The township’s land use and development code addresses farmland protection through agricultural buffer requirements. -
Orland, CA, Administrative Guidelines for Implementation of General Plan Agricultural Buffering Policies
September 2005This guide addresses farmland protection by establishing agricultural buffering guidelines for new urban development in the city. -
Kennebunkport, ME, Town Code
Updated December 2022The town’s outdoor lighting ordinance is simple but widely cited as one of the best outdoor lighting ordinances. -
Santa Barbara County, CA, Final Negative Declaration: Agricultural Buffer Ordinance
Report to Board of Supervisors, September 7, 2012This staff report addresses farmland protection through agricultural buffers and represents the final negative declaration for environmental impacts of a proposed agricultural buffer ordinance. -
Dig It! A Practical Toolkit: How Local Governments Can Support Community Gardens
2009by: Herb BaboletThis toolkit from British Columbia's Ministry of Community Development provides guidance on how local governments can support community gardens. -
Neighbourhood Level Infill Development Strategy
2013by: Brook McIlroy, Inc.This report presents a strategy for individual lot infill in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, that preserves the character of established residential neighborhoods. -
Neighborhood Conservation District Study
2005by: Larson Fisher AssociatesThis report evaluates the role that neighborhood conservation district zoning could play in protecting established neighborhoods from out-of-character infill development in Brookline, Massachusetts. -
Missing Middle Housing: Responding to the Demand for Walkable Urban Living
April 2012by: Daniel ParolekThis article focuses on the concept of the “missing middle” in housing, or small-scale multifamily buildings seldom built since World War II. -
Staunton, VA, City Code
2017The city’s zoning code establishes a planned development option for larger infill development projects. -
Oregon Model Development Code and User’s Guide for Small Cities
Edition 3.1, November 2015This model unified development code provides a template to help small cities in Oregon draft land-use and development regulations. -
Bessemer City, NC, Code of Ordinances
2017The city’s unified development code establishes residential infill as a distinct development option. -
Models and Guidelines for Infill Development
2001This guide for cities and counties in Maryland offers detailed direction for planning efforts related to encouraging incremental infill development. -
Village Residential District: Creating a Village Community
2011by: Montgomery County, PA, Planning CommissionThis model zoning ordinance provides a template to help municipalities in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, draft regulations for traditional neighborhood development. -
St. Petersburg, FL, Comprehensive Plan
Adopted April 2019The city’s comprehensive plan commits to establishing a green building incentive program and includes a permit fee reduction for projects with green building features. -
Colorado Model Land Use Code for Municipalities
2003This model unified development code provides a template to help cities in Colorado draft land-use and development regulations. -
Snohomish County, WA, Evaluation of Snohomish County's Land Use Permitting Process
2002by: Demarche Consulting GroupThis evaluation of the county's land-use permitting processes recommends a complete process overhaul. -
Fort Collins, CO, Development Review Guide
2017This comprehensive, user-friendly online development review guide was one outcome of a development review audit process. -
Is Inclusionary Zoning Inclusionary? A Guide for Practitioners
June 2012by: Heather Schwartz, Liisa Ecola, Kristin LeuschnerThis report examined 11 inclusionary housing programs across the United States and the degrees to which they promoted social inclusion. -
Inclusionary Housing
2018This clearinghouse of inclusionary housing information provides a wide range of resources organized into three main categories. -
Park City, UT, Municipal Code
2018This regulation belongs to the Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Inclusionary Housing, Scenic View Protection, and Solar Energy collections. -
Does Affordable Housing Detrimentally Affect Property Values? A Review of the Literature
Journal of Planning Literature, 20(1): 15-26, 2005by: Mai Thi NguyenThis article is a literature review on the relationship between affordable housing and property values. -
A Room of One’s Own: Accessory Dwelling Unit Reforms and Local Parochialism
Urban Lawyer, 45(3): 519–569, 2013by: Margaret Brinig, Nicole GarnetThis article discusses the national trend in state and local regulations toward more permissive regulations for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and presents the findings of a study of local regulations in California. -
Clallam County, WA, County Code
2017The county’s zoning code permits internal, attached, and detached accessory dwelling units by right in all districts that permit single-family residences, subject to use-specific standards. -
Palmer, AK, City Code
2016The city’s zoning code permits internal, attached, and detached accessory dwelling units by right in all residential and agricultural districts, subject to use-specific standards. -
Accessory Dwelling Units: A Guide to Accessory Apartments in Charlottesville, VA
2015This local guide explains property owner options for developing accessory dwelling units in Charlottesville, Virginia. -
Overcoming Barriers to Bringing ADU Development to Scale
September 2020by: Ahmad Abu-KhalafThis report analyzes opportunities to address common regulatory and financial barriers to expanding the production and occupancy of accessory dwelling units (ADUs).