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Rosemount, MN, City Code
2017The city's zoning code protects environmentally sensitive areas and permits various types of solar energy systems.Rosemount, MN -
Los Altos Hills, CA, General Plan Update
The Conservation Element of the town's general plan includes incentives and policies to encourage solar energy use.Los Altos Hills, CA -
Pella, IA, Code of Ordinances
The city requires special use permit approval for accessory solar energy systems; commercial solar energy systems are prohibited.Pella, IA -
Rifle, CO, Municipal Code
The city's land use and development code addresses solar in relation to yard and height requirements, and lists several active and passive solar features as preferred sustainability strategies in the historic core subdistrict.Rifle, CO -
Portland, OR, Ordinance No. 180379: Grant a Limited Right-of-Way Use Agreement to Verizon Wireless for Five Years for Mobile Telecommunications Services
2010This ordinance approves a limited right-of-way use agreement allowing Verizon Wireless to operate telecommunication system facilities for five years.Portland, OR -
Windsor, CA, General Plan - 2015
The Environmental Resources element of the town's general plan includes a section on energy with policies and implementation programs that address solar energy.Windsor, CA -
Our Town: Supporting the Arts in Communities Across America
Community Development Investment Review, Volume 10, Issue 2, December 2014by: Jane Chu, Jason SchupbachThis article presents information on projects funded through the Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), an agency that supports arts-based community development. -
Minneapolis, MN, Climate Action Plan
The city's Climate Action Plan includes a range of strategies for incentivizing and encouraging solar energy installations and investment.Minneapolis, MN -
Salisbury, MA, Town Bylaws
Updated October 2017The town's zoning bylaw promotes the creation of large-scale solar PV installations by providing standards for their installation.Salisbury town, MA -
San Luis Obispo, CA, General Plan
Updated May 2015The Conservation and Open Space chapter of the city's general plan promotes solar energy use through several goals, policies, and requirements.San Luis Obispo, CA -
South Berwick, ME, Town Code
Updated October 2017These subdivision regulations address solar considerations the section on general requirements. -
Distributed Wind Energy Zoning and Permitting: A Toolkit for Local Governments
November 2017by: Dana Drugmand, Val StoriThis guide is designed to help cities and counties facilitate the development of distributed wind systems, and it includes a model ordinance. -
Model Wind Ordinance for Wind Energy Facilities
March 2010This model ordinance provides a template to help cities and counties in Georgia develop wind energy regulations. -
Miramar, FL, Code of Ordinances
Updated April 2019These regulations belong to the Small Wireless Facilities and Wireless Facilities in the ROW and Tiny Houses and Micro-Apartments collections. -
Selma, NC, Code of Ordinances
Updated February 2017These regulations belong to the Solar Energy and Tiny Houses and Micro-Apartments collections. -
The Impact of Street Lighting on Crime in New York City Public Housing
October 20, 2017by: Aaron Chalfin, Benjamin Hansen, Lucie ParkerThis report examines the impacts of street lighting on crime rates in New York City. -
Palm Beach County, FL, Comprehensive Plan
Updated August 2020This comprehensive plan belongs to the Built Environment and Health and Transfer of Development Rights collections. -
Bemidji, MN, Greater Bemidji Area Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance
2015This multijurisdictional development code defines and regulates tiny houses and tiny house subdivisions. -
Is Density Detrimental?
Cape Cod Commission Myth or Fact Series, 2009This fact sheet finds that higher density helps to reduce transportation costs paid directly by consumers as well as costs borne by the general public and that higher density is needed to make public transportation efficient. -
Urban Sprawl and the Cost of Public Services
Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 30: 503–522, 2003by: John Carruthers, University of WashingtonThis article looked at data from 283 counties from 1982-92 and created an empirical model to estimate the costs of 12 different expenditures. -
Prince George's County, MD, Code of Ordinances
Updated August 2021The county’s code of ordinances belongs to the Built Environment and Health and to the Shared Mobility collections. -
Sunnyvale, CA, Municipal Code
Updated August 2019This regulation belongs to the Food Systems, Food Trucks and Green Building collections. -
Clearwater, FL, Code of Ordinances
Updated September 2021This city's codified ordinance belongs to the Food Systems, Shared Mobility, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Building Capacity for Urban Agriculture Programs: Tools from the Windy City Harvest Model
by: Elise Benveniste, Eliza Fournier, Emily HestnessThis toolkit belongs to both the Food Systems and Urban Agriculture collections. -
De Pere, WI, Code of Ordinances
2017The city's animal code allows the keeping of chickens and bees in residential districts with a permit. -
North Kingstown, RI, Revised Ordinances
Updated August 2021These regulations belong to the Solar Energy and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Huntsville, AL, Code of Ordinances
Updated September 2020These regulations belong to the Food Trucks and Solar Energy collections. -
Fairfax, VA, 2035 Comprehensive Plan
Adopted February 2019The city’s comprehensive plan was adopted on February 2019, organizes its core outcomes in 5 main Chapters and 12 sub sections. -
Hadley, MA, Code of Ordinances
Updated May 2021The town's zoning bylaw includes a transfer of development rights program for farmland protection. -
Spokane, WA, Municipal Code
Updated June 2021This regulations belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Climate Change, and Tactical Urbanism collections. -
Corpus Christi, TX, Unified Development Code
2016Corpus Christi, Texas, adopted a new unified development code in 2011. -
Silver Bullet or Trojan Horse? The Effects of Inclusionary Zoning on Local Housing Markets in Greater Boston
March 2009by: Jenny Schuetz, Rachel Meltzer, Vicki BeenThis briefing paper examines inclusionary housing policies in the Boston metropolitan area and compares them to those in the San Francisco Bay area and greater Washington, D.C. -
Inclusionary Housing: Creating and Maintaining Equitable Communities
2015by: Rick JacobusThis report reviews the literature and case studies to detail how local governments are realizing the potential of inclusionary housing. -
Clearwater, FL, Community Development Code
Updated September 11, 2018by: Clearwater, FLThis regulation belongs to the Inclusionary Housing and Transfer of Development Rights collections. -
Promoting Workforce Housing: Expanding Locations and Development Potential
2008These models belong to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Affordable Housing Programs, and Housing Supply Planning collections. -
Lessons for LEED® for Neighborhood Development, Social Equity, and Affordable Housing
Journal of the American Planning Association, 82(1): 37-49, 2016by: Nicola SzibboThis article belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Green Building, and Social Equity collections. -
Coconino County, AZ, Zoning Ordinance
Updated December 2023This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Housing Supply Planning, and Outdoor Lighting collections. -
Bloomington, IN, Municipal Code
Updated October 2019This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Green Building, and Housing Supply Planning collections. -
Kaua'i, HI, County Code
Updated June 2020This regulation belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Climate Change, and Hazard Mitigation collections. -
Chula Vista, CA, Municipal Code
Adopted February 2019This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Housing Supply Planning, and Solar Energy collections. -
Bozeman, MT, Code of Ordinances
Updated December 2019This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Group Housing, Historic Preservation, Housing Supply Planning, Marijuana-Related Uses, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Beaufort, SC, The Beaufort Code
Updated July 2018These regulations belong to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Form-Based Zoning, and Housing Supply Planning collections. -
Los Alamos County, NM, Code of Ordinances
Updated September 2023The county's code provides for solar access protections and the keeping of livestock in residential districts. -
Plano, TX, Plano Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan
Updated 2021This city's comprehensive plan, which received APA's 2017 Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan, was adopted in 2015 and achieved Silver-level recognition in APA's Comprehensive Plan Standards for Sustaining Places Recognition Program Pilot in 2016. -
Connecticut Rooftop Solar PV Permitting Guide
May 2014This guide provides recommendations and resources for local communities on improving their solar energy system permit application forms and instructions, information availability, review and inspection requirements, and permit fees. -
Chattanooga, TN, Code of Ordinances
Updated October 2021These regulations belong to the Complete Streets, Food Systems, and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Omaha, NE, Master Plan
Updated August 2015The city’s comprehensive plan belongs to the Built Environment and Health and Complete Streets collections. -
Implementation & Equity 201: The Path Forward to Complete Streets
March 2019This online training series includes 15 recorded webinars covering a range of topics related to complete streets implementation. -
Comparing Three Online Civic Engagement Platforms Using the Spectrum of Public Participation Framework
Connected Communities, September 2014by: Matti Nelimarkka, Brandie Nonnecke, Sanjay KrishnanThis article utilizes the International Association of Public Participation’s “Spectrum of Public Participation” framework to evaluate how well three online platforms support civic engagement principles.