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Portola Valley, CA, General Plan
The Sustainability, Land Use, and Housing elements of the town's general plan encourage the protection of solar access and the use of solar energy systems.Portola Valley, CA -
Milton, WI, Code of Ordinances
The city's zoning code provides supplemental regulations for solar energy systems and provides for solar access permits; the historic preservation ordinance provides review criteria for proposed solar energy installations.Milton, WI -
Albuquerque/Bernalillo County, NM, Comprehensive Plan
The Community Resource Management section of the plan discusses the importance of solar energy, and goals and policies for Land Use and Energy Management address solar energy use.Albuquerque, NM -
Mammoth Lakes, CA, Municipal Code
Updated November 1, 2017This regulation belongs to the Outdoor Lighting and Solar Energy collections. -
Ames, IA, Municipal Code
Updated March 2019These regulations belong to the Environmentally Sensitive Areas, and Solar Energy collections. -
Solano County, CA, General Plan
Updated May 2015The Resources element in the county's general plan includes several policies and implementation programs encouraging on-site solar energy use; the Land Use and Housing elements also address solar energy. -
Holyoke, MA, Code of Ordinances
Updated February 2020The city's zoning code permits accessory solar energy systems by right with a building permit in all districts and permits large-scale ground-mounted solar facilities by right in all districts with site plan review. -
Vail, CO, Town Code
Updated November 2019The town code provides regulations for scenic view protection and solar energy devices. The town’s zoning code also includes Hazard Regulations designed to reduce flood, geological, and wildfire hazard risks. -
Culver City, CA, Municipal Code
Updated June 2019This regulation belongs to the Green Building and Solar Energy collections. -
Caln, PA, Municipal Code
Adopted January 2019by: Township of Caln, PAThe township's municipal code permits accessory solar energy systems in all districts by right and allows primary-use systems as a conditional use in the institutional district with standards; it also provides for solar access protections. -
Boynton Beach, FL, Code of Ordinances
Updated September 2018The city's code of ordinances provides standards for various types of solar arrays and offers historic preservation requirements that guide solar panel placement on historic buildings. -
Bellingham, MA, Town Bylaws
Updated March 2019The town's bylaws permit large-scale ground-mounted solar system installations as-of-right in the industrial district and provides standards; accessory roof-mounted solar system installations are allowed in all districts. -
Harmony, NJ, Municipal Code
Updated December 2018by: Township of Harmony, NJThe town's zoning code permits small accessory solar energy systems by right in all districts except the historic district and provides conditional use regulations for commercial solar production systems. -
Dallas, OR, Development Code
Updated January 2019This regulation belongs to the Green Stormwater Infrastructure and Solar Energy collections. -
Del Mar, CA, Municipal Code
Updated December 2021by: City of Del Mar, CAThis regulation belongs to the Climate Change and Solar Energy collections. -
Las Vegas, NV, Unified Development Code
Updated October 2018These regulations belong to the Marijuana-Related Uses, Solar Energy, and Wind Energy collections. -
Connecticut General Statutes
Updated January 2021These statutes belong to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Form-Based Zoning, Planning and Zoning Enabling Laws, and Transfer of Development Rights collections. -
Los Angeles County, CA, Code of Ordinances
Updated March 2022This regulation belongs to the Built Environment and Health, Food Systems, Food Trucks, Scenic View Protection, and Urban Heat Resilience collections. -
Oakland, CA, Code of Ordinances
2018The city’s codified ordinances belong to the Food Systems, Food Trucks, Micro-Apartments, and Transit-Oriented Development collections. -
Cedar Rapids, IA, Municipal Code
Updated January 2019This regulation belongs to the Historic Preservation, Solar Energy, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Northampton Township (Bucks County), PA, Code of Ordinances
Updated September 2022The township's zoning code permits accessory solar energy systems by right in compliance with standards and provides for civil solar access protections. -
Shreveport-Caddo, LA, Master Plan 2030: Great Expectations
Adopted December 2010This city and parish's comprehensive plan belongs to the Capital Improvements Programming, Community Visioning, and Comprehensive Planning collections. -
Carlsbad, CA, Municipal Code
Updated May 2019This regulation belongs to the Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Housing Supply Planning, Inclusionary Housing, and Solar Energy collections. -
Houston, TX, Code of Ordinances
Updated May 2024This regulation belongs to the Brownfields Redevelopment, Climate Change, Green Building, Housing Supply Planning, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Memphis, TN, Memphis 3.0
Adopted December 2019This comprehensive plan belongs to the Autonomous Vehicles, Climate Change, Comprehensive Planning, and Housing Supply Planning collections. -
Tempe, AZ, City Code
Updated July 2021These regulations belong to the Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Solar Energy, and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Fargo, ND, Municipal Code
Updated January 2020This regulation belongs to the Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Small Wireless Facilities and Wireless Facilities in the ROW, and Solar Energy collections. -
Walnut Creek, CA, Municipal Code
Updated September 4, 2018The city's zoning code addresses inclusionary housing in a 2004 ordinance updated in 2018. -
Tallahassee, FL, Code of Ordinances
Updated August 2021This regulation belongs to the Inclusionary Housing and Shared Mobility collections. -
Livermore, CA, Development Code
Updated September 24, 2018This regulation belongs to the Form-Based Zoning, Housing Supply Planning, Inclusionary Housing and Solar Energy collections. -
Affordable Housing, Disasters, and Social Equity: LIHTC as a Tool for Preparedness and Recovery
Journal of the American Planning Association, 86(1): 75-88, 2020by: Aditi Mehta, Mark Brennan, Justin SteilThis article examines what state governments can do to address disaster preparedness and recovery in their LIHTC plans. -
Sandpoint, ID, City Code
Updated December 2018This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Unit, Housing Supply Planning, and Short-Term Residential Rentals collections. -
New Hampshire Statutes
Updated 2019These statutes belong to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Capital Improvements Programming, Planning and Zoning Enabling Laws, and Transfer of Development Rights collections. -
Montana Code
Updated September 2022These statutes belong to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Environmentally Sensitive Areas, and Planning and Zoning Enabling Laws collections. -
Washington, DC, Zoning Regulations
Updated December 2019This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Biophilic Planning, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, and Housing Supply Planning collections. -
Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, Code of Ordinances
Updated August 2021This consolidated city’s codified ordinance belongs to the Complete Streets, Shared Mobility, Food Systems, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Reading Plans With Machines for Improved Efficiency
by: Mike LidwinUncovering JAPA: How can planners be more efficient in staying informed on current issues by using natural language processing (NLP). -
Historic Preservation
Historic preservation is the practice of protecting and preserving buildings, sites, and districts that have historical or cultural significance. This collection catalogs resources that provide background and policy guidance or demonstrate how cities and counties are using plans, regulations, and programs to protect and enhance historic buildings, sites, and districts. -
Tucson, AZ, Codified Ordinances
Updated July 2022The city's Codified Ordinances belongs to the Biophilic Planning, Content-Neutral Sign Regulation, Downtown Revitalization, Historic Preservation, Marijuana-Related Uses, Scenic View Protection, Solar Energy, Urban Heat Resilience, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Denver, CO, Code of Ordinances
Updated August 2022This regulation belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Biophilic Planning, Climate Change, Housing Supply Planning, Inclusionary Housing, Marijuana-Related Uses, Scenic View Protection, Short-Term Residential Rentals, and Urban Livestock collections. -
New Hampshire Innovative Land Use Planning Techniques: A Handbook for Sustainable Development
October 2008This model belongs to the Active Transportation, Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Farmland Protection, Housing Supply Planning, Inclusionary Housing, Residential Infill Development, Scenic View Protection, Social Equity, Transfer of Development Rights, and Transit-Oriented Development collections. -
Prioritizing Environmental Justice in Comprehensive Planning
by: Adin BeckerUncovering JAPA: California plans are analyzed for environmental justice (EJ) incorporation, revealing advancements in BIPOC communities while underscoring the absence of an explicit racial focus. -
Completing the Streets
Zoning Practice — February 2013by: Carol Gould, AICP, Mike Morehouse February 01, 2013This issue of Zoning Practice looks at what it means to complete the streets and provides some examples of how communities are doing this. It then explores how zoning can be used as a means to help communities facilitate the complete streets process.List Price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
Social Change
Foresight helps planners navigate change and understand emerging trends in an uncertain future. Societal trends are often reflected in not just how we plan and structure our communities, but also in the practice of planning itself. -
Achieving Vision Zero in Practice
PAS Memo 118Jersey City developed a Vision Zero Action Plan, leveraged tactical interventions to create systematic change within city government, and coordinated with regional and state entities to achieve its goal of zero traffic fatalities on city streets in 2022. -
APA Virginia Chapter
How to Make Your Small Town Autonomous Vehicle Friendly
January 1, 2019, 6:00 a.m. to December 31, 2020, 6:00 a.m.- Dale Neef
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Short-Term Rentals: Regulation and Enforcement Strategies
PAS Memo — January-February 2019by: Jared Munster, AICPThe January-February 2019 issue of PAS Memo shares lessons learned from the recent experience of the City of New Orleans in regulating short-term rentals.List Price$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00
Planning for Future Leaders
Involving diverse youth in planning now means they’ll be engaged community members later — and maybe even become planners themselves.December 01, 2019The earlier youth are introduced to planning principles, the sooner they can begin building both their future careers and communities.