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Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, Municipal Code
The city's codes allow for renewable energy system installations and require solar-accommodating design for new construction.Rancho Palos Verdes, CA -
How Planning for Birds Makes Our Communities and Economies Healthier
A new book from biophilic design advocate and sustainability expert Tim Beatley takes a global tour of cities reinventing the status quo to support birdlife.by: Lindsay Nieman July 15, 2021A new book from biophilic design advocate and sustainability expert Tim Beatley takes a global tour of cities reinventing the status quo to support birdlife. -
Planning for Equitable Development: Social Equity by Design
PAS Memo — March-April 2017by: Carlton EleyThe March/April 2017 issue of PAS Memo highlights the importance of equitable development in creating strong and sustainable communities for all and provides principles and guidance to help planners implement social equity in their communities.List Price$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
Inclusive Healthy Places Action Guide for Planners
by: David Morley, AICP April 27, 2023This guide serves as an adaptation and extension of Gehl's Inclusive Healthy Places Framework, focusing on actions planners can take to advance inclusion and health equity in efforts to shape public space. Planners can use this action guide to operationalize the Inclusive Healthy Places Framework through research and analysis, engagement and collaboration, plan and policy making, program design a -
Red Wing, MN, Zoning Ordinance
2017The city's zoning code addresses design review regulations for commercial, office, industrial, and warehouse buildings in business, industrial, and mixed use districts.Red Wing, MN -
Extended Reality for Planning
PAS QuickNotes 98by: Jennifer MendezThis edition of PAS QuickNotes explores the ways in which planners can use extended reality (XR) for many different aspects of planning work, including visualizations with real-world context, community engagement with vulnerable populations, and planning scenario design.Nonmember price$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
Engaging Faith-Based Organizations to Secure Affordable Housing
Georgia Tech's urban design studio partners with 2 Presbyterian churches, a Baptist Church, and a Synagogue to conduct deep-dive explorations into opportunities, challenges, and realities that communities of faith face when they get involved in the City’s affordable housing scene.- Kortney Cena
- Miriam Dominguez
- Colin Delargy
- Clifton McFarlane
- Jullanar Waheed
#9273633CM | 1Hawaii Pedestrian Toolbox
May 2013This guide is a stand-alone companion to Hawaii’s Statewide Pedestrian Master Plan. It offers design, operations, and education guidance, in the context of planning for Hawaii.Franklin, TN, Code of Ordinances
Updated March 2019The city’s zoning code mandates universal design standards for affordable, workforce, or moderately priced housing that receives financial assistance from the city.Complete Streets Toolkit
March 2015This guide is designed to help cities and counties in metropolitan Chicago apply complete streets principles to planning, design, and construction processes and documents.Old Saybrook, CT, Zoning Regulations
Updated March 2019The town’s zoning code establishes standards for sidewalks along public roads that facilitate alternatives to driving and sets design standards that signal pedestrian areas.Two Houses in One For a Home Within a Home
AARP Livable Communities, October 2016by: Melissa StantonThis article profiles an award-winning design for a multigenerational home, which includes an integrated accessory dwelling unit with a kitchenette.
Contribution of Urban Design Qualities to Pedestrian Activity
February 01, 2016Researchers have started to look into how D variables impact walkability and pedestrian activity.Glassboro, NJ, Municipal Code
Updated May 2019This municipal code provides standards for accessory solar energy systems and encourages solar design in the Traditional Neighborhood Development overlay district.Virginia Beach, VA, Oceanfront Resort District Form-Based Code
This form-based code allows accessory solar panels to exceed setback and height requirements and includes design guidelines that address solar access.Virginia Beach, VASuperior, CO, Municipal Code
The town's green building program offers up to 12 points for various active and passive solar design and energy system installations.Superior, COWellington, KS, Code of Ordinances
The city's subdivision code includes design standards that encourage solar orientation and solar energy use, and it provides for the establishment of solar skyspace easements.Wellington, KSThe Arsenal of Exclusion
April 2012This audio summarizes some of the design elements that have been utilized in cities to keep people separate, and discusses their role in preventing integrated and equitable cities.Comprehensive Plan Review Checklists
2007by: Design for HealthThis guide and model policy tool from the University of Minnesota's Design for Health project includes a checklist and audit tool designed for communities to evaluate comprehensive plans.Livable Communities: Model Comprehensive Plan Objectives and Policies
2007by: Pinellas County Planning DeptThis guide and model policy document from the Pinellas County Metropolitan Planning Organization in Florida presents the four principles for creating livable communities: Density, Diversity, Design, and Destinations.Stormwater Case Studies By State
2019This case study contains design specifications, cost and job analyses, and performance measures for over 500 green infrastructure projects from 44 states and Canada.Taking Action on Complete Streets: Implementing Processes for Safe, Multimodal Streets
July 2013by: Barbara McCann, Stefanie SeskinThis guide is designed to help planners, engineers, and public officials reform transportation planning and design processes to embrace a complete streets approach.Massachusetts Smart Parking Model Bylaw
2007This model bylaw provides a template to help municipalities in Massachusetts draft parking area design standards that use low-impact development (LID) tactics.Glendale, CA, Municipal Code
2016The city's municipal code establishes an urban art fund that encourages creative placemaking, establishes a design review process, addresses wireless telecommunications facilities in the public right-of-way.Northville, MI, Outdoor Dining Platform Requirements and Guidelines
Adopted by the Northville City Council on April 19, 2010This standalone policy establishes design and operational requirements for the temporary conversion of on-street parking spaces to outdoor dining areas.Northville, MIPima County, AZ, Pima Prospers: Comprehensive Plan Initiative
Adopted 2017The county’s comprehensive plan includes a Housing and Community Design section that addresses the need to “create livable, viable, multi-generational communities.”Biophilic Cities Are Sustainable, Resilient Cities
Sustainability,5(8),3328-3345,2013by: Timothy Beatley, Peter NewmanThis article argues that biophilic design needs to be utilized on an urban scale to create biophilic cities, which are sustainable and resilient.CityLab University
October 2019by: Benjamin SchneiderThis web page contains five articles in a special report collection by CityLab, covering important concepts in city design and urban planning.Model Conservation Subdivision Ordinance
2012This model ordinance provides a template for cities and counties in Georgia draft conservation subdivision design regulations to protect sensitive natural resources.Equitable Development Guidelines
March 2018by: Jocelyn Drummond, Victoria Lawson, Elizabeth DeWolfThis guide aims to make equitable development the industry standard by sharing strategies for the planning process, employment and procurement, designed space, housing, and design standards.Manifesto for an Intercultural Urbanism
Planetizen, July 17, 2014by: Dean SaittaThis blog post defines intercultural urbanism and shares how it can help address the lack of diversity in urban planning and design.LEED-ND Planners Guide & Model Ordinance
March 2011This model ordinance provides a template to help cities and counties promote Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) certification standards.Model Municipal Green Building Ordinance
October 2010by: Marne Sussman, Jason JamesThis model ordinance provides a template to help cities utilize several Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification categories and the Energy Star Rating System.Bar Harbor, ME, Municipal Code
Updated August 2019The city’s municipal code provides an additional dwelling unit for planned unit developments (PUD’s) that are Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified."Go Big and Go Green"
April 2014This audio discusses the United States Green Buidling Council’s efforts to promote green building’s benefits and successes through the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification system.Altamonte Springs, FL, Land Development Code
Update April 2019The city’s land development code identifies the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification as a category eligible for density bonuses.Designing for Affordable and Active Housing
April 2013by: Karen Lee, Gayle Nicoll, Brian PraterThis audio recording shares how affordable housing funders and developers can use New York City’s Active Design Guidelines (ADG) to improve health.Bordentown, NJ, City Code
Updated December 2018The city’s codified ordinances establish a Historic Preservation Commission, historic designation and design review processes, and a Historic and Landmarks Overlay Zone.Palo Alto, CA, Single-Family Individual Review Guidelines
2005This guide for property owners and developers presents illustrated design principles for new single-family homes and additions in established neighborhoods.Accessory Housing Is Part of the Solution
Breakthroughs, January 2004This short article summarizes a number of common regulatory barriers to affordable housing. These barriers include process requirements, design standards, occupancy standards, and lot size and parking standards.Building an ADU
Version 1.0, Summer 2017by: Dana Cuff, Jane BlumenfeldThis guide is designed to help property owners in Los Angeles navigate city requirements to design and build new accessory dwelling units (ADUs).Iowa City, IA, City Code
Updated July 17, 2018This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Design Review, Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Food Trucks, Housing Supply Planning, Inclusionary Housing, and Transfer of Development Rights collections.Oro Valley, AZ, General Plan: Your Voice, Our Future
The Land Use, Community Design, and Open Space and Natural Resources Conservation elements of the town's general plan include solar-related goals and policies.Oro Valley, AZCornelius, OR, Municipal Code
Updated July 2019by: City of Cornelius, WAThe city's municipal code provides a solar design requirement for new single-family developments, solar balance point standards, and a solar access permit process.
In Praise of the Humble Sidewalk
Nine experts on why accessible sidewalks are the best infrastructure investment communities can make.by: Steve Wright April 27, 2022Nine experts on why accessible sidewalks are the best infrastructure investment communities can make.MarpleTownship, PA, Township Code
The township's subdivision code includes design considerations for mobile home parks encourages an east-west axis orientation offering southern exposure to their longest wall and roof area.Marple township, PAReclaiming the Right of Way: A Toolkit for Creating and Implementing Parklets
2012by: Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Madeline Brozen, Colleen CallahanThis report introduces the concept of parklets, presents case studies of municipal parklet programs, and provides design guidance for parklet projects.Guidebook for Creating a Municipal TDR program
1995This guide provides information to municipalities in Montgomery County, Maryland, to help them design and implement transfer of development rights programs.Montgomery County, PASpotsylvania County, VA, Code of Ordinances
2017The county’s zoning code includes rural viewshed preservation as one of four design alternative optionss for development within planned residential rural district.Spotsylvania County, VASanta Barbara, CA, Climate Action Plan
Adopted September 2012The city's climate action plan calls for solar energy system installations and adoption of a solar access ordinance and solar design guidelines.Santa Barbara, CA