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Hamden, CT, Zoning Regulations
Adopted July 2017The town’s zoning code is a mapped mandatory form-based code. -
Village of Hempstead
Updated February 2018The village’s zoning code includes a mapped mandatory form-based overlay zone. -
New Castle County, DE, County Code
Updated May 2018The county’s code includes an optional mapped form-based district. -
Newton, NJ, Town Code
Updated June 2018The town’s zoning code is a mapped mandatory form-based code. -
Portsmouth, VA, Uptown D2 District Form-Based Code
Updated January 2016The city’s zoning code includes a mapped mandatory form-based code. -
Stratham, NH, Zoning Ordinance
Updated March 2016by: Town of StrathamThe town’s zoning code includes a mapped mandatory form-based zoning district. -
San Buenaventura, CA, Midtown Corridors Code
Updated December 2012The city’s zoning code includes a mapped mandatory form-based code. -
Thompson’s Station, TN, Land Development Ordinance
Updated September 2018The town’s zoning code is a mapped mandatory form-based code. -
Wilsonville, OR, Development Code
Adopted February 2018The city’s zoning code includes a mapped mandatory form-based overlay zoning district. -
Bozeman, MT, Fiber Master Plan and Feasibility Study
January 2015by: Design NineThis functional plan presents a feasibility analysis and policy recommendations for a municipal broadband network. -
Spokane Valley, WA, Municipal Code
Updated January 2019The city's codified ordinances include regulations for small cell deployment and review periods. -
Creative Placemaking (Artscape)
n.d.This website highlights the benefits of creative placemaking and identifies different strategies that can be adapted to best support communities. -
Property-Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Financing of Renewables and Efficiency
July 2010by: Bethany Speer, Ron KoenigThis fact sheet outlines the benefits of property-assessed clean energy (PACE) financing and specifically how it addresses barriers to solar purchasing. -
A Municipal Guidebook for Solar Zoning and Permitting: Zoning and Permitting Solar in Your Municipality
December 2012by: Kay Pierce, Paul Lauer, Gordon IsraelsonThis guide is designed to help municipalities update zoning regulations and permitting processes to encourage solar development. -
DVRPC, PA-NJ-DE, Renewable Energy Ordinance Framework: Solar PV
February 2015This guide is designed to help municipalities in metropolitan Philadelphia develop and adopt zoning regulations for small-scale solar energy systems. -
Pinole, CA, Code of Ordinances
Updated April 2019The city’s zoning code allows small-scale wind energy conversion systems in all districts, subject to use-specific standards. -
Pleasanton, CA, Downtown Specific Plan
Updated January 2014This downtown plan details a comprehensive strategy to guide downtown development and public investments.Pleasanton, CA -
Douglasville, GA, Downtown Master Plan
Adopted December 2017This downtown plan details a comprehensive strategy to guide downtown development and public investments in a historic small town.Douglasville, GA -
Columbus, OH, East Columbus Neighborhood Plan
Adopted April 2012This subarea plan details a comprehensive strategy to guide development and public investments in a physically and demographically diverse neighborhood. -
Buckeye, AZ, Code of Ordinances
Updated August 28, 2018The city’s development code addresses exterior lighting. -
Madison, WI, Emerson East–Eken Park–Yahara Neighborhood Plan
Adopted January 2016This subarea plan details a comprehensive strategy to guide development and public investments in three adjacent neighborhoods. -
Syracuse, NY, Municipal Code
Updated May 2019The city’s zoning code mandates visitability standards for residential projects that receive public funds. -
Rockdale County, GA, Code of Ordinances
Updated April 2019The county’s zoning code includes a senior housing element in their collaborative residential subdivision zoning district. -
Robbinsville Township, NJ, Township Code
Updated March 2019The township’s zoning code establishes a Mixed-Use/Age-Restricted Conservation Development Zone District. -
Perris, CA, Code of Ordinances
Updated June 2019The city’s zoning code establishes a senior housing overlay zone (SHO) to incentivize the development of accessible, mixed-use senior housing. -
Howard County, MD, Zoning Regulations
Updated August 2018The county’s zoning code establishes a Residential: Senior-Institutional (R-SI) District and a Planned Senior Community (PSC) District to permit age-restricted housing. -
Bolingbrook, IL, Municipal Code
Updated May 2018The city’s zoning code regulates visitability standards for single family and attached single family homes. -
Residential Futures II: Thought-Provoking Ideas on What’s Next for Multigenerational Housing and Intergenerational Communities
2014by: Lynn RossThis report explores the emerging trend of intergenerational community and multigenerational housing. -
Aging in Place Task Force: Final Report Draft
January 2008This report addresses barriers to aging in place in Davidson, North Carolina, a small city with a growing senior population. -
Planning ABC’s
PlannersWeb, October, 2007by: Lawrence GerckensThis series of short articles uses the alphabet to highlight 26 fundamental planning-related tools and concepts. -
Building a Sense of Community
Planning Commissioners Journal, Summer 2004by: C. Gregory Dale, FAICPThis short article highlights six planning and development concepts that contribute to creating a sense of place. -
San Marcos, TX, Code of Ordinances
2017The city’s streets and sidewalks code establishes a licensing process for parklets. -
Mobility Hub Typology Study
June 2020by: Jean Crowther, Katherine Mangle, Derek AbeThis report discusses the role and benefits of mobility hubs within Portland's transportation system. -
Stearns County, MN, Shape Stearns 2040 Comprehensive Plan
Adopted July 2020The county's comprehensive plan includes a Clean Energy focus area in its Agriculture element. -
Promoting Public Health Through Smart Growth
2005by: Lawrence Frank, Sarah Kavage, Todd LitmanThis report shares how the built environment influences transportation choices, which influences public health. -
Louisville Metro, KY, Plan 2040
Adopted November 2018The city’s comprehensive plan includes multiple policy recommendations that support complete streets. -
San Francisco, CA, Standards for Bird-Safe Buildings
2019This guide provides examples of bird-safe building treatments such as glass glazing and building and fenestration strategies. -
Guidebook for Solar Photovoltaic Projects in Philadelphia
June 2010This guide is designed to help property owners and solar developers navigate Philadelphia's streamlined permitting process for small solar energy systems. -
The Ghost-Box Dilemma: Communities Cope with Vacant Retail Property
Partners in Community and Economic Development, 15, November 2005by: Jessica FarrThis article looks at the impacts of ghost boxes on nearby communities, as well as the challenges to reusing these buildings. -
Time to Move
On Common Ground, 2004by: Jason MillerThis article looks at case examples of mall redevelopment to identify “right steps” for redevelopment. -
5G Technology: Smart Decisions for Smart Cities
Broadband Communities, March/April 2018by: Larry ThompsonThis article discusses municipal policy considerations for small wireless facility deployment. -
Achieving Hazard-Resilient Coastal & Waterfront Smart Growth
2012This report summarizes insights from a roundtable meeting to discuss the intersection of smart growth and hazard mitigation principles and goals. -
Planning in Uncertainty: Recovery and Disaster Resilience in Cities
November 2011by: Douglas Ahlers, Miho Mazereeuw, Joyce RosenthalThis recorded panel discussion presents a deep dive on hazard mitigation after disasters. -
Natural Solutions Toolkit
2018This toolkit includes a series of spatial decision tools and web applications to help communities use nature-based solutions mitigate hazard risks and adapt to climate change. -
Cities Connect: How Urbanity Helps Achieve Social Inclusion Objectives
June 2006by: Todd LitmanThis briefing paper highlights the benefits of improving accessibility and opportunity for social inclusion. -
Hamilton Township, NJ, Township Code
Updated June 2019The township’s zoning code establishes a Planned Retirement Development Overlay Zone and a Planned Retirement Development Zone to serve a growing population of older adults. -
A Place for Everyone: Age Friendly Communities
March 2010by: Gordon Price, Lewis Villegas, Elaine GallagherThis video includes a roundtable discussion with thought leaders on aging from Canada on how to create age-friendly communities. -
The Mountains of Houston: Environmental Justice and the Politics of Garbage
Cite 93, Winter 2014by: Robert BullardThis article highlights the environmental justice concerns of waste management in Houston, exposing the disproportionate burden placed on African American communities. -
Building Better Futures: Innovations in Equitable Development
February 2019by: Oscar Perry, Chase Cantrell, Sam ButlerThis recorded conference features over 15 speakers examining the topic of equitable development in presentations and panel discussions. -
WHO/IFA Webinar 3 - Dementia Friendly Environments
July 2017by: Natalie TurnerThis recorded webinar considers the similarities and differences between the age-friendly communities framework and the dementia-friendly communities framework.