Low Impact Development (LID) is typically defined as a stormwater management design framework aimed at minimizing the negative impacts of stormwater runoff. LID includes: mimicking pre-development hydrology, tree conservation, maximizing open space, maintenance, structural practices, and education. LID began as an organized framework in the 1990s. Accordingly, there are procedural, logistical, and legal challenges that should be considered and addressed in order to effectively implement LID.

This course addresses LID in the context of policy and other challenges one may encounter when preparing for LID projects. The POLICY course is designed for planners, engineers, landscape architects, realtors, surveyors, local governments, and anyone else interested in environmentally friendly, cost-efficient developments. Each student should bring a copy (preferably in a notebook or downloaded onto a laptop) of your community’s development ordinance. This ordinance may be a Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), stormwater ordinance, subdivision ordinance, form-based codes (FBCs) or other policy.

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Instructors:

Dwane Jones AICP

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