Growing Smart Legislative Guidebook

States and their local governments have practical tools to help combat urban sprawl, protect farmland, promote affordable housing, and encourage redevelopment. They appear in the American Planning Association's Growing Smart Legislative Guidebook: Model Statutes for Planning and the Management of Change, 2002 Edition.

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Introductory Material

Chapter 1. Initiating Planning Statute Reform

Chapter 2. Purposes and Grant of Power

Chapter 3. Definitions

Chapter 4. State Planning

Chapter 5. State Land-Use Control

Chapter 6. Regional Planning

Chapter 7. Local Planning

Table 7-5. Summary of State Statutory Requirements for Comprehensive Plans

Chapter 8. Local Land Development Regulation

Chapter 9 Special and Environmental Land Development Regulations and Land-Use Incentives

Chapter 10. Administrative and Judicial Review of Land-Use Decisions

Chapter 11. Enforcement of Land Development Regulations

Chapter 12. Integrating State Environmental Policy Acts into Local Planning

Chapter 13. Financing Required Planning

Chapter 14. Tax Equity Devices and Tax Relief Programs

Chapter 15. State-Level Geographic Information Systems and Public Records of Plans, Land Development Regulations, and Development Permits

Appendix. Statements from Members of the Growing Smart Directorate

Index to Guidebook