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Essential Smart Growth Fixes for Rural Planning, Zoning, and Development Codes
February 2012by: Kevin NelsonThis guide belongs in the Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Housing Supply Planning, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Code Drafting Guidelines
Western Planner, October 30, 2016by: Scot Siegel, FAICPThis short article presents 24 simple guidelines for land-use and development code reform projects. -
The Lay of the Land: Lessons Learned on Mapping and Community Participation
2003by: Peter Skosey, Heather Campbell, Alex MattsonThis report discusses zoning mapping efforts undertaken by large cities that engaged in zoning reform in the 1990s. -
Lean Code Tool
2017by: Susan Henderson, Matthew Lambert, William Spikowski, FAICPThis guide discusses a wide range of incremental zoning reforms to support walkable, urban development. -
Drafting Clear Ordinances: Do’s and Don’ts
Planning Commissioners Journal, Spring 2010by: Carolyn BraunThis short article presents a series of recommendations to guide the process of drafting land-use and development codes. -
The Lay of the Land: A National Survey of Zoning Reform
September 1999by: Peter Skosey, Christina SellisThis report discusses zoning reform efforts undertaken by large cities in the 1990s. -
Shreveport/Caddo, LA, Unified Development Code Technical Review and Approaches Report
April 2014by: Camiros, Ltd.This report analyzes Shreveport, Louisiana’s existing zoning and subdivision codes and presents a recommendation for a new unified development code. -
Cedar Rapids, IA, Zoning Code Assessment Report
September 2016by: LSL Planning, Ferrell Madden, Conservation Design ForumThis report analyzes Cedar Rapids, Iowa’s current zoning code and includes an annotated outline for a new code. -
Littleton, CO, Zoning Ordinance Assessment and Annotated Outline
February 2015by: Clarion AssociatesThis report analyzes Littleton, Colorado’s current zoning code and includes an annotated outline for a new code. -
Visual Enhancement of Zoning Bylaws
Planning Commissioners Journal, Winter 2003by: Michael Von Hausen, Gloria VenczelThis short article presents a series of recommendations for illustrating development code provisions. -
Albany, NY, City Code
2017The city adopted a new Unified Sustainable Development Ordinance in 2017. -
Community Goals Scorecard
Coastal Community Planning & Development Training, n.d.This guide presents a series of questionnaires to help coastal cities and counties evaluate the consistency of their plans and land-use and development regulations with smart growth principles. -
SmartCode
Version 9.2, 2008by: Duany Plater-Zyberk & CompanyThis model unified development code provides a template to help cities and counties draft form-based land-use and development regulations. -
Form Based Code Study
2009by: Farr AssociatesThis model unified development code provides a template to help localities in metropolitan Grand Rapids, Michigan, draft form-based land-use and development regulations. -
Colorado Model Land Use Code for Counties
2008This model unified development code provides a template to help counties in Colorado draft land-use and development regulations. -
Connecticut Model Zoning Code Project
2010This model zoning code provides a template to help cities in Connecticut draft zoning regulations. -
Beaufort County, SC, Code of Ordinances
Updated September 27, 2018This regulation belongs to the Form-Based Zoning, Inclusionary Housing, Outdoor Lighting, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Arlington County, VA, Zoning Ordinance
2019This regulation belongs to the Short-Term Residential Rentals and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
New Orleans, LA, Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance
Updated 2019This regulation belongs to the Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Food Trucks, Historic Preservation, Short-Term Residential Rentals, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Newton, MA, City Ordinances
Updated September 10, 2018This regulation belongs to the Inclusionary Housing and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Mundelein, IL, Code of Ordinances
2017These regulations belong to the Tactical Urbanism and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Laramie, WY, Municipal Code
Updated March 2019This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Food Systems, Solar Energy, Urban Livestock, Wind Energy, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Indianapolis-Marion County, IN, Code of Ordinances
Updated May 2021These regulations belong to the Complete Streets, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Shared Mobility, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Teton View Region Model Development Code
April 2015by: Code StudioThis model unified development code provides a template to help cities and counties in the Teton Valley area of Idaho and Wyoming draft land-use and development regulations. -
Grand Junction, CO, Municipal Code
Updated April 2019This code belongs to the Group Housing, Short-Term Residential Rentals, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Kansas City, MO, Code of Ordinances
Updated November 2021This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Group Housing, Short-Term Residential Rentals, Urban Agriculture, Urban Livestock, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Anchorage, AK, Code of Ordinances
Updated July 2019This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Historic Preservation, Residential Infill Development, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Corpus Christi, TX, Unified Development Code
2016Corpus Christi, Texas, adopted a new unified development code in 2011. -
Louisiana Land Use Toolkit
3.0, 2010by: Code StudioThis model unified development code belongs to the Form-Based Zoning and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Colorado Model Land Use Code for Municipalities
2003This model unified development code provides a template to help cities in Colorado draft land-use and development regulations. -
Prince George’s County, MD, Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations Rewrite Evaluation and Recommendations Report
December 2014by: Clarion AssociatesThis report analyzes Prince George’s County, Maryland’s current zoning and subdivision codes and includes an annotated outline for new codes. -
Rapid City, SD, Zoning Diagnosis
March 2014by: City of Rapid CityThis report analyzes Rapid City, South Dakota’s current zoning code and includes an annotated outline for a new code. -
Charlotte, NC, Diagnostic Assessment and Recommendations for the Charlotte Zoning Ordinance
August 2010by:This report analyzes Charlotte, North Carolina’s existing zoning code and presents extensive recommendations for a new code. -
Austin, TX, Land Development Code Diagnosis
May 2014by: Opticos DesignThis report provides a thorough critique of Austin, Texas’s current land development code. -
Montgomery County, MD, Zoning Montgomery: Approach & Annotated Outline Report
April 2010by: Code StudioThis report analyzes Montgomery County, Maryland’s current zoning code and includes an annotated outline for a new code. -
Smart Growth Implementation Toolkit
July 2015This toolkit includes a Code and Zoning Audit tool with a series of questionnaires to help cities and counties evaluate the consistency of their land-use and development regulations with smart growth principles. -
Smart Growth Leadership Institute Code Audit
2005This guide presents a series of questions to help cities and counties evaluate the consistency of their land-use and development regulations with smart growth principles. -
Community Planning & Zoning Audit: The Zoning Ordinance
E-3054 Planning and Zoning* A *Syst #4, June 2010This guide presents a series of questionnaires to help cities and counties in Michigan evaluate the consistency of their zoning codes with state law and smart growth principles. -
Montgomery County, MD, County Code
Updated August 2019This regulation belongs to the Green Building, Inclusionary Housing, Short-Term Residential Rentals, Transfer of Development Rights, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Memphis-Shelby County, TN, Unified Development Code
Adopted August 2010This regulation belongs to the Outdoor Lighting, Urban Agriculture, Urban Livestock, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Merced, CA, Code of Ordinances
2017The city adopted a new zoning code in 2016, which includes a mix of use-based and form-based zoning standards -
Flagstaff, AZ, Code of Ordinances
Updated July 3, 2018This regulation belongs to the Biophilic Planning, Form-Based Zoning, Outdoor Lighting, Wildland-Urban Interface, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Sustainable Development Code
2021by: Jonathan RosenbloomThis guide belongs to the Hazard Mitigation, Home Occupations, Housing Supply Planning, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture, Wildland-Urban Interface, Wind Energy, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections.