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Boulder County, CO, Land Use Code
Updated March 2022This city's land use code belongs to the Biophilic Planning, Scenic View Protection, Solar Energy, and Transfer of Development Rights collections. -
Cleveland, OH, Code of Ordinances
Updated September 2021These regulations belong to the Creative Placemaking, Food Systems, Food Trucks, Urban Agriculture, Urban Livestock, and Wind Energy collections. -
Wauwatosa, WI, Municipal Code
Updated September 2021This regulation belongs to the Grayfields Reuse and Redevelopment, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Butte County, CA, Zoning Ordinance
Updated July 2021This regulation belongs to the Agritourism, Farmland Protection, and Solar Energy collections. -
Rock Island, IL, Comprehensive Plan
Adopted April 2014This city's comprehensive plan belongs to the Built Environment and Health, Community Visioning, Comprehensive Planning, Food Systems, and Solar Energy collections. -
Portland, OR, City Code
Updated June 2022This regulation belongs to 18 Research KnowledgeBase collections. -
Hillsboro, OR, Municipal Code
2018The city's unified development code belongs to the Food Trucks, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Transit-Oriented Development, 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. -
Aurora, CO, Code of Ordinances
Updated August 2019This regulation belongs to the Housing Supply Planning, Marijuana-Related Uses, Residential Infill Development, and Transit-Oriented Development collections. -
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. -
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. -
San Luis Obispo County, CA, Code of Ordinances
Updated April 30, 2018This regulation belongs to the Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Inclusionary Housing, and Transfer of Development Rights collections. -
Tacoma, WA, Municipal Code
Updated March 2020This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Affordable Housing Programs, Housing Supply Planning, Residential Infill Development, Solar Energy, and Transfer of Development Rights collections. -
Denver, CO, Comprehensive Plan 2040
Adopted April 2019This comprehensive plan belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Age-Friendly Communities, Climate Change, Comprehensive Planning, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, and Housing Supply Planning collections. -
Santa Fe, NM, City Code
Updated October 2019This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Green Building, Historic Preservation, Housing Supply Planning, Short-Term Residential Rentals, and Wildland-Urban Interface collections. -
Planning for Public Health
Across the U.S., local governments are beginning to include goals and objectives that promote public health into their comprehensive plans. These long-term plans impact how people make choices of where to live and how to get around, their ability to access healthy foods and opportunities for physical activity, and affect broader issues of social equity, clean air and water, and more. -
Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis 2040
Adopted October 2019The city’s comprehensive plan belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Climate Change, Complete Streets, Housing Supply Planning, Shared Mobility, Social Equity, and Urban Heat Resilience collections. -
Hartford, CT, Zoning Regulations
Updated June 2020These regulations belong to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Food Systems, Form-Based Zoning, Housing Supply Planning, Tiny Houses and Micro-Apartments, Transit-Oriented Development, Urban Agriculture, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Comprehensive Planning
A comprehensive plan is an official statement that sets forth goals, policies, and guidelines intended to direct a jurisdiction's present and future development. This collection catalogs resources that provide background information, comprehensive plan development guidance, and examples of potentially noteworthy plans from various types of communities across the country. -
Solar Energy
This collection catalogs resources that provide background and policy guidance on solar energy use, as well as examples of local plans and regulations that support solar development. -
Urban Livestock
This collection catalogs numerous resources that provide general background, policy guidance, and examples of local regulatory provisions governing the keeping of farm animals and poultry in urban areas. -
City As Habitat: Planning the Nature Connected City
October 01, 2016The City of Edmonton, Alberta, is making an international name for itself as an important model of a nature-friendly city. -
Pattern Zones and Pre-Reviewed Homes
Zoning Practice — January 2024This issue of Zoning Practice explores how a pattern approach to zoning, incorporating pre-reviewed building plans, may help communities expand housing choice and affordability. It begins with a brief examination of historical precedents before outlining the key components of a pattern zoning program and highlighting potentially complementary strategies. -
Denver, CO, Zoning Code
Updated July 2021This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Form-Based Zoning, Group Housing, Housing Supply Planning, Short-Term Residential Rentals, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture, Urban Livestock, Wind Energy, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
It’s Not Necessarily Solar vs. Agriculture
by: Alexsandra GomezThe topic of large-scale solar development in rural communities doesn't have to be controversial. Learn how local officials and developers can work together to clear up the misconception that these two land uses cannot co-exist. -
Plan Now to Overcome Reflexive Opposition to Large-Scale Solar
by: Joshua Hohn, AICPReflexive opposition to large-scale solar projects is on the rise in many parts of the country. Start planning now to avoid the reactive trap. -
The Built Environment, Bicycling, and Mental Wellbeing
by: Jiwon ParkUncovering JAPA: Exploring the impact of the built environment and mental wellbeing of bicycling as a form of transportation. -
If You Plan It
Just seven years after its approval, San Francisco's ambitious plan for the downtown Transbay district is close to reality.January 01, 2019San Francisco's Transit Center District Plan is being built out quickly, bringing commercial space, residences, and a new transit center. -
Defining and Measuring Community Character
Zoning Practice — December 2010by: Bret Keast, AICP December 01, 2010This issue of Zoning Practice lays out a framework to describe the general characteristics of different classes and types of community character and suggests means and metrics communities can use to define character in local plans and zoning.List Price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
Street Graphics and the Law: Fourth Edition
PAS Report 580by: Daniel Mandelker, John Baker, Richard Crawford September 01, 2015The fourth edition of "Street Graphics and the Law" will help you steer your street graphics program in the right direction. This PAS Report delivers the latest on the evolution of digital signs and the last word on legal points.List Price$0.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
Building Better Urban Forests
April 01, 2017In the Viewpoint from Planning's April 2016 issue, Nick Overall looks at the value of the urban forest and says urban forestry should not be an afterthought. -
Vertical City in a Garden
January 01, 2016Singapore is a model of biophilic urbanism, incorporating plants and nature into all aspects of its urban fabric. -
Complete Streets: Best Policy and Implementation Practices
PAS Report 559by: Barbara McCann, Suzanne Rynne April 01, 2010Drawing on lessons learned from more than 30 communities around the country, this PAS Report provides insight into successful policy and implementation practices that have resulted in complete streets.List Price$25.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
Hiding in Plain Sight: Build-to-Rent and Multigenerational Housing
Zoning Practice — November 2024This issue of Zoning Practice explores how development regulations affect opportunities for build-to-rent and multigenerational housing development. It begins with a summary of suburban housing supply challenges before examining the key features of and potential zoning approaches for two emerging types of subtle mixed-residential development. -
Nature-Based Solutions
Parks — from green urban oases to sandy waterfront beaches — play a big role in making communities more resilient to climate change.Park agencies and the parks they operate play a vital role in building climate-resilient communities. -
On the Gold Coast
Just across the Hudson from Manhattan, New Jersey’s cities aren’t quite what you remember them to be.January 01, 2017New Jersey cities are shaking off their old manufacturing backgrounds and somewhat sketchy reputations and are becoming chic places to live. -
Putting a 'There' There
Decade by decade, a Denver suburb is transforming itself into a more inviting urban center. It’s even building a downtown from scratch.by: John Carpenter December 01, 2016Westminster, a Denver suburb, is transforming itself into an inviting urban center, even building a downtown from scratch. -
Combating Climate Change Through Vacant Lot Restoration
by: Sagar Shah, PhD, AICPA success story of how vacant lots in Philadelphia were transformed into climate-resilient pollinator gardens to combat climate change. -
Building a Participation Ladder With Youth
by: Laier-Rayshon SmithUncovering JAPA: What possibilities would we have if youth could participate more fully in planning? Read about three new rungs of youth participation. -
Distinguishing Between Detrimental and Benign Nonconformities
Zoning Practice — November 2009by: Gail Easley, David Theriaque November 01, 2009This issue of Zoning Practice takes a look the differences between detrimental and benign nonconformities and recommends a two-tiered approach to regulating legal nonconformities.List Price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
Centering Wellbeing in Community Co-Creation: WIATT and C4C
PAS Memo 121Two new planning tools offer innovative methods to structure community engagement, distribute capital project funds equitably, and advance projects that increase access to wellbeing for individuals and communities. -
Zoning to Improve Health and Promote Equity
Zoning Practice — March 2015by: Elizabeth Whitton, AICP March 01, 2015This issue of Zoning Practice discusses how communities can use zoning and other development regulations to promote healthy living environments. It highlights a number of potential regulatory changes in support of reducing health disparities by increasing affordable housing options and improving access to care.List Price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
Fast-Growing Vegas Races Toward Energy Efficiency
An unexpected leader in climate innovation, the desert city takes a full-spectrum approach to fortifying water and energy sources.by: Marco Velotta, AICP August 29, 2022An unexpected leader in climate innovation, the desert city takes a full-spectrum approach to fortifying water and energy sources. -
Resurfacing Our Cities
May 01, 2018In our efforts to make cities greener and wilder, we have the chance to rethink and redesign other spaces. Every facade or vertical flat surface — above and below water — can be doing more. -
Stronger Today, More Resilient Tomorrow
California and Bay Area cities are raising the bar for climate and hazard adaptation.January 01, 2019Bay Area communities are adapting to the climate changes that pose a serious threat to California’s economic well-being, public health, natural resources, and the environment. -
What's Blocking an ADU Boom?
Accessory dwelling units are gaining national momentum, but these regulatory and financial hurdles still need to be cleared.by: Adina Solomon September 09, 2021Accessory dwelling units are gaining national momentum, but these regulatory and financial hurdles still need to be cleared. -
A Green Infrastructure Vision for Harford County, Maryland
Community Planning Assistance Team ReportHarford County, Maryland, engaged the CPAT program to execute and organize a community visioning workshop that engaged regional leaders and community groups on green infrastructure and resiliency planning. This report focuses on identifying and prioritizing opportunities to use green infrastructure to enhance resilience in two subwatersheds. -
Aligning Development Codes with the Law
Zoning Practice — November 2014by: Mark White, AICP November 01, 2014This issue of Zoning Practice provides planners and zoning professionals with guidance about the legal issues to consider when drafting a development code. It includes tips about how to put the code together in a way that considers issues of statutory authority and constitutionality and describes how to write in a way that avoids “legalese.”List Price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
Decision Making in Sign Codes
Zoning Practice — March 2009by: Daniel Mandelker March 01, 2009This issue of Zoning Practice reviews the legal concept of prior restraint as it relates to discretionary sign permitting decisions and explains how sign codes can steer clear of problems associated with prior restraint.List Price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
Commercial Corridor Redevelopment Strategies
PAS Report 598by: Luis Nunez February 01, 2021All commercial corridors have the potential to be vibrant, compelling, and sustainable assets to communities. But planners can face multiple challenges to making this idea a reality, especially for declining auto-oriented, retail-focused strips. This PAS Report provides planners with a comprehensive suite of market-based strategies to improve their communities’ commercial corridors.Nonmember price$25.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00