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Group Homes, Local Land Use, and the Fair Housing Act
1995, updated 2015This page provides an overview of the federal Fair Housing Act's protections for persons with disabilities and families with children. -
Worthington, OH, Vision Worthington
December 2020This report talks about the City of Worthington's visioning process and how planners and community leaders used, both buisness stakeholders and collaborative community input to create their community visioning plan. -
Santa Rosa, CA, Santa Rosa Vision Statement
August 2021This standalone policy emphasizes the communities voice of community, diversity, equitability, and sustainability as a city with the city empowering their base. -
Cleveland Heights, OH, Master Plan
March 2017This comprehensive plan highlights and promotes its community vision in Chapter 2 as well as the standalone report focusing on community needs and feedback. -
Pittsburgh, PA, East Hills Neighborhood Visioning Plan
February 2021This subarea plans main focus is on the community and its needs in the East Hills Neighborhood with a number of visioning projects to finish the plan such as workshops, surveys, and community meetings. -
Understanding Smart Growth Savings: Evaluating the Savings and Benefits of Compact Development
March 2024by: Todd LitmanThis report defines smart growth and presents evidence of 13 types of savings and benefits associated with compact development. -
Overland Park, KS, Design Guidelines and Standards
2009The city has adopted design guidelines and standards that address mixed use, site design, and architectural design. -
Laying the Groundwork: Community Visioning
2016This guide is aimed at helping and aiding community land protection to cultivate community connection to their land, motivate communities to engage in their community land protection process, and empower communities to strengthen their land governance. -
Community Visioning in a Nutshell
June 2023This webpage outlines why community visioning is beneficial to communities and why cities benefit from involving their citizens. -
New York, NY, Jersey Street Community Visioning Report
July 2023This report details both a case study and a how to on redevelopment of a site as well as the process planners took in integrating public participation into the visioning process. -
West Hartford, CT, UCONN West Hartford Campus Community Visioning Statement and Report
April 2018This report details the towns visioning process with the University of Connecticut for the purchase and redevelopment of a 58 acre parcel in West Hartford. -
Where is our Community Going?: Community Visioning and Strategic Planning for Small Communities
2006This fact sheet is directly targeted towards those of smaller communities looking at developing and implementing a community visioning process. -
Newton, MA, Washington Street Vision Plan
December 2019This standalone policy both creates a vision and implements the visioning process into the comprehensive plan as well as into the cities current and future work. -
Beaverton, OR, Beaverton Community Vision
2022This standalone policy is published by the city to help push and guide the city plan and city functions. -
Jonesport, ME, Comprehensive Plan
2023This functional plan features in Chapter A, the community visioning and executive summary where the town included the normal topics of economic development and transportation systems but included something different from years past, that of recreation. -
Suwanee, GA, Suwanee's 20/20 Vision
2020This standalone policy is the guiding vision leading city officials and the projects that are considered or implemented. -
Nashville, TN, Imagine East Bank Vision Plan
October 2022This subarea plan focuses on an area outside of downtown Nashville that the city is trying to revitalize and develop for the future. -
Telluride, CO, Community Vision 2023
January 2023This functional plan primarily focuses on community visioning and 4 main points of the plan which are vision statement, core values, principle elements, and action items. -
Monticello, MN, Monticello 2040
February 2020This comprehensive plan includes both the community visioning report, as well as the cities visioning plan on a page which showcases both the geographical projects but also their value and visioning statements. -
Ashland, MA, Town Code
2018The town’s zoning code includes a mapped transit-oriented development (TOD) district for a commuter rail station area. -
Pittsburgh, PA, Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar Neighborhood Visioning Plan
February 2022This subarea plan for the Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar community is an agreement from both the city and residents to their collective agreed upon projects and vision for the city. -
Coburg, OR, Community Visioning Statement
July 2017This standalone policy details the 20-year vision statement that the city of Coburg produced that will guide their future and comprehensive plan updates. -
American Fork, UT, Code of Ordinances
2018The city’s zoning code includes a mapped, form-based transit-oriented development (TOD) district for a commuter rail station area. -
Aurora, CO, City Center Station Area Plan
Adopted 2015This plan details a vision and strategy to guide public investments and development around a light rail station. -
Dallas, TX, Buckner Station Area Plan
Adopted 2013This plan details a vision and strategy to guide public investments and development around a light rail station. -
Prince George’s County, MD, Prince George’s Plaza Transit District Development Plan
Adopted 2016This plan details a vision and strategy to guide public investments and development around a heavy rail station. -
Phoenix, AZ, Eastlake-Garfield TOD Policy Plan
Adopted 2015This plan details a vision and strategy to guide public investments and development around two light rail stations. -
Austin, TX, Martin Luther King Boulevard Station Area Plan
Adopted 2008This plan details a vision and strategy to guide public investments and development around a light rail station. -
San Mateo, CA, Rail Corridor Transit-Oriented Development Plan
Adopted 2005This plan includes a vision and strategy to guide public investments and development along a commuter rail corridor. -
Denver, CO, I-25 and Broadway Station Area Plan
Adopted 2016This plan details a vision and strategy to guide public investments and development around a light rail station. -
St. Paul, MN, Hamline Station Area Plan
Adopted 2011This plan details a vision and strategy to guide public investments and development around a light rail station. -
San Francisco, CA, Balboa Park Station Area Plan
Adopted 2009This plan includes extensive policy recommendations to guide development around a heavy rail station. -
St. Paul, MN, Strategic Stormwater Solutions for Transit-Oriented Development
2013This plan presents a series of recommendations to guide policy, design, and public investments related to stormwater infrastructure along a new light-rail line. -
Model Transit-Oriented Development District
From Policy to Reality: Updated Model Ordinances for Sustainable Development, 2008by: Suzanne Rhees, AICPThis model code provides a template to help cities and counties in Minnesota adopt a special zoning district to support transit-oriented development (TOD). -
Transit-Oriented Development Overlay District Model Bylaw
Smart Growth/Smart Energy Toolkit, 2008This model bylaw provides a template to help municipalities in Massachusetts adopt a zoning overlay to support transit-oriented development (TOD). -
Sacramento, CA, Regional Transit Guide to Transit-Oriented Development: A Transit Action Plan
2009This plan provides a regional framework to guide transit investments and land-use planning in the Sacramento region to support transit-oriented development (TOD). -
Model Regulations: Mixed-Use Transit-Oriented Development Districts
Sustainable Land Use Code Project, 2014by: Clarion AssociatesThis model code provides a template to help cities in metropolitan Hartford, CT, adopt special zoning districts to support transit-oriented development (TOD). -
Model Transit-Oriented Development Overlay District
2001by: Community Design + Architecture, Inc.This model code provides a template to help cities in metropolitan Phoenix adopt a zoning overlay to support transit-oriented development (TOD). -
Cost of a Ride: The Effects of Densities on Fixed-Guideway Transit Ridership and Costs
Journal of the American Planning Association, 77(3): 267-290, 2011by: Erick Guerra, Robert CerveroThis article presents guidelines for the level of density necessary to support various transit service characteristics. -
Does TOD Need the T?
Journal of the American Planning Association, 79(1): 17-31, 2013by: Daniel ChatmanThis article makes the case that transit-oriented development principles can be effective for decreasing automobile dependence outside of rail transit station areas. -
Transit-Oriented Development in San Diego County
Journal of the American Planning Association, 65(1): 80-95, 1999by: Marlon Boarnet, Nicholas CompinThis article examines progress toward implementing transit-oriented development in light rail station areas in San Diego County, California. -
Metro, OR, Transit-Oriented Development Strategic Plan
2011This plan provides a regional framework for transit-oriented development (TOD) program investments in metropolitan Portland, Oregon. -
Reasons for Living in a Transit-Oriented Development, and Associated Transit Use
Journal of the American Planning Association, 72(3): 357-366, 2006by: Hollie LundThis article analyzes whether the reasons residents choose to live in a transit-oriented development effect transit use. -
If You Build Rail Transit in Suburbs, Will Development Come?
Journal of the American Planning Association, 82(4): 316-326, 2016by: Hongwei DongThis article evaluates the effects of new rail transit service in suburban areas on residential development. -
Hawaii Strategic Plan for Transit-Oriented Development
2017This statewide plan presents a framework for state investments in transit-oriented development (TOD). -
Reforming Parking Policies to Support Smart Growth: Parking Best Practices & Strategies for Supporting Transit Oriented Development in the San Francisco Bay Area
2007This guide presents a four-step method to help communities in the San Francisco Bay Area plan and implement parking policies and programs that support transit-oriented development (TOD). -
Performance-Based Transit-Oriented Development Typology Guidebook
2010by: Mason Austin, AICP, Dana Belzer, Albert BenedictThis guide presents a typology of different types of station areas and discusses metrics that communities can use to help identify what type of station area they have or want to foster. -
Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority, FL, Transit Oriented Development Resource Guide
2012This guide provides information to help communities plan for and implement transit-oriented development (TOD) in the Tampa Bay region of Florida. -
Mixed-Income Housing TOD Action Guide
2009by: Mason Austin, AICP, Allison Brooks, Winston DongThis guide presents a series of recommendations to help local governments and community stakeholders support mixed-income transit-oriented development (TOD). -
Station Area Planning for High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail
2011This guide presents a series of recommendations to help communities develop station-area plans to support high-speed and intercity rail service.