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Hoboken, NJ, Municipal Code
Updated December 2020These regulations belong to the Food Trucks and Solar Energy collections. -
Huntsville, AL, Code of Ordinances
Updated September 2020These regulations belong to the Food Trucks and Solar Energy collections. -
Crested Butte, CO, Municipal Code
Updated April 2019This regulation belongs to the Food Trucks and Solar Energy collections. -
East Stroudsburg, PA, Municipal Code
Updated August 2019This regulation belongs to the Solar Energy and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Marion County, OR, County Code
Updated August 2020The county's zoning code regulates three categories of agritourism uses and addresses accessory solar energy systems and solar PV power generating facilities. -
Richmond, CA, General Plan 2030
Adopted April 2012This comprehensive plan belongs to the Built Environment and Health, Solar Energy, and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Marin County, CA, Countywide Plan
Adopted 2007, amended through 2013The countywide plan includes policies that promote food systems and solar energy. -
Dunwoody, GA, Code of Ordinances
Updated November 2021This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Solar Energy, and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Guilford County, NC, Development Ordinance
Updated June 2015This regulation belongs to the Agritourism and Solar Energy collections. -
Loudoun County, VA, Zoning Ordinance
2018The county's zoning ordinance allows agritourism uses and permits solar panels as accessory uses in residential districts. -
Butte County, CA, Zoning Ordinance
Updated July 2021This regulation belongs to the Agritourism, Farmland Protection, and Solar Energy collections. -
Greenville, MI, Code of Ordinances
Updated July 2021This regulation belongs to the Solar Energy and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Hillsborough County, FL, Comprehensive Plan
Adopted August 2008The Future Land Use Element in the county's comprehensive plan establishes a future land use category for renewable energy production. -
St. Petersburg, FL, Code of Ordinances
Updated November 2021This regulation belongs to the Food Trucks, Transfer of Development Rights, Urban Agriculture, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Ypsilanti, MI, Code of Ordinances
Updated August 2020This regulation belongs to the Marijuana-Related Uses and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Leon County, FL, Code of Ordinances
Updated September 2021This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Louisville, CO, Code of Ordinances
2017The city’s zoning code permits multiple medical- and recreational-marijuana-related uses either by right or with a discretionary use permit, subject to use-specific standards. -
Springfield, MO, Code of Ordinances
Updated October 2021This regulation belongs to the Tiny Houses and Micro-Apartments and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Naperville, IL, Code of Ordinances
2017The city's zoning ordinance addresses accessory solar energy systems; the animal control ordinance addresses fowl and livestock as well as beekeeping. -
Will County, IL, Code of Ordinances
2017The county's zoning code addresses solar energy systems and animal keeping in residential districts. -
Land Preservation Under the Transfer of Development Rights Program
Journal of the American Planning Association, 87(2): 228-238, 2021by: Li FangThis article examines the effectiveness of transfer of development rights (TDR) programs. -
Estimates of Transaction Costs in Transfer of Development Rights Programs
Journal of the American Planning Association, 84(1): 61-75, 2018by: Sina Shahab, Peter Clinch, Eoin O'NeillThis article examines the transaction costs associated with transfer of development rights (TDR) programs in an attempt to understand the impact of these costs on landowners' participation in farmland preservation programs. -
Targeting Spending for Land Conservation: An Evaluation of Maryland's Rural Legacy Program
Journal of the American Planning Association, 78(1): 34-52, 2012by: Rebecca Lewis, Gerrit KnaapThis article examines the performance of the Rural Legacy Areas program in Maryland, a targeted preservation effort to address urban sprawl in rural areas. -
Tompkins County, NY, Agriculture and Farmland Protection Plan
Updated June 2015This functional plan contains actions aimed at supporting the agricultural sector within the jurisdiction. -
Berkeley County, WV, A Quick Guide to Conservation Easements
2021This guide provides an overview of conservation easements as tools to help protect farmland. -
Pennsylvania Agricultural Resources Evaluation Handbook
March 2016This guide presents actions that can help transportation planners and other decision-makers identify resources throughout the several phases of transportation projects to avoid or minimize the impacts on agricultural resources. -
Waukesha County, WI, A Comprehensive Development Plan for Waukesha County
Updated July 2011This county's comprehensive plan contains an appendix with the county's farmland preservation plan. -
Indiana Model Agricultural Zoning Ordinances
November 2014by: Indiana Land Resources CouncilThis compendium of model ordinances sought to offer guidance to counties wanting to establish or update their zoning ordinances to include strategies to minimize conflicts between agricultural activities and non-agricultural uses. -
Wisconsin Guide for Developing County Farmland Preservation Plans
February 2011This guide contains information to help counties develop farmland protection plans that address the continued loss of important agricultural land to urban development pressures. -
Policy Options for Strengthening Farmland Mitigation in Massachusetts and other New England States: Identifying Policy Barriers and Opportunities Around Land Access and Farm Transfer
2016by: Ben Kurtzman, Jesse Robertson-DuBoisThis briefing paper explores current farmland mitigation policies in Massachusetts, which are in place to help preserve productive farmland, and recommends changes that have the potential to strengthen the existing policies. -
Greener Fields: Combating Climate Change by Keeping Land in Farming in New York
May 2017by: Sanaz Arjomand, David HaightThis briefing paper addresses how preserving and promoting the good management of farmland help New York state's goal to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 80 percent by 2050. -
Farms Under Threat: The State of the States
May 2020by: Julia Freedgood, Mitch Hunter, Jennifer DempseyThis report offers a detailed view of the nation's agricultural landscape and the challenges that threaten farms and rances at the state level. -
Approaches to Balancing Solar Expansion and Farmland Preservation: A Comparison across Selected States
EB 2018-04, May 2018by: Travis Grout, Jennifer IfftThis briefing paper addresses the growing need to manage and balance conflicts of interest between farmland protection and solar energy expansion. -
The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water Resources, and Biodiversity in the United States
May 2008by: Peter Backlund, Anthony Janetos, David SchimelThis report offers insight into the impact of climate change on available resources, including agriculture, land and water resources, and biodiversity. -
Are Preserved Farms Actively Engaged in Agriculture and Conservation?
Land Use Policy, 45: 103-116, May 2015by: Paul Gottlieb, Brian Schilling, Kevin SullivanThis article sought to answer whether farmlands enrolled in protection programs are engaged in agricultural activities or conservation projects. -
San Joaquin County, CA, Code of Ordinances
Adopted May 2021The county’s development regulations address farmland protection. -
Peach Bottom, PA, Zoning Ordinance
Updated January 2019The township’s zoning ordinance addresses farmland protection. -
Pittsgrove, NJ, Municipal Code
Updated August 2018The township’s land use and development code addresses farmland protection through agricultural buffer requirements. -
Porter, MI, Compiled Ordinances
Updated August 2016The township’s zoning code addresses farmland protection by establishing an Agricultural/Farmland Preservation district with the intent of preserving land within the district for agricultural use for the foreseeable future. -
Saugatuck, MI, Code of Ordinances
Updated April 2020The township’s zoning code addresses farmland protection through the application of sliding-scale zoning. -
Boone County, IL, Code of Ordinances
Updated September 2021The county addresses farmland protection in its code of ordinances through establishing an agricultural conservation easement and farmland protection program as well as agricultural district protections in its zoning code. -
Person County, NC, Farmland Preservation Plan
Adopted June 2016This functional plan focuses on developing homegrown agribusinesses and agritourism enterprises to build a foundation for the local economy. -
Calhoun County, MI, Farmland Preservation Program Ordinance
Adopted February 2003The county addresses farmland protection through a farmland preservation program ordinance. -
Flower Mound, TX, Code of Ordinances
Updated July 2021The town’s zoning code addresses farmland protection in the code’s Smart Growth Program. -
Brecknock, PA, Municipal Code
Updated May 2017The township’s zoning code addresses farmland protection. -
Cass County, MN, Land Use Ordinance
Updated April 2017The county’s land use ordinance addresses farmland protection through agricultural easements. -
Washington County, WI, A Farmland Preservation Plan for Washington County
Adopted December 2013This functional plan addresses farmland preservation for Washington County, WI. -
Fremont County, ID, Development Code
Updated 2011The county’s development code addresses farmland protection through the protection of agricultural operations through agricultural waivers. -
Albany County, NY, Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan
Adopted February 2019This functional plan addresses farmland protection within the county. -
Sonoma County, CA, General Plan 2020
Updated August 2016The county’s general plan addresses farmland protection in the agricultural resources element.