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    • Lacey, WA, Comprehensive Plan

      Adopted August 2016
      The city’s comprehensive plan incorporates Growth Management Act requirements to protect natural resource, critical areas, habitat conservation areas, and shorelines.
      Lacey, WA

    • Blacksburg, VA, Comprehensive Plan

      Updated 2016
      The town’s comprehensive plan includes guidelines for conservation, protection, and preservation of various environmentally sensitive areas.
      Blacksburg, VA

    • Cocoa Beach, FL, 2025 Comprehensive Plan

      Adopted August 2015
      The city’s comprehensive plan includes a conservation element to protect natural ecosystems and resources.
      Cocoa Beach, FL

    • Spokane County, WA Code of Ordinances

      2017
      The county’s environmental code aims to protect critical areas and incorporates mitigation requirements in accordance with state regulation and the county’s comprehensive plan
      Spokane County, WA

    • Portland, ME, Portland’s Plan 2030

      Adopted June 2017
      The city’s comprehensive plan contains state and local goals to protect natural resources.
      Portland city, ME

    • Dane, WI, Dane County Comprehensive Plan

      Updated 2016
      The county’s comprehensive plan includes a discussion on preservation and restoration of natural resources.
      Dane County, WI

    • Sartell, MN, Zoning Ordinance

      2010
      The city’s zoning code aims to protect environmentally sensitive areas and to incentivize landowners to protect sensitive areas.
      Sartell, MN

    • Mendon, NY, Town Code

      2014
      The town’s zoning code includes environmental protection overlay districts to regulate open space, protect natural resources, and to enhance resident safety.
      Mendon town, NY

    • Morro Bay, CA, Code of Ordinances

      2016
      The city’s zoning code protects environmental features through environmentally sensitive habitat overlay zones.
      Morro Bay, CA

    • Sandy, UT, Land Development Code

      2017
      The city’s land development code contains standards, guidelines, and criteria for a sensitive area overlay zone.
      Sandy, UT

    • Penfield, NY, Zoning Ordinance

      2014
      The town’s zoning code uses environmental protection overlay districts to protect sensitive environmental areas.
      Penfield town, NY

    • Scio, MI, Zoning Ordinance

      2016
      The town’s zoning code aims to balance land use and protection of natural resources.
      Scio township, MI

    • Monterey County, CA, Code of Ordinances

      2017
      The county’s zoning code includes development standards for environmentally sensitive habitats.
      Monterey County, CA

    • Mendocino County, CA, Code of Ordinances

      2017
      The county’s zoning code includes provisions to protect environmentally sensitive habitats in coastal zones.
      Mendocino County, CA

    • Clark County, WA, County Code

      2017
      The county’s unified development code protects environmental features though habitat conservation regulation, wetland protection measures, and a shoreline master program.
      Clark County, WA

    • Cowlitz County, WA, County Code

      2017
      The county’s environmental protection code aims to protect critical areas while maintaining private property rights and balancing economic development.
      Cowlitz County, WA

    • Hood River County, OR, Zoning Ordinance

      2017
      The county’s zoning code includes multiple districts to protect and restore environmentally sensitive areas.
      Hood River County, OR

    • Draper, UT, Municipal Code

      2017
      The city’s land use and development code aims to reduce the impact of flooding, erosion, and natural hazards by applying a hillside sensitive lands overlay zone.
      Draper, UT

    • Clifton Park, NY, Town Code

      2016
      The town’s zoning code includes a Land Conservation District that protects wetlands, streams, and floodplains.
      Clifton Park town, NY

    • Grafton, WI, Municipal Code

      2017
      The village’s zoning code requires all new development to satisfy natural resource protection standards.
      Grafton, WI

    • Half Moon Bay, CA, Municipal Code

      2017
      The city’s zoning code identifies resource areas and sensitive habitats along the coast.
      Half Moon Bay, CA

    • Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA, Municipal Code

      2017
      The city’s zoning code includes an overlay district to protect environmentally sensitive habitat areas.
      Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA

    • Carpinteria, CA, Code of Ordinances

      2017
      The city’s zoning code protects environmentally sensitive habitat areas through an overlay district that changes requirements for developments in sensitive areas.
      Carpinteria, CA

    • Rowlett, TX, Code of Ordinances

      Updated March 2018
      The city's subdivision and land development code prohibits homeowners associations from prohibiting or unreasonably restricting the use of solar or wind energy systems through CC&Rs.
      Rowlett, TX

    • Environmentally Sensitive Area Planning in Ontario, Canada

      Journal of the American Planning Association, 47(3): 313-323, 2007
      by: Paul Eagles
      This  article discusses policy implementation for environmentally sensitive area regulation in Ontario.

    • Design Review Reviewed Administrative versus Discretionary Methods

      Journal of the American Planning Association, 65(1): 424-433, 2007
      by: Jack Nasar, Peg None
      This article compared the outcomes of discretionary design review to administrative appearance controls.

    • San Bruno, CA, Municipal Code

      Updated April 2018
      The city's zoning code permits solar energy systems that comply with regulations, and includes a solar access provision in its public nuisance ordinance.
      San Bruno, CA

    • Royal Oak, MI, Municipal Code

      Updated March 2018
      The city's zoning code permits accessory solar energy systems in all districts subject to standards, and allows commercial solar energy systems as a special land use in the general industrial district.
      Royal Oak, MI

    • Guide to Solar Energy Permits

      Updated May 2012
      This guide provides an overview of city permit requirements for residential solar hot water and PV systems.
      Sacramento, CA

    • Sahuarita, AZ, Town Code

      Updated April 2018
      The town code includes some solar site protections and requires mitigation of solar equipment's visual impacts.
      Sahuarita, AZ

    • Salida, CO, Municipal Code

      Updated March 2018
      The city's land use code encourages solar orientation and solar access protections in single-family subdivisions.
      Salida, CO

    • Salisbury, MA, Town Bylaws

      Updated October 2017
      The town's zoning bylaw promotes the creation of large-scale solar PV installations by providing standards for their installation.
      Salisbury town, MA

    • San Carlos, CA, Municipal Code

      Updated January 2018
      The city's subdivision regulations address solar design requirements, and the zoning code offers a bonus FAR incentive for solar panels and other green building measures in mixed use districts.
      San Carlos, CA

    • Ventura, CA, 2005 General Plan

      Adopted August 2005
      The Natural Resources and Planning and Design chapters of this general plan include policies and action items that address solar.
      San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA

    • San Luis Obispo, CA, General Plan

      Updated May 2015
      The Conservation and Open Space chapter of the city's general plan promotes solar energy use through several goals, policies, and requirements.
      San Luis Obispo, CA

    • San Gabriel, CA, Municipal Code

      Updated December 2017
      The city's building regulations provide installation standards for solar energy collectors, and the zoning regulations support passive solar design opportunities.
      San Gabriel, CA

    • San Miguel County, CO, Land Use Code

      Updated May 2016
      The county's land use code includes design standards and requirements for solar energy in several districts.
      San Miguel County, CO

    • Santa Barbara, CA, Climate Action Plan

      Adopted September 2012
      The city's climate action plan calls for solar energy system installations and adoption of a solar access ordinance and solar design guidelines.
      Santa Barbara, CA

    • Sammamish, WA, Comprehensive Plan

      Adopted October 2015
      The city's comprehensive plan includes policy recommendations that support solar energy use.
      Sammamish, WA

    • Turning Around Downtown: Twelve Steps to Revitalization

      March 2005
      by: Christopher Leinberger
      This report summarizes noteworthy downtown revitalization efforts from communities across the country.

    • Downtowns: 10 Strategies to Ensure Their Resilience and Vitality

      Public Management, April 2015
      by: Michael Burayidi
      This brief article offers pointed advice on factors that have successfully leveraged downtown vibrancy.

    • Ten Steps to a Living Downtown

      October 1999
      by: Jennifer Moulton
      This guide provides 10 recommendations for downtown revitalization efforts.

    • How Small Towns and Cities Can Use Local Assets to Rebuild Their Economies

      May 2015
      This report uses case studies from seven small to mid-sized cities to illustrate revitalization tactics.

    • Bringing Downtown Back: Ways to Boost Infill Development in the San Joaquin Valley

      2014
      This report addresses the key barriers to and recommended solutions for downtown revitalization efforts in the San Joaquin Valley region of California.

    • Downtown Redevelopment Strategies in the United States: An End-of-the-Century Assessment

      Journal of the American Planning Association, 61(4): 429–437, 1995
      by: Kent Robertson
      This article describes and evaluates seven commonly used planning strategies for downtown redevelopment.

    • The Successful Few: Healthy Downtowns of Small Metropolitan Regions

      Journal of the American Planning Association, 70(3): 328–343, 2004
      by: Trudi Bunting, Pierre Filion, Heidi Hoernig
      This article discusses the factors that contribute to successful downtowns in small metropolitan areas.

    • Rural Downtown Development: Guiding Principles for Small Cities

      Rural Research Report, Spring 2006
      by: Kent Robertson
      This article offers five core principles of downtown development in small, rural cities.

    • Supporting Entrepreneurship Downtown

      Downtown Economics, May 2009
      by: Greg Wise, Todd Barman
      This short article offers recommendations to help communities support small business development downtown.

    • Cool Economic Development Tools

      Main Street Now, November/December 2010
      by: Kennedy Smith
      This article highlights promising economic development strategies for Main Street programs.

    • Ten Realistic Retail Themes for a Vibrant Downtown

      Downtown Idea Exchange, June 15, 2008
      by: Bill Ryan
      This article describes 10 types of retail establishments that thrive in downtown locations.
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