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Eureka Springs, AR, Ordinance 2114: Regulating Outdoor Lighting
Adopted February 2, 2010The city’s outdoor lighting ordinance was adopted to help reduce energy use, minimize glare and overlighting, and reduce light pollution. -
Highland, MI, Code of Ordinances
Updated October 14, 2015The township’s zoning ordinance includes a section on outdoor lighting. -
Homer Glen, IL, Ordinance No. 15-018: Amending "Outdoor Lighting in the Village of Homer Glen"
April 8, 2015The village's dark-sky ordinance has been praised by the International Dark-Sky Association and additional dark-sky advocacy organizations. -
Holly Springs, NC, Unified Development Ordinance
2018The town’s unified development ordinance includes a section on outdoor lighting. -
LED Street Lighting: A Handbook for Small Communities
2012by: Anne Kimber, Jonathan Roberts, Joel LoganThis guide is designed to help small rural communities considering a LED streetlight retrofit. -
Guidelines for Good Exterior Lighting Plans
2009This guide is designed to help communities identify opportunities to control light pollution and preserve the night sky. -
Hunterdon County, NJ, Model Municipal Outdoor Lighting Ordinance
Hunterdon County Environmental Toolbox, 2002This model ordinance with commentary seeks to prevent the negative impacts of glare, light trespass, and skyglow. -
Cambridge, MA, Outdoor Lighting Ordinance Task Force
2016The city's outdoor lighting task force developed a draft ordinance, permit process recommendations, and a good neighbor brochure. -
Neighborhood Planning Theory, Guidelines, and Research: Can Area, Population, and Boundary Guide Conceptual Framing?
Journal of Planning Literature, 30(1): 18-36, 2015by: Yun Mi Park, AICP, George RogersThis article examines the importance of but also the difficulty in defining neighborhood planning areas. -
Madison, WI, Emerson East–Eken Park–Yahara Neighborhood Plan
Adopted January 2016This subarea plan details a comprehensive strategy to guide development and public investments in three adjacent neighborhoods. -
Hopewell, NJ, Code of Ordinances
Updated December 31, 2017The township’s zoning ordinance includes a section on outdoor lighting. -
Robins, IA, Municipal Code
2017The city’s outdoor lighting code is located in the Building and Property Regulations section of the municipal code. -
Ridgefield, WA, Code of Ordinances
Updated May 24, 2018The city addresses outdoor lighting in its development code. -
Sarasota, FL, Code of Ordinances
Updated September 10, 2018The city addresses outdoor lighting in the miscellaneous standards division of its zoning code. -
Nashua, NH, City Code
Updated November 28, 2017The city addresses outdoor lighting in its zoning code. -
Seaside, CA, Municipal Code
Updated July 5, 2018The city addresses outdoor lighting in its zoning ordinance. -
Kentwood, MI, Code of Ordinances
Updated May 1, 2018The city’s zoning code addresses outdoor lighting in this dark-sky ordinance. -
James City County, VA, Code of Ordinances
Updated July 10, 2018The county’s zoning code addresses outdoor lighting. -
Ketchum, ID, Municipal Code
Updated July 16, 2018by: City of Ketchum, IDThis regulation belongs to the Outdoor Lighting and Solar Energy collections. -
Lincoln, NE, Design Standards
Adopted in 2008, updated in 2018The city’s design standards addressing outdoor lighting were adopted in 2008 and amended in 2018. -
Mammoth Lakes, CA, Municipal Code
Updated November 1, 2017This regulation belongs to the Outdoor Lighting and Solar Energy collections. -
Mankato, MN, Code of Ordinances
Updated January 30, 2018The city addresses outdoor lighting in its zoning code within the section on performance standards. -
Missoula, MT, Municipal Code
Updated April 18, 2018The city addresses outdoor lighting in the Health and Safety title of its municipal code. -
Neighborhood Planning as Collaborative Democratic Design
Journal of the American Planning Association, 73(4): 373-387, 2007by: Carmen SirianniThis article discusses how local governments can function as civic enablers and capacity builders in neighborhood planning processes. -
Nature’s Neighborhood: Urban Environmental History & Neighborhood Planning
Journal of the American Planning Association, 68(4): 356-370, 2002by: Wendy KelloggThis article examines how an awareness of historical environmental conditions can inform neighborhood planning efforts. -
From Local to Global: One Hundred Years of Neighborhood Planning
Journal of the American Planning Association, 75(2): 209-230, 2009by: William RoheThis article traces the history of neighborhood planning in the United States to learn from past experiences and identify its contributions. -
West Brandywine Township, PA, Municipal Code Outdoor Lighting
Updated February 1, 2018The township addresses outdoor lighting in the development design standards article of its subdivision and land development ordinance. -
Westtown Township, PA, Code of Ordinances
Updated September 5, 2017The township addresses outdoor lighting in its zoning code. -
Ypsilanti Township, MI, Code of Ordinances
Updated August 17, 2018The township addresses outdoor lighting in its zoning code through an ordinance based on dark-sky principles. -
Stafford County, VA, Code of Ordinances
Updated July 10, 2018The county addresses outdoor lighting standards in its zoning code. -
Urbana, IL, Zoning Ordinance
Updated August 1, 2018The city addresses outdoor lighting in its zoning ordinance. -
Taylor, MI, Code of Ordinances
Updated June 16, 2015The city addresses outdoor lighting in its zoning code in a 2009 ordinance based on dark-sky principles. -
Citizen Representation in Neighborhood Planning
Journal of the American Planning Association, 50(2): 183-193, 1984by: John HutchesonThis article explores how formalizing participation in neighborhood planning processes has led to a less-balanced representation of community interests. -
Neighborhood Planning in Historical Perspective
Journal of the American Planning Association, 51(2): 161-174, 1985by: Christopher Silver, FAICPThis article examines the historical roots of neighborhood planning to reveal how contemporary neighborhood planning means different things to different people. -
Santa Barbara, CA, Land Development Regulations
Updated September 2018The county's Land Use and Development Code includes a section on solar energy systems. -
Santa Cruz County, CA, County Code
Updated May 2018The county code protects environmentally sensitive areas and provides standards and exemptions for solar energy systems. -
Santa Clarita, CA, Municipal Code
Updated June 2018The city's zoning code establishes solar energy systems as a Class I approval in accordance with state requirements and allows solar carports in all districts with administrative permit approval. -
Sedona, AZ, Land Development Code
Updated October 2017The city's land development code provides flexibility in yard and screening requirements for solar energy systems; planned development proposals must address solar access. -
Shakopee, MN, 2030 Comprehensive Plan
Adopted August 2009This plan discusses solar access issues and sets a goal of promoting solar energy use. -
How Planners Can Liberate the Next Amazon
Planetizen, July 20, 2017by: Olivia Gonzalez, Matthew GrayThis blog post advocates for a performance-based approach to regulating home occupations through zoning. -
Home-Based Businesses in Chicago: What You Need to Know
October 2017This fact sheet is designed to help residents establish home-based businesses in compliance with Chicago’s home occupation regulations. -
Small and Home-Based Businesses: Measures of Success and the Contribution of Local Development Services
Journal of Extension, 50(1): 1FEA10, February 2012by: Lara Brooks, Brian Whitacre, David Shideler, Glenn Muske, Mike WoodsThis article examines the utilization of individual state extension programs by home-based businesses in Oklahoma. -
Texas Regulation of Food Service Establishments, Retail Food Stores, Mobile Food Units, and Roadside Food Vendors Statutes
Health and Safety Code §437, Amended September 2017These statutes preempt certain local regulations for home-based commercial food production and sales. -
California Cottage Food Operations Statute
Government Code §51035, Amended 2013These statutes preempt certain local regulations for home-based commercial food production. -
Santa Fe County, NM, Sustainable Growth Management Plan
Adopted 2015This comprehensive plan belongs to the Home Occupations and Solar Energy collections. -
Blue Springs, MO, Home-Based Business Guide
September 2017This guide is intended to help residents establish home-based businesses in compliance with the city of Blue Springs home occupations regulations. -
Maricopa County, AZ, Department Directive: DD-2017-07
DD-2017-07, Adopted September 2017This standalone policy clarifies the minimum threshold at which a home occupation requires a discretionary use permit. -
Montgomery County, PA, Residential Office District: Creating a Transition to Residential Neighborhoods
2009This model ordinance provides a template to help cities create land use designations which serve as transitional buffers between more commercial and more residential zoning districts.