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Oregon Metro, OR, Metro Code
Updated June 2019This functional plan for the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area is embedded in the code for their regional government, Oregon Metro, which also serves as their MPO. -
Street Connectivity Zoning and Subdivision Model Ordinance
March 2009This model ordinance begins with a cogent argument for street connectivity, with specific references to bicycle and pedestrian travel, before offering a model subdivision code. -
Design Standards for Pedestrian-Oriented Districts and Corridors
2008This model code offers design standards for pedestrian-oriented districts. -
Bend, OR, Development Code
Updated June 2019This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation and Marijuana-Related Uses collections. -
Clayton, MO, Code of Ordinances
Updated December 2018This regulation belong to the Active Transportation and Wind Energy collections. -
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY, Land Development Code
Updated July 2018This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Form-Based Zoning, Outdoor Lighting, and Short-Term Residential Rentals collections. -
Denver, CO, Short-Term Rental Regulations & Licensing
2019This web page establishes an online portal for the city’s management of short-term residential rental licensing. -
Newmarket, NH, Code of Ordinances
Updated February 2019This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation and Capital Improvements Programming collections. -
High Point, NC, Code of Ordinances
Updated May 2019This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation and Tiny Houses and Micro-Apartments collections. -
Colorado Springs, CO, Short Term Rentals
2019This web page addresses the regulation of short-term residential rentals within the city. -
Evanston, IL, Vacation Rental License
2019This web page provides information on the city’s short-term residential rental regulations. -
Grand Junction, CO, Short-Term Rentals
2019This web page offers information on the city’s regulation of short-term residential rentals based on its 2018 ordinance. -
Kansas City, MO, Short Term Rentals
2019This web page establishes the city’s process to license and regulate short-term residential rentals. -
Fairfax County, VA, Short-Term Lodging in Fairfax County
2019This web page provides information on the county’s regulation of short-term lodging. -
Fitchburg, WI, Code of Ordinances
Updated February 2019The city’s land use code encourages retrofitting subdivisions for street connectivity through its “Smartcode District” regulations. -
Coachella, CA, Code of Ordinances
Updated March 2019The city’s zoning code requires that planned unit development project designs include a street network plan that demonstrates both overall street connectivity and pedestrian connectivity -
Sherwood, OR, Code Of Ordinances
Updated June 2019The city’s code of ordinances requires that a broad range of developments include on-site circulation plans, and that they are built in a way that connect to both the immediate network node and proximate activity centers. -
Franklin, TN, Zoning Ordinance
Updated July 2018This city’s zoning code treats alternative modes of travel on the same level as motor vehicles, and requires connectivity of all development. -
Ontario, OR, Planning and Zoning Development Standards
Updated December 2018The city’s planning and zoning development standards include a requirement for an on-site circulation plan that provides for both pedestrians and cyclists -
Woodland, WA, Code of Ordinances
Updated May 2019This city's subdivision code offers incremental bonuses to developers for increasing street and pedestrian connectivity for Planned Unit Residential Developments. -
Milwaukie, OR, Municipal Code
Updated May 2019The city’s zoning code requires that all new development—with the exception of mixed-use development in the CBD and at transit centers, where it will be provided by the city—include bicycle parking according to broad use-specific standards. -
Banning, CA, Code of Ordinances
Updated April 2019This city’s zoning code includes an on-site circulation requirement that discourages pedestrian and automobile conflict zones. -
Novi, MI, Zoning Ordinance
January 2015The city’s zoning ordinance, in order to encourage the use of bicycles as transportation, sets its bicycle parking standards as analogous to off-street parking. -
Ann Arbor, MI, Unified Development Code
July 2018This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation and Marijuana-Related Uses collections. -
Cutler Bay, FL, Code of Ordinances
Updated March 2019The town’s land development code includes bicycle storage requirements in their larger Green Standards code, which follows the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system. -
Rockville, MD, City Code
Updated May 2019The city’s zoning ordinance sets its long-term bicycle parking requirement within the automobile parking standards, both by use and as a ratio to short term bicycle parking standards. -
Key West, FL, Code of Ordinances
Updated April 2019The city’s land development regulations offer density bonuses to developers who provide bicycle storage areas and showers to their employees -
Matteson, IL, Code of Ordinances
Updated June 2018The village’s land use code requires at the time of improvement that subdivisions with lots larger than 20,000 square feet ensure continuity between existing sidewalks to permit safe walking near schools, shopping and other community facilities -
Berkeley County, SC, Code of Ordinances
Updated May 2019The county’s code of ordinances requires sidewalks in new residential and commercial developments on at least one side of local streets and on both sides of major thoroughfares and collectors. -
Berkeley Heights, NJ, Municipal Code
Updated March 2019The township’s land use ordinance requires that every lot shall have pedestrian walkway access to a public sidewalk that prioritizes the safety, control, efficient movement, convenience, and encouragement of pedestrian traffic. -
Bellevue, WI, Municipal Code
Updated January 2019The village’s municipal code requires sidewalk installation in new subdivisions and in accordance with the Pedestrian, Bicycle and Safe Routes to School Plan to serve pedestrian traffic areas. -
Monroe County, IL, Code of Ordinances
Updated December 2017The county’s subdivision code requires sidewalks, built to codified standards, depending on density of dwelling units. -
Lloyd, NY, Town Code
Updated January 2019The town’s zoning code includes the Walkway-Gateway (W-G) District, which orients itself to a pedestrian crossing over the Hudson River. -
Hellertown, PA, Code of Ordinances
Updated January 2019The borough’s zoning code includes an overlay district to complement the off-street trail that intersects with the town. -
North Myrtle Beach, SC, Code of Ordinances
Updated April 2019The city’s subdivision code integrates its sidewalk standards into a complete streets regulation. -
Michigan City, IN, Code of Ordinances
Updated September 2018This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation and Transit-Oriented Development collections. -
Tarpon Springs, FL, Code of Ordinances
Updated April 2019The city’s zoning and land development code establishes a district near its off-street trail that regulates uses, and sets additional dimensional and circulation standards. -
Spalding County, GA, Code of Ordinances
Updated June 2019This county’s zoning code designates an overlay district that encourages pedestrian use through a combination of active transportation facilities, use regulations, and development standards -
Cicero, IL, Code of Ordinances
Updated May 2019The town’s zoning ordinance establishes a corridor within which are established both a pedestrian-oriented district and automobile-oriented district. -
Designing for the Safety of Pedestrians, Cyclists, and Motorists in Urban Environments
Journal of the American Planning Association, 77(1): 69-88, 2010by: Eric Dumbaugh, AICP, Wenhao LiThis article evaluates crash data in order to recommend urban traffic safety improvements. -
How Can Psychological Theory Help Cities Increase Walking and Bicycling?
Journal of the American Planning Association, 80(1): 36-51, 2014by: Jennifer Dill, Cynthia None, Liang MaThis article examines the importance of education and outreach in promoting active transportation. -
Nashville, TN, Short Term Rental Property Permit Information
2019This web page provides information on short-term residential rental permitting and operations. -
Montgomery County, MD, Short-Term Residential Rentals
2019This web page provides information about regulations and licensing requirements for short-term residential rentals, based on the county’s 2017 ordinance. -
Safeguarding Our Communities: Local Regulation of Medical Marijuana Cultivation
2016by: James Mosher, Michael SparksThis guide discusses the case for establishing local regulations for medical marijuana cultivation in California and recommends a specific regulatory approach. -
PVPC, MA, Model Adult Use Marijuana Establishments Bylaw/Ordinance
June 2018This model ordinance provides a template to help municipalities in western Massachusetts draft regulations for recreational marijuana uses. -
PVPC, MA, Model Medical Marijuana Facility/Registered Marijuana Dispensary Bylaw
December 2013This model bylaw provides a template to help municipalities in western Massachusetts draft regulations for medical marijuana uses. -
Minority Cannabis Business Association: Ten Model Municipal Social Equity Ordinances
July 2019These model ordinances provide templates to help cities and counties draft regulations for marijuana-related uses and activities that promote social equity. -
Model Ordinance Regulating Local Cannabis Retail Sales and Marketing in California
December 2017This model ordinance provides a template to help cities and counties in California draft regulations for recreational-marijuana-related uses. -
TCRPC, PA, Model Medical Marijuana Ordinance
January 2017This model ordinance provides a template to help municipalities in Pennsylvania draft regulations for medical-marijuana-related uses. -
HIAs and Other Resources to Advance Health-Informed Decisions
Updated 2019This clearinghouse offers examples of health impact assessments, guides, briefs, and visualizations to help stakeholders make health-informed policy decisions.