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Planning for Cars that Drive Themselves
November 01, 2018Planners can't answer all the questions arising around autonomous vehicles, but it’s important we ask and start thinking about them. APA’s PAS Report, Planning for Autonomous Mobility, drives that effort along. -
RainPay’s SRC-Generating Rain Garden Project at the Progressive National Baptist Convention Headquarters
2018This case study examines the design, development, and certification of a rain garden project in the District of Columbia. -
Undoing Solitary Urban Design: A Review of Risk Factors and Mental Health Outcomes Associated With Living in Social Isolation
Journal of Urban Design and Mental Health, 4: 2018by: Kevin Bennett, Tyler Gualtieri, Becky KazmierczykThis article describes the epidemic of social isolation in cities, comparing it to isolation in prison confinement settings. -
St. Mary's County, MD, Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance
Updated December 2016The county's zoning ordinance includes design objectives that encourage solar access, and it exempts solar collector equipment from screening requirements. -
USGBC LEED
2019This web page contains an overview of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification system. -
Modesto, CA, Neighborhood Compatibility Guidelines
2009This guide for property owners and developers presents illustrated design principles for residential infill development in established neighborhoods. -
Lovejoy, GA, Code of Ordinances
Updated October 2019The city’s code of ordinances contains design considerations for the use of green infrastructure and low-impact development (LID) tactics. -
San Diego County, CA, Low Impact Development Handbook Stormwater Management Strategies
July 2014This guide provides design considerations, best practices, and planning approaches to implementing low-impact development (LID) and stormwater management tactics. -
Institutionalizing Urban Agriculture: Process, Progress, and Innovation
PAS Memo — November/December 2014Urban agriculture has grown from a grassroots movement, consisting of local farmers and gardeners, to become a new institution in forward-thinking communities around the globe. As the movement continues, there are countless opportunities for planners to examine existing programs, consider the likely challenges, and discern optimal approaches for facilitating the goals of their own community. -
Supporting Performance-Based Planning and Programming through Scenario Planning
FHWA-HEP-16-068, April 2016by: Hannah Twaddell, Alanna McKeeman, AICP, Michael GrantThis guide is designed to help regional transportation planners design and conduct performance-based scenario planning efforts. -
Slopes and Low Impact Development: Designing and Siting LID Practices on Slopes
August 2015This fact sheet presents considerations for the design and planning of low-impact development (LID) on slopes. -
Glassboro, NJ, Municipal Code
Updated May 2019This municipal code provides standards for accessory solar energy systems and encourages solar design in the Traditional Neighborhood Development overlay district. -
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. -
Low Impact Development Center
2018This web page provides design and planning resources, technical assistance, research, and training for low-impact development (LID). -
Minneapolis Saint Paul Solar Cities Program, Solar Ready Building Design Guidelines for the Twin Cities, Minnesota
This document defines "solar ready" buildings and offers solar ready building guidelines and construction specifications tailored to the Twin Cities region specifically and the Midwest/Minnesota in general. -
Two Houses in One For a Home Within a Home
AARP Livable Communities, October 2016by: Melissa StantonThis article profiles an award-winning design for a multigenerational home, which includes an integrated accessory dwelling unit with a kitchenette. -
Washington Township, NJ, Municipal Code
The township's code offers solar orientation design standards and permits accessory solar energy systems in all districts. -
Low Impact Development Handbook for the State of Alabama
2007by: Katie Dylewski, Jessica Brown, Charlene LeBleu, AICPThis guide provides design recommendations for green infrastructure and low-impact development (LID) tactics for development and re-development projects. -
Pinal County, AZ, Development Services Code
Updated December 2021The county's development services code establishes residential solar energy devices as accessory uses, and subdivision design standards address solar orientation. -
Toronto, ON, Bird-Friendly Best Practices Glass
by: Alison Lapp, Bailey Bradshaw, Hannah del RosarioThis guide serves as a best practices manual for bird-friendly design standards for using glass in buildings. -
The Use of Scenarios in Land-Use Planning
Environment and Planning B, 30(6): 885-909, 2003by: Wei-Ning Xiang, Keith ClarkeThis article examines the concepts, functions, credentials, and efficacy of land-development scenarios. -
Austin, TX, Special Use Infill Options and Design Tools Available Through the Neighborhood Plan Combining District (NPCD)
2017This guide for property owners and developers discusses eight infill project options for designated neighborhood planning areas. -
Built for Health: Air Quality
January 2018This audio discusses indoor air quality’s impact on health and the materials and design features that affect air quality. -
Measuring Heat Islands
This web page shares a framework and information to help design an assessment of a community’s heat island effect. -
Mansfield, CT, Zoning Regulations
Updated March 2022The town's zoning regulations promote solar design and solar access protections; solar collectors may exceed maximum height requirements. -
Salem, OR, Code of Ordinances
Updated January 2020The city’s code of ordinances promotes the use of green stormwater infrastructure in development, road, and parking design. -
A Resource Guide to Designing Transfer of Development Rights Programs in Washington State
2009This guide provides information to municipalities in Washington to help them design and implement transfer of development rights programs. -
Wausau, WI, Municipal Code
Updated October 2019The city’s codified ordinances establishes a historic preservation commission tasked with reviewing applications for historic designation and design review. -
Streamlining the Municipal Development Review Process
January 2020This guide is designed to help municipalities in Ontario, Canada, design and implement improvements that streamline development review processes. -
Intersections: Health and the Built Environment
2013by: Kathleen McCormick, Rachel MacCleery, Sara HammerschmidtThis report discusses how to improve health through community design, active transportation, healthy buildings, healthy food, and environmental regulations. -
Edmonton, AB, Open Space Policy
C596, Adopted August 2017This standalone policy intends to supplement Edmonton’s open space planning, design, and management to create a multifunctional green network. -
Building in the Scenic Area: Scenic Resources Implementation Handbook
December 2005This guide provides guidance on how landowners and developers can protect scenic views through strategic site design approaches. -
The Wisdom of LEED’s Role in Green Building Mandates
Cornell Real Estate Review, 10(6): 22-37, 2012by: Marya CottenThis article examines how the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification system functions in green building mandates. -
Franklin, TN, Code of Ordinances
Updated March 2019The city’s zoning code mandates universal design standards for affordable, workforce, or moderately priced housing that receives financial assistance from the city. -
Philadelphia, PA, Code of Ordinances
Updated October 2021This regulation belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Design Review, Housing Supply Planning, Solar Energy, and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Virginia Beach, VA, Oceanfront Resort District Form-Based Code
This form-based code allows accessory solar panels to exceed setback and height requirements and includes design guidelines that address solar access. -
Designs for Green Infrastructure in Midwestern Communities
October 2018This online training reviews the function and design of several green infrastructure tactics and outlines strategies for their implementation. -
San Gabriel, CA, Municipal Code
Updated December 2017The city's building regulations provide installation standards for solar energy collectors, and the zoning regulations support passive solar design opportunities. -
Cottage Grove, MN, City Code
Updated February 2022by: City of Cottage Grove, MNThe city's code permits accessory solar energy systems in all districts, promotes solar access design, and incentivizes solar site planning. -
Golden, CO, Municipal Code
The city's subdivision regulations require lot layouts to address solar access; the zoning code allows small accessory solar energy systems by right in all districts subject to standards and requires special use approval for large accessory solar energy systems, and offers required sustainable design points for solar design and installation in multifamily and nonresidential development. -
Superior, CO, Municipal Code
The town's green building program offers up to 12 points for various active and passive solar design and energy system installations. -
Jasper County, GA, Code of Ordinances
Updated October 2012The county’s code of ordinances provides a density bonus for buildings with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. -
Doraville, GA, Code of Ordinances
Updated January 2019The city’s code of ordinances encourages new developments receive Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design- New Construction (LEED-NC) certification. -
Talking Trees: An Urban Forestry Toolkit for Local Governments
2006by: Ryan Bell, Jennie WheelerThis report provides fact sheets and policy guidance to help cities and counties design and implement urban forestry programs. -
Urban Agriculture in a Post-Industrial Landscape: A Case for Community-Generated Urban Design
48th ISOCARP Congress, 2012by: Md Mahbubur Meenar, Jeffrey Featherstone, Amy CahnThis article examines urban agriculture practices in Cleveland, Detroit, and Philadelphia, focusing on urban agriculture as both a community-generated urban form in post-industrial urban landscapes and as a planning process and policy problem or opportunity. -
Physical Activity: Built Environment Approaches Combining Transportation System Interventions With Land Use and Environmental Design
April 2017by: Community Preventative Services Task ForceThis briefing paper belongs to the Active Transportation and Built Environment and Health collections. -
Inclusive Healthy Places Action Guide for Planners
by: David Morley, AICP April 27, 2023This guide serves as an adaptation and extension of Gehl's Inclusive Healthy Places Framework, focusing on actions planners can take to advance inclusion and health equity in efforts to shape public space. Planners can use this action guide to operationalize the Inclusive Healthy Places Framework through research and analysis, engagement and collaboration, plan and policy making, program design a -
Form-Based Land Development Regulations
The Urban Lawyer, 28(1): 163-172, 2006by: Robert Sitkowski, AICP, Brian OhmThis article examines three primary legal issues that occur when local design-based land use regulations begin to be utilized. -
Mission Viejo, CA, General Plan
The Conservation and Open Space Element in the city's general plan includes policies that support passive and active solar design. -
Massachusetts Smart Parking Model Bylaw
2007This model bylaw provides a template to help municipalities in Massachusetts draft parking area design standards that use low-impact development (LID) tactics.