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"Sustainable Community Development
Code Reform" Initiative
This initiative seeks to bring sustainability
to the
forefront
as a land use issue and understand how
local
governments
can support sustainable communities
through innovative
land use codes.
Initiative
Objectives:
- Identify key sustainability issues and find ways to address them in the land use regulatory process through new standards, incentives, and the elimination of barriers.
- Analyze how current approaches to zoning, such as performance and form-based systems, must evolve in order to promote sustainable communities.
- Explore the nexus
between sustainable land use planning and regulation, drawing
upon examples from progressive communities that have adopted
sustainable land use provisions.
- Develop and Implement a
sustainable zoning code framework.
- Educate end-users,
including local officials, developers, citizens, and
professionals in order to foster awareness of how communities
move towards sustainability.
- Act as a catalyst to
bring various disciplines together – from agriculture, health,
design, planning, etc. to form a coalition to support and
promote sustainable development codes.
Code Framework Beta Version 1.0
A portion of the beta version of
the code framework is now available. This work in progress will
see additions and amendments over time. Please revisit this site
for updates.
Sustainable Community Development
Code Beta Version 1.1 »
Power Point presentation:
Click Here to
view the PDF
September 2007
Symposium
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