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Minnesota GreenStep Cities Home I About I The 28 best practices I Become a GreenStep City I Model Ordinances I City log -in I Contact/Feedback II:Search. Stay Connected lnle) c/mndf-.1C rdinances.efm 1/31/2013 Buildings and Lighting From Policy to Reality: Updated Model Energy efficiency i Th. energy ordinance provides examples of how to Into development regulation and zoning, including selling lopment regulation incorporate energy efficiency ate energy Ordinances for incentives, setting energy efficiestandards for community participation in private sector ncy development, and using energy efficiency certification programs in development regulation. _ Sustainable Development First developed by ,x Landscaping and Maintenance of Vegetation The landscaping ordinance is modeled on a but distinguishes and other alternatives to turf grass, and defines the Minnesota e +�4-;i typical nuisance ordinance, native plantings edible landscaping as a substitute for lawns. The ordinance requires a plan, setbacks, and maintenance of native Environmental landscaping to address the nuisance concerns that typically accompany alternatives to turf. Quality Board in t=. ��F^ 2000, these model f" Solar Energy Standards The solar energy standards provide language to ensure that solar energy installations ordinances were are an allowed accessory land use within the zoning code. The standards provide examples for mitigating updated and several aesthetic and safety concerns associated with some solar energy installations, and suggest development new models were added by the Minnesota regulation incentives for encouraging solar energy development. Pollution Control Agency in 2008. Land Use • Model ordinances for 17 topics are presented Agriculture and Forest Protection District The Agriculture and Forest Protection District € here, organized under the 5 GreenStep as provides language to protect the economic value of agricultural and forestry resources as Step practice categories. Greenbest practice primary and preferred land use. The district is geared toward county and township areas, pages recommend specific model ordinances and although the language can be used for cities that want to permanently protect these economic `. ,.. reference this set. natural resources rather than simply maintaining an urban reserve. • Note: These are only models—good ideas for meeting sustainability goals. A city planner plays Model Community Conservation Subdivision District The conservation subdivision language applies the an important role, tailoring each model into a tool concepts of conservation design to a zoning district or misdimimi ordinance. The model discusses how appropriate for a city's unique circumstances. conservation design Is a broad category of development ranging from very urban to very rural. This model provides an example of how conservation design principles meet conservation goals in one type of community; • CR Planning (Minneapolis) was the primary an exertion or agricultural area that is under development pressure. consultant to the EOB and MPGA: please direct questions, comments and suggestions on these Downtown Mixed -Use District The DMU district provides basic language for creating a deliberately mixed use model ordinances to the GreenStep Cities and dense development pattern geared to urban downtown areas. Coordinator. Planned Unit Development Ordinance The PUD ordinance is modeled agora typical suburban PUD ordinance and identifies how to incorporate sustainable development concepts such as protection of natural OTHER RESOURCES FOR assets, energy efficiency and renewable energy, green buildings, state-of-the-art stormwater management and DRAFTING ORDINANCES selectively increasing density. SmartCode Highway Commercial District The Highway Commercial District demonstrates one example of preferred use A free, evolving model transect -based planning and standards and resign concepts for highway commercial development. zoning document based on environmental analysis. it addresses all scales of planning, from the region to Village Mixed Use District The Village Mixed Use district provides basic language for creating a deliberately the community to the block and building. The mixed use and higher density development pattern geared to very small towns, villages, hamlets, and townships template is intended for local calibration to your town that might not have centralized water or wastewater. or neighborhood. As a form -based code, the Sma-Code keeps settlements compact and rural Natural Resources Performance Standard. The Natural Resource Performance standards provide examples lands open, literally reforming the sprawling patterns of designing development around priority natural features, treating natural systems with the same attention as of separated -use zoning. transportation or other built infrastructure. The standards show how local governments can integrate development with specific types of natural features or natural systems that are local priorities. Neighborhood Development Floating Zone Produced in 2012 by the U.S. Green Building Council Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance The APF Ordinance provides language for ensuring that development and Pace Law School, this is a model ordinance at the edge of a city or urban area is appropriately staged, consistent with the city's infrastructure capacity and designed to foster green community development expansion plans. using, as its basis, the LEED for Neighborhood Development performance standards. Cities may use Transportation this flexible zoning technique to incorporate LEED- ND sustainability standards in a single zoning district Design Standards for Pedestrian -Oriented Districts and Corridors The pedestrian -oriented that has the standards as eligibility conditions andr� design standards identifies methods of incorporating pedestrianfriendlydesign into development Q�Q /1 district regulations, which can be affixed to regulations, and provides examples of pedestrian -friendly design. r R appropriate locations. LTJ .. Travel Demand Management Performance Standard The Travel Demand Management Sustainable Design and Green Building Toolkit ordinance provides language for requiring investment in and expansion of infrastructure supporting non -single - for Local Governments occupancy -vehicle travel options during the development process. The ordinance is geared to dense areas or In 2010 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency larger cities. developed this 84 -page resource useful to cities in identifying and removing barriers to sustainable Transit -Oriented Development The TOD ordinance provides language for ensuring that development near c/mndf-.1C rdinances.efm 1/31/2013