APPENDIX III - MODEL ORDINANCES AND TECHNICAL PAPERS

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SUMMARY OF MODEL ORDINANCES LISTED BELOW

FOR LAND USE AND HOUSING

• Model Ordinance for a Town Center District, Montgomery County, PA - 42 pages
• Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND) District, Columbus, OH - 32 pages
• Langhorne Station Area (TOD) Transit Overlay Development District, Langhorne Manor Borough, Bucks County -18 pages
• Community Choices: Quality Growth Toolkit - Transit Oriented Development, Atlanta Regional Commission -34 pages
• Live-Work Ordinance, Model Smart Land Development Regulations, Interim PAS Report, American Planning Association, March 2006 - 4 pages

SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT MODELS

• Planned Unit Development (PUD) Ordinance, Berkeley County, WV - 4 pages
• Residential Cluster Development Ordinance, Model Smart Land Development Regulations, Interim PAS Report, American Planning Association, March 2006 - 12 pages

OPEN SPACE CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT MODELS

• Growing Greener: Conservation by Design (Zoning Ordinance), Natural Lands Trust - 21 pages
• Growing Greener: Conservation by Design (Subdivision Ordinance), Natural Lands Trust - 33 pages
• Neighborhood Greenway Development, South Annville Twp., Lebanon County, PA -25 pages
• Open Space Development Model Ordinance, Stormwater Managers Resource Center - 6 pages

AFFORDABLE HOUSING

• Affordable Housing Density Bonus Ordinance, Model Smart Land Development Regulations, Interim PAS Report, American Planning Association, March 2006 - 12 pages

OTHER LAND USE/HOUSING

• Transfer of Development Rights Ordinance, Model Smart Land Development Regulations, Interim PAS Report, American Planning Association, March 2006 -11 pages
• Model Ordinance for Manufactured Housing Communities, Manufactured Housing Commission, MI, 2006 - 28 pages

RECREATION

• Mandatory Dedication of Recreation Land, Conewago Twp., Dauphin County, PA -8 pages
  
• Mandatory Dedication of Recreation Land, New Hanover Twp., Montgomery County, PA - 7 pages

NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION - GENERAL

• Municipal Management of On-lot Subsurface Sewage Disposal Facilities, Lebanon County, PA -11 pages
• Environmental Advisory Council Ordinance, Exeter Twp., Berks County, PA -2 pages

NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION - AGRIGULTURE

• Model Agricultural Zoning District Ordinance, Berks County, PA - 14 pages

NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION - WATER RESOURCES/STORMWATER

• Buffer Protection and Management, Baltimore County, MD - 12 pages
• Riparian Habitat Areas Ordinance, City of Napa, CA - 2 pages
• Wellhead Protection Overlay District, South Middleton Twp., Cumberland County, PA -56 pages
• Reservoir Protection Overlay Zone, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - 5 pages
• Groundwater Protection Overlay District, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - 6 pages
• Watershed Management and Protection Overlay, York County, VA -4 pages
• Carbonate Area District Ordinance, West Whiteland Twp., Chester County, PA -5 pages
• Pennsylvania Model Forestry Regulations, Penn State Cooperative Extension -6 pages

HISTORIC RESOURCE PROTECTION

• A Model Historic District Ordinance for Local Governments in Pennsylvania, PHMC Bureau for Historic Preservation - 25 pages
• Certified Local Government Historic District Ordinance, Pottstown Borough, Montgomery County, PA - 11 pages and Appendix - 5 pages
• Model Ordinance for the Protection of Natural, Cultural and Historic Resources in Major Subdivisions, Hunterdon County, NJ Environmental Toolbox, 2005 - 58 pages

ENERGY CONSERVATION - SITING ENERGY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

• Model Ordinance for Wind Energy Facilities in Pennsylvania, PA Department of Environmental Protection, March 2006 - 10 pages

ENERGY CONSERVATION - WIND ENERGY

• Wind Energy: Model Ordinance Options, New York State Energy Research & Development Authority - 12 pages
• Small Wind Energy System Ordinance, Focus on Energy and a Wisconsin Coalition of Municipal and Energy Partners, 2006 - 5 pages

ENERGY CONSERVATION - VEHICLE FLEET OPERATIONS

• Green Fleet Policy Ordinance, Cities for Climate Protection -5 pages

TECHNICAL GUIDANCE

• Community Choices: Quality Growth Toolkit - Transit Oriented Development, Atlanta Regional Commission - 54 pages
• Model Affordable Housing Plan guidelines, Housing Task Force of the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus of Illinois, April 2004 - 16 pages
• Zoning Guidelines for Permitting Domestic Livestock Uses, Penn State University Small-scale Livestock Work Group, Revised Fall 2004 - 8 pages
• Natural Resources Guidance Checklist for Reviewing a Natural Environmental Areas Overlay District Ordinance, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - 5 pages
• Pottstown Historic Districts Maintenance and Renovation Guidelines, Part 1, Pottstown Borough, Montgomery County - 10 pages
• Pottstown Historic Districts Maintenance and Renovation Guidelines, Part 2, Pottstown Borough, Montgomery County - 7 pages