QSHC Examples
Connecticut
Griswold
Subdivision Regulations, 3/06 (conservation subdivision, optional)
Zoning Regulations, 8/05
Pomfret
Zoning Regulations, 7/05 (first adopted zoning in 2003, includes Village Districts – mixed use)
Mansfield
Subdivision Regulations, 5/06
Zoning Regulations, 8/06
Thompson
Subdivision Regulations, 2003
Zoning Regulations, 2003
Woodstock
Subdivision Regulations, 8/05 (conservation subdivisions required)
Zoning Regulations, 8/05
Massachusetts
Sturbridge
Subdivision Regulations, 2002
Zoning Regulations, 2005
Helpful Links
Connecticut & Massachusetts
Center for Land Use Education and Research, UCONN
http://clear.uconn.edu
Center for Rural Massachusetts, UMASS
http://www.umass.edu/ruralmass
Citizen Planners Training Collaborative
http://www.umass.edu/masscptc
General Laws of Massachusetts, Chapter 40A - Zoning
http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/gl-40a-toc.htm
General Laws of Massachusetts, Chapter 41 – Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts, Section 81K-81GG – Subdivision Control
http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/gl-41-toc.htm
General Statutes of Connecticut, Chapter 124 - Zoning
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2005/pub/Chap124.htm
General Statutes of Connecticut, Chapter 126 – Municipal Planning Commissions, Section 8-25 – Subdivision of Land http://www.cga.ct.gov/2005/pub/Chap126.htm#Sec8-25.htm
Livable Communities Toolkit, Capital Region Council of Governments, CT
http://www.crcog.org/publications.htm#TCSP
Open Space Residential Design in Massachusetts
Smart Growth Toolkit, MA
http://www.mass.gov/envir/smart_growth_toolkit/index.html
Around the Country
LandChoices – see Conservation Design Subdivisions
http://www.landchoices.com
Planning Commissioner’s Journal Planners Web
www.plannersweb.com
Tool Boxes
Northeast Gaining Ground Database, Land Use Law Center, Pace University http://landuse.law.pace.edu
Center for Rural Development - www.cas.nercrd.psu.edu/toolbox
Orton Family Foundation - www.smartgrowthtools.org
References
Abeles Phillips Preiss & Shapiro, Inc. and The Metropolitan Economic Growth Council. (2002). Livable Communities Toolkit: A Best Practices Manual forMetropolitan Regions. Prepared for the Capitol Region Council of Governments, Hartford, CT.
Borough of Stonington Zoning Regulations, 2000. Available at: http://www.borough.stonington.ct.us/zoningregs2.htm
City of Farmers Branch. http://www.farmersbranch.info/Planning/codes7FAQs.html
Daniels, T.L., Keller, J.W. & Lapping, M.B. (1995). The Small Town Planning Handbook, Second Edition. Planners Press, American Planning Association.
Langdon, P. (2006). The Not-So-Secret Code. Planning, Vol. 72, No. 1.
Mohamed, R. (2006). The Economics of Conservation Subdivisions: Price Premiums, Improvement Costs & Absorptions Rates. Urban Affairs Review. Vol.41, No.3.
Metropolitan Conservation Alliance. (2002). Conservation Overlay Districts: A Model Local Law. Technical Paper Series, No. 3. Bronx, N.Y.
Pruetz, R. (1997). Saved by Development: Preserving Environmental Areas, Farmland and Historic Landmarks with Transfer of
Development Rights. Arje Press, Burbank, CA.
The Farmington Wild and Scenic River, Overlay Protection Districts. www.farmingtonriver.org/overlay.htm
Tondro, T.J. (1992). Connecticut Land Use Regulation, Second Edition. The Atlantic Law Book Company, Wethersfield, CT.
Town of Brunswick Zoning Ordinance, updated 2006. Available at: http://www.brunswickme.org/planning/ruralsmartgrowth/ruralsmartgrowth.htm
Town of Chaplin Zoning Regulations, 2003.
Town of Columbia Zoning Regulations, 2003.
Town of Coventry Zoning Regulations, 2000.
Town of Killingly Zoning Regulations, 2006.
Weitz, J. (2005). Form-Based Codes: A Supportive but Critical Perspective. Practicing Planner, Vol. 3, No. 3.
Zoning Ordinance of The City of Saratoga Springs N.Y., 2005. Available at: http://www.saratoga-springs.org/sszoartII.pdf |
