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This library is a quick reference list of Internet information with general resources for managing change. Please also check the Additional Information sections under each of the topic areas: Downtown Revitalization, Community Planning, Open Space Preservation, Riverfront Renewal, Historic Preservation, Regional Collaboration, Special Topics.
Blackstone Valley Institute Publications
These are publications produced by Institute staff and our partner organizations
to provide information on topics and issues relevant to the Blackstone
Valley.
Planning Resources & Links
These sites contain additional information related to the topics highlighted
on this site. Also included are links to Valley news sources and private
funding sources.
Blackstone Valley Communities
To find about more about the 24 communities that make up the JHC Blackstone
River Valley National Heritage Corridor, link directly to their local
government sites.
Model Ordinances, Bylaws, etc.
Examples from around the nation. One of the first steps to take in amending
your town’s zoning is to see how others have already succeeded.
General Zoning Law and Other Regulations
Explore nationwide databases covering zoning laws, ordinances and other
regulations. You can also check out on-line zoning, regulations, and codes
for communities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Online Master Plans
Several communities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island have published their
Master Plans on-line. These are full-text references that can be helpful
resources for those about to embark upon a comprehensive planning process.
Browse these documents to become familiar with the range of topics covered.
Some of these documents also include an explanation of the public process
involved in creating the plan.
Blackstone Valley Institute Publications
Design Review in
the Blackstone Valley
(
888KB / 31 pages )
Many communities in the Blackstone Valley are growing
at rapid rates and face the challenge of ensuring that new development
is compatible with the established character of their historic villages
and neighborhoods. Several types of regulations can play a role in shaping
the appearance of new structures, uses, and signs including implementation
of design review. This manual was developed for Valley communities in
both states and provides general information on how design review works,
and how to begin a local design review process. Download a copy today
and get the process going!
Community
Preservation SuperSummit Executive Summary
( 685KB / 6 pages
)
Presents an overview of the issues discussed at the 2001 summit, includes
an explanation of the buildout analysis, summaries of issue-specific workgroups,
and strategies for protecting community resources and balancing growth
and development.
Planning Resources & Links
RI
Statewide Planning Program
Charged with preparing and maintaining plans for physical, economic, and
social development of the state; encouraging their implementation; and
coordinating the actions of state, local and federal agencies and private
individuals within the framework of the state's development goals and
policies.
MA
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
Central MA Regional
Planning Commission
Assists local governments of the communities of Central and Southern Worcester
County in transportation, community development, and geographic information
systems.
RI
Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission
Operates the statewide historical preservation program, which identifies
and protects historic buildings, districts, and archaeological sites.
MA
Historical Commission
Established by the legislature in 1963 to identify, evaluate, and protect
important historical and archaeological assets of the Commonwealth.
MA
Geographic Information System (MASSGIS)
Geographic and environmental data for Massachusetts, includes comprehensive
database of geographically referenced information.
RI
Geographic Information System (RIGIS)
Monitors and coordinates activities related to the use of geographic information
system technology in Rhode Island, supports initiatives to implement or
use this technology, and provide access to a comprehensive database of
geographically referenced information.
Grow
Smart Rhode Island
With an emphasis on policy and community outreach, this organization promotes
business and residential growth that advances open land conservation and
the preservation of rural character.
Lincoln
Land Institute
A Cambridge, MA based non-profit dedicated to teaching and research relating
to land policy. This site includes on-line education courses, as well
as full text copies of the Institute’s newsletter.
Urban
Land Institute
A think tank and professional development organization for real estate
development and land-use policy making.
Planners
Web
A comprehensive resource for professional planners, including an on-line
“Sprawl Guide” that features a broad collection of growth
management techniques.
American Planning Association:
MA
Chapter of the American Planning Association
RI Chapter of the
American Planning Association
Local News:
Woonsocket
Call
Providence
Journal
Milford
Daily News
Pawtucket
Times
Foundations & Grants:
Associated
Grantmakers
Rhode
Island Foundation
Dunn
Foundation
Orton Family
Foundation
Greater Worcester Community Foundation
Other Sites:
Sprawl
Busters:
“Home Town America Fights Back” A site dedicated to halting
the proliferation of mega-stores and large scale developments. Located
in Greenfield, MA, contains national inventory of successful projects.
New Rules:
A public policy resource for local government officials and citizens,
focused on community preservation, environmental protection, and effective
government.
Model Ordinances, Bylaws, etc.
RI
DEM South Country Watershed - Model Ordinances:
( 716KB / 118
pages )
This 118-page report include model regulations written by land use Attorneys
Mark Bobrowski and Andy Teitz covering:
• pacing and phasing of development,
• subdivision phasing,
• development review,
• fee schedules, flexible design,
• conservation subdivision,
• planned unit development,
• assisted living facilities, and
• public access permits.
MA
Southeast Regional Planning and Economic Development District - Library
of Model Bylaws:
A collection of 28 model regulations, including - Rate of development
(generic), Phased development (Rochester), Cluster By Right (Mattapoisett)
MA
Citizen Planner Training Collaborative - Bylaw Library:
A large collection of model bylaws from Massachusetts. Among these are:
• Historic preservation incentives (Lexington)
• Flexible Development (Hingham)
• Phased Growth (Amherst)
• Corridor Overlay District (Brewster)
• Scenic Roads
EPA
Model Ordinances to Protect Local Resources:
Examples from throughout the nation focused on water resource protection,
including open space development and transfer of development rights.
Cape
Cod Commission: Model Bylaws:
Several models that target the preservation of the Cape's community character
and natural resources. Background analysis and explanation of model components
introduces each bylaw. Including:
• Development rate limitation
• Village style development
• Open space residential Development
RI
DEM: Transfer of Development Rights (TDR):
( 699KB / 58 pages )
Everything you ever needed to know about TDRs! This 58-page report details
how TDR's work, where they have been successful, how to develop a TDR
ordinance, and examples from Acton, MA, the Cape Cod Commission, the NJ
Pinelands, and Bounder County, CO.
General Zoning Law & Other Regulations
City of Seattle Public Library Index to Ordinances, Nation-wide
Municode:
National database of on-line ordinances, minutes, etc.
CompBase:
Database of on-line ordinances with Rhode Island focus, with some
Massachusetts, New Jersey, and California references.
MA
General Laws:
A searchable, full text resource.
Code
of MA Regulations:
A searchable listing of all CMRs, with some full text entries
RI
General Laws:
A searchable, full text resource
Massachusetts On-Line Zoning, Subdivision Regulations, and Codes:
Millis
( 318KB / 126
pages )
Longmeadow
( 246KB / 83
pages )
Rhode Island On-Line Zoning, Subdivision Regulations, and Codes:
An
Inventory of Local Zoning Ordinances and Land Development Regulations,
April 2001, RI Statewide Planning Program:
( 156KB / 48 pages )
A survey report of all RI zoning ordinances, with comparative charts illustrating
which communities have enacted a variety of land use strategies, including
Planned Residential/Cluster and Natural Resource Protection Provisions.
On-Line Master Plans
Several communities in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and elsewhere have published their Master Plans on-line – these are full text references, that can be helpful resources for those about the embark upon a comprehensive planning process. Often contained within the introductions to these documents is an explanation of the public process involved in creating the plan, and by browsing through the plan itself, one can become familiar with the range of topics addressed in these long range visions.
Hopkinton
Lexington
Weymouth
( 28KB / 7 pages
)
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[ top, right photograph by R.Christopher Noonan, Preservation Services, Inc.]
