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Local/Municipal Tools
Sutton's
Open Space Residential 
( 26KB / 12 pages )
Sutton’s bylaw provides for clustering via flexible lots sizes and
other dimensions, requires 40% protected open space, and allows consideration
of a 15% density bonus.
Cumberland
Residential Cluster Overlay
( 8.2KB / 2 pages )
Cumberland’s regulation allows Agricultural Cluster Development
(50 acres minimum) and Residential Cluster Development (20 acres minimum)
by right, requiring a special use permit by the Planning and Zoning Boards
only in cases where a density bonus is sought in an A-1 zone. Both overlays
require 50% of the overall land be preserved for agricultural us or as
open space.
Cluster
By Right Ordinance (Mattapoisett)
Applicable to 8+ acres tracts, this incentive-based bylaw allows up to
a 25% density bonus for the provision of acres of open space in excess
of the 40% requirement, or for inclusion of affordable units. In addition,
a project may be granted another 10% increase in density by special permit
if circumstances address exceptional resources, critical public need,
or maximum public benefits.
Weston
Flexible Development Bylaw
Via a Special Permit issued by the Planning Board, any project in the
Single Family Residence zone may be exempt from all dimensional requirements
listed in Weston’s zoning ordinance in favor of rules set within
the Flexible Development bylaw. The bylaw has been successfully implemented
in several instances, advancing the preservation-related purposes contained
in its mission statement.
State Tools
RI
DEM South County Watershed - Model Ordinances
( 716KB / 118 pages )
Written by land use Attorneys Mark Bobrowski and Andy Teitz, this compilation
published by the Department of Environmental Management includes flexible
design and conservation subdivision ordinances.
RI
DEM South County Design Manual
Not just for Rhode Island! This award-winning publication illustrates
how methods to control suburban sprawl (“smart growth, sustainable
design,” etc.) can be implemented in local towns, and depicts projected
results.
Open
Space/Conservation Subdivision "How To" Manual
Completed in July 2000 by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council,
this widely-distributed booklet documents the use of conservation design
in Massachusetts, and reviews selected community’s bylaws.
Transfer
of Development Rights (TDR)
( 699KB / 58 pages )
Everything you ever needed to know about TDRs! This 58-page report published
by the RI Department of Environmental Management 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.
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 an Open
Space Residential Development.
National Tools
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.
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free in order to read and print the
PDF files on this page.
[ top, right photograph by R.Christopher Noonan,
Preservation Services, Inc.]
