Reduce flooding damage and costs through the National Flood Insurance Programs and the NFIP’s Community Rating System.
Reduce flooding damage and costs through the National Flood Insurance Programs and the NFIP’s Community Rating System.
Ordinances
Conserve/protect drinking/groundwater resources by creating a water-wise landscaping ordinance/guidance, WaterSense purchasing p
Conserve/protect drinking/groundwater resources by creating a water-wise landscaping ordinance/guidance, WaterSense purchasing program, or guidance on rainwater harvesting and home water softener use.
Promote financing and incentive programs, such as PACE, for clean energy:
Promote financing and incentive programs, such as PACE, for clean energy:
Adopt wind energy and/or biomass ordinances that allow, enable, or encourage appropriate renewable energy installations.
Adopt wind energy and/or biomass ordinances that allow, enable, or encourage appropriate renewable energy installations.
Adopt infrastructure design standards that protect the economic and ecologic functions of the highway corridor through clustering of development, native plantings and incorporating access management standards.
Adopt infrastructure design standards that protect the economic and ecologic functions of the highway corridor through clustering of development, native plantings and incorporating access management standards.
Adopt a shoreland ordinance for all river and lake shoreland areas.
Adopt a shoreland ordinance for all river and lake shoreland areas.
Adopt zoning language or approve a skinny street/development project that follows green street and/or walkable streets principle
Adopt zoning language or approve a skinny street/development project that follows green street and/or walkable streets principles.
Conserve natural, cultural, historic resources by adopting or amending city codes and ordinances to support sustainable sites, including roadsides, and environmentally protective land use development.
Conserve natural, cultural, historic resources by adopting or amending city codes and ordinances to support sustainable sites, including roadsides, and environmentally protective land use development.
Adopt a sustainable building policy for private buildings; include the SB 2030 energy standard; adopt language governing new dev
Adopt a sustainable building policy for private buildings; include the SB 2030 energy standard; adopt language governing new development projects that:
Achieve higher intensity commercial/industrial land uses through at least one of the following strategies:
Achieve higher intensity commercial/industrial land uses through at least one of the following strategies: