AWARE Colorado Model Ordinance List (PDF)

Buffers

• Buffer Model Ordinance
• Buffer Zoning Ordinance (PDF)
• Model Ordinances to Protect Local Resources: Aquatic Buffers
• Model Stream Buffer Protection Ordinance
• Protecting Stream and River Corridors: Creating Effective Local Riparian Buffer Ordinances

Cluster Development (Conservation Subdivision)

• Conservation Subdivision Toolkit
• From Policy to Reality: Model Ordinances for Sustainable Development
• Model Conservation Subdivision/Open Space Development Ordinance
• Open Space Development Model Ordinance

Designated Growth Areas

• Watershed-Based Zoning Fact Sheet

Multiple Strategies

• Low-Impact Development Strategy for Green Cove Basin:  A Case Study in Regulatory Protection of Aquatic Habitat in Urbanizing Watersheds
• Model Ordinances for Aquatic Resource Protection
• Model Ordinances to Protect Local Resources (U.S.EPA)
• Model Ordinances to Protect Local Resources: Source Water Protection (U.S.EPA)
• Consensus Agreement on Model Development Principles to Protect Our Streams, Lakes, and Wetlands
• Stormwater-Related Amendments to the Zoning Code
• Stratham, New Hampshire, Aquifer Protection District
• Water Quality Model Code and Guidebook

Transfer of Development Rights

• Transfer of Development Rights Ordinance

Tree Ordinances

• Guidelines for Developing and Evaluating Tree Ordinances
• Model Tree Protection Ordinance
• The Framework of Community Tree Ordinances
• Tree Ordinance Development Guidebook
• Tree Preservation Ordinances