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Growth
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of Best
Practices

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with a Quality
Growth Project

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Access Control Measures
Accessory Housing Units
Adaptive Use
Adequate Public Facilities Standards
Agricultural Buffers
Agricultural Land Use Regulations
Agricultural Marketing
Agricultural Use Notice and Waiver
Agricultural Zoning
Alternative Street and Pedestrian System Standards
Alternative Wastewater Technologies
Alternatives to Conventional Zoning (DCA Model Code)
Analyzing Existing Industry in the Local Economy
Bicycle Facility Specifications
Big Box Redevelopment
Brownfield Identification and Assessment
Brownfield Redevelopment Financing
Brownfield Remediation
Business Incubator
Capital Availability for Business Formation
Capital Improvement Programs
Choosing Businesses to Recruit and Support
Cluster Development
Cluster Septic Systems
Community Benefits Agreement (CBA)
Community Housing Partnership
Community Improvement District (CID)
Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code Consistency
Conservation Easements
Conservation Subdivisions
Coordinated Development Review Process
Corridor Mapping
Corridor Study
Cottage Zoning
Creating More On-Street Parking
Creative Design for Higher Density
Density Incentives Around Transit Stations
Design and Plat Requirements for Subdivisions and Land-Developments
Design Charrette
Design Guidelines
Design Review
Development Agreements
Development Performance Standards
Development Regulations for Highway Interchange Areas
Downtown Planning
Education/Marketing Campaign for Quality Growth
Environmental Impact Review
Environmental Planning
Environmental Protection
Environmental Resource Inventory
Evaluating Business Formation in Your Community
Examining Regional, State, and National Industry Performance
Existing Industry Program (EIP)
Federal Programs Supporting Economic Development
Fix It First Policy
Flexible Parking Standards
Flexible Street Design Standards
Flexible Subdivision Regulations
Form-Based Codes
Gathering Community Opinions on Economic Development
Georgia Programs Supporting Economic Development
Grants for Financing Infrastructure Improvements
Green Buildings
Greyfield Redevelopment
Heat Island Mitigation
Heritage Preservation Programs
Hillside & Ridgeline Protection
Historic Preservation Standards
Home Business Regulations
Home Loan Assistance
Housing for the Disadvantaged
Housing for the Elderly
Identifying Workforce Training Resources
Impact Fees
Improving Street Connectivity
Incentive Zoning
Inclusionary Zoning
Increasing Use of On-Street Parking
Infill Development Program
Intergovernmental Service Agreements
Interim Development Regulations
Labor Market Information (LMI) Analysis
Land Assembly for Redevelopment
Land Trust
Land Use Guidance (Point) System
Land Use Intensity Districts
Land Value Taxation
Landscaping and Buffer Requirements
Local Parking Study
Low Impact Development (LID)
Mandatory Conservation Subdivision Ordinance
Manufactured Home Compatibility Standards
Manufactured Home Park Regulations
Matching Labor Needs and Training Resources
Matching Labor Needs with Workforce Availability
Maximum Block Length, Width and/or Perimeter
Maximum Impervious Surface Coverage
Maximum Setback Requirement
Minimum Building Frontage
Minimum Density Zoning
Mixed-Income Housing
Mixed-Use Zoning
Narrower Streets
Overlay Districts
Park Creation and Financing
Parking Bank
Parking Management
Paths for Joggers, Bicyclists and/or Pedestrians
Performance Standards Regulating Off-Site Impacts
Permit Requirments for Major Land-Developments
Pervious Paving
Planned Unit Developments
Public Nuisance Ordinances
Purchase of Development Rights
Raising Internal Capture
Redesigning Off-Street Parking Facilities
Reference to Major State Land Use Permits and Environmental Laws (DCA Model Code 2-4)
Rehabilitation Codes
Residential Infill Development Requirements
Reuse of Vacant Structures for Schools
Right-of-Way Improvements
Riparian Buffers
Rural Clustering
Rural/Suburban Arterial Corridor Overlays
Safe Routes to School
Scenic Byway Designation
Scenic Corridor Overlay Districts
Schools Located in Traditional Neighborhoods
Septic Area Development Regulations
Septic System Installation Requirements
Septic System Monitoring
Shared Parking
Smart Growth Audit
Standards for Animal Feeding Operations
Strategic Location of Public Facilities
Streamlined Development Permitting
Subdivision & Land-Development Standards
Subdivision Exactions
Surveying the Local Workforce
Targeted Corridor Redevelopment
Tax Allocation District (TAD)
TOD Small Area Plans
Tracking Business Needs
Traditional Neighborhood Development - Comprehensive TND Ordinance
Traditional Neighborhood Development - Floating Districts
Traditional Neighborhood Development - Site Specific Requirements
Traffic Calming
Traffic Impact Studies
Transfer of Development Rights (TDR)
Transportation Demand Management (TDM)
Transportation Enhancement Program
Tree Protection
Urban Growth Boundaries
Urban Service Areas
Urban/Downtown (Re)development
Utility Relocation
Very Large Lot Zoning
Visualization Techniques
Workforce Housing