Climate Ordinance and Best Practices Database

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This serves as the submission form for any municipal, county, or state government ordinances or best practice documents for climate ordinances to be included in the American Planning Association Sustainable Communities Division (APA SCD) and Great Plains Institute (GPI) Climate Ordinance Database (at https://scripts.betterenergy.org/Ordinance/OrdinanceTable.html).

With questions or for more information, reach out to the APA SCD team (communications@apascd.com). We value your insights and input in gathering these examples and keeping the database up to date!

Ordinance Name (i.e., City of Boulder, CO Energy Ordinance) *

Type *

Model Ordinance (e.g., prepared to help communities adopt ordinance best practices)

Example Ordinance (e.g., adopted by a local government)

Author (if community, name the locale)

Weblink *

Local Jurisdiction or State

Date Adopted or Developed

YYYY

Community Type

City

County

State

Other:

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If City or County, what is the community's population?

Sector Addressed through Ordinance (up to 3)

Buildings

Climate / General

Energy

Land Use

Renewable Energy

Transportation

Waste

Other:

Topic (choose up to 5) *

Building Energy Use or Efficiency Benchmarking

Building Code

Building Energy Standards (not in the building code)

City Operations

Climate

Cool or Green Roofs

Development Review

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicle Charging Equipment

Energy Efficiency

Floodplain Management

Geothermal Energy Systems

GHG Emissions

Green Building Standards

Green Space

Land Use

Multimodal Transportation Options

Parking

Renewable Energy

Resilience

Solar Energy Standards

Stormwater

Urban Forestry

Urban Heat Island Effect

Waste Management

Water Efficient Landscapes

Wind Energy Standards

Other:

Required

Example Ordinance Language (optional)

Anything else you'd like to note about the ordinance?

Thank you for contributing to the climate ordinance inventory database!

We look forward to your resource providing superior examples of climate ordinances for communities across the country.

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